The Jake Turner Podcast

Eleven years ago in Dallas, a room full of strangers set a world record making sandwiches. That day sparked a movement. Now, one Saturday a month, she turns a restaurant in Hendersonville into a room full of neighbors packing hundreds of meals for people who are hungry right here in our town. In this episode, I sit down with the leader of Feed the City Hendersonville Nicole Carter. By day she keep...

A second grader stood in front of her class and read a book she wrote herself. Five kids raised their hands and asked if they could buy it. A woman in her 70s handed over a folder of poetry she had carried her whole life and said, "Publish these someday." Dozens of people who thought their book would die inside them finally became authors. In this episode, Jake sits down with the co-foun...

We are more connected than any generation in human history. More followers. More contacts. More ways to reach each other than ever before. And we have never been lonelier. In this episode, Jake sits down with keynote speaker, CEO of Human Touch Publishing, and author of Connect or Die: How to Survive AI, Jim Morris. Jim walks into companies that are stuck and finds the thing nobody else can see. B...

We treat a smile like it's nothing. A reflex. Something you do for a photo. Dr. Ken Rochon built his entire life on the opposite idea: that a smile might be one of the most powerful things a human being has. That it can carry hope into a room that's lost it. That it can actually save a life. They call him Dr. Smiley. He's a celebrity photographer, an international keynote speaker, a pu...

You spend a third of your life doing one thing. And almost all of us are failing at it. Dr. Bijoy John has spent 25 years fixing sleep for kids, exhausted parents, and pro athletes. He calls sleep deprivation the new pandemic. The thing nobody talks about because nobody is sleeping. In this episode, he breaks down why your 6 hours is quietly stealing your health, your weight, your focus, and years...

Most people are stuck and have no idea why. They're doing the work, saying the affirmations, reading the books, and still something invisible keeps pulling them back, like there's a ceiling they can feel but can't see. Dr. Jamil Sayegh says that ceiling has a name: an invisible block. And once you clear it, the goals you thought would take 10 years start showing up in 10 months. Jamil...

There's a crack in everything you think is real, and Danny Goler says if you look through it the right way, you start to see the code. Thousands of people have looked through the same crack and seen exactly what he sees. He calls it evidence that all of this is a simulation. Danny is a researcher and founder of the Code of Reality project. After an experience he couldn't explain away, he s...

In 2010, a car hit Austin Selby on a training run. Broken bones, fractures everywhere. Doctors told him he'd never run again. Sixteen years later, he's running 566 miles across Tennessee, Memphis to the Virginia border, on his own two feet. Not for a medal. For his daughter. Austin is a 13-year college coach, a father of eight, and a follower of Christ who adopted his daughter Satie and re...

He was adopted at birth, so before he could even talk, the first question of his life was already there. Where do I belong? He went looking for the answer everywhere a kid like him could. Skateboarding, hiphop, garage bands, anywhere that would have him. Then in fifth grade he picked up a camera and something clicked that he wouldn't understand for years. He wasn't just taking pictures. He...

He started going to the gym at 12 just to spend time with his dad. A kid whose own body kept turning against him learned how to build one worth trusting. Together, they discuss: • The Boy Who Couldn't Trust His Body: How an autoimmune diagnosis at 12 sent him to the weight room and changed everything • Strength as Discipline: Why showing up for your body every day teaches you how to show up fo...

He was sitting on a park bench watching his kids play when he decided to build an app. By the time they were ready to go home, it was done. In this episode, Jake sits down with Adam Terpstra, founder of Scalesmart and one of the sharpest builders in the AI automation space, for a conversation about what AI actually does to a business, where the real money leaks are, and why the gap between people...

At 11 years old, she watched broken people cross a finish line and decided that was the only place she wanted to be. Thirty years, thousands of miles, and a lifetime of loss later, she still laces up. In this episode, Jake sits down with author, speaker, and marathon runner Missy Moss Wright to talk about her book Unbreakable Soul and the raw, deeply personal journey behind it. From childhood anxi...

You think your past disqualifies you from a powerful future. Mario Cannon is proof that it doesn't. He grew up in the projects with no father in the picture. One foot in the streets, one foot trying to build something real. He watched his cousin get killed. Walked to work in the rain with dress shoes because he'd lost his car and his license. Bought a gym with a 480 credit score. Landed a...

You made it to Part 2. That means something landed in Part 1. Good. Because this one goes even deeper. Board-certified plastic surgeon. Greek Orthodox Christian. Philosopher. And one of the most brutally honest voices Jake has ever sat across from. In Part 2, Dr. Spiros Lazarou picks up right where he left off. This time the conversation moves into wealth and idolatry, toxic relationships, marriag...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 29 ft. Dr. Spiros Lazarou | Part 1You’ve been chasing happiness your whole life. That’s exactly why you can’t find it. Board-certified plastic surgeon. Greek Orthodox Christian. Philosopher. And one of the most brutally honest voices Jake has ever sat across from. In this episode, Jake sits down with Dr. Spiros Lazarou a plastic surgeon who has spent decades with his ha...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 28 ft. Ryan HuberIn this episode, Jake sits down with Ryan Huber, affiliate assistant professor of Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, author of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics of Formation, and special adviser to the New Canaan Society for a deep, unfiltered conversation about why male friendship is disappearing, what it actually takes to build community,...

Most people say they'll do it someday. Rick actually did it. In this episode, Jake sits down with Navy Corpsman veteran, motocross racer, and entrepreneur Rick Lehman for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what it actually takes to build a life worth retiring from on your own terms. This isn't just Rick's story. It's a blueprint for anyone who has ever said someday and meant neve...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 26 The Reverse InterviewMost people only show the highlight reel. They share the wins. They post the results. They hide the trailer park. But what happens when the guy behind the microphone finally sits down in the hot seat and tells the whole story? In this episode, Jake's close friend and motocross competitor Rick Layman flips the script and interviews Jake in a r...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 25 ft. Patti DamesworthMost people spend their lives running away from the things that scare them. They avoid the risk. They dodge the discomfort. They wait for "perfect" conditions to start living. But what if the real secret to resilience isn’t avoiding the storm, it's learning how to find peace while you are standing in the middle of it? In this episode...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 24 ft. Marcus HamptonMost people think success is about having the right tools. The right connections. The right capital. But what if the real bottleneck in your life and business isn’t what you have, it’s who you are being? In this episode, Jake sits down with Marcus Hampton, owner of Hampton Design and Build. Marcus’s story is a masterclass in radical responsibility....

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 23 ft. Jeff Holst Most people think extraordinary lives come from extraordinary circumstances. More money. More opportunities. More luck. But what if the real difference between ordinary and extraordinary isn’t circumstance at all...it’s the decisions you make when life forces you to wake up? In this episode, Jake sits down with Jeff Holst, entrepreneur, investor, autho...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 22 ft. Brandon Thielk Burnout doesn’t start with exhaustion. It starts with an identity you never questioned. Most high performers think more discipline is the answer. Push harder, work longer, stay tougher. But what if the real problem isn’t your output, it’s the silent wound driving you to prove yourself in the first place? In this episode, Jake sits down with Brandon...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 21 ft. Dr. Godwin Chishala Comfort is supposed to feel loving. Safety. Protection. Giving your kids everything you didn’t have. But what if the real damage happens when you remove every struggle from their path? In this episode, Jake sits down with Dr. Godwin Chishala, CRNA, children’s book author, outreach leader, and father, to unpack what happens when parents choose...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 20 ft. Tommy Pohlman Momentum is supposed to feel exciting. Growth. Freedom. Building something of your own. But what if the real shift happens the day you realize no one is coming to save you? In this episode, Jake sits down with Tommy Pohlman, founder of Nashville-based Mad Local Media, to unpack what changes when you remove the safety net and take full responsibility...

The Jake Turner Podcast Ep. 19 ft. Robert Hartline Success is supposed to be the finish line. Freedom. Flexibility. Finally slowing down. But what if the moment you “win” is the moment you realize you traded away something you can’t get back? In this episode, Jake sits down with Robert Hartline, entrepreneur, EOS implementer, and founder of multiple businesses, to unpack what success quietly takes...