Beyond The O.R. With Dr. Brenner - Celebrity Chef and Entrepreneur Michael Montilla - With his signature creativity and charisma, Michael will inspire you to get started cooking up something delicious.

Celebrity Chef and Entrepreneur Michael Montilla - With his signature creativity and charisma, Michael will inspire you to get started cooking up something delicious.

11/16/22 • 35 min

There’s nothing quite so delicious as sharing joy! And that’s exactly what Dr. Kevin Brenner’s guest on this episode of Beyond the O.R. does on a daily basis. Sparked by a passion for all things culinary, Head Chef and Event Coordinator Michael Montilla’s career has been nothing short of a love letter to food and the five human senses. This successful entrepreneur and raconteur is unspooling lively stories, from the random mango salesman who changed his life to the unexpected way he wound up as a student chef at Le Cordon Bleu. “It’s a career that chooses you,” says Michael, whose high-end catering morphed during pandemic into a thriving home meal delivery business that offers comfort foods made of fresh, quality ingredients (launched as Montilla Meals).
Dr. B. and Co-Host Elizabeth Morales tease out the fascinating details of Michael’s journey, from making and selling his first pot of rice as a child in Puerto Rico to the colorful frontlines experience he had while training at Spago, Wolfgang Puck’s famous flagship eatery. With his signature creativity and charisma, Michael will inspire you to get started cooking up something delicious (or maybe just pick up the phone and order a meal?)

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undefined - Stefan & Stella Tetenbaum - Authors of The Dark Secrets of Playboy | An insider’s look based on experiences shared in the 1970s & 80s by Stefan, who became Hugh Hefner’s personal valet as seen in powerful A&E docuseries, "Secrets of Playboy".

Stefan & Stella Tetenbaum - Authors of The Dark Secrets of Playboy | An insider’s look based on experiences shared in the 1970s & 80s by Stefan, who became Hugh Hefner’s personal valet as seen in powerful A&E docuseries, "Secrets of Playboy".

At the zenith of his reign at the Playboy Mansion, Hugh Hefner and his world were presented as glamorous, liberating and fun – words you’ll never again use to describe the shady, shadowy and disturbing actuality. This episode of Beyond the O.R. with Dr. Brenner offers an insider’s portrait of depravity and intimidation as witnessed by Stella Tetenbaum and her husband, Stefan, author of "The Dark Secrets of Playboy." which served as inspiration for a powerful 10-part A&E docuseries released in 2022. Silenced for four decades, the couple have joined scores of other former employees in speaking out against sexual and physical violence, alleged unexplained disappearances and other dysfunction that characterized an empire that served many of the most well-connected politicians, business moguls and celebrities of the era.

Dr. Brenner and Elizabeth are inviting this fascinating pair to pull back the curtain on not only what went on at the fabled Playboy Mansion but why for so many years no one dared to come forward. You’ll learn about the origins of “Hef” (“a nerdy intellectual). As we point out: “At the time (we) were blinded to all this. We thought he was so charismatic and a revolutionary when really what he was was a predator.” With a nod to #MeToo, buckle up for a glimpse of the world once navigated by Bunnies and Playmates, many of them alleged barely into their teens. The high-flying 1970s and 1980s that took the Hefner empire to its peak will never again look the same once you’ve heard these first-hand accounts of the sinister activity once tolerated inside.
Find out more about and purchase Stefan Tetenbaum’s fascinating book at this link. And if you’d like to watch the 10-part A&E docuseries it inspired, just click here. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darksecretsofplayboy/
Want to reach out to Dr. Brenner? You can make an appointment here or call his office directly at 310-777-5400 to open a conversation about whatever cosmetic, reconstructive or related issue is on your mind!

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Joel Lambert - Navy Seal and Host / Learn what it takes to sustain through the brutal rigors of BUD/S training.

You’ll want to buckle up for this episode of Beyond the O.R., featuring former Navy SEAL and popular Animal Planet and Discovery Channel host Joel Lambert. If you’ve ever wondered what it means to serve with the special forces (or why Host Dr. Kevin Brenner so admires their extreme discipline and toughness), this fast-paced tour of duty will give you the inside scoop. Joel is sharing harrowing tales of survival, evasion, resistance and escape as well as providing philosophical insights into the traits that lie at the heart of this brotherhood like none other. Those who aspire to serve as SEALS demonstrate a fundamental truth: Prevailing in life – whether as a civilian or in the armed forces – is all about mindset. You’ll learn what it takes to sustain through the brutal rigors of BUD/S training and the path our guest chose in pursuing this uniquely aspirational way of life (a childhood dream). Dr. B. and Co-Host Elizabeth Morales pepper Joel with all the questions you’ve wanted to ask about what defines grit, where it comes from and how we can cultivate it in our own lives! “(SEAL training) is a pathway to self-realization and enlightenment,” says Joel. “It’s a peeling of the onion of the layers of your soul.”

Interested in learning more about Joel’s exciting new mobile app, Escape and Evade? It’s under development and poised to take off. If you’re interested in doing some beta testing, click here to find out details and sign up!
Instagram: @joel5326