{"podcast":{"title":"At The Mic With Keith Malinak","slug":"at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak-7173299","podcast_index_feed_id":7173299,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/atthemicshow/","website_url":"https://www.atmshow.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6b4564f4-d159-43e9-bd5d-c3f0553fb1e8/ZeeResizer-34.png","author":"Keith Malinak","episode_count":161,"summary":"ATMshow.com A very schizophrenic show. Monday Make The Case/Unpopular opinions get their chance. Tuesday Throwback/Classic conversations. Wednesday Wildcard/Anything could be discussed. Thursday Deep Dive/Look far below the surface. Friday Happy Hour/Welcome to the weekend!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T08:18:37.792592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak-7173299"},"episode":{"title":"ATM THROWBACK LIFE STORIES: Jeff Fisher (from 3/20/2020)","slug":"atm-throwback-life-stories-jeff-fisher-from-3-20-2020","published_at":"2026-04-07T12:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak-7173299/atm-throwback-life-stories-jeff-fisher-from-3-20-2020","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak-7173299","url":"https://www.atmshow.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b1e95913-b9c6-4162-a24e-0de534b4b189.mp3","summary":"Jeff Fisher, better known as Jeffy from Blaze Media, built his radio career through chaos, arrests, odd jobs, and on-air mistakes that somehow didn’t take him out. On this Throwback Tuesday edition of At The Mic with Keith Malinak , Keith sits down with Jeffy for a conversation that lives in the tension between things going wrong and somehow working anyway. From strange jobs to on-air mistakes, the path to radio isn’t polished, but it is real, and that’s exactly what makes it stick. Chapters: 00:00 The Guest Who “Shouldn’t Work”… But Does 02:30 Born Into Farm Life… and Something Already Feels Off 06:15 The Escape Plan That Wasn’t Supposed to Happen 10:45 The Job That Ended Because of One Open Mic 15:30 Horse Stalls, Head Shops, and Strange Side Hustles 21:00 Demolition Work, Jackhammers, and Starting From Nothing 27:45 The Moment Radio Became the Only Option 33:30 When It Almost Fell Apart (and Somehow Didn’t) 41:15 Family, Football, and the Side of Life You Don’t See On-Air 49:30 The Real Secret… It Was Never a Plan How many bad decisions away are you from accidentally finding your career?","meta_description":"Jeff Fisher, better known as Jeffy from Blaze Media, built his radio career through chaos, arrests, odd jobs, and on-air mistakes that somehow didn’t take…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3522,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak-7173299/episodes/atm-throwback-life-stories-jeff-fisher-from-3-20-2020/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/at-the-mic-with-keith-malinak-7173299/atm-throwback-life-stories-jeff-fisher-from-3-20-2020.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}