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Send us Fan Mail He writes every word. AI makes the music. So who's the artist? J.S. Clockwise has written poetry for decades, always in rhyme and meter. He self-published a book of poems, and for about a year now he's been turning them into songs with generative AI and releasing the music. Nick and Jason talk with him about: - Judging every lyric by whether it sounds like something Leonard Cohen would say - Why making an AI song means dozens, sometimes hundreds, of versions - Giving the machine credit for the melody while keeping the words his own - A fan's autograph request, and a stranger who was sure a song was about her - His answer to people who say AI music isn't real music Follow Mosaic Minds Podcast for more conversations like this. Mosaic Minds Podcast: https://mosaicmindspodcast.com J.S. Clockwise (guest): Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/artist/2sxTYK1SCTJ6ojjHj2CpRf Poetry book, "Forgive This Brief Intrusion" (as Jacob Sheber), Amazon — https://www.amazon.com/Forgive-Brief-Intrusion-Jacob-Sheber/dp/B0F5LKRZ3N Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail At 50, exhausted from two abusive marriages and a career spent taking care of everyone but herself, Pamela Topjian sold almost everything she owned, bought a one-way bus ticket, and left home not knowing where she'd land. Ten years later, she's a published author, a podcast host, and living what she calls the first equal, respectful marriage of her life. In this episode, Pamela and Jason talk through the bus ride that changed everything, why she says she wasn't brave — just numb — and what actually happens in the years after you survive the thing that almost broke you. About Pamela: She spent 14 years as a nurse before becoming a certified hypnotherapist and, later, a pet-sitting business owner. She's the author of two memoirs — "I Didn't Come This Far to Only Come This Far" and "Behind the Mask, Gloves, and Scrubs: One Nurse's Journey" — and hosts the Holistic Connections podcast, featuring conversations with holistic practitioners. Find Pamela (verify these before publishing — pulled from what she said on the episode, not a separate bio page): YouTube — her own channel, under the name Pamela Topjian Instagram — @holisticconnections.pamela Podcast — Holistic Connections, Conversations with Holistic Practitioners Link tree — linktr.ee/PamelaTopjian Books — search "Pamela Topjian" on Amazon Follow the show for more conversations like this, or find every episode at mosaicmindspodcast.com. Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail Grant Shouse is 22 years old and has been inside 125 high school gyms in Indiana. He wants to be inside every one of them — somewhere north of 410 — before he turns 30. He's also the inaugural radio voice of the Kokomo Creek Chubs, the city's brand-new Prospect League team, and he calls high school football and basketball across Grant, Wabash and Miami counties for Action Sports Network. Jason sat down with him to talk about the part of the job nobody sees: what the schedule costs a 22-year-old, why he can't stand listening to his own tape, and the high school football finish he still can't explain — a lateral, a flag, an untimed down, a Hail Mary, and overtime, in a first-round sectional game that ended up on Pat McAfee's show. Along the way: the rule he invented for whether a gym counts, the man three times his age who convinced him the goal was reachable, why an announcer goes quiet for forty-five seconds after the biggest call of the game, and the reason his dad wanted his middle name to be Espen — spelled E-S-P-N. GRANT SHOUSE Website: shousehoops.com X: x.com/GrantShouse11 Facebook: facebook.com/grant.shouse.236758 The IU Report, on the Central Indiana Sports Report: Apple Podcasts Action Sports Network: actionsportsnetwork.live MOSAIC MINDS PODCAST Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com YouTube: youtube.com/@mosaic.minds.podcast Facebook: facebook.com/mosaicmindspodcast Instagram: instagram.com/mosaic.minds.podcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@mosaic.minds.podcast Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail At nine months old, Hunter Baughman's parents were told he had a zero percent chance of surviving bacterial meningitis. He's now closing out his sixth season on the National Professional Fishing League. He barely mentions any of that here. Jason talks with Hunter about the work instead — six-day tournament weeks, three daughters under six riding along, Sunday morning church service at the boat ramp, and the 2022 season that nearly ended his career before a win in Missouri bought him another year. Also in this one: why he'd rather fish the hardest tournament on the schedule, the livewell rule he uses to reset after a bad hour, and why the sponsors from outside the fishing industry are the ones he brags on. Find Hunter at hunterfishes.com, or @hunter_baughman_fishing on Instagram and TikTok. Follow the Mosaic Minds Podcast wherever you listen. Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail  Heidi Mikac writes, directs and stars in her own films, and funds them with money from strangers who have never met her. She talks with Nick and Jason about Written in the Dark — the prequel to her award-winning Written in the Light — about the psychic-serial-killer feature she built out of something that really happened at her high school, and about why the film she's making now is the story she never planned to tell. This episode includes frank discussion of anorexia and bulimia. If you're struggling, the National Alliance for Eating Disorders helpline is at allianceforeatingdisorders.com. Find Heidi: youtube.com/@heidimikac5622 · Instagram @hmikac1 Back the film: https://fnd.us/22kyI8 What part of this conversation stood out to you?  Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail  Misti Spencer was between twelve and fourteen the first time she was trafficked, and the person who did it was someone her family trusted. In this conversation she walks through how it actually begins - slowly, in small pieces, long before anyone would call it abuse - and why the people who do it are almost never strangers. This episode is a survivor's account, told for the purpose of prevention. It discusses human trafficking, child exploitation, and sexual abuse. Misti serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Central Florida Center for the Study of Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and is a published contributing author through that Center. Her memoir, "Drinking Beauty and the Seven Narcissists: A Musical Journey," is available at drinkingbeautyjourney.com. If you need help: Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline, call or text 800.422.4453. National Human Trafficking Hotline, 1-888-373-7888 or text JOIN to 233733. Both 24/7. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.  Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when life genuinely isn't fair? Beth Sherman — a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, nurse, author, and speaker with more than 20 years of experience — joins Nick and Jason to talk through the framework she built from two decades of nursing, eight years working inside a state prison system, and her own fight with colorectal cancer: what she calls the FUF, or the F**ked Up Factor. In this episode, Beth talks about where the FUF concept came from, learning to meet people where they are instead of judging them, surviving cancer at 39 after losing a friend to the same disease, and how she turned all of it into her book, What the FUF: Understanding the FUF—and Finding a Way Through. She also talks about her memoir, Looking Back It Was Funny. Mosaic Minds Podcast: mosaicmindspodcast.com Beth Sherman (guest): Facebook — facebook.com/beth.sherman.712 Books (Amazon) — amazon.com/stores/author/B099QR3JS5 Follow Mosaic Minds Podcast for more episodes like this one. Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail Wesley Key spent two years as an atheist, deep in seminary, trying to prove there wasn't a God. Today he owns two Chick-fil-A restaurants in Bloomington, Indiana, and he's just written his first book. In this conversation, Wes sits down with Nick and Jason to talk through the parts of his story most people never hear: losing three family members within about a year, the anxiety and rock bottom that followed, and the night everything changed for him. He also talks about growing up a pastor's kid, what it actually took to build a career at Chick-fil-A, and how a simple restaurant vision statement became the title of his debut book, Inspire. Nourish. Cultivate. This is one of the more openly faith-centered conversations in the show's history, and Wes is candid about all of it: the doubt, the loss, and what he found on the other side. Wesley Key's book, Inspire. Nourish. Cultivate.: A Journey of Redemption. A Story of Hope., is out August 25th and available now for pre-order. If this one resonates, follow Mosaic Minds Podcast so you don't miss the next conversation, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Mosaic Minds Podcast: mosaicmindspodcast.com Wesley Key (guest): Website — https://www.wesleykey.com Book (pre-order on Amazon) — https://www.amazon.com/dp/1964508673 Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/kellysguy/ Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/wes.key.7 Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail CJ Wallis makes documentaries about the stories hiding behind things everyone thinks they already know — a Price Is Right superfan who beat the system, an NFL quarterback more misunderstood than his highlight reel suggests, and a video game that's kept a community together for decades. On this episode of Mosaic Minds Podcast, Nick and Jason sit down with the director of Perfect Bid to talk about how he finds these stories, earns the access to tell them right, and why he keeps coming back to Tecmo Bowl. CJ walks through how he tracked down Ted Slauson, the Texas math teacher who quietly memorized decades of Price Is Right prizes, and the last-minute call that turned into Bob Barker's final interview. He also talks about Mad Mac, his long-in-the-works documentary on NFL quarterback Jim McMahon, and what it took to earn McMahon's trust over years of production. The conversation covers CJ's own path from competitive hockey goaltender to filmmaker, and the Tecmo Bowl League he runs — including an upcoming documentary on the community built around it and this year's Tecmo Bowl National Championships, August 8 at DJ's Dugout in Omaha. Follow Mosaic Minds Podcast for more conversations like this. Mosaic Minds Podcast: mosaicmindspodcast.com CJ Wallis (guest): Website — fortyfps.com Instagram — instagram.com/fortyfps Facebook — facebook.com/fortyfps X — x.com/fortyfps YouTube — youtube.com/user/margaretbird Tecmo Bowl League (CJ's organization) — tecmobowlleague.com Event: Tecmo Bowl National Championships — August 8, DJ's Dugout, Omaha, NE Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail Salvadore Liberto returns ahead of Elton And Me, his night of Elton John classics and original songs at the Studio at the Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel on Friday, September 25. Sal plays his way through the conversation. He performs Skyline Pigeon and tells the story behind it — the song Elton John sang at Ryan White's funeral — and talks about how that friendship changed Elton's life. He explains how he sequences a show to earn an audience's trust, why hearing Elton's Live in Australia record as a teenager made him a musician in the first place, and what roughly 30,000 hours at the piano sounds like now. He also shares two originals, Now's the Time and Nothing Is Perfect, and closes with Daniel. Along the way: the glasses, the shiny stage clothes, whether anyone can learn to sing, and the floating feeling he's had on stage maybe three times. Tickets and details for Elton And Me are available at https://mosaicmindspodcast.com Use Promo Code: Salvadore for $10 off your ticket. Find Sal by searching "Salvadore Liberto" on YouTube or "Salvadore Liberto Musician" on Facebook. ## Chapter markers Use these only if the audio edit matches the video/SRT timing. If the audio version trims the intro differently, shift accordingly. - 00:00 Intro - 01:30 Welcome back, Sal - 03:12 New music and what's new in the show - 04:15 The Ryan White story - 05:29 "Skyline Pigeon" - 07:32 How Ryan White changed Elton's life - 10:15 Why return to the Allied Solutions Center - 13:24 Wardrobe and the Elton glasses - 14:39 "Now's the Time" (original) - 16:01 Building a setlist and reading the room - 20:21 Why Elton? Sal's origin story - 23:57 Evolving as a player over the decades - 26:24 "I'm Still Standing" - 27:40 Singing and playing at the same time - 31:17 The Carmichael and downtown Carmel - 35:18 Music at home: walks with his daughter - 36:31 Can anyone learn to sing? - 40:06 Getting in the zone: the floating feeling - 46:07 "Nothing Is Perfect" (original) - 47:45 Elton And Me: show details for September 25 - 49:36 Where to find Sal + "Daniel" Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail If you've ever felt like you're not enough — like you've lost yourself somewhere along the way — this conversation is for you. Dr. Julie Basler returns to Mosaic Minds for an honest talk about burnout, depression, self-worth, and finding your way back. As an author, speaker, and former college president and board chair, she knows what it's like to look successful on the outside while quietly struggling underneath — and she's here to remind you that you're not alone, and you matter. In this episode: • Why "knowing you're enough" and "feeling you're enough" are two different things • The advice she got at 27 — "never take your jacket off" — and what it really meant • Trading the suit for tennis shoes: leading among people, not above them • How her mental health and her career collided — and how she came back • The freight-train-vs-locomotive boardroom moment • Why she handwrites a letter to a stranger every Friday • The story behind her new book, "She's Strong Enough to Break" CHAPTERS 00:00 "Knowing you're enough and feeling you're enough are two different things" 02:00 Meet Dr. Julie Basler & the new book 07:48 "I Kept My Jacket On" — the advice she got at 27 09:31 Trading the suit for tennis shoes: leading among them, not above them 12:36 Going to the deep end: writing with raw vulnerability 15:16 When mental health and career collide 19:32 Grieving the title vs. keeping the mission 21:14 The text experiment: what every woman wrote back 22:23 Freight train vs. locomotive — the boardroom story 25:53 The most underrated leadership trait 28:12 Who the book is really for 30:54 The Friday letter project 50:26 One piece of advice to leave you with 51:50 Where to find Julie & the book ABOUT THE GUEST Dr. Julie Basler is an author, keynote speaker, and former college president and board chair. Her new book is "She's Strong Enough to Break: How Female Leaders Can Reclaim Their Mental Health, Their Boundaries, and Their Lives Without Losing Their Seat at the Table." LINKS 🌐 Website (audio + video, all in one place): https://MosaicMindsPodcast.com ▶ Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-f-IFt612kI 📖 Book and Website available on July 1: https://juliebasler.com 🔗 Connect with Dr. Julie Basler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-julie-basler-building-strong-teams/ Hosted by Nick & Jason Yocum. New episodes wherever you stream podcasts — follow Mosaic Minds so you never miss one. A note: this episode touches on mental health and depression. If you're struggling, please know you're not alone — consider reaching out to a mental health professional or someone you trust. Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail This week, Mosaic Minds Podcast welcomes Chris Gonzales — host of Gonzo Sports Room, Gonzo’s Wrestling Room, and Face or Heel Pro Wrestling Talk. Chris shares how his career shifted from plumbing to podcasting, his journey through Indiana’s independent wrestling promotions, and his passion for sports like the Colts, Reds, and Pacers. He also opens up about building a family-run podcast with his dad, favorite interviews, and future goals like calling pro games or hosting live podcast events. Tune in for a conversation that blends wrestling, sports, and the hustle of podcasting in the Midwest. Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail Comedian and actress Katie K joins Mosaic Minds Podcast for an episode full of chaos, comedy, and career moves. From wrestling in 42 batches of Jell-O to landing a spot on America’s Got Talent, Katie shows how talent, timing, and a little bit of trash can lead to treasure. We cover her Dry Bar Comedy special that’s been stuck in the Top 10 since release, her newest special with LMAOF, and the viral comedy album “I Am the Trash.” Katie also opens up about building a career on both clean and spicy material, why reading the room matters, and how short clips can open massive doors. CHECK OUT KATIE K @katiekcomedy: https://linktr.ee/katiekcomedy #KatieK #StandUpComedy #DryBarComedy #America’sGotTalent #ComedyPodcast #MosaicMinds Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail The rules for finding work have changed — and Dr. Chaz Austin is here to guide you through the new landscape. In this episode, Dr. Chaz shares actionable steps to land work in 2025, whether you’re switching careers, re-entering the job market, or looking to future-proof your current position. From building a personal brand to using networking as your “side door” into opportunities, his advice can help you bypass outdated hiring practices and connect directly with decision-makers. Key takeaways: The corporate ladder is gone — here’s what replaced itHow to identify skills that people will pay forThe right way to network in any industryTurning passions into income (and knowing when you can’t)Why adaptability is your most valuable career skill📌 Guest Links: Website: https://chazaustin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chazaustin/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chaz.austin.7 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr._chaz/ Get Dr. Chaz's book, "How to Find Work for the Rest of Your Life" on amazon at https://a.co/d/6pxbjJL Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]

Send us Fan Mail David Page once asked Gaddafi about cross-dressing. He’s been in bunkers during revolutions. And yes — he created Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (the one with the spiky blonde hair guy). In Episode 64 of Mosaic Minds, we talk to the man behind the madness. From NBC war reporting to pioneering food television, David shares how storytelling shaped his path — and how he continues doing it today through his podcast Culinary Characters Unlocked. 🎧 Listen to David's podcast: https://culinarycharactersunlocked.com 📱 Follow on Instagram: @culinary_characters_unlocked   Support the show Website: mosaicmindspodcast.com TikTok: mosaic.minds.podcast Instagram: mosaic.minds.podcast LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/mosaic-minds-podcast Facebook: mosaicmindspodcast X (Twitter): mosaic_podcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mosaic.minds.podcast Contact us for booking and show ideas: [email protected]