Zeke and I’ve been operating into one another at numerous occasions for a number of years. If I bear in mind appropriately, Yehuda Remer (RSWC #012) launched us at SHOT Present. Zeke is a good man, very personable and humorous. Matt Mallory and I’ve executed some dwell reveals with Zeke, together with on at SHOT Shot 2025. He’s been speaking to me about doing a present in Memphis and we had been in a position to pull it off after the NRA Annual Conferences in Atlanta this yr.
We began throughout the road from Graceland, the place Elvis Presley lived. He warned me to be careful for high-speed chases, as they’ve the very best drop weapons in Memphis!
Zeke has made an incredible profession for himself in a number of fields. He began in medical gross sales, pharmaceutical gross sales, and medical provide gross sales simply to have a stable revenue. The hours had been endless, and he was on name on a regular basis, so it was time to maneuver on.
At one level, he bought some assist from an entrepreneurial good friend and realized about advertising. This was his new ardour, which he’s been ready to make use of all through his profession and in lots of fields. They opened a automotive dealership in Clarksville, TN, and he determined to get his carry allow. As soon as he was into firearms, he turned it full on.
Throughout drives to work, he would name and discuss along with his good friend Marty “Lefthand” Holder, and they might speak about weapons and name it Speaking Lead. It hit them that they need to begin a podcast. His entrepreneur good friend owned a radio station, and he requested if they may use the studio to document their podcast. For some time, each Zeke and Vanessa Mandrel had a radio present known as Projectile Disfunction. Inside 4 episodes of Speaking Lead, they realized there have been different nice firearm content material creators who lived inside half-hour. People like Hickok45, .22 Plinkster, and TNOutdoors9. James Yeager wasn’t too far-off both. Their episode with Hickok bought them into 117 international locations. In six months, they had been one of many largest gun podcasts on the planet.
At one level, Zeke began doing advertising for a gunsmithing faculty that shall not be named. He took that firm and grew it by over 340% in 4 years. In the future, he opened a message on LinkedIn, and there was a message from a casting company. They needed him to audition to be a decide for gunsmithing on the present Grasp of Arms on Discovery Channel. In accordance with him, the best way to win an audition is to not care. As soon as they came upon that he had different media and podcasting expertise, they needed him to host the present. Ashley Hlebinsky (RSWC #130) was additionally on that present. Sadly, the present solely lasted one season.
After the TV season of life, he took a hiatus from firearms and bought into advertising within the bike world. Sure, someday every week, he needed to experience his bike for work! After some time of motorbike advertising, he reached out to Trendy Gun Faculty, MGS. A part of the supply was to do what he did for the opposite firm, however this time he needed to be a component proprietor. One of many first issues they did was rebrand to MGS Commerce Faculty in order that it was rather more acceptable.
If that wasn’t sufficient, Zeke took that advertising talent and bought into golf whereas his son was taking classes. He began Dilligolf. It’s brief for “Do I appear to be I golf.” He’s been rising that YouTube channel, too.
It was such a enjoyable present to document and to hang around with Zeke. We do take a name from Yehuda Remer, The Pew Pew Jew. He’s bought so many tales and tells them properly. You’ll actually get to know him and see what an incredible man he’s.
Oh yeah… we do see a high-speed chase and decide up a drop gun. As he says, “We’ve bought the very best drop weapons in Memphis.”
Favourite quotes:
“Every time I get into something, I dive in, absolute head first.”
“Speaking Lead was began in a Mexican radio station in Nashville.”
“What simply occurred? We’d have one thing on our fingers.”
“Dude, we didn’t know you probably did all this. Why don’t you audition for the host of this present?”
“I’ll type an LLC and write off all my golf bills. And I did.”
About Using Shotgun With Charlie
Using Shotgun With Charlie isn’t about firearms. It’s about having an intimate dialog with 2 individuals speaking. You’re the fly on the rearview mirror. Lots of the passengers are concerned within the firearm group.
It is a extra intimate dialog than a telephone, radio, or Skype interview. You get to see the passengers. And also you’ll see the place the street and the dialog take you!
www.ridingshotgunwithcharlie.com.
