The Forward

Shep Gordon is an American talent manager, Hollywood film agent and producer. He is best known as the manager of Alice Cooper as well as other celebrities and musicians including: Anne Murray, Blondie, Teddy Pendergrass and Luther Vandross. Gordon is credited with being one of the originators of the celebrity chef movement. He is featured in the documentary directed by Mike Myers entitled: Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon. Lance caught up with Shep at his home in Hawaii to talk: how he got into the management business, the Mike Myers documentary, the Dali Lama and more.

Bob Schneider is a Michigan born, Austin based musician and former lead-singer of Ugly Americans. He has released over a dozen albums during his career. He sat down with Lance in Austin to play a few songs and talk: surviving a plane crash, growing up overseas, overcoming addiction and more.

Bob Parsons is an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of GoDaddy, a publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company. With more than 61 million domain names under management, it is the world's largest ICANN-accredited registrar. He is a former United State Marine who was wounded on duty during the Vietnam War. Bob and Lance met up in Hawaii and talked about building a new business, serving in the military, getting into the golf business and more.

Art Acevedo is the current police chief of Houston, Texas. Before his time in Houston he served as the police chief of Austin, Texas. He was the first Hispanic to the lead the Austin Police Department in its history. Born in Cuba, Acevedo was 4 years old when he migrated to the United States with his family in 1968. He grew up in California and earned his Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in Public Administration from the University of La Verne in California. Acevedo began his career in law enforcement as field patrol officer in East Los Angeles with the California Highway Patrol in 1986. Chief Acevedo stopped by Lance’s to catch up on everything from the state of policing in America, body cameras and the highs and lows of being a police chief.

Lance recaps 2016 including: the podcast, New Zealand and more. He also gives a little preview of 2017 including: continuing the fight against cancer, what’s in store for the podcast, and what WEDU means. Thanks for tuning in this year get ready for a new episode coming next week.

Rahm Emanuel is an American politician and current Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. In 1993, he joined the Clinton administration, where he served as the assistant to the president for political affairs and as the senior advisor to the president for policy and strategy. From 2003 to 2009 he served in the U.S. House of Representatives where he was the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 2005 to 2007 and the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, from 2007 to 2009. After the 2008 presidential election, President Barack Obama appointed Emanuel to serve as White House chief of staff. Rahm stopped by Lance’s to talk politics, family, fitness and more.

Bo Jackson is a retired professional football and baseball player. He is one of a select few athletes to be named an All-Star in two major sports, and the only one to do so in baseball and football. Bo is regarded by many as the greatest athlete of all time. He stopped by Lance’s to talk: football, baseball, parenting and his most embarrassing moment as an athlete.

Becky Hammon is a current coach for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA and former professional basketball player with the New York Liberty and San Antonio Stars in the WNBA. She is the first woman to coach in the NBA and was the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs summer league team. Becky met up with Lance at the Spurs practice facility to talk: coaching, Gregg Popovich, being an American playing for Russia in the Olympics and more.

Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster from Canton, Massachusetts. He is best known for his Monday Morning Podcast and his role on the hit American Television series “Breaking Bad.” Burr recently launched his critically acclaimed animated series on Netflix entitled “F is for Family.” Bill stopped by Lance’s hotel room on a trip to Los Angeles to catch up about: sports, comedians performing in arenas, flying helicopters and much more.

Chase Rice is an American country music singer/songwriter from Asheville, North Carolina. His career thus far has spanned: country music, a stint in the pit crew for NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson, a spot on the reality TV series “Survivor” and playing college football at the University of North Carolina. Chase is best know for his music career that he began by co-writing “Cruise” with multi-platinum recording group Florida Georgia Line. The song went on to sell over 7 million copies in the United States and became the highest selling digital country song of all time. Chase stopped by Lance’s to talk: touring, working in a NASCAR pit crew, writing a hit song and much more.

Gary Vaynerchuk is a Russian-American entrepreneur, investor, author, public speaker and social media personality. He got his start by transforming his father’s liquor store into Wine Library and grew the business from $1 million per year to $50 million per year. He founded Vayner Media, the new age ad agency, who currently has over 750 employees and a plethora of high profile clientele. Gary stopped by Lance’s to talk: Snapchat, the future of Twitter, his hatred of Michael Jordan, owning the New York Jets and much more.

Kenny Dichter is a serial entrepreneur who is the current CEO of Wheels Up, a membership-based private aviation company. In the past he has founded many companies including: Alphabet City Sports Records, Marquis Jets, and Tequila Avión. Kenny stopped by Lance’s to catch up on: business, running the New York Marathon, starting a tequila company, and much more.

Mack Brown is a former college football coach at the University of Texas, North Carolina, Tulane, and Appalachian State. He finished his coaching career at Texas with 1 National Championship, 2 Big 12 Championships, and the 2005 Paul “Bear” Bryant award as the college football coach of the year. Mack stopped by Lance’s to catch up on: Football, commentating for ESPN, Matthew McConaughey, charitable work and much more.

Michael Morton was a grocery store manager who was wrongfully convicted of his wife’s murder in 1986. He served 25 years in prison before being exonerated by DNA evidence in 2011. Michael sat down with Lance to discuss his story including: prison, revenge, forgiveness, and what he’s doing now.

Ricky Williams is a former NFL running back who played for the New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens during his time in the league. He was a Heisman Trophy winning All American while at the University of Texas where he broke the NCAA Career rushing yards record. He is an outspoken advocate for marijuana, a yoga instructor, a vegan and is currently finishing up his psychology degree at the University of Texas. Ricky sat down with Lance to talk about topics including: injuries in the NFL, drug use by athletes, parenting, being an individual and much more.

Malcolm Gladwell is best know for his work as an author including five New York Times Best Sellers: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (2000), Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005), Outliers: The Story of Success (2008), What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures (2009), and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants (2013). He has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1996 and is also the host of one of the most popular podcasts: Revisionist History. Malcolm sat down with Lance in New York for an engaging discussion on a variety of topics including: the order of triathlon events, sports nutrition, the use of power meters in cycling, Edward Snowden, and much more.

Senator Wendy Davis is a Democratic politician from Fort Worth, Texas best known for her 2013 eleven-hour-long filibuster to block a Senate bill which included restrictive abortion regulations. The filibuster garnered Senator Davis national notoriety which she propelled into her 2014 gubernatorial campaign. Senator Davis stopped by Lance’s to catch up on a variety of things including: growing up in Texas, her new women’s equality organization: Deeds Not Words, the 2016 United States Presidential Election and much more.

Jason Isbell is a singer-songwriter from Green Hill, Alabama. A former member of the Drive-By Truckers, and now a successful solo act, Jason Isbell is widely renowned as one of the greatest songwriters of the current day. Jason took some time out to chat with Lance while on his solo tour stop in New Braunfels, Texas. While there, Jason catches us up on many things including: growing up playing music, getting sober, Merle Haggard, and much more.

Ben Foster is a critically acclaimed actor best know for his roles in: Alpha Dog, Lone Survivor, and 3:10 to Yuma. Foster also played the role of Lance Armstrong in the recent film: The Program. Ben took a break from filming his new movie Hostiles in New Mexico to sit down with Lance and talk: acting, cycling, Lance, and much more.

David Granger is best known for his work as editor-in-chief at the magazine Esquire from 1997-2016. During his time there, he led the publication to digital success in a time where most magazines saw heavy declines in readership. David stopped by Lance’s to talk: what’s next for him, his methodology as an editor, golfing with Donald Trump and more.