Talent Freaks Podcast

About Talent Freaks Podcast

Vimeo and Webby Award-winning filmmaker Andy Coon continues his podcast journey with a fresh rebrand as Talent Freaks Podcast. This series revisits timeless conversations with artists, filmmakers, and changemakers, celebrating creativity, innovation, and impact. By blending past interviews with a renewed focus, Andy shines a light on the stories behind extraordinary talent and the drive to make a difference. Join us for inspiring episodes that explore the creative process, personal growth, and the human spirit.

Publisher

Andy Coon

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Feb 2025

Latest episode

9 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

54 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Sept 2026

   Korey Rowe on Loose Change, War, Recovery & Reinventing His Life | Talent Freaks

   What happens after you live through war, help create one of the internet’s most controversial documentaries, and spend years trying to rebuild your life? Korey Rowe joins Andy Coon for a candid conversation about the experiences that shaped him—and the life he is building now. In Episode 17 of the Talent Freaks Podcast, Andy Coon talks with Korey Rowe, an Army veteran, filmmaker, producer, and co-owner of Otsego Media, about his journey from a difficult adolescence and military service after September 11 to the cultural impact of Loose Change, recovery, creative work, photography, and choosing a more intentional life. Watch the full conversation for Korey’s perspective on military-to-civilian transition, the early internet era that made Loose Change a global phenomenon, the personal cost of public controversy, and the work of moving forward. ABOUT THIS EPISODE Korey Rowe is widely known for helping produce Loose Change with his longtime friend and creative partner, Dylan Avery. But this conversation looks beyond the film to the person behind it: a husband, father, filmmaker, business owner, veteran, and photographer whose life has moved through profound change. Korey shares how he joined the U.S. Army shortly before September 11, 2001, deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and later faced difficult decisions about his military future. He reflects on the origins and evolution of Loose Change during the early days of online video, the pressure and attention that came with its reach, and the personal challenges that followed. IN THIS CONVERSATION Andy and Korey discuss growing up in upstate New York, entering the Army as a young adult, and the emotional impact of returning from deployments. Korey talks about working with Dylan Avery to make and distribute Loose Change, building an audience through early internet communities, and navigating the project’s visibility and controversy. They also explore Korey’s experiences with PTSD, addiction and recovery, his bipolar diagnosis and treatment, the role of therapy, and the importance of building a life around family, creative work, photography, and healthier boundaries. Korey also shares why landscape photography has become such a meaningful part of his life and what he hopes to create next. If you are interested in documentary filmmaking, independent media, creative reinvention, personal recovery, military-to-civilian transition, or the human story behind a major internet-era cultural moment, this episode offers a candid perspective. What part of Korey’s journey or outlook stayed with you most? Let us know in the comments. GET KOREY ROWE’S BOOK 📘 The Soldier That Left: The Untold Story of Loose Change is available now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H2K8B8QL LEARN MORE ABOUT KOREY’S WORK 🎬 Otsego Media: https://www.otsegomedia.com/ WATCH ASTEROID 🎥 Asteroid — Korey and Dylan’s first film: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/0O444X8BXSX8P0Q3ZO6RKK6SZ1?ref_=atv_sr_fle_c_sr52cdbe_pvsearchresults_1_1 CONNECT WITH HOST ANDY COON AND TALENT FREAKS 🌐 Website: https://www.talentfreaks.com/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talent.freaks ▶️ YouTube: @talentfreaks 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talent.freaks 🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talent-freaks-podcast/id1796292842 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ELhgo3t9d4J2jT1V3dV70?si=c89a8c13991041a4 CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 03:10 Growing Up in Upstate New York 05:25 Before September 11 07:11 September 11 at Basic Training 13:10 An 18-Year-Old in Afghanistan 17:00 Preparing to Invade Iraq 18:05 Questioning the Iraq War 23:03 Loss, Trauma, and a Breaking Point 24:24 How Loose Change Began 30:04 The Decision to Leave the Military 33:25 Living on the Run and Surrendering 37:19 Building Loose Change Online 52:04 The Rise and Legacy of Loose Change 1:04:52 PTSD, Addiction, and Recovery 1:13:50 Understanding Bipolar Disorder 1:20:46 Photography, Family, and a New Life 1:27:30 Closing Thoughts

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Grégoire Gensollen on Music, Storytelling, and Building Band of Strangers | Talent Freaks Podcast Episode 16

   What happens when musicians who have never met are brought into a room and asked to create one original song from scratch? That’s what Episode 16 of the Talent Freaks podcast is about. Grégoire Gensollen, Chief Operating Officer of Tucker Tooley Entertainment and the driving force behind @BandOfStrangersOfficial , joins Talent Freaks to talk about a music series built on real collaboration rather than competition. Each episode brings together artists from different backgrounds, lets their stories and instincts lead the session, and captures the human moments that turn strangers into creative partners. Band of Strangers is about more than making a song. It is about trust, community, culture, vulnerability, and the magic that happens when people put ego aside long enough to create something together. In this episode, Grégoire shares how Band of Strangers grew out of The Unknown Tour, a documentary project that traveled across America with a recording studio on a bus, discovering musicians in cities including Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans. We talk about why the team chose YouTube over traditional television, why authentic collaboration matters more than competition, and what it takes to build premium entertainment independently in today’s changing media landscape. We also get into the Band of Strangers episode that puts human-made music up against AI, the challenge of creating a real audience for original programming, working with musicians who bring different backgrounds and sounds into the room, music rights, distribution, artist ownership, and how the songs created in each episode can continue to live on Spotify and beyond. If you love music documentaries, songwriting, creative collaboration, independent production, YouTube strategy, the future of entertainment, or the conversation around AI versus human creativity, this episode is for you. Grégoire offers a thoughtful behind-the-scenes look at how Tucker Tooley Entertainment is helping build a music series that makes the creative process itself the story. Follow Band of Strangers: 🌐 Website: https://www.bandofstrangers.com/ ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BandOfStrangersOfficial 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bandofstrangersofficial/ 🧵 Threads: https://www.threads.com/@bandofstrangersofficial Learn more about Grégoire Gensollen: 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoire-gensollen/ Learn more about Tucker Tooley Entertainment: 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tucker-tooley-entertainment Website: https://www.tooleyentertainment.com/the-team Connect with Host Andy and Talent Freaks: 🌐 Website: https://www.talentfreaks.com/ 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talent.freaks ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@talentfreaks 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talent.freaks 🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talent-freaks-podcast/id1796292842 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ELhgo3t9d4J2jT1V3dV70?si=c89a8c13991041a4 #BandOfStrangers #GregoireGensollen #TuckerTooleyEntertainment #MusicDocumentary #MusicCollaboration #Songwriting #IndependentFilm #YouTubeSeries #AIMusic #HumanCreativity #TalentFreaks

3. 

   10 Jul 2026

   Michael Bentt on Reinvention, Boxing, and Survival | Talent Freaks Podcast

   Host Andy interviews former WBO World Heavyweight Champion Michael Bentt about his profound journey of reinvention from boxing to the arts, sharing hard-earned perspectives on survival and identity.

Who has been a guest on Talent Freaks Podcast

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• Michael Bentt
• Chad Sanders
• Elizabeth Kealoha
• Daniel Everitt-Lock
• Troy Booker

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YouTube views

1,540,914

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

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Quality

83

Social presence

91

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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