Episodes

Happy New Year! Bollotta-FIDE is back with the first new episode of the year. BF’s Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis are joined this week by David Calzaretta, CEO of Magnificent Events out of Chicago and also the band leader of the award winning band Maggie Speaks. Anthony gets to the bottom of who is “Maggie” that the band’s name hails from and how did a musician/band leader find success in starting an event company. David answers the question, “Are you losing yourself by keeping your mouth...

Happy New Year! Bollotta-FIDE is back with the first new episode of the year. BF’s Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis are joined this week by David Calzaretta, CEO of Magnificent Events out of Chicago and also the band leader of the award winning band Maggie Speaks. Anthony gets to the bottom of who is “Maggie” that the band’s name hails from and how did a musician/band leader find success in starting an event company. David answers the question, “Are you losing yourself by keeping your mouth...

Happy New Year! Bollotta-FIDE is back with the first new episode of the year. BF’s Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis are joined this week by David Calzaretta, CEO of Magnificent Events out of Chicago and also the band leader of the award winning band Maggie Speaks. Anthony gets to the bottom of who is “Maggie” that the band’s name hails from and how did a musician/band leader find success in starting an event company. David answers the question, “Are you losing yourself by keeping your mouth...

The last episode of 2021 and it part 2 of Anthony and Alex’s fascinating talk with Mentalist/Illusionist David Winston aka Dana Law. This episode resumes with Anthony’s question about “What is Mentalism?” and David clears that up along with some quick mental math (get a pencil and play along). They talk about their favorite Broadway musicals and the memories around them and some chatter about the local San Diego theater scene. They talk about David’s foundation years in construction, Dopp kits a...

The last episode of 2021 and it part 2 of Anthony and Alex’s fascinating talk with Mentalist/Illusionist David Winston aka Dana Law. This episode resumes with Anthony’s question about “What is Mentalism?” and David clears that up along with some quick mental math (get a pencil and play along). They talk about their favorite Broadway musicals and the memories around them and some chatter about the local San Diego theater scene. They talk about David’s foundation years in construction, Dopp kits a...

The last episode of 2021 and it part 2 of Anthony and Alex’s fascinating talk with Mentalist/Illusionist David Winston aka Dana Law. This episode resumes with Anthony’s question about “What is Mentalism?” and David clears that up along with some quick mental math (get a pencil and play along). They talk about their favorite Broadway musicals and the memories around them and some chatter about the local San Diego theater scene. They talk about David’s foundation years in construction, Dopp kits a...

Anthony and Alex couldn’t leave you all hanging this Christmas, so here they are with their (prerecorded) annual Christmas Special! Anthony’s not feeling the spirit but his Bollottaphile Elf, Alex won’t let him stay in the holiday funk. It’s a full potpourri of light topics such as Christmas Ham prep, some of Rotten Tomato’s Best Christmas Movies of All Time List vs. Sappy Hallmark and Lifetime movies, dinner plans and Dad’s homemade sausage. They are joined by special guest, Laura Tancredi-Baes...

Anthony and Alex couldn’t leave you all hanging this Christmas, so here they are with their (prerecorded) annual Christmas Special! Anthony’s not feeling the spirit but his Bollottaphile Elf, Alex won’t let him stay in the holiday funk. It’s a full potpourri of light topics such as Christmas Ham prep, some of Rotten Tomato’s Best Christmas Movies of All Time List vs. Sappy Hallmark and Lifetime movies, dinner plans and Dad’s homemade sausage. They are joined by special guest, Laura Tancredi-Baes...

Anthony and Alex couldn’t leave you all hanging this Christmas, so here they are with their (prerecorded) annual Christmas Special! Anthony’s not feeling the spirit but his Bollottaphile Elf, Alex won’t let him stay in the holiday funk. It’s a full potpourri of light topics such as Christmas Ham prep, some of Rotten Tomato’s Best Christmas Movies of All Time List vs. Sappy Hallmark and Lifetime movies, dinner plans and Dad’s homemade sausage. They are joined by special guest, Laura Tancredi-Baes...

Anthony and Alex had such a great time talking to Mentalist & Illusionist David Winston/Dana Law that we had to split episode 55 into two parts! The dynamic duo start with a conversation about the holidays and some plans they have coming up. Then they are joined by David Winston aka Amazing Dana the Magician for a discussion about entertaining audiences closeup after a challenging 2020, his 41 year marriage to a wonderful woman and his stellar online reviews and how does mentalism work? This and...

Anthony and Alex had such a great time talking to Mentalist & Illusionist David Winston/Dana Law that we had to split episode 55 into two parts! The dynamic duo start with a conversation about the holidays and some plans they have coming up. Then they are joined by David Winston aka Amazing Dana the Magician for a discussion about entertaining audiences closeup after a challenging 2020, his 41 year marriage to a wonderful woman and his stellar online reviews and how does mentalism work? This and...

Anthony and Alex had such a great time talking to Mentalist & Illusionist David Winston/Dana Law that we had to split episode 55 into two parts! The dynamic duo start with a conversation about the holidays and some plans they have coming up. Then they are joined by David Winston aka Amazing Dana the Magician for a discussion about entertaining audiences closeup after a challenging 2020, his 41 year marriage to a wonderful woman and his stellar online reviews and how does mentalism work? This and...

Anthony and Alex welcome two of Anthony’s fellow cohort members, Tessa Goettsch and Emily Parsons, from the Meeting & Event Management (MEM) master’s program at San Diego State University (SDSU). Tessa is the Director of Corporate Events for Brown & Brown Insurance. Emily is an Assistant Meeting Planner for the National Association of Attorneys General. They discuss their reasons for pursuing a master’s degree, the impact of SDSU’s leadership training so far, and how they’re balancing grad schoo...

Anthony and Alex welcome two of Anthony’s fellow cohort members, Tessa Goettsch and Emily Parsons, from the Meeting & Event Management (MEM) master’s program at San Diego State University (SDSU). Tessa is the Director of Corporate Events for Brown & Brown Insurance. Emily is an Assistant Meeting Planner for the National Association of Attorneys General. They discuss their reasons for pursuing a master’s degree, the impact of SDSU’s leadership training so far, and how they’re balancing grad schoo...

Anthony and Alex welcome two of Anthony’s fellow cohort members, Tessa Goettsch and Emily Parsons, from the Meeting & Event Management (MEM) master’s program at San Diego State University (SDSU). Tessa is the Director of Corporate Events for Brown & Brown Insurance. Emily is an Assistant Meeting Planner for the National Association of Attorneys General. They discuss their reasons for pursuing a master’s degree, the impact of SDSU’s leadership training so far, and how they’re balancing grad schoo...

Anthony and Alex are joined this week by Greg Schwem (corporate humor comedian, columnist, keynote speaker, author, radio personality). Anthony recently had the pleasure of experiencing Greg speak when they worked in Hawaii recently and Anthony knew he needed to bring everyone this Bollotta-FIDE artist. They get into how Greg shapes his material uniquely for each artist, fighting for attention from the phone and even working for a government agency. Even more they discuss favorite Broadway music...

Anthony and Alex are joined this week by Greg Schwem (corporate humor comedian, columnist, keynote speaker, author, radio personality). Anthony recently had the pleasure of experiencing Greg speak when they worked in Hawaii recently and Anthony knew he needed to bring everyone this Bollotta-FIDE artist. They get into how Greg shapes his material uniquely for each artist, fighting for attention from the phone and even working for a government agency. Even more they discuss favorite Broadway music...

Anthony and Alex are joined this week by Greg Schwem (corporate humor comedian, columnist, keynote speaker, author, radio personality). Anthony recently had the pleasure of experiencing Greg speak when they worked in Hawaii recently and Anthony knew he needed to bring everyone this Bollotta-FIDE artist. They get into how Greg shapes his material uniquely for each artist, fighting for attention from the phone and even working for a government agency. Even more they discuss favorite Broadway music...

It’s Thanksgiving week and we are THANKFUL for all of you that listen to us. Instead of taking the holiday off the crew got Anthony’s good friend (Broadway Musical Composer/Arranger/Musical Director/Performer/Educator) Wayne Barker on the line for a grab bag of topics. Anthony and Alex start off with chatter about their travel peeves and experiences. Wayne Barker (Composer of Peter and The Starcatcher) joins us from his personal light tunnel. Anthony puts Wayne on the spot when he asks for his p...

It’s Thanksgiving week and we are THANKFUL for all of you that listen to us. Instead of taking the holiday off the crew got Anthony’s good friend (Broadway Musical Composer/Arranger/Musical Director/Performer/Educator) Wayne Barker on the line for a grab bag of topics. Anthony and Alex start off with chatter about their travel peeves and experiences. Wayne Barker (Composer of Peter and The Starcatcher) joins us from his personal light tunnel. Anthony puts Wayne on the spot when he asks for his p...

It’s Thanksgiving week and we are THANKFUL for all of you that listen to us. Instead of taking the holiday off the crew got Anthony’s good friend (Broadway Musical Composer/Arranger/Musical Director/Performer/Educator) Wayne Barker on the line for a grab bag of topics. Anthony and Alex start off with chatter about their travel peeves and experiences. Wayne Barker (Composer of Peter and The Starcatcher) joins us from his personal light tunnel. Anthony puts Wayne on the spot when he asks for his p...

Anthony and Alex are alone in the pod this week. Your favorite Bollottaphiles catch up and talk about Anthony’s recent trip to Miami to throw a 90th birthday party for his mom. Anthony gives a little more background about the new Bollotta-FIDE x SDSU MEM Master’s Class monthly series. (SDSU Meeting and Event Management Master’s Class Ep 1: IMEX-cited For This Series AVAILABLE NOW in the Bollotta-FIDE feed!) Alex asks Anthony about his feelings being in the program as one of the more “seasoned” s...

Anthony and Alex are alone in the pod this week. Your favorite Bollottaphiles catch up and talk about Anthony’s recent trip to Miami to throw a 90th birthday party for his mom. Anthony gives a little more background about the new Bollotta-FIDE x SDSU MEM Master’s Class monthly series. (SDSU Meeting and Event Management Master’s Class Ep 1: IMEX-cited For This Series AVAILABLE NOW in the Bollotta-FIDE feed!) Alex asks Anthony about his feelings being in the program as one of the more “seasoned” s...

Anthony and Alex are alone in the pod this week. Your favorite Bollottaphiles catch up and talk about Anthony’s recent trip to Miami to throw a 90th birthday party for his mom. Anthony gives a little more background about the new Bollotta-FIDE x SDSU MEM Master’s Class monthly series. (SDSU Meeting and Event Management Master’s Class Ep 1: IMEX-cited For This Series AVAILABLE NOW in the Bollotta-FIDE feed!) Alex asks Anthony about his feelings being in the program as one of the more “seasoned” s...