Behind The Veil with Barry Nembhard

If there's one person we can't enough wisdom from it's Leon Lee. If you haven't checked our two earlier episodes with Mr. Lee we highly recommend checking them out to hear about his truly unique story in baseball as major league player, a player and manager in Japan, and his commitment to community and empowering young athletes. In this episode we get Mr. Lee's perspective on how managers & management value athletes and how athletes value themselves. Because the better athletes understand their own worth on the field and economic worth off the field, the more informed decisions they can make about their futures and Mr. Lee goes into great detail what athletes should focused on in evaluating their own worth.   

On today's episode we welcome back author Tim Brown to take a deeper dive into his two books The Uncommon Athlete & Boys Won't be Boys. We discuss how young people today especially young athletes need to develop grit, we discuss how one finds their passion to ignite their purpose both on and off the field.  

This was one the most fascinating and surprising conversations that we've had yet. In this episode we speak with an incredibly interesting businessman and philanthropist Phil Givant who is the CEO of Spoker, a unique business where fantasy & sports meet. But what makes this conversation really special is Phil's personal journey and his unique views on race so sit back and enjoy!

The illustrious Mr. Leon Leon Lee was nice enough to join us again for Part II to to go deeper into his incredible journey in sports, business, and life story as former pro baseball & manager Leon Lee who was the first African American Manager of a Japanese baseball team. And if you didn't listen to our very first episode with Mr. Lee in Episode 1, check that out too!

In this episode we continue our conversations with incredible Tim Morris. If you missed the first part we highly recommend you listen to it to hear Tim's enlightening journey from going to a high level college athlete, to Not making it to the Pro's, to then becoming a Specail Agent with the FBI. But in this episode we find out that Tim not only went through a professional transformation but also a very big physical transformation as well. Tim also gets into his entrepreneurial endeavors and so much more!

On todays episode we sit down with Tim Morris. A former Grambling State football player who became a Special Agent after his career. His story is a fascinating journey with lots of lessons about how not everyone can go pro and if you don't, how to pivot, be resilient, and have a plan for your life going forward. 

In this episode we talk to Kalvin Pearson. He's a former NFL Player who had made an impact that goes way beyond the football field. We discuss the community and real estate/housing work that he's done in his historic hometown of Birmingham Alabama. We discuss his time at the illustrious Grambling University and we of course also talk about money and what players should do to protect their money and having a plan to succeed

On today's podcast we chat with acclaimed coach, trainer, and mentor Tim Brown. Author of the books Uncommon Athletes & Boys won't be Boys. In this episode we take a look at the myths and stereotypes that surround high level athletes, everything questioning their intelligence, to their arrogant attitudes. Tim's book not only fights back against these false notions but also gives the blue print to how athletes can become Uncommon and unlock their true potential on and off the field.  

On this week's episode we sat down with multi-talented and well rounded Dr. Pat Ivey. Who has the unique perspective of breaking down both mental and physical aspects of what it takes not only to perform at the highest levels in sports but what you can do to prepare yourself for what happens off the field. This is one of those episodes where there's something for everyone!

Join us as we have an incredible conversation with the one and only Words Taylor, a man who dramatically changed life his life for the better and has been teaching and motivating others on how to do the same in their own lives. 

In this episode we have an absolutely incredible conversation with legendary Coach Ted Gustus. Coach Gustus's story simply put is just unbelievable. Most already know him for being a NYC high school basketball coaching legend and having mentored and coached NBA greats John Salley & Rolando Blackman along with countless other kids that became great men. But Coach Gustus's personal journey and story is what is truly fascinating and listening to him tell his own story complete with all the triumphs, tragedies, and everything in between is nothing short incredible.

This is our inaugural episode and it's a sports, business, and life story like no other. Join Barry as he sits down with former pro baseball & manager Leon Lee who was the first African American Manager of a Japanese baseball team.