Episodios

  • Double Lifetime Sentence | George Smith's Story

    Double Lifetime Sentence | George Smith's Story
    Apr 29 2025
    Double Lifetime Sentence
    + George Smith

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    Timestamps
    00:00:00 George Smith
    00:01:38 Sponsors
    00:02:39 Young Life
    00:08:38 Back to Compton at 16
    00:15:08 Filling a Need
    00:23:00 Double Life Sentence at 18 years old
    00:30:35 A Moment of Reflection
    00:47:40 Discovering Miracles
    00:50:30 Being an Agent for Change
    01:01:50 From Life-Sentence to Free
    01:08:34 Advice for Young Self
    “Ask for help… It’s okay…” - George Smith
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    1 h y 11 m
  • From Darkness to Deliverance | Savannah's Triumph Over Addiction

    From Darkness to Deliverance | Savannah's Triumph Over Addiction
    Apr 22 2025
    Born to an addict mom, Savannah Bushman spent her early life living with her aunt and uncle and in spite of their care, she was molested by her cousin over several years. Returning to live with her mother for a short time, she couldn’t fathom how her mom could choose drugs over her own daughter, but even so, her mom had her try meth at age 14. Savannah was immediately addicted. In and out of juvenile detention and several foster homes, she found herself in kiddie prison first, and then at age 18 in the state prison and pregnant. Listen in as she tells her story of giving birth as an inmate and being separated from her newborn son. When released from prison, she did all she could to make ends meet and to stay sober for her child. Working several jobs and unable to pay the bills, she decided to start selling drugs again without using; a stint that didn't last long. Finding herself back in jail and pregnant once again, she tells how she turned to God, something she had never been taught nor had she ever done before, and how those feelings propelled her to get out, stay clean, and do incredibly hard things to make her life work for herself and for her kids. Now 12 years clean, listen to how she is living the American dream. Hers is a powerful story of coming from nothing and with God’s help, making a great life.
    Where it all began 2:20 Dating 35 year old Utah’s most wanted man at 14 years old 10:00 Using again 23:00 Pregnant again and praying for 30 straight days 26:45 It’s often a PO who cares that makes a difference 30:40 The man who was there for her 37:30
    “On my 13th birthday…she was off the hook and had people there, and I was like ‘Ya know mom, I never understood why you chose drugs over your kids.’ and she’s like ‘Well soon you’ll learn. Here–’ And I smoked meth for the first time with my mother.” 7:00
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    59 m
  • How a Questionable Prison Sentence Led to a Life of Advocacy | Travis Richey

    How a Questionable Prison Sentence Led to a Life of Advocacy | Travis Richey
    Apr 15 2025
    Travis Richie has a very unique story. In spite of growing up in a single parent home, his young life was good. Showing a propensity for numbers and finance, he found himself deep and successful in that field. An oversight in his venture capital world found him in prison in Arizona, where his perceptions of the incarcerated community took an immediate turn. During his 15 months down, he became a bit of an instructor, helping his fellow inmates learn successful financial skills. His booklet, Don't Buy a Cheeseburger with a Credit Card, has developed into the largest non-governmental, non-profit organization serving the incarcerated population. Currently, his program is in over 1,300 prisons across the United States. Like me, only on a grander scale, he has drank the Kool-Aid of the necessity of prison reform.
    If you're interested in creating change and growth, you will love his story.

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    00:00 - Travis Richey
    01:39 - Sponsors
    03:17 - Positive Adolesence
    03:40 - Working in Finance
    09:40 - “You should’ve known better.”
    11:00 - No Smoking Gun in His Case
    13:45 - A 2 Year Sentence for an Oversight
    18:40 - A Bizzare Disparity in the Judicial System
    23:30 - “jail was the worst part of the experience”
    29:48 - Finding Opportunity in the System
    32:55 - Power in Brokenness
    44:00 - Establishing a New Program
    52:20 - Writing a New Story
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    59 m
  • From Prison Shot Caller to Community Leader Pt. 2 | Dave Duroucher

    From Prison Shot Caller to Community Leader Pt. 2 | Dave Duroucher
    Apr 8 2025
    Welcome to Part 2 of Dave Duroucher's episode of the All My Friends Are Felons Podcast. Dave describes his childhood self as "Dennis the Mennis on steroids." He came from a solid home but by age 12, he started committing crimes which led him down the path of drug addiction and time behind bars. In prison, he became a shot caller for his gang, but eventually realized that his life was on a horrible trajectory. Through hard work and self-reform, Dave sought therapy and was able to turn his life around with the help of Delancey Street. Tune in to hear the rest of his incredible story of transformation and hope.
    • Becoming the shot caller and an animal 1:40
    • Cop chase and going back to prison for life 10:50
    • Pleading for another path 14:50
    • Treatment centers: “The size of the solution does not match the size of the problem” 20:00
    • Dave’s story is not unique and few understand the truth 35:05
    • Therapeutic communities are working miracles 38:00
    • Adderall 40:55
    • Our understanding of the system is wrong 51:00
    • Advice to help someone on a similar path 63:40
    • The Other Side Academy 66:30
    • Changing our prisons 72:00

    “Mark, listen to me when I say this. I was a liar, a cheater, a thief, a manipulator, a violent, self-centered, self seeking–I had become an animal in a human body. I had become an animal, and we live in a world today where we’re like ‘*Gasp* You can’t say that to people!’ Why? Why can’t we tell people the truth? It wasn’t until I got to Delancey Street that my peers told me who I was that I was able to change. We are so deathly afraid to tell people the truth. I wouldn’t be here today if people didn’t point out who I had become. That is who I’d become!” 4:10
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    1 h y 23 m
  • From Prison Shot Caller to Community Leader | Dave Duroucher, Part 1

    From Prison Shot Caller to Community Leader | Dave Duroucher, Part 1
    Apr 1 2025
    I'm joined by Dave Duroucher on this episode of the All My Friends Are Felons Podcast. Dave describes his childhood self as "Dennis the Mennis on steroids." He came from a solid home but by age 12, he started committing crimes which led him down the path of drug addiction and time behind bars. In prison, he became a shot caller for his gang, but eventually realized that his life was on a horrible trajectory. Through hard work and self-reform, Dave sought therapy and was able to turn his life around with the help of Delancy Street. Tune in to hear his incredible story of transformation and hope.
    • Sponsors 1:34
    • Dave’s rambunctious childhood 2:40
    • Getting into sex at an early age 13:30
    • Graduating and going to meth and drug dealing 17:20
    • Getting arrested and building a reputation 25:20
    • Seeing the ugly in and out of prison 33:00
    • Drug bust 42:15
    • Belonging in prison 45:55

    “I’m so immature, right? It’s all about Dave. ALL about me. I really didn’t understand what I was up against. I was just being a loser, a liar, a manipulator, a sneaky, selfish kid just doing everything I could for my own indulgence and my own feel goods and saw nothing wrong with it.” 20:00
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    58 m
  • From 0 to 100 | Chris Robertson

    From 0 to 100 | Chris Robertson
    Mar 18 2025
    Chris Robertson's story is one of being all in. His mother describes his personality as being able to go from zero to a hundred in nothing flat. As you listen, you'll see why. When he commits to something, good or bad, he goes full throttle. Perhaps that's why, at his last arrest, he went on a three-hour high-speed chase. His prison stint started at 18 and he found himself in and out of federal or state prison for nearly 20 years.
    During another federal prison term, he started to realize he was just living up to the system's expectations and that maybe there was something different. In 2018, that something started to kick in as he started studying the psychology of the human brain. And then several years later, while in prison, he enrolled in Captain Your Story inside USCF in Salt Lake City.
    Now he finds himself feeling different, thinking different and acting different. Still living with his all-in personality, he is all in and living a healthy, productive life full of intention.


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    00:00 - Chris Robertson
    02:00 - Sponsors
    03:07 - Young Life
    05:20 - Parents Drug Use
    07:15 - Started Selling Drugs at 16yo & Using Meth
    09:10 - Federal Prison
    12:55 - The High Speed Chase
    15:50 - Back to Federal Prison
    20:30 - Back Again
    22:00 - Changing His Appearance & Taking Care of His Health
    24:35 - Getting a GM Position at Buffalo Wild Wings
    28:30 - Financial Crisis & Cocaine
    30:50 - Back to Meth & The Spiral
    43:20 - Getting Back In a Positive Direction
    44:55 - Addressing His Emotional & Physiological Needs
    47:50 - Applying the Principles of Captain Your Story
    52:40 - Interview for the Nonprofit My Story Matters
    53:20 - Freedom Scholars Academy
    57:55 - FSM Integrating with the Captain Your Story Model
    1:07:55 - For Donations contact MarkH@mystorymatters.org
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    1 h y 9 m
  • Love & Accountability | Drew Wilson

    Love & Accountability | Drew Wilson
    Mar 11 2025
    Drew Wilson was born and raised in Cottonwood, California. He grew up in a home that was safe and stable with two parents who with nothing but good intentions almost loved him too much. Protecting Drew from ever experiencing consequences on a small scale when the stakes were low ended up having serious consequences in the long run. Listen as Drew shares a cautionary tale for all of us and as he tells how taking accountability, changing his attitude, and finally finding his own self-worth out of prison and into an incredible, successful life.


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    00:00 - Drew Wilson
    01:12 - Sponsors
    02:50 - Young Life
    05:25 - Coping by Lying & Manipulating
    07:50 - Over-protective Parents
    08:40 - From Stress Headaches to Narcotics
    14:00 - Stealing From Neighbors
    18:30 - His First Few Arrests
    26:00 - Love and Accountability
    33:15 - His Wife Files for Divorce
    36:10 - Growing as a Family
    38:40 - His 3rd Suicide Attempt & Landing in Prison
    41:45 - Hitting Rock Bottom & Viktor Frankl
    43:18 - Practicing
    48:30 - His Life Now
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    52 m
  • Dealing with the Nightmares | Elizabeth Myers

    Dealing with the Nightmares | Elizabeth Myers
    Mar 4 2025
    Elizabeth Myers emotional story begins in the suburbs of California. Graduating early from high school, she was quickly drawn into the gangs of the nearby ghetto. There her life took dives into places she can barely describe. After several prison stints there, she comes to Utah to escape that world that soon finds her here. She, “never thought about not getting high”. Finally, after 2 prison stints in Utah and an amazing mother in law, she gets 5 years clean. Thinking she was on her way, she didn’t stay connected and then horrible trauma arrives as she owes money to the cartel and they come calling. Hear her emotional description of that horrendous encounter. That throws her back into addiction and into prison. Finally, completing another program in prison, she leaves never to return to her old life. Now she has found her purpose working in the addiction recovery space. Her emotional story is one for the ages.

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    00:00 - Elizabeth Meyers
    01:41 - Sponsors!
    02:58 - Her Story
    06:49 - Faced with Death
    13:00 - Getting Back with the Guy that Threatened Her
    16:00 - Getting Out of Prison
    18:20 - Moving to Utah
    22:40 - Sparking Change
    27:30 - Owing the Cartel and Getting Assaulted
    31:30 - The Nightmares
    37:20 - Rewiring Her Brain
    42:00 - Connecting with Others
    48:50 - Navigating the Resources
    54:40 - USARA UtahRecovers.Org
    56:04 - “Ask for help.”
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    57 m
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