The James Finochio Show
The James Finochio Show is a long-form conversation podcast hosted by James Finochio. Each episode, James sits down with guests who have fascinating inner lives and something real to say — exploring topics across faith, science, philosophy, culture, history, human experience, and beyond. The show's edge isn't the topic list — it's James's genuine curiosity and commitment to going deeper than the surface, every single time. If you're tired of shallow content and echo chambers, you're in the right place. New episodes weekly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Guest Application: https://tinyurl.com/3psz2xn7
Episodes
Todd Hinkle returns for his second appearance to talk about pulling off the Harvest Jam Music Revival—a five-band festival happening September 26th at the Patton Sportsman's Club. We dive deep into the challenges of organizing a DIY event, the economics of live music, and Todd's philosophy of "letting it develop into what it's gonna be." James also opens up about losing his father in April, how grief is fuelin...
America spends $4.3 trillion annually on healthcare—and 90% of it goes toward managing chronic disease, not curing it. Dr. Kevin Smith explains why the conventional medical model is broken and what actually works for long-term health.
In this eye-opening conversation, we explore the reductionist vs. holistic approach to medicine, why your insurance company controls your treatment plan, and the six pillars of we...
Joel Rakow spent most of his life as a registered, generational Democrat — socially liberal, fiscally conservative, and, by his account, never a party-line voter. That changed when he resigned from the Democratic Party, a decision he says came down to feeling the party no longer represented the middle class or the values he'd always held.
Joel's background is a lot: postdoctoral work at Harvard, a stint as a cy...
Blair County has 62,000 open jobs and only 57,000 people looking for work. Carter Cerully from PA CareerLink joins the show to explain the free resources every Blair County business owner should be using — and most aren't.
In this episode:
- Why Blair County has more jobs than workers
- Free hiring help, internships, and job fairs for local businesses
- Tax credits for hiring second-chance workers
- How local businesse...
Dan Behrman changed his middle name to "Taxation Is Theft"—and he's serious about why. In this episode, we dig into his philosophy on money, government, and freedom. Dan breaks down why money is fundamentally a promise (he's writing a book about it), why that promise is broken, and how taxation works as systematic theft. He shares his experience running for president on the Libertarian ticket, why voting alone...
Dr. Robert Wolf is a retired radiologist and the son of Hungarian Jewish parents who survived forced labor camps, Nazi occupation, and life under Hungarian communism before escaping to the United States in 1956. His father was a four time escape artist, twice from a forced labor camp and twice from communist Hungary, once as a medical student and once during the Hungarian Revolution.
In this conversation Rob talks ab...
Jessica Morris grew up the youngest of four kids in a minister's home that looked perfect from the outside. Behind closed doors, her father was an abusive alcoholic, her mother was the family's chief enabler, and at a young age her father told her she was a mistake — that her parents only wanted three children. She carried that as her identity for decades.
In this conversation, Jessica walks through what it was...
What does it actually mean to be a man — not just grown, but a man?
James sits down with Corwin Johnson, better known as CJ Moneyway — host of the CJ Moneyway Show and Planting Seeds with CJ, and author of "Both Eyes Open and Both Eyes Shut" (2015) and the newly released "Faith Through Trials" (2025) — for a conversation that was never supposed to go where it went.
It starts with an unlikely admissio...
Pennsylvania is $4.8 billion in the hole and the governor wants to use the rainy day fund to buy himself one more year before the bill comes due. District Representative Scott Barger from the 80th district in Blair County Pennsylvania sits down with James to break down exactly how the state got here, who's responsible, and why he thinks every Pennsylvanian is looking at a tax increase by 2028 if nobody makes the har...
Chet Denny and Michael Thomas of The PennSoulvanians join James for one of the most genuine conversations about music, identity, and staying true to yourself when everything around you says conform.
They were doing it different back when different wasn't cool — writing original, soulful hip hop in an era that wanted gangster rap, building a seven piece live band nobody asked for, and refusing to play covers whe...
Daryl Dittmer spent years fighting everything. Life, people, problems, himself. Then his sponsor said something that stopped him cold. When you stop fighting, the fighting stops.
In this conversation Daryl gets into what real recovery looks like, why calling addiction a disease lets people off the hook, how to build the kind of internal strength that makes you stop caring about what you can't control, and why the cou...
George Ceballos grew up hustling — first weed, then coke, then heroin. What started as a way to be self-sufficient turned into addiction, incarceration, and years of cycling through state prisons, rehabs, and parole violations. Six prisons. Nearly a decade lost.
Then a counselor at a rehab facility did something nobody had done before — he sat down, found the resources, and built a plan. A welding program...
Hilary Momberger Powers was the voice of Sally Brown on Peanuts at just five years old. But early success became her prison—and rock bottom became her liberation. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Hilary shares how hitting her lowest point forced her to rebuild from scratch, and why she now helps others find their worth through spiritual awakening and radical authenticity. If you've ever felt like you had ...
Who Told You What a Man Should Be?
Dr. Gloria Vanderhorst spent 50 years working with boys and men. Her question: Who decided what a man should be in the first place?
From preschool to adulthood, we're training boys to isolate, shut down, and never ask for what they need. In this conversation, we explore how culture shapes masculinity, what isolation actually costs men, and what happens when we finally...
Chip Scholz is an executive coach, author, and woodturner who gets at the real stuff. We talk about his journey from sales to authorship, why he put a manuscript in a drawer for five years, and what Father's Day gift sparked his comeback story.
But mostly, we talk about failure, curiosity, and becoming yourself. Chip's philosophy is simple: failure is something we do, not something we are. Judgment closes doors. Curi...
Most parents in Blair County, Pennsylvania have never heard of CareerLink — and that's exactly the problem Malissa Fry is trying to fix.
Malissa is a Youth Career Facilitator at PA CareerLink Blair County, and in this conversation she walks us through everything they offer for young people ages 14 to 24. We're talking about a paid summer work program where kids can earn up to $3,600, resume help, mock interview...
In this episode of The James Finochio Show, James sits down with author, healer, and educator Heather Ann Ferri for a wide-ranging conversation about healing from the inside out. Heather shares her personal journey from childhood trauma and silence to becoming a wellness advocate, and breaks down two topics most people have never thought about together: generational trauma and toxic water.
You'll learn what ancestral...
What do you do when you've tried everything — faith, service, love, religion — and you still feel empty? Gina Economopoulos spent decades finding out. What she discovered on the other side of the worst years of her life will stay with you.
Gina has been a bartender, a Franciscan nun, a caregiver, a woman in love, and a recovering alcoholic — sometimes all at once. She watched her mother die of bone ...
In this episode of Across The Table, James Finochio sits down with Safra Turner, founder of iHolistica, for a wide-ranging conversation on geopolitics, consciousness, and personal sovereignty.
Safra shares how her background in international relations and global affairs shaped her perspective on current world events, and how that perspective evolved into a deeper exploration of spiritual awakening and the nature of r...
The Truth About Cannabis Prohibition (They Don’t Want You to Know This)
What if everything you’ve been told about cannabis… was built on lies?
In this episode of Across The Table, James Finochio sits down with Danny and Veronica Rivera — owners of True Healing Concepts and founders of Altoona’s Canna-Toona Festival — to break down the real history of cannabis prohib...
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