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One More Thing Before You Go
by Michael R Herst
Michael R. Herst sits down with remarkable people and asks the question most interviews skip: What actually shaped you into who you are today? One More Thing Before You Go is a cinematic interview podcast built on unhurried conversations with global voices whose lived experiences illuminate culture, travel, food, and the shared human story. Each conversation strips away the polished narrative to reveal what’s underneath—the heritage, the struggles, and the moments that quietly changed everything.Inspired by the warmth of a Mediterranean table, the show moves beyond surface-level accomplishments to explore personal transformation, authentic humanity, and the stories that continue to shape who we are becoming—creating space for intentional storytelling in a loud world. New episodes release every Wednesday, Pull up a chair. You’re always invited to take a seat at the table.Find everything "One More Thing" here: https://taplink.cc/beforeyougopodcast This podcast uses the foll
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Traveling Solo to 30 Countries: How the World Changed Jessica McGann
In this episode Michael sits down with Jessica McGann, a world traveler whose journey took her solo through 30 countries over more than two years. Discover what it’s truly like to experience the world firsthand—and how those experiences shaped the person she became. Jessica’s journey eventually…
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What happens when curiosity keeps opening doors you never planned to walk through?
What actually shapes you into who you are today? Is it where you grow up? The choices you make? The people you meet? Or the moments that seem insignificant at the time—but quietly change the direction of your life? For Clifford Brown, the path was anything but predictable. In this conversation,...
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The Places That Shape Us: From a Southern Mill Village to the World | Donald Williams
What if you could leave the place that shaped you… but never really leave it behind? The sounds, smells, stories, traditions, and struggles of our childhood can follow us farther than we ever realize. In this powerful conversation, Michael sits down with Donald Williams, co-author of Born of...
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What Makes a Crime Story Unforgettable? The Power of Emotional Intelligence | Rhonda Parker Taylor
What makes a crime story stay with you long after you've turned the final page? Is it the mystery? The characters? Or is it the emotional truth hiding underneath the story? In this replay of one of Michael's favorite conversations, Michael sits down with writer, entrepreneur, and academic...
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The Recipe That Changed His Life: Food, Heritage & Purpose | Chef Don Bowie
What if the most important recipe you ever learned had nothing to do with food? For Chef Don Bowie, it started in his grandmother’s kitchen—and became a lifelong journey through food, culture, entrepreneurship, and community. In this conversation, Michael sits down with celebrity chef and...
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The Survivor Who Walked 1,600 Miles Home | Martin Bodek
Some stories don’t just belong to a family. They belong to all of us. What would you do to survive if everything you knew had been taken from you? Martin Bodek's grandfather survived four armies, two world wars, starvation, poison, and a 1,600-mile journey home during World War II. He survived…
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Sober Travel: We Didn't Get Sober for a Smaller Life | Teresa Bergen
What if giving up alcohol didn't mean giving up adventure? Travel is supposed to expand our world. But what happens when the very places we travel to seem to revolve around drinking? A hotel minibar. An airport bar. A champagne toast. A business conference where networking happens over cocktails.…
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Lost for a Century: Family Secrets, Irish Heritage & Incan Gold with Brigid Kennedy
What if a story buried in your family for more than a century suddenly asked you to tell it? Brigid Kennedy’s story begins with a real Irish treasure hunter, her great-grandfather Robert Patrick Kennedy, who crossed the Atlantic, married Eudocia Rodrigues in Arequipa, Peru, in 1910—and then...
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Walking Through the Echoes of World War I | Briana Gervat
What if the places that carry humanity's deepest wounds also have the power to heal something within us? In this episode of One More Thing Before You Go, Michael welcomes poet, author, photographer, and adventurer Briana Gervat for a deeply reflective conversation about history, solitude,...
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The Hidden Psychology of Flow: Lessons from Hollywood’s Biggest Films
What if the greatest lesson from Hollywood wasn’t about making blockbuster movies—but about living a more focused, creative, and meaningful life? In this episode of One More Thing Before You Go, Michael welcomes Steven Puri, former EVP at DreamWorks and VP at 20th Century Fox, whose career helped...
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When Life Changes the Story You Thought You Were Living | Jim Paulk
What if the greatest challenges of your life were preparing you for your greatest purpose?Resilience isn’t something we’re born with—it is built through adversity, difficult choices, and the moments that quietly redefine who we become. In this cinematic conversation, Michael sits down with Jim...
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Nonna’s — A Story of Food, Family, and the Women Who Keep Tradition Alive
What happens when a man chooses to honor his late mother and grandmother by opening a restaurant run entirely by grandmothers? That question sparked one of our most beloved conversations — and inspired Nonna’s, the heartwarming new film starring Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco…
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The Stories We Tell About the Future Reveal Who We Are Today
What if the future isn't something we're trying to predict... but something we're trying to understand about ourselves? The stories we tell about tomorrow often reveal more about today than we realize. In this thoughtful conversation, Michael sits down with author and cultural thinker Amy…
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Elle — The Origin Story: Diane & Michael Break Down the Legally Blonde Prequel
In this episode, Diane and Michael take a deep dive into Elle, the new prequel series that reimagines Elle Woods’ early life. With their personal connection to Karen McCullah Lutz, the screenwriter behind the original Legally Blonde, they bring a fresh, intimate perspective to the conversation....
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The Cost of Belonging: Choosing Yourself After Everything Falls Apart
Some lives force us to ask uncomfortable questions: Who decides who we become? What happens when the identities we’ve built our lives around suddenly disappear? And how do we begin again without pretending the past never happened? In this thoughtful, unhurried conversation, Michael sits down with...
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The Moment Everything Changed — Leah Renee’s Reinvention Begins Part 2
Welcome to Part Two of our special two‑part conversation with Leah Renee — the only ex‑Mormon housewife turned stand‑up comedian she’s ever met. In Part One, we explored the life she lived before everything changed: her Mormon upbringing, the early cracks in her identity, the pressure of...
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Leah Renee: From Mormon Housewife to Stand-Up Comedian (Part 1)
What happens when the identity you were handed… no longer fits the person you’re becoming? In Part One of this special two‑part cinematic conversation, Michael sits down with Leah Renee — the only ex‑Mormon housewife turned stand‑up comedian she’s ever met. Before the comedy stages, before the...
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The Art of Legacy: Creativity, Culture & the Stories We Save
Art is more than color on canvas — it’s memory, identity, and the way a culture says, “We were here.” In this powerful conversation, Michael sits down with Dr. Archana Srivastava, TEDx speaker, PhD historian, award‑winning artist, and founder of ArtSage and Les Trésors Art Gallery. Her mission is...
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How Many Creative Lives Can One Person Live? From Comedy to Opera to Fantasy
What happens when a lifelong storyteller refuses to stay in one lane? In this episode, Michael sits down with Richard Sparks — acclaimed British comedy writer, opera collaborator, and fantasy novelist — to explore a career defined by reinvention, imagination, and the courage to follow creativity...
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When Your Nervous System Won’t Rest with Tim Thomas
What happens when a Special Forces operator, professional fighter, and lifelong warrior finally meets the one opponent he can’t out‑run: his own nervous system? In this powerful and deeply human conversation, Michael sits down with Tim Thomas, founder of Breathwork in Bed, former Australian…
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Hiking for Healing: A Veteran's Journey on the Appalachian Trail — Producer's Choice Replay
With Father's Day just around the corner, we're reaching back into our library to bring you one of the most moving conversations we've had at this table — and one that has stayed with us long after the microphones turned off. At 72 years old, Marine combat veteran Rand R. Timmerman did something...
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The Human Voice in the Age of AI: Staying Real in a Synthetic World
What does it mean to keep your voice — your real, human voice — in a world where AI can mimic almost anything? This week, narrator, actor, voice artist, and writer Kris Keppeler joins Michael for a warm, honest, and deeply human conversation about creativity, identity, and staying connected to…
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Alignment, Legacy & the Work of Becoming Yourself — with Daniel Anderson
Some conversations stay with you long after the microphones turn off — and this is one of them. This Producer’s Favorite encore episode brings back a powerful, deeply reflective dialogue with Daniel Anderson, a Holistic Success & Legacy Coach whose work helps people break free from burnout,...
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Wealth, Identity & the Human Side of Success with Richard McWhorter
In this cinematic conversation, Michael sits down with Richard McWhorter, a Beverly Hills–based Private Wealth Advisor with more than 32 years of guiding high‑net‑worth and ultra‑high‑net‑worth individuals — including athletes, entertainers, and multigenerational families — through the most…
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Whispers from the Soul: Poetry, Leadership, and the Unseen-RP
A profound exploration of metaphysical awakening unfolds in this producer‑favorite replay from September 2025, as Michael sits down with Sara Byers — a respected business leader whose life was transformed by an unexpected spiritual opening. After the passing of her stepfather in 2020, Sara began...
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Inside Mistura: How Ricardo de Montreuil Brought 1960s Peru Back to Life
Director Ricardo de Montreuil joins Michael for a cinematic conversation about Mistura, the Peruvian film that blends food, memory, identity, and virtual production to bring 1960s Lima back to life. Together, they explore the emotional and cultural heartbeat of the story — from Afro‑Peruvian...
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Steve Carell’s Most Human Role Yet: Why “Rooster” Is Worth Watching
In this Over the Teacup Sunday episode, Michael & Diane sit down to explore Rooster, the new HBO series starring Steve Carell and created by Bill Lawrence & Matt Tarses (Ted Lasso, Shrinking, Scrubs). They dive into the show’s warm, character‑driven storytelling, the small‑town secrets at its...
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The Truth About What We Eat: Cherie Calbom on Seed Oils, Healing & Real Food Wisdom
What if the story you’ve been told about food your whole life… wasn’t the truth? In this conversation, wellness pioneer Cherie Calbom opens up about the trauma that shaped her, the healing that rebuilt her, and the lies about nutrition that changed the health of an entire generation. Together, we...
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Travel as Transformation: Revisiting Our Conversation with Douglas Brouwer
What is it about travel that transforms us? Does stepping into a new place make us wiser, more compassionate, more connected to the world? Or is travel sometimes just an escape — a temporary break from the weight of everyday life? Today, we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes with Douglas...
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Stoneslayer: A Journey Through Loss and Reinvention
What happens when the story you’ve been trained to tell can no longer hold the truth you’re living? In this cinematic and deeply human conversation, journalist‑turned‑storyhealer Candace Lynn Talmadge joins Michael to explore grief, myth, reinvention, and the power of narrative to transform...
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Elle Fanning Is Brilliant in Margo’s Got Money Troubles — Our Honest Review
In this Over the Teacup episode, Michael and Diane sit down to unpack Margo’s Got Money Troubles, the new Apple TV dramedy created by David E. Kelley and starring Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole Kidman. Together, they explore the show’s messy, heartfelt world — from...
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Rewriting Your Story: Heather Ann Ferri on Healing & Personal Evolution
In this cinematic and deeply human conversation, Heather Ann Ferri joins Michael Herst at the Mediterranean table to explore healing, identity, trauma, and the stories we carry — and the ones we choose to rewrite. Heather shares her powerful journey through childhood trauma, chronic illness,...
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Messages on the Mountain: How the Camino de Santiago Rewrote One Woman’s Story
What if one journey could rewrite the story you’ve been carrying your entire life? In this listener‑favorite episode, we revisit the extraordinary journey of Kirsten Rudberg, whose life was shaped by growing up overseas with a mother battling severe depression — a childhood marked by instability,...
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Discovering Ourselves in the Unknown: Lessons from Deserts and Seas
What do we learn about ourselves when we step into places that test us? The exploration of our true selves often unfolds in the challenging environments that test our limits. The nature of self-discovery is intrinsically tied to the journeys we undertake, particularly those that challenge our...
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The Intersection of Adventure and History Through Filmmaking- Encore
This encore episode—originally aired April 30, 2025—remains one of my favorites. Emmy‑nominated producer and director Neil Laird joins me to explore how untold stories become powerful narratives that captivate audiences worldwide. With more than 1,000 hours of documentary programming for…
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Award‑Winning Author Lexy Shaw Delorme on Writing, Travel & Identity
Award‑winning author Lexy Shaw Delorme has lived a life as genre‑defying as her fiction — rock musician, scientist, attorney, and global traveler. In this conversation, she shares the real stories behind The Limerent Series, the themes that shape her work, and how living across three continents...
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The Transformative Power of Travel with Douglas Brouwer -Encore
What is it about travel that truly transforms us? Does stepping into a new place make us wiser and more connected, or is travel sometimes just an escape from the everyday? In this powerful encore conversation, I sit down with Douglas Brouwer, seasoned traveler and author of The Traveler’s Path:...
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Reinventing the Creative Life with Aaron Ryan: Resilience, and life unfiltered
Bestselling author Aaron Ryan has written 41 books and reinvented himself more times than most creatives attempt in a lifetime. In this conversation, we explore how he found his voice, rebuilt after toxic environments, and continues to thrive in a world reshaped by AI. This episode is a powerful...
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RJ Decker, Season Finales, and Why TV Is Getting Bold Again
RJ Decker isn’t just another TV drama — it’s the kind of character‑driven storytelling that reminds us why we fall in love with television in the first place. In this Over the Teacup Sunday episode, Michael and Diane dive deep into the world of RJ Decker: the grounded lead, the emotional weight…
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Hiking for Healing: A Veteran's Journey on the Appalachian Trail
At 72 years old, Marine combat veteran Rand R. Timmerman did something most people half his age will never attempt: he hiked the entire 2,100‑mile Appalachian Trail. But this wasn’t just an adventure — it was a mission. Rand set out to help his brother Ron, a 71‑year‑old Army veteran and…
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AI, Ethics & Staying Human with Bruce D. Randall
What happens when technology evolves faster than our humanity? In this episode, Michael Herst sits down with Bruce D. Randall — AI strategist, ethicist, author, and Reiki Master — for a grounded, eye‑opening conversation about the future we’re all stepping into. Bruce brings a rare blend of...
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Food, Travel & the Stories That Shape Us with Karl Wilder
In this episode, Michael sits down with chef, storyteller, and world traveler Karl Wilder for a conversation that feels like sharing a great meal with an old friend. Together, they explore how food connects us — not just to flavors, but to memories, people, and the moments that shape who we are....
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Sunday Breakfast: The Rituals, Memories, and Mornings That Stay With Us
n this warm and deeply personal episode, Michael and Diane explore the meaning of breakfast: the quiet moments at home, the traditions passed down through family, the comfort of familiar routines, and the joy of meeting friends or loved ones at your favorite café. Together, they dive into: Why...
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Transformative Travel: How Study Abroad, & Group Travel Shape Identity and Purpose
Travel can be more than a trip—it can be a turning point. In this episode, Michael Herst sits down with Dr. Joy Owens, CEO of Butler Travel, to explore how travel becomes a catalyst for transformation in students, families, and leaders alike. From study abroad experiences to humanitarian…
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The Scrubs Reboot: Nostalgia, New Faces & Today’s Medical TV
Scrubs is back — and so are we, Over the Teacup! In this Sunday sit‑down, Michael and Diane pour a cup and dive into the long‑awaited Scrubs reboot. From returning favorites like J.D., Turk, Elliot, Carla, Dr. Cox, and The Janitor… to the brand‑new interns bringing a 2026 twist to Sacred Heart…
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The Soul of Irish Traditional Music with Tara Connaghan
What does it mean to carry a culture in your hands — and in your sound? In this intimate and cinematic conversation, Michael sits down with Tara Connaghan, an award‑winning Irish traditional fiddler, educator, podcaster, and cultural storyteller from County Donegal. Tara’s life is shaped by…
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Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be: Conversation with Nicky Billou on Freedom, Mindset and confidence
What does it take to become the person you were meant to be — not someday, but now? In this powerful and high‑energy conversation, Michael sits down with Nicky Billou, a bestselling author, elite performance coach, and the host of The Thought Leader Revolution. Known for helping entrepreneurs,...
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Travel Is No Vacation: How Ann & John Cinnamon Explored 120 Countries Together
Travel isn’t always glamorous — but it’s always transformative. In this cinematic conversation, Michael sits down with Ann Craig‑Cinnamon and John Cinnamon, a married duo whose 30‑year journey across more than 120 countries has shaped their lives, their marriage, and their understanding of the...
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From Plate to Planet: How Veganism Can Foster Real Change
The exploration of veganism offers a profound opportunity to consider the ethical implications of our food choices, not only for our personal health but also for the well-being of the world around us. In this enlightening dialogue, we delve into the intricate intersections of animal ethics, food...
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Slow Down and Savor: How the Mediterranean Way Can Reconnect You with Life
In this inspiring conversation, Michael sits down with Anita Heidema and Chef Dario Tomaselli — the dynamic duo behind the O’Live Your Life Mediterranean movement. Together, they explore how food, culture, and intentional living can transform the way we experience our daily lives. From the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Michael R. Herst sits down with remarkable people and asks the question most interviews skip: What actually shaped you into who you are today? One More Thing Before You Go is a cinematic interview podcast built on unhurried conversations with global voices whose lived experiences illuminate culture, travel, food, and the shared human story. Each conversation strips away the polished narrative to reveal what’s underneath—the heritage, the struggles, and the moments that quietly changed everything.Inspired by the warmth of a Mediterranean table, the show moves beyond surface-level accomplishments to explore personal transformation, authentic humanity, and the stories that continue to shape who we are becoming—creating space for intentional storytelling in a loud world. New episodes release every Wednesday, Pull up a chair. You’re always invited to take a seat at the table.Find everything "One More Thing" here: https://taplink.cc/beforeyougopodcast
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