Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino

Monday, September 14, 2026

Teri Pruitt: 25 Years on Broadway | Leadership, Teamwork & The Magic Behind the Curtain

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with 25-year Broadway veteran and founder of Open the Aperture Teri Pruitt.

Most people think Broadway is all about the stars. Teri Pruitt knows the real magic happens because hundreds of people work together behind the curtain — communicating, collaborating, trusting one another, solving problems, and showing up every night ready to perform.

After more than 30 years as a professional theatre artist, including over 25 years on Broadway, Teri has experienced firsthand how the theatrical process creates one of history's most fascinating living laboratories for teamwork, leadership, communication, collaboration, and trust.

That experience became the foundation for Open the Aperture, where Teri brings the lessons of theater into the business world through keynotes, workshops, consulting, and conversations designed to help organizations see their people, teams, and possibilities differently.

Her roots are in Overland Park, Kansas, but her remarkable professional story took hold in New York City and on Broadway. In this wide-ranging conversation, we cover the entire ride — from her Kansas City-area beginnings to more than two decades of Broadway experience and the evolution of that experience into a new mission helping leaders and organizations.

What can Broadway teach us about leadership? What does it take to build trust within a team? How do hundreds of people with different roles and responsibilities work together toward one shared outcome?

Teri Pruitt has spent decades living those answers.

This is a fascinating conversation about Broadway, theater, leadership, teamwork, communication, trust, collaboration, creativity, career transformation, and the power of seeing the bigger picture.

Dig into the story behind the curtain with Teri Pruitt.

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Finance Guru Bill Korman: The 168 Game | Navy Leadership, Time Ownership, Resilience & Thriving Under Pressure

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with Former Navy Chief, wealth strategist, author, leadership strategist, and time management expert Bill Korman.

After serving 20 years in the U.S. Navy, Bill built a career around leadership, resilience, discipline, and helping people perform at their best in high-pressure environments. Drawing from decades of military leadership and experience advising organizations, he shares practical lessons on leadership, adaptability, accountability, structure, and staying effective when the stakes are high.

Bill is also passionate about helping people take control of the one resource nobody gets more of: time.

His book, The 168 Game: Time Ownership vs. Time Management, challenges the traditional way we think about managing our schedules. Instead of simply trying to manage an endless list of tasks, Bill focuses on owning your time, creating structure, establishing priorities, and making the most of the 168 hours available to us every week.

From military leadership to wealth strategy, resilience, productivity, discipline, and personal performance, this conversation covers it all.

We dig into what it takes to thrive in chaos and uncertainty, develop habits that create results, lead under pressure, and build a life where you are more intentional about where your time goes.

If you're interested in time management, productivity, leadership development, military leadership, resilience, personal growth, or taking greater control of your life, this conversation with Bill Korman has plenty of practical insight.

Dig into this fascinating conversation and discover the 168 Game.

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BFL Agency

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Delphin Kyubwa: Making Sense of AI | AI Literacy, Education, Governance & His Congo-to-America Journey

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with technology leader, AI educator, and author Delphin Kyubwa.

With more than 20 years of experience in technology transformation, Delphin brings a unique perspective to the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence. He serves as Branch Chief at the California Department of Technology, teaches computer science at Sierra College in Rocklin, California, and writes and speaks about AI adoption, AI governance, and practical AI literacy.

His latest book, Making Sense of AI, offers educators and curious learners a practical approach to understanding and using artificial intelligence effectively and responsibly.

But Delphin's story goes far beyond technology.

From his base in Sacramento, California, we explore his remarkable journey from the Congo to America and beyond, the experiences that shaped his career, his path into technology and education, and what he believes people need to understand as AI continues transforming the way we work, teach, learn, and live.

We dig into AI literacy, artificial intelligence in education, responsible AI adoption, AI governance, technology leadership, teaching computer science, and the future of AI — along with the personal story behind the professional accomplishments.

Whether you're an educator, technology professional, business leader, student, or simply trying to make sense of the AI revolution, this conversation with Delphin Kyubwa offers plenty to consider.

Dig into this fascinating journey from the Congo to America — and into the future of artificial intelligence.

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Stephanie Renner: From Regret to Resilience | Grief, Leadership & Finding Purpose After Loss

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with attorney, keynote speaker, and creator of the Regret to Resilience Method Stephanie Renner.

Drawing on nearly 25 years of advising CEOs and organizations, Stephanie helps people confront the regret that can quietly hold them back — and transform it into resilience, clarity, purpose, and forward movement.

Her work became deeply personal after she lost her son, Jordan, to suicide. Living through profound grief, guilt, and regret forced Stephanie to find a way through the pain rather than around it. Along that journey, she developed the Regret to Resilience Method, a seven-pillar framework designed to help people release the endless “if onlys,” separate their self-worth from outcomes they could never control, and move forward without abandoning the people and experiences they loved.

Stephanie has also seen how unresolved regret can affect far more than our personal lives. It can show up in leadership, teams, workplace performance, decision-making, relationships, and the lives of people who appear to have everything together on the outside while carrying an invisible weight within.

From her base in Louisville, Kentucky, Stephanie shares a deeply moving story about loss, leadership, grief, resilience, regret, healing, and discovering renewed purpose.

This is an honest conversation about what we carry, what we cannot change, and how we can learn to move forward while honoring what mattered most.

Dig into this powerful interview with Stephanie Renner.

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Cancer Survivor, Coach, Leadership Developer, Musician & Dad Andy Nelson

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with cancer survivor, coach, leadership developer, musician, and dad Andy Nelson.

A Fortune 5 leader and 10-year, multi-recurrence Stage IV cancer survivor, Andy Nelson has turned an extraordinary journey through cancer into a mission to help others find hope, resilience, gratitude, clarity, connection, and joy — even in the middle of whatever life throws at them.

His upcoming book, Survivor’s Gratitude: The Gifts of Cancer, Clarity, and Connection, arrives October 20, 2026.

From his home base in Minneapolis, Andy opens up about his remarkable journey, his career pivot, leadership development, coaching, writing, music, jazz, fatherhood, and the lessons he has learned through years of facing uncertainty and adversity.

This is much more than a conversation about cancer. It’s a powerful story about choosing how to live, finding meaning in difficult seasons, staying connected, and discovering gratitude in unexpected places.

Andy plans to stick around — and do much more — using his experiences, talents, and perspective to help as many people as possible along the way.

If you've ever faced adversity, experienced a major life transition, searched for greater purpose, or simply needed a reminder that hope can survive even the toughest circumstances, this conversation is for you.

Dig into this inspirational story with Andy Nelson.

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Survivor's Gratitude

Book: Survivor’s Gratitude: The Gifts of Cancer, Clarity, and Connection — coming October 20, 2026.

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Guitarist Mike Murray on Convergence, Jazz Guitar & the Power of Connection

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Canadian Jazz Guitarist Mike Murray on his powerful new 2026 album, Convergence.

We originally caught up with Mike in 2022, and a great many things have changed for his group since that last project. Now, he has finally created the album he always dreamed of—with a stellar cast of musicians and a deeply personal story behind the music.

Convergence is a musical portrait of the web of connections formed through long-lasting friendships, chance meetings, musical relationships and the butterfly effects of a near-fatal car crash. The album represents the culmination of years of development as a band, bringing together artists from disparate backgrounds into an explosive, joyful and purpose-filled sonic experience.

And perhaps most importantly, it’s an album that refuses to be boxed into a single genre.

In this conversation, we get into Mike Murray’s evolution as a guitarist and bandleader, the journey from our 2022 interview to Convergence, the musicians who helped bring his vision to life, the life-changing experiences behind the music, and how unexpected connections can shape an artist's entire creative path.

This is a story about jazz, friendship, resilience, creativity, musical connection and finding meaning in the unexpected.

We get into the whole story.

Enjoy this interview with Mike Murray.

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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Musician & Label Owner Gregory Howe on Daggerboard, Mike Clark & Building Wide Hive Records

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Composer, Multi-Instrumentalist & Founder/Owner of Wide Hive Records Gregory Howe.

We cover the whole range of this fascinating music man who has made a major impact on the world of jazz from both sides of the equation—as a musician and an entrepreneur.

Gregory Howe founded Wide Hive Records in 1996 and has made it his mission to record and showcase veteran jazz masters while creating adventurous, alluring and forward-thinking music. In this conversation, we dig into the new 2026 Daggerboard project, Daggerboard: The Skipper and Mike Clark, and the larger musical vision behind one of Wide Hive's signature projects.

Primarily active as a producer, mixer and composer, Gregory is also a multi-instrumentalist who performs guitar, synthesizer, turntable, voice and percussion across numerous recordings. His work reflects a deep appreciation for jazz history while continually pushing into new territory.

We talk about Wide Hive Records, Daggerboard, Mike Clark, veteran jazz musicians, independent record labels, producing, composing, improvisation, entrepreneurship and Gregory's own evolution as a musician.

It's a conversation about what it takes to preserve the legacy of jazz while continuing to move the music forward—and the story of a man who has spent decades building his own place in that world.

Dig into the whole story with Gregory Howe. Dig this interview.

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