We continue our conversation with Jeff Cieslewicz and his wife Michelle talking about their amazing journey from going on a mission trip to Peru to quitting his full-time job at a bank to serving his community as a head chef in New Kensington, PA. This is part 2 of a two-part episode.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Jeff Cieslewicz and his wife Michelle join us to talk about their amazing journey. From going on a mission trip to Peru to quitting his full-time job at a bank to serving his community as a head chef in New Kensington, PA. Jeff's amazing story is a lesson to us all about the things that are truly important in life.…

Join us this week on the Dream Loud Podcast as we interview an old acquaintance of mine, Jeremy Rowe, as he talks about touring as a drummer, following your dreams and his current church-planting endeavor. This is one episode you can't miss if you're still looking to find your place in the world.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Today on the Dream Loud Podcast we have Dan's nephew, Sam Scifo, as our very special guest! Join us as Sam talks about his pursuit of an athletic training, his time at as an undergraduate student at University of Pittsburgh and graduate student at WVU and his opportunities to intern at Duke and for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sam's story is a great ex…

Dan, Amanda and reflect back on 2018 with all the amazing episodes, guests and feedback we've received over the past year. Thank you all for being faithful listeners and supporters of the Dream Loud Podcast! We look forward to seeing you all in 2019!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Welcome listeners to the second annual Christmas Podcast Spectacular! On this Christmas Eve, Dan and I (Ben) talk about our holiday plans and traditions and also make note that the holidays, as fun and joyous as they are for many, are not the merriest time of year for everyone. If you are going through a difficult time this holiday season, Dan and …

Join us today as we interview Ryan Scarpino, current Spokesman for the Allegheny County Health Department and previously Public Relations Assistant for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as we talk to him about his roller-coaster ride through the crazy world of sports media as he learned to navigate his way as a PR assistant for a professional sports team an…

After getting hit by a train while walking through his neighborhood, Greg Powell found himself lying in a hospital room three months later after waking up from a coma caused by the incident. That's where his incredible story begins. Join us in our conversation with Greg as we hear about his past struggles with drug addiction and run-ins with the la…

Stefanie Weese is a fellow OCR (obstacle course race) enthusiast along with Dream Loud Podcasting host Dan Scifo. Join our conversation with Stefanie as we discuss her fitness journey, how it relates to physical and emotional well-being, and how she overcame a devastating back injury that tested her mettle and will to succeed. This is one courageou…

Stacy is one of the on-air personality and DJs for Pittsburgh's Rock and Alternative radio station at FM 105.9 the X. Join our conversation as she talks about perseverance, patience and role her faith played in her journey from being a sandwich artist at Subway to radio DJ at a top radio station.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

After finishing up his latest recording session for his latest EP; artist and worship pastor Zack Andrews joins us for a conversation about the importance of community for creativity and the development of your artistic gift.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

This week on the podcast we interview Shaun Eutsey to talk about his recent experience of going the removal of a brain tumor. We talk in-depth about the role his faith, family and medical doctors played through one of the most life-defining seasons that he has ever gone through in his life! We hope you join us in listening through his incredible st…

We continue our conversation with Marty Lunn (bassist for Zao and guitarist/founder of Young Fox) talking about the roll of his faith when it comes to making music, creativity and his journey in following his dreams. This is part 2 of a 2 part episode.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

We sit down with Marty Lunn - the bassist of Zao, founder of music group Young Fox and former tour manager for the Juliana Theory - to talk about music, following your dreams and life!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Ben, Dan, Amanda & special guest Marty Lunn sit down to have a fun conversation about their top bucket list bands: One's they want to see, one's they have seen and a super concert filled with bands that are impossible to see but would be awesome to have together on one bill!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

After going through a tragic loss, Dream Loud Podcast co-host's Dan and Amanda decided that they wanted to come on the podcast and talk publicly about dealing with their loss and all of the emotions and questions that come along with it. This was a tough podcast to do, but we hope that it will be encouraging to you listener if you are going through…

Scott Brown is an author and sports journalist who's covered everything from Penn State to Pittsburgh Steelers football, including a couple of Super Bowls. Today he's on the podcast to talk about his journalistic path, the books that he's written and the upcoming book he wrote with Tunch Ilkin (color commentator for the Steelers broadcast) In the L…

Dan and I sit down with my old bandmate and friend, Lee Caruso Jr., to talk about his love for music, starting our band Big Atlantic from scratch and how to follow your dreams while keeping a savy business mind!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

This episode is a celebration of you!... The listeners who have supported us and helped motivate us to create this podcast and keep it going over the past year! Thank you all so much! Dan and I reflect back over the past year and read some comments that some of our past guests have given us as a way to celebrate one year of the Dream Loud Podcast!!…

Joining us this week are Renaissance Festival Performers, Daniel and Tonya, who play in their Irish/Celtic band The Craic Show. Listen in as they explain their journey of how they became interested in traditional Irish and Celtic music, the story of how they formed The Craic Show and how you can follow your dreams just like they did! This is a grea…

Here we are at episode 50! Thanks so much for listening and supporting the show! Over the past 49 episodes, we've focused a lot on advice, tips, tricks and encouraging stories all with the goal of helping people to achieve their dreams. But what happens when the door to your dreams is slammed in your face, the door is locked, key thrown away and th…

This week on the podcast we sit down with our friend Marty Stouffer to hear his story of how he survived a traumatic childhood of physical abuse, while living through his mother's two divorces to become the man, husband and father that he is today. We know that there are many people out there today (maybe even some listeners of this podcast) who ar…

Today, Dan and I sat down with my sister, Lydia Hull, to talk about all of her interests and the unique freelancing opportunities it has given her!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Dan and I (Ben) sit down with returning guest Josh Doran to talk about his new music project - The Fading Light - how he went about getting involved in the local Pittsburgh music scene and how he's built and continued to build a following for his art.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

As a follow up to my solo podcast episode where I discussed finding time to rest, I interview Dan this week for some practical advice to balancing a demanding schedule as a journalist for his local newspaper and sportswriter for the Associated Press. Dan has some great words of wisdom to share about finding time to rest and managing a demanding sch…

While one of us just got home from vacation and the other is busy working at Steelers training camp; I (Ben) talk about how important it is for Dan and I that we find time to rest from the day-to-day grind so we can continue functioning at the top of our freelancing game!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

This week on the podcast I (Ben) sit down with returning guest Josh Sturm to talk about his recent month stint as the guitarist with Shinedown in Europe. In our conversation we covered everything from dealing with insecurity, finding confidence in what you do and making the most of the opportunities that are available to you.…

Today on the podcast, we sit down with Alexsis and Tony Fairbanks to talk about how Alexsis went from working a job that was unfulfilling to pursuing and achieving her dream job! We hope her inspiring story is as inspiring to you as it was to us!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

In this episode, the Dream Loud podcasters contemplate and discuss advice we would give to our younger selves given the wisdom we have gained in the past 15 odd years.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

This week on the podcast we sit down with high school teacher and long-time swimming and diving coach, Jeff Kelly, to talk about his path to becoming a teacher, coach and mentor. Jeff goes into depth about the coaches and mentors that he looked to in order to better himself and his coaching style.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

This week on the podcast we sit down with musician and college basketball star Mike Medved to talk about his journey through music and sports, what he learned from both and his philosophy on the purpose of life. This is an episode that you do not want to miss!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

This week on the podcast we (Dan and Ben) sit down to talk "off-the-cuff" about where we've come so far since beginning the podcast. We also venture into the topic regarding the importance of being a life-learner in whatever endeavor you choose in life. We hope that this episode helps encourage you on your journey to follow your dreams!…

This week on the podcast we sit down with the assistant coach of the Derry high school volleyball team, Bucky Hull, to get his insights on being a coach and mentor over the past 38 years of his impressive career. After choosing to retire this season, we look back over the past 38 years of involvement that he's had with the volleyball program - ever…

Ben, Dan and returning guest B.C. Steele sit down for an impromptu conversation: commenting on the positives and detriments of social media on business, media and our society.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

This episode of the podcast we sit down with Jon Greening, the founder of the Steel City Spartans Facebook group based out of Pittsburgh, PA, to talk about the major role that community plays in helping people to achieve their dreams. We also ask Jon what his motivation was for starting the group and listen to him tell some of the success stories t…

On this episode of the podcast we sit down with Brian Cook of Golden Sky Media Company, LLC to talk about his experience in journalism, his passion for telling people's stories and giving back to the community around you! Brian has experience in television, radio, photography, videography, print media and does high level freelance work in all areas…

We continue our interview with Lee Skopp as he shares his journey into videography and experience as a freelancer.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Lee Skopp, photographer and videographer for Lacey Sturm, joins us this week to talk about his experience being to go on the road to do media work. Lee shares his practical tips for delivering a quality product to his clients while maintaining his sense of creativity - no matter what the job is.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

After just getting off of tour with Lacey Sturm on her Unstoppable Screams tour, I (Ben) trade places with Dan Scifo as he interviews me about tour life and the experience of traveling the country for the last 6 weeks!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Fresh home from tour, I (Ben) sit down with Nick Kreuter (our drummer on the latest Lacey Sturm tour) to reflect on tour life, our experience playing in the Christian and mainstream markets, and how we go about maintaining honesty and integrity in our music and personal lives. Not all things are as they appear to be as we've both experienced and ha…

Fresh off of their latest tour, I (Ben) sat down with Ryan Hayes, Justin Olmstead and Riley Haynie of the band Righteous Vendetta to talk about how they met each other, the journey, joys and struggles of playing in a touring band and how they keep a great attitude while on the road so much. Listen in as they go into depth about the importance of ba…

Today on the Dream Loud Podcast we have a special guest; the owner of FineLine - Weddings & Studio: Fred Findley. Listen in to hear about his experience in starting a photography business - how he saw a need and created a business to serve his community around him. Fred talks about how the role of a business owner is to solve problems everyday. Whe…

On the Podcast today, we have special guest Amber Audia (pastor at City Reach Westmoreland along with her husband Frank) to discuss her journey in founding a new church and the leap of faith it took to become a church-planter. Join us as we ask Amber what it looks like to found something bigger than yourself or what you think is possible and the st…

Today it's just me (Ben) and my dear friend Josh Doran as our special guest on the podcast. Josh is a friend that I make way back when I was a sophomore in college; playing in our school Jazz band. Josh is a computer software engineer and a very talented musician who I have worked with on a number of projects. Join us in our conversation as we disc…

Josh Sturm, guitarst for and husband to Lacey Sturm, is on the podcast today! Together we discuss the pros, cons and challenges of being your own boss in a creative field - as Josh has lots of years of experience doing that exact thing!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Zak Lee, drummer of Lacey Sturm, and I sit down to talk about getting started in audio production. From the stages of music production to the gear you need to get quality results; we lay out the information you need to start making music!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Zak and I reminisce about the adventures we had in Oslo, Norway when we played at the Festival of Hope with Lacey Sturm. Through a lot of craziness in traveling there and back, our faith was tested to the max in numerous ways and it was amazing to look back and see how it all worked out in the end!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

For our second top-5 episode ever, we decided to talk about the top-5 favorite concerts we have ever seen and why they left such an impact on us.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Matthew Fordyce joins us again on the podcast were we sit down to discuss how and why we should be striving to become the best version of ourselves as possible. We also touch on some times in our life where we didn't feel motivated to be our best and what got us back on track.By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo

Dan and I sit down for a fun conversation with our returning guest Matthew Fordyce for a chat about what inspires us. We explore what types of media gives us inspiration and helps motivate us to be creative in our daily lives!By Benjamin Hull, Dan Scifo