Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now Memorial Day weekend can feel like two worlds at once: the quiet pull of remembrance and the loud thrill of summer starting. I’m Dan, and on this solo ride I tell the story of growing up in a small Kentucky town where Memorial Day meant driving out to family cemeteries, cleaning up grave sites, placing flowers, and hugging relatives who came back home to pay their respects. It’s personal ride for me today and deeply grounding, and it still shapes how I thi...
May 24
9 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now Memorial Day weekend always brings a familiar question to our group texts: who actually has the car to win the Indianapolis 500, and who are we cheering for? Jeff and I connect for our annual Indy 500 preview, and we keep it real, no researchers, just decades of watching the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and a lot of love for the traditions that make Indianapolis Motor Speedway feel like its own universe. We start with the stuff fans obsess over before r...
May 23
18 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now One Lap of America is one of those events people think they understand until you explain it: thousands of miles on public roads, racetracks every day, timed competition, and a caravan of exhausted, happy car people chasing the next checkpoint. I’m back with a solo recap after returning from the 2026 One Lap of America event, sharing what it actually looks like when you live the schedule instead of reading about it. I dig into the origin story Brock ...
May 16
8 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now A lot of people daydream about quitting the sensible job for the thing that actually lights them up. Mark Winters did it and he did it with the same curiosity that made him an aerospace engineer. We talk about how a mind built for math, science, applied physics, and computational fluid dynamics can also be a mind built for poetry, songwriting, and the kind of live shows that feel like a real conversation. Mark walks us through the turning point that chang...
Apr 13
25 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now A stranger who asks “What time is it?” every ten minutes. A vintage Honda Goldwing pickup that ends with a spear on the wall and a text to family “just in case.” Then a simple confidence exercise that changes everything: introducing yourself as who you are becoming. Our conversation with filmmaker, actor, author, podcaster, and magician Tony Suriano goes from funny road-trip chaos to practical, grounded life advice you can use immediately. We talk vintag...
Apr 7
30 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now A torn bench seat in a ’92 GMC Sierra. A sleepy, ill-advised midnight sprint to Gulf Shores. A kid who couldn’t hit a tee-ball grows into the voice that keeps a ballpark buzzing—and then into the leader preserving one of Cincinnati's legacies. Tyler Bradshaw joins us to trace the road from humble first drives to the leadership at the Joe Nuxhall Foundation and the Miracle League Fields in Fairfield, where inclusive baseball turns Friday nights into pure el...
Mar 16
38 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now This episode originally aired on August 20, 2022. It was one of my earliest recordings and let's just say, my editing skills were not great. This episode has been edited, and it turned out great. What makes someone trade a stable trade for a life measured in miles, containers, and pit stops? We bring back a remastered conversation with Chris Smith (aka as Big Car Chris), London-born, Texas-rooted—whose path from construction sites to drag strips to ...
Mar 10
31 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now What does it take to lose almost everything as a kid, find your footing in the Marines, and then build not one but two major radio companies? Terry Jacobs joins me with his wife Susan at his side to trace a remarkable path from small-town Georgia to the highest levels of insurance and broadcasting, and back to the values that has kept their family steady. We start with the early blows: a father’s death at nine, a house lost, and a football dream ended by ...
Mar 2
40 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now I invited Kansas City entrepreneur and author Justin Ricklefs to trace his road trip from his years behind the scenes with college football and The Kansas City Chiefs to building Guild Collective, a human-first branding agency that helps companies lead with Human Storytelling. We talk about the moments that shape a leader: the family-of-seven road trip to Florida that forged patience and humor, the long days in pro sports that reveal the hidden machinery ...
Feb 23
29 min
Get in Touch with Dan by Texting Now Ever wonder how a brand story becomes a life story? I sat with Dr. Roseann Hassey—P&G alum, Reebok leader in women’s fitness, and University of Cincinnati professor—to trace the thread that ties marketing, travel, and purpose together: people first, always. We begin with origins that aren’t tidy: a first car she never got to drive, a tight early job market, and the moment she chose brand management because it felt like leading the communities she alre...
Jan 12
31 min
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