The Aron Bender Podcast
1) James Alvarez: Pregnant Wife Dies in Crash, Baby Survives
Aron Bender talks with James Alvarez, a widower whose pregnant wife was hit and killed by an alleged drunk driver in Orange County, California, in 2020. Doctors were able to save their premature newbo...Show More
2) DJ Severe: Dodgers DJ, Business Owner
Aron Bender talks with DJ Severe, the resident DJ at Dodger Stadium at the man at the top of Rose City Sound. We talk about fatherhood, being able to admit and learn from mistakes, and how music is at...Show More
3) Feven Kay: Las Vegas News Anchor, Warrior
Aron Bender talks with Las Vegas Fox5 News Anchor Feven Kay. She's a fellow graduate of the journalism program at California State University, Northridge. Earlier this year Feven went from reporting s...Show More
4) Kacey Montoya: KTLA Weather Anchor/Reporter, Non-Profit Founder
Aron Bender talks with KTLA reporter and weather anchor Kacey Montoya. She's a fellow graduate of the journalism program at Cal State Northridge. Kacey's criss-crossed the country in pursuit of this d...Show More
5) Fritz Coleman: Iconic Weatherman, Comedian, Navy Veteran
Aron Bender talks with Fritz Coleman, who spent nearly 40 years doing the weather on NBC 4. In addition to continuing his decades-long run as a stand-up comic he’s also the co-host of the Media Path P...Show More
6) D'Janai Michele: Artist, Designer, Entrepreneur, Survivor
Aron Bender talks with D’Janai Michele -- an artist, designer, business owner and survivor. She’s recovering from an accident in March 2021 that left her mouth and face broken, bloody and bruised. She...Show More
7) Amanda Salas: Cancer Survivor, Entertainment Reporter, Pun Champ
Aron Bender talks with cancer survivor, Fox 11 Los Angeles entertainment reporter and world pun champion Amanda Salas. In this episode we discuss how Amanda learned she had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2...Show More
8) Kelli Tennant: Podcaster, CEO, Former TV Reporter
Aron Bender is joined by Kelli Tennant, a podcaster and CEO of Soulfire Productions. I first talked with Kelli in 2019, shortly after she walked away from reporting on the Dodgers, Lakers and other LA...Show More
9) Sharon Tay: Realtor, Former TV News Anchor
Aron Bender talks with realtor and former TV news anchor Sharon Tay. She spent 30+ years as a broadcast journalist, much of it at KTLA and KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles. Born in Singapore and raised in New...Show More
10) Cathy Trinh: The Sober Asian, Author, Coach
Aron Bender talks with Cathy Trinh #TheSoberAsian. Brought to Orange County, California, by her Vietnamese refugee parents, Cathy turned to drugs and alcohol to try to drown out the pain of neglect, a...Show More