#TUClassic: Getting Aggravated with Mike Valenti
JAYSON WALLER UNLEASHED
Jayson Waller
4.4 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show we’re talking with Detroit sports talk radio host Mike Valenti. Mike knows who he is, which is why his opinions and convictions are so strong. But that internal voice took personal growth and self-reflection to figure out.
The native New Yorker discusses his 16-year journey on Detroit airwaves with True Underdog Jayson Waller and co-host John LeBlanc, from how he got hired in Detroit to how he convinced his employers to begin playing in the podcast space. Valenti also shares the moment when he realized social media was not for him, and why that has made such an impact on his life.
Highlights:
- The refreshment of being candid in today’s world
- How Mike first got into hosting a radio show
- How building a brand in Detroit compares to other cities
- Viewing the digital age as an opportunity
- The fear of rejection almost held Mike back
- Why you need something to chase in life
- The dangers of social media and why Mike isn’t on any of it
- And much more…
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Jason Waller here, True Underdog podcast and YouTube channel. |
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| 0:09.4 | You can go to our YouTube channel, True Underdog, or you can visit trueunderdog.com and subscribe to all of it. |
| 0:15.0 | Damn, bam, damn, true underdog. |
| 0:18.2 | Damn, unleash the power with him. Bam, damn. Build a business, baby. Damn. Unleashed the power with him. |
| 0:21.4 | Damn. |
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| 0:22.6 | What's happening underdogs? |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to the true underdog. |
| 0:29.6 | Unleash the Power with me, Jason Waller. |
| 0:32.4 | And I've got another episode of True Underdog Classic for you today, where I replayed some of my earlier |
| 0:37.2 | interviews from |
| 0:37.8 | my true underdog's early days. Now, in this episode, I'm replaying my interview with Detroit Sports |
| 0:43.8 | Talk radio host and good friend of mine, and this guy is as good as it gets, Mike Valenti. |
| 0:49.6 | I love Mike's energy. He's very intense. Very in your face, my kind of dude. He knows how to command |
| 0:55.9 | a room. He's well known for strong views and opinions. Sometimes I don't agree with him, |
| 1:00.8 | but he wasn't always like this. He wasn't always this self-assured. When Mike came on the show, |
| 1:05.7 | we talked about how he developed his famous radio personality through the years of self-reflection. That's right. He had to |
| 1:13.4 | learn how to be this person. We also discussed how he expanded into the podcast space and how he views |
| 1:20.0 | social media. It was a really, really fun conversation. There's something for everyone in this one, |
| 1:25.7 | so I hope you all stay tuned into the episode of the true underdog classic getting aggravated with Mike Valenti. Mike, how are you doing today? I'm great. And now we have the audio right. Yes, I swear to God. Yes, audio is right. Swear to God. Okay, well, we share the same producer, so maybe that's the issue. That might be first problem. It might be a proberto's problem, okay? |
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