Rob St. Mary: Born and raised in a working class, a northeast suburb of Detroit, Rob cultivated a love of music, writing, and media at a young age.
After learning to play guitar at age 14, Rob co-created an underground student newspaper at 17 because he felt the school’s paper was too restrictive. At 19, he produced an independent film, “Tainted” – a vampire/comedy that played at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and was picked up by Troma Entertainment, the company best known for the cult classic “The Toxic Avenger.”
For over 14 years, Rob worked as radio news professional in Michigan & Colorado. His career started in the newsroom of WJR (Detroit). He later worked at WLEW (Bad Axe), WSGW (Saginaw), WOOD (Grand Rapids), WDET (Detroit), and KAJX (Aspen). He has been honored over two-dozen times for his feature and investigative work by statewide and national journalism organizations.
Rob hosted the “Detours” podcast for the Detroit Free Press (July 2015-October 2016) – a show created by the daily paper’s arts & entertainment department to capture his unique point of view on his hometown and its scene. He is also the former co-host of “The Projection Booth” – a weekly, in-depth film discussion podcast.
Released in early September 2015, “The Orbit Magazine Anthology” is Rob’s first book The four year passion project focused on reprinting and telling the stories related to creation of Orbit, Fun, and White Noise magazines, their eclectic staffs, and prankster ringleader “Jerry Vile” Peterson. The book was selected by the Library of Michigan as one of 20 Michigan Notable Book Award winners for 2016.
Rob lives in Hamtramck with his wife, Erin, and their two cats – Holly & Max.
Related Posts
Isabel Dennis- Isabel Dennis is a Trinbagonian student of life who spends her time exploring different ways to support young people to live meaning filled lives. She designs spaces that encourage people to explore the things that matter the most to them through conversations and play. She loves to play as much as she hates
Read MoreThrough Justin Loncaric’s generational real estate experience, he believes that serving first is the best way to live his life /Ep 2918 Justin Loncaric is the owner of JL Realty Group and founder of Listing Loans. He helps Burlington, Ontario families move up. With a fun and dynamic team, he’s an expert in helping families move
Read MoreKnifie Burks- As a Chicagoland Realtor with more than 18 years of experience, when Knifie Burks’s not selling homes she’s teaching Entrepreneurs how to buy, live, & thrive in their dream home. She knew at the age of 10 that Real Estate was her passion. While the other kids were out playing Knifie was inside
Read MoreStuart Woodrow- Stuart Woodrow is currently splitting his time between working on his own projects and providing consultancy services on social media and community management. How are you doing? Let’s talk about TalkingTipsters and TipsterHQ. How old is your child now? How do you usually use your values from measuring decisions Do you have any regrets looking
Read MoreTom Heffner- Tom Heffner is podcaster, entrepreneur and design strategist. He hosts The Next Year Now Podcast, which is based on the belief that everyday, purposeful habits and practices are vital for us to thrive at work and in life. Each week he interviews some of the most successful people around the world to uncover
Read MoreAbout Charmain JackmanDr. Charmain Jackman is an award-winning psychologist, author, Tedx Speaker, and leadership coach who is widely recognized as a leading voice on mental health and workplace wellbeing. As the founder and CEO of InnoPsych, she provides inclusive mental health solutions designed to help individuals feel seen, heard, and supported… …With personal experience navigating
Read MoreMike Kawula- Mike Kawula is the CEO of Social Media startup Social Quant, a top ranked Twitter tool by HubSpot that helps you find the most relevant followers on Twitter that will interact with your business. Michael is an entrepreneur whose last 2 businesses each hit 7 figures in under 3 years with his most
Read MoreFabiana Elisa Martínez- Fabiana Elisa Martínez was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From a very young age she showed a special interest in books and “words in other languages.” Fabiana graduated with Honors from the UCA University in Buenos Aires with a degree of Profesora en Letras(Linguistics and World Literature). She soon started teaching
Read MoreAbout Andrea MataDr. Andrea Mata, PhD, is on a mission to throat-punch the youth mental health crisis and equip parents, educators, and leaders with the tools they need to raise emotionally strong kids and build resilient communities. Statistically, she shouldn’t be where she is today, growing up as the daughter of a Mexican immigrant in
Read MoreAhmad Saleem Ahmad Saleem is the co-host of the Exploration Radio podcast. On face value, the podcast is about mining and mineral exploration. But broadly, it is a show about exploration of new ideas and concepts pertaining to mining, geology and even science in general. They set out to explore how ideas and concepts have evolved from
Read MoreAbout Mr. WhiskeyMr. Whiskey is known as a podcaster, author, speaker, and comedian, who is also pursuing singing, acting, modeling, and more as a life-long learner… … As the founder of Couple O’ Nukes, he is actively trying to foster and further human connection while helping others as much as possible, branching out into various
Read MoreAbout Carrie SeversonCarrie Severson is a burnout, author, speaker, business owner, wife, bonus mom, and caregiver. She first experienced burnout in 2012 when she created and ran a nonprofit for girls that grew nationally… …Her first memoir, Unapologetically Enough, was a big hit and led to burnout recovery workshops for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and healthcare
Read More