SHADOE STEVENS BIO

Shadoe is one of the most recognized voices in the world. But, he has also been an award-winning worldwide personality and innovator for radio, television, film, new media, and visual arts. He was the host of the biggest radio show in the world, American Top 40, heard in 110 countries heard by more than a billion people a week.

As an actor, he was the star of numerous television shows, including the Top 10 sitcom, “Dave’s World” with Harry Anderson on CBS, the one hour comedy-drama, “Max Monroe: Loose Canon” on CBS, “Baywatch,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” Beverly Hills: 90210, the movie “TRAXX,” and one of the stars in two versions of Hollywood Squares. In 2019, he was part of the cast in the EMMY Nominated soap opera take-off “The Rich and the Ruthless” that won The INDIE SERIES AWARD: Best Ensemble (Comedy) for the second year in a row.

In advertising, he created and starred in the most successful regional campaign in U.S. History, “Fred Rated for Federated,” featuring 1,100 different Monty Python-style commercials; And is a CLEO Award winner for advertising.

In radio, he is widely known for creating, launching, and programming the most successful and widely imitated rock station and format in the country, “World Famous KROQ FM” in Los Angeles and the Alternative Rock format nationwide; the Album-Rock Format with KMET-FM; and was a Billboard Magazine Radio Personality of the Year Award winner.

In Radio/New Media, he created: RhythmRadio, the Sound of the World in a Good Mood, heard in more than 30 countries and on the Internet in 7 languages; the station and format: CaboWaboRadio for rock star Sammy Hagar; and the hit podcast, Blackout Television. He also created and hosted the internationally syndicated shows: “Top of the World; Rock the World; and Party Planet; all heard nationwide in over 30 countries; and created and hosted “MentalRadio” on SIRIUSXM and the Internet. In television, he created and produced “The Weekly Show” for TV One; he’s currently the voice of “The Antenna TV Network,” and was the voice and a cast member of “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” on CBS; the voice of "Celebrity Name Game” for three seasons; “Join or Die” on the History Channel; “The Craig Ferguson Radio Show “on Sirius XM; and the “Happy Together Tour” for more than ten years. He, has been the voice of countless commercials and promo campaigns for radio, television, and new media, and won the “Best of Show” 2019 Radio Mercury Award for “Old Spice: Pomade commercial. This is considered the Academy Awards of Radio Commercials.

As an artist, his multi-media work has been shown at the top gallery on the west coast, Gallerie Michael on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, and an exhibition of more than 40 pieces, with greeting cards, posters, and a book of his work at Stakenborg/Greenberg Fine Art Gallery in Sarasota, Florida. He calls his multimedia approach: “Transcendental Wha Hoo.” He is also a motivational speaker, has taught Master Classes in “the Art of Creativity” at several universities, has spoken at the Ringling School of Art and Design, has written five children’s books and one is being developed for an animated feature film. His holiday script for the film, “Christmas Music,” is in development, and MentalRadio took over in 2020.

The soundtrack to MentalRadio was written and produced entirely by Chuck Cirino, a renaissance man if ever there was one. In his early career he worked for Shadoe as the Director of the Federated Group “Fred Rated” Television campaign. But he is also a video special effects creator, writer, producer, editor, and world class composer.

Chuck is an Emmy-nominated entertainment professional. He cut his teeth as an editor and post-production supervisor. He’s adept with the production process from start to finish. If you need someone to shoot, record sound, and/or edit your piece, Chuck is proficient at delivering a finished web or broadcast-ready production.

Chuck is best known for executive producing, hosting, and directing Weird TV, a nationally-syndicated television series featuring weird Americans, bizarre news, unbelievable events, and outlandish skits.

Recently, Chuck produced a trilogy of children’s feature films with his partners in Team 5 Entertainment. A Doggone Christmas, A Doggone Hollywood, and A Doggone Adventure. All three films are available on all the streaming services.

Chuck worked as a director, editor and consultant for HBO’s Runaway Box comedy web series. He directed episodes of Howie Mandel’s The Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys for CBS and the Chiodo Bros. and the entire run of The Mr. Potato Head Show for Fox Kids and Film Roman.

His many credits also include director of the Sci-Fi Channel projects, Worldwide Weird, Warped In Space, and Baberellas, an independent Sci-Fi feature distributed by Xenon Pictures.

Chuck directed music videos for bands like Earth, Wind & Fire, Le Rue, and The Dickies “Killer Klowns from Outer Space” music video.

• A musical composer having scored dozens of feature film motion pictures and TV shows.
• Directing cutting-edge children’s programming for Disney, CBS, Syfy, TLC, and FOX KIDS.
• Executive producing, hosting, and directing WEIRD TV, a nationally syndicated television series.
• Director, cameraman, editor on over 1200 Federated Group TV spots starring Shadoe Stevens as Fred Rated.
• The first to introduce the Burning Man Festival to the rest of the world in 1994 via his show, WEIRD TV.
• Pretty much invented ‘reality TV’ on his show Weird TV.
• Pioneering the now-traditional, editorial style of the ‘quick cut’ common in television shows, television commercials and music videos. The ‘quick cut’ was first introduced in the Federated Group TV commercials of the mid-80s. Before these thousands of Federated TV commercials proliferated the airwaves in Southern California (influencing the imaginations of other Hollywood producers, directors and editors) the common mainstream media was always presented at a much slower pace.

Dave Nichols has been involved in all forms of media both in front and behind the camera since 1978. He and Shadoe Stevens have a long history of creating enlightening illusions that shudder on the brink of acceptability. He has written over 1,200 TV commercials while Head Writer at Shadoe Stevens Inc. for The Federated Group, co-wrote the television special Shadoevision for HBO and was head writer and producer of American Top 40 radio for ABC Watermark.

Dave has produced live events for Jani International, created early-learning software for Microsoft as well as developed ad campaigns for radio, TV and feature film trailers for New World Pictures, Compass Films and Crown International.

Dave was the editor-in-chief of Easyriders and V-Twin motorcycle magazines for over 20 years, overseeing 13 automotive and motorcycle magazine titles for Paisano Publications in print and digital formats.

Nichols was the on-camera host of V-Twin TV, a 26-episode motorcycle-related television series seen on SPEED Channel.

He is also the best-selling author of Top Chops; Indian Larry: Chopper Shaman; One Percenter; One Percenter Code and One Percenter Revolution, published by Motorbooks International for Quarto Publishing.

Last year he wrote the screenplay “Apple Jack” for HBO producer Michael Hill, wrote and directed the biker film “Rough Boys” for B.I.C. Productions, wrote the screenplay for the feature film thriller “Pandementia” with Chuck Cirino and is currently producing and writing the motorcycle-related TV series “Heart of Chrome”. He lives in Ashland, Oregon and Los Angeles.

Dave came to this planet in 1532, sent by the Optimystical High Counsel in order to monitor human development and nudge the population towards a more gentile and positive evolution.

Comedian Sarge is an entertainer who has performed worldwide to adoring audiences. He delights audiences with humor that resonates with audiences of all ages. And he is much more than a comedian - - Sarge is a self-taught piano savant, an author and motivational speaker. His humor comes from a very personal place as his road to success was not a smooth one.

He was born in Miami Beach, Florida during the Civil Rights Movement to a Jewish mother and black father, but given up for adoption soon after birth. Fortunately, he was quickly adopted by a couple who then raised him in Great Neck, Long Island. SARGE was brought up by his parents in an upper-middle class environment, attending the best prep schools in the region.

His artistic talents surfaced on his 6th birthday after his parents took him to see “The Sound of Music” on Broadway. When they returned home from the show, and without any prompting, SARGE sat down at the family piano and began to play songs from the show entirely “by ear”. He did this without ever having touched a piano before, and it was at this point that his parents knew they had something special on their hands.

At the fresh age of seven, SARGE would entertain in between hands of his grandpa Herman’s card games by doing impressions and jokes on cue. It was also at this time that his grandfather took him to shows in the Catskill Mountains, which was the live entertainment capital of New York State.

SARGE graduated from the all-boys South Kent School in the spring of 1979 where he received an award for his musical talents while also lettering in football and then attended Boston University’s School of Public Communication.

All the while, he lived with some sense of confusion because his adopted parents raised him in a Jewish household without much exposure to his black heritage. This led to some internal conflict as a child and young adult – feelings he tried to numb with alcohol, drugs and gambling. He spent part of his young adult life as a homeless man, severely addicted to several vices, and copping drugs at his hangout under the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. With a wealth of talent unrealized, on December 26, 1990, he had an epiphany that would change his life forever. As strange as it may sound, on that day he made a decision to commit himself to sobriety – cold turkey – and never looked back. SARGE has been clean and sober since then, and he has dedicated himself to assisting others who are facing the same battle.

After a short stint as a talent representative, the stage was calling and SARGE enrolled at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute. From this point forward, he would no longer represent talent – rather, he would “be” the talent. To make ends meet, SARGE wrote, produced and performed for FOX’s wildly successful “Best Damn Sports Show Period”, as a nationally syndicated radio host for FOX Sports Radio, and worked extensively for ABC Wide World of Sports and CBS Sports.

“The NFL Today” host Greg Gumbel encouraged him to “be a comedian, you’re too funny, too creative and too bright not to go for a comedy career,” SARGE moved to his best buddy’s pull out sofa in New York to embark on a career in stand-up comedy.

And comedy was calling him. One night while Don Rickles was killing the crowd, SARGE watched the audience’s reaction to the comedian’s barbs and scathing monologue. At that moment, he set his sights on becoming a professional comedian one day. Ironically, today he is often compared to Rickles largely due to his rapid fire, off the cuff style of hilarious observational comedy. As has been proven hundreds of times, SARGE has the rare ability to create an uproarious and moving 90-minute comedic performance on the spot by just walking into a room.

After playing clubs and colleges all over America for three years, SARGE found himself opening for some of the biggest names in music – Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Paul Anka, The Beach Boys, The Four Tops, Taylor Dayne, Donna Summer and Wayne Newton, just to name a few. These high profile gigs enabled SARGE’s act to evolve from a comedy appearance to an entertainment performance because he learned to weave his own musical talents into his shows.

SARGE has worked on some of the biggest stages in show business. From Radio City Music Hall to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game to entertaining our nation’s troops in Iraq, SARGE’s ability to improvise and tailor his show to specific audiences is uncanny.

Sarge is a highly sought after motivational speaker and for the last 7 years has been working in treatment centers and recovery residences bringing a revolutionary and groundbreaking modality of “Comedy Therapy” to people suffering from addiction with incredible results. Last year, his first comedy recovery film “Sarge Behind Bars” shot entirely on location of the Casper Wyoming Reentry Prison, placed second at the “REEL Recovery Film Festival” in New York and Los Angeles.

In 2017, Sarge released his autobiography and motivational book, “Black Boychick,” which traces his hilarious, inspirational life of twists and turns, ups and downs which will leave you exhilarated and entertained.

Today, he is one of the highest energy, multi-talented acts to tour. Not only a hysterical stand-up comedian, but also SARGE sings in his own voice and in a dozen others including Harry Connick Jr., Sammy Davis Jr., Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder. Additionally, his dead on impressions of Marv Albert, Mike Tyson, Kermit the Frog and Gilbert Gottfried leave audiences howling and clamoring for more.

He is a proud father to his son and loving husband living in Florida.

Joshua L. Weinstein is a writer, editor, consultant, and now – thanks to MentalRadio – an actor and Optimystical.

He became one of Shadoe Stevens’ coconspirators on MentalRadio in the early days of the pandemic, as Shadoe was developing the idea. The two were talking by telephone, and before Shadoe finished explaining the concept, Joshua was in.

Joshua began his career as a newspaper reporter with the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times), Florida’s largest-circulation daily. After a brief stop at a news-and-arts weekly in Miami, he moved – although he likes to think of it as “ascended” – to Maine, where he spent about 13 years writing for that state’s largest-circulation newspaper.

He has written for Variety and other publications, sold scripts, edited books, cofounded an online auction house, written essays, been a talking head on national television, designed corporate media strategies, and officiated at a wedding.

He lives in West Hollywood, enjoys coffee, and has a fear of sauces.

Michael took an honors degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan and turned it into 35+ years as an entertainer.

He has toured the world doing stand-up comedy, improv, theater, writing, and on-camera work.

Today, he is focused on VO and thrilled to be a part of the Mental Radio Team.

When not performing, Michael is a devoted husband and father to three rug rats and five fur babies.

(NARRATED BY MORGAN FREEMAN)

Ever since he was a little boy, Josh Robert Thompson has been talking to himself.  Raised in a sleepy suburb of Cleveland, Josh dreamed of someday being on TV—spending weeknights watching Johnny Carson, and weekends building cardboard talkshow sets in his basement.

But Josh’s path to TV was through the radio. A series of prank phone calls to national news outlets caught the attention of “The Howard Stern Show,” where Josh quickly established himself as the voice of “Fake” Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Yet it was his turn as robot skeleton sidekick Geoff Peterson on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” that proved to be Josh’s big break, lasting for nearly a decade on CBS.

 

Josh’s wide range of celebrity impressions have been featured for over ten seasons on FOX’s “Family Guy” —from Morgan Freeman to Donald Trump and everyone in between.

His multitude of voices are also featured in “American Dad,” "The Angry Birds Movie," "Robot Chicken," “ and on Netflix originals “Skylanders Academy” and “Motown Magic.”

As a stand-up, Josh has toured all over the U.S. and Canada, playing in such legendary venues as The Chicago Theater and Radio City Music Hall. 

On film, he stars in the romantic comedy "Nowhere Girl,’ the indie supernatural thriller "Revelator," and the award-winning comedic series "F#cking 40."

JC Wendel is an American actress with extensive stage and screen credits.

Originally from New York, she was born into a show business family. Her mother was broadway veteran and NBC’s Third Rock From the sun star Elmarie Wendel. Her father was a well known artist, musician and painter.

JC made her stage debut at the age of eight and never stopped working. Best known for CBS’s Dave’s World, starring opposite Harry Anderson and Shadoe Stevens, she has extensive television and film credits, that include half hour comedies, episodic dramas, pilots, movies, Magic Specials, & Circus Of The Stars. She is a veteran of the stage, having done international tours of The Odd Couple starring opposite Tim Conway & Tom Poston and scores of regional theatrical tours and limited runs of original plays and beloved musicals.

In addition to performing as a professional Trapeze Artist, she is also an award winning equestrian and fine artist.

Ana is a Renaissance Girl Friday .Starting her career in children’s theatre . She moved on to stage and then Radio.

25 year career in morning And Afternoon radio shows. As well as her love for comedy and voice overs.

A lifelong love of musical theater, local theater arts, and doing commercials and character voices.

And when she’s not using her voice, she’s using her hands to cook , Garden , paint and to write. Having a father who is 50 years her elder gave her a perspective on All thing 30’s and 40’s music, radio comedy and music that she can bring to the table and mental radio.

Diane Nichols is an actor, director, and playwright. She also does stand-up comedy. She is currently available for funerals, store openings, ship christenings, and cat shows, as long as they are at her house. Diane loves bacon waffles. She has never met an extra-terrestrial, (that she knows of), and yes, that is her real hair color.

Wade Chitwood is a filmmaker and visual effects artist in Bellevue, Washington. Through his production and visual effects company "Hoplight Productions," he wrote, directed, and produced the award-winning films, "The Prospector," "The Comet Chronicles," and "Rocket Man Adventure Series."

multifaceted artist, Wade is proficient in various creative art forms that include: digital effects for feature films and TV shows, comics and comic books, literary illustrations, assorted fine art mediums, and other picture postcards. In 2015 he was the media guest of honor at RADCON Science Fiction convention in the Tri-Cities, Washington.

As a writer, Wade has written (most notably) two science fiction novels, an autobiographical book of poems, "Seattle Lunchbox Demons," and presently finishing the TV pilots for "The Comet Chronicles" and "Rocket Man" series.

Wade is a founding member of the Seattle Hurling Club and continues to support and promote the sport of Irish hurling. Playing, not so much - as he has found, he doesn't heal as fast as he once did.

Currently, due to direct mystical experiences and personal transformation, Wade has been elevated to Grand Master, 9th Degree Optimystical in the Ancient Society of Mental Control This qualifies him to be a Holier Than Thou Creative Contributor to the organization’s worldwide efforts to uplift mankind.

Timothy Hallinan has been nominated for the Edgar, Nero, Shamus, Macavity, and Silver Dagger awards.

He is the author of twenty widely praised, critically acclaimed novels, including the Simeon Grist Los Angeles mysteries, the Poke Rafferty Bangkok thrillers and the Junior Bender mystery series.

After years of working in Hollywood, television, and the music industry, he now writes full time. He divides his time between California and Thailand

Originally from Chicago, a founding member of the Annoyance Theatre. His Chicago stage credits also include the title role in Romeo and Juliet, Picnic, Road, and Six Degrees of Separation produced by The Lincoln Center. CBS Studios brought him to Los Angeles.

In Los Angeles, he performed in The Premier’s of Award Winning Exit Wounds, Unemployed Elephants, (Best Actor for two-person play) Showpony, The Interview, A Letter from Ethel Kennedy directed by Joanna Gleason, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, and Sex by George Furth and directed by John Rubenstein, along with Need.

He’s also performed with the Actors’ Gang and Ensemble Studio Theatre. His solo play Up and Bedlam is in pre-production to film as Greatest Loss. TV includes: Ruth Harper Pilot, and Pacific Blue. Film includes: Boulevard Misfits, Behind Closed Doors, Stuck, Secrets of Suspense, and Greasy Lake.

He is a Lifetime Member of the Actors Studio, Victory Theatre and Rogue Machine. He’s directed some short films and stage productions. A mentor for the Make a Film Foundation that grants children with life-threatening medical conditions to create short film legacies by teaming them with noted actors, directors, and writers.

A man with a name as unique as his background, has a knack for building things or making them better. Davin is married to his wife and often his co-cost, Ana Fesmire. They have two adorable artistically gifted teenage kids.

Davin loves creating comedy!, Almost nothing if out of bounds, if it’s funny enough.

His life experience as a Radio Host has taken him from coast to coast a few times. He’s built and hosted top rated radio shows solo, and Ana in cities from New England to California with successes in Denver, Phoenix , Florida, Texas, Los Angeles as well as the world stage along with Shadoe Stevens on the international success of Cabo Wabo Radio.

Davin also launched his own video production company, Reel Live Media, in 2008. At an early age, Davin's father taught him how to be very mechanically inclined. So, when he’s not being creative with video or various audio shows, you may find him restoring a car or building an engine for more horsepower, or doing a complete studs-out renovation on a home, himself.

Davin also has a real estate license and uses his life experience and humor to help people take the pressure out of buying or selling their home.

ARNO LUCAS celebrates his thirty fifth year in the music business by not slowing down at all. Unlike most musicians who tour and record with one or two different types of artist, Arno prides himself on working in all styles as his credits will show whether it’s country, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, pop, christian or smooth jazz. He’s worked with the best and continues to revolve on the highest level.

His credits include his first original band Crackin, Luther Vandross, Al jarreau, George Duke, Bette Midler, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Don Henley (The Eagles), The New Editon, Yolanda Adams, Rachele Ferrell, Micheal jackson, Burt Bacharach, Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones, Chaka Kahn, Bill Cosby, Harry Belefonte, Earl Klugh, Joe Sample, El Debarge, Tyrese, Johnny Gill, this list goes on, but you get the idea.

He has written two songs with Al Jarreau and a song for Meg Ryans most recent movie, Dionne Warrick and for New Edition’s triple platinum CD. He’s now finishing music for a show on N.B.C. and working with Glady’s Kinght. He did the super bowl with Stevie Wonder and worked with John Legend, India Arie, and Joss Stone.

For the last two years, He has spent 6months of each year in Japan working with an amazing group called EXILE. And has written two songs “forever love” and “NEGAI” for their two most recent CDs.

Amber Stevens West is best known for her roles as Ashleigh Howard in the ABC Family series Greek, Maya in 22 Jump Street, Maxine in the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show, and Claire Davis in the CBS comedy Happy Together. Most importantly she is the eldest daugher of Shadoe Stevens!

A six-year old Optimistical, who’s a blackbelt in the art of ricochet is making her debut with Mental Radio. She’s set to play a pivotal character in a dark comedy Greatest Loss. Her biggest excitement so far is playing the Fortune Fairie in MentalRadio’s “Fortunes For Humanity” feature, in which the Fortune Fairie picks from a vat of fortune cookies, a fortune for all of mankind.

Will Nichols (21) has had a love for voice acting, theatrics and entertainment for as long as he can remember. He has performed in plays at the Edmonds Driftwood Theatre in Seattle as well as community theatre projects in Ashland, Oregon. Some of his recent work includes voicing Dino in the A Dino for Fork, YouTube series as well as writing his web-comic Tales of a Hero: The Brave with his girlfriend Ember Mann. He looks forward to more creative projects in the future.

A skilled makeup artist specializing in designing personalized makeup and manicures. A licensed esthetician and nail technician based in Los Angeles, California. She is also experienced in social media and newmedia promotion and advertising. ChynaRose is a trained and exceptional beauty consultant, dedicated to creating solutions for presenting the best possible you.

Susan Short hails from the Miami area, where she has been in media related fields for over 20 years. Her experience is all this media, traditional and new media. She is a Social Media Marketing expert as well as an influencer. She has managed various magazine and genres such as luxury Interior Design, travel, Visitor’s Guides, Chamber of Commerce publications and Family Beautiful.

Susan Short is a frequent speaker and host at various events locally and nationally. She has hosted several TEC Tracks panels at the renowned NAMM convention for the music industry, most recently in January 2020 with Top 100 entertainment attorneys, Neville Johnson and Ben McClane, Randy Hoffman (John Mellencamp) Mike Gormley (Oingo Boingo, The Bangles, The Police) and Shannon O'Shea (Garbage, Pink).

Susan Short was the co-producer of events such as the Movieville International Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida as well as influential in bringing high level talent to the area with the Film Commission, such as acclaimed Rock Photographer Rob Shanahan, Radio Media Personality Shadoe Stevens

She was called one of India's first international models - Schweppes Indian Tonic in Paris, shooting with the best fashion photographers in New York City, cat-walking on a cruise on the Norway Sea, and sashaying in fashion shows in castles in London. Her debut film Aashiqui, made her a household name, and she went on to star in numerous hit films. To help population control in a country bursting at its seams with people, she endorsed a condom - Kamasutra, to raise awareness about "hidden" issues like sex. She was the face of MTV India.

At the height of her stardom, she left the business to live a life as a recluse, to pursue a spiritual life and learn yoga. After a period at an ashram, returning to Mumbai, she was in a devastating accident, was in a coma for 29 days, had broken 29 bones in her body, and the accident was so severe that a part of her body included a portion of her face being paralyzed. She also had amnesia. Doctors didn’t think she would ever recover.

She believes it is due to Optimism and yoga that she has not only fully recovered, but has gone on to teach yoga at the Bihar School of Yoga in Munger, Bihar, India. That is how she was drawn to MentalRadio and its dedication to “Subversive Optimism” and the power of Mental Control.

She says, "Yoga has brought me happiness. It also provided me with tools to help me find it. I mastered the tools, practised them diligently and health and happiness came to me. I found that it works in the reverse–when you embrace yoga, life embraces you by default. So, one has to work towards a higher goal of self achievement, which yoga provides and your personal life gets sorted. My ‘miraculous’ healing is totally experiential. I was lucky to be born again."

Her book about her life, "Anusual: Memoir of a Girl Who Came Back from the Dead,” is available on Amazon:

Mario began his voice-over career in 2010 after graduating from the Academy of Radio & Television in Huntington Beach, California. Prior to this, he worked in language forensics and as a linguist for several 3-letter government agencies for over 20 years. He decided in 2008 that he would make a career change and follow his childhood dream of being in radio broadcasting and voice acting. And, because of his gift and ability to speak English and Spanish at a native and university level, his skills have landed him roles as the official promo voice for Ringling Bros, Monster Jam, Disney on Ice, Marvel Universe Live, Toyota, Live Nation Concerts and even the voice of Yoda in upcoming film projects. Today, with a knack for over 30 different voices and accents from all over the world, and voice range from age 12 to 50, Mario loves to display a plethora of characters that have become a daily part of his life. In addition, he is also an expert in recording hardware, and producer of the Back to the '80s Radio show and several other podcasts, as well as giving lectures in broadcasting and production currently at the Academy of Radio & Television.

Mario is also an Aquarius who enjoys quiet walks on the beach, listens to '80s rock and pop, and is always willing to make and enjoy a great plate of pasta with friends! Oh, sorry that last sentence was meant for somehting else! Oh well..... "c'est la vie"

Kain O’Keeffe is an Australian Actor / Filmmaker who’s been working in the industry since he was 14 years old, where he starred in his first feature film, Swimming Upstream, alongside Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis. Since then, Kain has starred as the Lead in “Pirate Islands: The Lost Treasure of Fiji”, “Blue Water High Season 3” and “FireFlies”, as well as many guest roles in “Home and Away”, “All Saints”, “Young Lions, and “Out Of The Blue”. His feature film credits include “33 Postcards”, “I Wish I Were Stephanie V” and “Hooked”. He recently voiced the title role of “Johnny Butane” for Mental Radio.

Louisiana born and Houston raised Alesha Reneé has charmed her way as a host on shows like “Girl Code” and “Guy Code” for MTV; "E! News " "HotWyred," "The 5ive," and “106 and Park” for BET. Alesha Reneé has also been taped to be the face and voice behind multiple brand campaigns including Honda, Wells Fargo, Home Depot and Proctor & Gambles "My Black is Beautiful" campaign and tour. In addition, she has served as host and spokesperson for McDonald's "Men of McCafé," a national community action initiative encouraging young men to be active in their community.

Having honed her skills with some of the best, Alesha Reneé has studied at some of the best acting schools including UCB, Susan Batson and the Aaron Speiser Acting Studio. Putting her acting chops to good use, Alesha Reneé has displayed her talents as an actor in works such as “Criminal Minds” (CBS), “New Girl” (FOX), “Magnum P.I. (FOX)”and has recurring roles on the “Detroiters” (Comedy Central) and currently “Grand Crew” (NBC), just to name a few.

Alesha Reneé has been a longtime advocate for women's empowerment, she sits on various boards such as WEEN and Hip-Hop Sisters. Two organizations purposed in providing positive opportunities for women in the media as well as providing scholarship money for the pursuit of higher education. Alesha has contributed her time and money to advocate for women In domestically violent relationships such as NCADV (National Coalition Against Domestic Violence) and to orgs supporting children of sexual abuse due to her own past experiences with both.

Regardless of personal and professional setbacks Alesha Reneé has maintained a strong sense of self, purpose and determination to accomplish her goal of being a well-rounded Actor whose talents and humor move and entertain people throughout the world.