Every Day's a Train Wreck

Matt Kelsey made a film about depression, grief, and survival—and then his stepfather, who funded it, died on day five of the shoot. In this raw conversation with Marley Majcher, Matt walks through the business of indie filmmaking (the $297K budget, the missing toilets, the 10-day shoot), but the real story emerges in the second half: he's been in therapy since 13, has had suicidal ideations numer...

Tommy Dorfman built a $100 million electronic dance music empire in New York and New Jersey—and locked a ten-year exclusive contract at the Meadowlands, the largest state fair on the East Coast. Then Live Nation discovered it. In February 2011, they walked into a meeting and told him before he could even introduce himself: "We're gonna blow you the fuck out." They owned the talent agenci...

Beth Miller walked into what she thought was a permission-request meeting and accidentally became a podcast cohosts. What unfolds is unexpectedly profound: a conversation about Tai Chi, childhood trauma, and what teaching young entrepreneurs actually requires in the age of AI. Beth is a business professor at the University of Dayton who spent years in ad agencies before pivoting to full-time teach...

Mother's Day doesn't have to mean a jam-packed restaurant, screaming kids, and inflated prices. In this solo episode, Marley Majcher shares her complete playbook for hosting an elegant, stress-free Mother's Day at home—from potluck strategy and elevated decor hacks to games and activities that keep everyone engaged. But beneath the tips is a quieter truth: what mothers actually want is a day where...

Marley Majcher takes Every Day's a Train Wreck on the road — broadcasting live from the Louie Ortega Room inside Oklahoma City's National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum during their annual awards gala. Her guest is Joe Cornet, filmmaker and publisher, who has dedicated years to resurrecting the forgotten half of one of Hollywood's greatest brotherhoods: John Mitchum, younger brother of Robert,...

Marcy Pellegrino joins Marley Majcher to share the raw, unfiltered journey from $250 kitchen experiment to retail success with Marcy's Pet Kitchen. After losing her two labs to cancer, Marcy channeled her grief into creating ultra-clean, vegan dog treats that actually work for dogs with dietary issues. This isn't your typical startup story — it's about jumping before you're ready, celebrating phot...

Welcome back to Every Day’s a Train Wreck — and this time, it’s just me, you, and a little jet-lagged truth bomb straight from Marbella, Spain.  After three weeks of nonstop travel (think: Virgin Voyages cruise → investor pitching → Madrid → Marbella), I had a realization that honestly should not still surprise me…Most people—even at the highest price points—have no idea what luxury actually feels...

Someone sits in a basement—literally, for five months. Figuratively, for five years. A man who'd built and sold a business, who understood the invisible force of minds meeting together, now understanding isolation from the inside. He'd mastered entrepreneurship. He'd walked into rooms where successful people broke down crying about marriages and anxiety. He'd been the guy who knew how to connect....

You lock in a venue to feel safe. Then you find something better. Now a quarter of your deposit is gone, and the cage you built to protect yourself won't open. It's a small story about control—until you realize how many decisions work exactly this way. Ashley joins Marley Majcher for the second chapter in planning a wedding from abroad, where the real reckoning happens: the budget. Together they w...

Welcome back to Every Day Is a Train Wreck — where Marley Majcher sits down with people who have built big things, broken big things, and somehow lived to tell the story. This week’s guest? Jeffrey Hayzlett. And before you even start the episode, Marley recommends one thing: Google him. Former Chief Marketing Officer of Kodak, judge on Celebrity Apprentice, founder of the C-Suite Network, host of...

There's a moment midway through where something shifts—when a man who sleeps five and a half hours and works until 1 a.m. says he never wanted to be an entrepreneur, talks about his father calling the answering service during family vacations, and describes it all as a curse. Then he says he's one of the happiest people alive. No one laughs. They just listen. Mark Kramer built Vin University in Ha...

Welcome back to another episode of Every Day Is a Train Wreck — and today’s wreck is a real one. Marley sits down with longtime friend Thomas Acker , a California native, insurance pro, father of three, and one of the many residents whose lives were ripped apart during the Altadena fires. Thomas gives the raw, unfiltered, street-level account of what actually happened that night: the terrifying gl...

Today on Every Day’s a Train Wreck , Marley launches something completely new — a full-blown, real-time wedding-planning reality series, starring newly engaged American bride Ashley , who lives in London and is planning a destination wedding abroad without losing her mind (yet). This episode kicks off the entire journey: the proposal, the vision, the venue drama, the misconceptions, the Pinterest...

Today on Every Day Is a Train Wreck , Marley welcomes back one of the most infamous, most meme-ified, most unexpectedly inspirational guests ever: Joe Exotic, calling in straight from federal prison. And if you think this episode is going to be calm… honey, absolutely not. Within seconds, Joe drops us straight into the madness — from alleged abuse inside solitary confinement, to his current fight...

Welcome back to another episode of Every Day Is a Train Wreck — and today’s wreck is a doozy. Marley brings back fan-favorite guest Nils Grevillius , the private detective with 30+ years in the trenches of human chaos. Former military intelligence. Former Pinkerton agent. Author. Collector of the wildest real-life cheating stories you’ve ever heard. If you think infidelity is just “someone steppin...

Marley loved her last convo with Olivia Sammons so much that she basically grabbed her by the virtual collar and said, “You’re coming back.” And honestly? Thank God she did. If you missed their first episode, Olivia is the razor-sharp, lightning-fast Brit behind the Founders Future Podcast — the woman who interviewed Marley, closed Marley, and accidentally became her new ADHD soul sister. This rou...

Marley is back — hair done, makeup done, life not done — and joining her in today’s chaos is the man, the myth, the podcast machine himself: Adam Torres of Mission Matters. Adam is one of Marley’s top-performing guests ever (which says a LOT when your competition is a crystal healer, an astrologer, and your own bougie daughter demanding a Birkin from Secret Santa). This episode? Unhinged. Off the...

Marley has a surprise guest today — the woman who slid into her LinkedIn DMs, booked her on a podcast, interviewed her flawlessly in record time, and then… closed her. Meet Olivia Sammons — yes, like the fish — the lightning-fast UK sales assassin from Founders Future / closers.io, and possibly the only human alive who can talk faster than Marley and make sense. This episode is a masterclass in:...

Welcome to 2026… and welcome back to another episode of Every Day Is a Trainwreck , where Marley brings in a certified fan favorite — Chirag Sagar of Mission Matters — to break down why some people bounce back, level up, and stay in the game… while others tap out before February. After a year that felt like Mercury Retrograde on performance-enhancing drugs, Marley and Chirag get real about what it...

Welcome to 2026… or as Marley puts it, “Hi, yes, hello — who ordered the chaos platter with a side of emotional gout?” In the first episode of the year, Marley ditches the party tips, décor ideas, and bougie event hacks — and meets you exactly where you are . Overwhelmed? Exhausted? Behind already? Feeling like everyone else is writing vision boards on a yacht while you’re Googling “how to feel fe...

It’s the last episode of 2025 (?!), and Marley is closing out the year with the one person who can handle the chaos, the exhaustion, and the spiritual duct tape required to get us to January: Viola Murrone — Little Miss Feel & Heal herself. You’ve heard her on the show before: former Chanel executive, Reiki master, crystal whisperer, accidental comedian, and possibly the only human alive who c...

It’s Christmas Eve (!!!), and Marley is coming to you straight from the Sofitel Metropole Hanoi , because of course she is — keynote-speaking, pomelo-juice–drinking, silk-shopping queen of chaos that she is. And since she is currently living inside a Pinterest board disguised as a hotel room, she’s breaking down what luxury hotels do brilliantly … and how YOU can shamelessly steal those tricks for...

How much would you spend on a Secret Santa gift? If you said “the limit,” Coco says… absolutely not. In this very special holiday episode of Every Day’s a Train Wreck , Marley sits down with her hardest-to-book guest yet — her teenage daughter Coco Serrio — for a festive deep dive into gift exchanges, holiday trends, and the shocking truth about what Gen Z actually wants under the tree (spoiler al...

Think cookie swaps are just a Pinterest thing with plastic trays and zero flavor? Think again, friend. In this solo episode of Every Day’s a Train Wreck , Marley Majcher —aka The Party Goddess! —takes you on a festive deep dive into planning the perfect (read: over-the-top, sparkly, gift-wrapped-to-the-gods) holiday cookie swap. And spoiler alert: it’s not just about the cookies. From budget-frien...

Feeling behind on the holiday party train? Haven’t even chilled the wine yet? SAME. But don’t worry—Marley’s got you covered with a festive dose of fabulous and her go-to girl for all things culinary, Chef Aricia Alvarado of Alchemy Kitchen! Back by popular demand, Aricia joins Marley for a holiday-themed masterclass in effortless entertaining—aka how to survive hosting with your sanity (and spark...