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Escape The Odds
by Aaron Smith
Escaping the Odds highlights individuals who were impacted by the criminal justice system and who are now entrepreneurs and business leaders.
Episodes
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"You Ain't Fully Free", Marlon Chamberlain, season 3. Episode 10
Marlon Chamberlain didn’t realize that losing his freedom and spending a decade in federal prison would be the catalyst for the “Fully Free”Campaign. This is a campaign Led by Marlon and the goal is to end permanent punishment. This campaign was started in his home town of Chicago and has become…
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Season 2, Episode 4, Myron Pierce
Watch full interview at Escapingtheodds.com ) Myron Pierce born and raised in Omaha,Nebraska. From early on he got involved in gangs which led to serving 8 years in state prison. Upon his release, no longer was he a gangbanger but a reformed Pastor, businessman and community leader. Even Without...
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EPISODE 38|Kevin Miller FROM THE PEN TO PEN:BECOMING AN AUTHOR WHILE I WAS IN PRISON/ KEVIN MILLER
Full video on Escapingtheodds.com Kevin Miller spent 13 years in federal prison on a drug charge out of Baltimore, Maryland and has Switch'd Hustles to start the book publishing company, Rock Bottom. His latest book is a 4 part series called " A park heights Tale", which he penned while...
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MAX OUT FITNESS DELIVERS MAXIMUM RESULTS, Jermaine BRANNER EPISODE 35, JERMAINE "MAX MAINE" BRANNER
(Watch full video escapingtheodds.com)Several years of working out in a prison yard has produced real life gains for Jermaine " Max Maine " Branner. Who would have thought a former drug dealer from the streets of Pontiac, Michigan would return from incarceration and totally switch hustles. Max...
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A ConvictED Life by TRAVIS RICHEY season 3
Travis Richey, who has personal experience with incarceration, noticed there was a gap in what inmates were learning and what skills they needed upon release. Travis spent about 2 years incarcerated in the Arizona Department of corrections. But because of his MBA, Travis was released from the…
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Season 2, Episode 5, “Divine”, “ From Crack 2 Rap 2 Tech”
Divine'' grew up in New York, thrust into the streets at a young age. Living in a poverty culture & his mother struggling with drug addiction, he started selling drugs himself. This led to Divine serving a total of 10 years in federal prison. While incarcerated he switch'd his mindset & hustles.…
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Tougher than leather. Yohance Lacour episode 5
Yohance Joseph Lacour better known as YJL designs learned to handcraft leather bags and Shoes while serving 10 years in Federal Prison. He discusses growing up in Chicago and his days as a journalist utilizing his skill set to tell the stories of the inner city. Yohance's craftmanship and unique...
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Season 2, Episode 6, RICHARD BRONSON- A wolf of wall street to federal prison!
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...
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Episode 23: Larry Robert’s Cutting time down!
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/ ) I sat down with Larry Roberts Jr. who has spent many years in Cook County Jail in Chicago, IL. However not as an inmate but an instructor/owner of Larry’s Barber college. He offers an accredited Barber college to inmate locked up inside...
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Episode 15 QUEEN PEN, CoCo Davis
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/ )Befitting for a queen is the best way to describe Ms. CoCo Davis. Growing up on the West side of Chicago, Coco made a name for herself as a hustler distributing Kilos of Columbian produced Cocaine. Her status in the streets was that of a...
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Season 2, Episode 8, Sean Hosman, “former inmate cracks code with data to reduce recidivism”
Watch full interview @ Escapingtheodds.com Sean Hosman is the CEO of Vant4ge point, a data analytics company in the criminal justice space. Sean is an attorney and criminal justice expert with more than 20 years experience. However his lived experience as an inmate himself is what helps him lead…
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SPEAKING LIFE EP 2 SEASON 1DAVID GATHERS
David Gathers is an amazing guy who continues to Escape the Odds. After spending 15 years in a gang infested Maximum security Prison in Illinois, he found his voice, In this episode, he speaks on his experience in the criminal justice system and his successful life as a Motivational Speaker. This...
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Untapped Talent, Special Episode, Jeffrey Korzenik
(Full video www.Escapingtheodds.com) We decided to celebrate Second Chance Month by taking a look at extraordinary people who are helping changing the narrative as it relates to justice involved individuals. Jeff Korzenik is the Chief Investment Strategist for a National Bank. However, as he…
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Myron Pierce- The Urban Business Incubator, season 3 episode 11
Myron Pierce has always been an entrepreneur. Growing up in North Omaha was plagued with violence and dysfunction. Unfortunately he became a product of his environment and spent 8 years incarcerated. But during that time away he had a mindset shift. Upon his release he began his legitimate…
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BONUS EPISODE. A LIFE SENTENCE IS A DEATH SENTENCE IN THE FEDS. episode 13
We are sadden by Deans passing. We hope his words resonates and live on.Dean Dipierro was serving 20 years in federal prison when he decided to take the law into his own hands. He seen not only the injustice within his own case but of countless others doing time around him. This particular case...
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Urban Farming In The Concrete Jungle,David Edwards. Season 3. Ep 9
David Edwards story is an absolute comeback story. Growing up in Chicago south side and north side. He was always an entrepreneur owning a salon/barber shop. His life took a drastic turn when he was arrested for 2 homicides at his place of business. Eventually serving 10 years in Illinois State...
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Moving Weight,Lou Centeno, season 3 ep 8
Luis Centeno known as Lou the trainer spent 8 years in federal prison for drug distribution. Growing up in a gang infested South Side of Chicago options were limited. His involvement with gangs and street level hustling led to multiple arrest but nothing to the magnitude of his federal…
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MOVIN' ON UP, Deshawn Nelson. Episode 7 ,season 3
Deshawn Nelson wasn’t going to be a product of his environment. Despite growing up on the tough streets of the West side of Chicago, he has started a successful moving company, Nelson Movers. At one point is Deshaun’s life ,he was moving in the wrong direction which led to time in prison for Gun...
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LIFE THROUGH THE LENS. Dre Rodriguez. Episode 6, season 3
Dre Rodriguez was raised in the Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, a predominantly hispanic community. After spending a decade in federal prison for drug trafficking , he vowed to never return. Upon his release, Dre wanted to give back to the same community he was once apart of destroying. After...
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The Queen Of Air BNB Episode Jacques Lofton. 5,season 3
..Jacques Loftin did not imagine becoming an Airbnb expert while doing time for drug distribution. However,after seeing an oppurtunity in this new space she put her all in and now has properties in Atlanta,Miami,and Houston. In this episode she demystifies the Air BNB Game with great tips on...
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The Urban Trucker, Ed Hennings season 3
Watch video podcast www.Escapingtheodds.com Ed Hennings , The Comeback coach , grew up on the tough streets of Milwaukee ,Wisconsin particularly in the zip code 53206 which has the highest incarceration rate of black men in the United States. So as you can see the Odds were hard to Escape. At…
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Cryptocurrency & TURO $-Ryan Willis season 3
Ryan Willis was most likely to succeed, receiving a scholarship to De Paul University in Chicago. However, the Chicago streets possessed an allure that Ryan chose not to escape. While attending college, Ryan seen an opportunity to sell cocaine and marijuana to the affluent students on campus.…
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"Switch'd Hustles": Aaron Smith From Freedom To Financial Freedom
In this 1st interview on his platform Aaron Smith sat down the co founder Yasaman Hadjibashi of Stretch finance( www.stretch.money) which is an online bank that provides banking/Full time employment to the formerly incarcerated about his life and all things finance. Aaron Smith is a native of the...
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Surviving Cabrini Greens projects Esau Keller, episode 28, season 1
( Watch video podcast www.Escapingtheodds.com Pete "Esau" Keller made it out of one of Chicago's most dangerous housing projects. In and out of the penitentary and gun fights most of his life provided the experience to reach the youth with his organization ULON.life. He has penned an…
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Chef Fresh, "Chef keeps it fresh from the streets to the sweets, Episode 34
Antwoin "Chef fresh" Gutierrez, At the age of 16, He demonstrated the 1st signs of of an emerging, but misguided entrepreneurial spirit when he began to sell illegal narcotics on the streets of New York. He eventually was incarcerated a few times and realized he had to Switch Hustles or spend his...
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Season 2, Episode 7, John Collum,
Watch the full interview @ Escapingtheodds.com. John Collum is the CEO of Bar nunn trucking out of Chicago. He owns and operate 4 semi trucks. John was born in poverty on the west side of Chicago. He decided early on that he wanted the finer things in life and the only way to attain it was…
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Escaping The Odds Promo
Im Aaron Smith & my fed prison number was 18798-424. started this podcast after serving 9 years 5 months for distribution of Heroin and Fentanyl. It was inside where I realized that if I can run a heroin operation in Chicago making 10k-$15k per day I can switch Hustles and go legit. I’m...
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Season 2, Episode 12, Sammy Rangel,
Watch full interview @ Escapingtheodds.com Sammy Rangel is the CEO of Formers Anonymous & lifeafterHate.org. He is a TedX speaker ,Consultant and earned a MSW. Early on life for Sammy could only be described as torture and neglect. Abused by close family members and hitting the streets of Chicago...
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Season 2, Episode 11, Todd Dubose
Watch full interview @ Escapingtheodds.com Todd Dubose CEO of Returning Citizens Magazine. It’s the official magazine of the justice involved community. The magazine can be read electronically on inmates computer tablets throughout jails and prisons nationally. He is providing an outlet for the…
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Season 2, Episode 10, Lester Young, Path 2 Redemption through the journey of LIFE in Prison
Watch full video @ Escapingtheodds.com Lester Young is a New York native but spent a significant amount of his life in South Carolina. He is the Founder of Path2Redemption. At the age of 19, he was convicted of 1st degree murder in a drug deal gone wrong. He was sentenced to life in prison with a...
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Season 2, Episode 9, PERC -Turning hustlers into legitimate entrepreneurs
Watch full interview @ Escapingtheodds.com Erika king is the president of Chicago Neighborhood Intiative and Maleia Scufield-Ransom serves as the Program Manager of PERC. They’re both on a mission to empower the formerly incarcerated through entrepreneurship. Their organization trains and funds...
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Season 2, Episode 3, Andre Peart,
Andre Peart is the CEO Of tech Startup ConConnect.com , which is being described as the LinkedIn for the formerly incarcerated. Andre was raised in Yonkers, New York and pushed to the streets at the age of 15 and eventually perfected his craft distributing large quantities of marijuana. He...
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Season 2 ,Episode 2, Porsha Thomas “Beauty and the Beast of Prison”
( Watch full video@ Escapingtheodds.com) Porscha Dlyte is the CEO of Opulence Brow and Beauty based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Life hasn’t always been a life of glamor. She spent over 3 years in Federal prison for tax related crimes. She kept a low profile while incarcerated and focused on...
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Season 2, Episode 1, Andre Norman,
Watch full interview @ Escapingtheodds.com Andre Norman, “The Ambassador of Hope”was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. By the time he was a teenager he was heavily in the streets full time and a high ranking gang member. At 18, he began to serve what Would ultimately be 14 years in both...
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EPISODE 41 /PART 2 REUNION : Season 1
( full video podcast seen on Escapingtheodds.com). In the last episode of our inaugural season, I sat down with these 3 men againwho are doing extraordinarily well in business after prison. Ben Gordon of Allied Innovation Group, David Figueroa of 2nd chance renovations and Vocci Greer of…
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EPISODE 39|DEFY VENTURES HELPS FORMERLY INCARCERATED START BUSINESSES AFTER PRISON
Episode 39 Escaping the Odds podcast we sat down with Melissa Odell of Defy ventures along with participants Javier Reyes( 16 years incarcerated) and Ed bachner ( 5 years incarcerated). Defy Ventures trains individuals after incarceration to turn their goals of entrepreneurship into reality.…
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Episode 37 | Ronnie Reed Launches Innovative Mobile -Cryotherapy Business After Prison |
(full video on escapingtheodds.com)Ronnie Reed survived 15 years in prison and now runs a successful Cryotherapy service in Dallas , TX. This unique service burns 500 calories with every 3-minute treatment reducing your body temp down to -240 degrees wow. His mobile service is the one and only in...
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Episode 36, Keidrain Brewster HotShot Trucking, The road to riches.
Keidrain Brewster CEO of Brewster logistics spent 13 years in prison and not long after was able to create a successful life in the trucking industry. Well on his way to being a millionaire,he started with 1 truck and now owns/operates 5 trucks in 2 states. The trucking game has afforded him a…
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CHARACTER DRIVEN,CHARLES D CLARK #33
This story of Charles D Clark is made for this big screen. After 8 years in federal prison on drug charges he became a sought out actor with reoccurring role the hit TV show Empire. His new role in Charm city Kings releases on Oct. 8 produced by Will and Jada Smith, Starting rapper Meek Mill.…
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The other side of the law,#31, Kaysia Earley
Kaysia Earley thought her dreams of becoming an attorney was shattered when she was arrested on felony embezzlement. But for God, she returned to the same courtroom and thanked her judge who had sentenced her more than a decade prior. Listen to this remarkable story of perseverance.
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Razor blade sharp. David Todd Groom Fly..#29
( watch full episode escapingtheodds.com David Todd spent 20 years in prison for 1st degree homicide and attempted murder. During his time away he honed his skill as a barber and now runs Groom Fly Salon. Check out the amazing story and biz tips.
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Episode. 27. Change is the new hustle. Ed Hennings
Watch video podcast www.Escapingtheodds.com . At 24,ED Hennings was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a homicide. After redeeming himself, he set on a path to change his life whether he was coming home or not. Ed has started a successful trucking company, Salon, Beard oil product, motivational...
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NACA , Buy back the Block episode 26
Tim Armour is the regional Director of training at NACA.com which is a not fir profit organization assisting individuals obtain property through the partnership with Bank of America. They provide no money down, no closing cost and below average interest rates. This is a great program for someone...
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Episode 25, Lucas AlvarezBehind the Music
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/) From a Decade in federal prison on Heroin charges to running a state of the art multimedia creation studio, Lucas”Blaze”Alvarez is bouncing back with avenges. His career in the Entertainment industry dates back prior to his incarceration...
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From prison to purpose, Eric Salzenstein episode 22
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/ )Since his childhood, Eric Salzenstein has always been a go getter. Growing up in sunny Orlando, Florida was not always sunshine and beaches. His ambition led him down a dark path of addiction and fast money. In 2012, he was arrested for…
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Episode 21 With Brandon Laster ”Destined for Greatness”
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/ )Brandon Laster spent 10 years in federal prison for credit card fraud. However, his ambition and forward thinking is a true example of switching Hustles and a mindset. While incarcerated, Brandon wrote 75 CEOs of companies with the hopes...
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Episode 20, Kevin Reed “Business Credit over Street Credit”
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/ ) Kevin Reed is an expert on building and repairing credit and he learned this skill set while serving a 30 year federal drug sentence. Listen as he discusses rebuilding life and credit for success after prison with his business Top Dawg...
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Episode 19: Fitness Unlocked Tameka Means
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/ ) Tameka Means was living a great suburban life when her world was turned upside down when her husband was sent to prison. From that day on she became a prison wife but not just any prison wife, but one that has flipped a negative…
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Episode 16. HEll’S KITCHEN. Sarita LANDRUM
(watch full podcast video https://www.escapingtheodds.com/ ) Sarita LANDRUM CEO of Go2Chefree catering grew up in the church and was considered an all around Good girl. Her dreamy life became an nightmare when she thought, she met her Prince Charming. Only Time would tell that he was a fraud and...
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An Un-broken record! Kat Baker episode 14
Kat Baker battled a serious heroin addiction which led to being in and out of jail with felony convictions. She found music as a form of melodic therapy. This allowed her to escape the odds of beating heroin and now runs a successful recording studio in Chicago called Hot Mess records. She's also...
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Escaping the Odds highlights individuals who were impacted by the criminal justice system and who are now entrepreneurs and business leaders.
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