This Shouldn’t Have Worked… But It Became a Radio Career
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?