Russell Hobbs and The Big Picture: Recent Episodes
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Mike Rhyner spent 32 years in radio in the Dallas-Ft Worth market, commencing in 1979 at KZEW. He spent 7 years as producer of the LaBella & Rody show watching things blow up around him before moving to WBAP, then KZPS. Probably best known as the creator of the Ticket, he spent 26 years there, primarily helming the perennially dominant afternoon drive time show the Hardline. In December 2019 he stepped away from the Ticket, announcing his retirement in a surprise video still talked about today. He presently hosts Your Dark Companion, a podcast which can be found at VokalNow.com
V. Eric Couch has had the great privilege to share the stage with Martha Stewart, Nigel Farage, Ice-T and Coco, Michael Gerber (E-Myth), Walter Scorpion OBrien (worlds smartest man), George Ross (Trump's attorney) speaking at recognizable locations like London Stock Exchange, Carnegie Hall, NASDAQ, Citibanamex and Royal Society of Medicine. He host the podcast, Living a Legacy, Guest include: George Lopez, Les Brown, Kevin Harrington, Kathy Ireland, Jack Canfield, Clint Black and many more! Eric is a multi-year member of Forbes Finance Council and 2020 & 2021 inductee of the Dallas 100 (fastest growing privately held companies in Dallas)For over 20 years, Mr. Couch has been the guy behind the curtain with the answers to lifes retirement questions, along with his nationwide army of financial advisors, having protected over $1 Billion in just the last 3 years.
Ron Halls life was centered around a successful career as an international art dealer and a passion for his Rocky Top ranch on the Brazos River. All this changed in 1998 as a result on an encounter with a homeless man, Denver Moore, who was threatening to kill everyone in the Fort Worth, Texas homeless shelter where Ron and his wife Deborah had begun to volunteer two weeks earlier.
After the death of his wife in November, 2000, Denver Moore moved in with Ron and lived with him for the next ten years. This life changing encounter, featured on many television and radio shows inspired Ron to write his first book SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, a story of hope and redemption. The word of mouth hit became a New York Times platinum bestseller and stayed on the list for more than three and a half years.
In 2007, President Bush appointed Ron to the State Department Cultural Property Committee to advise the President on diplomatic matters regarding international art and antiquities. He served through December 2011. Currently, Ron is a screenwriter and producer of the movie version of his book SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME. It opened in theaters across America by Paramount Pictures October 20, 2017. He recently published SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME, Children's version and WORKING OUR WAY HOME, the story of the ten years he and Denver lived together. He is currently writing the sequel for the movie.
Ron and his wife Beth, reside in Dallas where they direct the Same Kind of Different as MeFoundation, SKODAM.org, established to raise money and awareness for the homeless.
MICHAEL CAIN is dedicated to changing the world for the better based on the belief that media can change peoples hearts and minds toward positive solutions. Michael directed and produced TV Junkie for HBOs Addiction series, winning the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize as well as producing more than twenty feature films for HBO & SHOWTIME.
Michael was named by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the Top 10 Film Festival Leaders and by the Dallas Observer as one of the Top 100 Creatives among cultural entrepreneurs in Dallas. He was also nominated, with Liener Temerlin, as Texan of the Year by The Dallas Morning News.
Michael is the US Advisor to the WaterBear Network & the Resilient Foundation. M3 Films, the company his wife started and he is President of is currently producing the US Premiere of The Way of The Rain: Hope For Earth with Sibylle and Robert Redford, EarthX, EarthxFilm and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on Half-Earth Day, October 22, 2022.
He is a lucky husband and devoted father to two amazing daughters!
Russell Hobbs profiles Jeffrey Liles (aka Cottonmouth, Texas): an American writer, storyteller, and member of the abstract hip-hop group Decadent Dub Team. Currently the artistic director at The Kessler Theater in Dallas.
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Russell Hobbs profiles Andrea Reich, entrepreneur and the owner and designer of Diadem Jewelry. She is also a devoted mom, an artist and involved in several philanthropic pursuits
Paul Salfen is a Dallas-based TV host, producer, editor, writer, content creator, consultant, and entrepreneur who currently holds the positions of producer and co-host of Drew Pearson Live/The Ultimate Hail Mary and producer/writer for AMFM Magazine. Salfen is also seen internationally an international correspondent for OSN in Dubai, which is seen in 22 markets in the Middle East. He has spent the past 20 years interviewing a wide variety of the biggest and brightest stars in film and music including the likes of Tom Cruise, Hugh Jackman, Harrison Ford, Angelina Jolie, The Rock, Will Smith, Willie Nelson, Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Tiesto, and Sandra Bullock, as well as a series of sports, travel and business articles including features on luminaries like Sir Richard Branson.