PODCAST · arts
Type.Tune.Tint.
by Tom Kranz
What is your hidden talent? Tom Kranz explores how everyday people discover art, writing, music, or other creative pursuits. Maybe your work life, personal obstacles, or sheer denial have gotten in the way. It's never too late to give yourself permission to be creative. Listen to these stories of discovery by all kinds of people.
Episodes
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My Immigrant Mom: A Daughter's American Story
Teresa Magistro shares the remarkable immigrant story of her mother, Antonetta Vincatorio Lombardi—a woman who crossed from poverty in Italy to build a life and raise a family in America. Their conversation explores Italian American history, family traditions, and the stories that can disappear…
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Exiled to the Moon
The idea of cloning humans, still a scientific fantasy, makes for intriguing stories that lead us to examine ourselves. How would you feel if you woke up one day as a clone, then discovered your real self was a bad person? Or, you discover your real self is dead, and you’ve been cloned, but at a...
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Writing the Roots of Rock
It's possible, even probable, that no one has the depth of knowledge about rock 'n' roll history that Richie Unterberger has. His 40+ year career, starting as a DJ in college to writing 15 books, countless reviews and articles, has focused on the music of the 60s and 70s. This episode focuses on...
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Writing Through the Lens of Empathy
Lauren Reisner admits that her dad might not totally love her decision to give up being a lawyer to follow her dream to write. "My dad is supportive, but he is having a very hard time with me saying, I'm not a lawyer anymore," she says. Describing herself as "trauma-informed," Lauren brings…
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From pandemic to pastels:
Broderick Bebout's career running call centers for an insurance company took an unwanted turn during the COVID pandemic when he was forced into the virtual world. Sitting alone in his basement, he decided he had to do something other than stare at a lit screen. He began drawing on Home Depot...
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Not Just Any Dog
A new movie about a robotic companion dog for a woman suffering from depression gives us a peek at the real robotic service dog, Jennie, who is about to make her debut in the wider world.
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The Main Point Story: Legendary music venue reborn in new documentary
Philadelphia-area media veteran Brandon Brooks has produced a new documentary on The Main Point, a legendary music venue in Bryn Mawr, a suburb of Philly. A fan of the Main Point during its heyday in the 70s, Brandon looks at the history of the Main Point and some of the many musicians who passed...
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The Healing Power of Music
Andrew Schulman attributes his recovery from a near-death experience to music. And in the years since it happened, he's committed himself to bringing music to intensive care units, musical medicine, as he calls it. The data from a study he participated in confirms the healing power of music. His...
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Workplace Bullies are Everywhere
Andy Regal spent 30 years creating television shows while working for some of the worst bullies in America. He stayed with them out of the false belief that he was the problem. While writing his first book, Surviving Bully Culture, he realized workplace bullying is a real phenomenon. Today, he's…
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An Unwitting Feminist Coming of Age Story
Courtney Kocak's memoir, Girl Gone Wild, tells the story of a young woman from Smalltown USA who chases her dream of becoming a movie star, only to find the road to success filled with unsavory people and hard choices. But after 20 years of trial and error, she achieves success as a writer and...
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Imposter Syndrome with Mike Sealy
Did you ever think you're simply not good enough when really, you are? I hear it all the time on this podcast from guests who never thought they had permission to create. This is classic imposter syndrome, the feeling that we don't deserve our talent, skill, or success, that we are impostors in…
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Black History Month 2026: Is history repeating itself?
Author and historian Deric Gilliard discusses the violence at the alleged immigration enforcement operations that have led to assaults and deaths of American citizens in Minneapolis and other locales in the context of Black History Month. Is history repeating itself?
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Bandstand Bravado and Musical Mischief
Seattle Jazz Hall of Famer Bill Anschell's 30-year career encompassed prog rock, jazz, and electronic music. Now he's added a book to his artistic accomplishments, "Benched: Jazz Stories." Join me for this conversation with Bill, including samples of his music and readings from his book.
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Holiday Episode 2025
Celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah with four guests from 2025 contributing their music and written word with a holiday theme. :00 - Nu-Blu with Carolyn and Daniel Routh 11:03 - Charles Wiedenmann, holiday stories 11:30 - Dr. Hankus Netsky on Hanukkah music 29:38 - Sudi "Rick" Karatas, west coast...
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A Musical Melting Pot: Dr. Hankus Netsky
Dr. Hankus Netsky has devoted his life to researching, documenting, and performing Klezmer music. It is traditional Jewish music with roots in Eastern Europe, introduced to the United States in the 20th century. Klezmer was a signature element of Yiddish theater in New York and Philadelphia and…
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An Easier to Read Bible
Dan Parr's faith came to him early, but it took him a while to go with it. He became a believer in earnest after reading the Bible. Today, Dan is a successful voice artist who has gone through the Bible, line by line, and rewritten it in everyday, easier-to-read English. He hopes it'll bring more...
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Writing True Stories, Carefully.
Author Susen Edwards wrote a memoir on behalf of a woman whose troubled life took her into and out of three bad marriages, addiction, a Kenyan prison, and the global drug trade. As an author, Susen was committed to writing a true account of the subject's life while being careful not to invade the...
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International Podcast Day 2025
Podcasts have come a long way since the early 2000s. There's a podcast for every interest and many come in video form. It's easier than ever to do your own podcast for very little money. Tom Kranz has it all in this episode celebrating International Podcast Day 2025.
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Kid Curry, Then and Now
Kim Curry spent 30 years as a Top 40 radio DJ in markets across America, mostly in Miami at Power 96 and Y100. His air persona, Kid Curry, was synonymous with radio stardom of the 70s, 80s and 90s. Then, things changed forever with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at age 50. But life goes on and...
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Staying True to the Mission When the Mission is Attacked
During his 25 years working for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Deric Gilliard dealt with a lot of change under five different presidents. But it was his four years with the first Trump administration that threw the most obstacles in the path of his agency's mission to promote…
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The Grass Roots of Bluegrass: Nu-Blu
Nu-Blu has been a bluegrass institution for 22 years. With Daniel and Carolyn Routh at the helm, the band has recorded seven albums and toured the world. The Rouths also have stakes in two iconic businesses in their hometown of Siler City, North Carolina. Thus, their music brings their hometown...
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The Percussion Ranch with Brad Dutz
Percussionist Brad Dutz doesn't just play drums, marimba and vibraphone. He plays pots, pans, artillery shells, saw blades and cookie tins. Brad has collected hundreds or traditional and non-traditional instruments at his Percussion Ranch in Kelso, WA and he's busy playing and recording his work...
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Healing Scars with Cheri Carandanis
Cheri Carandanis's career as a nurse came to a screeching halt in 2019 after a car accident left her with a traumatic brain injury. The cognitive and physical disabilities that resulted left her unable to do her life's work. "I could not trust my brain," she recalls. "And so I, I retired my...
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Space, Science and the Squeezebox! The Adventures of John Kamal
A lifelong curiosity about how things work led John Kamal to earn a master's degree in mechanical engineering, which led to Career #1 as an aerospace engineer, Career #2 as a supply chain software innovator and Career #3 as a public school teacher. And then, there's the accordion. John's…
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An Immigrant's American Dreams
As a young man in the east African nation of Rwanda, Cedric Muhikira was interested in construction and went to college to become a civil engineer. But he knew that to reach the pinnacle of success in that field, he had to study and practice in the United States. He emigrated in 2019, just in…
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Young Author Writes 3rd Book by Age 13
Amobi Miracle Moses Eche wants to be an engineer when he grows up. But right now, he's a prolific author at age 13, having written his third novel, The Busted Tire. With the solid support of his mother, Moses is a middle school honor student with lots of ideas to write about. He's written two…
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MOVE: 40 Years Later
Forty years after the city of Philadelphia bombed a home in an eviction that went off the rails and killed all 11 people inside, there is still interest in the story as evidenced by a number of developments in 2025. Tom Kranz, who covered the story at the scene on May 13, 1985 and wrote a book...
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Crime and Punishment, Real and Imagined
Jacob Moon spent 28 years as a corrections officer in one of Florida's huge county jails. Much of that time was spent supervising psychiatric inmates. So, it's not surprising that the villain of his latest novel, Letter 26, is a psychopathic serial killer who augments kidnapping and murder with...
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Cracking the Secrets of YouTube: Zazzify It!
You have to remind yourself that Samantha Ulrich is only 20 years old. With more than 39,000 YouTube subscribers, a new book explaining how to score YouTube success and a nascent clothing line, she has achieved what other entrepreneurs work at for a lifetime. She is a 10-year veteran YouTuber…
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New sci fi from TK: Hack Rescue
The 6,000 residents of the Moon habitat known as the Daedalus Dome are under attack by a mysterious hacker. Their waste management system has shut down, a ship has blown up killing a thousand citizens and the atmosphere processor is red-lining threatening the entire population with suffocation....
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Lisa Michaud: Music to Manuscript
Lisa Michaud, an American expat now living in France, is enjoying the sweet spot where music and writing intersect. She has published her second novel, Somewhere in Hollywood, a semi-autobiographical story of a young woman navigating life and love in Los Angeles. Like her protagonist, Lisa…
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Matt Campbell Living the Lives
As a 6-year-old boy, Matt Campbell had a stuttering problem. His mom thought that the local community theater might give him more confidence. It did, and after just a few years his stutter was gone. He'd come out of his shell and he was acting in one local play after another. By age 14, he'd…
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All American Mom, Wife, Author
Jennifer Carr gave up her career as a family and marriage counselor to do something she loved more--writing. She is an author of several romance novels in both Christian and Clean Contemporary categories, a conscious choice based on her desire to create work accessible to wider audiences. Her...
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2024 Year End Review: The Most Amazing Stories!
Of the 23 episodes I produced for the Type. Tune. Tint. video and podcast in 2024, I came up with four that really amazed me because of the amazing people behind them. Any time you need a little inspiration, perhaps a reminder that your life isn't as crappy as you think, watch/listen to this...
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Cloning Your Better Self: A Solution to Eternal Life
Jeffrey Ashkin's first novel, The Second Life of Jonathan Sendel, begins with a bewildered man who discovers he is a clone and is charged with finding the killer of his original self. As he and his assigned police officer dig into the case, he comes to a disturbing realization--the real Jonathan...
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40 Countries by Age 26, a Journey of Self-Discovery
As a Fullbright scholar, Kristen Van Nest lived and traveled across Europe for a year learning about marketing and branding. At the time, she was a young woman in her early 20s and considered it a gift. "The great thing about travel is you meet these people who live these very different lives,"…
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Central Jersey Book Festival Nov. 16, 2024, with Jae Logan and Brimstone
Founded by Jae Logan of Edison, New Jersey in cooperation with the Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Woodbridge Public Library, the Central Jersey Book Festival will present holiday ideas for book gifts and an appearance by the legendary Brimstone. Brimstone is a professional wrestler,...
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A Dog's Life Inspires Stories for Kids
Sue Steinhardt, a retired English teacher from Warren County, New Jersey, found her voice as a writer in an unexpected place. After adopting a St. Bernard/Mastiff mix named Phil, she discovered his personality and idiosyncrasies made him unsuitable as a therapy dog, but perfect as the imperfect...
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International Podcast Day
September 30, 2024, is International Podcast Day. Who says? I have no idea but I'm going with it. This episode contains random facts about podcast history, podcasts today and a blatant, shameless plead for more subscribers for Type. Tune. Tint.! Whadya think of this episode> Support the show...
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Survivor Times 3: Zach Tidwell
A conversation with Marine veteran Zach Tidwell, survivor of a severe head injury following a motorcycle accident, a recovering alcoholic and an unsuccessful suicide attempt that left him totally blind. After all that, he's designed a iPhone app and is writing a book. Whadya think of this…
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Taming A Tumor: Risa August
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A Dog's Journey Home: A Children's Story
The Dinicola family of Scotch Plains, New Jersey is used to having lots of dogs around. They provide a foster home for dogs awaiting adoption, a specialized commitment that requires patience and a love of animals. One particular dog was a hard sell because of his skittish personality. So, they…
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Rising Rapper DjRetsam
A cocaine addiction, two burglaries that cleaned him out and a fraught recovery have shaped Sam Gladu's music. Performing as DjRetsam, Sam has been sober for ten years and only a few months into his new career as a rap artist. But he has attracted the attention of Busta Rhymes and a streaming...
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The Medical Musician Initiative
A near-death experience inspired professional musician Andrew Schulman to create the Medical Musician Initiative, teaching musicians to become part of the care of critically ill patients in ICUs. Having benefitted himself from the healing power of music, Andrew is on a mission to bring a dose of...
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Creative Engineering by a Jersey Girl
Wasps are not our friends, usually. However, Chris Alice Kratzer has found redeeming qualities in wasps, dedicating an entire book to them called The Social Wasps of North America. She was also inspired by a specific type of wasp to design a new kind of home insulation that could go into…
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Summer Reading Special
Three authors, three books, three ways to enjoy your summer reading! I invited three of my returning authors to tell us about their new books, all coming out during June, 2024. There’s something for everyone here, to wit: Fork Social Media! (And the algorithm it rode in on). Sudi “Rick” Karatas...
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Fiction from Fact: A Life in Transplant Surgery
Dr. David Weill spent 20 years as one of the world's pre-eminent heart and lung transplant surgeons. Some of his exploits are detailed in his memoir, Exhale: Hope, Healing and A Life in Transplant, which he wrote to preserve the amazing nature of transplant surgery, its successes and failures.…
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Escape from Addiction, Embracing the Good Life
Australia’s pre-eminent recovery guru brings his positive energy to the world. It took sheer exhaustion from a 17-year heroin addiction to simply stop the madness. And in 2009, he cleared his head and began living a life devoted to better health and commitment to helping other addicts. "I'm...
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The passing of a friend
I lost a friend of mine recently. I was fortunate to reconnect with Rob Feldman after going our separate ways for several decades. I was even more fortunate to be able to speak with him at length during this podcast episode in January of 2023. I learned so much about this individual whom I only...
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What is your hidden talent? Tom Kranz explores how everyday people discover art, writing, music, or other creative pursuits. Maybe your work life, personal obstacles, or sheer denial have gotten in the way. It's never too late to give yourself permission to be creative. Listen to these stories of discovery by all kinds of people.
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