Stories from the Center of the Universe
A Podcast about the Human Experience
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 344
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 224: Kate Chenery Tweedy
Kate Chenery Tweedy, cousin of Silent Rob, joins the podcast to discuss Secretariat for Virginia and her story. Kate’s mom was Penny Chenery who was the force behind all things Secretariat who many c…
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Episode 223: Reflections on Episodes 151-220
Paul and Rob take a look back at a larger grouping than in the past .. Episodes 151-220.
Mon 24 Jul 2023
Episode 222: Teresa Lopez de Ocanas
In the third installment of the Downtown Ashland Association series, Paul welcomes Teresa Lopez De Ocanas to the podcast. Teresa, her husband, Edgar, and their family run Los Regios which is a Latino…
Thu 20 Jul 2023
Episode 221: Erika Johnson
Erika Johnson lived in the east end of Henrico and then her family moved to Hanover when she was in elementary school. Erika and Paul know each other from working together a while ago at a large Rich…
Mon 17 Jul 2023
Episode 220: Rich Dalton - Part 1
In the first installment of a 3 part series, Rich Dalton joins Paul to tell his story. They talked about growing up across the east coast, losing his dad at an early age and what a typical day is lik…
Mon 10 Jul 2023
Episode 219: Don Willis
Don Willis and Paul haven’t seen each in a while, but had a great time catching up and hearing Don’s story. They talked about serving in the National Guard, his second career in Emergency Management …
Mon 03 Jul 2023
Episode 218: Tom Guo
He was born in the Kingdom of Lesotho, raised in South Africa and came to the United States to go to high school in Connecticut. Tom Guo joins the podcast to talk about his youth and then his experie…
Mon 26 Jun 2023
Episode 217: Manoli Loupassi
Manoli Loupassi joins Paul and they talked about high school at St. Christopher’s, Manoli’s dad, college and law school and his time as a radio sports show host. They discussed his career as a prosec…
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Episode 216: Jason Wells
Jason Wells joins the podcast to talk about Mechanics of Faith. Before that, Paul and Jason spoke about him growing up in Hanover, extreme sports and his early passion for working on cars. Nowadays, …
Mon 12 Jun 2023
Episode 215: Tom Greco starts a podcast (TG#1)
Tom Greco is back (episode 4) and he's thinking about starting his own podcast. For his initial episode, he joins Stories to talk about how NBA basketball captured his attention in the late 80s and e…
Thu 08 Jun 2023
Episode 214: Chris Freemott
Chris Freemott joins the podcast from Chicagoland. They discussed Chris’ favorite sports teams and that led to a discussion about Chicago politics and why Chicago became important. Paul and Chris the…
Mon 05 Jun 2023
Episode 213: Carrie Allen
Carrie Allen was born in Louisville and moved to Richmond when she was ten. She attended a Catholic private high school that doesn’t exist anymore and went to a college that has since changed its nam…
Mon 29 May 2023
Episode 212: George Dunston
George Dunston and Paul were in the same class at St. Christopher’s and met at StC to record this episode. George is a lawyer, lives in New Jersey and works in New York. They talked about George losi…
Mon 22 May 2023
Episode 211: Colin Noyes
Colin is from the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio. Paul and Colin served in the National Guard together, mostly out of Fredericksburg. Colin talked about growing up, playing sports and attending and gradua…
Mon 15 May 2023
Episode 210: Tom Baker
Tom Baker says he was born a “Gator Born, Wahoo Bred”. Born in Florida, his family moved to Richmond, Va. when he was young. He attended St. Christopher’s and then the University of Virginia. Paul an…
Mon 08 May 2023
Episode 209: Jocelyn Russell
Renowned artist Jocelyn Russell joins Paul and Rob because she was in Ashland to take her latest sculpture on a tour. This sculpture is of what many people consider the greatest race horse of all tim…
Thu 04 May 2023
Episode 208: Tommy Dew
Tommy Dew is from Richmond, Va. and went to the College of Charleston and he never left. Paul and Tommy talked about his experience at CofC and his music career from college and beyond. They then dis…
Mon 01 May 2023
Episode 207: Vern Inge
Vern Inge spent a lot of time growing up in Ashland, Virginia. He attended the University of Richmond and then UVA for law school. He also told Paul and Rob his secret for academic success. Paul aske…
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Episode 206: BBQ Competition in Urbanna
BBQ Gives Back KCBS master and backyard contests were held in Urbanna, VA at the Bethpage Camp Resort March 24th-26th. We were fortunate enough to chat with four professional teams through their pit …
Mon 17 Apr 2023
Episode 205: Helen Emerson
Helen Emerson is the co-owner of Rosie Connolly’s Pub in Richmond, Virginia. Born in England, Helen moved to the United States when she was 8 years old. She talked to Paul about leaving a big family,…
Mon 10 Apr 2023
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