Subjects: Specific Career Information

Meaghan talks with a personal trainer who loves helping people get in the shape of their lives. Jeremy travels to Houston, TX to meet up with a professional welder. Zubi and Joey get to help out in the kitchen as they chat with a pizza maker who is a real pro at flipping that dough.

Coming at you from Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum in Orlando! Maya gets the inside scoop on what it’s like to be an aerobic kickboxing instructor who teaches the largest class in the country! Meaghan interviews a general dentist who not only gives her a checkup; he explains how he has to be nice at the office because most of his patients are so scared to see him. Zubi is thrilled to talk to the head “Knight” at Medieval Times in Orlando who trains all the “fighters” in this very real battle at the dinner theater. No fake swords at this place!

Maya and Meaghan talk with a beautician who dolls people up all day. Zubi finds out what it’s like to write messages in the sky when he visits with a skywriter. And Joey meets a professional skateboarder who says you can earn a good living if you’re good because you can earn endorsements.

Trey Hillman, Manager of the New York Yankees AA team Norwich Navigators, talks to Joey about his job as they sit in a dugout. Meaghan interviews two Boston paramedics who tell her how they got into the field and what it’s like to save lives. In Orlando, Zubi speaks with a chocolate maker who produces creative candies and fudges for his store in the historic Church Street Station district.

Maya goes to Seventeen Magazine again to talk with the Beauty Editor whose job it is to test all kinds of beauty products and write about them. Guest host Mike Guthrie takes a boat trip with a fishing guide. Jeremy and Meaghan get into the act by going to SAK Comedy Club in Orlando to interview improv comedian Ryan. They get to ham it up on stage in front of a live audience.

Joey is in New York City this time, talking to people on the street and asking what they do for a living. Jeremy did the same in Orlando, as did Maya in Nashville. Zubi is in Boston to check out the career of a lobster fisherman. Joey gets to sit with three grown up kids who build Lego models for a living, surprisingly there is a lot of artwork involved with that job! Meaghan spoke with someone you may say horses around all day – a real life horse jockey!

Meaghan heads to a dog grooming facility where she meets a real animal lover. This woman bathes and grooms dogs for a living and loves it! Joey spends time with Earnest Simmons, a pyrotechnician, and gets a lesson in setting off those spectacular fireworks displays. Jeremy talks to the owner of a car stereo installation company who says it’s a competitive field but can be lucrative if you’re good at what you do.

In the first ever episode of Real Life 101, Joey talks with a cartoonist who draws for a living. Jeremy spends some time with a rafting guide who talks about the exciting profession, and Meaghan and Maya talk to a radio DJ who shares his story about his luck getting into the business.

The hosts volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and use the “house” as the home for this program. Zubi and Joey travel to North Carolina to interview a mountain bike tour guide from the Nantahala Outdoor Center who takes them through the beautiful countryside. Guest host Joy Maldonado interviews a female street cop who shows her a cell and lets her ride in her squad car while she explains the various aspects of her dangerous line of work. Jeremy and Meaghan go under the sea to show us the risky world of cave diving.