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Second Cup of Joe...and John
by Joe Elvis and John Dwyer
Nashville-centric broadcast veterans Joe Elvis and John Dwyer are resurrecting their broadcast careers with this podcast. They collaborate to share wit, life experiences and Rolodex with listeners. With 5 episodes ready to download, look for a weekly episode to be dropped each Monday beginning June 6 th, 2022. Joe and John invite movers and shakers to the Main Street Media TV Studios to offer inspiration, and raw untold stories about how Nashville was, and is today. Joe is best known for his days, sorry, daze at 103 KDF and 105.9 The Rock, while John’s reference at News-2 is as Sports Director and hosting “Titans on 2 with Jeff Fisher.” That second cup of coffee takes place when you are done with the morning rush and settling into the day. “Second Cup of Joe… And John” won’t change the world, but it will make you smile and feel as if you know Middle Tennessee, and yourself, a little bit better.
Episodes
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She Was Told She'd NEVER Have Kids - Then This Happened at 21 | Elise Jenkins
Life had something wonderful in store for Elise Jenkins. She just didn’t know it yet. After surviving childhood leukemia, doctors told her she’d likely never have children. Today, she’s a happily married mother of two, helping other young women discover that motherhood and their dreams can go…
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Why Healthcare is so COMPLICATED | David Osborn
How does a guy who has spent his career trying to fix healthcare somehow end up playing the Grand Ole Opry? Joe and John sit down with longtime friend David Osborn, whose personal family experiences led to a four-decade mission trying to make healthcare better. He explains why the American...
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Nashville Songwriter WARNING: Get a Lawyer | Kyle Frederick
Singer, songwriter, musician and longtime Nashville music insider Kyle Frederick has spent more than four decades on Music Row. He reflects on sleeping on a friend’s couch, playing with Earl Thomas Conley and Foster & Lloyd, working with Clay Walker, and eventually moving into management and...
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Physical Therapist Makes LIFE CHANGING Discovery | Adam Wille
Getting older is mandatory. Moving like you're old isn't. Physical therapist Adam Wille has worked with everyone from weekend warriors to Olympic athletes and says staying active may be simpler than we make it. The former marathoner talks bad shoulders, good habits, walking versus running and why...
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Jay Grider – Author of Last Call: From the Minor Leagues to Nashville's Rise as a Major Sports Destination
Long before the Titans, Predators and the push for Major League Baseball, Nashville was still trying to prove it belonged on the big stage. Few people watched that transformation closer than Jay Grider. The longtime Nashville Sports Council executive shares hilarious behind-the-scenes stories…
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This Publisher Has 100 NYT BEST SELLERS | Jonathan Merkh
What does it take to create a New York Times bestseller? Jonathan Merkh would know. The longtime publishing executive has helped launch more than 100 bestsellers, including 13 that reached #1, and now he's turning the publishing world on its head. Growing up as a missionary kid in France, Merkh...
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Jeremy Palmer, Founder & Owner of the Original Corner Pub
Usually, people work in the Nashville restaurant business to launch into an entertainment career. This Music City native did it backwards and after 13 years on Music Row as a talent booking agent, opened the original Corner Pub in Green Hills. Find out how this family-owned business survives in…
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Tammy and David Boclair, Sports Communications & Media Power Couple
She’s a college communications Hall of Famer while he spent nearly four decades covering Nashville area sports for the Daily News Journal, City Paper and Sports Illustrated among other publications. Married 31 years, their walk down memory lane contains why they kept their romance a secret, the...
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Alex Van Zeelandt - Actress, Model, Comedian and Influencer
Building a recognizable audience with more than 34,000 Instagram followers, Alex continues her varied professional journey posting quick-witted random thoughts of the day while walking in her East Nashville neighborhood. The Brooklyn native’s resume begins with modeling, speaking candidly about…
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Steve Watterson – Tennessee Titans Strength& Conditioning Coach 1986-2018
Anachronistic (Google it. It fits perfectly), Watterson explains how he was able to not just survive but thrive under six Titans head coaches in four different decades. Coaching wasn’t even his first career choice for the Newport, Rhode Island Native and he reveals how a failed physical, of all...
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Disabled Motorcycle Rider Starts Media Company | Chase Akers - Writer, Director
Don’t throw a pity party for Chase, because he’ll just stand you up, even though he has a “dead leg” (Deadleg Media is the name of his company). Born with cerebral palsy, this Nashville native leans into his disability with humor and strength, explaining why he chooses confrontment vs.…
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Paul McCann – NHL Nashville Predators Public Address Announcer
You are hard pressed to find two words in Nashville more identifiable than “Thanks Paul!” Watch and listen as the Pennsauken, New Jersey native explains his journey to the Bridgestone arena microphone. A day one season ticket holder in 1998 tells how he met his wife as a nightclub DJ and what he...
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Patrick Cassidy – Actor, Producer/Director
Hollywood royalty is alive and well at the Franklin Theatre where Patrick reigns as Artistic Director of the Studio Tenn Theatre Company. Second of three sons of Broadway star Jack Cassidy and Oscar-winner Shirley Jones, the former high school quarterback (he once led the nation in passing)…
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Adam Zocks – St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Nashville Race Director
Aside from Pro/College football games and the occasional NASCAR race, the biggest one-day sporting event is Nashville’s spring marathon event. Now in its 26 th year, more than 25,000 participants are expected to flood the city streets, not to mention thousands of volunteers and bystanders. Watch...
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Iroquois Steeplechase Chief Marking Officer Autumn Eklond & Race Chairman Dwight Hall
Celebrating its 85th year, The Iroquois Steeplechase is Middle Tennessee’s social event of the year. Oh, it also raises millions of dollars for charities including the Monroe Carel Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Learn the incredible backstory of how it came to be, and what’s new for 2026...
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Beverly Keel – Dean of MTSU’s Scott Borchetta College of Media and Entertainment
The daughter of a long-time Nashville Banner journalist, little did this Donelson native know she would follow in her father’s footsteps, forging an even wider path. Becoming a “go to” print journalist covering the music business for local and worldwide outlets, Beverly joined her alma mater MTSU...
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He WALKED 1,000 Miles and Became a BEST SELLER | David Fischette – Author, Entrepreneur & Creative Industry Leader
It was a health challenge that led this longtime California resident to write a book that’s now a best seller on Amazon. The 1,000-mile walk (1,350 miles) spawned reflective standalone vignettes with each ending with a question. Founding a creative agency now more than 40 years old, David’s...
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Kelly Sutton – National Radio/TV/Podcast Entertainment Personality
Breaking her promise of never doing mornings in the media again led this uber-diversified entertainment journalist to Nashville. The first full-time female announcer of the Grand Ole Opry, Kelly explains why being fired (twice) actually catapulted her to multiple media platforms including morning...
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Tennessee Titan All-Pro Becomes ENTREPRENEUR - Keith Bulluck
While roaming the field and intercepting passes for 11 years in the NFL, this former Titans #1 draft selection now covers the Middle Tennessee business community and beyond. Owner of “Just Love Coffee” in Franklin, Bulluck also hosts the podcast “Bullseye View” on YouTube. The Syracuse University...
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CEO Accidentally Makes AMAZING CREATINE | Mark Faulkner – CEO & Founder of Vireo Systems
A happy scientific accident a couple dozen years ago led to Faulkner sending a seismic jolt through the holistic health supplement industry. Creatine, the most important supplement you can take according to Mark, is at the front of his business, but it also manufactures laundry detergent, acne...
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Jeff Fisher – Former Titans & Rams Head Coach, AF1 League Commissioner
Revealing that “God put that brown thing with laces in my hands when I was about 7 or 8,” one of the best- known Tennessee sports figures continues to have football a focal point of his life. But there’s so much more including seven grandchildren (All call him Jeff). With 173 wins in nearly 20…
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Willy Daunic – Play-by-Play Nashville Predators TV, Radio Host
Little did the Florida native know that playing video games while toiling in the minor leagues would lay the foundation for his broadcasting success decades later. Inherently likeable, the former Vanderbilt University basketball recruit explains how opportunity and luck fused together leading to...
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You're Chasing the WRONG THINGS - Virgil Herring |Golf Coach/Public Speaker/Author
The 2-time PGA Tennessee Teacher of the Year continues to broaden his brand with popular TEDx talks, corporate coaching and two podcasts, “On the Virg” and “The Whole Pro.” While golf is a backdrop, he unlocks potential to achieve greatness for his clients, regardless of their career paths. He...
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Tommy Womack – Singer/Songwriter, Author and Podcaster
Admittedly cheating death a few times, the longtime Nashville top-hatted music maestro explains why he’s never been happier. Founder of the critic-described, “unapologetic indie punk outfit,” Government Cheese, the prolific songwriter and author explores what it was like creating the band at...
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Gary Chapman – Singer/Songwriter, Former TV Host
Admittedly a 68-year-old trapped in a 12-year old’s body, Chapman reflects on his early Oklahoma/Texas upbringing that led him to Nashville nearly 50 years ago. Almost kicked out of bible college, he found early success in the contemporary Christian music scene, writing number one songs including...
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Tresa Halbrooks – Founder & President of Legacy Consultants, PR & Events
A “Big Sis” to many of the Tennessee Titans during the early glory years, Tresa admits that a career in football was never on her radar. The New Mexico native, who moved to Nashville to (yep, you guessed it), has parlayed her time in the NFL to a successful luxury brand consulting firm, her own....
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John Billings - Bassist for The Monkees, Music Producer
John’s office view is an envious one, looking out at adoring audiences around the world celebrating The Monkees incredible six-decade musical extravaganza. That’s a long way from being a fired pawnbroker, and pizza delivery guy working the 80’s heavy metal scene in Los Angeles. This high energy,...
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Brenda Vroon – Nashville Dolphins Executive Director
Who can teach swimming lessons without a pool during Covid? Brenda, that’s who. The Marietta, Georgia native has loved the water since birth. The Auburn University graduate explains why her career path to leading the Nashville Dolphins wasn’t a straight 50-meter freestyle race. The nonprofits...
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Tony Arata – Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Member
“We can be broke anywhere, so why not Nashville?” were the fateful words from Tony’s wife Jamyi some 40 years ago. Once packed up from Thunderbolt, Georgia it didn’t take long for the aspiring singer/songwriter (and UPS worker) to have a chance run-in with Garth Brooks. Tony explains the quirky...
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Mike Organ - The Tennessean Sportswriter
Bagging groceries at Kroger to a Hall of Fame sportwriting career? Mike explains why there aren’t any steps in between and takes a deep dive into why he has survives and thrives in an endangered profession. A Middle Tennessee native, Mike has interviewed a Who’s Who including Muhammed Ali, Arnold...
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Tony Richards – Founder/Owner Hippie Radio
Don’t dare tell this self-made media business mogul that radio has gone the way of Blockbuster. Proof that Tony was always going to be a high achiever, he built a radio station at 13-years old in his Ft. Wayne, Indiana basement. Every day since he’s been either on the airwaves or managing radio...
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Jackie Marushka – Marushka Media
Jackie credits her career ascent to a late afternoon meeting with a boss who she thought was going to fire her. The New Mexico native reveals what she said in that meeting, along with her other defining moments in a crowded Nashville public relations scene. Her jam is “moment making that ends up…
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Encore Edition Dan Thomas – WSMV Channel 4 Meteorologist
(Joe and John have wrecked a car and flown to London since the last recording and need a quick summer hiatus. Enjoy the March 2 nd release with one of the best TV people in business). Dan did his first weather forecast at age six and hasn’t stopped since (he is not kidding and has the tape to…
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Walter Egan – Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist
The son of “Mad Men” advertising parents, the Queens, New York native was at the epicenter of the 1970’s California music scene. Best known for his 1978 hit single “Magnet and Steel”, Walter has 15 solo albums to his credit and exponentially more anecdotes reflecting on living the rock ‘n roll...
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“Just” Joe & John Edition - June 2025
It’s another edition of the longtime buddies flying solo (or is that duo?) covering a ridiculous range of topics such as; the raging speed bump debate, fast food drive-thru hassles, the “YMCA” song, what it’s like to pilot a Lear jet at 45,000 feet, John’s romantic getaway that ends up with a…
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Amy Don Billings – Owner/Operator Nashville Jam Session
This Hendersonville High School “Golden Girl” has a colorful, winding life journey, making her mark as a Nashville area talent buyer and business owner. There aren’t many challenges she hasn’t answered. Booking a jazz series in Lebanon, Tennessee? Check. Making a last-minute pitch to launch a…
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The ”Just” Joe and John Edition
Care to join a couple of guys shooting the breeze? They take the podcast to the next level, asking, begging, imploring you to email them at [email protected] or engage on the show’s social media to add to future conversations. Joe reveals what it was like to be a big-time DJ (John’s...
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Terry Bulger – WSMV-TV Feature Reporter (1990-2025)
When “Bulger’s Beat” came on TV, you stopped what you were doing to check it out. The Chicago native brought his folksy storytelling to Nashville’s NBC affiliate in 1990. For nearly 36 years Terry profiled ordinary people with extraordinary life lessons. After a road trip to Amarillo and a cup of...
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Lisa Oliver-Gray - Singer & Business Co-Owner
A self-proclaimed “vocal enhancer” Lisa wasn’t cynical enough to launch a career in journalism, her major at Western Kentucky University (She was on the 5-year plan). The Elizabethton, Kentucky native landed in Nashville with several singing opportunities including the heavy metal band Warning,...
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Mary Barnes – Marathon Runner with an Amazing Streak
An international hand therapist by trade, this Brentwood resident is among only 10 people to have competed in the Rock “n” Roll Marathon (either running the full or half) every year since 2000. Admittedly a late bloomer, the 66-year- old explains her goal is to be the “last man standing,” Mary…
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Chase Akers – Media Producer & Public Speaker
Don’t throw a pity party for Chase, because he’ll just stand you up, even though he has a “dead leg” (Deadleg Media is the name of his company). Born with cerebral palsy, this Nashville native is leaning into his disability with humor and strength, explaining why misery is beautiful. (Yep, he...
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Lisa Maki – Avison Young Commercial Real Estate Company Market Leader
Few people can claim two elite professional careers in one lifetime. Moving from California to Covington, Tennessee at an early age, Lisa toured the world as a flight attendant eventually assigned to professional sports teams’ charters. Gold medal winners, college basketball champions and NBA…
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Dan Thomas – WSMV Channel 4 Meteorologist
Dan did his first weather forecast at age six and hasn’t stopped since (he is not kidding and has the tape to prove it). A Boston area native, the Penn State student’s path to Nashville took more twists and turns than a wind-blown tumbleweed in America’s heartland. A Captain in the U.S. Air…
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Pamela Furr - President of the TN Radio Hall of Fame, Veteran Radio Personality
Pamela’s Facebook page states: News Anchor, Writer, Voice Over Artist, Background Singer, Lover of God, Family, Friends, Wine, and Men. Behind the mic by the age 14, the North Carolina native set her sights on becoming a gospel songwriter. Her move to Nashville in 1990 led to a variety of…
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Charlie McAlexander - Longtime SEC Play-by-Play Announcer and WSMV-TV Sportscaster
Charlie Mac, (also C-Mac), earned numerous accolades calling games for four SEC schools along with becoming a fan favorite on WSMV-TV in Nashville. Not bad for a guy who never took a broadcasting class. Admitting that he wasn’t a great student and driven by fear, the Mississippi native expounds...
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Chad Bottorff – Partner at Eakin Commercial Real Estate, Co-Founder of TC CRAFT Tequila
Many of us have concepts of starting a business from scratch, but few actually do it. Meet Chad Bottorff, a partner at Eakin Partners Commercial Real Estate since 2001 and co-founder of TC CRAFT Tequila. Chad and his brother Todd were determined to make an ultra-premium tequila with numerous...
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Johnny “Ballpark” Franks – President & CEO Franks Media
You would be hard pressed to find a Middle Tennessee sports entity that Johnny hasn’t had some involvement with since the 1980’s. His passion and opinions are front and center, whether reflecting on his first sports media job when he was a tween, to his chance encounter with Elvis (THEE, not…
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Blake Fulton – iHeartMedia Executive, Former Sports Talk Radio Host
Making a name for himself behind a Nashville sports talk radio microphone decades ago, Blake continues to rise in the radio ranks with iHeartMedia. A late 90’s chance meeting with Nashville Banner columnist, the late Joe Biddle, led the Dallas native to the Middle Tennessee airwaves. Managing the...
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Dennis Holt – Legendary Session Drummer
You’ve heard him, but perhaps not heard of him. Dennis Holt has percussion credits spanning 5 decades among the Who’s Who in the music industry. From Vince to Taylor, the self-proclaimed lover of surfboarding (he’s an LA transplant) and a good French dip, Dennis takes you into some of Nashville’s...
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Kim Dettwiller Burton – Team Strategies, LLC PR Firm
Born and raised in Nashville, Kim helped promote some of the biggest brands in the 1990’s including Planet Hollywood, the NFL YES campaign and the Rock “n” Roll Marathon. Still thriving in the public relations world, Kim explains why she had no choice but to go to Vanderbilt University, how…
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Nashville-centric broadcast veterans Joe Elvis and John Dwyer are resurrecting their broadcast careers with this podcast. They collaborate to share wit, life experiences and Rolodex with listeners. With 5 episodes ready to download, look for a weekly episode to be dropped each Monday beginning June 6 th, 2022. Joe and John invite movers and shakers to the Main Street Media TV Studios to offer inspiration, and raw untold stories about how Nashville was, and is today. Joe is best known for his days, sorry, daze at 103 KDF and 105.9 The Rock, while John’s reference at News-2 is as Sports Director and hosting “Titans on 2 with Jeff Fisher.” That second cup of coffee takes place when you are done with the morning rush and settling into the day. “Second Cup of Joe… And John” won’t change the world, but it will make you smile and feel as if you know Middle Tennessee, and yourself, a little bit better.
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