Tinman Podcast

Jeffrey Seller is a Tony Award-winning producer best known for his work on Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, and Hamilton. His shows won 22 Tony Awards, including four in the Best Musical category. Seller’s Broadway productions and tours seen by more than 43 milltion people have grossed over $4.6 billon, and he is also the only producer with two Pulitzer Prize-winning musicals. 

Seller recently released Theatre Kid: A Broadway Memoir...

Katie George serves as a reporter for ESPN/ABC Saturday college football games alongside Joe Tessitore and Jesse Palmer, and contributes to coverage of several ESPN properties, including the NBA, UFL, and Premier Lacrosse.

Prior to joining ESPN, she worked WDRB in Louisville as the station’s sports anchor and reporter. Most recently, George was the Milwaukee Bucks’ team sideline reporter for the 2018-19 season.

George, the 2015 ACC...

Katherine Blanford, a Louisville, KY native joins the podcast during Derby week!  After racking up millions of views on her Don’t Tell Comedy set, Katherine hit the road sharing confessions of her southern family secrets and awkward adolescent years across the country and internationally.  She has appeared twice on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Vice TV’s Super Maximum Retro Show, Af...

Scott Davenport was a national championship basketball coach at Bellarmine University.  He grew up in Louisville, just blocks from Churchill Downs.  Four years ago he combined two of his passions by starting the Davenport Derby Dash.  The event takes place on the Wednesday night of Derby week with the money raised benefiting the Davenport Family Scholarship for student managers.  Items up for auction or raffle include a personal ba...

The 151st Kentucky Derby is almost here!  Kevin Kerstein is part of the communications team with Churchill Downs Inc. and co-host of the Inside the Kentucky Derby podcast.  He shares this thoughts on a selection of horses from this year's field, from presumptive favorite Journalism to some of the longer shots.  We also talk about how post-position and weather can impact the race.  Get your handicapping started with insights from KK...

March Madness is here, a perfect time re-visit our conversation with NCAA Tournament hero Ty Rogers. His 2008 buzzer beater to lift Western Kentucky over Drake earned him as ESPY. Originally recorded prior to his 2024 induction into the KHSAA Hall of Fame, Rogers shares some memories from his stellar career at Lyon County High School.  Among the things we learn are the fact that one of his high school coaches was Jeff Rogers, which...

Cam Clark joins the podcast to talk about his debut solo album, The Outer Reaches!  Clark lists some of his musical influences as Ray Charles, Al Green, and the Motown sound, while also being enamored with the excitement of live performances of bands like Queen.  It should come as no surprise then that his album provides a healthy mix of rock, R&B, and soul.

A touring artist for over a decade with C2 and The Brothers Reed, the ...

Bobby Ray has spent over a decade officiating women's college basketball games in the ACC and numerous other conferences.  The seventh of seven kids and son of a coach, basketball and competition have been part of his life from day one.  After his own stint as a coach, Ray eventually dove headfirst into the world of officiating.

Our conversation touches on a variety of topics, including the nuances of calling a game, interacting w...

Gary Dunn is a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers.  As part of the Steeler's dynasty in the 1970s, he helped the juggernaut win Super Bowl XIII over the Dallas Cowboys and Super Bowl XIV over the Los Angeles Rams.

Dunn was drafted by Pittsburgh in 1976 as a defensive tackle out of Miami (FL).  He had to battle to earn his spot on the team, trying to make a name for himself among the Steel Curtain defense feat...

Daymeon Fishback has contributed as a game and studio basketball analyst for ESPN and the SEC Network since 2014.  You can find him on your tv set multiple times a week breaking down college hoops action.  We discuss his experiences as a player, the deeply competitive Southeastern Conference, and the greater college basketball landscape. 

Growing up in Bowling Green, KY, Fishback starred at Greenwood High School, leading the team t...

Amanda Buechel played six years of college soccer, overcoming two ACL tears.  She has since competed in two Ironman competitions while continuing to stay connected to the game she loves.  In 2024, Buechel decided it was time to move to Italy and learn Italian! Once there a professor who learned of her passion for soccer referred her to a team.  She got a tryout, and is now playing for Salernitana 1919 in the Italian Serie C!

In thi...

We kick off Season 3 with Joe Gruschecky, front man of Joe Grushecky and Houserockers.  With over 20 albums to his credit Grushecky has delivered powerful live performances, spent years collaborating with Bruce Springsteen, and helped raise over 8 million dollars for the Light of Day Foundation to fight Parkinsons and ALS.  Most of this was done while maintaining a full-time career as a special education teacher, making Grushecky o...

The Army - Navy football game dates back to 1890. This weekend will be the 125th contest in the storied rivalry centered around sacrifice and mutual respect.  In this episode, we revisit conversations with Trent Steelman (Army) and Jamale Carothers (Navy), both key players for their respective academies.  They share about their paths to the academies and their thoughts on this special game. 

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Tom Hambridge is a four-time Grammy winning performer, songwriter, and producer.  Along with his own bands, he has collaborated with rock and blues icons like Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Susan Tedeschi, George Thorogood, and Keith Richards just to name a few.  

Hambridge started banging on pots and pans as a kid and never looked back. Gigs with his older brother at high school dances turned into a scholarshi...

The ecosystem of youth sports is ever evolving, with the last decade bringing some of the most fast-sweeping and drastic changes.  In this episode, I am joined by Ally Tucker, host of the Youth $ports Pod.  Her podcast explores the changing landscape of Youth Sports in America and how it continues to shift away from its roots.  Ally is interested in the full picture, having conversations with players, parents, and coaches from a va...

Rose Lavelle is an Olympic gold medalist and World Cup winning midfielder for the United States Women's National Team.  She recorded her 100th cap in June against South Korea, and will be recognized for that honor prior to the team's final match of their celebration tour on Wednesday in Louisville. Lavelle scored the second goal in the US’s 2-0 victory over the Netherlands in the 2019 World Cup final, and was awarded the Bronze Ba...

Casey Dykes, New York Yankees Assistant Hitting Coach, checks in ahead of his first trip to the World Series! The Fall Classic gets underway Friday night in Chavez Ravine as the Dodgers and Yankees face off in a powerhouse match-up.   We talk briefly about the Yankees' season to date and World Series preparations.   Dykes first made an appearance on the podcast just prior to the start of spring training.  If you missed that episod...