Naomi Swartzentruber was born into the Swartzentruber Amish sect in rural Michigan. She enjoyed a traditional Amish upbringing working hard in the fields and in the home while being insulated from English culture. At 17 years old, Naomi ran away from home and into the world of exotic dancing, escorting, and drugs. Naomi shares how her journey empowered her and allowed her to be a voice for the voiceless through writing her book The Amazing Adventures of an Amish Stripper. Naomi is kind and insig...
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 23
Mike Stojic is a Marine Corps veteran and business owner. He is owner/operator of Revival 1869 222 East Main Street | Clayton, NC27520. Mike runs us through what he learned from the Marine Corps and the ways it both helped and hindered his approach starting his own business. He champions mental health and is very frank about how therapy saved his business. He is also very clear about how important his staff and their happiness and success are to him. Mike is naturally funny, introspective and do...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 22
Sean Kehoe was raised on a farm in Monticello, Iowa. As he traversed through growing up in a small town, family tragedy and adversary formed some of his earliest memories. An interest in science and ecology transitioned into a love for theatre leading to his travel across the county to obtain a master's degree from the University of Arizona. A short stop working in Hollywood and a return to a job with the Aspen Music Festival would have an unexpected permanent impact on his life. All of this lea...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 21
Mike Dennehy is a father originally from the Midwest living in Los Angeles and working in the entertainment industry. Mike talks about how his childhood led to an interest in the theatre and performance and how that naturally led to him moving to L.A. He shares how his struggles with alcohol changed the course of his life. Mike runs campaigns in Dungeons and Dragons as a Dungeon Master. Mike educates us on the rules of the rolls and the roles. He also explains the need for community and how Dung...
Aug 13, 2024•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 20
Tim Johnson is a single father, artist, and head brewer. On this episode, Tim talks about his journey from art and theatre student to designer by way of corporate America and then craft brewing. Tim worked in the corporate offices of national brands such as Best Buy and Buffalo Wild Wings (where he oversaw the transition from Coke to Pepsi for the national chain). He explains how he left office life for brewing and then distilling, with a couple stops in between. He explains how the rigors of wo...
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 19
Kevin Liang is a first generation Taiwanese American that eschewed cultural norms to go to film school and become a producer (General Education) and P.A. Kevin tells us about his moral struggles with the entertainment industry and the inner battle he fought and won. Later, he would discover an aptitude and appreciation for firearms and become a tactical firearms instructor with the hope of changing the relationship people have with the tools and a focus on education, responsibility and safety. K...
Jun 08, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 18
Before there was Those Who Do, there was Those Who Did. Prior to beginning Those Who Do: The Podcast, Zac and his buddy Eric traveled to comic book conventions in the hopes of talking to convention goers and industry professionals alike to find out why they did...what they did. In this episode from the archives, Zac and Eric talk to Chad Lindberg (Supernatural, Fast and the Furious, Sons of Anarchy) about his first Wizard World (Now Fanexpo) convention and why he has enjoyed his time there so th...
May 20, 2024•29 min•Ep. 17
Dr. Lily Erdahl is a loving single mother of two children originally from Iowa City, Iowa. She's also an accomplished surgeon, educator, and podcast host. In this episode, Lily discusses her voyage from Iowa State University as a wide eyed undergrad through her medical training in Pennsylvania and Minnesota to her current position at the acclaimed University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics back in her home town. She discusses the rigors of working in the medical profession and the challenges of ba...
May 13, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 16
James C. Burns is an actor (Michael Bay’s Transformers), musician, and voice artist (Sergeant Frank Woods – Call of Duty Black Ops). Most importantly, he’s a master raconteur. I’ve known James for over 10 years and he was the first entertainment industry interview back when I was just a podcasting baby. You don’t interview James. He’s a force of nature and you just hold on for the ride. James drops by Zac’s hotel in Burbank so we can discuss politics, gun ownership, philosophy, gender roles, the...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 15
David Greenspan is an editor and director known for Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19. He’s originally from Long Island, NY and followed a somewhat unconventional route from Long Island, through an education in finance and time studying abroad in Japan to finally land on a successful career in the entertainment industry. David shares his story through thoughtful introspection and levity to explain the duties and responsibilities of both editors and directors revealing that you might not really know ...
Apr 01, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 14
Kedo Osmancevic is a husband and father. He's also a first generation Bosnian American. In this episode, Kedo tells how his family emigrated from Bosnia during the war and what led them to eventually settle in Waterloo, IA. He explains how his culture is important to him and how it shaped his past, present, and future. Kedo's stories of the clash of cultures are hilarious and heartfelt. This is Those Who Do: First Generation American w/Kedo Osmancevic. Available wherever you get your pods casted...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 13
David Byrd is an award winning photographer and Photoshop artist. He’s a husband and devoted father to two very young children. David has mastered many genres of photography and in this episode he shares how he is using those skills and experience to open a Boudoir photography studio in Denver, Colorado – Legend by David Byrd. From his roots as a young child with a love for living in his imagination to owning several creatively successful photography businesses in three states, David takes us on...
Feb 19, 2024•2 hr 53 min•Ep. 12
Cassy Lensing is a tattooed, dyed haired former wild child. She’s also a devoted mother and board certified Psych Nurse Practitioner. In this episode, Cassy talks about how getting pregnant at 19 completely changed the course of her life for the better. She shares her journey from life in small town Iowa working at her dad’s gas station to Nurse Practitioner focusing on treating the person instead of just the mental illness. Cassy explains why the people usually considered society’s lost are the...
Feb 12, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 11
Ernesto De La O is a husband and father born and raised in California. He’s just like you and me. He takes his kids to football games, has slip and slide parties in the back yard, and hosts sleep overs for his children’s friends. It also just so happens he’s an editor for reality television shows. Which ones you ask? The answer is yes. Ernesto’s resume of reality television is ridiculously long. Among his credits are: The Challenge, Shark Week, Total Bellas, Total Divas, Keeping Up with the Kard...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 10
This is the conclusion of our conversation with Tom Flaherty about his time as an Army Ranger, military instructor and special operations helicopter pilot. We pick up as Tom recounts his part in the famous military operation that rescued young solider Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital after she was taken prisoner of war as well as the subsequent retrieval of the remains of the American National Guard soldiers from her unit that were killed in Iraq so that no soldiers were left behind. Tom als...
Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 9
Tom Flaherty is a husband and father from Cedar Falls, IA. He is also retired from a full career (22 years) in the United States Army where he was part of the Army’s premier direct-action raid force, the 75th Ranger Regiment. He was also a mountaineering instructor and helicopter pilot who flew special operations missions in multiple theatres. Tom gives us an intimate look into why he chose a career in the Army as well as how he earned his assignment to one of the most elite teams in the United ...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 8
David Feld and Shawn Obrien are Hollywood producers. The good kind. Not the greedy, preventing actors from making a living wage and stealing their likeness to be later used by AI to lower their bottom line kind. Their work includes doing things like making sure money is accounted for, marketing is handled, crew are secured and productions have what they need to move forward, and purchasing birthday cakes, among many other things. David and Shawn join us to talk about their early lives in Arizona...
Oct 30, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 7
Suzanne Francis is originally from Long Island. She’s a writer of books (Disney Princess Beginnings, Onward: The Junior Novelization, Moana’s Big Leap, Frozen II: Family Game Night) television (Unhappily Ever After) and film (Wieners). She joins us to talk about her life before Los Angeles and how she ended up across the country working toward her goals, her influences, parenting teens, and the different creative processes involved in writing for different mediums. Her roots are in comedy and it...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 6
Jesse Trevino and Joe Smarro are decorated Marine Corps combat veterans and former San Antonio Police Officers. While they were cops, Joe and Jesse worked on a groundbreaking special unit tasked with responding to mental health calls in their community. Joe was the subject of the Emmy winning HBO Documentary Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops and a Ted Talk presenter. In addition to the Mental Health Unit, Jesse also worked special drunk driving enforcement, was involved with a federal task force perfor...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 5
Tony Saltzman is a television writer and producer known for Dexter: New Blood, Goliath, Feed the Beast, and Nurse Jackie. Most importantly, Tony champions the idea of collaboration in the creative process and thrives in a writer’s room and team environment. He takes true joy in the success of others and was immediately open to sharing his successes and struggles in the entertainment industry. Tonys Forsmark and Saltzman take some time to give a run down on the reasons for the Writer and Actor gu...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 4
DawnMarie Ferrara is an actress known for Smothered, 9-1-1: Lonestar, NCIS, and A Life, Taken. She is also a dancer (both a classically trained dancer and a busting out a move in a restaurant for fun kind of dancer dancer). Not only can she emote like crazy and get her boogie on, DawnMarie is also a certified yoga instructor. She joins us today for a conversation full of laughs and insight spanning from her early life, to moving to Los Angeles from New York, to educating us about yoga’s styles a...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 3
Jorge Garcia is known as an actor (LOST, Alcatraz, Hawaii 5-0, the Munsters, and the Ridiculous 6), but most importantly, Jorge is a husband and a father to a 22 month old little girl. David Greenspan is known as an editor and director (Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, How to Get Away with Murder, Bean Cake), but most importantly, David is a husband and the father of a 13 year old son who has starred for 6 years on a network sitcom as well as 10 year old and 7 year old boys not involved in the entert...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 2
Joe Stillman is an Academy Award and Emmy nominated, BAFTA winning writer known for Dreamworks's Shrek 1 and 2, MTV's Beavis and Butthead, and Nickelodean's The Adventures of Pete and Pete. In this episode, Joe invites us into his home on a rainy Los Angeles day for an incredibly insightful conversation about writing, the creative process and life. Joe explains how serendipity can be an extremely important part of success. Joe also takes some time to discuss his novel, The Man Who Came and Went ...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 1
