Acclaimed Pianist, Composer, Vocalist & Multi-Instrumentalist Lionel Cole

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz Interview Series featuring acclaimed pianist, composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Lionel Cole.

We caught up with Lionel in Australia to talk about his latest independent release Small Town, Vol. 2 — a deeply personal, genre-blending journey of jazz, soul and storytelling.

Lionel comes from one of America’s most iconic musical families. He is the son of jazz legend Freddy Cole, nephew of the legendary Nat King Cole, and cousin to Natalie Cole. Carrying that rich legacy forward, Lionel has built a remarkable career of his own across genres.

Beyond his solo artistry, Lionel is widely known for co-writing Through the Rain for Mariah Carey, and for arranging her Super Bowl performance of The Star-Spangled Banner with the Boston Pops. His collaborations include work with Joss Stone, John Legend, Van Hunt, Randy Jackson, and Rickie Lee Jones.

Currently performing in Sydney as the “Kilted Crooner” with his band Cole Soul and Emotion, Lionel continues to evolve while honoring one of music’s most legendary family traditions.

🎵 Listen to Small Town, Vol. 2 here:
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If you love jazz, soul, music history, and behind-the-scenes stories from iconic musical families — this is one you don’t want to miss.

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WoodChuck CEO Todd Thomas on AI, Hyperscale Data Centers & The Future of Global Energy

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring storied entrepreneur and acclaimed author Todd Thomas.

Todd is the Founder and CEO of WoodChuck, an intuitive AI-driven recycling company creating powerful waves in sustainability and infrastructure innovation.

He is also the author of the Unleashing Abundant Energy trilogy and the groundbreaking book Hyperscale: AI, Data Centers, and the Next Great Expansion of Global Energy Capacity. In it, Todd explores one of the most important and least understood transformations of our time — the rise of hyperscale AI data centers.

As AI data centers scale to gigawatt capacity, they are no longer just consumers of electricity. They are becoming:

• Power producers

• Grid stabilizers

• Drivers of economic expansion

• Catalysts for new global energy capacity

From his base in Arizona, Todd shares insights at the intersection of AI, sustainability, infrastructure, energy markets, and long-term economic growth.

In this episode, we cover:

• The future of hyperscale AI

• Data centers and global power grids

• The energy demands of artificial intelligence

• Sustainable infrastructure innovation

• Entrepreneurship in emerging industries

• The next great expansion of global energy

This is a must-watch conversation for tech leaders, investors, entrepreneurs, energy professionals, and anyone interested in the future of AI-driven infrastructure.

🌎 Learn More About WoodChuck:
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Entrepreneur, App Developer, Digital Nomad, Neuroscience Expert & Recovering Single Dad of Five Roger Webb

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring entrepreneur, app developer, digital nomad and neuroscience-based habit expert Roger Webb.

Roger is the creator of Random Habit, a neuroscience-driven habit app designed to help people build lasting change without guilt, streak pressure, or burnout.

For more than three decades, Roger has studied human behavior and the subconscious mind through formal training, certifications, and deep real-world experience. His work focuses on why traditional self-help advice often fails — and how small, well-designed actions can create meaningful transformation.

Now living a location-independent life in Vietnam with his husband, Roger works at the intersection of neuroscience, behavior change, entrepreneurship, and freedom-based living. As a recovering single dad of five, his perspective on resilience, growth, and dreaming is grounded in real life.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why most habit advice doesn’t work

• The neuroscience of behavior change

• Designing habits that actually stick

• Entrepreneurship and app development

• Digital nomad life abroad

• The American dream redefined

This is a powerful and inspiring conversation about personal freedom, smart design, and sustainable success.

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Educational Entrepreneur & Thought Leader in Independent Thinking & Self-Reliance Marsha Familaro Enright

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring educational entrepreneur and thought leader Marsha Familaro Enright.

From her base in Chicago, Marsha is transforming higher education through classical liberal arts principles, Montessori philosophy, and a bold commitment to independent thinking and self-reliance.

She is the founder of Reliance College and creator of The Great Connections Seminars — initiatives designed to help young adults become leaders of their own lives through intellectual independence, deep reading, discussion-based learning, and character development.

With a background in psychology and philosophy, Marsha has spent decades challenging traditional higher education models. In this conversation, we explore:

• The future of higher education

• Classical liberalism in modern academia

• Montessori principles applied to young adults

• Leadership development through independent thought

• Cultivating self-reliance and lifelong success

This is a powerful discussion for educators, parents, students, entrepreneurs, and anyone concerned about the direction of higher education.

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Chicago-based Jazz Trumpeter & Bandleader Sam Robinson

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz Interview Series featuring Chicago-based jazz trumpeter and bandleader Sam Robinson.

We caught up with Sam on February 27, 2026 — release day for his brand-new album Chasin’ the Dream. The record is out now on Miles High Records, the label founded by jazz musician, author and educator Mark Sherman.

Chasin’ the Dream features:

• Sam Robinson – Trumpet

• Scott Angst – Tenor Sax

• Aaron Krings – Bass

• Jack Macklin – Guitar

• Chase Wilkins – Drums

In this conversation, we dive into his journey from Denver roots to becoming a key voice in the Chicago jazz scene. We also explore balancing life as a professional musician while teaching French by day, building community through jazz, and chasing the dream that fuels his artistry.

This is a real and inspiring conversation about dedication, craft, and the modern jazz landscape.

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https://samrobinson2.bandcamp.com/ 

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

🎧 Listen to the album: https://music.apple.com/us/album/music-speaks-for-me-ep/1735666598

Enjoy this in-depth Neon Jazz interview.

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How to Build Healthy Relationships Using Data with Dr. Merideth Thompson

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring Founder of Partner Lab, Coach, and Social Scientist Dr. Merideth Thompson. With a background in psychological research, executive coaching, and a self-described “data nerd,” Dr. Merideth launched Partner Lab to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills necessary to live their best relationship lives.

Driven by her own experience of staying too long in a dysfunctional relationship, navigating single life, and then entering the dating world with a research-focused mindset, she developed a passion for helping others build healthy, intentional partnerships. Using data-driven insights and behavioral science, she helps people make informed decisions — whether that means strengthening a relationship or bringing it to a mindful and safe end.

From her base in Utah, we dive into the science of dating, emotional intelligence, relationship psychology, modern dating strategies, breakups, personal growth, and building lasting, healthy partnerships.

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Subtraction Activist Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey on Women, Leadership & Sustainable Success

Welcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series featuring Subtraction Activist Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey. In this powerful conversation, Nell shares how she helps high-performing women and mission-driven leaders build success that feels as good as it looks. Harvard-trained and educated by horses, she blends elite global education with deep real-world leadership experience.

Early in her career, Nell worked in high-stakes nonprofit and humanitarian environments where the work mattered deeply and the consequences were real. Later, after pursuing elite education across multiple institutions, she noticed a troubling pattern — the hardest-working, most capable, and values-driven leaders were often the most depleted. That contradiction shaped her mission: helping women do more good without piling on more to-do’s.

We dive into leadership burnout, sustainable success, subtraction as strategy, women in leadership, nonprofit leadership, humanitarian work, executive coaching, high-performance culture, emotional intelligence, purpose-driven careers, and redefining ambition in today’s world.

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Michigan-based Jazz Pianist, Composer, Performer & Educator Rick Roe

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series featuring Michigan-based jazz pianist, composer, performer and educator Rick Roe. In this engaging episode, we dive into a dynamic 2025 that saw the release of two standout albums, Wake Up Call and Tribute, the latter celebrating the music of Gregg Hill. A respected force in the southeastern Michigan jazz community, Rick Roe continues to balance performance, composition and education at the highest level.

Over the years, Rick Roe has produced and co-produced more than a dozen recordings featuring original compositions and inventive interpretations of jazz standards. His playing reflects deep roots in straight-ahead jazz while embracing modern harmonic exploration and lyrical improvisation. Roe has shared the stage with legendary figures including Wynton Marsalis, Marcus Belgrave, Frank Morgan, Louis Hayes, Clark Terry, Louis Smith and Rodney Whitaker, underscoring his deep connection to jazz tradition and innovation.

In this conversation, we explore jazz composition, collaborative recording, the Detroit and southeastern Michigan jazz scene, mentorship, music education and sustaining a creative career across decades. If you are a fan of modern jazz piano, hard bop influences, jazz education, Detroit jazz history or contemporary jazz recordings, this episode offers insight into one of the Midwest’s most consistent and accomplished artists.

Discover more about Rick Roe, his albums Wake Up Call and Tribute, tour dates and recordings at https://www.roejazz.com/

Neon Jazz continues to spotlight influential jazz musicians from across the country, celebrating the history, evolution and future of creative jazz through thoughtful interviews and deep musical exploration. 

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Kansas City-based Jazz Singer, Drummer & Radio Host David Basse on the 2025 Album War Within

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series featuring Kansas City-based Jazz Singer, Drummer and Radio Host David Basse discussing his powerful 2025 live album War Within. Recorded at the iconic Kulak's Woodshed, this intimate and emotionally charged performance captures David on drums and vocals alongside pianist Stuart Elster and acoustic bassist Lester Hughes.

The idea to bring this project to Kulak’s came from acclaimed LA vocalist Mark Winkler, with guidance on the venue’s unique performance approach from Cathy Segal-Garcia. The result is a raw, honest and musically rich live jazz recording that showcases David Basse’s artistry, vulnerability and rhythmic command.

For decades, David Basse has been a cornerstone of the Kansas City jazz scene. He is the longtime host of the nationally syndicated radio program Jazz with David Basse, publisher of JAM Magazine in Kansas City and a passionate jazz educator dedicated to preserving and advancing the music. His new album War Within reflects both personal introspection and seasoned musicianship, blending vocal jazz, live improvisation and heartfelt storytelling.

In this in-depth interview, we explore the making of War Within, the Los Angeles recording session, the intersection of radio and performance, Kansas City jazz history and David’s ongoing impact as a musician, broadcaster and cultural advocate.

Listen to War Within here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-war-within/1827572475

Neon Jazz continues to spotlight top jazz artists from Kansas City and beyond, celebrating live performance, jazz heritage and the evolving sound of modern creative music. 

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