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COMING SOON:
Here are some of the men
you'll meet in Follow Your Enthusiasm:
- Will Allen, a former
pro basketball player and marketing rep who became an
"urban farmer" in his 50s and started a non-profit to
provide healthy foods to underserved populations in the
Midwest. (Since then he was named one of Time's 100 Most
Influential People, appeared in the documentary "Fresh,"
and has twice been a guest at the White House.)
- Lee Attix, a
salesman who took a "gap year" in his 40s and wound up
as a wildlife researcher and loon expert in Maine.
- Warren Brown, a
federal attorney who started the CakeLove bakery in
Washington, DC and hosted the program "Sugar Rush" on the
Food Network.
- Ernie Bjorkman, a
popular Denver anchorman who lost his job to downsizing
in his 50s and fulfilled a lifelong dream of
becoming a veterinary technician. (His story
landed him on "Oprah" and "Ellen" and in the New York Times.)
- Thornton Dial, a
sharecropper and welder from Alabama who became a
world-renowned folk artist in his 60s.
- Mark Goldsmith, a New
York City marketing exec who came out of retirement to
start a non-profit to help young men plan for life after
prison.
- Michael Greene, a
former banking officer who became a nurse practitioner in
his 50s and now works with HIV/AIDS patients in Palm
Springs.
- Ambrose Jones, a
successful auditor who burned out at work, earned a PhD in
his 50s and now teaches at a large southern university.
- Mark Peffers, a frozen
foods manager and homebrew enthusiast who risked
everything at 39 to become a professional brewmaster.
- Gid Pool, a former
real estate agent who became a standup comedian in his
60s.
- Todd Shea, a
40-something musician and recovering addict who was a
front-line volunteer after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the
Sri Lanka tsunami, and now runs a hospital he helped to
open after the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.
- Scott Taylor, a former
convenience store owner who returned to his love of flying
in his 40s and became an airline pilot.
Stay tuned for more news!
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