Just Davit

This is the story of the time I got pulled out of school… not by my dad—but by my buddy pretending to be him 😅 Next thing I know, we’re driving across town to help him in what we thought was a fight… and we pull up to an entire school waiting for it. No plan. No idea who was who. Just chaos. And somehow… it ended with us making the news as the “Southside Wrecking Crew” 🤦‍♂️ The craziest part? Th...

Most people think they lack discipline. They don’t. They’re just focused on the wrong feeling. In this episode of Just Davit, I break down how I stopped waiting to feel motivated and started using psychology to create momentum in my life. From laundry day systems to cutting down massive wood piles one log at a time, I explain how small wins create real change — and why starting is always the harde...

In this episode, Davit shares a deeply personal story about growing up in a household with two fathers during a time when it wasn’t widely accepted — the late 1970s and early 1980s. What started as a childhood curiosity slowly became an understanding of family, resilience, and what it really means to grow up in a loving home — even when the world outside didn’t always understand. This is a story a...

This episode is a little different — because Dusty finally joins me on camera. We talk about why he avoided being on video for so long, what changed, and how TikTok Shop pushed him out of his comfort zone. It turns into a real conversation about chasing ideas, building something long term, and the difference between quick wins and slow growth. If you’ve ever struggled with putting yourself out the...

This week on Just Davit, I’m breaking down exactly how I lost 60 pounds—for the third time—and why this time actually worked. There’s no product to buy. No program to sign up for. No ads in this episode. This is just my personal experience: the psychology, the food choices, the mistakes I made the first two times, and what finally changed when I stopped chasing a finish line and built a real after...

This week on Just Davit, I’m telling a story I never thought I’d tell out loud. Many years ago, I had to physically carry Kenny Wayne Shepherd out of a hotel lobby, load him into a van, and get him to a venue—completely non-functional. No drama. No panic. Just another day in the music business. What happened next still blows my mind. In this episode, I also:Shout out some good people (John & H...

This episode of Just Davit isn’t a story, it’s about storytelling itself. I started this podcast to do one thing: tell real stories from my life. No pitch. No angle. No hidden agenda. Just stories, the way people have always told them. But lately I’ve been wondering if that’s the problem. I don’t feel like I’m competing with anyone. I don’t belong to a category. And it feels like the algorithm doe...

I was working backstage on the Faith Hill & Tim McGraw tour when something happened that still doesn’t feel real… I walked into a massive garage full of tour buses — and there was Tim McGraw, alone, shooting hoops on a full-size basketball court he had set up backstage. Then he looked at me and said: “Hey man… you wanna play?” I froze. I wasn’t supposed to talk to the artists. I wasn’t suppose...

If blood freaks you out… this episode might not be for you. In this raw and unfiltered episode of Just Davit, Davit tells the true story of discovering blood inside his prosthetic leg after losing nearly 60 pounds on keto. What started as a simple pain turned into a wake-up call about weight loss, prosthetic fitment, amputee struggles, nerve pain, and how drastic body changes can create unexpected...

When I was 18, my boss sent me up a 30-foot telephone pole… and then the pole fell over with me on it. This episode is about the real kind of unsafe work nobody talks about — climbing rotten poles with no safety gear, cutting live triplex, and being thrown into situations where you’re expected to “just do it” even when your gut says you shouldn’t. It doesn’t stop there. I also tell the story of th...

This week, Davit goes back to his runner days — the era when he shuttled famous artists around for concert venues. But nothing prepared him for the night he had to pick up Alice Cooper… in a family minivan… with a steel crate in the front seat that turned out to be his actual snake. And if that wasn’t wild enough, wait until you hear how Davit’s very-Christian, very-snake-phobic wife reacted when...

My Manager Wouldn’t Let Me Take a Week Of. So, this week’s episode is exactly what it sounds like. I bought a new house, I’m buried under boxes, my studio looks like a garage sale that lost hope, and in the middle of all that… my manager told me I wasn’t allowed to take a week off. So here I am — exhausted, annoyed, and somehow still laughing — recording a podcast in a half-built studio because Du...

This week, I’m recording in the middle of moving-day chaos — new house, destroyed studio, a prosthetic socket that’s giving me more pain than it has in months, and a whole lot of stubbornness on my part. After losing my foot in 2023, I knew I wanted to keep doing things myself. So yes… I was moving washers and couches and hauling trailers. And for a while, it was going fine — until my socket start...

Ever wonder what it’s like to get launched off an aircraft carrier at full throttle? In this episode, Davit takes you back to his Navy days aboard the USS America — working the catapults, catching stolen naps, and living through the chaos of life at sea. From the sleepless grind to that once-in-a-lifetime moment of being shot off the deck of an aircraft carrier, this story blends adrenaline, humor...

This week on Just Davit, I share the wildest “vacation idea gone wrong” story of my life, white-water rafting. What started as an adventure with friends turned into a full-on battle with the river. I fell out, got sucked under the raft, and thought I was done for. Between near-death panic and bad decisions, lessons were hiding under those waves - about fear, gratitude, and how much your mind chang...

Two years after a motorcycle wreck cost me my foot, I’m living louder than ever. Join me, Davit, as I walk you through a day in the life of an amputee – from socket liners to phantom sensations, from lifting into a truck to embracing my new normal. You’ll hear: • How my leg changed so much I needed two liners and limb socks to make the socket fit. • The moment I asked “How’s the bike?” in the hosp...

Content Warning: This story gets graphic — blood, violence, and chaos. You’ve been warned. What started as a simple football hangout in the South End of Columbus turned into a street war when a wild man came out swinging with a club — and split the back of my head open. From ducking the first hit to fighting back, to my brother tossing me a weapon and a cop rolling in with a shotgun… this is one o...

This week’s Just Davit story proves that sometimes the trick really is the treat. 🎃 When my dad decided to pull one of his craziest Halloween pranks yet, things got out of hand — in the funniest way possible. 🎃 In this episode: The porch prank that fooled an entire neighborhood Why scaring kids became a father-son tradition How this turned into one of my favorite Halloween memories ever It’s wei...

At 16 years old, I took a simple delivery job at KFC — but one order turned into the scariest moment of my life. What started as a quick drop-off ended with a gun in my face and a life-or-death choice. In this episode of Just Davit, I share how a teenage delivery gig in the 80s spiraled into a robbery, what it taught me about fear, boundaries, and trusting your instincts and why I quit that job ri...

I can’t believe I did this. One hot day in Mesa, Arizona, I stumbled onto a hidden cliff with friends… and ended up climbing up to one of the scariest heights I’ve ever seen. Long story short: we jumped. 100 feet. In this episode of Just Davit, I relive every trembling step, the panic, the peer pressure, and the moment I leapt off that cliff. (Spoiler: it was terrifying in the best way.) 🎯 What y...

What would you do if Marilyn Manson walked up with a tray of cafeteria food and asked to sit at your table? Davit wasn’t expecting a surprise celebrity encounter, but he found himself face-to-face with the shock rock legend—cowboy hat, no makeup, and surprisingly down-to-earth. In this episode, Davit shares how a casual lunch with Manson turned into a deep talk about fame, controversy, and publici...

“I dropped the pastor’s wife during a magic trick.” This true magician fail happened at a church youth event after a pool-party gig with flash paper and chaos. A levitation (chair suspension) that worked in rehearsal… until it didn’t—on stage, in front of a room full of kids, with the pastor watching. Before that: a July pool-party show where a fireball launched straight into my tote bag and melte...

When I was 16, I agreed to go scuba diving off the coast of Florida—with zero training, no license, and a canoe as our dive boat. What could go wrong? This wild story takes you through the chaos of strapping on a weight belt for the first time, fighting waves while dragging a canoe full of scuba gear, and realizing way too late that I had no idea what I was doing. Things got scary fast when the ca...

One decision changed my life. After 30+ years of riding without a helmet, I finally started wearing one… until the one day I didn’t — and that’s the day I was hit by a car. In this episode, I share the raw, unfiltered story of my motorcycle accident, the brain bleed, the devastating injury that led to my foot amputation, and the long road back to walking again. From the surreal “helmet premonition...

This episode first aired on MessyMedia channel — but YouTube slept on it. From running a tattoo shop/restaurant that sells wooden walking sticks… to DJing with one foot… Davit (aka the Funky Cold Messina) has lived a hobby-hopping, career-twisting, zero-brakes kind of life. MessyMedia brought him back for round two to expose his wildest ideas and find out why he actually stuck with podcasting. 🎙 W...