Podcast appearances and mentions of richard bronson

In this episode of Nightmare Success, Brent Cassity interviews Richard Bronson, a former partner at Stratton Oakmont from the movie "The Wolf Of Wall Street", who shares his incredible journey from Wall Street success to prison and back. Richard discusses the challenges he faced, the lessons learned, and how he turned his life around after incarceration. The conversation delves into the realities of life in prison, the impact of his past decisions, and the importance of resilience and personal growth. In this conversation, Richard Bronson shares his unique experiences in prison, highlighting the humor and humanity often overlooked in such environments. He discusses the challenges of reentry into society after incarceration, the founding of his employment platform '70 Million Jobs', and the impact of the pandemic on his initiatives. Richard emphasizes the importance of community and employment for the formerly incarcerated, advocating for their empowerment and the need for a collective voice in society. Contact Richard Bronson at richard@70millionjobs.comShow sponsors: Navigating the challenges of white-collar crime? The White-Collar Support Group at Prisonist.org offers guidance, resources, and a community for those affected. Discover support today at Prisonist.org Protect your online reputation with Discoverability! Use code NIGHTMARE SUCCESS for an exclusive discount on services to boost your digital image and online reputation. Visit Discoverability.co and secure your online presence today. Skip the hassle of car shopping with Auto Plaza Direct. They'll handle every detail to find your perfect vehicle. Visit AutoPlazaDirect.com "Your personal car concierge!"

Addressing hiring needs at scale, with talent that'll surprise you. View the full video interview here. Richard Bronson is the founder and CEO of 70 Million Jobs–the first national, for-profit employment platform for people with criminal records. Richard had an extremely successful career on Wall Street, but along the way broke some securities laws. He paid the price by losing everything, including his freedom, through a 2-year prison sentence.

To say we were giddy about interviewing someone connected to the movie "Wolf of Wall Street" would be the understatement of the year. Yet, here we are. And why is Richard Bronson, a former partner at the "Wolf of Wall Street" firm talking to Chad & Cheese? Turns out he runs a site dedicated to finding employment for former felons called 70MillionJobs.com. It's important work that turns out to be one helluva podcast. Most interestingly, the impact on The Great Resignation as it pertains to job seekers with a criminal record isn't going as anyone expected. This one's a must-listen. Enjoy!

To say we were giddy about interviewing someone connected to the movie "Wolf of Wall Street" would be the understatement of the year. Yet, here we are. And why is Richard Bronson, a former partner at the "Wolf of Wall Street" firm talking to Chad & Cheese? Turns out he runs a site dedicated to finding employment for former felons called 70MillionJobs.com. It's important work that turns out to be one helluva podcast. Most interestingly, the impact on The Great Resignation as it pertains to job seekers with a criminal record isn't going as anyone expected. This one's a must-listen. Enjoy!

To say we were giddy about interviewing someone connected to the movie "Wolf of Wall Street" would be the understatement of the year. Yet, here we are. And why is Richard Bronson, a former partner at the "Wolf of Wall Street" firm talking to Chad & Cheese? Turns out he runs a site dedicated to finding employment for former felons called 70MillionJobs.com. It's important work that turns out to be one helluva podcast. Most interestingly, the impact on The Great Resignation as it pertains to job seekers with a criminal record isn't going as anyone expected. This one's a must-listen. Enjoy!

Aujourd'hui je vous propose un grand écart et des montagnes russes.  Mon invité du jour est Nicolas Gaume. Vous avez sûrement entendu parler des 12 bouteilles de Château Prétus envoyées sur la station spatiale internationale (ISS). Et oui c'est lui ! Pourquoi je vous parle de grand écart et de montagnes russes ? Car dans cet épisode nous parlons de jeux video, avec d'énormes succès, de voyages officiels avec Jacques Chirac, de contrat avec Apple, et aussi d'un retournement de situation avec une introduction en bourse ratée, et les huissiers à la maison, alors qu'il était milliardaire à 25 ans… Cette longue période de vache maigre qu'il a transformée en opportunité, et qui lui a permis de bosser pour Ubisoft puis Microsoft… En 2013, ce travailleur acharné, dingue d'espace, crée Space Cargo Unlimited, qui étudie le comportement de l'espace sur des pieds de vigne, soumis au choc de l'espace et au manque de gravité. En même temps, il envoie 12 bouteilles de Château Prétus pour observer le vieillissement du vin pendant 2 ans plus tard, l'espace. Est-il différent de celui que l'on observe sur Terre ? La réponse est : clairement oui ! En 2019, avec l'avènement du New Space accéléré par Elon Musk et Space X, Virgin Galactic de Richard Bronson et Blue Origin de Jeff Bezoz, Nicolas se dit que le tourisme de l'espace, c'est bien beau, mais ne faudrait-il pas une préparation physique et mentale adaptée ? Autrement dit, il faut créer le Houston ou le Baïkonour du touriste. Orbite va proposer aux futurs touristes une structure hôtelière, accompagné d'un entraînement intensif pour préparer ces futurs voyageurs. Allez, je n'en dis pas plus. Je vous laisse écouter l'épisode, Nicolas est brillant, et raconte sa vie, ses étapes, ses galères… C'est passionnant… Bonne écoute

In this episode of the Elite Recruiter Podcast, I speak with Richard Bronson the founder of 70 Million Jobs and the Commissary Club about how he has already successfully helped thousands of Americans with criminal background land jobs and the quest to help 1 Million more.   70 Million Americans have criminal backgrounds and many have trouble finding employment, and he is actively working on a solution.  Highlights that we talk about: His background and why he is passionate about work for people with criminal backgrounds.Starting in the non-profit sector and realizing how he could get more done by building a business.What its like going through Y CombinatorThe benefits of hiring someone with a criminal background The impact of Covid on his companies missionBuilding out a social network on top of a job board, staffing and direct placement businessCommissary Club's social network app launching Scaling the organizations to help 1 million people with criminal records get jobs Richard Bronson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-bronson-6b00675/ Richard Bronson richard@commissary.club https://www.70millionjobs.com/ https://www.commissary.club/ https://www.70millionstaffing.com/

JEFF BEZOS, CHINE : LA RUÉE VERS L'ESPACE – 20/07/21 Invités SYLVIE MATELLY Économiste Directrice adjointe de l'IRIS (Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques) ANTHONY BELLANGER Journaliste, spécialiste des questions internationales – « France Inter » FRANÇOIS FORGET Planétologue, directeur de recherche au CNRS Membre de l'Académie des sciences ÉMILIE MARTIN Journaliste scientifique, chef de rubrique – « Ciel et Espace » C'est le nouveau terrain de jeu des milliardaires : l'espace. Neuf jours après Richard Bronson, c'est au tour du fondateur d'Amazon Jeff Bezos de s'élancer ce mardi à bord de sa fusée, créée par son entreprise de tourisme spatial, Blue Origin. Car c'est bien cela l'objectif : ouvrir la voie à un tourisme d'un nouveau genre, et à terme, dit-il, bâtir des colonies spatiales flottantes où des millions de personnes pourraient travailler et vivre. Pour l'heure, l'homme le plus riche du monde accompagné de son frère Marc, de la pionnière de l'aviation Wally Funk, 82 ans, et du premier client payant de Blue Origin, un jeune Néerlandais de 18 ans, Oliver Daemen, vont s'envoler dans l'après-midi depuis le Texas à bord de New Shepard, une véritable fusée qui décolle à la verticale et ira au-delà des 100 kilomètres d'altitude. Après quelques minutes d'apesanteur, la capsule des astronautes reviendra, freinée par des parachutes et grâce à un pilotage automatique. Personne à bord ne pilotera le vaisseau. Une prouesse technologique qui devrait en appeler d'autres. Ce « n'est que le commencement », a ainsi lancé dimanche lors d'une conférence de presse Bob Smith, le directeur général de l'entreprise aérospatiale. Blue Origin prévoit deux autres lancements cette année et « beaucoup d'autres » dès 2022. Mais Jeff Bezos ne veut pas se contenter du tourisme spatial, il veut installer les industries polluantes dans l'espace et laisser la Terre être une planète de résidence et de loisir. Une philosophie différente de celle de son grand rival Elon Musk. Le fondateur de la société SpaceX se joindra à la course à l'espace en septembre avec une expédition orbitale composée uniquement de civils à bord de sa fusée Crew Dragon. SpaceX qui s'est déjà alliée avec l'entreprise Axiom pour emmener des visiteurs à bord de la Station spatiale internationale vient également d'annoncer avoir déployé près de 2.000 satellites capables de proposer une connexion Internet à travers la planète à partir de septembre et entend désormais faire cap sur Mars. D'ici 2025, le patron de SpaceX veut en effet envoyer des milliers de fusées vers Mars pour créer une colonie humaine autonome, seule « bouée de sauvetage de l'humanité ». Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson… Pourquoi les milliardaires se lancent-ils dans la conquête spatiale ? Au-delà de cette guerre des étoiles entre les hommes le plus riches du monde, depuis plusieurs années l'espace extra-atmosphérique (entre 200 et 36.000 km d'altitude), comme le cyberespace, se militarise et devient un « milieu » stratégique majeur où s'affrontent les puissances. Est-ce que la prochaine guerre commencera ou finira dans l'espace ? Quels sont les nouveaux enjeux géopolitiques de cette course à l'espace ? Enfin qu'est-ce que le projet Starlink ? DIFFUSION : du lundi au samedi à 17h45 FORMAT : 65 minutes PRÉSENTATION : Caroline Roux - Axel de Tarlé REDIFFUSION : du lundi au vendredi vers 22h40 RÉALISATION : Nicolas Ferraro - Pascal Hendrick - Benoît Lemoine - Jean-François Verzele - Jacques Wehrlin PRODUCTION : France Télévisions / Maximal Productions Retrouvez C DANS L'AIR sur internet & les réseaux : INTERNET : francetv.fr FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/Cdanslairf5 TWITTER : https://twitter.com/cdanslair INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/cdanslair/

We discuss whether Richard Bronson actually went into space or just deep sky, whether Nick did anything on his vacation, and a round of You AutoComplete Me. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Richard Bronson was living the life on Wall Street, a partner of the infamous Stratton Oakmont firm depicted in the Wolf of Wall Street, until he was arrested for securities fraud and lost everything. After spending 22 months in prison, he was determined to dedicate his life to helping formerly incarcerated people overcome the largest obstacle he himself experienced - employment. He has since founded 70 Million Jobs and Commissary Club, to support returning citizens to gain community and employment. For more information on Richard: Check out Commissary Club Twitter: @Richard_Bronson For more information on the Field: Instagram: @the.field.podcast Website: thefieldpodcast.com Support the show on Patreon And if you enjoyed this episode, be sure to rate, review, and subscribe!

Watch full interview @ Escapingtheodds.com Richard's story begins on Wall Street, where he worked at several large investment banks. He became a partner at the infamous Wolf of Wall Street firm, Stratton Oakmont, depicted in the Movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio, The Wolf Of Wallstreet. He eventually started his own financial services firm, which he grew to 500 employees, generating $100 million in annual revenue. Unfortunately, some of his business practices were outside the law, and despite having paid everyone back, he was convicted of securities fraud, and served two years in a federal prison. Upon release, he was destitute and homeless, but got back on his feet, and became Director of Defy Ventures, a prominent non-profit in the reentry space. In 2016, he left Defy to launch 70MillionJobs, where he serves as CEO. He currently is CEO of Commissary.club which is a social Network ( think Facebook) for people with criminal records. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aaronesmith/support

Once a partner at the infamous firm portrayed in “Wolf of Wall Street,” Richard Bronson joins us for a brutally frank conversation about his life before and after his two-year prison term for securities violations, and how he came to found two enterprises serving people with criminal records: 70 Million Jobs (an employment platform) and the Commissary club (a social networking platform). One of the more interesting and complex people we’ve had on the pod.

Amber and Jason talk with Richard about his experience with Wall Street as part of the Wolf of Wall Street firm. In the conversation, Richard takes us on his journey from prison and all of the collateral consequences to reentry up through his entrepreneurial efforts focused on others who have been incarcerated. He takes us from New York to Florida to California. From Richard's bio on his new site Commissary Club: Richard was the founder and CEO of 70 Million Jobs and 70 Million Staffing. Before launching 70 Million Jobs, Richard served as Director of Defy Ventures, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing incarcerated men and women second chances upon release. Before that, he was a co-founder of the popular nostalgia website, DoYouRemember.com. His career began on Wall Street, where he managed money at Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns. He eventually went on to found Biltmore Securities, a registered broker-dealer based in South Florida. Richard grew Biltmore to nearly 500 employees and took many companies public. After Biltmore, Richard founded Channels Magazine and launched several successful consumer product and service businesses. Richard was convicted of securities fraud in 2002, arising from his activities in the 1990s and served two years in a Federal prison camp.https://www.commissary.clubhttps://www.70millionjobs.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/amplifiedvoices)

The wolf of wall street movie portrayed crooked financial traders in a way that you either loved them or hated them. My guest today was in the thick of those characters in real life. He stole millions to finance a luxurious lifestyle that lasted many years. This man had it all, but he lived with a guilt that led him to give it all away before he was arrested and imprisoned. The private jets, lamborghinis, priceless art and luxury homes were replaced with a prison cell. A White collar criminal is often depicted as different from the common drug dealer or thief but they all have one thing in common, a criminal record.

America has the highest prison population of anywhere in the world, and young black men have a 50% chance of ending up in jail by the age of 23.Seventy million Americans currently have a criminal record, leading to challenges accessing legal aid, housing, healthcare, voting rights and most importantly, the ability to get a job. Without an income, many fall back into crime and return to jail.The economic and social costs to both society and the individuals is devastating, but with high urban poverty, widespread gang violence, a semi-privatised prison system, and little political will, very little is being done to reform the system.Former convict Richard Bronson is on a mission to change that. He has established the Commissary Club which helps find jobs for those with criminal records as well as finding mentors and support systems for the recently released.In this episode, we speak to Richard Bronson and two former gang members Sean Dupree and Victor Lombard - known as Divine - about their experience of finding work since their release from incarceration.- - - - -Show notes and transcription: https://www.defiance.news/podcast/locked-out- - - - -Timestamps:Coming soon…- - - - -The success of Defiance will be largely down to the support of you, the listener. Below are a number of ways you can help:- Subscribe to the show on your favourite app so you never miss an episode:iTunesSpotifyDeezerStitcherSoundCloudYouTubeTuneIn- Leave a review of the show on iTunes (5* really helps, if you think the show deserves it).- Share the show and episodes out with your friends and family on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.- Follow Defiance on social media:TwitterFacebookInstagramYouTube- Subscribe to the Defiance mailing list.- Donate Bitcoin here: bc1qd3anlc8lh0cl9ulqah03dmg3r2uxm5r657zr5pIf you have any questions then please email Defiance.- - - - -

Los Angeles based 70 Million Jobs was founded by Richard Bronson, formerly of New York. You know, the home field of Wall Street? Where the Wall Street Wolf story took place? Well, Richard was a partner in that company and lived the crazy life for some time. He then left, moved to Florida and started his own company, another financial services company that grew to $100 Million with over 500 employees. But the same Wall Street greed was there and a lot of things Richard did were illegal. The saving grace was that he and his partners paid back all the investors before being prosecuted, which probably made his sentence as light as it could have been. Even going to prison was a relief to Richard, as the constant pressure of untangling the web they has spun was having a huge drag on his life, the guilt and sense of embarrassment being part of it including the loss of all his friends and wealth. So he came out of prison completely the opposite of the life he had been living: broke and homeless as opposed to having private jets, mingling with celebrities and gambling the night away in casinos. The time he spent in prison humbled him, but did not prepare him for release. He wasted a couple of years figuring out what to do with the rest of his life, and he found a non-profit organization to work. He enjoyed the food for the soul he got out of it, but decided the organization was not really having an impact. And that impact, he decided, was lowering the recidivism rate. So that gave him a goal and his calling in life. He launched a for-profit company that took an approach which employed technology and being aggressive business people - showing employers the "profitable" practice of hiring ex-felons and those with misdemeanors. That was a win-win-win; the employers got a benefit, the ex-incarcerated got a job, and 70 Million Jobs made money for the investors. Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dick Hennessy and Meg Thibodeaux We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com

Today on the podcast we have two of my favorite people, Glenn Martin & Richard Bronson, talking about how they each reinvented themselves after prison. They are both incredibly generous and reveal their struggles, disappointments, and frailties as well as their successes and service in helping others.Glenn talks about his journey from armed robbery to prison, to nonprofit executive, to founding Just Leadership USA, to entrepreneur, executive coach, and investor in Gem Trainers and Gem Real Estate. Richard discusses his Wall Street life, including at Straton Oakmont (made famous in the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street"), prison, and then founding two companies to lift up returning citizens, 70millionjobs.com and his latest, Commissary Club.So coming up, Glenn Martin & Richard Bronson: Reinventing Yourself on White Collar Week. I hope you will join us. - Jeff______________________Welcome to White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, a podcast serving the white collar justice community. It’s the isolation that destroys us. The solution is in community.If you are interested in this podcast, then you are probably already a member of the white collar justice community – even if you don’t quite know it yet. Our community is certainly made up of people being prosecuted, or who have already been prosecuted, for white collar crimes. But it is also made up of the spouses, children and families of those prosecuted for white collar crimes – these are the first victims of white collar crime. And the community also consists of the other victims, both direct and indirect, and those in the wider white collar ecosystem like friends, colleagues, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, law enforcement, academics, researchers. Investigators, mitigation experts, corrections officers, reentry professionals, mental health care professionals, drug and alcohol counselors, – and ministers, chaplains and advocates for criminal and social justice reform. The list goes on and on…Our mission is to introduce you to other members of the white collar justice community, to hear their very personal stories, and hopefully gain a broader perspective of what this is really all about. Maybe this will inspire some deeper thoughts and introspection? Maybe it will inspire some empathy and compassion for people you might otherwise resent or dismiss? And maybe it will help lift us all out of our own isolation and into community, so we can learn to live again in the sunshine of the spirit.Blessings, לשלוםJeffRev. Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div. (he, him, his)Co-founder, Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc., Greenwich CT & NationwideCo-host, The Criminal Justice Insider PodcastHost, White Collar WeekMailing: P.O. Box 1, Woodbury, CT 06798Website: prisonist.orgEmail: jgrant@prisonist.orgOffice: 203-405-6249Donations (501c3): bit.ly/donate35T9kMZNot a prison coach, not a prison consultant.

Do you have ideas about a business that you want to launch but it remained just an idea? For so long? In short you haven’t taken action on it - you have procrastinated on that idea instead of already making sales from that idea. A lot of people are into this situation and they suffer. When you don’t make that decision, the more it adds to depression, anxiety and stress.     Welcome to another livestream episode of Wednesday Evenings with Leon and today we will talk about launching campaigns and ideas faster in your business. We’re going to kick procrastination ass, kick overthinking ass and I am going to share with you three key lessons from three success stories that I will present. Don’t wait for your product to be perfect, just launch it!   Enjoy listening!    Here are a few insights you’ll hear in today’s show… Imagine having to sit on an idea for 14 months without any action? Stop over thinking! Story #1 - Richard Bronson, the story of Virgin Airlines (...it started with a $29.00 ticket) .  Lesson No. 1 - Compelling Reason to Start (...What is it that will move you to take action?) Story #2 - Leon Streete, the story of how he launched his first webinar in October 2016 Lesson 2 - Have a goal (...opportunities vs goals) Story#3 - Kevin Plank, the story of a fitness apparel company, Under Armour Lesson 3 - Start Selling (Don't wait for your product to be perfect.) Success Quotes: "When you don't make a decision, you fall into depression or you fall anxiety or you fall into overwhelm, you fall into more stress."  "Now more than ever is a perfect time for you to have a compelling reason to start." "When you're in the zone of "I need to get things done", just execute, worry about whether it's perfect afterwards." "Sometimes opportunities will come but you’ve got to be clear, does that opportunity fit the goal of where you want to go." "You have to simply start selling, you can't hang around and wait for things to be perfect." Resources: If you need help growing your business in uncertain times, join: Certainty in Crisis - an 8-week coaching program  Connect with Leon Streete: Website Facebook

Stacks of money. Excess of drugs. Sex with models. These are tropes found in most Martin Scorsese films. They were also staples of Richard Bronson’s actual life. Today, he is CEO of 70 Million Jobs, which does the honorable work of helping people with criminal records find employment.  But, in the 1980s, he was leading a lavish, hedonistic lifestyle as partner of Stratton Oakmont, the former brokerage house The Wolf of Wall Street was based on. In this salacious, ultimately moving episode of Open Mike, Branson poignantly reflects on his meteoric ascent within the Manhattan stock exchange scene, earth-shattering fall from grace, and inspiring path to redemption. Show Notes [0:07] Richard Bronson’s background, CEO of 70 Million Jobs, former partner at Stratton Oakmont, the firm that The Wolf of Wall Street was based on.  [01:28] Introducing today’s guest, Richard Bronson! [01:36] What was the firm you were partner at, Stratton Oakmont? Your partner was Jordan Belfort? [02:10] For those who have seen The Wolf of Wallstreet, what years were you there? [04:08] These paychecks people are showing you — what are the numbers, what were people making? [05:07] Were they putting clients in decent investments? [07:12] What we saw in the movie… how true was all that? [07:30] Richard details the decadence and drug usage rampant at the firm. [10:21] What’s one of the most shocking experiences you had while you were there? [14:14] It sounds like you’d have to win or lose a million dollars just to feel something? [17:15] You were making millions of dollars — what was your impetus to leave after a year-and-a-half? [20:58] The people you were selling stocks to… were they losing everything to invest? [24:24] One day you were at the office and the Feds walked in… what was that like? [27:15] Richard expresses his relief at his financial dealings being exposed and the opportunity to pay back conned investors. [32:46] Where did you serve your prison time? [34:21] Did you ever lie there at Riker’s or the other, cushier federal prisons, and think of the helicopter rides, Quaaludes, tens of millions of dollars of art…and reflect on that contrast in just a couple of years? [36:10] Richard discovered that his calling in life was to help thousands of recently released prisoners and utilize technology to help them obtain employment. Commissary Club is the first social media network for people with criminal records where they can connect with and inspire each other. [39:27] One in three American adults has a criminal record. [40:51] You’re trying to change some laws so that people with criminal histories don’t have to “check that box” when they apply for a job, correct? [42:16] How do you convince big companies to take a chance on someone who’s made a mistake in the past? [44:48] As much as 43% of people with records are currently unemployed [46:29] Did you know that if someone is exonerated from prison, they have no parole rights or benefits? [47:38] You mentioned you still talk to Jordan Belfort — what’s he up to these days? [48:44] Did you consult on The Wolf of Wall Street? [49:41] Thank you for watching Open Mike!

Episode 3 - The Prison Chronicles - The Dangerous Path Episode 3 continues the illumination of our subjects’ path to prison. In My Dark Companion, the theme was growing up on the streets. The Dangerous Path focuses on the impact of abuse or greed for subjects Ron Self, Matt Ray and Richard Bronson. In the 1990s, Richard Bronson was a partner at the “Wolf of Wall Street” firm Stratton Oakmont. Richard then started his own firm; his company’s value exceeded $100 million. However, his business practices were not above board. Richard’s path to prison is gilded in greed. He notes that he had a first chance and blew it. Many of the others he met never had that first chance and they weren’t likely to get a break upon their release from prison. This experience inspired Richard to create a new company focusing on getting Fortune 500 companies to target and hire the formerly incarcerated. Dr Richard Ledet joins Pete A Turner for this interview Ron Self is a former United States Marine and was groomed from childhood for elite military service. As a young boy, Ron’s father unloaded a heavy burden on his son saying that he caused his father and mother’s divorce and that he was a mistake. The abuse and detachment he suffered as a child-led Ron to choose a reckless path in the Marines. The abuse pushed Ron to prove himself, over and over, seeking to fill the hole in his childhood. It also ultimately leads to a life of danger that, as Dr Richard Ledet and Pete A Turner can attest, leads to ridiculous and unnecessary risk-taking as a means of proving themselves. These risks often graduate to the destruction of one’s own life, death, or, in Ron’s case, prison. Matt Ray’s adolescent life took him around Northern California. His parents separated when Matt was young, and he lived with his sisters and his mom near Paso Robles. The foundation of Matt’s youth was compromised when a father in the neighborhood sexually assaulted Matt and his sister. Again, the shame of the act and fear of being found out led Matt down The Dangerous Path.  Matt self-medicated to suppress the traumas that occurred. He sold drugs for money, carried a loaded weapon, and fought with little provocation. His willingness to defend others, coupled with a lack of regard for his own well being, eventually led to him being in a supermarket parking lot with a gun, hunting down the man who had beaten him up. “You’re not going to put your hands on me.” Matt killed one man and injured a second. He was later convicted of second-degree murder and assault with a firearm. For him, murder was an inevitable conclusion. Supplemental episodes:

On this week's episode of your Smack Attack, Big Ray and Colin are joined by the godfather of RBV Fitness, Richard Bronson Vickrey! RBV joins the dynamic duo to discuss #SpeakingOut and the myriad of pro wrestlers caught in the net. Much of the episode is dedicated to stories around the stunning revelations, as well as, Jim Cornette. The fellas end the show reviewing Smackdown and hopping into the Smack Attack Mail Sack! Twitter@bigraysshow@colinwysong@haminmediagroup @yourrandompod

Join us as we dive into the fascinating story of our co-host, Richard Bronson. A former Wolf of Wall Street, Richard was a partner at the infamous Stratton Oakmont firm, and worked with a young Jordan Belfort. After rising the ranks and living a life of pure luxury, Richard was arrested for his time on Wall Street and ended up serving time in prison. After getting out, he was homeless and destitute, but ultimately found his calling in life when he founded 70 Million Jobs: helping millions of Americans find employment with a criminal record, nationwide.

Richard is a former "Wolf of Wall Street" partner at Stratton Oakmont before starting his own company in Miami which eventually led him to be imprisoned for white collar crime. After serving time, he went through a period of homelessness and struggle before finding his calling in life. He is now a mission-driven founder pouring his personal experience and passion into 70 Million Jobs, which serves individuals who have been incarcerated through job placement, personal development and more.

In this episode, Richard talks about his time when he was convicted of securities fraud in 2002 (The movie Wolf of Wall Street was made on the partners and his company) and what made him start 70 Million jobs.

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Speaker 1:                           00:01                     The project lit lit. Hey everybody. Welcome to this episode of the project and in today's episode I'm sitting down with Jonathan Mills, creator of Rehab Revolution. The guy like dropped some serious knowledge bombs in this episode. I mean if you are an aspiring trainer and an aspiring online coach or want to learn more about the fitness industry, listen to what this guy has to say. He also points out some of the pitfalls that we might fall into. Well, looking into I'd say educational certifications. He completely changed my mind when I looked at accrediting bodies. We get into a little bit of a debate midway through it and again, it's such a good episode for everybody. New and old trainers. Give it a listen and again if you have any questions, dms or shoot us an email. All this and more today's episode. Hey guys,e course is all about. I want to see what legitimacy it has to it. And they're like, no, it's just signed by our head trainer. I'm like, who is your head trainer? What was he accredited by? What's his background? Just as a coach for 15 years?Speaker 2:                           05:25                     Yes. Some of the best coaches and some of the best trainers out there have zero certificates. You know what I mean? It's Kinda like with teachers and professionals in different industries. For instance, take Richard Bronson, the guy dropped out of high school or dropped out of college and he's the richest man in the world. But at the same time, especially in this part of the world, that accreditation or that legitimacy needs to be recognized so you don't have the posers coming out so to speak. So what do you think about that side of the argument? Definitely. I saidSpeaker 3:                           05:56                     which whatever industry you're in Roy, he's going to get those. So called poses. I got like Tommy and and create the writing stuff, a marketer as the best thing ever. It just comes down to the individual to, I say it's their responsibility to kind of check before they jump in and stop kind of paying money and spending more investing their time in. So learning just because it looks great and the marketing's amazing. It needs to look into that further. Look at the credibility of the people running it. All the people teaching it. Do I have a background in what they're teaching as I taught before? Do they have like you that credibility back them up and some do, some don't. But again it comes down to the same with some of the accredited courses I've seen run are the content, is industry standard? Does it mean that standard is like extremely high quality?Speaker 3:                           06:45                     It just means it&Support the show (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl8NPB2H4Mf/?igshid=1m9w8d28oarlu&utm_source=fb_www_attr)

Speaker 2:                    09:47                You're very hardworking. Like you could tell these skills from people that, and you know I've said this before, I think sometimes these traumas that we experience is good for us. It makes us be a different person. No, you're right. And it's like I think it gives people other abilities to compensate. Yeah. I don't know if you've read outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. It's a great book and it talks about how he built gates and how all these guys kind of work. They were just set up at the right time. They had the right pieces of the puzzle. Yes, and I think a lot of people, and I can't remember the name of the book that I read that talked about people with learning disabilities like Richard Bronson, how he's dyslexic. I'm pretty sure. Yeah, broad sense. This Lexi and I was just trying to Google it right now is too, I think so.Speaker 2:                    10:33                There's actually a lot of people and there was a book written and more people dyslexic than people know about and there's a lot more people that have learning disabilities that are successful because they're successful. We don't doubt. See that's the point. The point is like these people are very successful. We never doubt that they would have some sort of a disability and because we assume people with disability, they're never going to work out anywhere. They always going to be failures or they're going to be mediocre, average kind of Joe's that are working in this society making minimal salaries and that's it. We never really assume that actually some of these kids have been identified as having learning disability at a younger age and maybe it's somebody like you. That's why I think you're going to be very successful to be honest. I think it's because you have that drive and that where did that drive come from?Speaker 2:                    11:20                It came from your experience at the beginning where they told you you can do certain things like you're never going to pass with good grade or are commenting about like your imagination was bad for you, which your imagination is not bad for you because now you're putting it into work. And so the idea is is that it's exactly what I'm saying is that you'll never, because automatically successful people, we assume they don't have any disability, disability people, we've already categorize them, right? Disabled people exceeding expectations. It is to see us folks, successful adults with learning disabilities. That was the book and it talks aboutSpeaker 1:                    12:52                Whereas I could've taken it a different way. I could have gotten all depressed, sad and with some people have and that kind of an expense. Now how old were you? I was like, when did you come to Kuwait? 2005 so I was like 2122 as soon as you came to Kuwait and there was an email that said open psycholSupport the show (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl8NPB2H4Mf/?igshid=1m9w8d28oarlu&utm_source=fb_www_attr)

70 Million American adults have a criminal record! And when it comes to a job, that record can be a real hinderance. So Richard Bronson started his for profit company to have a "double bottom line" - making money and contributing to the social good. Richard was literally a Wolf on Wall Street and when he started up a company in Florida, he took those practices there, where they finally caught up with him and he ended up in Federal prison. After paying off all the damage, he still had a lot of money, but gave it away to charity, feeling disgusted with himself for his gains. However, it left him penniless when he left prison and he had to dig down deep to realize who he was. Working in the Defy prison program, he found his calling and helping other ex-felons get employment as soon as possible after release. Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dave Dahl and Ladd Justesen We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com

Richard Bronson is the CEO of 70 Million Jobs, which is the first for-profit recruitment company for people with criminal records. He worked at the infamous brokerage, Stratton Oakmont, which was portrayed in Martin Scorsese's “Wolf of Wall Street.” After serving 2 years in prison, Richard has dedicated his life and career to an underserved aspect of criminal justice reform, i.e. helping this massive segment of the population (70 million) gain employment. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rackets/support

Richard Bronson shares his wisdom on The Business Blast Podcast! You can learn more about Richard here: https://www.70millionjobs.com/ This episode is brought to you by Authors Unite. Authors Unite provides you with all the resources you need to become a successful author. You can learn more about Authors Unite and join the free community at http://authorsunite.com/. Thank you for listening to The Business Blast Podcast! Tyler --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/authorsunite/support

Josh talks with Rochard Bronson, CEO of 70 Million Jobs about his mission to help one million formerly incarcerated people find meaningful work. I wrote recaps of all 65 episodes of Orange Is the New Black from the perspective of a formerly incarcerated person. I will continue my series Orange, Black, or Bleak the day after Season 6 starts (July 27th). Jeffrey Korzenik, of Fifth-Third bank, has been arguing that the hiring of formerly incarcerated folks is critical to maintaining our current economy. The Prison Policy Institute published a recent paper arguing that employment discrimination for formerly incarcerated people is worse than it was during the great depression. If you want to know more about Richard Bronson's past, you can find many popular press pieces and a very detailed Reddit AMA. Richard makes references to studies that support the hiring of formerly incarcerated folks, they are detailed at the bottom of this handout. And more can be found in this ACLU report.

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin. One of the groups facing the highest unemployment rate in the United States is those who are formerly incarcerated. Richard Bronson, who served two years in prison for securities violations in the 90s, has launched a venture he calls 70 Million Jobs. You see, there are about 70 million formerly incarcerated Americans. That represents about one in every three adults. Richard sees this not only as a problem but as an opportunity. He launched his for-profit enterprise to act as a placement agent for this marginalized population. Now, Richard is raising money for the venture on equity crowdfunding site Wefunder using Title III of the 2012 JOBS Act. Virtually anyone can invest. Check out my free webinar where I share the secrets of successful nonprofit crowdfunding at http://crowdfundingforsocialgood.org.

Richard Bronson worked on Wall Street and built a successful trading company. Then he went to prison. While struggling after release, he joined https://defyventures.org. Then he launched https://www.70millionjobs.com to help more people prepare for success after prison. He is a model of #prisonreform. Learn more about prison reform by visiting https://prisonprofessors.com