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by Mark Miller | photos courtesy of Richard Harmer
ne is a successful trial lawyer, entrepreneur, and entertainment agent from Texas. The other is a former model and current crisis and corporate communications and marketing consultant from Florida.
Rocky Haire and Richard Harmer come from entirely different backgrounds yet have forged a friendship that’s resulted in a new and wildly successful podcast called Rock and Rich Uncomfortable. It has been available every Tuesday since March.
was a big deal to us to be our unscripted
“This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, and Rich here was the perfect person to do this with,” Haire said.
of Dallas.
Harmer agreed.
selves. Otherwise, what’s the point?”
Haire has had his law practice in Denton since 1996 and has lived in Argyle with
his wife and six kids for the last 10 years. Harmer came to Texas in 2001 and lives with his family in the Lakewood area
They were introduced seven years ago
by a mutual friend who thought Harmer might be a great fit for what Haire was looking for – a marketing and PR guy.
whichever one of us is getting roasted and that, of course, makes it funnier.”
They pick topics most would shy away from. Their first show on March 29 was Dallas
Cowboys’ legend and new Liberty Christian School head coach Jason Witten. Few
knew some of the stuff Witten spoke freely about. Others featured a guy who served almost 35 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, the commissioner of the
professional rugby league, the former CEO of Blockbuster Video, Olympic skier Vince Poscente, and money guy to the stars Ed
Bukowsky (who fired Kevin Durant and also broke the entire Benghazi story). They also did a great tribute to the life and recent
“You know, we’ve had a million conversations most would consider uncomfortable, but to us, they’re important and fascinating,” Harmer said. “I’m a crisis guy, and he is too with personal injury. It kind of dawned on us this might translate well in a podcast. And, thankfully, we were right!
Harmer had a lot of legal marketing
“I like moving people from the center to the edge of the table, right up to that place they aren’t sure about. I texted Rocky with the idea, and he loved it. It
we say to each other sometimes, but
“That’s true. I say things to Rich I wouldn’t
know us aren’t in any way surprised.
to be really comfortable with someone
experience, so it made sense for his
company RWHarmer Communications. “We’ve always had a chemistry. We
finish each other’s sentences kind of
thing, and it translates surprisingly well on the podcast,” Harmer said. “Anyone
else would be offended with the things our listeners seem to love it. Those who Some guests even kind of take up for
death of Harmer’s brother, who died May 10th.
“It’s important we interject our twisted
sense of humor,” Harmer said. “It’s what makes it authentic. What you hear is what you get.” Haire agreed. say to most people,” Haire said. “You have to call them names and not offend them in the slightest. You can sense a level of respect we have for each other. It’s just
a rare friendship. You are blessed if you
have a friend or two like Rich in this life, even though he can be a moron!
“But seriously, our goal is to harvest the fascinating elements of what makes
peoples’ lives fascinating,” Haire added.
“Anyone is fascinating if you ask the right
questions. We just happened to choose a 34 | ARGYLE LIVING | JULY 2021
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