Episode 12 : Neil Olshey

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Neil Olshey on Father Time Podcast

How did an actor go on to become the President of Basketball Operations for the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers?

Well, you’ll have to listen, but it’s one of the most inspiring and unlikely stories you’ll ever hear.

As one of my oldest friends, Neil Olshey and I were struggling to make our mark in Hollywood while living the bachelor life. Now we’re both married with a couple of kids. See how he runs an NBA franchise while juggling his own family life and how life is different from us living in the same “rent controlled” apartment building 20 years ago to now living in our “wife-controlled” homes.

Neil’s journey to the top of an NBA front office is one of the best examples of “Do what You love” and we’ll contemplate the question of whether “work ethic” is passed on to your children.

— Jamie Kaler

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Jamie Kaler

An accomplished actor, comic, host, voice-over artist, and radio personality, Jamie Kaler is best known for his starring role as “Mike” on the hit TBS show, My Boys. His prolific acting career includes appearances on Friends, Will and Grace, How I Met Your Mother, Parenthood, and King of Queens, as well as numerous films and over 150 commercials. He is currently the host of America: Facts vs. Fiction on the American Heroes Channel, which is entering it’s third season, and has his own radio show on SiriusXM named Kaler. As a voice-over artist he is the voice of the "Bloopers Host” on the cult classic Robot Chicken and has been the national spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Lines.

Originally from New Hampshire, Jamie graduated from Boston University on an NROTC scholarship and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before beginning his career as a performer. As a comedian he was one of the new faces at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and has appeared on Chelsea Lately, The Late Late Show, Live at Gotham, Mock-pocalypse, and World’s Dumbest.

When not working, he is obeying every command of his wife, Kate, and two daughters, Hannah and Claire.

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