Ryan Noggle is a TV writer and producer and, in this episode, talks about his musical 'Charlie Hu$tle,' about the life of notorious baseball legend Pete Rose. Noggle discusses how rehearsals for the musical officially began the day before Rose died on Sept. 30, 2024. 'Charlie Hu$tle' has been a passion project for Noggle, who grew up as a Reds fan two hours outside of Cincinnati in rural Indiana, has been working on the musical for 11 years. He explains why after years of work, he scrapped all of his original songs and completely started over, talks about meeting with Rose while researching the project and shares the one piece of advice Rose gave him on how to approach the musical. In addition, Noggle is the founder of 'Survivor in a Day,' a backyard version of the popular TV game show 'Survivor,' as well as a former NBC Page.

Follow Survivor in a Day on Instagram.

Follow Andrew Tavani on X.

Scott Hickle, the co-founder and CEO of Throne Science, talks about how his company is developing a toilet camera and app to work with A.I. to analyze people's poop and pee in order to more quickly discover gastrointestinal ailments and diseases, like colon cancer, which if caught early, can be stopped with a colonoscopy. Scott discusses what inspired the idea, how he and his team have done market testing and are developing the product, which has yet to launch to the public at large. Scott also talks about the lesser-known history of examining human excrement with the intention of discovering otherwise unknown health issues. He describes himself as 'the world's shittiest founder.'

Follow Scott Hickle on X.

Throne Science on X.

Andrew Tavani on X.

Estee Palti is the woman behind the internet's favorite Kamala Harris impression and a social media content creator. She discusses everything about how she started doing impressions of Kamala Harris in the first place to her sudden rise to internet fame performing short videos of her skewering the vice president and 2024 candidate. Her impression is so spot on and funny that it got her invited to Donald Trump's 2022 Halloween party in Mar-a-Lago. Estee also talks about managing her newfound fame while being a mom of three and working a full-time 9 to 5 job. She also discusses her background growing up in Russia until the age of 4 when her parents fled the country and moved the family to the U.S.

Follow Este Palti on X, YouTube and on TikTok.

Follow Andrew Tavani on X.

Andy Stuckey is a musician, comedian, TV producer, filmmaker, and a former NBC Page. He talks about his experiences working as a Page and then later for Lorne Michaels at SNL, how his participation in a Page-founded comedy group called Next Monday led to him creating the musical comedy duo Stuckey & Murray with Jon Murray as well as their unlikely run as fashion trendsetters. And eventually how that led to him starting the band Paper Anniversary with his wife, Katherine Slingluff. Andy also talks about some of his experiences working as a TV producer on shows like MTV2's 'Guy Code' and what it was like working on a show with NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal.

Watch the film 'Mullet Men' here.

Listen to Paper Anniversary on Spotify here.

Check out the Paper Anniversary website here.

Subscribe to Paper Anniversary on YouTube here.

Follow Andrew Tavani on X here.

Actor and comedian Bob Juergens talks about starring in commercials, on TV shows and doing voice-over work. He also talks about numerous pop culture and political topics, including what he thinks was really going on when Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock in the face at the Oscars.

World-class chef Matt Ridgway talks about his culinary career, including working as chef de cuisine during the high-profile relaunch of The Oak Room in NYC's iconic Plaza Hotel in 2007-2009, opening his own restaurant, The Pass, in New Jersey, and working and living in places like New York City, Atlanta and New Orleans to follow his dreams. He also recounts a near-death experience he and his wife endured, and explains how they are lucky to be alive and how the experience changed their lives. Matt also discusses the depiction of the restaurant business in the media and why he thinks one TV show stands above all others in accurately capturing what it's like to be a professional chef.

Follow Matt on Instagram and on X.

Follow Andrew Tavani on X.

Political strategist and former press secretary for the Vivek Ramaswamy presidential campaign Tricia McLaughlin discusses the state of the 2024 presidential race, who Donald Trump might choose as a running mate, the RFK Jr factor, and some of the Biden campaign strategies. Tricia talks about how she was the first campaign staffer hired by Ramaswamy before he even officially launched his campaign and what it was like working out the candidate's basement at first and eventually becoming one of his senior advisers. Within about eight months, Ramaswamy was at the middle podium for the first Republican debate due to his campaign's momentum and how well he was polling among the rest of the field. Tricia also touches on some of the work she did at the State Department as a political appointee in the Trump administration as well as her newly-launched political communications firm called Insurgent Strategies.

Follow Tricia McLaughlin on X and Instagram.

Follow Andrew Tavani on X.

Owen Brown is an award-winning creative director and the founder of CTRL5 Studios and in this episode he discusses directing the recent music video 'Moving On' for the band Arizona. The project was a massive production shot in the Arizona desert in partnership with Navajo Nation and involved the creation of the state's largest piece of temporary land art. The video won three Clio Awards and Owen talks about how he made the extraordinary project come to life. He also talks about starting a career in journalism before later moving on to a major creative agency before launching his own studio.

Follow Owen Brown on X and Instagram.

Follow Andrew Tavani on X.