Awakened Nation™

Before iconic singer Chester Bennington rose to international stardom as the lead singer for Linkin Park, he started out in Phoenix, Arizona with his first band Grey Daze. Grey Daze drummer and best friend to Chester, Sean Dowdell, along with their new lead singer Cris Hodges joins Brad Szollose on Awakened Nation to discuss what it was like to rerecord the tracks Chester and Sean were working on...

How do you reinvent the restaurant industry? Especially during the past 3 years? Fred Glick, president of operations at OMG Hospitality Group and former VP of Operations Phil’s BBQ shares his "Love, Service & Care" model to Awakened Nation, and Ken Blanchard's idea of a Triple Bottom Line! After being in the hospitality industry for almost 3 decades, Fred explains his customer/em...

Duane Chapman also known as Dog The Bounty Hunter and his wife Francie Chapman sit down with Brad Szollose to talk about his rough and tumble life, the spiritual side of faith and how it seemed to be divine intervention that brought them together. Convicted of a crime he didn't commit, Dog shares his journey from outlaw biker, to his hit television show, and losing his wife Beth to cancer...Dog an...

What if I were to tell you that networking is dead? Bruce Libman has reinvented the networking group with ARG: Accountants Resource Group. Bruce opens up about warm invitations, using Zoom to keep going through COVID, and expanding across the country. His network is not a business card exchange club, this is about serving each member, along with ongoing training and development. This is a fun epis...

What if you could tell the most powerful stories through film-making and photography? Stories that aren't being told in the mainstream news? Native American documentary filmmaker Simon Balderas is a master of visual storytelling and he joins us on Awakened Nation to share his latest films, The Runner and Buffalo. Brad and Simon cover everything from the abuse Native Americans endured, the story of...

Move over Myers-Briggs and DISC behavioral assessments, here comes Enneagram. While studying Myers-Briggs in college, Karl Hebenstreit, PhD accidentally was exposed to the several millennia old system called Enneagram. What is The Enneagram? It is a system of personality typing that describes patterns in how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. The Enneagram describes 9 personalit...

Should we be afraid of Artificial Intelligence AI? Science Fiction author Robert Rivenbark posed that exact same question when he wrote The Cloud. A combination of The Peripheral, Johnny Mnemonic and Blade Runner, The Cloud answers a simple question: if AI and Virtual Reality VR were combined...what kind of world would we be living in? And more sinister, what if those in power controlled this arti...

Our Workplace has changed, the Workforce has changed, and the technology has made it easier for people to work remotely...yet leadership is slow to embrace this new paradigm shift. New York Times Bestselling Author and Harvard MBA, Stephen MR Covey joins us on Awakened Nation to share powerful insights that are shaping today's relationship between the C-Suite and front line employees. "Because the...

What if you tried to shoot yourself, not once but three times? When the gun finally went off, the bullet shot through Matt's head with a loud pop. And a voice inside stated loud and clear "you will not die today!" Matt Hogan joins us to share his extraordinary story of despair that led to him putting a gun to his head...and yet he survived. Clearly Matt had a greater mission in life. From shedding...

Over 70% of our human DNA is lying dormant, as if waiting to be awakened... Founder of Bay Area Meditation, Geraldine Orozco returns to Awakened Nation to explain the worldwide phenomenon that is happening amongst the human race. People are awakening, and healing traumas and diseases at the cellular level by upgrading their DNA. The world's religions are all speaking about he Ascension of Soul, a...

What's it like to work with Clint Eastwood and Christopher Walken in your first feature film? Renée Marino shares with Awakened Nation how she learned to communicate in a big Italian Family, her Broadway career which led to her playing the female lead, Marie Delgado, Frankie Valli's wife in the movie Jersey Boys, to being one of the top communication coaches in the country. This is a fun episode,...

When Matt Busch saw Star Wars at the age of 4, he decided then and there that he wanted to work alongside George Lucas. Through the years, he followed his idles, worked on his skill level and immersed himself in all things Star Wars related. After going to college for illustration, he traveled to Hollywood and started storyboarding motion picture scenes for movies like The Matrix, Indiana Jones, L...

What if you could create the life you want, but you'd have to face your shadows and opinions that cause contradictions?  Behaviorist Amilya Antonetti does just that; shows businesses and individuals that they CAN create dramatic change through 5 Actionable Steps that ignite the genius within. This is a powerful episode with plenty of clues and strategies...so, bring a pen and piece of paper, so yo...

Building a business takes planning, clarity, and a passion for helping your clients get ahead. Brad and serial entrepreneur Adam Hommey (the secret weapon behind some of your favorite podcasts), have a great conversation on branding, business creation and of course, William Shatner and his role in Boston Legal. Adam Hommey shares his system to gain authenticity and conversion in any market. This i...

What's it like to grow up in a funny Italian family on Long Island? It prepares you for a career in stand up comedy that's for sure. Freelance Comedy Writer for the Greg Gutfeld Show, Lori Palminteri sits down with Brad to discuss opening for Louis C.K, meeting comedy legend Steven Wright, the ups and downs of comedy, meeting Sinbad, and being on the front lines as a woman comedian, and much much...

What would you do if your NFL Football career came to a sudden and abrupt end?  Jackson Crisp joins us on Awakened Nation to share his journey...from being picked for the NY Jets, to a career ending shoulder injury, to working with the NFL Alumni in Las Vegas,...and his humanitarian work fighting against domestic violence and human trafficking. Standing at 6'8", at 400 pounds, Jackson is a big man...

Dave Summers shares his life's work: to coax from his clients their unique and empowering story. "My job is to find the story...in the most vulnerable of places." Brad and Dave met at the American Management Association and immediately hit it off. Sharing a love of music, drumming, old style film and AV production for corporate meetings, this is a fun episode as two friends catch up. And Dave shar...

What if I told you that your health, and your freedom to choose the healing modalities that are right for you, has been hijacked? Dr. Robert Scott Bell of the syndicated Robert Scott Bell Show, sits down with Brad Szollose to discuss the thing that we are not allowed to mention, how the truth is finally coming out on the CDC and NIH websites, along with a discussion on parasites and how Western Me...

What is your dream job: Rock Star? Stunt Pilot? Talk Show Host? Jeff Senour is living all these dreams. As the lead singer for CTS: Called to Serve, he tours the world with his band, playing for our wounded veterans, and spouses who have lost a loved one in the service of our country. A devout Christian, Jeff shares with Brad his journey from small town kid, to a pilot who films complex aerial stu...

"We are self-fulfilling prophecies. What we tell our mind and our subconscious mind comes true...our own self image will determine how much money you make, what risk you will take, and how much you are willing to put yourself out there..." If you could change your fate, would you? Lee Milteer sits down with Brad Szollose to talk about her latest book Activate Your Inner Power. Lee talks about grow...

After the first year of podcasting, Justin Schenk was about to give up, when a listener from Japan reached out and emailed him, “because of your show, I have decided not to take my own life.”  From that moment of only 40 listeners, he decided to keep going. Today Justin’s podcast The Growth Now Movement gets 6000 downloads per episode and is listened to in over 100+ countries.   A reluctant entrep...

What does it take to fail multiple times, yet come back better than ever? "This is not something most people want to hear, but you'll learn more from failure than success." Max James shares his secrets to life, business and success. From growing up on a farm, and the life-lessons learned through his father, to rescue pilot in Vietnam—shot down twice and lived to tell about it—to building a billion...

Rob Anspach, owner of Anspach media and author of the wildly popular Rob Versus series sits down with Brad Szollose on Awakened Nation to discuss how he launched his career as an author, how to deal with scammers, the Soup Nazi, what triggers people these days, and much, much more. This is a funny episode. About Rob Anspach: Rob Anspach is a highly sarcastic  marketer, podcaster and serial author....

Have you noticed that young and old alike are starting to get a curved spine? Or their skull is tilted forward on their neck? Well this is the result of looking down at your cell phone all the time. Our modern world is causing neck, spine and other health issues. Aaron Parnell is considered a genius in Reposturing our bodies for better digestion, breathing and overall health. Having worked on the...

What would you do if you lost your job and were diagnosed with skin cancer all within one week? You would do what Jim Palmer would do, start your first business. Captain Jim Palmer sits down with Brad Szollose to share his journey of dealing with cancer and job loss, losing the ego in order to survive while trying to feed 4 teenagers, and the faith that brought him to his knees to turn his life ar...