Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

World-Record-Holding Strength Athlete, Bestselling Author & Resilience Mentor Chris Duffin

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring world-record-holding strength athlete, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and resilience mentor Chris Duffin.

Raised homeless in the Pacific Northwest, Chris transformed adversity into achievement through relentless discipline, mindset mastery, and performance innovation. He went on to become a world-record powerlifter, successful entrepreneur, and executive leader — building systems that optimize both physical strength and mental resilience.

In this episode, we explore his journey as an elite athlete, innovator, and survivor. Chris also dives into his powerful life story chronicled in The Eagle and The Dragon, an inspiring story of transformation, grit, leadership, and hope.

We discuss resilience, mental toughness, peak performance, overcoming trauma, strength training, entrepreneurship, executive leadership, personal development, discipline, mindset frameworks, and how adversity can fuel greatness.

More Chris: https://enhancedexecutive.com/

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Founder, Award Winning Psychologist & Children's Book Author Dr. Alicia del Prado

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring Founder of del Prado Counseling & Consulting, award-winning psychologist, and children’s book author Dr. Alicia del Prado.

Based in Northern California, Dr. del Prado brings over 25 years of clinical experience and a PhD in counseling psychology to her work with professionals, parents, women, and students seeking to live their best lives. She specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges using evidence-based and culturally congruent psychotherapy.

She is also the co-author of It's Time to Talk (And Listen): How to Have Constructive Conversations About Race, Class, Sexuality, Ability & Gender in a Polarized World, offering practical tools for navigating difficult conversations with empathy and clarity.

In this episode, we explore mental health, parenting, culturally responsive therapy, anxiety treatment, depression support, relationship counseling, women’s wellness, inclusive dialogue, emotional intelligence, and how to create meaningful conversations in today’s complex world.

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CEO and Founder of LOCH Technologies Garry Drummond

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring CEO and Founder Garry Drummond of LOCH Technologies, a global leader in wireless airspace defense.

In 2014, Garry bootstrapped LOCH Technologies from his garage into a cybersecurity powerhouse now serving government, healthcare, transportation, and enterprise sectors worldwide. With over 25 years of entrepreneurial experience, he is a self-taught expert in wireless risk management and the named inventor on 29 patents securing wireless and IoT environments.

His pioneering work has earned LOCH recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor, an INC. 5000 company, and a recipient of multiple Silicon Valley innovation awards. Beyond technology, Garry is also the author of the best-selling book The Entrepreneur’s Journey from Passion to Project, where he shares hard-won insights on leadership, resilience, innovation, and building a company from the ground up.

In this episode, we dive into entrepreneurship, startup growth, bootstrapping, cybersecurity innovation, wireless risk management, IoT security, leadership mindset, patents and product development, scaling a tech company, and turning passion into sustainable success.

More Garry: https://www.thebootstrapceo.com/

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Mindset Mentor & Choice Architect Vanita Prisha Daryanani 

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring mindset mentor and choice architect Vanita Prisha Daryanani, founder of Broaden Mindz.

Vanita is an empowerment coach who has lived across multiple continents while navigating major life transitions including early marriage, motherhood, and entrepreneurship. Through those experiences, she discovered just how powerful our choices truly are. Today, from her base in Ghana, West Africa, she helps people of all ages and backgrounds gain clarity, build self-trust, and create lives that feel aligned — even when circumstances don’t go as planned.

In this episode, we explore mindset transformation, life transitions, women in entrepreneurship, personal growth, confidence building, empowerment coaching, navigating cultural change, clarity in decision-making, resilience, intentional living, and how to choose a path that aligns with your authentic self.

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Podcaster, Bestselling Author, Energetic Alignment Guide & Manifestation Expert Kelsey Aida

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring bestselling self-help author, energetic alignment guide, and manifestation expert Kelsey Aida.

Kelsey is the co-host of High Vibin’ It, a top 0.1% globally ranked, 5-star-rated podcast with over half a million downloads. She helps people break through subconscious resistance, release self-sabotage, and align their energy so manifestation actually works — beyond vision boards and surface-level mindset shifts.

She is the author of beloved books including Letters to the Universe and My Pocket Guide to Manifestation, with her forthcoming 2026 release The Manifesting Fix arriving in Fall 2026. Through transformational courses, international retreats, and her podcast, Kelsey supports a global audience in turning awareness into aligned action.

In this episode, we explore manifestation, modern spirituality, energetic alignment, subconscious healing, self-sabotage, mindset transformation, conscious creation, spiritual growth, and how to make manifestation practical, embodied, and effective in real life.

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Podcast Host, Midlife Recalibration Coach & Career Strategist for High Performers Meggi Rombach

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring podcast host, midlife recalibration coach, and career strategist for high performers Meggi Rombach.

Meggi spent over 20 years leading teams and driving transformational change across the private and humanitarian sectors — from Procter & Gamble to UNICEF and the International Committee of the Red Cross. But constant high performance came at a cost. Burnout and health challenges forced her to pause — and that pivotal moment reshaped her life and mission.

Now based in Switzerland, Meggi coaches leaders and teams navigating career transitions, burnout recovery, and purpose-driven reinvention. She helps high achievers move through change with presence, clarity, depth, and courage — especially during midlife and major professional shifts.

In this episode, we dive into leadership burnout, career reinvention, executive coaching, humanitarian leadership, high-performance culture, midlife transitions, personal growth, navigating change, resilience, purpose-driven careers, and redefining success after burnout.

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Monday, March 2, 2026

Larry Douglas Returns with 2026's Music Speaks for Me

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Atlanta-based jazz multi-instrumentalist Larry Douglas. He returns in 2026 with a bold and unique EP, Music Speaks for Me, blending electric jazz, R&B, and both new and old school hip-hop into a dynamic sonic vision. Rooted in his philosophy of “sound painting,” Larry creates layered, expressive compositions that reflect both personal evolution and the times we live in.

We first caught up with Larry in 2022, and now he joins us again from his Atlanta base to talk about getting back into music following COVID, the creative process behind this new project, the current state of America, and how jazz continues to evolve through fusion and experimentation.

If you love electric jazz, jazz fusion, hip-hop influenced jazz, and innovative independent artists pushing genre boundaries, this conversation is for you.

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