The Aron Bender Podcast
Everyone has a story. I get them to tell it.
We found 10 episodes of The Aron Bender Podcast with the tag “frustration”.
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Ben Maller: Clippers, Lakers, Dodgers and Life
June 7th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
2020, 2021, aron bender, audio, bias, california, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, fox sports radio, frustration, girl dad, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, kids, kobe bryant, lakers, lebron james, los angeles, love, mental health, nba, nba playoffs, news, nfl, pandemic, podcast, positivity, radio, recovery, religion, self care, self love, sports, sports talk, struggle, success, super bowl, therapy, tiktok, twitter, widower, wife, youtube
I'm fortunate to call Ben Maller a friend. He does overnights on Fox Sports Radio. And while he is a success overnights -- he’s not an overnight success. Ben’s been at this for more than 20 years -- including being a pioneer in the blogging arena. We start off talking about his Clippers and our Dodgers, what the Angels need to do to get Mike Trout and Shohei Otani deep into the playoffs, we talk LeBron James and the Lakers, but also discuss the losses we’ve suffered in the last 7 months: my wife, and his dad.
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Ted Sobel: Touching Greatness
June 4th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
2020, 2021, aron bender, audio, bias, california, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, elgin baylor, eli manning, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, girl dad, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, kids, kobe bryant, lakers, los angeles, love, mental health, miami, nba, news, nfl, pandemic, peyton manning, podcast, positivity, radio, recovery, religion, self care, self love, sports, struggle, success, super bowl, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, wife, youtube
Ted Sobel is synonymous with LA sports radio, working for KNX, KFWB and KMPC, among others. Ted's covered every major sporting event you can think of, and met all kinds of superstars. He tells great stories in his new book, “Touching Greatness: Tales from the Front Row with Heroes and Legends.” And he tells great stories in this episode! We talk a lot about Kobe Bryant, Ted’s boyhood idol Elgin Baylor, and why Eli Manning and David Tyree tracked him down after their improbable Super Bowl win.
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PJ Butta: The Nightcap
June 2nd, 2021 | 32 mins 15 secs
2020, 2021, aron bender, audio, bias, california, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, girl dad, god, grief, hard work, hip hop, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, kids, los angeles, love, mental health, news, pandemic, pirates, podcast, positivity, r&b, radio, recovery, religion, self care, self love, slow jams, sports, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, west coast, widower, wife, youtube
PJ Butta is an LA hip hop radio icon from the 92.3 The Beat days in the 90’s to now doing afternoons on the legendary KDAY. In addition to his on-air work he teaches broadcasting, runs his own podcast network, and pours The Nightcap weeknights at 8pm Pacific / 11pm Eastern on IG Live playing slow jams in front of the fireplace — using that platform to help people in need. All this fresh off of his 11-day battle with COVID. We discuss his inspiration for The Nightcap, the future of radio/audio, and he ranks his top 3 bourbons.
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Kevin Cuenca: Grindin All My Life
June 2nd, 2021 | 1 hr 11 mins
2020, 2021, alcoholism, aron bender, bias, burnout, california, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, kids, los angeles, love, mental health, mexico, news, pandemic, podcast, positivity, radio, recovery, religion, san antonio, self care, self love, sports, struggle, success, syracuse, texas, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, wife, youtube
Kevin Cuenca is a former sports reporter turned content creator who’s driving in his own lane. Especially with a show like Cruisin with Kevin. He worked at CBS2/KCAL9 here in LA but as we talk about in this episode some of the content he was creating didn’t sit well with someone in management. We talk about the late Nipsey Hussle, his most painful tattoo, figuring out social media algorithms, and life as a Navy kid with an alcoholic father.
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Chenue Her: Two Months Later
June 1st, 2021 | 59 mins 4 secs
2020, 2021, aron bender, atlanta, bias, burnout, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, god, grief, hard work, hmong, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, kids, laos, los angeles, love, mental health, minnesota, news, oregon, pandemic, podcast, positivity, radio, recovery, religion, self care, self love, spa shootings, st. paul, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, virginia, widower, wife, youtube
Chenue Her is a TV news reporter at 11 Alive in Atlanta. We first talked for the podcast back in March but that was a brief conversation centered around the spa shootings in the Atlanta area and the Stop Asian Hate campaign. In this conversation we dive into Chenue’s fight with COVID, growing up in Minnesota, self care as a journalist and son of Hmong immigrants, his meme fame, and his growing sneaker collection.
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Leyna Nguyen: Consenting Adults NSFW
May 28th, 2021 | 52 mins 42 secs
2020, 2021, aron bender, bias, burnout, cbs, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, kids, los angeles, love, mental health, motherhood, news, night shift, pandemic, podcast, positivity, radio, recovery, religion, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, vietnam, widower, wife, youtube
Leyna Nguyen is the host of the Consenting Adults podcast. WARNING: we get into some grown up NSFW topics in this episode so put the kids to bed. We also chat about what her husband thinks about this new adventure in audio, discuss her 26 years in TV news, live react to the Derek Chauvin trial verdict for the George Floyd murder, and tackle her transition from anchoring every night to being home with the kids.
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Chef Andrew Gruel: Slapfish and Nut Cheese
May 27th, 2021 | 50 mins 20 secs
2020, 2021, andrew gruel, aron bender, bias, big parm, chicken, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, food truck, forgiveness, frustration, gavin newsom, god, grief, hard work, huntington beach, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, kitchen, los angeles, love, mental health, news, oc, orange county, outdoor dining, pandemic, podcast, positivity, radio, recovery, religion, restaurant, seafood, self care, self love, slapfish, struggle, success, sustainability, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, two birds, widower, wife, youtube
Chef Andrew Gruel is a Southern California culinary icon, with seafood restaurant Slapfish, chicken joint Two Birds and pineapple-free pizza place Big Parm under his umbrella. He’s had the Food Network spotlight on him for a while but he was thrust onto a different stage during the pandemic going after Governor Newsom. Chef and I discuss his spontaneous partnership with Barstool’s Dave Portnoy, his country crisscrossing career that started in New Jersey, how social media helped launch his business AND his family, living with anxiety, and the major changes he’s seen in society and the kitchen.
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Liberté Chan: Life, Love and Loss
May 26th, 2021 | 1 hr 2 mins
2020, 2021, aron bender, bias, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, engaged, faith, fatherhood, fiance, finance, forgiveness, frustration, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, ktla, liberte chan, los angeles, loss, love, mental health, namaste, news, pancreatic cancer, pandemic, podcast, positivity, racism, radio, recovery, religion, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, wedding, widower, wife, yoga, youtube
Liberté Chan is one of my favorite people ever. She’s been with KTLA for years. For nearly a decade she was the meterologist on the KTLA Weekend Morning News but is now part of KTLA's LA Unscripted. We first talked two years ago for my previous podcast but a lot has changed since then. Before Liberté's mom passed away from pancreatic cancer she got to meet the man to whom Liberté is now engaged: Luis Strohmeier. We talk about how yoga helped Liberté get through her mom's passing and the pandemic, and how Luis's experience also helped guide her through the darkness.
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Nick Hamilton: Owner of Nitecast Media
May 25th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 mins
2020, 2021, albert pujols, angels, aron bender, autism, bias, carson, chargers, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, crenshaw, depression, dodgers, el camino college, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, god, grief, hard work, identity, instagram, journalism, joy, lakers, loss, love, mental health, mike trout, mlb, news, nfl, nhl, pandemic, podcast, positivity, racism, radio, rams, recovery, religion, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, westchester, widower, wife, youtube
Nick Hamilton is the owner of Nitecast Media — a new and proudly black-owned company covering all things sports and pop culture and more. Shoutout Big Brother Jake doing big things with Nitecast. Nick grew up in LA at a time when he says he wasn’t sure he’d make it to see 21, and for a time didn’t care whether he lived or died. Nick says even one day gave someone the power to make that choice for him. We discuss fatherhood and how it’s been for him raising an 8-year-old son with autism during the pandemic, maintaining mental health, his take on the Angels dumping Albert Pujols and the pickup by the Dodgers, we rate the two Chronic albums, even talk about Summer Jam, and whether he thinks I could’ve rocked a Cross Colours jacket back in the day.
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Andy Riesmeyer: KTLA 5 Live Co-Host, Producer, Musician
May 24th, 2021 | 1 hr 18 mins
2020, 2021, andy riesmeyer, aron bender, bias, chicago, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, depression, faith, fatherhood, forgiveness, frustration, god, grief, hard work, identity, indiana, instagram, journalism, joy, ktla, ktla 5 live, loss, love, mental health, news, pandemic, podcast, positivity, racism, radio, recovery, religion, self care, self love, struggle, success, therapy, tiktok, tv news, twitter, widower, wife, youtube
Andy Riesmeyer is one of the hosts on the wildly successful KTLA 5 Live weekdays 4 to 6pm at KTLA.com and on the KTLA+ app with Samantha Cortese, Bobby Gonzalez and Robert Puente. We’ve been talking about doing a podcast for a couple years now and here it is. Finally! Andy moved out to LA to be a musician and ended up doing news on TV with the likes of Larry King, David Begnaud and Frank Buckley. But he’s still recording and posting music videos on Instagram. We cover the winding road that led him to Hollywood from Indiana. And that’s where he was when we talked in March. Andy was visiting family as his father was fighting pancreatic cancer. And sadly, since we recorded this conversation, Jeffrey Riesmeyer passed away. Andy and I discuss his time at KFI anchoring during (and our love for) The Tim Conway Jr Show and somehow we ended up talking about Mark Mester's jawline.