Podcasts by conventioNOT Podcast

#71 - Practice Mentality - Johnny Gillespie from 2021-05-20T02:00:38

Johnny Gillespie is a true revolutionary. To state it simply, he has developed a system to teach people how to move more efficiently and safely. He also has has a decorated educational career an...

#70 - Gritty Love - Dave Regan from 2021-05-11T21:44:04

Dave Regan has been able to experience more than one life in his years. Growing up in the times and neighborhoods that built the America we walk in today, Dave’s journey includes nights on horse...

#69 - Culinary Cousins - conventioNOT Masters from 2021-03-29T10:00

Our love for food and flavors is pretty evident in the conventioNOT episode archives. Mike and McD have interviewed cookbook authors, pit masters and chefs more than a few times. 

The onl...

#68 Favorite Clips: Volume 2 from 2021-03-17T17:36:42

Closing 2020, an idea was born: to let our listeners hear some of the behind-the-scenes commentary about the many guests who decide to share their time and record stories about the details of th...

#67 - International Sole - Jay Shuang from 2021-03-09T12:08:45

Jay Shuang is one of the most humble social media influencers  you will meet. @shanghaisole is his han...

#66 - People and Possibility - Brett M Cooper from 2021-03-02T21:56:26

Brett M Cooper's early career in global businesses is nothing to shake a stick at. He focused on process, lean organizations and the actions it takes to be highly profitable. Through his time, h...

#65 - Intersectional Trail - Neel Agrawal from 2021-02-17T12:25:09

Just typing out Neel Agrawal’s resume would burst the character limit on most Podcast platforms that stream conventioNOT’s episodes. Thankfully, the Listen

#64 - Favorite Clips: Volume 1 from 2021-02-09T03:01:47

Our hosts have spent a lot of interesting times together. Now and again, a story slips out about yesteryear and Mike or McD recall memories from shared times. 

Over the holidays closing 2...

#63 - Mastering 2021 - conventioNOT from 2021-01-27T22:31:33

Co-hosts Mike and McD get back to basics with our first episode of the year. The guys don't usually get into politics, but they do share the happenings in their lives and the things we want to a...

#62 - Chef Artisan - Will Branch from 2020-12-23T22:14:53

Will announces himself as a cofounder of Corridor Sausage. The thing is, listeners will find depth in discussion v...

#61 - Creative Zeitgeist - Javid Jah from 2020-12-17T20:14:40

Javid Jah's early infatuation with lettering and his culture isn't necessarily a rare thing about this lifelong creator. conventioNOT listeners will be pleasantly surprised in the honesty and tr...

#60 - Pinball Whiz Kid - Matthew Yahes from 2020-12-09T14:39:45

Matthew Yahes from Extend Your Team has stacked years of self-starting experience into his resume. After beginning hi...

#59 - Bionic Bada$$ - Jorden Rieke from 2020-11-25T17:44:34

Jorden Rieke is an essential worker. She battles day and night in her ICU to help care for the communities around her. Many clinicians fairly end their efforts at the end of each shift. For Jord...

#58 - Do the Right Thing - Marvin Williams from 2020-11-03T11:32:58

Marvin Williams, Mike and Ryan have known each other for more than 20 years. In 1999, covered in Spartan Green and the smell of youthful exuberance, this trio came together in the streets of Eas...

#57 - The Underwear Episode - conventioNOT from 2020-10-27T18:28:31

At the heart of conventioNOT Podcast's focus is a love for greatness. Time and again our listeners hear from guests who blaze new trails in industry, break gender barriers or just flat out creat...

#56 - Queen Amongst Kings - Dani Merritt from 2020-10-20T11:52:57

Dani Merritt's creativity always helped deliver respite in a challenging world. Growing up in a tough environment around Cleveland, Ohio, Listen

#55 New Wave - conventioNOT from 2020-10-14T13:03:43

Ramping back up for the fall season, Chris, Mike & McD spice it up with what some of us thought was a normal Sunday afternoon. This was until Chris drops some news that he is afraid he might los...

#54 The Moving Episode - conventioNOT from 2020-10-09T18:00:04

Everybody's back after a short break at the end of the month. Chris, Mike & McD mix it up and talk about moving - an experience that affects nearly every household. The other thing is that every...

#53 Personal Link - Jenna Righi from 2020-10-01T14:53:25

Jenna Righi is a really dynamic person. Sure, she has a cool career, awesome social media presence and even an additional hustle that makes shiny things. The thing that really shines about Jenna...

#52 Arresting Development - Jason Goggans from 2020-09-14T11:43

Jason Goggans' fitness career is deep. Really deep. He's been in the game for over 20 years, owned several gyms and transitioned to the online marketplace. The thing is, his career and weight-lo...

#51 Life Skills - Chris Hoogerhyde from 2020-09-04T12:00

When Chris Hoogerhyde decide to get clean almost two decades ago, he was a celebrated expert in some pretty dirty things. Now, after helping countless humans find their better selves, Hoogerhyde...

#50 Gamers Episode - conventioNOT from 2020-08-31T12:00

Video Games are a multi billion dollar industry. Most people get how big that is and our guests this episode all consider themselves "Gamers," in one way or another. Mike sits down with Mike Dou...

#49 Humble Aurora - DeMarvelous Carter from 2020-08-17T01:35:25

When DeMarvelous and Chris met years ago in a Detroit production studio - their relationship started off with a joke and a smile. It didn't take long before their fire connected and a creative p...

#48 Event Driven - Wendi Freeman from 2020-08-10T19:06:25

Wendi Freeman is no stranger to the big leagues. After a strong exit from planning events in startup-heavy Atlanta's tech space, Freeman was left in a place where she knew she needed to draw on ...

#47 Saving Grace - Suzanne Johnson from 2020-08-05T14:50:27

Even with YouTube and the internet, It's really hard to believe that all humans aren't awesome at everything. One thing that nearly all of us need is help on training ourselves to be financially...

#46 A TV Paradox - conventioNOT from 2020-07-29T12:32:58

Chris, Mike and Ryan get back around the microphone and record discuss some of the events that happen between the guys when not recording the show. Dj Scrilla just published his first...

#45 Faith Maverick - Rick Jordan from 2020-07-27T10:00

Rick Jordan’s background is deep. Matter of fact, he had just returned from a visit to the Whitehouse hours before joining Mike & McD on this e...

#44 Yeah, You - Rob Oliver from 2020-07-19T13:11:17

Rob Oliver is a dad, husband, best selling author, motivational speaker - and all around inspirational human. Mike & McD learn about his patience the hard way as they experience some ...

#43 Context is Everything - conventioNOT from 2020-07-13T18:03:17

Mike, McD & Chris welcome Anna McDevitt and dive deep into communication, context and tolerance. It's taken a long time to get Mrs. McD on the show - and the wait was worth it. Chris and Anna we...

#42 Perfect vs Done - Hernan Sias from 2020-07-06T12:32:52

Hernan Sias has a number of certifications and professional designations like High School Financial Algebra Teacher, Real Estate Sales License, Life and Health License, CTEC Certified Tax Profes...

#41 Experience Design - J Cornelius from 2020-06-22T12:37:25

J Cornelius' consulting career started at age 15, when he agreed to take $200 an hour to run sound and lighting in Texas. J shares life beyond sleeping in a tire swing as a teenager and building...

#40 Communicative Opportunity - Dr. Susan Tamasi from 2020-06-15T13:02:02

Dr. Susan Tamasi is a pedagogist at Emory University. Spending the last decade and a half researching, authoring and teaching some of the brightest minds to communicate. The thing is, her approach ...

#39 Sneaker Heads - conventioNOT from 2020-06-03T12:50:02

Sneakers come up often on the episodes of our show. Mike & McD's banter usually ends somewhere around a new pair of Jordan 1's or an anecdote about McD's swelling budget for Nike and Yeezy. This ti...

#38 Style Therapy - Lillian Gray Charles from 2020-05-25T16:32:54

Join Mike & McD with our guest, Lillian Gray Charles. Lillian established STYLE THERAPY in 2011 as a way to help women remove physical, emotional and mental barriers that keep them from living full...

#37 Forensic Todd - Dr Todd Barr from 2020-05-17T12:51:05

Cleveland's Deputy Medical Examiner, Todd Barr joins in one of our most exciting episodes yet. His biography is not shy of shocking stories and his activist passion is really showcased on the show ...

#36 New Cipher - conventioNOT from 2020-05-10T15:01:50

People like Chris Harris are just too important to the spirit of the show to be one and done interview guests. After an early 2020 appearance on conventioNOT, the Cleveland rapper is back, speaking...

#35 Future Proof - Steve Bear from 2020-05-05T14:52:59

Almost all of us know an engineer. The pleated khakis, mismatched socks and superior analytical skills usually prevail. conventioNOT’s premise is to find the oddballs… those who swim against the st...

#34 Life Compatible - Adam Blacker from 2020-04-29T13:50:22

Organ Donation is pretty descriptive. It involves serious medical alignment. In this episode Mike & McD get schooled on the science behind finding matches from Adam Blacker, histocompatibility scie...

#33 Predator Ego - Dave Salmoni from 2020-04-17T23:10:50

Working with Predators is clearly an exotic topic right now and conventionNOT Podcast joins with Dave Salmoni, Large Predator Expert from Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Facebook, Jimmy Kimmel an...

#32 Mountain Air - Joe Guardiola from 2020-04-13T16:29:50

Aviation is loaded with all kinds of rules - an pilots like Joe Guardiola organize each of those missions that we take for granted when jumping on a plane to zip across timezones. Mike & McD dive i...

#31 Dog Park Workout - Dave & Nicole from 2020-04-01T21:36:35

Special Hosts Nicole and Wailer step in to host for Mike with Dave Salmoni in an excerpt of an upcoming episode with the Predator Expert. Other than the Netflix Tiger King, you probably don't not k...

#30 Quarantine Silo - conventioNOT from 2020-03-23T12:17:07

The guys sit down with each other to discuss the covid-19 virus' effect on the world, the future and suggest some ways to get by in these times. Ryan gives a Scrooge McDuck visual description of th...

#29 Game Ready - Chris Harris from 2020-03-10T13:03:51

Sometime in the mid 90s, Chris Harris unwrapped a DJ in a box system. Fast forward past undergrad, almost a decade at the Cuyahoga County County Coroners office (aka the morgue) and hundreds of son...

#28 Brave MOFO - Jen Leon from 2020-02-24T14:24:58

Jennifer Leon’s powerful voice has travelled around the halls of every company she’s ever worked for. If conventioNOT were a show about careers and aptitude - Leon would be a star guest.
But it...

#27 Flavor Ambassador - Chris Warsow from 2020-02-09T17:54:22

Our next guest, Chris Warsow had the foresight early on that his happiness wasn’t going to be found in the back of a restaurant. From a young age, his intrigue with science and flavor drove him to ...

#26 Fulfilling Something Different - conventioNOT Podcast from 2020-01-29T13:50:32

The guys share a time zone and a deep, one on one conversation about a lot of Ryan’s past few months - which seem to be a bit tumultuous. Neither Mike or McD are typically too excited to share abou...

#25 Food feels right - Lindsay-Jean Hard from 2019-12-31T13:00

Lindsay-Jean’s introduction to exotic food started in Japan about a decade years ago. After blogging and moving on to a food based startup back in the states, her column, “cooking with scraps” drew...

#24 Functional Kinetics - Graham Polakoff from 2019-12-17T12:57:09

Graham Polakoff has spent almost his early adult years in clinical care. After college and discovering the very real limitations of American health care practices. This episode is about creating, w...

#23 Grey Area Matters - Justin Turkowski from 2019-12-07T15:23:03

Mike sits down with Justin Turkowski, lifelong producer, photographer and now owner of Variables Productions to discuss filming professional athletes, spear fishing and dive into the depths of what...

#22 Informed Sensitivity - Taylor Piedmonte from 2019-12-05T22:25:44

From sitting alone at lunch at a new high school to then chasing one of the most challenging careers around, Taylor’s kind and happy spirit has helped direct his deep resume since the beginning. Mi...

#21 OG Transplant - Amy Hoover from 2019-11-15T15:32:28

Being called a Transplant is common for the millions of folks who have relocated to Atlanta over the past decade or so. Our guest, Amy Hoover made her way south to ATL before Y2K and has been activ...

#20 Open Water Pasture - Jon Perry from 2019-10-30T01:04:57

Our guest spends a lot of hours zip-lining with a chainsaw while studying the biological makeup of the forest around him. Jon Perry first found his passion for trees while living at a Monastery in ...

#19 Say What You Need To - Mitchell Stern from 2019-10-21T18:52:29

The first thing many of us look forward to every morning is coffee. Starting in the humdrum world of marketing in Toronto, Mitchell Stern's creative ideas and spirit yearned for a deeper influence ...

#18 Climbing Over the Dragon - Dan Sinnott from 2019-09-30T13:35:07

This is the first interview episode of the conventioNOT podcast and features Dan, a long time leader who started the first three decades of his life on a really tough path. 

Before we get ...

#17 Communication Rejects - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-09-25T02:33:28

The guys catch up about the season’s guests, their passions also those that haven’t been as excited about joining the show as we were having them. After 17 episodes, we get to look back on the best...

#16 Freakshow Origins - Mikey and Bob from 2019-09-17T16:26:31

t's rare that two guests join conventioNOT at once on the same show. When Mikey and Bob from 96.1 KISS in Pittsburgh agreed to join and share their story from grade school forward - Mike and McD we...

#15 SmartPhone DumbAss - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-09-09T15:24:24

Back after a few weeks off, Mike and McD chat fall sports, concussions and ponder how much longer the NCAA can maintain its monopoly. Ryan is fresh off a trip to Nashville for the DeepTropcs music ...

#14 It Takes What it Takes - Steve Hetzel from 2019-07-25T18:56:55

Understanding what it takes to perform at the highest level of your profession is a rabbit that almost all of us chase. Steve Hetzel, of the Orlando Magic (and 10+ year coaching veteran of the NBA)...

#13 Passion in the Pit - Lawrence La Pianta from 2019-06-25T11:50:07

Lawrence La Pianta of Cherry Street Barbecue in Toronto not only left his day job in film production - but he is successfully chasing his dream every day he steps into one of his three restaurants....

#12 Through the Wire - Gabe Buckner from 2019-06-08T19:25:18

Mike and McD are proud that conventioNOT Podcast made it to season #2! First up... Gabe Buckner from Fat Trunk, Prodjex and the Home Medical Equipment Hall of Fame. We may have made that last one u...

#11 Season One Finale - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-06-03T19:14:02

All of the stuff gets into the final episode: NFL draft, social media, fashion decisions and stories about Mike's nefarious costume party history and Ryan's addictions to technology. 

It's...

#10 Artificial Assistant Intelligence - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-05-28T14:36:54

Both of the guys are fresh off professional development conferences and Mike's awareness has increased around home assistant devices - particularly the way that they have been used legally.
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#9 Sexy Past 35 - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-04-30T21:46:30

It's no secret that the secret to remaining young has a lot to do with habits and lifestyle. In reality, science and time really don't change that much - and the strategies we use to keep ourselves...

#8 Movie Review Episode - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-04-22T11:00

It's movie season and the awards have been handed out. Mike and McD break down two of the season's most popular movies: Bohemian Rhapsody and Free Solo. Shockingly, there's a debate between the two...

#7 Arguing With Fools - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-04-15T13:21:33

Mike and McD steer away from politics when it comes to the show. It's too messy and doesn't age well for the episodes and their archives. W blur that line a bit, analyzing some political strategies...

#6 Sports Betting and Skin Care - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-04-08T15:12:38

It’s no secret by now being a sports fan is pretty much required to be part of the conventioNOT team - so our episode saves time on making predictions and jumps right into the anxieties of willing ...

#5 Climbing Over the Dragon - Dan Sinnott from 2019-03-10T15:26:11

This is the first interview episode of the conventioNOT podcast and features Dan, a long time leader who started the first three decades of his life on a really tough path. 

This episode g...

#4 The Missed Economics of Education - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-02-27T02:21:28

Mike and Ryan both come from families of educators and were very much shaped by their experiences together at Michigan State University. This episode gets deep into the risk and rewards of higher e...

#3 Vulnerable Back Home - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-02-19T21:06:01

The guys twirl the world of social media vs face to face experiences and their perspective on a digitized reality by sharing a couple of events that happened back in Metro Detroit.

Mike ta...

#2 Beards and Creative Process - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-02-19T20:56:48

Mike and Ryan manifest their inner English teachers by discussing guys who are a little too defined by their beards and making sure that we stay within the bro code guide lines. 

Both of o...

#1 NBA and Back in the Day - @conventioNOT_Podcast from 2019-02-19T19:47:52

If you know our podcast, you know Mike and Ryan are sports fans - so it was inevitable that we have an existential conversation about the leagues. This conventioNOT episode was recorded just after ...