{"id":651,"date":"2014-05-13T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigbfiles.wordpress.com\/?p=651"},"modified":"2014-05-13T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T06:00:30","slug":"ziprzeppabookinterview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigbmultimedia.com\/bigbfiles\/ziprzeppabookinterview\/","title":{"rendered":"A Big B Files&#8217; Exclusive: Interview with Mater Media Exec. Dir &amp; Author Zip Rzeppa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Following is a Big B Files Exclusive&#8230;.the \u00a0Interview with Mater Media Exec. Dir &amp; Author Zip Rzeppa. \u00a0 I interviewed my good friend Zip Rzeppa\u00a0about his new Catholic novel entitled \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/matermedia.org\/freebook\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;My Rock and\u00a0Salvation&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>, Mater Media (Zip is the Founder and Executive Director), and Zip himself&#8230;&#8230;.which\u00a0I did back on Holy Thursday (April 17, 2014) at the offices of Mater Media in Ellisville, MO. \u00a0In the Interview, Zip and I covered the new Catholic novel he wrote entitled \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/matermedia.org\/freebook\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;My Rock\u00a0and\u00a0Salvation&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0that he wrote, his new apostolate Mater Media (https:\/\/matermedia.org), and Zip Rzeppa himself. <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big B Files Interview with Zip Rzeppa\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hqvo7csz0jc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Zip Rzeppa entertained millions with his highly creative, humorous TV sportscasts in five cities, including Boston, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. Zip has worked for numerous nonprofits, including his term as Executive Director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Louis among others and has been an emcee for a number of vents, including the 2014 Catholic Men for Christ conference. More about Mater Media can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/matermedia.org\" target=\"_blank\">matermedia.org<\/a> and you can see the Zippo Awards that were popular in the 1980s and early 1990s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=%22Zippo+awards%22+Zip+Rzeppa\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0Mater Media&#8217;s mission is to evangelize the Catholic Faith by creating, publishing, and distributing inspirational works of Catholic fiction and non-fiction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Following is a Big B Files Exclusive&#8230;.the \u00a0Interview with Mater Media Exec. 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