Silent Giants with Corey Cambridge – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to the Silent Giants podcast, a podcast that highlights the superstars behind the scenes of popular culture. This special episode is presented by Ancestry.

This week’s episode is a little different from our traditional episodes. Our special guests on today's episode are closer to me than anyone I have interviewed - these Silent Giants are my own family and ancestors.

Recently I started my ancestral journey and had the extreme honor of partnering with Ancestry. Today you're going to hear a conversation with my 4th cousin Travis Hillard and through Ancestry I discovered we share the same 4th grandmother.

I hope this interview inspires you to trace your own family heritage through Ancestry. Go to Ancestry.com for your free trial!

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Our special guest this episode is Susan Bennett, the silent giant behind the iconic voice of Siri! Susan is a super accomplished voice over actor who has lended her voice to brands Coca Cola, IBM, Papa John's Pizza, McDonald's, AT&T, Wendy's, Goodyear, Ford, and many others but of course we most notably recognize her as Apple’s iconic voice of Siri.

In this episode we learn more about Susan, how her career in music led her to a career as a voice over actor, and of course we learn the story of how she became the voice of Siri. 

So allow me to introduce you to the voice over actor, musician, my friend, the silent giant Susan Bennett.

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Our special guest this episode is architect and interior designer, R. Scott Bromley. An inductee in the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1991, Mr. Bromley has been been designing buildings and interiors in New York City for over 50 years but he will be forever remembered for his groundbreaking architectural work for the world's most famous and infamous night club 'Studio 54'. 

In this interview I got to stop by his Manhattan office and over a glass of rose we got to chat about his upbringing in Canada, how he got into architecture, how he landed the job to design Studio 54, he shares stories about the founders Studio 54 Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager and so much more! 

This episode was mixed by Joshua Coleman

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Our special guest this episode is fashion and beauty illustrator Deanna First. Deanna has carved an amazing niche for herself illustrating for brands like Saks Fifth Avenue, Swarovski, Ralph Lauren, Estee Lauder and countless others. In this interview we got to learn more about Deanna’s upbringing in Ohio, her early career as a fashion designer for Ralph Lauren and J. Crew, how she began her career as a fashion illustrator and so much more.

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This episode was mixed by Joshua Coleman

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Our special guest this episode is Calmatic, director of the music video for Lil Nas X’s blockbuster song ‘Old Town Road’. Calmatic is a native of Los Angeles, California who got his first taste of the entertainment business by first becoming becoming a rapper and music producer. A man of many talents he then began expanding his creative portfolio by doing graphic design, photography, and directing music videos for other artists. He recently took home the Video Music Award for Best Direction of Lil Nas X’s hit video for his smash single ‘Old Town Road’. 

In this interview we get into his upbringing in LA, the death of Nipsey Hussle and the impact it left on Los Angeles, we chat about his rap career and how that led to him becoming a film director, and of course we get into the making of his VMA award winning video for ‘Old Town Road’.

This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd.

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Our special guest this episode is legendary music executive, Jerry Greenberg. His career first started in 1967 when he became the assistant to Gerald Wexler who was at the time vice president of Atlantic records. Through his hard work and strong ear for music Jerry became the President of Atlantic records in 1974, making him the youngest person of any major record company in the recording industry to receive that title. During his helm as President he signed acts like Abba, The Blues Brothers, Genesis, TS Monk, Chic and Nile Rogers. In 1993 he also served as president of Michael Jackson’s label MJJ Music. 

In this interview I chat with Jerry about his upbringing in Connecticut, his early love for music, he shares the story of how he broke into the industry and become president of Atlantic records, we get into how he signed acts like Abba and Nile Rogers, and his rise to become president of Michael Jackson’s label MJJ Music. 

Jerry’s life is so amazing and prolific that it’s nearly impossible for me to explain his life's work in this introduction but there are incredible stories in this interview that you certainly don’t want to miss.

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Our silent giant this episode is legendary rock and roll photographer Bob Gruen. Ever seen the imagine of John Lennon in the New York City t-shirt or him standing by the Statue of Liberty? Ever seen the image of Led Zeppelin next to the jet? Yep, you guessed it! Bob is the man responsible for all those photos and for some of the most iconic images of rock and roll history. 

In this interview I stopped by Bob’s Manhattan studio we had an amazing conversation. We get into his early life, how he got into photography, he tells us the story of how he became the personal photographer for Ike and Tina Turner back in the 60s, how he became John Lennon and Yoko Ono's personal photographer, he shares the story of how he heard the tragic news of Lennon’s death on December 8th 1980, he tells goes into detail about the backstory of some of his most famous pictures and so much more.

www.BobGruen.com

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This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd.

Checkout Corey's other show OPP (Other People's Podcast). OPP is the TRL of podcasting. Every week Corey interviews America's top podcasters to learn more about them and the dope shows they created.

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Welcome to another episode of Silent Giants! Our silent giant this episode is film director Phillip Youmans. Phillip is a native of New Orleans and a film student here at NYU who’s film Burning Cane took home The 2019’s Founders Award for best narrative feature at New York’ Tribeca Film festival. Phillip became the first African American to win Tribeca’s top award and the youngest person to win the award as well. 

He stopped by the podcast and I got to learn so much about this budding silent giant. He talks about his upbringing in New Orleans, how he got into film, how he’s enjoying his experience in New York City, the makings of his award winning film ‘Burning Cane’, how he got superstar actor Wendell Pierce to be lead actor of the movie, lessons he’s learned along the way and so much more.

https://www.phillipyoumans.com/

This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd

Checkout Corey's other show OPP. Other People's Podcast is the TRL of podcasting. Every week Corey interviews America's top podcasters to learn more about them and the dope shows they created. LISTEN NOW ON APPLE AND SPOTIFY

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Our special guest this episode legendary music producer !llmind, who has produced for and with some amazing artists like Kanye West, Dr. Dre, Drake, J. Cole, The Carters, Arianna Grande and countless others. He is also the host of the BlapChat podcast which I am a huge fan of and we’ll also have him as a guest my other show OPP to discuss all things podcasting very soon.

He stopped through my bed stuy apartment and got to chop it up about his upbringing in Newark New Jersey, we discuss Filipino culture, how he got into music for the first time, he details the journey of his career, lessons he’s learned along the way and so much more!

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This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd

Special thank you to our Silent Giants and friend of the podcast Jared Evan for making this interview possible.

Also, be sure to checkout Corey's other show OPP (Other People's Podcast). OPP is the TRL of podcasting. Every week I interview America's top podcasters to learn more about the

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Our special guest this episode is Minnesota Vikings sports photographer Travis Ellison. Travis is a dear friend of mine and while on vacation in Minneapolis he came by to chop it with me on the podcast.

I got to learn more about his upbringing in Virginia, how he first developed a strong love for photography, how he found his niche in sports photography, how he landed his role at the Minnesota Vikings, he shares amazing stories of being there for the famous ‘Minneapolis Miracle’ catch and so much more!

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This episode was mixed by Mark Byrd.

Be sure to checkout Corey's other show OPP (Other People's Podcast). OPP is the TRL of podcasting. Every week he interviews America's top podcasters and we learn more about the dope shows he created.

Listen to OPP now on Apple or Spotify.

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