3.75 million cases rotting in court while the same immigrants add nearly a trillion to GDP. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley sit down with Audrey Medina and Jerry Valerio—two sharp voices with skin in the game—who drop raw family stories, call out the profiteers keeping the system broken, and ask the question nobody wants to answer: is a functional legal pathway even possible anymore? This one hits different.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Backlogs to Breakthroughs – the stat that breaks the narrative
• (01:09) Immigration Crisis Intro – why it feels impossible
• (01:38) Meet Audrey & Jerry – second-gen fire meets career-coach clarity
• (02:15) Personal Stakes – this isn’t abstract for them
• (04:47) Family Immigrant Stories – tears, triumphs, paperwork hell
• (08:40) Duality of Identity – proud American, forever “from somewhere else”
• (15:18) Generational Shifts – kids don’t carry the same scars
• (18:18) Modern Immigration Hell – what changed rules, endless waits
• (31:03) History Lesson – we’ve flipped policies every 20 years
• (41:50) The Backlog Monster – 3.75M cases and counting
• (43:06) H-1B Visa Nightmare – lottery or merit?
• (43:44) Employment-Based Debate – do we want the best or not?
• (45:29) Immigrant Innovation – they build the companies we brag about
• (52:16) Asylum Reality – safe haven or revolving door?
• (01:10:01) Open Borders Thought Experiment – what if?
• (01:17:43) One-Word System Description – spoiler: it ain’t “fair”
• (01:20:02) Human Trafficking Angle – the part nobody wants censored
• (01:22:43) Presidential Power – what one signature could actually do
• (01:34:40) Third Party Rant – maybe both sides deserve to lose
• (01:44:33) Closing Poem – hits harder than any stat

Connect:

• Jerry Valerio – LinkedIn | Website

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You think the immigration crisis is new? Wrong. 80% of undocumented immigrants have been here over ten years. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley kick off the series exposing how broken the system really is—economic winners and losers, bipartisan legislative failures, birthright citizenship myths, packed detention centers, and why foreign policy keeps fueling the flow. No slogans, just cold facts and sharp takes you won’t hear on cable.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Immigration Series Intro – the stat that flips the whole debate
• (00:49) America’s Real Immigration Problem – setting the stage
• (01:18) Current State of the Border – numbers vs. headlines
• (01:54) Economic & Demographic Impacts – who actually pays, who profits
• (05:11) Historical Context – this isn’t the first “crisis”
• (08:25) Personal Stories – human side hits harder than stats
• (09:38) Policies & Political Games – both parties’ hands are dirty
• (19:19) Proposed Fixes – teaser for the series
• (31:23) US Foreign Policy Critique – why we keep creating refugees
• (38:48) Immigration Courts & Detention Nightmare – backlog from hell
• (43:04) Investment Visas – legal path for the rich only
• (48:09) Birthright Citizenship Debate – constitutional showdown
• (53:58) Wrap-up & Call to Action – stick around, it gets spicier

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America dumps eighty billion dollars a year into "solving" homelessness, but the tents keep multiplying. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley team up with entrepreneur David Jacob and nutrition whiz Leslie Bobb to expose the grift. Personal gut-punches from the streets, the mental health black hole, and why the system cashes checks on endless misery. It's not broken—it's rigged to stay that way. Buckle up for stories that stick and fixes that might actually work.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) $80 Billion spent, zero progress – the stat that breaks brains
• (03:19) Personal stories that hit harder than any headline
• (08:31) Root causes nobody wants to say out loud
• (14:20) Why every “solution” quietly protects the problem
• (21:07) Community fixes that actually move the needle
• (28:49) Nutrition and the gut-brain link nobody funds
• (32:07) How sleep deprivation keeps people stuck
• (46:28) The bureaucracy that eats your tax dollars
• (01:05:09) What Singapore got right that America ignores
• (01:09:01) Entrepreneurs turning real estate into exits
• (01:14:33) Final gut-check and what you can do tomorrow

Connect:

• David Jacob – https://x.com/DavidJacob_1
• David Jacob – https://www.instagram.com/davidjacob_1/
• David Jacob – https://www.youtube.com/@DavidJacob_1
• Leslie Bobb – https://www.nourishtoamplify.com
• Leslie Bobb – https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-bobb/

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There are 771,000 homeless Americans while we blow $20 billion a year and the problem keeps growing. Army vet and ER nurse Kara Candage hit rock bottom – sleeping in her car in El Paso with a toddler and a dog – yet still crushed nursing school. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley let Kara rip the curtain off the broken shelters, useless spending, and the real moves (like Finland’s model) that actually work.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) From Homelessness to Hope: A Mother’s Story
• (00:49) The Homelessness Crisis in America
• (02:17) Meet Kara Candage – Army vet, ER nurse, car-life survivor
• (03:48) Daily Struggles and Coping Mechanisms
• (07:41) The System’s Shortcomings and Personal Sacrifices
• (13:31) Breaking the Cycle – Education and Determination
• (14:37) Transitioning Out of Homelessness
• (15:55) The Bigger Picture – Systemic Issues
• (21:57) Debating Solutions – Legal and Ethical Considerations
• (26:17) Inpatient vs. Outpatient Therapy
• (30:09) Frequent Flyers in the ER + Shelter Addiction Nightmares
• (33:20) What Finland Gets Right on Housing
• (34:57) Redistributing the Homeless Population
• (48:00) The Role of Real Estate Investors
• (49:17) A Message to My Son
• (51:18) Conclusion and Call to Action

Connect:

• Kara Candage – https://www.instagram.com/kara_candage

America drops eighty billion dollars every year on prisons, yet 60 % of people walk right back in. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley close out Incarceration Nation with raw stories from the inside, proof the system is built to punish—not fix—and why education and real conversations beat endless lockup. They rip the band-aid off the justice system’s biggest failures and leave you pissed enough to demand better. You need to hear why awareness alone isn’t enough anymore.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Incarceration Nation finale kicks off
• (01:45) Quick overview of the broken cycle
• (03:56) Real interviews with people who lived it
• (05:44) The justice system’s biggest failures exposed
• (16:05) Why education actually cuts crime
• (19:04) Systemic change or bust
• (24:13) Revitalizing education to stop the revolving door
• (25:02) Power of community and real talk
• (27:44) More proof the system is rigged
• (29:36) Why politicians won’t touch reform
• (33:25) The prison industrial complex laid bare
• (36:10) How listeners can push real solutions
• (40:03) Tease: next up, tackling homelessness

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Right now the government only pays your attorney fees if you beat a murder charge in self-defense with a gun. Everywhere else? You’re broke even when innocent. Former prosecutor and judge Alex Thomason says make the state pay fees on every loss—watch prosecutorial abuse collapse overnight. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley grill him on unchecked power, trash law-school training, plea coercion, and the human wreckage left behind. This one change could gut the 97 % plea machine and actually restore justice.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) The one crime where the state pays your lawyer if they lose
• (02:04) Meet Alex Thomason – prosecutor, judge, Apprentice final-four, apple farmer
• (03:18) Law school fails – why grads can’t try cases
• (06:00) Storytelling wins trials, not motions
• (12:17) Prosecutors hold all the power – and almost never face consequences
• (20:12) Plea deal coercion – how 97 % of cases die without a fight
• (31:00) Systemic rot and real reform ideas
• (35:35) Human cost of wrongful convictions
• (41:14) Why jury trials are vanishing
• (46:40) A real malicious prosecution horror story
• (50:24) Make the state pay attorney fees on every loss – game over for bad cases
• (59:02) Lightning round with Alex

Connect:

• Alex Thomason – valorlawgroup.com

American cops are sent into chaos with almost zero real defensive-tactics training—some departments give recruits 8 hours total before handing them a gun. 13-year vet Sgt. Jordan Morris pulls zero punches: the job is broken, the culture is adversarial, and the fix is staring everyone in the face is jiu-jitsu plus real funding. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley dig into why officers burn out, why drug arrests explode jails, and how sticking cops in schools early actually stops crime before it starts. Raw, unfiltered, and urgent.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Incarceration Nation – Jordan drops the bombs immediately
• (01:18) Meet Sgt. Jordan Morris, 13-year cop & jiu-jitsu evangelist
• (03:05) Jordan’s origin story – Army firefighter to county jail
• (09:45) A day in patrol: domestic violence, drugs, no backup
• (17:48) The mental-health crisis cops never talk about
• (21:05) Why defensive-tactics training is basically nonexistent
• (34:47) Personal stories from the street that hit hard
• (42:58) How the entire criminal justice system lost the plot
• (45:21) Drug offenses, mandatory minimums, and exploding prisons
• (48:42) What actually works better than cages
• (53:48) Total redesign – jiu-jitsu, funding, leadership
• (01:01:03) Put cops in schools the right way to prevent crime
• (01:09:59) Final gut-check and reflections

Connect:

• Jordan Morris: Instagram

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America cages 1.9 million people and burns $80 billion a year doing it. Rafael (15 years inside), Jason, and Jennifer walked out and actually stayed out—built businesses, hired the formerly incarcerated, and crushed the odds. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley sit them down and ask the raw questions: what really changes a person behind bars, why most “rehab” is fake, and how mentorship + personal accountability drops recidivism through the floor. Zero preaching, all proof.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Incarceration Nation – the numbers that should piss you off
• (01:32) Meet Rafael, Jason, Jennifer – real stories, no filters
• (03:36) Jennifer’s glow-up – dropout to valedictorian to boss
• (05:26) Jason rewires his brain after lockup
• (07:53) Ralph (Rafael) beats 15 years and flips the script
• (09:58) Darkest moments inside – what actually breaks people
• (19:23) Mental health in a place built to crush it
• (26:37) Rehab vs. punishment – why we keep choosing wrong
• (38:07) Private prisons chasing profit, not people
• (51:31) Mentorship that actually works
• (52:02) Consistency and owning your mess
• (01:00:10) Reentry barriers nobody talks about
• (01:09:00) Financial literacy + rides = freedom
• (01:15:07) Soft skills > degrees when you’re starting over
• (01:34:03) Final fire – the wisdom you only get from doing the time

Connect:

• Jason Holland – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-holland-8a1504292
• Jennifer Morehouse – https://www.morehousecraftedinteriors.com/
• Jennifer Morehouse – https://www.instagram.com/morehousecraftedinteriors/
• Rafael Quiroz – https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafaelquiroz10/
• Defy Ventures – https://defyventures.org/

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