Send us Fan Mail Sometimes the biggest adventures begin after life falls apart. This week on Here’s What We Know, our host, Gary Scott Thomas, sits down with author Teri M Brown about surviving emotional abuse, rebuilding self-worth, and riding a tandem bicycle across America with her husband. Their 3,102-mile journey became more than a cycling trip. It became a story about resilience, relationships, fear, kindness, and discovering what’s possible when you stop letting your past define you. T...
May 13
51 min
Send us Fan Mail This week on Here’s What We Know, James Rollins shares how bestselling authors actually create stories that last. James Rollins is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers translated into more than forty languages. His Sigma Force series has been called one of the “top crowd-pleasers" by the New York Times and one of the “hottest summer reads” by People Magazine. He’s written more than 40 books, built entire worlds, and still approaches storytelling w...
May 6
43 min
Send us Fan Mail There’s an idea we all want to believe. If you’re talented enough, you’ll make it. This week on Here’s What We Know, we sit down with singer-songwriter Trey Calloway, a rising country artist navigating the reality of building a career in today’s music industry. And what we uncover is something a lot of people don’t want to admit: Timing matters more than talent. We talk about country stars like Jason Aldean and Eric Church, artists who feel inevitable now but weren’t always. ...
Apr 29
36 min
Send us Fan Mail You ever get into one of those conversations where you think you know the subject… and then suddenly you’re ten layers deeper than you ever expected to go? That’s what happened here. This week on Here’s What We Know, we’re joined by Danny Johnson, a stand-up comedian making his mark in the world of clean comedy. We start by talking about the craft, how a joke is built, why timing matters more than the words, and how comedians actually think. And then we keep going, because co...
Apr 22
1 hr 4 min
Send us Fan Mail There’s what people see on stage, and then there’s everything else. This week on Here’s What We Know, we welcome back Jerry Flowers, a seasoned bassist, an accomplished songwriter, and music industry veteran, best known for his longtime role as Keith Urban’s bass player and bandleader. We’ll talk about what life on tour is really like, from playing in front of 80,000 people at major concerts to walking into a room of 50 where no one knows who you are. It’s a side of the...
Apr 15
1 hr 5 min
Send us Fan Mail Some conversations make you lean in… and some conversations make you uncomfortable because you realize just how much you don’t know, and this is one of those. This week on Here’s What We Know, we welcome Neal K. Shah, who went from a successful career as a $250 million hedge fund manager in New York to becoming a caregiver for loved ones facing dementia and cancer, and ended up uncovering just how broken parts of our healthcare system really are. We’ll talk about what happens...
Apr 8
48 min
Send us Fan Mail There are people who know a little about a lot. And then there are people like Pete A. Turner. This week on Here’s What We Know, we sit down with a former Army counterintelligence agent who turned a life of asking hard questions into something unexpected: a podcast built on curiosity, connection, and listening. What starts as a conversation about baseball and sports turns into something much deeper. We’ll talk about what it really means to pay attention. Not just hearing word...
Apr 1
1 hr 19 min
Send us Fan Mail This week on Here’s What We Know, we welcome Eric Hayden, founder and CEO of Urban Catalyst, a company that’s helped drive billions of dollars in development across Silicon Valley. He was also named the 2025 Silicon Valley Business Journal Newsmaker of the Year. That’s the resume. But that’s not the story. Because this conversation goes beyond real estate and development. It’s about how someone goes from selling sand dollars as a kid… to helping shape an entire city. And real...
Mar 26
1 hr 4 min
Send us Fan Mail History tends to remember the loudest voices in the room. But sometimes the person who actually helped prevent disaster is the one sitting in the middle. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the world stood just hours away from nuclear war. Most of us remember the names Kennedy and Khrushchev. What we often forget is the man working behind the scenes at the United Nations, trying to slow things down before the world lost its mind. His name was U Thant. This week on Here’s...
Mar 18
31 min
Send us Fan Mail Sometimes what looks like an overnight success story is really a 25 year journey that most people never see. Country artist Chas Collins knows that road well. This week on Here’s What We Know, we sit down with Chas Collins to talk about what the music business really looks like behind the curtain. They dive into the long road of touring, the reality of chasing a dream, and why some artists are finally finding success later in life. Chas shares stories from 25 years of perform...
Mar 11
16 min
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