Shadoe Stevens, American Top 40 - "Your Friend in the Void"
From The Jeremiah Show: Pop Culture, Music Icons Food Gods by Jeremiah D. Higgins | Culinary, Pop Culture and Music Expert
June 10, 2026 · 1h 6m · Season 3 · Episode 1
About this episode
Shadoe Stevens discusses his journey in broadcasting and his project Mental Radio.
Shadoe Stevens: The Voice Behind American Top 40, KROQ, and Mental Radio. From the World's Youngest DJ to Mental Radio. Before he became the voice of American Top 40 heard around the world, Shadoe Stevens was a ten-year-old kid in North Dakota broadcasting from a homemade pirate radio station he built in his bedroom. *This episode originally aired on KZSB 1290/93 FM on June 8, 2020 On this episode of The Jeremiah Show, legendary broadcaster, actor, voice artist, and creative visionary Shadoe Stevens joins Mike Gormley for a wide-ranging conversation about radio, creativity, storytelling, and his latest passion project, Mental Radio. Shadoe reflects on his remarkable journey from being discovered as the "World's Youngest Disc Jockey" to helping shape modern radio, hosting American Top 40, creating iconic advertising campaigns, and building a career that spans broadcasting, television, voiceover work, and new media. The conversation also explores Mental Radio, Shadoe's unique audio theater experience that blends classic radio drama, humor, imagination, optimism, meditation, and storytelling into what he calls "subversive optimism." Drawing inspiration from everything from The…
People in this episode
Host: Mike Gormley
Guest: Shadoe Stevens
Topics covered
- broadcasting
- radio
- creativity
- storytelling
- Mental Radio
Keywords
- Shadoe Stevens
- American Top 40
- KROQ
- Mental Radio
- broadcasting
- storytelling
- creativity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: American Top 40, KROQ, Mental Radio
Places: North Dakota
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