Shows
The Real Voices of the Game ProductionsEpisode 1882 Mike Port goes On the Record with Jerry Trupiano and Dave DagostinoBaseball stories that you've never heard before
2026-01-1654 min
Secret SonA Bigger Boat (a non-adoptee interview episode about the film Jaws)My interview with actor, writer & director Peter Marino about a very traumatic event we share - seeing the 1975 film Jaws in the cinema at much too young of an age. What followed for us has been a sneaking suspicion that every body of water may very well contain a shark or two. Please join us for a lighthearted look at what it was like seeing this Steven Spielberg summer blockbuster upon its initial release and the long wake of PTSD that has followed. Come in the water! It's fun! Here's Peter's bio...
2026-01-0218 min
Secret SonBreak On Through to the Mother SideHey all, did you know that the day destroys the night and night divides the day? Tune into episode 5 to hear author/writing coach Anne Heffron and I get psychedelic.We talk rocky reunions, wrestling with our demons and the psychological efficacy of binge eating. And, of course, breaking on through.Anne Heffron is the author of You Don’t Look Adopted, Truth and Agency: Writing Ideas for Adopted People, and co-writer of the movie Sleep No More. You can find her blog and read more about...
2026-01-0234 min
Gangland WireInside the St. Louis Mob: Crooks, Killers, and CopsIn this episode of Gangland Wire, retired Kansas City Intelligence Unit detective Gary Jenkins sits down with Tim Richards, a former St. Louis intelligence officer and author of Crook’s Kill and Cops Lie. Tim brings a wealth of firsthand knowledge from his years investigating the mob and navigating the thin line between law enforcement and organized crime.
We dive deep into the history and dynamics of the St. Louis crime families and their ties—or lack thereof—to Kansas City and Chicago. Tim reveals how the St. Louis mob and the Syrian mob were into labor racketeering, ghost...
2025-10-2034 min
Secret SonSouthern NightsOn today's episode, Patricia Knight Meyer and I talk black market babies, the power of genetic mirroring and the magic of Glen Campbell. Join us!A baby-scoop era black-market "adoptee," Patricia was sold along a curb outside a Texas hospital and grew up with no legal identity, date of birth, legal adoption, or court appointed guardian. Thus, despite one shady attorney’s best laid plans, at 18 she set out to unravel her mystery and obtain a legal birth certificate. At 40, she reunited with both biological parents, and she is currently seeking representation for her mem...
2025-09-2334 min
Secret SonLove Is All Around Amy Lokken and I delve into the challenges of being a transracial Minnesota adoptee, the openness of 1970s hippies and the fiery spirit of Betty Jean Lifton. Join us!Amy Lokken is a biracial, transracial adoptee, born in the Upper Midwest in the mid-sixties. She currently lives in San Francisco. Amy is the author of two memoirs. The first, beloved i am, chronicles her life as an adoptee, growing up in various parts of the U.S.A. as her family moved several times due to her adoptive father’s job...
2025-09-2344 min
Secret SonBeds Are BurningJoin Shane Bouel and I as we delve into searching, societal resistance to our search and piecing together our new identity. Shane Bouel, an Australian adoptee, is a compelling voice shedding light on the intricate journey of adoption. In his thought-provoking piece Understanding the Unseen Journey of Adoptees, he explores the three half-lives of adoption, delving into the complexities faced by adoptees as they navigate identity, family, and community. Shane's work serves as a poignant call for societal understanding, empathy, and a reevaluation of adoption narratives.
2025-09-2329 min
Secret SonTake The Money And RunEmma Stevens and I discuss being the adoptee chameleon, secondary rejection and scanning strangers' faces wondering if they might be family. Join us! Emma Stevens is a U.S. domestic adoptee from birth and has survived layers of trauma that have put her on multiple journeys. She developed the inner strength and courage to surmount the many struggles she faced. Her traumas were born from first being relinquished and then becoming an adoptee who struggled with being forced to wear an impossible mask of playing the part of the “good adopted child.” ...
2025-09-2340 min
Secret SonPlease Mr. PostmanAnna Fienbork was adopted as an infant after five days at the hospital. The fact of being adopted was part of her life from early on. The emotional wounds of this early trauma of separation eventually lead her to doing emotional and spiritual work to face what felt like a black whole inside of her – the sense of having no roots, of somehow being utterly flawed. Her personal path has brought Anna to working with people, helping them to integrate their inner wounds, their lost inner children."Reconnect - Come home to yourself" could be described as th...
2025-09-2342 min
Secret SonPaint It BlackJoin Emily and I as we discuss Paris, embracing the sublimity of a neurodivergent mind and fearfully admitting to others what they actually already know about us. Emily is a 40-year old domestic infant adoptee, born outside of Chicago, Illinois. Her roots are planted in Bismarck, North Dakota and other neighboring Badlands communities. Emily is an artist, writer and musician much like various members of her biological family. She is currently focused on trauma healing and substance abuse recovery, issues commonly faced among members of the adoptee community. ...
2025-09-2344 min
Secret SonBeing ThereSearching and finding disrupts long-standing family dynamics. Jack Dermody and I delve into how newly arrived adoptees are like bombs thrown into a family and how the knowledge gained by searching offers us an invaluable new perspective on ourselves. Letting go of what could have been, Billie Eilish and even Lawrence Welk make an appearance. Wunnerful! Born in 1945, Jack Dermody is one of the original Baby Scoop adoptees. He is a facilitator, trainer, national public speaker and linguist with 28 years of experience in Africa...
2025-09-2337 min
Secret SonWild at HeartDavid Lynch's story and mine run rather parallel. BPD adoptive mother? Check. False leads in our father searches? Also check. Our Lady of Corporal Punishment primary school? Oh, yeah. Join David and I as we delve into these topics, Barbara De Angelis and much more! David Lynch is an adoptee who searched and found his birth mother in 1992-93. He is a writer, graphic designer, and musician who lives in a rustic cabin in Western North Carolina.This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing stated on i...
2025-09-2343 min
Secret SonShe's Been Around the WorldFrom rural Chile to urban Sweden, Maria Diemar started life with a huge journey.Join Maria and I as we discuss kidnapping investigations, maddening bureaucratic red tape and '90s Nordic Neo-Nazis.Los Secretos are everywhere! My name is Maria Diemar. I’m 47 years old, adopted, a teacher and mother of 3 boys. I was born in Chile then adopted in Sweden where I grew up but I currently live in Dallas/USA. In the last 12 years I have lived in Japan, Australia, and the US. I’m Mapuche, the largest group of in...
2025-09-2331 min
Secret SonIf You're Going to San Francisco Dave Brown has his own Tales of the City. Join us for episode #11 of Secret Son as we discuss coming out in the 70s, implicit memory and meeting inebriated relatives for the first time. Thanks for listening!I am a domestic adoptee born in Virginia, raised in San Diego, CA, and have lived in the San Francisco Bay Area most of my adult life. I have a Bachelor's in Business Management and am a retiree from the University of California.Three and a half years ago, I decided to t...
2025-09-2325 min
Secret SonHe Can See Clearly NowJoin me for episode 9 with Shawn Sigler. We cover the usual stuff - KKK relatives, Cold War Berlin and seeing ourselves in photos of our deceased fathers. Shawn has had an incredible journey of persistence, bravery and self-discovery. Somehow he seems to have emerged from it without bitterness. A very inspiring story and episode!"I was born in 1963 in Indiana. I was adopted by a white couple from a small town. The public identified me as black, so I spent much time struggling with that identity. My adoptive mom...
2025-09-1125 min
Secret SonCan't Get You Out of my HeadHey! Yeah, you! Why not join us for episode #10? Pamela Karanova is a force to be reckoned with in the adoptee community and has a new Substack you should definitely check out! Pamela and I discuss angelic librarians, going on the wagon and wild dogs deep in the Iowa countryside. And, of course, secrecy!Pamela A. Karanova is an adult adoptee from Iowa residing in Lexington, KY. She's the founder of Adoptees Connect, Inc, Adoptee Remembrance Day - October 30th, and Adoptee Merch. Pamela is...
2025-09-1137 min
Secret SonAlicia is a Punk RockerHey y'all - between us, some days I just wanna be sedated. This is not one of those days. In episode 6 of Secret Son, I head to the Deep South, set on the porch for a spell and have a leisurely tête-à-tête with Alicia Bratton. And, honey, let me tell you, we cover some stuff – progressive Alabama politics (no joke), bayou existentialism and the freedom that fifty brings. And, it goes without saying - secrets! Hey, ho, let’s go! Alicia Br...
2025-09-1034 min
Secret SonCammie ChameleonSweet home Chicago! The Windy City plays a big part in Cammie Smith’s story. Join us for episode 7 as we get into how best to sneak into nursing homes, problematic Radio Shack ad campaigns and walking that fine line of being either too black or not black enough.And, as always - secrets!"I'm a 33 years old TRA (transracial adoptee) and I was adopted at the age of five when my birth mother passed away from breast cancer in July of 95, I wanted to tell my st...
2025-09-1036 min
Secret SonShe Went to a Land Down UnderOi mate, how you going? Join us for episode 8 as I chat with West Coast gal Vicky Graham in her new home in Oz. We investigate the Usual Suspects - romcom-ish reunions, local marsupials and surviving the Land of Misfit Toys. “Mom and Dad adopted me when I was eight months old. Before then, I lived in the Crippled Children’s Home with the other unwanted babies, our own Island of Misfit Toys. But I was lucky, I got out. I would’ve never searche...
2025-09-1022 min
Secret SonBreak On Through To The Mother SideSend us a textHey all, did you know that the day destroys the night and night divides the day?Tune into episode 5 to hear author/writing coach Anne Heffron and I get psychedelic.We talk rocky reunions, various methods of wrestling with our demons and the psychological efficacy of binge eating.And, of course, breaking on through.Have a listen and, if you like the show, please tell a friend!Music, as always, by the inimitable @cassisbmusicThis podcast is...
2025-09-1034 min
Secret SonThe Birds, the Bees & MeJoin Secret Son this week as we journey back to a time when it was morning in America.Reagan was president, the Eurythmics were tearing up the charts and the nation was falling in love with a precocious teenager named Michael J. Fox.Meanwhile, today’s guest and I were sitting next to each other in high school mulling over our own Family Ties.Liam Nitka and I were in the same high school class and had no idea the other was harboring their own shameful, da...
2025-09-1021 min
Secret SonHaley of La CrêteFolks, they threw her to the wolves and she’s come back to lead the pack. Superstar podcaster and adoptee activist Haley Radke joins me this week to regale us with tales of being a secret, stalking and the Great White North. So, while you’re (soberly, of course) shooting off those fireworks on New Years Eve, why not multitask? Put on your headphones, crank up the volume on episode three and ring in the new year with another top secret tale! Music, as always, by the i...
2025-09-1029 min
Secret SonA Braverman Than II met therapist/adoptee advocate Joe Soll in the mid-90s in New York City. We'll discuss decades-long family searches, "spaciness" and getting fed up with living in secrecy. As we all slowly beat back the darkness and embrace much-needed longer days (I'm looking at you especially, Berlin), this is the perfect episode to shine some light on the adoptee perspective. Druids and pagans and normies - together, onward into the light! Music, as always, by the inimitable Cassis Birgit Staudt. Joe Soll is a N...
2025-09-1030 min
Secret SonSend Me An AngelWho better to launch with than the woman who helped me track down my father? Adoptee rights advocate and search angel extraordinaire Annette O' Connell and I talk family searches, secondary rejection and the ecstasy of experiencing genetic mirroring. Somehow I called her by her maiden name of Daly. Apologies!Music by the inimitable Cassis Birgit Staudt. Annette Daly-O’Connell (she/her) is a domestic adopted person born in NYC during the Baby Scoop Era. Having been born Pre-Roe; she feels it is vital that the US not go...
2025-09-1036 minThe Real Voices of the Game ProductionsEpisode 1564 Tim Purpura goes On the Record with Jerry Trupiano and Dave DagostinoFrom the early days with Mike Port to the TX League to the front office with the Astros ... now Fair Sports ... Baseball Lifer Tim Purpura gives a full 360 on his time in baseball
2025-08-071h 00
English Breakfast - Das interkulturelle MorgenmagazinENGLISH BREAKFAST - Mike's Night Out (ENG)English Version:On today’s program, Mike Trupiano introduces several creatives and instructors he met during his adventures at the Kultur-Nacht. On location at the Volkshochschule (VHS), he explores a wide range of courses and talks to the passionate individuals behind them. This vibrant potpourri includes etching techniques from the 15th century, soapstone carving, pottery, creative writing, sculpture, painting, drawing and performance english with "Stage and Page". The dedication and passion for both their art and teaching clearly shine through in these conversations.A heartfelt thank you to all participants!De...
2025-07-2137 min
My First MillionI Turned $1M into $2.3B (Then Blew It Up and Rebuilt)Want Sam's playbook to turn ChatGPT into your executive coach? Get it here: https://clickhubspot.com/etb
Episode 722: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) sits down with Mike Novogratz ( https://x.com/novogratz ) about risk tolerance and coming back from massive losses.
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Show Notes:
(0:00) Mike’s first million
(8:37) Starting Fortress
(13:55) $30M to $2.3B
(25:28) Operating system for life
(35:41) Being early on crypto
(40:26) Risk tolerance
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Links:
• Fortress - https://www.fortress.com/
2025-06-301h 05The Real Voices of the Game ProductionsEpisode 1417 Former MLB Executive Mike Port goes On the Record with Jerry Trupiano and Dave Dagostino360 with Mike Port
2025-05-2255 minThe Real Voices of the Game ProductionsEpisode 1981 Baseball Executive Mike Port goes On the Record with Jerry Trupiano and Dave DagostinoWhat is a baseball man?
2025-04-1755 min
Secret SonStranger in a Strange LandParichard Holm – Healing Through MovementBorn in Thailand and raised in Germany, Parichard Holm struggled with identity and belonging. Feelings of disconnection, anxiety, and panic shaped her early years as she searched for a sense of home within herself.At 18, on the search of her birth mother, a healing Tui Na massage in Thailand transformed her life. This powerful experience awakened her passion for Qigong, Tai Chi, and Qi Healing as a way to restore balance and reconnect with her true self.Now, she helps others overcome emotional and energetic blockages, gu...
2025-03-1128 minThe Real Voices of the Game ProductionsEpisode 927 Mike Port goes On the Record with Jerry Trupiano and Dave DagostinoDuke and $1000
The NY CF's
Rocky Bridges
Don Zimmer
Bavasi, Ray Kroc, and Doug Radar
Commissioners ... who was the best
Dr. Bobby Brown 3B and Cardiologist
Sparky, Gene Autry and Gene Mauch
Reese, Pesky, Moose, and Gorman
Scouts Agents Umpires and Owners
Reggie and Nolan
2024-12-121h 00
Secret SonFrom Russia With LoveFalsified birthdays, smuggled DNA tests, women’s prisons! George Barbakadze and I discuss that uneasy floating feeling of pre-search life, the joys of a successful DNA result and anticipating a future of wrestling with identity issues. I loved speaking with George. He story demonstrates persistence despite many obstacles. Somehow he has remained through it all a very nice guy. Inspiring! George was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1974.In 1976, he was adopted from a Saint Petersburg orphanage by a Georgian family and raised in Georgia (the country) as the only...
2024-12-0632 minMy First MillionHow Mike Posner built a music empire from his dorm roomEpisode 640: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP )sits down with Mike Posner ( https://x.com/MikePosner ) about his insane hustle, fame, loss and reinvention.—Show Notes: (0:00) iTunesU Story(14:41) Going back to school, famous(21:40) Getting on the radio(26:40) “I just do what's cool to me and sometimes the whole world agrees”(30:06) One true sentence / Writing Process(39:50) Money, fame and Survivor(46:52) Advice to my younger self(48:10) Missed flight story(58:00) The making of a hit song(1:04:31) Walking Across America...
2024-10-251h 19My First MillionThe Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech BillionaireEpisode 636: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the rise and fall of Mike Lynch aka The British Bill Gates and his mysterious death onboard his $30M dollar yacht. —Show Notes: (0:00) The British Bill Gates Dies in Freak Yacht accident(14:51) The Kennedy Curse, conspiracies and coincidences(20:49) Sam bombs his meeting with the mayor(33:50) Branding to attract equals(44:36) Work backwards from the customers(48:00) Knowing something in your head vs your hands—L...
2024-10-1052 minMy First Million5 Random But Useful Things I Learned At A Private Equity ConferenceEpisode 635: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk about the things Shaan learned while at Re-convene in Los Angeles. —Show Notes: (0:00) the low-status-technique for becoming high-status at a conference(7:09) the richer the guy, the weirder the guy(12:17) dressing well vs. dressing comfortably(18:25) meeting mike posner(26:06) little luxuries —Check Out Shaan's Stuff:Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Sh...
2024-10-0432 min
True Stories BerlinAbout a BoyIn this episode, About a Boy, we explore life through the lens of boys. These stories illustrate four unique journeys that are united in discovery: a strong father's soft voice helps his son overcome a challenge, a 10-year old undertakes a heroic act to save the day, a 6-year old boy takes refuge in his imagination to avoid the sadness and uncertainty around him, a bewildered mother seeks to understand her son’s unempathetic ways. Join our four storytellers as they share their truths About a Boy.
Stories by: Skyler Braeden Fox, Mike Trupiano, Sh...
2024-07-2634 min
Entitled TownGoing 'Way Back' with Jerry Trupiano (Spotify)Jerry Trupiano joins Mike and Scartsy to talk about the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Red Sox breaking the Curse of the Bambino, the heartbreak of '03, and Jerry recalls memories about his decades in baseball running the gamut from Jack Buck to Larry Lucchino.
2024-05-131h 35Entitled TownGoing 'Way Back' With Jerry TrupianoJerry Trupiano joins Mike and Scartsy to talk about the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Red Sox breaking the Curse of the Bambino, the heartbreak of '03, and Jerry recalls memories about his decades in baseball running the gamut from Jack Buck to Larry Lucchino.
2024-05-131h 35
Secret SonGranite State of MindWhen I asked New Hampshire-ite Greg Gentry how he was doing, he simply put down his musket, looked in the camera and said, "live free or die!" Listen in on our conversation as we take a deep dive into that tenuous thing called identity and how searching for family impacts it. Along the way, we touch on Nietzsche, Alfred North Whitehead and taking long drives when discussions at home get a little too triggering. Greg Gentry is a US domestic baby scoop era adoptee, born in California in 1969. H...
2024-03-1837 min
Secret SonPapa Was A Rolling StoneSeason 2 of Secret Son keeps rolling along and, based on last week's number, people like hearing about identity!Secrecy is so last season. But not really. It's all a jumble, as we know. Join show patron and fellow Midwesterner Bruce Porth and I as we discuss our young selves discovering Ayn Rand, the challenge for adoptees of the edict "just be yourself" and how searching for family altered our sense of identity.How to fuse the pre and post-search self? Tune in! Bruce Porth was born in Chicago in A...
2024-03-0737 min
Secret SonLife On MarsAfter a winter hiatus, lots of St. John's Wort and extensive retooling, Secret Son returns for Season 2. Join Ruth Monnig and I as we discuss growing up in the same Midwesterner town, searching for family and how searching altered our sense of identity. This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing stated on it, either by its hosts or any guests, is to be construed as psychological, medical or legal advice. To make a one-time donation or become an ongoing patron: https://www...
2024-02-2540 minGangland WireSt. Louis Mafia Part 3Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. This episode delves into the ongoing mob war in St. Louis, focusing on the power struggle between the Syrians and the Italians. Led by Paul Leisure, the Syrians aimed to gain control of the labor union racketeering and diminish the influence of the Italians, who were closely aligned with Jimmy Michaels. The murder of John Spica, appointed by Tony Giordano to push out the Syrians, still remains a mystery to law enforcement.
On the other hand, the Italians...
2024-01-0100 min
Gangland WireSt. Louis Mafia Part 3Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. This episode delves into the ongoing mob war in St. Louis, focusing on the power struggle between the Syrians and the Italians. Led by Paul Leisure, the Syrians aimed to gain control of the labor union racketeering and diminish the influence of the Italians, who were closely aligned with Jimmy Michaels. The murder of John Spica, appointed by Tony Giordano to push out the Syrians, still remains a mystery to law enforcement.
On the other hand, the Italians...
2024-01-0100 minGangland WireSt. Louis Mafia Part 2Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode of Gangland Wire, I discuss the unusual setup between the St. Louis Italian Mafia’s Tony Giordano and a Lebanese-Syrian mob family boss named James “Horseshoe Jimmy” Michaels, the former leader of the notorious Cuckoo Gang in St. Louis during Prohibition. Michaels had an agreement with the Italian Mafia, and they had a peaceful coexistence. However, after the death of St. Louis mafia Don Anthony “Tony G” Giordano, the Leisure family, half Syrian and half Lebanese, saw an opportu...
2023-12-2500 minGangland WireSt. Louis Mafia Part 2Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. In this episode of Gangland Wire, I discuss the unusual setup between the St. Louis Italian Mafia’s Tony Giordano and a Lebanese-Syrian mob family boss named James “Horseshoe Jimmy” Michaels, the former leader of the notorious Cuckoo Gang in St. Louis during Prohibition. Michaels had an agreement with the Italian Mafia, and they had a peaceful coexistence. However, after the death of St. Louis mafia Don Anthony “Tony G” Giordano, the Leisure family, half Syrian and half Lebanese, saw an opportu...
2023-12-2500 min
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveA Solid Identity With Mike TrupianoGrowing up in a hostile and toxic environment adds a dense layer of trauma to the trauma of being relinquished by our birth mother. We feel insecure and unstable. Adoptee and podcaster Mike shares what he's learning about solidifying his sense of self after having a terrible time with his adoptive parents. We dive deep into resilience and identity. Profound and tough.Check out Mike's podcast at:http://www.secretsonpod.com/Visit his website at:http://www.miketrupiano.com/Connect with him on social media at:https...
2023-06-0155 min
The Begin Within Health Show110. Mike Trupiano—How's Your Food Making You Feel?Here’s my interview with Mike Trupiano, an entrepreneur and co-founder/developer of The Feel Bar.
Among other things, we cover:
•How his product and company got started
•Why he focuses on what’s good for the consumer
•How we can take ownership of the food-feeling connection
If you’d like to check out Mike’s products, go to thefeelbar.com
Please connect with me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/natesleger/
Get your copy of 5 Ways to Stop Wrecking Weight Loss for FREE by...
2023-04-2734 min
My Fourth Act PodcastE98 | Mike Trupiano | When I Stopped Being a Secret SonMike Trupiano is a comic actor from the United States who resides and works in Berlin/Germany. He is a voice-over artist, celebrated storyteller, writer, storytelling teacher and coach. Mike's first commercial job after leaving New York for Berlin found him locked in an elevator with world boxing champion Vladimir Klitschko. Adopted when he was 3 months old, Mike's personal evolution as an adult was forever changed by his search for his birth family. Mike is the creator and host of the recently launched podcast Secret Son, an adoptee podcast about searching, identity, and secrets.http://www.m...
2023-04-2042 min
Secret SonTrailerAdoptees family searches, identity, women's rights, secrecy - Secret Son covers this and more. Every week a new interview, every week a new tale of searching, finding and secrecy. Secret Son launches on Friday, December 16, 2022www.secretsonpod.comThis podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing stated on it, either by its hosts or any guests, is to be construed as psychological, medical or legal advice. To make a one-time donation or become an ongoing patron: https://www.patreon.com...
2022-11-2801 min
Pulled By The Root - Amplifying Adoption IssuesEp74: Mike TrupianoMike Trupiano is a dry comedic Midwestern American performer in Berlin with a bass voice. His specialties are deadpan, physical comedy, improvisation. He excels at playing arrogant, incompetent authority figures. Mike does English language dubbing and record documentary narration as well as audio books in his home studio. He also teaches storytelling and standup comedy, both in groups and one on one. Mike is also an adopted person who shared his story telling talent in this episode. His lived experiences are the definition of resiliency, expression and head on truth telling. His booming voice commands attention, his openness is i...
2022-05-1132 min
Adoptees On206 Mike TrupianoToday we are honoured to introduce you to Mike Trupiano. Mike shares about his painful childhood, marred by violence and a feeling of being fully unwanted. We talk about adoptee healing, about searching for his biological family, which included a literal doorstop visit where he dressed up as a delivery driver. He's a skilled storyteller, actor and comedian, also a sober coach. Now living in Germany, Mike's worked so hard at self-care and reclaiming identity, we think you'll join us in being in awe of the skills he's built up. Full Show Notes Here ...
2022-02-1859 min
Behind the MikeEpisode #61 Flashback to 2012 with Jerry TrupianoFormer Red Sox Radio Broadcaster Jerry Trupiano was a big inspiration in my career. When Jerry got the Red Sox gig, I immediately fell in love with his style. He was always himself on the air, and that was something I always believed in doing. He probably doesn't realize how much he helped me.
Enjoy this interview from 2012. I was hosting a weekly show in Portland, Maine on 96.3 FM.
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2021-01-2427 min
The Bear on KCRW BerlinSaying goodbye with some all-time favorite storiesSadly, this month's episode is our last before KCRW Berlin goes off air on Dec. 13, 2020.In celebration of more than a dozen episodes over the past year-and-a-half, host Sylvia Cunningham invites The Bear's founder, Dyane Neiman, to talk about what inspired her to start this monthly storytelling event and how much it's grown since its launch in 2015.Tune in to hear some of Dyane's all-time favorite stories, including "A Big Black Bear" from Mike Trupiano, "Family Divisions" from Liz Erber and "What I Did For Love," by Khushi Pasquale. You'll also hear some...
2020-11-2859 minThe Bear on KCRW BerlinWater: stories of buoyancyThese true, personal stories were recorded live at The Bear on September 18 at the Shakespeare Company's open-air stage in Berlin. The theme of the evening was water: stories of buoyancy.The storytellers featured in this episode are Alexander Wragge, Sylvia Schoeningh-Taylor, Mike Trupiano and Annie Voigt. Musician Florian Ruland performed live. Our show’s theme is “I Need Love,” remixed by D.J. Spector.The Bear was created by Dyane Neiman and inspired by The Moth. If you would like to tell a story or attend the next Bear storytelling evening, check out the Be...
2020-10-3132 minThe Bear on KCRW BerlinWild: stories of passionThese true, personal stories were recorded live at The Bear on February 21, 2020 at ZENTRUM danziger50 in Prenzlauer Berg. The theme of the evening was "wild: stories of passion."The storytellers featured in this episode are Mike Trupiano, Ben McGuire, and Galuh Rohmah. Berlin musician Felix Komoll performed live. Our show’s theme is “I Need Love,” remixed by D.J. Spector.The Bear was created by Dyane Neiman and inspired by The Moth. If you would like to tell a story or attend the next Bear storytelling evening, check out the Bear storytelling’s event...
2020-04-2531 minThe Bear on KCRW BerlinSolstice: stories of the longest night of your lifeThese true, personal stories were recorded live at The Bear on December 14 at ZENTRUM danziger50 in Prenzlauer Berg. The theme of the evening was solstice: stories about the longest night of your life.The storytellers featured in this episode are Ben McGuire, Emma Kitching, Allia Sadeghipour, Mike Trupiano, and David Mouriquand. Harpist Johanna performed live. Our show’s theme is “I Need Love,” remixed by D.J. Spector.The Bear was created by Dyane Neiman and inspired by The Moth. If you would like to tell a story or attend the next Bear storyt...
2020-01-2546 minThe Bear on KCRW BerlinPaper storiesThese true, personal stories were recorded live at The Bear on November 22 at ZENTRUM danziger50 in Prenzlauer Berg. The theme of the evening was paper and the extraordinary memories such an ordinary object can spark.The storytellers featured in this episode are Ben McGuire, Galuh Rohmah, Fabienne Lang, Mike Trupiano, and Rachel Jennings. Berlin musician Felix Komoll performed live. Our show’s theme is “I Need Love,” remixed by D.J. Spector.The Bear was created by Dyane Neiman and inspired by The Moth. If you would like to tell a story or attend...
2019-12-2841 minThe Bear on KCRW BerlinSerendipity: stories of chance encountersThese true, personal stories were recorded live at The Bear on September 26 at ZENTRUM danziger50 in Prenzlauer Berg. The evening marked the opening of The Bear’s fifth season and was presented in partnership with the social networking platform and dating app, Bumble. The theme of the evening was serendipity: stories of chance encounters.The storytellers featured in this episode are Deep Dua, Allia Sadeghipour, Galina Fedulova, and Mike Trupiano. Berlin musician Felix Komoll performed live. Our show’s theme is “I Need Love,” remixed by D.J. Spector.The Bear was created by Dyane...
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