Posts in Entertainers
Griffin House

This week’s Moonlighter is an underdog, but the hardwood he plays on is more likely to be found on a stage than on a basketball court. Like most of our guests, he is a former athlete, but unlike many of our guests, he walked away from the game instead of the other way around. Griffin House has spent the last 20+ years with a guitar in his hands, recording, touring, and turning out songs that thousands of us love to sing along with.

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Scott Siepker - Kinnick THE MOVIE

This week things get really nice on the podcast. That’s right, the Iowa Nice Guy, filmmaker, actor, and Moonlighter Scott Siepker returns to the pod to talk about his new feature-length documentary film, Kinnick. Scott and Tim take the pod outdoors for an early fall evening conversation about Nile Kinnick and the years-long journey that Siepker set out on to tell the famous Iowan’s story.

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Batting Stance Guy

This week’s Moonlighter takes looking like a pro to a whole new level.

If you google Gar Ryness, the internet refers to him as “an American sports entertainer”. And while you may not know that name, or what an American sports entertainer is, you have probably seen an online video of Ryness doing his impressions of batting stances and what can only be described as baseball comedy sketches.

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Ben Ahlers Pt. 2

Ben Ahlers is a blast from the past! Not only is he a repeat Moonlighter but he is a featured character in the new HBO show The Gilded Age. From the same team that created this hit series Downton Abbey, comes a historical fiction series about New York City just before the turn of the 20th Century. Ahlers recently took some of his time away from filming to return to the Moonlight Graham Show to talk about everything from accents on HBO to college sports.

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Center Stage with Ben Ahlers

Lights, camera, action! This week, Tim sits down with an up-and-coming lead on the screen and stage from Fort Dodge, IA. Ben Ahlers is a star of a new Quibi show When the Streetlights Go On. At 23 years old, Ahlers has already played many different roles, including one on the NBC series The Village - and some upcoming shows yet to be released. Tim and Ben talk about how preparing for roles is like competing on the field and how Ben’s background as an athlete has impacted his career as an actor.

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