Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Award-Winning Sports & Entertainment Attorney, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author Eric Farber

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series! On this episode, we talk with Eric Farber, award-winning sports and entertainment attorney, entrepreneur, and bestselling author.

Throughout his remarkable career, Eric has represented the Tupac Shakur Estate, The Jacksons, Eazy-E, hundreds of professional athletes, and Olympic gold medal winners. He also founded one of California's largest personal injury law firms, earned recognition on the Inc. 5000 list twice, and ultimately sold the firm to a portfolio company owned by one of the world's largest private equity firms.

Eric brings hard-won experience and valuable insights to some of the biggest challenges facing business leaders today, including:

Negotiation: Making better deals and navigating high-stakes situations.
Leadership and Culture: Building organizations where people want to work and contribute.
Legal Strategy: Understanding risk and making informed decisions.
Scaling Companies: Growing a business while maintaining strong values and effective systems.
Decision-Making: Learning to think clearly when the pressure is on.

Eric is the author of the bestselling book The Case for Culture, which explores how organizations can build cultures that attract talent, inspire employees, and create lasting success.

Now based in Costa Rica, Eric joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about his extraordinary career, the lessons he's learned along the way, and the experiences that shaped his approach to business, leadership, and life.

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Founder James Elliot: How to Build a Business That Creates Freedom | Entrepreneur & Business Coach

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series! On this episode, we talk with James Elliot, Founder of The Limitless Entrepreneur, bestselling author, and business coach.

After decades in the corporate world leading at companies like IBM, Lenovo, and Novell, James made a bold move: he walked away to build a business designed to fund a life of freedom. Along the way, he has built eight businesses and helped high-performance entrepreneurs break through the invisible fears, limiting beliefs, and self-imposed barriers that can hold back both their businesses and their lives.

James shares his approach to creating a different kind of success through three key areas:

Performance Psychology: Overcoming the internal barriers that limit potential.
Freedom-First Business Strategy: Building a business around the life you want to live.
Freedom-First Business Structure: Creating systems and structures that support sustainable success and personal freedom.

We explore James's journey from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, the mindset shifts that can unlock new possibilities, and how entrepreneurs can build businesses that serve their lives instead of consuming them.

If you're an entrepreneur, business owner, coach, or aspiring founder looking to redefine success on your own terms, this conversation offers plenty to consider.

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Guitarist & Oudist Mustafa Dill on Love Unfold the Moon & the Art of Free Improvisation

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with guitarist and oudist Mustafa Dill, returning to the show with new music from the 2026 project Love Unfold the Moon: Hidden Promises in Joined Terrains, Apex Emerging.

We caught up with Mustafa about a year ago, and now he's back with fresh material and new ideas to explore. This conversation takes us inside a fascinating musical world where free jazz, open improvisation, and collective creativity come together in unexpected ways.

Working within the lineage of free jazz, this semi-acoustic improvising ensemble embraces a distinctly process-oriented approach to music. Rather than imposing a fixed structure from the beginning, the musicians start with open improvisation and allow composed material to emerge organically through sustained listening, interaction, and discovery.

Mustafa Dill first emerged in the mid-1990s with acoustic solo work that brought together flamenco and free improvisation. His continuing musical evolution reflects a restless creative spirit and a willingness to explore the spaces between tradition, experimentation, and spontaneous expression.

In this return visit to Neon Jazz, we discuss the new project, his ongoing artistic journey, the relationship between composition and improvisation, and the musical conversations that unfold when musicians truly listen to one another.

If you're drawn to adventurous guitar, the expressive voice of the oud, experimental jazz, and music that refuses to stand still, this is an interview to dig into.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Jillian Benneson: One Year Later — Gen Z Dreams From Kansas City to San Diego

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we catch up with Jillian Benneson, Starbucks manager, California dreamer, and Gen Z voice, for a special one-year-later conversation about big changes, new opportunities, and making dreams happen.

Back in December 2025, we spoke with Jillian before her move from Kansas City, Missouri, to Southern California. Now a San Diego transplant, Jillian returns to share how life has unfolded since taking that leap.

We get into settling into a new city, earning a major promotion at Starbucks, moving a Great Dane across the country, and the latest adventures involving her fiancé, Jamisyn, whose work includes a connection to Tony Hawk. With Jillian approaching her 21st birthday, her California dream is moving forward in exciting ways.

This episode also revisits a memorable moment from our original conversation, featuring audio from actor and comedian Rob Riggle offering Jillian advice about her move from Missouri to Southern California.

It's an honest, upbeat look at growing up, taking chances, building a career, navigating change, and following through on the promises we make to ourselves. One year later, Jillian is continuing to write her story—and there is plenty more ahead.

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Author & Speaker Mike Agugliaro: From Electrician to $32 Million Entrepreneurial Empire

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with Mike Agugliaro, entrepreneur, author, speaker, former electrician, and business growth expert known for scaling and exiting home service businesses and building organizations that help entrepreneurs grow.

Mike's story is one of determination, reinvention, and refusing to let circumstances dictate his future. At just 15 years old, he was living on his own and facing challenges that could have derailed his ambitions. Instead, he chose to rewrite his story and pursue a path of mastery, transformation, and success.

In 1994, Mike founded a small electrical business. Through years of hard work and business development, that journey grew into a reported $32 million enterprise. Today, he leads an organization focused on helping business owners with $1 million to $10 million in annual revenue design their businesses, build wealth, and create lives aligned with their goals.

We explore Mike's entrepreneurial journey, the lessons he learned scaling home service companies, his approach to business growth, and the mindset required to move beyond difficult beginnings. We also get into his passion for martial arts and how discipline, personal mastery, and continuous improvement extend beyond the business world.

Based in New Jersey, Mike joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, leadership, resilience, wealth creation, and the power of taking ownership of your future.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeagugliaro/

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Former CEO, Entrepreneur & Author Jim Minarik: Reckoning, Family Tragedy, Business Success & Finding Meaning

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with Jim Minarik, former CEO, entrepreneur, and author of Reckoning: A Journey Through Tragedy, Triumph & Transcendence.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Jim shares the deeply personal story behind his memoir and how a horrific crime committed by his brother in 1971 profoundly affected the course of his life. The event received extensive media attention, but Jim's story goes beyond the headlines, exploring the lasting impact of family tragedy and the complicated journey toward understanding and healing.

Despite living through an unimaginable family crisis, Jim built a successful business career, became a CEO and entrepreneur, and achieved many of the outward markers of the American dream. Yet professional accomplishments and financial success did not answer every question he carried.

Today, Jim spends half the year aboard The World, a residential cruise ship that travels around the globe. Having visited more than 100 countries, he continues to explore cultures, seek new experiences, and pursue answers to life's deeper mysteries through unconventional paths.

In this compelling conversation, we discuss family, trauma, resilience, entrepreneurship, personal transformation, world travel, and the search for meaning beyond conventional success.

Reckoning: A Journey Through Tragedy, Triumph & Transcendence offers a candid look at how the events that shape us can echo throughout a lifetime—and how the search for understanding continues even after extraordinary achievements.

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Science Writer Elizabeth Svoboda: The Science of Pacing, Balance & Living a Better Life

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with award-winning science writer and author Elizabeth Svoboda, whose newest book, The Art of Pacing, explores the science and deeper meaning of how we move through life.

Based in San Jose, Elizabeth has contributed to respected publications including Scientific American, The Boston Globe, Discover, Psychology Today, and The New York Times. Her previous books include What Makes a Hero?: The Surprising Science of Selflessness and The Life Heroic, written for young readers.

In The Art of Pacing, Elizabeth takes a scientific and contemplative look at how we pace ourselves across different areas of life. Her work explores how we can better understand our rhythms, make thoughtful choices about where we direct our energy, and find a more sustainable approach to personal growth and everyday living.

The book was selected as a Next Big Idea Club Must-Read and earned a gold medal in the 2026 Living Now Book Awards.

We get into Elizabeth's journey as a science writer, the research behind her work, the importance of pacing ourselves, and the insights her latest book offers for navigating life with greater intention.

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