Kimberly Evans - Part 2 of 3
Kimberly Evans is a federal law enforcement officer as well as being an up-and-coming poet, photographer and writer. Follow her here .
Jul 17, 2024•52 min•Ep. 98
Savage Wonder
Savage Wonder is a podcast about warriors and artists. It features long-form, one-on-one conversations with people who have a foot in both the world of the artist and the world of the warrior.
It is produced by the Veterans Repertory Theater, a creative hub for talented veterans and world-class performers to create compelling live theater and events.
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Kimberly Evans - Part 3 of 3
Kimberly Evans is a federal law enforcement officer as well as being an up-and-coming poet, photographer and writer. Follow her here .
Jul 16, 2024•51 min•Ep. 98
Kimberly Evans - Part 1 of 3
Kimberly Evans is a federal law enforcement officer as well as being an up-and-coming poet, photographer and writer. Follow her here .
Jun 04, 2024•38 min•Ep. 98
Lois Hicks-Wozniak
Lois Hicks-Wozniak is an active concert saxophonist and educator in the New York Metropolitan and the Hudson Valley region, committed to community engagement through new music and Global Music styles. A D’Addario Woodwinds Artist, her many awards include winning the Special Presentation Winners Recital Series, sponsored by Artists International Presentations; earning her a New York Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall. She is described in performance as having “tremendous techniq...
Apr 09, 2024•3 hr 20 min•Ep. 97
Mitchel Coffman
Mitchel Coffman is a New York City-based artist. He is the son of a Vietnam-era veteran and is the longtime friends of several special operations folks. His 25 oil-on-canvas portraits of fallen Rangers are featured at the 75th Ranger Regiment Hall of Honor at Hunter Army Airfield and his newest exhibit is an immersive look at the GWOT, titled, " Wish You Were Here ." He has painted murals in Maryland and New York, including pieces for the Brooklyn Diner in Times Square and the American Wing of t...
Mar 11, 2024•2 hr 53 min•Ep. 96
Jean Ciampi
The daughter of a veteran, Jean Ciampi is a playwright, freelance writer, humorist, Dramatists Guild of America member, passport holder, scuba diver, actress, baseball fan, director, Texan, humorist, dog lover and cilantro hater. She was mentored by Canadian playwright Sharon Pollock and is a member of the 2022 Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive. Her latest farce, "Yazoo, Miss'ssippi" won the 2024 Robert J Pickering/JR Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence. Her other full-length plays and s...
Feb 26, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 95
Dakota Silvey
Dakota Silvey is a New York-based playwright, stage manager, wildland firefighter and U.S. Air Force Veteran. Recorded in-person at the Players in NYC, Dakota spoke about life as both a writer and an active participant in the profession of arms. His play INTERMISSION PLAY placed second in Veterans Repertory Theater's latest 10-minute playwriting competition.
Feb 05, 2024•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 94
Stephanie Kline
Stephanie Kline is a playwright from Arlington, VA. She is a Marine Corps veteran, former Air Force dependent, and served as an Army civilian and defense contractor. Her short plays have won multiple competitions and festival selections, including selection to the NYC Players’ Theatre 2021 Short Play Festival with a four-night, off-Broadway run of ‘Torture Chamber.’ Her first full-length stage play-in-progress, a drama about the military’s treatment of servicemembers with PTSD, was selected for ...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 93
Kat Furrow
Kat Furrow is a self-taught artist based in Carlsbad, California. She is a Navy veteran, a full-time student, and an art instructor with over a decade of experience. Drawing inspiration from her love of people and nature, Kat is passionate about her craft, utilizing bold colors and textures. She embraces an "Art Every Day, it’s a Mindset" philosophy, viewing her art as a metaphor for living life with curiosity and hope. As a "Trusted Art Seller" with the Art Storefronts Organization, she ensures...
Jan 08, 2024•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 92
Dan Lauria
Dan Lauria has appeared as a guest star in over seventy television episodic programs and more than twenty Movie Of The Week productions plus a score of motion picture credits. Dan is a very familiar face to the off-off, and off-Broadway and regional theatre scene having performed, written or directed over 50 professional stage productions. In 2010/11 Dan was seen on Broadway as the legendary coach Vince Lombardi in LOMBARDI, with the beautiful and talented Judith Light playing Marie Lombardi. Th...
Dec 12, 2023•2 hr 29 min•Ep. 90
Michael D. Fay
Michael D. Fay is a former USMC Combat Artist with multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mike enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1975 and was discharged in 1978 as an 81 mm mortarman (MOS 0341). In 1978, he returned to Penn State Univeristy and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Art Education. In 1983, re-enlisted into the Marines and served as an avionics technician (MOS 6322) in the Presidential Helicopter Squadron (HMX-1) and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (HM...
Nov 13, 2023•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 89
Michael Bard
The child of a Ukrainian POW and US Air Force veteran, Michael Bard is an active musician, composer and teacher who resides near Washington, D.C. He has performed as a soloist and with various musical ensembles throughout the United States, Europe, Japan, North Africa, South America, Central America and the Middle East. He has also been featured on various radio and television programs around the world. He has served as Vice President of the Dayton Classical Guitar Society as well as Vice Presid...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 88
Michael Devine
Savage Wonder podcast, episode 87 with former NYPD detective and actor/singer Michael Devine . Mike, a native New Yorker, is an intrepid character actor recognized for his roles as Detective Paul O'Rourke on the Emmy-nominated "The Undoing" (HBO) and James Tech on "Limitless" (CBS). With various guest star appearances on network, streaming and pay cable television, he is no stranger to the camera. His work can also been seen on the big screen in dozens of A-List directed films such as The Wolf O...
Sep 25, 2023•3 hr 48 min•Ep. 87
Ivan F. Ingraham
Ivan F. Ingraham is a writer, speaker, and storyteller. He served 24-years in the United States Marine Corps, mostly in Special Operations. Ivan is the CEO of Golden Compass, LLC , a leadership consulting company. Read Ivan's work at The War Horse , Task & Purpose , and Havok Journal . Ivan's Amazon author page Follow Ivan here...
Sep 18, 2023•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 86
Benjamin Fortier
Poet, musician and former USMC combat veteran Benjamin Fortier has finally published his latest book PHANTOMS , covering his deployment to Iraq in '06-'07. About the book, Sebastian Junger said, "Fortier’s poetry – can I even call it that? - seems to do the impossible: transfer the experience of combat directly into our psyches. PHANTOMS is stunning. If you have never been in combat, you will understand something new and important. And if you have – well, you don’t need to hear it from me. Just ...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 85
Mike Schropp
Mike Schropp is a visual artist, specializing in abstract painting and sculpture. Mike is a combat veteran, having deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with the US Army. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his artistic process, the unique circumstances of his marriage, his most eventful day in Afghanistan, his adjustment to civilian life, and the rugged independence he has claimed on his artistic journey. Mike was one of the first veteran artists I followed on IG. Yet it still took this long to...
Aug 21, 2023•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 84
Scott Cottrell
Scott Cottrell is a retired US Army Colonel. His debut novel, When Chaos Reigns , is available now on pre-order and will be released on Kindle on August 8, 2023 . China, Russia, a powerful drug cartel, and a radical Islamic terrorist group form a secret cabal bent on shocking America and her global influence to its core while taking what they want across the globe. With the U.S. President facing impeachment on multiple counts and focused on securing a trade agreement with China without Senate ap...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 83
Gina Herrera
Gina Herrera is a mixed-media artist residing in California. A 25-year veteran of the Navy, Army and Air Force, she received her BFA in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. During her studies, she was deployed overseas in support of several war contingencies with the Armed Forces. Once her final tour was complete, she obtained her MFA in Studio Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Herrera has exhibited extensively throughout California and nationally. S...
Jul 24, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 82
Jason Kasper
Jason Kasper is the USA Today bestselling author of the Spider Heist , American Mercenary , and Shadow Strike thriller series. Before his writing career he served in the US Army, beginning as a Ranger private and ending as a Green Beret captain. Jason is a West Point graduate and a veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, and was an avid ultramarathon runner, skydiver, and BASE jumper, all of which inspire his fiction. Follow Jason here ....
Jul 03, 2023•3 hr 35 min•Ep. 81
Ryan Stovall
Ryan Stovall is a former adventurer, world traveler, and Green Beret, twice decorated for valor and awarded two Purple Hearts. His poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction can be found in numerous anthologies and journals, and on his blog at ryanstovall.com . Having completed one Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree through Fairfield University in 2021, in 2022 he began taking classes towards a second MFA through Lesley University’s low-residency writing program. He recently finished a first d...
Jun 18, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 80
Elliot Ackerman
Elliot Ackerman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Halcyon , 2034 , Red Dress In Black and White , Waiting for Eden , Dark at the Crossing , and Green on Blue , as well as the memoir T he Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan , and Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning . His books have been nominated for the National Book Award, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in both fiction and nonfiction, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize among others. He is a contributing write...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 79
Jeff Bosley
Proud theatre geek turned Army Special Forces Green Beret, turned 'Medal of Valor'-earning firefighter and now back to actor, Jeff Bosley is a film and television actor. During his years in theatre performing on stage Jeff's studies focused on The Meisner Technique. As he transitioned to film & television his education expanded to Stanislavski's 'Method' while studying for nearly 5 years at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Conservatory. He continues to train and study at Strasberg, the A...
Jun 05, 2023•3 hr 9 min•Ep. 78
Tyron McFarlan
As a musician, Tyron McFarlan was almost signed to two major record labels before each opportunity was derailed. As an actor, Ty McFarlan appeared on Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill Drop Dead Diva, and Army Wives and in addition to many other commercial and TV appearances. But Ty may be best known as the 34th Ringmaster of Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Ty was the son of a career Army warrant officer who went on to became the first black state troo...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 77
Corban Lundborg
Master Sergeant Corban Lundborg is currently serving in the Air Force Reserve as a combat photojournalist at the 4th Combat Camera Squadron based out of Charleston, South Carolina. Corban is one of the unit's designated aerial photographers, working as fully qualified aircrew. The unit supports the Department of Defense with frontline imagery in combat, aerial and humanitarian environments. Corban's photojournalism work has been recognized around the world. He earned the title "Air Force Photogr...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 76
Larry Freeland
Larry Freeland is the author of historical fiction novels Chariots in the Sky and the Patriarch , the first part of the Legacy of Honor trilogy. Larry was born in Canton, Ohio. Since his father was an officer with the United States Air Force he grew up on many Air Force bases across this country. After graduating from High School at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, he attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. He graduated in 1968 with a degree in mathematics and a concentra...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 75
Michael Jerome Plunkett
Michael Jerome Plunkett served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. After working in the financial industry for Fidelity Investments and Morgan Stanley for several years he began pursuing fiction writing and acquired his MFA at College of Charleston. He currently works as an EMT. His writing has been published by Coffee of Die (Black Rifle Coffee) , Dead Reckoning Collective, and The Havok Journal . Lit of War...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 74
Logan Vath
Savage Wonder podcast, episode 73 with Navy veteran Logan Vath . Logan is an award-winning singer/songwriter from Norfolk, Virginia. A Midwest native, he has established himself as a biographical lyricist who finds balance in intricate phrasing and a simple, genuine connection to his audience. His songs have found themselves on Spotify's "Roots on the Rise" and "Fresh Folk" playlists, as well as Apple Music's "Breaking Singer/Songwriter." You can see him live at VetRep's performance of Savage Wo...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 73
Michael D. Fay
Michael D. Fay is a former USMC Combat Artist with multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mike enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1975 and was discharged in 1978 as an 81 mm mortarman (MOS 0341). In 1978, he returned to Penn State Univeristy and graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Art Education. In 1983, re-enlisted into the Marines and served as an avionics technician (MOS 6322) in the Presidential Helicopter Squadron (HMX-1) and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 365 (HM...
Apr 02, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 72
Reagan Pettigrew
A Coast Guard veteran and native of Long Beach, California, Reagan Pettigrew found his love for reading and writing while in the military. After his discharge, he began a new life on the road that took him from America to Europe. Suicide In Slow Motion is his breakout novel. From Long Beach, California to the mountains of the Pyrenees in northern Spain, Suicide In Slow Motion takes the reader on a voyage of discovery through Tristan’s eyes, while confronting the horrors of PTSD and delving into ...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 71
Neville Johnson
Neville Johnson was born and raised in South Africa by a Mum who was a Nurse and a Dad who was a Police Officer. This early exposure to a life of service to country influenced his most significant life decisions. Before he started writing, this path took him to the United Kingdom, where he ended up in London as a member of her Majesty’s Royal Infantry. Neville currently resides in New Zealand with his wife and three children. He works at a high school as the Pathways Coordinator, assisting young...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 70
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