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The Mike Wagner Show

Mike Wagner is a 30+ year broadcasting and radio personality interviews famous celebrities, actors, singers, authors, comedians, and interesting people doing amazing things!
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Spectra Music Group’s Necktie Social talk about their soon-to-be release “Red Wine Haze” !

Spectra Music Group’s Necktie Social talk about their soon-to-be release “Red Wine Haze” (coming Jan. ’25) featuring the title track, “Walk on Water”, “Let it Ride”, “Old Coal River” and more! Necktie Social was formed in ’22 with vocalist Dusty Owens, guitarist Joey Torres, drummer Corey Davis, and bassist Jacob Veal with a modern take on classic rock & blues with major influences including Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, VanHalen, Incubus, Foo Fighters, etc. plus two of the members talk a...

Dec 15, 202444 min

L.A. award-winning director Richard Tucci is my very special guest with “Unfriendly Fire” !

L.A. award-winning director Richard Tucci talks about his latest release “Unfriendly Fire” as a Ken Burns-style mockumentary taking place 30 years in the future telling the story of America looking at all sides of a conflict & picking apart the current absurdity of our current political situation! Richard is an award-winning director and prodigious producer who’s multi-racial living with an invisible disability, mentored both by Oscar-winner Seth Winston & director Penny Marshall and win...

Dec 14, 202425 min

L.A. award-winning director Richard Tucci is my very special guest with “Unfriendly Fire” !

L.A. award-winning director Richard Tucci talks about his latest release “Unfriendly Fire” as a Ken Burns-style mockumentary taking place 30 years in the future telling the story of America looking at all sides of a conflict & picking apart the current absurdity of our current political situation! Richard is an award-winning director and prodigious producer who’s multi-racial living with an invisible disability, mentored both by Oscar-winner Seth Winston & director Penny Marshall and win...

Dec 14, 202434 min

Author/seasoned money manager/finance expert Vijay Marolia talks about the port crisis and more!

Author/seasoned money manager/finance expert Vijay Marolia returns talks about the port crisis and how the strike affects the United States! Vijay covers ground in this discussion including supply chain disruptions, increased prices, economic impact affecting businesses, increased inflation, and renegotiating new contracts to improve working condition, and is the Chief Investment Officer of Regal Point Capital with 20 years of capital market experience and has been featured on numerous outlets p...

Dec 14, 202425 min

Author/seasoned money manager/finance expert Vijay Marolia talks about the port crisis and more!

Author/seasoned money manager/finance expert Vijay Marolia returns talks about the port crisis and how the strike affects the United States! Vijay covers ground in this discussion including supply chain disruptions, increased prices, economic impact affecting businesses, increased inflation, and renegotiating new contracts to improve working condition, and is the Chief Investment Officer of Regal Point Capital with 20 years of capital market experience and has been featured on numerous outlets p...

Dec 14, 202430 min

Massachusetts award-winning journalist/contributor Rachel Zimmerman is my very special guest!

Massachusetts award-winning journalist/contributor Rachel Zimmerman talks about her latest release “Us, After: A Memoir of Love & Suicide” about a state trooper appearing at her door to report her husband jumped to his death off a nearby bridge without a trace of mental illness & unable to absorb the news to tell her daughters about it, yet confronts the unimaginable and discovers the good in what remains! Rachel received her MS from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and BA from Sar...

Dec 14, 202439 min

Massachusetts award-winning journalist/contributor Rachel Zimmerman is my very special guest!

Massachusetts award-winning journalist/contributor Rachel Zimmerman talks about her latest release “Us, After: A Memoir of Love & Suicide” about a state trooper appearing at her door to report her husband jumped to his death off a nearby bridge without a trace of mental illness & unable to absorb the news to tell her daughters about it, yet confronts the unimaginable and discovers the good in what remains! Rachel received her MS from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and BA from Sar...

Dec 14, 202448 min

Toronto’s amazing 13-year-old multi-talented award-winning artist Jayd Deroche is my special guest!

Toronto’s amazing 13-year-old multi-talented award-winning artist Jayd Deroche talks about his latest role in “Barney’s World” (Mattel Animation) as the voice of David! Jayd is also an accomplished singer, dancer, musician, producer & award-winning actor who performed in several TV shows, films, and voiced 17 different characters (including 7 leads) in various projects including Dino Ranch, Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures, Paw Patrol as the new villain Boomer, various Hallmark, Netflix and...

Dec 14, 202422 min

Toronto’s amazing 13-year-old multi-talented award-winning artist Jayd Deroche is my special guest!

Toronto’s amazing 13-year-old multi-talented award-winning artist Jayd Deroche talks about his latest role in “Barney’s World” (Mattel Animation) as the voice of David! Jayd is also an accomplished singer, dancer, musician, producer & award-winning actor who performed in several TV shows, films, and voiced 17 different characters (including 7 leads) in various projects including Dino Ranch, Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures, Paw Patrol as the new villain Boomer, various Hallmark, Netflix and...

Dec 14, 202430 min

Self-described “accidental author” Asha Nyr is my very special guest!

Self-described “accidental author” Asha Nyr talks about her debut release “The Mistake & The Lycan King” along with “The Dragon Knight & The Coveted” and coming soon “The Packless & The Fae Prince”! Asha is a self-described “accidental author” who turned to fiction as a means of processing/healing from profound trauma and used storytelling to confront her past and offers solace & understanding to others who face similar struggles, and her novels resonate deeply with reader seeing...

Nov 29, 202447 min

Self-described “accidental author” Asha Nyr is my very special guest!

Self-described “accidental author” Asha Nyr talks about her debut release “The Mistake & The Lycan King” along with “The Dragon Knight & The Coveted” and coming soon “The Packless & The Fae Prince”! Asha is a self-described “accidental author” who turned to fiction as a means of processing/healing from profound trauma and used storytelling to confront her past and offers solace & understanding to others who face similar struggles, and her novels resonate deeply with reader seeing...

Nov 29, 202439 min

Author/recovering alcoholic/drug addict Cody Peterson with “The Shadow of a Figure of Light"!

Author/recovering alcoholic/drug addict Cody Peterson talks about his latest release “The Shadow of a Figure of Light-The Archetype of the Alcoholic & The Journey to Enlightenment” examining the human thirst for wholeness through alcoholism & addictions while delving into the nature of modern psychospiritual transformation & ties the 12 steps as a myth! Cody began his career with a love for academic literature regarding spirituality & religion since adolescence and led in ’19 to ...

Nov 29, 202440 min

Author/recovering alcoholic/drug addict Cody Peterson with “The Shadow of a Figure of Light"!

Author/recovering alcoholic/drug addict Cody Peterson talks about his latest release “The Shadow of a Figure of Light-The Archetype of the Alcoholic & The Journey to Enlightenment” examining the human thirst for wholeness through alcoholism & addictions while delving into the nature of modern psychospiritual transformation & ties the 12 steps as a myth! Cody began his career with a love for academic literature regarding spirituality & religion since adolescence and led in ’19 to ...

Nov 29, 202432 min

Practicing board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Steven Lesk is my special guest with “Footprints of Schizophrenia"!

Practicing board-certified psychiatrist since ’84 Dr. Steven Lesk talks about his latest release “Footprints of Schizophrenia: The Evolutionary Root of Mental Illness” threading evolutionary evidence with neurological evidence turning the mysteries of our minds into a tapestry of logic and invites cultural dialogue about the stigmatized illness, provoking new psychiatric & pharmacological research providing unequivocal comfort to those affected & affected with schizophrenia! Dr. Lesk ser...

Nov 29, 202439 min

The multi-talented author/highly sought-after speaker Scott Grace is my very special guest!

The multi-talented author/highly sought-after speaker Scott Grace talks about his latest release “Mindful Masculinity: A Book For Men & Women Who Love Them” stripping away the misconceptions, embedded beliefs & behaviors that no longer serve, using his hilarious self-depreciating humor to show his wrongdoings and bring new light to attract people and embellishes one’s authority! Scott is also a singer, public speaker, workshop leader, life coach and standup comedian (opened for Robin Wil...

Nov 28, 202453 min

The multi-talented author/highly sought-after speaker Scott Grace is my very special guest!

The multi-talented author/highly sought-after speaker Scott Grace talks about his latest release “Mindful Masculinity: A Book For Men & Women Who Love Them” stripping away the misconceptions, embedded beliefs & behaviors that no longer serve, using his hilarious self-depreciating humor to show his wrongdoings and bring new light to attract people and embellishes one’s authority! Scott is also a singer, public speaker, workshop leader, life coach and standup comedian (opened for Robin Wil...

Nov 28, 20241 hr 2 min

Brazilian-born/New Jersey based singer/songwriter The Red Betty (Spectra Music Group) is my guest!

Brazilian-born/New Jersey based singer/songwriter The Red Betty (Spectra Music Group) talks about her latest release “Icehouse” featuring “Raise ‘Em Glasses” & “Six Feet Under Love” plus “Blackeyed Susans Way”, “Sinners & Believers”, “2-Bit Sermon”, “House of a Broken Heart”, “The Love I Needed” and her previous release “Couch Fables”! The Red Betty began her amazing career running around with an instrument in her hand, her mother is a church choir songbird and her father is a self-taugh...

Nov 27, 202451 min

Brazilian-born/New Jersey based singer/songwriter The Red Betty (Spectra Music Group) is my guest!

Brazilian-born/New Jersey based singer/songwriter The Red Betty (Spectra Music Group) talks about her latest release “Icehouse” featuring “Raise ‘Em Glasses” & “Six Feet Under Love” plus “Blackeyed Susans Way”, “Sinners & Believers”, “2-Bit Sermon”, “House of a Broken Heart”, “The Love I Needed” and her previous release “Couch Fables”! The Red Betty began her amazing career running around with an instrument in her hand, her mother is a church choir songbird and her father is a self-taugh...

Nov 27, 202437 min

Author, award-winning scholar & professor at Ohio St. University Joan E. Cashin is my special guest!

Author, award-winning scholar & professor at Ohio St. University Joan E. Cashin talks about her latest release “War Stuff” as the first environmental history of the Civil War depicting the staggering cost of war on both sides and how it destroys the idea of civilians watching the Civil War from the sidelines! Joan is also the author/editor of 5 books addressing the little-known “secret war” inside the Civil War & specializes in social, economic and cultural history of 19th century Americ...

Nov 27, 202447 min

Author, award-winning scholar & professor at Ohio St. University Joan E. Cashin is my special guest!

Author, award-winning scholar & professor at Ohio St. University Joan E. Cashin talks about her latest release “War Stuff” as the first environmental history of the Civil War depicting the staggering cost of war on both sides and how it destroys the idea of civilians watching the Civil War from the sidelines! Joan is also the author/editor of 5 books addressing the little-known “secret war” inside the Civil War & specializes in social, economic and cultural history of 19th century Americ...

Nov 27, 202456 min

Nashville-based alternative singer/songwriter Jesse Daniel Edwards is my very special guest!

Nashville-based alternative singer/songwriter originally from Cuyamuca, CA Jesse Daniel Edwards talks about his latest release “Clap Trap Venus” featuring “Hell Called Earth”, “The Fox”, “Only The Whales”, “Wolf in a Wool Coat”, etc. plus his previous releases “Violensia”, “American Dreaming” featuring the top streaming singles “I’m So Happy I Think That I Might Cry” and “Secret of You”! Jesse began his amazing career at 16 busking on street corners in the US and globally while discovering vario...

Nov 25, 20241 hr 2 min

Nashville-based alternative singer/songwriter Jesse Daniel Edwards is my very special guest!

Nashville-based alternative singer/songwriter originally from Cuyamuca, CA Jesse Daniel Edwards talks about his latest release “Clap Trap Venus” featuring “Hell Called Earth”, “The Fox”, “Only The Whales”, “Wolf in a Wool Coat”, etc. plus his previous releases “Violensia”, “American Dreaming” featuring the top streaming singles “I’m So Happy I Think That I Might Cry” and “Secret of You”! Jesse began his amazing career at 16 busking on street corners in the US and globally while discovering vario...

Nov 25, 202451 min

Portland-based singer/songwriter Avery Hill talks about her latest release “The One Who Remembers”!

Portland-based singer/songwriter/folk artist Avery Hill talks about her latest release “The One Who Remembers” featuring the title track, “The Nest”, “Echo Lullaby”, “Harmonies in the Hallway”, “The Good That I Can Do”, etc. along with her previous release “Dreams & Ghosts: A Family Album” featuring the award-winning single “Hello & Goodbye”! Avery began her amazing career listening to music of her parents’ favorite music while her Mom bought Avery her first guitar and her Dad making mix...

Nov 25, 202438 min

Portland-based singer/songwriter Avery Hill talks about her latest release “The One Who Remembers”!

Portland-based singer/songwriter/folk artist Avery Hill talks about her latest release “The One Who Remembers” featuring the title track, “The Nest”, “Echo Lullaby”, “Harmonies in the Hallway”, “The Good That I Can Do”, etc. along with her previous release “Dreams & Ghosts: A Family Album” featuring the award-winning single “Hello & Goodbye”! Avery began her amazing career listening to music of her parents’ favorite music while her Mom bought Avery her first guitar and her Dad making mix...

Nov 25, 202425 min

The multi-talented, award-winning Lina Suh from South Korea talks about “Meeting You, Meeting Me” !

The multi-talented, award-winning, writer/producer/director growing up in South Korea Lina Suh talks about her latest release “Meeting You, Meeting Me” as her first feature film as writer/director about two women from different walks of life who both desperately need a friend in the moment when they cross paths by chance & form an unlikely friendship! Lina received her MFA from USC in Film Production & BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Dramatic Writing, won numerous awards in film...

Nov 24, 202448 min

The multi-talented, award-winning Lina Suh from South Korea talks about “Meeting You, Meeting Me” !

The multi-talented, award-winning, writer/producer/director growing up in South Korea Lina Suh talks about her latest release “Meeting You, Meeting Me” as her first feature film as writer/director about two women from different walks of life who both desperately need a friend in the moment when they cross paths by chance & form an unlikely friendship! Lina received her MFA from USC in Film Production & BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in Dramatic Writing, won numerous awards in film...

Nov 24, 202439 min

The amazing SOCAL multi-talented sister duo The Hat Ladies talk about their latest “You’re A Star” !

The amazing SOCAL multi-talented sister duo The Hat Ladies talk about their latest release “You’re A Star” featuring the title track, “Big World”, “When I Go To School”, “I Missed You”, “Songbird”, “Hat Ladies Party Song” and more! The amazing duo of Lisa & Joanie Pimentel (music/school teachers by day, rockers by night) with 20+ years of professional experience also were with No Small Children featuring Nicole Berlinsky and their music was included in the “Ghostbusters” remake, the Santa Cl...

Nov 24, 202441 min

The amazing SOCAL multi-talented sister duo The Hat Ladies talk about their latest “You’re A Star” !

The amazing SOCAL multi-talented sister duo The Hat Ladies talk about their latest release “You’re A Star” featuring the title track, “Big World”, “When I Go To School”, “I Missed You”, “Songbird”, “Hat Ladies Party Song” and more! The amazing duo of Lisa & Joanie Pimentel (music/school teachers by day, rockers by night) with 20+ years of professional experience also were with No Small Children featuring Nicole Berlinsky and their music was included in the “Ghostbusters” remake, the Santa Cl...

Nov 24, 202433 min

Author/Professor of Law at Stetson Univ. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is my special guest with "Corportatocracy:..."!

Author/Professor of Law at Stetson Univ. & nationally recognized expert in election law Ciara Torres-Spelliscy talks about her latest release “Corportatocracy: How To Protect Democracy From Dark Money& Corporate Politicians” offering a chilling expose of how corporations manipulate our political system for profit, how major corporations undermine practices & laws upholding democratic principle like free & fair elections through shadow tactics, bankrolling and more! Ciara is a Pro...

Nov 22, 202454 min

South Bend, IN Author/Professor at Notre Dame Jason A. Springs talks about restorative justice!

South Bend, IN Author/Professor of Religion, Ethics & Peace Studies at Notre Dame Jason A. Springs talks about his latest release “Restorative Justice & Lived Religion” shows how restorative justice having potential to overcome racism embedding in the American justice system culture of retribution & violence using the south side of Chicago as an example! Jason is a professor at The Keough School of Global Affairs at Notre Dame, earned his PhD from Harvard Univ. and explains what is r...

Nov 20, 202451 min
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