Uncorking a Story

Hosted ByMike Carlon

Stories influence, teach and inspire us, but what about the storytellers who create them? Uncorking a Story profiles storytellers to uncover how their background and life experiences influence the stories they create. We learn what motivates them, their path to success, and what fuels them to keep creating. It all starts by asking one simple question, where does your story begin? Welcome to uncorking a story. All of the books promoted on Uncorking a Story can be viewed and purchased here: https://bookshop.org/shop/UncorkingaStory


All Episodes

Laurie Handlers

Amazon International Bestselling Author of Sex and Happiness: The Tantric Laws of Intimacy

Episode 22: New York Times Bestselling Author Lou Aronica

Lou Aronica didn’t intend to be a writer; born on Elvis Presley’s birthday, Lou felt it was his destiny to be a rock star, but that all changed after a teacher encouraged him to develop an evident talent for writing. After graduating college with…

Episode 21 – The Bruce Miller Interview

  Today is a big day for Uncorking a story because I get to share with you my conversation with Bruce Miller, the creator of Smart Alex – a new, better for you, snack food. I love talking to entrepreneurs because I’m always left feeling…

Episode 20 – The Karen Rands Interview

Karen Rands is the founder and CEO of Kugarand Capital Holdings. She’s also the author of . Having my career in the mid 1990s during the dot com tech boom, I heard the term Angel Investing daily at least four times before lunch. Karen’s is geared…

Episode 19 – The Jim Carlon Interview

Imagine going through basic training for the US Army as you approach the age of 40. It’s a pretty hard thing to do at 18, but at 40 – come on it takes a special kind of person to raise his or her hand and say, “Bring it on,” but that is just what…

Episode 18 – John Seigel Boettner from Teen Press

John Seigel Boettner is a social studies teacher at Santa Barbara Middle School, but he’s not like one I ever had. It’s a special kind of person who can take middle school kids on a cross country bicycle trip across the United States and an…

Episode 17 – The Steve August Interview

I’ll admit it, I love a good story where the good guys win and Steve August is a good guy. I know this interview may be a bit “Inside Research” for you, but if you are looking to be inspired by the story of a guy who identified a need, built a…

Episode 16 – Wayne Lavender

The Foundation for Orphans (F4O)

Episode 15 – Allison Yacht of Bravehoods

Shortly before her daughter was to begin kindergarten, Allison heard the words that no parent wants to hear – your daughter has cancer.  As treatments progressed, and hair was lost, her daughter Meredith was eager to find some item of clothing…