A West Virginia native, Michael D. McClellan's celebrity interviews appear on his web site, FifteenMinutesWith.Com, and include superstars Pharrell Williams and Vince Gill; Nobel Prize winners Art McDonald and Takaaki Kajita; Grammy winners Al Jarreau, Melissa Manchester, Keb Mo, and Big Daddy Kane; racing legend Mario Andretti; NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly; and NBA legends Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Latest posts by Michael McClellan (see all)
- Force of Nature – The Andrew Panay Interview - September 26, 2026
- Mario Andretti – Full Throttle - February 4, 2024
- Tim Russ – Star Trek: Voyager - July 25, 2021
Rich Manley – Culture Shock
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Rich Manley is going places, and he wants to take you with him. The more remote the better. He’s made his way through land as flat and featureless as a page without words, he’s scaled the Peruvian Andes at altitude, and he’s chopped his way through jungle so dense […]
Robia Scott – Leap of Faith
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Robia Scott was the quintessential ‘80s girl, from the shoulder pads and leg warmers to the big hair and a love of all things MTV. She bought a ticket to see Flashdance and emerged from the theater transformed, the next steps in her adolescence forged by the movie whose […]
Chris Van Etten – Ever Onward
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Chris Van Etten has no regrets. The former Marine would do it all over again in a heartbeat, even if he knew beforehand that he’d step on that improvised explosive device, blowing a large crater into the earth and losing both of his legs in the process. The United […]
Michael Lombardi – Sno Babies
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Michael Lombardi is used to laying it all on the line. Whether charging into a burning building as firefighter Mike Silletti in the critically acclaimed FX series Rescue Me, or rocking out as the lead singer for Apache Stone, the ruggedly handsome multihyphenate has built his career by going […]
Nik Wallenda – Facing Fear
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | Psst. Nik Wallenda has a secret he wants to share. The record-setting daredevil, who has thrilled millions with his white-knuckle treks across the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, and – wait for it – an active volcano, found himself at a crossroads after an eight-person pyramid collapse injured five, including […]
John Havlicek – Running Man
Written By: Michael D. McClellan | He is born to run, and for 16 seasons John Havlicek is an unyielding force of perpetual motion for the Boston Celtics, breaking down defenders and NBA records alike, winning eight NBA championships, first as Sixth Man extraordinaire, and then as an All-Star standout in the waning years of […]