Stars Volta Podcast

S4.E8: Brandon Holtz (PGA Golfer)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2091099/fan_mail/new] Brandon Holtz won the 2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Troon Country Club in Arizona last September. Along with lifting the Robert T. Jones Jr. Trophy, that victory also earned Holtz the opportunity to compete at The Masters and The US Open in 2026. Like the Amateur champions before him, Brandon was a division 1 student-athlete, just not in golf. The Bloomington, IL native played college basketball at Illinois State University on a Redbird squad that posted multiple 20+ win seasons and nearly punched their ticket to the big dance. What makes Brandon's story even more compelling is he graduated from ISU in 2009. How did a 39 year old former college basketball player make it to The Masters and U.S. Open? Click play to find out.

S4.E7: Brendan Perlini (Blackhawks/Coyotes/Oilers)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2091099/fan_mail/new] Brendan Perlini was drafted 12th overall in the 2014 NHL Draft. Born in the UK and raised in Canada, Perlini was the 3rd in his immediate family to play in the NHL. Brendan has taken the ice with some of the best players in the world while suiting up for the Arizona Coyotes Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and the Edmonton Oilers. The 6'3" winger is currently playing pro hockey in Switzerland for HC Lugano.

S4.E6: DAP the Contract (Rapper/Producer/Lawyer)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2091099/fan_mail/new] DAP The Contract is a Rapper, Producer and Lawyer based in NYC. He grew up in Nigeria, attended boarding school in London, went to the US and became an Ivy League graduated at Brown University and got his law degree from Columbia Law School. He drop his mixtape in 2014 and The Source Magazine named it the best mixtape of the year. Since then he's release 9 solo produced albums and recently joined forces with his friends Clyde Lawrence and Cody Fitzgerald to create the band Hi-Lo Jack. To say the least DAP has lived a fascinating life with lots of stories to tell.

S4.E5: Hayden Coffman (Country Music Artist)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2091099/fan_mail/new] Hayden Coffman is one of the top independent Country Music Artist in world right now. The Knoxville native has generated over 285 million streams globally and his breakout single Better Off recently turned Gold. We sat down with Hayden to talk about his career and new EP Goner which you can stream everywhere you get your music.

S4.E4: JP Kennedy (Singer/Songwriter)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2091099/fan_mail/new] JP Kennedy is a rising artist in Nashville making waves with his hit singles Reasons To and Leaving with the Reason. JP grew up in PA and played college football in the Washington DC area. Shortly after graduating Kennedy moved to Nashville to becoming a singer/songwriter.