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Life 2.0

John St. Augustine

”Life 2.0” is designed to inform, entertain, inspire, and enhance the experience of being alive.

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28:07

The Sack Man-SMR

Life 2.0 ·

2025/12/20

This Saturday Morning Rewind is from Christmas 2022.It all started back in 1980 when I volunteered to be the Santa at the NAS Glenview Air Base during my first year of enlistment. Then, the CO of CGAS Chicago asked me to do it for the Coast Guard Christmas party. Then, a few of the guys on the crew asked me to do it for their kids. The word spread, and eventually, I donned the red suit and beard, along with a sack of toys, to visit hospitals, homes, and participate in "Breakfast with Santa" for

83:31

Saturday Morning Rewind-John Berry

Life 2.0 ·

2025/12/13

This past week, I caught up with country music icon John Berry, who is on his 29th annual Christmas tour. While we were having a great breakfast that included JB, his wife Robin, manager Brian Smith, and a couple of the band guys, I couldn't help but think that there are few, if any, recording artists who have overcome as much as he has. At the age of 21, while riding his motorcycle, Berry was hit by a car, breaking both legs and his left hip. He had just lost his mother earlier that year. Doctors

49:44

Tuxedo Man!

Life 2.0 ·

2025/12/06

This past May, Chicago Cubs legend Randy Hundley and I went to hit a few balls at Top Golf, and a chance encounter with Patti Guzak has become one of the greatest "You're not gonna believe what happened next" moments you'll ever hear. As it turned out, Patti had a book concept on her computer for 16 years, and I am happy and proud to announce that "The Not-So-Exciting Adventures of Tuxedo Man" is now in print, making it the perfect gift for a young reader in your life. But, ya gotta hear the back

42:31

Saturday Rewind-Earl Hamner

Life 2.0 ·

2025/11/29

As I prepare to head out shortly to a book launch for a new author that I am working with, I came across some great audio from Thanksgiving in 2004, and my conversation with the creator of "The Waltons," the late, great Earl Hamner.There's just something about the Virginia lilt in his voice, his down-home way, and simplistic way of seeing the world, that I needed to be reminded of this morning. When Earl passed in 2016, he did so while listening to "Rocky Mountain High" by John Denver. Music used

60:10

Energize Your Happiness!

Life 2.0 ·

2025/11/22

Back in 2021, I was approached by Michele Phillips to support her in creating a book based on her concept that you can actually energize your happiness by learning how to direct your PEA (Personal Energy Alignment) and change your life for the better. I agreed to take on the book; little did I know it would be the longest project I've ever worked on with an author.Four years later, this incredible piece of work is now available worldwide. I'm thrilled to have this conversation with Michele, a true

39:36

Saturday Rewind-Capt. Jerry Coffee

Life 2.0 ·

2025/11/15

I have begun the process of culling the cassette herd of hundreds of tapes from my radio shows over the decades, which I have in storage, looking for the ones that might contain some valuable conversations. Everything else is going into the Techno-Trash can. At the very top of the "keepers list" is my last on-air conversation with the late, great Capt. Jerry Coffee (USN Ret.), who was one of the longest held POWs in Vietnam and the author of "Beyond Survival." Jerry insisted that the most powerful

21:08

Strain That Sh*t

Life 2.0 ·

2025/11/12

Welcome to another edition of The Wednesday Rant! As I was about to fire up the Life 2.0 microphone, a power rodding company took up residence about 100 yards south of my studio, in an effort to unclog the sewer system, and that took me back to my days in the Sewer Dept. It also got me thinking about the two "miracle" strainers I have to send back to QVC, the guy that came in a couple weeks ago to rod out the kitchen pipes (a first since Nixon was POTUS), and finally taking apart the shower head

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Sex, Power, and Transformation

Life 2.0 ·

2025/11/08

What happens when genuine transformation meets unchecked power?Before Tony Robbins filled stadiums, before The Secret became a global phenomenon, before transformation became a multi-billion-dollar industry, there was Erhard Seminars Training (est). And behind est was a young woman who would help build one of the most influential personal development organizations in history—while struggling to find her own authentic voice in the process. In Sex, Power, and Transformation, Marcia Martin takes you

42:34

Remember Them.

Life 2.0 ·

2025/11/01

The first person that comes to mind every November 1st is the late, great Walter Payton, who passed away on this date in 1999. I had the good fortune of working with "Sweetness" for a few years, and as it turns out, today is also Day of the Dead for millions of people who take this day to remember those they have lost over the years. With tomorrow being All Souls Day, it seemed appropriate to share some names from my life that have gone before me. I've had ten friends since March make their

47:45

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/31

For most of the year, my dad was a mild-mannered banker, avid bowler, and frustrated architect. But, in October, he transformed himself into "The Count" and used his design skills to build out one of the most popular haunted houses in Chicago for over twenty years. A steady cast of werewolves, Frankenstein's monster, creepy cavemen, and assorted ghouls and goblins waited in the darkness to scare the crap out of people. In this episode, I have an exclusive conversation with one of the "original

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Gone But Not Forgotten

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/30

Throwback Thursday.Had occasion yesterday to drive east on Washington St. into the city and found myself in somewhat familiar place as I hit the stop sign on Aberdeen, one block west of Carpenter Street. To my left, what was once Harpo Studios (now McDonald's Corporate Headquarters), and on the south side of the street, is where the studios of Oprah Radio were located, which now appear to be condos. I have a ton of memories from my years working on the Oprah & Friends Satellite project, and

30:29

TMI=TMS

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/25

We live in a time when we are virtually closer than ever before, but also further apart from one another. Too much information (TMI) leads to Turbulent Mind Syndrome (TMS) as we cannot possibly assimilate all the headlines begging our attention, that serve one purpose-to kick off our fight or flight response, and drench our central nervous system with stuff we can't do anything about-except rachet up our anger meter and get the blame-thrower out to torch people who disagree with us. I offer a few

59:04

A Matter of Grace

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/23

My journey as a book coach/ghostwriter/publisher has brought me down some interesting paths. Each project brings with it a certain sense of fate, as if the person I'm working with and I have a date with destiny.Of the dozen or more books I've helped bring into the world, that sense of the unseen hand guiding me to someone was never more apparent than when I met Trudy Gronning in 2015. She'd grown up in Munich when it was under the rule of Hitler during WWII. She'd witnessed terrible things, endured

18:36

Creature Features

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/22

It's one thing to take a lunch break, quite another to drop everything I'm doing to watch "The Creature From the Black Lagoon" for the 438th time. But that's exactly what happened today. But what I didn't know was that apparently, the Gill-Man (as well as all the other favorite movie monsters) is really a metaphor for something else in life. The same goes for the Wizard of Oz, which I will never look at the same way again. All this psychoanalysis aside, if the creature features allow me to be 12

24:59

Game Day

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/18

I haven't played high school football since Gerald Ford was president, but that really doesn't matter-because today is game day! For the past eleven seasons, a huge huddle of Schurz Bulldogs has gathered once a year to not only have a major all-school reunion called "The Bulldog Bash", but also raise some serious coin for kids who have no idea who we are, or why we support them as we do.We're paying it back by paying it forward. On a day when thousands will protest against something without knowing

59:36

Remembering John.

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/12

28 years ago today, October 12th, 1997, John Denver's experimental aircraft plunged into the waters of Monterey Bay, and he died at the age of 53. Ever since that day, I've continued to honor the man and his music, and his support of my work, long before I could see it myself. I wasn't planning on doing this podcast, but then early this morning, I remembered that I wouldn't even be behind a microphone without him, and so, here are some songs and stories from JD. His voice still matters. Music is

60:14

Your Inner Albert

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/11

Albert Einstein is the gold standard when it comes to being a genius. Is it possible that each of us has an "inner Albert" that remains dormant until something comes along and shakes us up and wakes us up to the possibilities life has to offer? Kenn Hundley (younger brother of the legendary Chicago Cubs catcher Randy Hundley) has had an interesting path to say the least, and he shares the concept that embedded in our DNA, lies the genius gene, that once accessed, can change your life for the

45:12

Remembering Dr. Jane

Life 2.0 ·

2025/10/04

Last Monday, I was able to virtually attend a service for my friend, the late Hal Thau, in Aspen, a man who made a difference in my life on many levels. Just two days later, the iconic Dr. Jane Goodall passed away, and I went on a search to find all of the audio I had from our conversations over the years. Hearing Dr. Jane's voice now reminded me that the lessons learned from both of these two life influencers came down to character, integrity, and singleness of purpose. I was fortunate to be in

44:13

Shards in My Hair

Life 2.0 ·

2025/09/27

Cynthia Jamison had an executive career as a crisis CFO before ascending to become a member of, and eventually Chair, of several public company Boards of Directors. She is a frequent keynote speaker on CFO and boardroom topics. She has been quoted as a financial/economic expert in Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, CFO.com, Agenda, Corporate Board Member, and the Economist.She was also a single mother to four boys - leading her to become somewhat of an expert on work-life balance. All that

10:37

Weiner Wars

Life 2.0 ·

2025/09/24

There's a lotta turmoil in the land of the free these days. Talk show hosts getting suspended, millions of Disney subscribers dumping Dumbo, protesters battling ICE, the Tylenol debate, The Rapture (it was either yesterday or later today), and now comes the Windy City shattering news that the CEO of Portillo's has made an abrupt exit, amid "sluggish sales." Wait, what? Sluggish sales? Portillos? Holy celery salt Batman! How is it possible that the iconic Chicago restaurant is in hot dog

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