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Talk About the Passion is a podcast where I will be talking with folks about their passions in creativity. There’s a slight slant towards people from the punk and hardcore scenes, but of course I’m open to anyone. Nominated for Best Music Podcast - Boston Music Awards - 2019.
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Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
#84: Point of Entry With Bob Mayo (Pt. 1)
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Tuesday Nov 09, 2021
Episode 84 sees Bob Mayo return for a third appearance on the podcast, this time we are talking about the "point of entry" phenomena wherein the first record you hear by an artist orients your idea of what they should sound like. We talk about getting into bands like Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Cheap Trick and Iron Maiden to name a few. When you first heard Judas Priest did you then move backwards through their catalog, or were you there for the beginning of some of these bands? We talk about the new Iron Maiden record and what other bands are still putting out solid records as well as how being a fan of music and a collector informed how he presented the excellent reissues of his band Wargasm. Look for a second episode soon where we get into underground and thrash metal!

Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
#75: Remember Tomorrow (Another Conversation With Bob Mayo)
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Episode 75 is another conversation with Bob Mayo of the Boston area metal band Wargasm. This episode almost serves as a prequel to the first one we did (Episode 27) where we mostly talked about the history of Wargasm. Here we talk about the music that Bob grew up with starting around 1978 with Sabbath and Kiss, hitting the NWOBHM in 1980 and going up to around when thrash metal hit. Bob is a great storyteller and loves talking about music, I'm glad we were able to talk again and plan to do some more episodes in the future.

Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
#31: Restless Dreams of Youth (Angie C Shaw interviews me)
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
In this special one year anniversary episode, former guest, radio personality and my good friend Angie C Shaw talks to me about where I grew up, how I got into music and how I got to doing this podcast.

Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Episode 27: The Chase Is Better Than The Catch (A Conversation With Bob Mayo)
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Episode 27 is a conversation with Bob Mayo. Bob is a founding member of Massachusetts thrash metal band Wargasm who operated between 1985 and 1995. Bob talks about getting into hard rock and metal in the 70's and 80's, how he got Wargasm together and then walks through the whole story of that band. Wargasm were an amazing metal band who have an amazing story and Bob is the perfect story teller to get through all of the ups and downs they went through. Bob's lifelong love of music as a performer and a fan is on display in this episode and makes him a perfect guest for TATP.