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The Drive Program
The Drive Program is a collection of conversations that are intended to motivate and inspire the listener! Every week host Tom Driver interviews a guest about a project or topic that they are passionate about.
Episodes
49 episodes
Blake Pastrana: How to Level-Up Your Life | #47
Blake Pastrana shares his remarkable journey from humble beginnings to achieving resounding success. In this conversation, he delves into the habits and mindset that have helped him throughout his career. This episode was recorded ...
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James Driver: Teaching in China & Military School | #46
James is Tom's younger brother. In 2019 he moved to China where he taught kids how to speak English. They discuss his experience living in China and he tells the story of how he was put in jail and then deported from the country for teaching En...
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Cody Cashman: Therapy, Relationships, Rugby, & Pickleball | #45
Cody and Tom discuss many different topics throughout this podcast episode. They discuss Cody's experience with therapy and how it has improved his life. Other topics include relationships, friendships, weight loss, rugby, and Pickleball. This ...
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Tasha Cashman: Financial Planning | #44
Natasha Cashman owns the Financial Planning Company: Capital Assets Planning, Inc. She helps people manage their personal finances along with offering comprehensive planning services. We also discuss how she transitioned into the sole owner and...
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Brenden White: Flow Arts, Spinning Poi & Fire | #43
Brenden White and Tom were in the flow club together at JMU. They discuss flow arts in general and specifically their experience spinning poi.PODCAST INFO:Podcast Website: https://thedrivepr...
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Liam Magerr & Frank Marazzo: Therapy, Nursing & Philosophy | #42
Liam Magerr is a Nurse and Frank Marazzo is a Therapist. In this episode, we discuss the similarities and differences between their careers. Specifically, we explore how to approach difficult conversations and how to help someone through a dark...
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Dan Irwin: EDM, Sapiens, and the Illusion of Free Will | #41
Live from South Beach Miami, Dan Irwin returns for his 3rd time on the podcast!!In the first half of the episode, Dan (DJ M0TTA) and Tom discuss Dan's experience as an electronic DJ in Jacksonville, Florida. Dan also explains the differ...
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2:21:37

A New Chapter Begins
In this mini-episode, Tom announces his new job at Ionic and that he is taking a break from the podcast while he is training for this new position.
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David Curry-Bryan: Medical School & Anesthesiology | #40
David Curry-Bryan is an Anesthesia Technician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. His goal is to one day become a doctor and is currently studying for medical school. David and Tom discuss his experience working long shifts at the hospital. Davi...
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Juice Bruns: Hip-Hop, Digital Art, and NFTs | #39
Juice Bruns is a rapper and he is a digital artist. Juice explains why he got into rap, his creative process, and some of the producers he has been collaborating with. We discuss digital art, his style, the software tools he uses, and his journ...
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Coach Brown: The PUSH-UP Mentality, Coaching, and Spirituality | #38
Coach Brown (Weezy) and Tom went to JMU together. Brown has recently started coaching soccer. So we discuss his experience coaching kids soccer and how that led to him wanting to become more of a coach in life. We discuss his life philosophy, w...
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Sai Pedireddi & Sai Kalyan: Yoga, Breathing, Cinematography, and Investing | #37
Sai Pedireddi returns for his second time on the podcast (episode #28). However, this time he has brought his uncle Sai Kalyan. Sai Kalyan is a yoga instructor. He conducts happiness, yoga, and meditation workshops, where he teaches peopl...
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Will Skipper: Crypto Mining, Blockcaddy, Weight Loss, & Self-Accountability | #36
Will Skipper is involved in mining for cryptocurrency and if you don’t know what that is, we talk all about it. We also discuss cool ideas that might be emerging in the Web 3 space. Near the end of our conversation, we discuss weight loss, card...
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Hafiz Bhuyan: Startups, History, Leadership, and Tech | #35
Hafiz Bhuyan is the Co-Founder of Drivense a company that creates virtual business cards. Tom knows Hafiz through the society of entrepreneurs at JMU. We discuss his startup, they started off wanting to create a platform for online ...
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Frank Marazzo: Creating the Podcast Theme Song | #34
This episode was recorded the day that Frank and Tom finished the theme song for this podcast. The first half consists of snippets from the final session where they put the finishing touches on the song. The seconds half is a reflection of the ...
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Pat and Bernie Driver: Engineering, Family, and Fulfillment | #33
Pat and Bernie Driver are Tom's grandparents on his dad's side. This interview took place back in August of 2021, Tom interviews them about their entire life, starting out with their childhood and going through their years as parents and then g...
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Marwan Buonamore: Ancient Empires and the Influence of History | #32
This episode is all about history! Marwan and Tom discuss many different historical topics such as Ancient Rome, Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Antiquity, The Vikings, and World War II. We also discuss historic figures such as Hannibal Barca, Julius C...
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Charlie de Vocht: Solana Snakes & The Evolution of Power | #31
This is episode 31 of The Drive Program with guests, Charlie de Vocht. Charlie was the first person I knew who bought an NFT so I reached out to him for an interview and this was recorded in December 2021. We have a great conversat...
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Richard & Carolyn Green: NASA, Christianity, and the RV | #30
Richard and Carolyn Green are Tom’s Grandparents on his mom’s side. In this conversation they tell Tom about their entire lives from growing up in the 1950’s to how they spent their retirement traveling in an RV. Richard worked on satellites at...
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blasé: Storytelling, Producing, Programming and how they relate to God | #29
Blasé is a musical artist and he is back for the second time on the podcast. Blasé has recently been working with a team to create their own music festival called “Lemon Zest Fest.” Tom and Blasé also discuss many different topics such as NFTs ...
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Sai & Stan: Powerlifting, Bench Press, & NFTs | #28
Stan Chang and Sai Pedireddi are lifting partners. We discuss their approach to powerlifting as Stans trains for a combined bench, squat, and deadlift total of 1500 lbs. We also discuss crypto and NFTs.SPONSORS:Drive Fitness:
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Liam Magerr: Tavel Nursing, Surfing, Snowboarding, & Marathons | #27
Liam Magerr is a Traveling Nurse. Tom and Liam discuss his experience as a nurse and his lifestyle of constantly moving to new areas. Liam also really loves to snowboard and surf and he enjoys living in areas where he can do one of those activi...
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Lauren Welch: Weight Loss & Healthy Lifestyle | #26
Lauren Welch is a Real Estate Agent. Lauren and Tom mostly talk about her weight loss journey. She has lost 45 lbs in the past 3 years and has made many other healthy lifestyle changes. In addition to discussing her health, Tom and Lauren talk ...
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