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October 25 2021

Rick Ferrari – Commercial Talent Agent (Ferrari Talent)

Steve Owens podcast actors, advertisment, broadway, commercial agent, commercials, covid, dolly parton, ferrari, ferrari talent, ferrari talent agency, Los Angeles, model agency, models, mtv, mtv awards, new york, paul walker, rick ferrari, studio 54, talent agent, television

Rick Ferrari
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Rick Ferrari. Rick is a commercial talent agent located in Los Angeles; who recently started Ferrari Talent. In this episode; Rick and I chat about his growing up in New York and some of the crazy antics he got up to while there. He explains how he got into the talent agent business; and tells some great stories about some of the people he has worked with and some of the fascinating ways he has made things happen and moved up in the business. Rick also tells us about his time working on award winning music videos, working with Dolly Parton, and why he chose to move to LA. Finally, we hear all about his new agency: Ferrari Talent, and why he and his partner decided to start their own agency during a pandemic!
Follow Rick on social media:
Twit : @RickMFerrari
Insta: @RickFerrari_biz / @Rick_Ferrari / @FerrariTalentAgency
FB: Rick Ferrari
Website: FerrariTalent.com

October 18 2021

Carl Ray – Singer / Songwriter

Steve Owens podcast black country, carl ray, carlray.com, Country music, cowboy, houston, I can see clearly now, I stand with this country, Johhny Nash, mentor, music, music city, music texas, musician, nash, Nashville, singer, singer songwriter, singersongwriter, songwriter, spotify, texas, texas music

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Carl Ray
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Carl Ray.
Carl is a country music singer / songwriter who has been writing and playing music for the past few decades. In this episode; we chat about how he got into the music business, and how he came to be best friends with, and mentored by the legendary Johnny Nash. Carl tells some stories about his buddy, and shares some of the advice he got from Johnny. Carl has a hit song that some waves in 2020 and he graciously lets me play it on the show. Then we talk about how Johnny Nash and Carl always meant to do a song together; but never got to is before Johnny’s passing last year. So Carl chose one of Johnny’s biggest hits, added some lyrics, put a few twists on it; and released it to growing acclaim. I can’t wait for you to hear it. Finally, Carl tells us about a Spotify playlist he has put together celebrating Black country music artists, and where you can find it.
Follow Carl on social media:
Twit: @OfficialCarlRay
Insta: @OfficialCarlRay
FB: Country Music Artist Carl Ray
Website: CarlRay.com

October 11 2021

Patrick Gibson – Singer / Songwriter

Steve Owens podcast America, bailey's song, country, Country music, covid, faith, florida, god bless, jesus, love, music, patrick gibson, patrick gibson music, pg country, pg music, pgcountry, pgmusic, singer, singersongwriter, songwriter, storyteller, The American Prayer, we're gonna do this

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Patrick Gibson
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Patrick Gibson.
Patrick is a singer / songwriter from Florida who is starting to make a name for himself with his faith based country music and story telling lyrics. He has a new single out called The American Prayer that is making waves all over the country. In this episode, we talk about why he got into the music business, and how its going so far. He shares what his faith means to him, and why he tells the stories he tells with his music. While he does offer me the opportunity to play his newest single (The American Prayer); I chose not to because I think the music video tells a wonderful story as well. So I suggest you go check that out. Patrick does; however agree to let me play one of his earlier songs that means a lot to him, and I think you’re going to enjoy that one as well.
Follow Patrick on social media:
Twit: @PGCountry
Insta: @PGCountry
FB: @PGCountry / @PatrickGibsonMusic
Website: PGCountry.com

October 4 2021

Evan Stern – Podcaster (Vanishing Postcards)

Steve Owens podcast Border, Border towns, broadway, cockaroo, covid, crooner, docuseries, evan stern, hill country, interview, johnny mathis, mathis, nyc, podcast, Postcards, road trip, sarah lawrence, singer, small town, South Texas, texas, Texas border, texas wine, travel, Vanishing, vanishing postcards

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Evan Stern
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Evan Stern.
Evan is a Texas native who eventually moved to The Big Apple in pursuit of following his performance dreams. Although he loves NYC; there is a nagging part of Evan that misses the great state of Texas. So he took some time off, flew to Texas, and then drove across The Lone Star State to visit tiny towns, and unique destinations that aren’t on any map……… and then he turned that into a podcast! Vanishing Postcards is a documentary style podcast of sorts where Evan goes to out of the way places and talks to the people who inhabit them. Getting both their story AND the story of the area and businesses. In this episode, we chat about why he moved to New York, why he misses Texas so much, and what made him start a podcast dedicated to these unsung people and places. We talk about his podcast; and we have a lot of fun along the way. I talk about my favorite episode of his show, and Evan tells us what we can expect from Vanishing Postcards in the future. Enjoy!
Follow Evan on social media:
Twit: @EvanCStern
Insta: @VanishingPostcards
FB: Evan Stern & Vanishing Postcards

September 27 2021

Mia St. John (The Knockout)- 5 Time World & International Boxing Champion (WBC, IBA, IFBA)

Steve Owens podcast addiction, alcoholic, alcoholics anonymous, author, boxer, boxing, boxing champion, champion, covid, don king, dr drew, Dr. Drew, eric garcetti, fighting, fighting for my life, garcetti, geragos, homeless, IBA, IFBA, mark geragos, mental health, mia st john, playboy, Recovery, Sobriety, st john, The Knockout, Vaccination, Vaccine, WBC

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Mia St. John
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Mia St. John.
Mia is a FIVE TIME boxing champion including: WBC, IBA, and IFBA. In this episode we chat about why she got into boxing, and how & why she initially worked with legendary boxing promotor Don King. Mia shares an epiphany she had during a fight with her career long arch rival; Christy Martin. Then we shift gears a little bit to talk about addiction & sobriety, as well as some of the tragic losses she and her family have suffered over the past few years. We discuss the Mia St. John Foundation; what they do, and how you can help. She also explains why she felt it was necessary to hire Mark Geragos to sue the mayor of Los Angeles (Eric Garcetti) due to his Covid shut down of Alcoholic’s Anonymous support groups; and how that turned out. Finally, we chat about Mia’s new book called “Fighting For My Life” available NOW for pre-order. Mia advocates for mental health as well as the homeless in and around Los Angeles.
Enjoy this conversation with boxing legend Mia St. John.
Follow Mia on social media:
Twit: @MiaStJohnBoxer
Insta: @MiaStJohnBoxer
FB: Mia St. John
MIaStJohnFoundation.org

September 20 2021

Kelly Lang – Singer / Songwriter

Steve Owens podcast ascension hospitals, b j thomas, barry gibb, bj thomas, breast cancer, cancer, cmt, conway twitty, country, Country music, country music television, country star, covid, delta, delta variant, folgers, grand ole opry, hall of fame, kelly lang, kelly lang music, kellylangmusic, lorrie morgan, music, Nashville, olivia newton john, opry, singer, singersongwriter, songwriter, star search, T G Sheppard, TG Sheppard

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Kelly Lang
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Kelly Lang. Kelly is a singer / songwriter who has worked with some of the biggest stars in country music. In this episode we chat about: her time on the television talent show Star Search, some of the cool people she has worked with including Lorrie Morgan and previous guest BJ Thomas. Kelly also shares a story about her struggle with breast cancer, and her new song ‘I’m Not Going Anywhere’; which is currently being used in a national advertising campaign for a nationwide hospital system. It’s a touching and moving song, and she lets me play it on the show. Enjoy!
Follow Kelly on social media:
Twit: @KellyLangMusic
Insta: @KellylangMusic
FB: Kelly Lang
Website: KellyLang.net

September 13 2021

Nikki Dixon & Nicholas Rice – Actors / Producers

Steve Owens podcast acting, Acting class, actor, actress, claws, cruel summer, dalls, dfw, fort worth, Glenn moreshower, modeling, nicholas rice, nikki dixon, preemptive strike, producer, queen of the south, screenwriter, screenwriting, stephanie carter, writing

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Nikki Dixon & Nicholas Rice
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Nikki Dixon & Nicholas Rice. These two actors have been is tons of stuff, including; Queen Of The South, Claws, Fear The Walking Dead, and Cruel Summer. In this episode we chat about some of those things, as well as why and how they came to be in the film & television business. We talk about the acting class that they met each other in, which is also how they came to be on my show! (Thanks to Stephanie Carter). However, MOSTLY we talk about the new project they are working on which is a film called Preemptive Strike and some of the names that are associated with it. Enjoy!
Follow Nikki & Nick on social media:
Twit: @TheNikkiDixon / @TheNicholasRice
Insta: @TheNikkiDixon / @TheNicholasRice
FB: Nikki Dixon / Nicholas Rice
TikTok: @NicholasAndrewRice

September 6 2021

James Moses Black Returns! – Actor (Soldados O Zombies / Lansky / Queenpins)

Steve Owens podcast 55, acting, actor, ak47, Amazon prime, cartel, cocaine, covid, debarge, james moses black, jamesmosesblack, kristen bell, lansky, las vegas, mexico, mezcal, moses, Prime, queenpins, snowfall, soldados, soldados o zombies, this is us, vince vaughn, zombies

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James Moses Black Returns!
Take a walk with me as I get to know even more about James Moses Black in his return appearance on the show. In this episode; we chat about his new Amazon Prime series Soldados O Zombies, and his new films: Lansky and Queenpins. James also tells us about his time during Covid, some really fun stories about working on set in Mexico, and he catches us up on how development is coming along with his passion project “55”. This episode has it all: AK47’s, Mexican drug cartels, Mezcal, and “more cocaine than I have ever seen for $15”!
Enjoy!
Follow James on social media:
Insta: @JamesMosesBlack_
FB: James Moses Black

September 1 2021

BONUS: Ed Asner’s 2 Appearances (Joined) Re-Release

Steve Owens podcast actor, american, american icon, asner, betty white, ed asner, emmy, film and television, france, grouchy historian, icon, junkman, legend, lou grant, mary tyler moore, pixar, pixar's up, primetime emmy, sag, sag aftra, sag president, sagaftra, screen actors guild, son of a junkman, the grouchy historian, the old man from up, up, Us army, us army veteran, veteran, yitzhak

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Ed Asner 1929-2021
This is a bonus episode (re-release) of Ed’s two prior appearances on the show; joined into one episode.

On Sunday, August 29th, 2021 we lost an American icon.
Ed Asner was an actor from the mid 1950’s up until the day he passed; with roles in 13 films yet to be released and roles in 7 television shows, also yet to be released.
Ed served 2 terms as the president of The Screen Actors Guild from 1981 to 1985.
He won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards, was beloved by generations, and was consistently a polarizing and outspoken political activist.
More important than any of that (at least to me), is that Ed was a guest on my show not once, but twice. He could not have been more of a delight either time. Both appearances were to promote new books he had authored; and the second appearance was at his request!
This bonus episode is those two conversations; joined into one episode.
The first one was released July 25th, 2018 and at that point; the audio quality of the show wasn’t the best. Please hang in there as it is a fun episode.
The second episode was released August 10th, 2020; little more than 1 year before his passing.
In the second episode, Ed speaks fondly of his family and talks about them in great detail. This is heartfelt and you can feel the love and the longing for days long passed.
Ed was more kind to me than I could ever have hoped for; and will always hold a special place in my heart.
Blessings on a life well lived Mr. Yitzhak Ed Asner; thank you for your kindness, you will be missed.
–Steve

August 30 2021

Don McLean – Music Legend / American Icon (American Pie)

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Don McLean
Take a walk with me down Fascination Street as I get to know Don McLean. Legendary singer / songwriter; Don is most known for his super smash hit AMERICAN PIE, which was released FIFTY YEARS AGO this year! In this episode, Don and I chat about: some of his songs, his new and upcoming projects, including: a new album of originals, a new album of covers, a new documentary, a play, a movie, and a new children’s book called “American Pie: A Fable” which drops in October. Then he tells us about the true story behind the hit song “Killing Me Softly”; which is not his song, but has a very interesting connection that I bet you didn’t know about. Don was kind enough to let me play some of his classic songs during this episode, as well as one of the covers off of his new album of covers called “Still Playin Favorites”. Be sure to check out his website for upcoming tour dates (covid permitting). Don McLean is a legend, a brilliant poet and songwriter; but more importantly, he was a super king and generous to me! Enjoy this conversation with a LEGEND.
Follow Don on social media:
Twit: @DonMcLean
Insta: @TheDonMcLean
FB: Don McLean (Musician)
Website: DonMcLean.com