# D.B. Sweeney | Crafting His Recipe

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Podcast: [Story and Craft with Marc Preston](https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-and-craft-with-marc-preston-5077873)
Published: 2026-04-01T11:37:01+00:00
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## Resource

On this episode of “Story and Craft,” Marc sits down with actor and voiceover veteran DB Sweeney ( “The Cutting Edge,” “Eight Men Out,” “Memphis Belle” ) to talk career pivots, creative choices, and the long game of working in entertainment. DB shares what it was like training for “Memphis Belle” with retired SAS guys, flying in real B-17s. He opens up about growing up on Long Island, chasing baseball dreams at Tulane, discovering acting through theater, and getting launched by Francis Ford Coppola in “Gardens of Stone.” They also dig into DB’s work in voiceover run (Bud Light, Lincoln, Oprah’s network, and “Mountain Men”), his love of cooking, directing projects like “Two Tickets to Paradise,” and what he’s working on now, including “Red Ink,” and his current film, “Protector.” SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 03:20 Memphis Belle Bootcamp 05:13 B17 Death Star Tactics 10:03 Voiceover Career Highlights 12:34 Origin Story Long Island 13:21 Tulane Baseball And New Orleans 15:39 Cooking Signature Dishes 19:54 Broadway Breakthrough 21:10 Coppola Casting Break 22:44 Baseball Roles and Heroes 26:15 The Cutting Edge 28:30 Movies Then and Now 31:33 Directing and Next Projects 33:52 The Seven Questions

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