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Like all of us, Deborah Driggs-Gaylord has experienced traumas and blessings. While navigating her path in life, she’s driven herself to success in her ventures. From dreams of Olympic gold as a kid, to modeling for one of the most popular magazines ever, to a top insurance agent in California, she’s proven two things: she is a strategic risk-taker and she does not like being told “No.” Her collection of accolades and accomplishments are long and impressive. More information on her can be found at her Website or her social media accounts: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and IMDB.

This episode’s guest, Jessica Cale, and I went on a journey about pirates. Yes, the Golden Age Pirates specifically, with the likes of Blackbeard, Black Sam, Anne Bonny, and Ching Shih (the Pirate Queen). We dispelled some myths and discussed some misconceptions about the considerably progressive pirate life on the high seas. Jessica is a historian, an author, a podcaster, and a blogger. Follow all of her adventures at dirtysexyhistory.com.

In this episode, we dive into ancient Persia. Trevor Culley knows ancient Persia. We chatted about the empires, battles, and lives in the post-iron age era up to the Muslim conquests. We hope you enjoy the little journey into the region that was conquered by Alexander the Great.

Zane Lamprey has traveled the world to learn about various customs, cultures, and culinary delights. He is a man of many hats; an actor, producer, author, comedian, podcaster, entrepreneur, and conservationist to name a few. We talked about his early life, drinking around the world, and windmills over lighthouses. He will be heading out on a stand-up tour across the country soon. Follow him and his ever-growing list of Adv3ntures at his website. You can also follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

Michelle Christo is an interventionist. Motivated by compassion, empathy, and knowledge, she has committed herself to help others who, either they or a loved one, are battling with addiction. We spoke about addiction, the evolution of drug policy reform, and interventions. We also discussed ideas to improve education and awareness. If you or someone you know is in need of her services, contact Michelle at (609) 558-3409, anewwayoflifeservices@gmail.com, or at A New Way of Life Intervention Services.

Stanley Plotkin is an extremely distinguished scientist and educator who specializes in vaccinology and immunology. His brilliant work is responsible for the creation of vaccines for rubella, rabies, rotavirus, cytomegalovirus. We spoke about his long and prolific career. He elaborated on the importance of vaccines and the process of creating them. Some of his published works can be found at PubMed.

John Giusti is a teacher, wrestling coach, and author. We met a few years back coaching our respective middle school teams in a dual meet. By day he teaches Language Arts, pre-pandemic he coached wrestling for the Lawrence (NJ) Middle School. He decided to write his book, Coaching Middle School Wrestling: 20 Power Moves, as a means to help coaches who are just getting started or to help polish or add some perspective for seasoned coaches. We chatted about how wrestling affected our lives, our roles as coaches and mentors, and the process he went through to write the book.

In this episode, I spoke to Tom Shinn. “Shinn” is the former radio personality from WSPT, a top-rated music station whose audience spans Central New Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia region. We spoke about his time there from starting as a tech to hosting the extremely popular night show, and a host of other hats he wore there. We chatted about his memories of the station, coworkers, and events of the past. We also talked about his family and current methods of passing the time as well as where the future may lead.

Andrew Froening is an independent filmmaker and multi-disciplined artist. We spoke about his creative origins, processes, and a number of his projects. Andrew talked about the importance of collaboration and chemistry among artists is for any medium. Follow him and his various pieces of art at his website: Frovideo, YouTube, Instagram, or Artpal.

Mark Milbrod knows the importance of life insurance. We spoke about the importance of proper insurance planning and how people can change their perspective to see insurance as a risk management tool to mitigate risks and potential burdens on loved ones. We chatted about how COVID has impacted the industry. For more information check out, Lifehappens.org. To contact Mark, he can be reached at (908-770-7367) or at markm@silvershieldadvisors.com