Life Unscripted with Alix Kendall

The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award goes to …..the people of Minneapolis! Accepting the award was Natalie Ehret, the founder of Haven Watch, an organization providing resources to people released from ICE detention centers. What Natalie started, is nothing short of a miracle, and the number of citizens who’ve jumped in to help is extraordinary. In this episode of “Life Unscripted,” podcas...

This episode marks the beginning of season two of “Life Unscripted!” Podcast host Alix Kendall celebrates the new season by bringing back her very first guest of the podcast, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. You may know Mayor Jacob Frey from his fired up speech telling ICE agents in Minneapolis to “get the Fu*k out of here.” This was in January 2026 as things were amping up during “Operation Metro S...

The city of Minneapolis received both national and international attention during “Operation Metro Surge,” which began shortly after ICE agents killed Renee Goode, and Alex Pretti. St. Paul, the other half of the “Twin Cities,” also experienced its own trauma by the federal government. In the beginning of all of this… St. Paul elected a new leader, MAYOR KAOHLY HER. She is the first woman, and fir...

Angels by definition, serve as a divine messenger, intermediary or protector of humanity, and nothing could be truer than these brave souls. In this this episode of “Life Unscripted,” Alix Kendall sits down with 2 leaders of the “BRAVER ANGELS” movement to learn how they are getting Democrats and Republicans to sit down and talk to one another. MELINDA VOSS is one of the state coordinators for BRA...

She speaks for the peeps, and is a force of nature in the artistic world, who uses her voice to lead as a Minnesota State Representative. MARIA ISA PEREZ-VEGA’s roots run deep as a Latina raised on the west side of St. Paul. On this episode of “LIFE UNSCRIPTED,” ALIX KENDALL sits down for a lively conversation with MARIA ISA. The two met years ago, through a mutual friend when Maria Isa’s career a...

He has a name you don’t forget, whose unique ability to rally people together for the greater good, did not go unnoticed by “Pivot,” a podcast hosted by veteran tech journalist, Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway. Galloway initiated #resistandunsubscribe, a consumer activism movement aimed at encouraging people to vote with their dollars AGAINST large tech companies contributing to the...

It turns out “Minnesota Nice” is more than just a passive aggressive nicety from the Land of 10,000 Lakes and Scandahoovians. It’s a don’t Fu*k with my neighbor, and by the way—we know how to band together to deliver food to traumatized communities, better and faster than whipping up a hot dish on cold winter’s day.  In this episode of “Life Unscripted,” Alix Kendall sits down with PASTOR MIGUEL A...

On this episode of “Life Unscripted,” are we repeating a dark time in history? Author Steven E. Mayer shares his family’s fallout with Alix Kendall detailed in his memoir, “My Father Against the Nazis.” The parallels of the ICE operation, and the Gestapo in Nazi Germany, have been sounding the alarm bells to many Holocaust educators, even though it wasn’t Meyer’s original intention in writing the...

This episode of “Life Unscripted,” Alix dishes with Radio D.J. Mary Lucia, and the two have a lot in common. Both have worked as radio Disc Jockeys, and have stories to share. Mary Lucia’s memoir, “What Doesn’t Kill Me Makes Me Weirder And Harder To Relate To,” captures her early life raised in an eccentric family, to her drug spiral, and the unwanted life changing experience of having a stalker i...

The news out of Minnesota has been bleak since the Federal Government unleashed Ice Agents on Minnesota, but its attack on the streets of Minneapolis, following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are unprecedented. The legal questions continue to rise surrounding how the city of Minneapolis fights back against the Federal Government to get ICE off the streets. On this episode of “Life Unsc...

https://cozyearth.com/discount/AKLIFE   https://www.coppernorth.com/discount/AKLIFE  https://shop.aspiredrinks.com/discount/AKLIFE Alix Kendall sits down with Norah Shapiro, whose award-winning documentary, “Magic and Monsters,” follows survivors who broke their silence about the decades long sexual abuse cycle, and coverup at America’s preeminent Children’s Theater. Shapiro reveals the emotional...

It’s the “Best of” episode of “Life Unscripted”. Alix looks back at 2025 and highlights four episodes. She begins with her debut podcast in June, where she interviews Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. The episode was recorded BEFORE the ICE raids in Minneapolis, but the subject was raised in their conversation. You’ll hear what Mayor Frey thought about the potential of Federal agents coming into the c...

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Life Unscripted Shop all of OF :MyDeals. Page/1qhg⁠ Journalist, Team U.S.A. snowboarder, and amputee advocate Courtney Godfrey is featured in this episode of “Life Unscripted with Alix Kendall.” The two discuss everything from being in the news business together, to Courtney’s incredible achievements since becoming an amputee after a freak boating accident. She’s candid about her challenges, and h...

In this episode of “Life Unscripted: Finding the Funny in the Fu*ked Up World,” Comedian Lizz Winstead doesn’t avoid controversial topics like most comedians, and being cancelled goes both ways. Alix Kendall has a laugh, and the two dissect how Networks have influenced the entertainment world, and how censoring freedom of speech is backfiring at a time when people need comedic relief. The intervie...

In this episode of “Life Unscripted: Too Much Pink, Not Enough Green,” Alix Kendall talks with Jacquelyn Vranicar, who is living with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Why is stage four getting so few research dollars compared to other cancers? Jacquelyn started her own nonprofit, Vranicure, and is speaking out about the imbalance amid a sea of pink coming in October. Hear Jacquelyn’s personal journey on...

This episode of “Life Unscripted with Alix Kendall” is all about twins. Why are we so fascinated with identical twins? What is there to learn about twins that can help us all in understanding human behavior. Dr. Nancy Segal is one of the top experts in the world on the study of twins, specifically, twins separated at birth. You’ll learn about the “giggle twins,” the Jim twins, and her groundbreaki...

Gretchen Carlson has been in the spotlight for years. First as Miss America, then a Fox News personality, but what happened AFTER she left the Network is what really catapulted her into the national spotlight. In this episode of “Life Unscripted with Alix Kendall, she shares why her own experiences motivated her to advocate for sexual harassment victims , and eradicate NDA’s in the workplace, and...

In this episode of “LIFE UNSCRIPTED WITH ALIX KENDALL," Alix sits down with MARIA AWES, the Executive Producer of “Her Last Episode: The Abduction of JODI HUISENTRUIT.” Jodi was a News Anchor in Mason City, Iowa. This is a mystery that has haunted not only women in the News business, but ALL women who fear walking at night to their car. The new doc-series on #Hulu sheds light on new tips, and disp...

I’ve been thinking about A.I. a lot lately. I mean, that is ME right? Asking questions, or is it a bot? Unless you’re fully entrenched in the Artificial Intelligence business, chances are you have questions. Many of them. Will A.I. replace my job? Can we trust using it for critical information? Is there an upside to A.I.? In this episode of “Life Unscripted with Alix Kendall,” Leading Futurist, an...

I’ve been thinking about A.I. a lot lately. I mean, that is ME right? Asking questions, or is it a bot? Unless you’re fully entrenched in the Artificial Intelligence business, chances are you have questions. Many of them. Will A.I. replace my job? Can we trust using it for critical information? Is there an upside to A.I.? In this episode of “Life Unscripted with Alix Kendall,” Leading Futurist, an...