That Was Awesome
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Emmy Award-winning graphic designer, Steven Little, interviews people that have been a part of something that he thought was awesome. Whether or not you shared his excitement about that particular thing, you’ll find the behind the scenes stories interesting. Most guests come from the worlds of sports, music, entertainment, and design.
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Synjyn Days, Former Georgia Tech Running Back
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBToday’s guest is Synjyn Days. Synjyn played football for Georgia Tech from 2010-2014. He started his career as a quarterback, then moved to A-Back in Paul Johnson’s triple option offense for two years, and then finally to B-Back his senior year, where he averaged 119 yards per game over the last 7 games after getting some starts at the position. He signed a free agent contract with the Dallas Cowboys after college and is now a financial advisor in Atlanta. Before our interview, I talked abo...
Connor Hitchcock, Founder/CEO of Homefield Apparel
November 20, 2020 09:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBToday’s guest is Connor Hitchcock, founder and CEO of Homefield Apparel. In college at Indiana, Connor started an apparel company called Hoosier Proud that eventually became Homefield, which The Athletic recently featured in an article and called it the “hottest apparel company in college sports.” Homefield now produces premium licensed vintage apparel for over 100 colleges. Connor and I discussed the formation of Homefield Apparel, how they started adding schools, the process of licensing ...
Santino Stancato, Former Georgia Tech Football Brand Manager
September 29, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBToday’s guest is Santino Stancato. Santino, aka Morpheus, was until very recently the Brand Manager for Georgia Tech football, where he spent 21 months creating a ton of photo, video, and design content. Before that, he was with Coach Geoff Collins at Temple and before that spent time with the Brooklyn Cyclones, Marshall University, and his alma mater, Bloomsburg. He just left Georgia Tech to become the Head of Creative and Brand Strategy at J1S Creative, who works with Georgia Tech. Santin...
Adam Martin, Host of Makers of Sport Podcast
August 31, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBToday’s guest is Adam Martin, a graphic designer and creative director from the Eastern Kentucky focused on providing design, content creation and brand strategy to clients in the sports & entertainment business. After graduating with a BFA in Graphic Design at Eastern Kentucky University in 2005, Adam began his career as a graphic and interactive designer at a renowned college sports marketing firm known today as Learfield IMG College. In 2006, he launched his own design firm. T/A Martin S...
Roddy Jones, ACC Network Analyst & Former Georgia Tech Running Back
July 20, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBToday’s guest is Roddy Jones, who was actually drafted in the 39th round of the MLB Draft out of high school but went to Georgia Tech to play football. He did play one year of baseball at Georgia Tech in addition to being a 4-year starter at A-Back in Paul Johnson’s triple option scheme, and he holds the record for most career starts at Georgia Tech with 52. He’s also the Georgia Tech career leader in yards per carry at 7.6 and was a 3-time member of the All-ACC Academic Team. Since graduati...
Tommy Siegel, Jukebox the Ghost
July 06, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBToday’s guest is Tommy Siegel, who is the guitar and bass player and one of two vocalists and songwriters for my favorite band, Jukebox the Ghost. Tommy is also a prolific cartoonist who takes doodle requests while in the band’s tour van and turned a comic a day for a year project into 500 comics in 500 days. Now he has a book of his comics being published. Tommy and I discussed the formation and naming of Jukebox the Ghost, how they’ve achieved their unique sound, their Queen influence, th...
Mario West, Former Georgia Tech & NBA Player
May 04, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBToday’s guest is Mario West, who started his basketball career at Georgia Tech in 2002 as a walk-on. He later earned a scholarship and was a member of the 2004 team that made it to the National Championship game. In 2007, he won the college slam dunk contest and earned a spot on the Atlanta Hawks roster. After four seasons in the NBA, he played professionally abroad for five years and played one season in BIG3. He then worked for three years as the Director of Player Personnel on the Georgia...
Will Pugh, Cartel Lead Singer
April 24, 2020 15:00 - 2 hours - 97 MBToday’s guest is Will Pugh, who is the lead singer and main songwriter for Cartel, and he also plays guitar, bass, and piano. He’s written two top 40 hits with Cartel, and he’s now a producer and mixer in Nashville, where he’s worked with several artists including New Found Glory, William Ryan Key from Yellowcard, Vista Wolf, The Foxies, and Lonely Benson. And a couple of weeks ago, Will released his first music since Cartel, an EP for a project called Taurids. Will and I discussed the form...
Sean Bedford, Georgia Tech Football Color Analyst & Former Player
April 11, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBToday’s guest is Sean Bedford, who played football at Georgia Tech from 2006–2010 and is now the color analyst on their radio broadcasts. Sean started his career as a walk-on, and by the end of it, he was the starting center, First Team All-ACC, and won the inaugural Burlsworth Trophy, given to the most outstanding player in the country to start their career as a walk-on. In 2010, Sporting News named him one of the 20 smartest athletes for graduating from the no. 4 aerospace engineering prog...