Filmmaker/writer Jesse Rapaport brings you stories and advice about keeping the flame lit against the odds. New episodes weekly.
TW//SUICIDE: Kevin Berthia, speaker and founder of the Kevin Berthia Foundation, tells his powerful story of surviving numerous suicide attempts, including one on March 11th 2005 where he tried to jump off San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, to becoming a suicide prevention advocate. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Entrepreneur Ola Bayode returns to the podcast to tell a very different story of empowerment: the story of his wrongful arrest and the resulting fight to not only clear his name, but to enact real systemic change. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Mich Hamlin, the owner of Levitate Physical Therapy and Sports Performance, tells the story of his journey from a child unhoused on the streets of Southern California, to graduating from a top doctoral program in Physical Therapy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Forbes.com contributor and CEO of Candide Group Morgan Simon tells her empowering story about building a career as an impact investor. From publicly standing up to big corporations as a teenager to facing a multi-million dollar 'slapsuit,' Morgan's story is a master class in raising your voice for what's right, whether its truly difficult, or actually easier than you think. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Longtime TV and film actor Kevin McCorkle tells his inspiring story about surviving rare and deadly leukemia as a father of young children and as a working actor in Hollywood. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Entrepreneur Ola Bayode tells the unbelievable story of his eclectic business career. From hustling mixtapes in middle school, to selling Nigerian real estate as a teenager, through several bad experiences in sales, it's all led him to his next challenge: starting his own cannabis dispensary in Chelsea, Massachusetts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Sales professional/outdoor enthusiast Hank Rubenstein tells his story about how getting expelled from college saved him from living a lifestyle he wasn't meant to lead. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
An autonomous activist shares their story about how the murder of George Floyd inspired them to start publicly protesting in support of marginalized communities, how they stay safe despite the many dangers involved, and how fighting for others' can foster the courage within us to finally fight for ourselves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Filmmaker Eric Foss tells his incredible story of becoming a camera-op on Discovery Channel's "Naked and Afraid", and how he used the lessons he learned from watching contestants to survive a near-deadly situation of his own in a foreign land. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Engineer/artist Jacob Flores and artist Isaac Frisk tell their story of founding their new art co-operative in Long Beach, CA in an ode to art as activism, making your own stuff, and the unique culture and history of Long Beach. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Filmmaker/actor Emma Thatcher tells her story of how a desperate, struggling actor found the courage to lead, becoming an award-winning auteur indie filmmaker in the process. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
A brief introduction to STILL CHERRIED, a new podcast from writer/filmmaker Jesse Rapaport. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app