Unscripted With Akeem Haynes

We have reached another milestone on the podcast. Episode 100! thank you to everyone that continues to tune into the show each week. Your support is greatly appreciated.   This episode is all about answering some of the questions that were submitted on Instagram. We wanted to do something a little different for this episode, why not include our listeners so that's what we did!   Short episode this...

This week on the show I'm joined by a good friend of mine. She's an Olympian, a graduate from the University of Oklahoma, and the founder of ACSS which is short for Administrative care support services where she provides administrative support for businesses, law firmers and other corporate administrate fields. She's a woman of faith and an all-around good-spirited individual. I've known Kerri Ann...

This week on the show I'm joined by a comedian, actor, entrepreneur, and music artist he's a man of many hats and wears them all well. The multifaceted & Multi-talented, Barry Brewer JR. This Episode We Get Into: • Growing Up In the Southside Chicago • discovering purpose through comedy early • Moving to LA at 18 & the 18 years before he got his breakthrough • Writing, Directing & Prod...

This week on the show, He's a 9x World Medalist, including two silver medals at the Olympic games in the 100mh hurdles, 2x indoor world championships titles in the 60m titles. He gets busy in the 100m as well too, He use to compete in his clothing brand, He's an entrepreneur, sprint and hurdles coach, and as of 2021, he was inducted into the USATF hall of fame. Terrence Tramell stops by the show!...

This week on the show, 2x Jamaican 100m Champion, Olympian and puma athlete professional sprinter, Tyquendo Tracey Joins me on the show. I really enjoyed my conversation with Tyquendo, he's had an interesting journey to get to where he is today and I think we highlighted parts of that throughout the episode. The transparency in this episode about how an athlete deals with injuries, and disappointm...

This week on the show, you might have seen him at West Virginia torching DBS and defences, he's number three on the all-time list for most receiving touchdowns in a single season in the NCAA. He was drafted in the third round by the St Louis Rams, he's an entrepreneur, a speaker and among many other things a Survivor Stedman Bailey joins me on the show I use to watch him when I was in college doin...

This week on the show, Motivational Speaker, Author, Podcast Host & Marine Allen Levi Simmons Joins me on the show. I had a great conversation with Allen, we touch on so many different things, from life to business, relationships, war stories, this is a heavy conversation but Allen's story and the transformation that he made to just function normally is an incredible story that you will hear a...

This week on the show, 1992 Olympian, Former WBC light heavyweight champion, Entrepreneur and current boxing trainer, Montel "Ice" Griffin Joins me on the show. Really Enjoyed my conversation with Montell, he was able to fit us in after training some of his fighters at his gym, he has a very interesting story, and we touch on a lot of different things in between. This Episode We Get into...

26 years of coaching, Co-Founder and CEO Of Altis & he's also their present short sprints coach, he's coached over 70 Olympians over 9 Olympic games, both winter and summer Olympics, helping attain over 30 Olympic medals, He's an author, A coffee connoisseur. He's a man that wears many hats. He's also my former coach who helped me get to my second Olympic games and win an Olympic medal at the...

This week on the show, my guest is a former division 1 soccer player, an Artist and a Lawyer at Slaughter, Regan & Cole. Jennifer Volcy In this episode, we talk about her upbringing Lessons that she learned growing up, How she got involved in soccer & the transition to Southern University A&m college in Baton Rouge Louisiana How she balances her schooling as a criminal justice major an...

This week my guest is a former boxer and for the past few decades world-class trainer, and one of the most well-known families in boxing, Jeff Mayweather. I had a great conversation with Jeff, he was very gracious with his time and was very honest about all of the questions that I asked them and gave us great insight into who he was the fighter and how he trains his athletes now. Jeff grew up in G...

This week on the show my guest is a financial consultant, Marathon Athlete and he's 1/2 of the Uber popular podcast "The fight with Teddy Atlas", Ken Rideout. I first heard about ken after listening to his podcast where he co-host with teddy atlas, entitled the fight. I thought this episode was a great way to start the new season, in this episode Ken walks us through the ups and downs of...

What's going on everyone? Welcome back to the first episode of season 3 of Unscripted. I hope the new year has been treating you well so far! We've missed you! Let's get into Episode #88 - Welcome back! In Episode 88 we are going to talk about something that I think we've all been through at some point. Have you ever felt like you're doing all the right things and maybe your not seeing results as...

Thank you to everyone that tune into the show this season. I want to thank everyone that left a rating and review of the show, and thank you to everyone that shared the episode as well. In the finale of season 2, Akeem reflects on the year it's been and he shares a quick message to close out the year and onwards towards the new year. Happy new year! And Merry Christmas to everyone. Until next seas...

This week on the show, she has once nicknamed the fastest woman on skates. She's a 3xOlympic medalist including the first-ever Canadian to win back-to-back gold medals in 1998 & 2002. She's an 11x World medalist including 5 world titles in the 500m sprints and short sprints. In 2008 she was inducted into the Canadian Hall of fame. She's the current President and CEO of sport Calgary, she is on...

This week on the show, 3x Olympic medalist including a gold in the team event in 2018 and an individual bronze, 2x World Medalist including a gold in 2018. She's the 6th woman in Canadian history to win an individual medal in figure skating with a bronze medal in 2018. She is not retired from the ice and is now studying and putting her focus into becoming a journalist. Former Canadian figure skate...

In this episode, we get into the importance of being great on your level. We as people always want more and more. While we want more, we might not be ready for that increase. If we take what is in front of us for granted, what makes us think we are ready for elevation? Everybody wants to be great, but to be great, you have to be great where you are right now. Elevation comes when you maximize all...

This week on the show, 2004 Olympic Gold medalist, 3x World medalist including a Gold in 2009, 2003 NCAA Champion in both the 100m & 200m and now sprint coach at Cane Bay High School in South Carolina, Former Jamaican Sprinter Aleen Bailey. Aleen was around during a special time In Jamaica, she helped create history in 2004 where she helped Jamaica win their first relay Gold medal in the histo...

This week 2xOlympian and one of Jamaica's fastest men Julian Forte Joins me on the show. Julian is on that prestigious list of sprinters who were able to run sub 10 in the 100m and sub 20 in the 200m. I first saw Julian in 2014 at the World Relays in the Bahamas he ran the third leg for that Jamaican team that won that year. A remarkable talent with high expectations and has done well for himself...

This week 5xOlympian, 4x on the summer side with track and field, 1 on the winter side with 2-man bobsled, 1996 Olympic gold medalist 2x World Champion, 1995 Pan Am Gold medalist in the 100m, 2008 Canadian sports hall of fame inductee and current head coach of Athletics Canada Glenroy Gilbert joins me on the show. In this episode, we talk about his upbringing, the migration from Trinidad to Canada...

Transition isn't an easy thing to do, it can be challenging mentally, physically and emotionally. Fear, Doubt, are among two of the most common feelings when it comes to starting something new. In this episode, we talk about how to handle the mental back and forth match when dealing with the process of transition.

This week Former CFL offensive lineman for the BC Lions and Montreal Alouettes and now financial Consultant/Planner, Kirby Fabian joins me on the show. Originally from Calgary Alberta Canada, Kirby was A dual-sport athlete playing basketball and football throughout high school. He excelled in football and coming out of high school was one of the top offensive linemen in the country. He signed with...

This week on the show, I'm joined by a former Canadian National Team Snowboarder. content creator & speaker, and founder of 93Agency where she helps people build their brand through social media, Natalie Allport. Natalie grew up playing sports from a young age. she did everything that you could think of, soccer, hockey, basketball, softball and she excelled in all of them. But at the age of 12...

My guest on the show is 3xOlympian, Olympic silver medalist, 400m runner from the Netherlands, Liemarvin Bonevicia. In this episode, we talk about his journey growing up in Curacao, learning the importance of sacrifices at an early age. his development as an athlete, how he stayed positive during his mother's illness, his experiences and lessons learned in the Olympic games and the legacy he wants...

This week my guest is one of the greatest triple jumpers of all time. He's a 10xAll American at the University of Florida, 3x NCAA champion, He's a 2x US Champion, 4x World Champion, 2x Olympic Champion and the first to defend a back to back title since 1976, he is also second on the all-time triple jump list with a jump of 18.21m. My guest this week is Christian Taylor. In this episode, we talk a...