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We all love golf and most of us have played for years, yet somehow we still suck at it. Since the PGA Tour stopped returning our calls a long time ago, we created our own league in 2006. Since then, the MGA has gone global with chapters golfing, enjoying beer and meeting cool (no douche bags allowed) new people worldwide!
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Join host Greg Randolph as he and his wide array of guests discuss their careers, life lessons and historic moments from classic sports, entertainment, American pop culture, personal development and other topics. Heroes and Icons podcast is your place for podcast gold. Subscribe and listen on your preferred platform; Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or Google podcasts, and please find me on the X at: @gregheroesicons or my website: Legends of Yesterday and Today- Heroes and Icons Podcast Than ...
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NOFX, the band, is done. Co-founder "Straight" Willie Dills wanted to make sure (for MGA reasons) so he went to San Pedro, CA and stayed with IEMGA's own Josh Olson for the weekend. While there, Willie played in the IEMGA's Last Gasp, slept in a child's bed and spent way too much money. El Presidente Jon "Lucky Kick" Morley is nowhere to be found o…
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Co-founder "Straight" Willie Dills and El Presidente Jon "Lucky Kick" Morley welcome Baltimore MGA Chapter Leader, Noah Kiehle for a quick discussion into how to bring 14 Medios to Vegas this year. What's his secret? Who did he bribe? No one?! Bullshit! Also BIG NEWS! Registration is kinda closed! MGAWC.com and go now!…
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Co-founder "Straight" Willie Dills and El Presidente Jon "Lucky Kick" Morley welcome the chapter leader from Yellowknife, Shaun "Moose" Morris to find out more about one of the coolest MGA Chapters ever. Yellowknife consistently brings 15+ Medios to Vegas each year even though they come from the frozen tundra on the north shore of the Great Slave L…
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Co-founders "Straight" Willie Dills and "El Presidente" Jon "Lucky Kick" Morley finally get a chance to talk to the chapter leader of the biggest chapter in the MGA, the Cleveland MGA. Jared "The Name is Yoo-tzy" Youtze joins us to talk the Take Two Challenge, how to run a massive chapter and also how to deal with slugs. It's another banger! The MG…
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Send us a text Jefferson Morley, author and researcher, discusses his interest in the CIA and the JFK assassination. He explains that his aunt's connection to the CIA sparked his curiosity, and his reporting on the CIA's role in Central America led him to delve deeper into the agency's activities. Morley emphasizes that his books are not JFK conspi…
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"Straight" Willie Dills and El Presidente Jon "Lucky Kick' Morley welcome ABQMGA Chapter Leader and Medio Cup legend Diego Esquibel to hear him out on some new and exciting ideas for the MGAWC. Will Jon shut him down? Will Willie Dills invest? Is Diego funnier than TLHMGA Chapter Leader Ian Kawas? All this and more on this episode of the MGA MedioC…
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Send us a text David@dmeltzer.com & Greg@heroesandiconspodcast.com Aug 5, 2024 5:30 PM Business Mogul, CEO, Bestselling Author, Motivational Speaker, Student, And Philanthropist, David Meltzer. 19:27 Summary David Meltzer, business mogul and CEO, discusses his mission to empower over a billion people to be happy, live in abundance, and make a lot o…
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Send us a text We have a very special guest today. If you are a sports and business fan, especially positive training, this young lady needs no introduction. She is the daughter of critically acclaimed bestselling author Jon Gordon, Topic Expertise: The Power of Positive Leadership The Power of Positive Team The Power of Positive Leadership for Tee…
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Send us a text We have a very special guest today. He is the author of the amazing book Run To The Fire; The True Story of Rick Collins. Run To The Fire is the exhilarating true story of the incredible life of Rick Collins. The book’s foreword was graciously written by Vietnam Vet and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach. Rick Collins, a Vie…
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The boys go deep into the making of the classic MGA video "Stick From My Case" The making of this video changed the MGA landscape as suddenly song parodies were on the menu. Of course the song was not a parody but a tribute to the timeless talent, Stitches. In the annals of rap history there will always be 3 greats. Drake, Drake and Drake. But ther…
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HUGE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT! The MGAWC is moving to Monday/Tuesday! More time to fuck on Friday and Saturday! Also, there is a new Team World Championship that we are definitely calling the World Team Dudes Who Golfed Better Than Other Dudes on a Wednesday. So mark that down. Jon and Willie talk all about it on this episode of the MGA MedioCast...and mor…
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Send us a text Welcome and thank you for joining us today on the Heroes and Icons podcast. I'm your host Greg Randolph. Please find me on the X @gregheroesicons also known as the Heroes and Icons podcast, to get updates for great shows like this and others. I'm also a featured podcaster Heroes and Icons with Greg Randolph (houstoncitybeat.com) on W…
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Send us a text Welcome! And thank you for joining us today on the Heroes and Icons podcast. I am your host, Greg Randolph. Please find me on the X at @GregHeroesIcons, aka Heroes and Icons podcast, to get updates for great shows like this and others. I’m also a featured podcaster on Houston City Beat.com We are Storytellers of Houston (houstoncityb…
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Send us a text Welcome! And thank you for joining us today on the Heroes and Icons podcast. I am your host, Greg Randolph. Please find me on Twitter or the X as it’s called now at HeroesandIconspodcast (@GregHeroesIcons) / X (twitter.com) and on the web at Heroes and Icons podcast with Greg Randolph to get updates for great shows like this and othe…
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Send us a text Welcome, and thank you for joining us today on the Heroes and Icons podcast. I'm your host, Greg Randolph. Please find me on my new website, Heroes and Icons podcast with Greg Randolph and on X/Twitter @heroesiconspod to get updates for great shows like this and others. You can also find me on Houston City Beat; Heroes and Icons with…
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Ruth Madeley was born in Westhoughton, near Bolton, and studied English and creative writing at university. She always wanted to work in the entertainment industry and thought that her path lay in scriptwriting. She was born with spina bifida and, as an ambulatory wheelchair user, Ruth just didn’t see herself represented on screen However, a work e…
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Dan Schreiber was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Sydney, and moved to England at the age of 19. Once here, Dan was hired as a researcher on the BBC panel show QI. And it was a job that Dan was born to do - one that combined his love for facts and comedy. In 2008, Dan launched The Museum of Curiosity on BBC Radio 4 and, after that, came No Such Thing…
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Liz was born in France, grew up in Ireland, and studied biochemistry and wildlife biology at university. She has since travelled the world studying animal behaviour. And her documentaries include Drowning in Plastic, Galapagos and Should We Close Our Zoos? Liz is also part of Our Changing Planet, a seven-year-project for the BBC, visiting vulnerabl…
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Waad Al-Kateab is a BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Born in Syria, Waad left home at 18, to study at the university of Aleppo. In 2011, she began shooting video on her phone, while attending pro-democracy protests. Waad went on to document the next five years in Aleppo, capturing life, loss and emergency care in the besieged city - as …
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Carol Morley is an acclaimed filmmaker, whose work includes short film, documentary and drama. She was born in Stockport, and spent her teens enjoying the Manchester music scene, before moving to London - where she studied Fine Art, Film and Video, at Saint Martins College. Her 2000 documentary, The Alcohol Years, showed a fearlessness and an early…
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Classics professor Dame Mary Beard was a bright child, who was bumped up a year at school, went on archaelogical digs as a teen, and studied classics at Newnham College. After completing her PhD, Mary taught at King’s College in London, before returning to Cambridge - where she remained for nearly forty years. During her long academic career, Mary …
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Jon and Willie get together live in MGA Headquarters to discuss everything you need to know if you're attending the Mediocre Golf Association World Championships in 2023. We go over the schedule, give some hip tips and drop some news about the positive changes we've made for the hottest mediocre party of 2023.…
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Ava Glass is the pen name of Christi Daugherty. She was born in Texas and worked as a crime reporter before moving to the UK. A few years after settling in London, Christi was recruited to work in the communications department of the Home Office - tasked with helping the public understand what the intelligence services do, to keep us safe. This was…
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Send us a text Welcome! And thank you for joining us today on the Heroes and Icons podcast. I am your host, Greg Randolph. Please find me on Twitter or the X as it’s called now at @HeroesIconsPod to get updates for great shows like this and others. If you’re enjoying the show please share it with a friend. Thank you in advance for doing so. We have…
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In November 2019, Steve Gallant was serving a life sentence for murder when he confronted the terrorist Usman Khan. Steve had been allowed out on day release, to attend a Learning Together event, near London Bridge. Learning Together was an initiative that brought students and prisoners together - and helped change many lives for the better. But on…
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The British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové was born into an artistic family. After studying at St. Martin’s School of Art, he worked as a photographer and as a director of television and music videos. At the age of 40, Zak had an epiphany while filming in Trinidad. Feeling a distance from his subject matter, Zak realised that he wanted to be a “maker” …
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Send us a text Welcome! And thank you for joining us today on the Heroes and Icons podcast. I am your host, Greg Randolph. We have another special guest today. If you are a baseball fan, especially of the Houston Astros and great minor league affiliates like the Round Rock Express and the San Antonio Missions, this gentleman needs no introduction. …
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Sarah Sands grew up in Tunbridge Wells and cut her teeth on a local newspaper in Kent, before moving to the diary, on the Evening Standard. She later edited the Standard but not before spending some time at The Telegraph, and re-designing the Sunday edition, with the launch of two new magazines. In 2017, Sarah moved into broadcast journalism, as ed…
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Send us a text Today we discuss Marty Brennaman's amazing Hall of Fame broadcast career, including his early days and getting his start in baseball; Hank Aaron's 714th record tying home run; the 1975 World Series; why Pete Rose should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame; Ken Griffey Jr.'s milestone home runs, numbers 500 and 600; and why the city of Ci…
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Send us a text HOST's note: This is to commemorate the one year anniversary of my first recorded podcast. I greatly appreciate you all for listening.! GR The career of major league baseball player, coach, scout and manager Art Howe is discussed here, with details about his early playing days, managerial styles and strategies. He played in the Natio…
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Michael Mansfield became a barrister in 1967 and, since then, he’s worked on some very high-profile cases in the UK. He has overturned miscarriages of justice, fought for civil liberties, and for change. He helped to free the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six. He defended the Orgreave miners, fought for the family of Stephen Lawrence. And he re…
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Sir Chris Bryant was born in Cardiff, and lived in Spain as a child, before returning to the UK. After reading English at Oxford, he studied Theology and was ordained in the Church of England. He then spent time in Latin America, and worked as a curate, before deciding to leave the church and move into politics. Chris was elected MP for Rhondda in …
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Stephen Davis is an investigative journalist and author, who has worked around the world, on newspaper stories and documentaries. He’s also a podcaster, whose most recent series investigates the sinking of the passenger ferry Estonia. It is Europe’s worst shipping disaster - since the Titanic - and a gripping tale of tragedy, smuggling, and spies. …
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Send us a text In today's episode, Mike Acosta, the world's foremost authority on the Houston Astrodome, joins me to discuss what he's working on present day after his 22 year stint in a variety of critical roles with the Houston Astros, namely Astros historian and MLB authentication manager. We have a lengthy conversation about his current role wi…
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Professor Rose Anne Kenny is an expert in ageing who has over 35 years of clinical and research experience. She’s a Professor of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College, Dublin, and the Director of Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing, at St. James's Hospital. Rose Anne is also the brains behind TILDA - a groundbreaking research study into agein…
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A new MedioCast just dropped with everything you need to know about the World Championship. All registrations can be done on MGAWC.com. Register carefully (read: not while drunk) and make sure you add any desired practice rounds after selecting your base package.Willie Dills & Jon Morley által
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Jess McDonald was one of the first recruits on The Metropolitan Police’s Direct Entry Detective Scheme. Launched in 2017, to address a shortage of detectives, this scheme was not without its critics. Successful applicants had a direct route into a career as a detective, without first undertaking a role in uniform policing. When Jess first pitched a…
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The Nottingham-born comedian Matt Forde has been fascinated by politics ever since he was 9 years old. Raised by his mum, without much money, Matt experienced life: “at the sharp end of every political decision taken by the government.” He studied politics at university and, after working for a few MPs, he became a regional organiser for the Labour…
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Mick Lynch is the General Secretary of Britain's largest specialist transport trade union, the RMT. In May 2022, the RMT announced that its members had voted overwhelmingly in favour of strikes, in a dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. At the time, they said it was the biggest endorsement of industrial action, by railway workers, since privatisa…
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South Londoner Candice Carty-Williams has gone from publishing house marketing executive, to literary sensation - and now, she's taking on TV. Queenie, her 2019 debut, was a best-seller. Critics and readers loved it and Candice won several awards, including book of the year at the Nibbie’s. Fast forward to 2023 and Candice is the creative force beh…
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Send us a text Today in his season of reinvention, personal development coach Craig Siegel discusses with me the forthcoming release (August 15, 2023) of his new book, The Reinvention Formula: How to Unlock a Bulletproof Mindset to Upgrade Your Life on Wylie Books- see link below please; how running fueled him in some dark times and led to his mete…
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The poet and writer Sir Ben Okri was born in Nigeria and spent some of his childhood in London, before moving with his family to Lagos, on the eve of the Nigerian Civil War. This experience had a defining impact on Ben, who has said that he is “crammed full” of the painful things that he witnessed. In 1978, Ben returned to London to study but he re…
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The voice of broadcaster and writer Anita Anand will be familiar to many. Her career began while she was still at university, in the newsroom of satellite channel Zee. Anita was then snapped up by Radio 5 Live and she has since presented many news and current affairs programmes on the BBC. In 2012, Anita became the host of Any Answers on Radio 4, w…
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The award-winning screenwriter and playwright, Jack Thorne, joins Jon to discuss his work, passions, activism and politics. They discuss Jack's new TV show, Best Interests, (starring Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen) and why it was so tough to write this story. At the age of 42, Jack was diagnosed with autism, something he is still processing. He ta…
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Journalist, broadcaster and best-selling author, Tim Marshall, joins Jon to talk about the power and politics of the new space race. Tim's new book - The Future Of Geography - looks at how the developments in space will change our world forever. The new space race is on, with China, USA and Russia leading the charge and many more vying for pre-emin…
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The Reverend Richard Coles left two major institutions within the same year; The BBC and The Church, but he cannot and will not sit still. Richard joins Jon to discuss his fascinating life and career, the power of prayer and what the future holds for him without a dog collar... Jon and Richard share their love and nostalgia for choral music, as wel…
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David Harewood is an actor, director, author and activist. He was born in Birmingham, trained at RADA, and made a name for himself on the stage, with big roles that included Othello and Martin Luther King. Most recently, he played the right-wing commentator William Buckley Jr. in Best Of Enemies. A fantastic production that is currently screening i…
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