The Mane Idea: The (un)official Department of Entertainment Industry Podcast

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Welcome to the Mane Idea: a podcast centered around the Entertainment Industry, and how to navigate your college's ENT/Commercial Music Program. With a different guest every week, Host Jared Steele dives into life, advice, and tips and tricks to survive the Entertainment Industry, all from the Hit recording capital of the world: Muscle Shoals! *THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED WITHIN ARE NOT THE OPINONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY* *NOT AFFILIATED WITH UNA*

Episodes

  1. 04/23/2025

    Episode 4: Season Finale (Solo)

    *NOT AFFILIATED WITH UNA* This episode will be a solo episode, with host Jared Steele giving his story, why he decided to do this podcast, and his experience so far. The Mane Idea will return in the fall of 2025.

    7 min

  2. 04/09/2025

    Episode 3: Alex Wittscheck

    This episode, we have UNA Professor, and manager of Noiseblock Studios, Alex Wittscheck, as we talk about life on the road, the beauty of the Shoals, and being called a poser by a guy in Moulton. *NOT AFFILIATED WITH UNA*

    17 min

  3. 03/18/2025

    Episode 2: John Paul White

    For this episode, we have 4-time Grammy award winning songwriter, Co-founder of Single Lock Records, and current Visiting Endowed Artist of Practice, John Paul White. We talk about his growing up in the shoals, just how much the industry has changed in his time as a musician, and everything inbetween. *THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED WITHIN ARE NOT THE OPINIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY*

    36 min
  4. Episode 1: Dr. Charles Brooks

    03/04/2025

    Episode 1: Dr. Charles Brooks

    Welcome to episode 1 of the Mane Idea, where we're interviewing Dr. Charles Brooks, Professor at UNA and veteran of the music industry, from Nashville to New Orleans! *THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED WITHIN ARE NOT THE OPINIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY*

    33 min
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Welcome to the Mane Idea: a podcast centered around the Entertainment Industry, and how to navigate your college's ENT/Commercial Music Program. With a different guest every week, Host Jared Steele dives into life, advice, and tips and tricks to survive the Entertainment Industry, all from the Hit recording capital of the world: Muscle Shoals! *THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED WITHIN ARE NOT THE OPINONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA OR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY* *NOT AFFILIATED WITH UNA*

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