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Unpacked With Xay

by Xavier Thompson

🎙️ Unpacking real stories while asking if "You Good? "Welcome to Unpacked with Xay, the show where we go deeper than surface level. Whether it’s raw interviews with athletes, influencers, and underdogs, or real advice on what you’re going through right now. This space is about identity, growth, and being honest about the struggle.🎤 Interviews that reveal what built them, broke them, and kept them going💬 Advice episodes that answer the question: “You Good?”In a world of AI and fake information, If you’re looking for something real, you’re in the right place!

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Episodes

  1. A Year Since Tearing ACL -Unpacked Recap

    A year after tearing my ACL and unexpectedly ending my college soccer career, I look back at everything that came with it — the injury, surgery, rehab, loss of identity, and the process of figuring out who I was becoming outside of soccer. More than an ACL story, this episode is about what…

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  2. Be an ATLien - Unpacked

    Unpacking our journey through life is not as we understand it to be. Be an ATLien on your journey through this weird thing called life!

  3. Turn and Live: A Message for Anyone Fighting to Stay | Unpacked

    today is the best day every and tomorrow will be even better. Turn and live because the world needs you more than you can even imagine - you have a special gift that no one else can replicate.

  4. Are Our Choices Truly Ours?

    Unpacking whether our choices are truly free. As humans, do we truly have free will, or are our choices predetermined and unchangeable? Here, I unpack some scripture and try to unpack what free will looks like to me, and whether we as humans have it, or if we're just looking to place blame for…

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  5. What is a moment you revisit? Unpacked Reboot Ep 1

    Rebuilding the foundation blocks of Unpacked. Revisiting what made me curate this idea and the new ideas I plan to implement. Also, visiting my moment that I constantly revisit and Unpack that has helped define who I am and have become.

  6. Unpacking The Laps You Don't See w/ THO Ambassadors

    This episode explores the pressure athletes feel when the race everyone sees isn’t the one that hurts the most. Featuring two student-athlete ambassadors from The Hidden Opponent, we talk about the battles runners face off the track, the importance of support the expectations, the fear of failing...

  7. Unpacking - Breaking the Circle w/ Dylan Taylor Morgans Message Ambassador

    This episode dives into the mental health battles athletes carry long before anyone sees them break. Using the story and mission behind Morgan’s Message, we explore the pressure, the silence, and the moments young men feel like they have nowhere to put the weight they’re holding. Lacrosse is the...

  8. The Dangers of A Mask ( Unpacked Men's Mental Health Series )

    This isn’t therapy talk, it’s real talk. Mens Mental Health month is going and we are going to unpack how to overcome this social problem. Understanding how many different things cause such a problem that is still going unnoticed. How do you deal with pressure when no one sees it?

  9. ACL's + Spiritual Fashion I Unpacked bySly

    Unpacked a fantastic plan in action on attacking a fresh ACL injury. Mo Tucker of GMU soccer had some fantastic insight on how his spirituality will carry him, and even looks into new anime. See more of what he had to say in this fantastic conversation. Like & Comment who's next Unpacked bySly

  10. Staying True as a Magician I Unpacked bySly

    In this conversation, I link up with NightsnLA to unpack what it’s like juggling music, school, and self-discovery. We talk about prom night, the drive behind the art, and the challenges of building something real while still finding yourself in the process. It’s a look into what it takes to stay...

  11. Unpacked I The Haven in Chaos

    In this first episode of Unpacked bySly, I sit down with Jordan Vite to talk about navigating the shift from high school to college life, experiencing the transfer portal, and finding balance when everything slows down. We dive into how experiences shape identity, what it means to slow down, dive...

  12. Art of a Musician : NightsnLa

    On this episode I had the fantastic opportunity to catch up with an old friend Nightsnla. A musician who's grind has not gone unnoticed at all, a man of many talents from music to photography, from managing to streaming. We got to have great conversation about his growth as not only a musician…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

🎙️ Unpacking real stories while asking if "You Good? "Welcome to Unpacked with Xay, the show where we go deeper than surface level. Whether it’s raw interviews with athletes, influencers, and underdogs, or real advice on what you’re going through right now. This space is about identity, growth, and being honest about the struggle.🎤 Interviews that reveal what built them, broke them, and kept them going💬 Advice episodes that answer the question: “You Good?”In a world of AI and fake information, If you’re looking for something real, you’re in the right place!

HOSTED BY

Xavier Thompson

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How many episodes does Unpacked With Xay have?

Unpacked With Xay currently has 12 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Unpacked With Xay about?

🎙️ Unpacking real stories while asking if "You Good? "Welcome to Unpacked with Xay, the show where we go deeper than surface level. Whether it’s raw interviews with athletes, influencers, and underdogs, or real advice on what you’re going through right now. This space is about identity, growth,...

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Unpacked With Xay is created and hosted by Xavier Thompson.
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