Dr. Mark Schulman is an award-winning pollster and was co-founder & CEO of one of the nation’s largest survey research & polling firms, SRBI. He's has worked with news media, major corporations, foundations, and government. For news organizations he has tracked presidential job ratings, political campaigns, analyzed election results, and probed policy issues.
 
Dr. Schulman served as Time magazine’s pollster for almost ten years and was also on the ABC News Election Decision Desk for many years. 

Dr. Mark Schulman is an award-winning pollster and was co-founder &amp; CEO of one of the nation&rsquo;s largest survey research &amp; polling firms, SRBI. He's has worked with news media, major corporations, foundations, and government. For news organizations he has tracked presidential job ratings, political campaigns, analyzed election results, and probed policy issues. &nbsp; Dr. Schulman served as Time magazine&rsquo;s pollster for almost ten years and was also on the ABC News Election Decision Desk for many years.

Episode 355 - Dr. Mark Schulman

Dr. Joe Kiniry (Mike's big brother) - is a Principal Scientist at a Portland, Oregon-based technology company called Galois. He’s also the Principled CEO and Chief Scientist of a Galois spin-out company called Free & Fair that works on high-assurance election technologies and services.

Prior to joining Galois in 2014, Joe was a Full Professor at the Technical University of Denmark where he headed up the Software Engineering section. He also held a guest appointment at the IT University of Copenhagen, and has held permanent positions at four universities in Denmark, Ireland, and The Netherlands. Joe holds five advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. from Caltech.

Dr. Joe Kiniry (Mike's big brother) - is a Principal Scientist at a Portland, Oregon-based technology company called Galois. He&rsquo;s also the Principled CEO and Chief Scientist of a Galois spin-out company called Free &amp; Fair that works on high-assurance election technologies and services.
Prior to joining Galois in 2014, Joe was a Full Professor at the Technical University of Denmark where he headed up the Software Engineering section. He also held a guest appointment at the IT University of Copenhagen, and has held permanent positions at four universities in Denmark, Ireland, and The Netherlands. Joe holds five advanced degrees, including a Ph.D. from Caltech.

Episode 354 - Dr. Joe Kiniry

Jeff Marks is a retired journalist and television executive who grew up and started his career as a radio reporter in Kentucky. He's held senior management positions in television newsrooms in Kentucky and Washington, D.C. including serving as general manager for television stations in Maine, New Jersey, Georgia and Virginia. Jeff became known worldwide in 2015 as the public face of WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Va. when two of their journalists were murdered on live TV.

Jeff is a past chair of the Radio-Television-Digital News Association, and he's taught journalism and news production, in Ukraine, Romania, and the Republic of Georgia. 

Jeff Marks is a retired journalist and television executive who grew up and started his career as a radio reporter in Kentucky. He's held senior management positions in television newsrooms in Kentucky and Washington, D.C. including serving as general manager for television stations in Maine, New Jersey, Georgia and Virginia. Jeff became known worldwide in 2015 as the public face of WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Va. when two of their journalists were murdered on live TV. Jeff is a past chair of the Radio-Television-Digital News Association, and he's taught journalism and news production, in Ukraine, Romania, and the Republic of Georgia.

Episode 353 - Jeff Marks

Marc Collins serves on The City of Ft. Myers Planning Board, the Ft. Myers Charter Review Committee, and since late 2022 he’s been the Executive Director of the Uncommon Friends Foundation. The list of the nonprofits and other local organizations he’s either directly involved with or that he supports somehow is far too long to list here.

Marc is very involved in the Southwest Florida arts and social scene, working to raise awareness and funds for those in need. He can often be found serving as emcee and speaker at local events.

Marc Collins serves on The City of Ft. Myers Planning Board, the Ft. Myers Charter Review Committee, and since late 2022 he’s been the Executive Director of the Uncommon Friends Foundation. The list of the nonprofits and other local organizations he’s either directly involved with or that he supports somehow is far too long to list here.
Marc is very involved in the Southwest Florida arts and social scene, working to raise awareness and funds for those in need. He can often be found serving as emcee and speaker at local events.

Episode 352 - 3SS LIVE! Marc Collins

Griogair Labhruidh is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose distinct musical stylings merge Scottish Gaelic language, music, and cosmology with modern influences like analog boom-bap, hip-hop and soul-inflected jazz, creating a truly unique sound.

Griogair has gained international recognition for his voice as a featured soundtrack artist and songwriter on the TV series Outlander. And he’s shared the stage with many preeminent Celtic artists, and has made an impact in the world music scene as a leading member of the multi-platinum record-selling group, Afro Celt Sound System. 

Griogair will soon be releasing his long-awaited solo album with featured guest performances from Julie Fowlis, Scottish multi award-winning screen actor Alan Cumming and Speech, founder of the two-time Grammy winning Hip Hop outfit, Arrested Development.

Griogair Labhruidh is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist whose distinct musical stylings merge Scottish Gaelic language, music, and cosmology with modern influences like analog boom-bap, hip-hop and soul-inflected jazz, creating a truly unique sound.
Griogair has gained international recognition for his voice as a featured soundtrack artist and songwriter on the TV series Outlander. And he’s shared the stage with many preeminent Celtic artists, and has made an impact in the world music scene as a leading member of the multi-platinum record-selling group, Afro Celt Sound System. 
Griogair will soon be releasing his long-awaited solo album with featured guest performances from Julie Fowlis, Scottish multi award-winning screen actor Alan Cumming and Speech, founder of the two-time Grammy winning Hip Hop outfit, Arrested Development.

Episode 351 - Griogair Labhruidh

Tracy Waugh is co-founder of a dark wave cover band called the Lovecats with her best friend Missy Balsam. These days, she sings in the cover band Rockadelic with Joe Palumbo and Dan Wolkoff. 

Tracy has been in a series of original bands since high school, she says her favorite being Space Vacuum (From Outer Space). They released their album Starcade in 2005 on Dionysus Records. It featured songs with titles like Space Monkeys, Plastic Planet People, Spy Fi Agent, and Space Booty.

Tracy Waugh is co-founder of a dark wave cover band called the Lovecats with her best friend Missy Balsam. These days, she sings in the cover band Rockadelic with Joe Palumbo and Dan Wolkoff. 
Tracy has been in a series of original bands since high school, she says her favorite being Space Vacuum (From Outer Space). They released their album Starcade in 2005 on Dionysus Records. It featured songs with titles like Space Monkeys, Plastic Planet People, Spy Fi Agent, and Space Booty.

Episode 350 - Tracy Waugh

Eric King s a senior interpretive naturalist with the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Department. He manages and conducts nature-based education at Castellow Hammock Nature Center & Preserve in Redland

Eric is also an avid butterfly and vegetable gardener as well as an eclectic musician who writes and produces everything from folk to cinematic music - and he’s currently in the process of reviving a folk rock project called The Brothers King with his older brother, Scott. 

Eric King s a senior interpretive naturalist with the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces Department. He manages and conducts nature-based education at Castellow Hammock Nature Center &amp; Preserve in Redland
Eric is also an avid butterfly and vegetable gardener as well as an eclectic musician who writes and produces everything from folk to cinematic music - and he’s currently in the process of reviving a folk rock project called The Brothers King with his older brother, Scott.

Episode 349 - Eric King

Paula Poundstone is well-known to NPR listeners - especially those who tend to tune in on the weekends to catch Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, on which she’s a regular and beloved panelist.

Beyond Wait Wait, Paula is a legendary stand-up comedian, author, actress & voice actor, interviewer, and commentator. She was introduced to the world at large in the late 1980s through a series of hour-long HBO comedy specials and has continued performing to this day. She’s also a podcaster these days, making Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone with fellow Wait Wait semi-regular Adam Felber.

Paula Poundstone is well-known to NPR listeners - especially those who tend to tune in on the weekends to catch Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me, on which she’s a regular and beloved panelist.
Beyond Wait Wait, Paula is a legendary stand-up comedian, author, actress &amp; voice actor, interviewer, and commentator. She was introduced to the world at large in the late 1980s through a series of hour-long HBO comedy specials and has continued performing to this day. She’s also a podcaster these days, making Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone with fellow Wait Wait semi-regular Adam Felber.

Episode 348 - Paula Poundstone

Daniel Donlan was born in Narragansett, Rhode Island but his family moved to southwest Florida when he was just five so pretty much considers himself a Florida man. He graduated from FGCU in 2021 and then taught high school algebra (where he was in charge of his students’ DND club) for two years before deciding that was enough of that -- he now works at Gartner in Fort Myers. 

Daniel Donlan was born in Narragansett, Rhode Island but his family moved to southwest Florida when he was just five so pretty much considers himself a Florida man. He graduated from FGCU in 2021 and then taught high school algebra (where he was in charge of his students’ DND club) for two years before deciding that was enough of that -- he now works at Gartner in Fort Myers.

Episode 347 - Daniel Donlan

It's time for another throwback to the songs our musician guests played for us. 

Bulletproof Heart by Dan Navarro (Ep 309)

Lucky to Find Love Again by Tim McGeary (Ep. 323)

Hills by Coyote Island from the Sugarshack Sessions (Ep. 311)

Preston Rumbaugh Maggie Campbell Blues (Ep. 314)

Favorite Things by DAVE!Ja!Vu! (Ep. 326)

Buzzcut by Charlie Pace (Ep. 327)

The Ballad of Cilantro by Dan Navarro (Ep. 309)

It's time for another throwback to the songs our musician guests played for us. 
Bulletproof Heart by Dan Navarro (Ep 309)
Lucky to Find Love Again by Tim McGeary (Ep. 323)
Hills by Coyote Island from the Sugarshack Sessions (Ep. 311)
Preston Rumbaugh Maggie Campbell Blues (Ep. 314)
Favorite Things by DAVE!Ja!Vu! (Ep. 326)
Buzzcut by Charlie Pace (Ep. 327)
The Ballad of Cilantro by Dan Navarro (Ep. 309)

Episode 346 - Guest Music Show Vol. 5

Three Song Stories is an exploration of the power music has to connect us to times, places, people, and emotions from our lives. The show brings out the guests’ personalities, and personal histories, by mining the connections music has made during their lifetimes. It’s also a chance to sit back and listen to the eclectic mix of songs the guests have chosen for their ultimate musical memory short list.

Three Song Stories

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