If Anyone Cares
An interview podcast with people you may know, or very well may not know. We chat with actors, educators, comedians, musicians, artists, doctors, scholars, athletes, and more about jobs, life, world events, or sometimes, we just tell jokes. This is If Anyone Cares, the show that is whatever it needs to be, every episode. | Host: @RileyJamesIAC (Twitter & Instagram)
Episodes
125 episodes
125. December Show 2024
A heck of a year, both good and bad. We welcome a friend of the show, Glynn Hill of the Washington Post, and my lovely girlfriend, Kerstyn Jones, to play the 2024-25 version of the Bowl Game. In between the two contestants, we tell you about ou...
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1:01:39
124. Sell Me This Car
Today on the show, we welcome a car salesman, Maverick DeMolle, who just sold Riley his new car last week. Maverick talks about how he figured out he was good at selling cars, the move into the industry, the risk, stress, and nerve-wracking mom...
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53:55
123. Dr. Laura Purdy, M.D. III
Dr. Laura is back!! We welcome an IAC favorite to the show after almost 18 months away. Laura tells us the tale of the death of America's Favorite Doctor, her new home of Miami, Florida, she asks us about Gen Z answers to modern-day healthcare ...
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54:34
122. Change of Plans
Hey! Thanks for hanging out. We know it's been an odd year from the IAC side. A lot of projects are going on here in Louisiana and we're still learning how to manage them all, but we're trying and admitting when we're wrong.You deserve ...
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24:20
121. IAC Presents: Sports & Other Drugs
IAC takes a show off to promote a new show in the IAC family, 'Sports & Other Drugs.'The show will feature an array of guests to help educate the hosts and the listeners on their areas of expertise. Before that, Riley James and Grah...
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1:10:11
120. Noa Dalzell
Noa grew up in Boston, liked talking about basketball, and made the goal to make that her job. She tells us about her unorthodox journalism training, when she figured out when she could write well (and not so well, apparently), being a woman in...
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48:42
119. Weatherman!
Jake Lambright joins the show to talk about being a weather anchor on local news. Jake chats about a typical day, what the newsroom is like during breaking news, the complexities of being so much younger in the workspace, what prompted a career...
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46:32
118. Glynn Hill II
Happy Birthday! IAC turns 7 years old!Two-part show today as we celebrate, we welcome back Glynn Hill of the Washington Post to chat about Sports Illustrated, when he figured out that he was good at writing, what he's learned at the Pos...
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38:37
117. Robert Bowling
Joining the show is the Studio Head of Midnight Society and former Creative Strategist for Infinity Ward, the developer of Call of Duty, Robert Bowling joined the show. We talk about Piner, Kentucky, his time as a gas station chicken cook, star...
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1:10:10
116. Becoming Awesome
Cam Awesome wrote a book but didn't tell anyone it was out, so instead we talked about people, credit card debt, how he started fighting, his retirement from boxing, the death of Lenroy Thompson, and the beginning of Cam Awesome... and a lot mo...
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46:56
115. Mardi Gras with Dr. Yevan Terrien
As we are a Louisiana-based podcast, it felt fitting to do this and with the support of the folks at Spotify, we did. Dr. Yevan Terrien is a visiting instructor of Louisiana History and Early American History at the University of Louisiana. We ...
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1:02:49
114. Annie Law
Annie Law is a digital marketer, former podcaster/magazine editor, and a FIT graduate. She talks with us about the expectation vs. reality of living in New York City, the impact and personal connection she has with Malaysian heritage, and how s...
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54:44
113. Alexi Lalas: X, Politics, and Music
To kickoff 2024, we have on friend of the program, two-time World Cup veteran, and FOX Sports analyst Alexi Lalas to chat about a few things. First and foremost, the game/show of social media, but the dangers of using the stage. After that, Ale...
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112. December Show 2023
Typical December show format. Our lone show this month featured an honest look back at 2023 from the on-air performance to the behind-the-scenes stories of the year. It also includes goals for 2024, but it's not what you think. Lastly, the retu...
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1:16:36
111. AI Series: Paul Carr of TruMedia
This is the final show of our AI x IAC series where we discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on modern and future journalism. Finishing our series, we have Paul Carr of TruMedia. We chat with the famed numbers wizar...
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55:20
110. AI Series: Chuck Booth of CBS
This is the second show of our AI x IAC series where we discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on modern and future journalism. Continuing our series, we have Chuck Booth of CBS on. This was a great chat since we shared th...
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52:04
109. AI Series: Roberto Rojas of ESPN
This is the first show of our AI x IAC series where we discuss the impact of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on modern and future journalism. To kick it off, we asked well-traveled journalist Roberto Rojas of ESPN (formerly: NBC, beIN, a...
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42:53
108. Italian-Canadian Celebrates American
Sabrina Belmonte is a friend of the show. She recently became a mother, which seems really hard. So, we asked about that. Then, the conversation shifts to two American soccer players in Italy, which turns into a conversation about corruption, g...
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53:30
107. Christina Flach II
Governor Gavin Newsom, Sean Hannity, and Christina Flach all have one thing in common. They love the makeup chair. Christina is back to celebrate Riley's birthday with a story of what politicians and media folks are like before and after these ...
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56:33
106. Riley James II
Thankful to have done my second World Cup and worked with some great men and women through our coverage of Australia-New Zealand, but we had some pretty dark moments and we decided to take a show to discuss the human element of covering a tourn...
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1:01:28
105. The Life of a Musician
Touring, making art, parties, egos, equipment, and rock & roll. Graham Capobianco chats about his former life. as a musician, and how he still includes it in his life. We also chat about the modern state of music with the advancements in te...
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1:30:28
104. THE Erika Rodriguez
Back again, THE Erika Rodriguez joins us all show long to chat about the constant pressure of the Instagram aesthetic and the effect of social media. She dives into some personal stories of struggle with self-identity and the constant competiti...
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1:12:18
103. Threads & Barbenheimer
Let's get topical. We had on Ryan Wintle to chat about the heat wave across Arizona, the writer's strike in Hollywood, summer film releases, that stupid viral dress from 2014, and the possibility of Meta's Threads killing Twitter. Well-rounded,...
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