For many of us, growing up in the 1980s meant a trip to EPCOT Center at Disney World. And, if you&apos;re going to EPCOT, you&apos;re going to come across the Dreamfinder and his dragon, Figment.This week, we talk with the original Dreamfinder, Ron Schneider. Ron has dedicated his life to reinventing performance, and creating something interesting as he worked to make the audience the part of every show.

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Why? Episode 158- Disney's Dreamfinder, Ron Schneider

Generations have fallen in love to the music of this week&apos;s guest. As one half of the popular duo Air Supply, Graham Russell has written some of the most romantic songs of all time, and brought that music to audiences around the world.Air Supply is currently on tour and selling out arenas around the world. For more information, you can check out their website here.

Why? Episode 154- Air Supply's Graham Russell

For his whole career, John Vorhaus has been helping people. From playing better poker, to writing sitcoms and now, to stand-up comedy, John is the encouraging voice by your side as you head out and try something that you&apos;ve always wanted to do; but is a little scary.For more information on John, or to pick up any of his books, check out his website.

Why? Episode 153- Comedian/Writer John Vorhaus

Last week, we were thrilled to take part in the Colonial Theater&apos;s annual Blobfest. We got to talk with a lot of the folks who helped make Blobfest the great event it is.We also got to talk with Judith Harris, whose husband Jack Harris, was the producer of The Blob and a bunch of other great films. For more information about Jack, check out The Blob&apos;s official website.

Why? Episode 152- Judith Harris on Producer Jack Harris

This week we head out to the track with racer Ben Lowe. How did he get into the sport? What exactly is the sport? And what&apos;s his career looking like as he moves onward. Ben was a blast to talk to and we learned about a whole new sport.

Why? Episode 151- Flat Track Racer Ben Lowe

If you&apos;re like us, you&apos;re spending the July 4th holiday onboard a fast cigarette boat, cruising around the marina, daring the police to catch you and yelling over a megaphone, "you&apos;ll never take me alive!" No? Just us?Anyway, here&apos;s a special episode of Why? for you to listen to while you grill weenies and/or remove a few digits with firecrackers. We talked with Jill Whelan, better known to you and me as Vicki Stubing, daughter of the captain of the Love Boat. (You may also know Jill from her role in the classic film Airplane! (Jill&apos;s the sick girl whose IV keeps getting knocked out by an overzealous singing nun.)We talked with Jill about hanging out with Andy Warhol, Joan Crawford and Dick van Dyke. Of course, we couldn&apos;t let our conversation go by without mentioning one of our shared best friends, Ted Lange. Make sure to follow Jill on Twitter for the latest on what she&apos;s up to.

Why? Episode 150- Actress Jill Whelan

What does Nick Cave eat to feel better? What about Morrissey? We talked with vegan punk rock chef Joshua Ploeg. Joshua has written a bunch of cook books and has been traveling the country sharing his vegan wares.We talked with Joshua about his travels, his books and what makes vegan cooking just so punk rock. For more information, check out Joshua&apos;s website.

Why? Episode 149- Punk Rock Vegan Joshua Ploeg

Every single day, we are being lied to about... well, everything. This week we talked with author Aja Raden about her new book, The Truth About Lies. It&apos;s a fascinating look at lying and how we all fall for them and why we maybe shouldn&apos;t feel too bad about it?The Truth About Lies is available right now, wherever you get books. You can follow Aja on Twitter or on Instagram. (And we&apos;re giving a way a copy of the book! Listen to the episode for details.)

Why? Episode 148- The Truth About Lies with Author Aja Raden

When we wanted to learn more about numerology, we got in touch with Heather Schram- and she said the best way to find out more was to just do it- so Heather read our charts. While Heather is giving us the reading, she&apos;s telling us more about her experience and what the numbers mean.Heather is offering 50% off readings to Why listeners. Just use the &apos;Why&apos; as the discount code at checkout on her website.

Why? Episode 147- Numerologist Heather Schram

Peter Riegert has stories. Stories from his acting career, which includes such films as Animal House and Local Hero. He also has stories from the people he&apos;s met along the way. Peter&apos;s podcast Vocal Hero offers a fascinating and unique conversation with every episode.We sat down with Peter and had great talk that left us thinking about things for days afterward. For more information, you can check out Peter & the show&apos;s website.

Why? Episode 146- Actor & Podcaster Peter Riegert

The music of Van Dyke Parks has always taken you on a journey, replete with exquisite sounds and thoughtful concepts. His most recent collaboration is no different. He never met Veronica Valerio, but the resulting album is no less compelling. We talked with Van Dyke about the new album, finger foods in Berlin, the Twentieth Century Fox theme music and the various books of the bible in this wide-ranging conversation. "Only In America," Van Dyke Parks orchestrates Veronica Valerio is available everywhere on June 11th.And if that wasn&apos;t enough, we&apos;re giving away a copy of the EP... Listen to the very end of the show to learn how to enter!

Why? Episode 145- Orchestrator Extraordinaire Van Dyke Parks

As the world begins to re-open, what better way to celebrate than going on walkies with a llama?This week, we talked with Matt Yorke from Pembrokeshire Llamas about his Wales-based farm. We got into the relation you can get while out walking, good llama names and, of course, what to do with all that fur.For more information, or to book a trek of your own, check out the Pembrokeshire Llamas website.

Why? Episode 144- Matt Yorke and his Pembrokeshire Llamas

Michael Stein always cheers for the underdog. As an actor, filmmaker, podcaster and small business owner, Michael knows the hard work it takes to be successful.His podcast Long Shot Leaders is designed to encourage us all as he talks with people who have made it, despite the long odds. Michael&apos;s company Abadak sells all kind of tarps.On top of talking about podcasts, how to be sucessful, we have a little tarp talk as well. You can find Long Shot Leaders wherever you get your podcasts, and you can get your tarps at Abadak&apos;s website.

Why? Episode 143- Podcasting, Filmmaking and Tarps with Michael Stein

We talked with Mark Stancil and Daniel Hancock from Terminus Media. They are a comic book company dedicated to telling stories originally told in the Bible. (So, maybe spoiler alert?) But if you hear that description and tune out, you should know that Davey & Goliath, or, to make a modern reference, Veggie Tales these are not.Terminus is telling stories based on biblical characters, but focusing on the actual character and fleshing them out from their description in that other book, and try to make them more human. It&apos;s a great conversation as we learn more about comic books and that other book.For more information, check out Terminus&apos; website.

Why? Episode 142- Mark Stancil & Daniel Hancock from Terminus Media

Here&apos;s an episode we didn&apos;t think we&apos;d be releasing this weekend.If you haven&apos;t heard, actress and model Tawney Kitaen passed away last night at age 59. Not much more is known about her death, but, like many people, we were pretty surprised.We interviewed Tawny last summer and had some technical issues, so we were trying our best to make everything sound better. In light of today&apos;s news, we decided to release what we had as a thank you to Tawny for talking with us.We can&apos;t pretend we knew her well, but we are thankful that she opened up with us and gave us her time.  And so it goes...

Why? Episode 141- Tribute- Our conversation with Tawny Kitaen

Dedicated to bringing people together, one question at a time, Why? assembles a motley crew of folks and asks them the hard questions.From snake hunters, to professional Brazilian waxers to a guy who literally built a bridge to nowhere, we get to the bottom of things on every episode.

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