Surviving The System

Special guest co-host Alex Rahe! Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph. D. is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, College of Public Affairs, and a Research Fellow of the Center for International and Comparative Law, and the Schaefer Center for Public Policy at the University of Baltimore. He has been a Visiting Professor at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, and University of Padua, Italy. Ross has resea...

Have you ever seen the documentary "The Corporation?" If you haven't, I highly recommend you watch it, not just because it's the premise for my show today. In a nutshell, it describes the personality of a corporation if that business was a living, breathing person. I love that though, and ran with it. What if "the system" had a personality? What kind of a person would it be? Spoiler alert - not a...

November was a ROUGH month. Not just for my family and me, but for those around me as well. As much as I try to keep an optimistic attitude, and focus on the more positive aspects of even the most challenging situations in life, sometimes I can't. Sometimes, I just have to sit down, take a breath, and feel everything. Feel defeated, feel scared, feel hopeless, feel frustrated. All of it. This seem...

Today, I'm pleased to welcome back David Mitchell to the show! For those of you that haven't listened to his last interview, and the update show that I did on him, I highly encourage you to go back and listen to those shows. Not only are they relevant to the context 2:48 Damnit....scratch that, hit enter on accident...starting over 2:52 Description: Today, I welcome back David Mitchell to the show...

You know those times when someone pays you a compliment, or maybe tries to help you out by giving you a few bucks or something you may need? Have you ever wondered why your first reaction is to try and turn it down? Or to say no? I've caught myself doing that more than once this last week, and I started seeing it from people around me as well. 8:12 ....cont.... 8:14 Have you ever thought about jus...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org/ http://www.facebook.com/survivingthesystem Twitter @STSthePodcast Do I have your attention now? Good! In this episode, I welcome back my friend Jared Prince, and his fiancée Becky. Jared approached me a few weeks ago and asked if I'd be interested in talking about QAnon and that he and Becky had been researching it quite a bit recently. I've done some research on...

Returning to the show is my good friend Ross Plum, owner of GreenStar Glass and Goodies. Last year, Ross came on to tell us about his real-time encounter with the system. There seemed to be a "happy ending" to the story....until now! Here he is with an update as the system is taking another shot. http://www.survivingthesystem.org/ http://www.facebook.com/survivingthesystem Twitter @STSthePodcast

Shannon Ross has just re-entered the community after 17 years of incarceration, and he has PLENTY to say about his experience behind bars! Specifically about education while in prison. Shannon wrote a very well worded paper on some of the struggles he's had to go through while obtaining his education inside Wisconsin prisons. The roadblocks were numerous, and the system didn't make it easy on him....

Want to know how to immediately ruin a man and his reputation, no questions asked, and no evidence needed? On September 15th, former guest and friend to the show David Mitchell was arrested for sexual assault of a minor. This came in the wake of a huge Grand Jury finding about the James Scurlock killing here in Omaha, that Mr. Mitchell was instrumental in bringing to pass. Within hours of the Gran...

In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller "Life happens pretty fast. If you don't stop and take a look around once in awhile, you could miss it." Well, life has been coming at me 100mph lately, and I've been working double time to keep up. Seems like every time I turn around, there's something coming up that is getting in the way of things I want to do, and need to do. It would be easy to give up an...

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http://www.survivingthesystem.org/ http://www.facebook.com/survivingthesystem Twitter @STSthePodcast A 17-year-old in Florida took a heavy blow from the system. This is a prime example of how the system takes what it calls justice and completely flips the idea of justice on its head. Words like justice, prudence, and rehabilitation do not exist in certain places and situations in this world. Liste...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org/ http://www.facebook.com/survivingthesystem Twitter @STSthePodcast I had the opportunity to hear an interview with a new podcast host, Charlie Robinson. I liked his interview, so I decided to check out his podcast, and it was exactly what I needed at that time! What struck me the most was his message was similar to what I talk about, he just comes at it from a dif...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org/ http://www.facebook.com/survivingthesystem Twitter @STSthePodcast I needed help. My family and I have been doing a good job of persevering in the face of this global pandemic, but we were still behind. I was at a crossroads where I could either continue pushing forward and hoping something would happen...or I could ask for help that had been offered to me. It was...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org/ http://www.facebook.com/survivingthesystem Twitter @STSthePodcast Recently, the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill that made something that was already illegal, illegal. How you may ask? I have no idea either! I just know that it really got under my skin and I was on a mission to give them a piece of my mind. However, right after I got the news of that bill's pas...

I recently received an SD card from a friend of mine at a prison facility here in Nebraska, with a video of himself on it. Caught me off guard at first, because this isn't something the NDCS normally does! As I watched the video, I was encouraged and inspired, because he poured his heart out and stood in his power and said what he needed to say. He talked about how he's used his time in prison to...

As usual, I've been paying attention to what's going on in society and a thought occurred to me recently. I was reading something on Facebook about how a certain individual felt he was owed "reparations" for his ancestors being slaves in America in the past. It got me thinking...wait a minute, does this person think slavery isn't still happening? Does this person think that it's unique to just the...

I decided to try something different tonight. I have a lot going through my head, so many things I want to talk about and address, that I can't decide which direction to go. So, I'm going to do a little free flow. I've been noticing that "The System" has all of us operating at almost 100% fight or flight. People are on edge, stressed out, ready to explode...myself included! What if it's being done...

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http://www.survivingthesystem.org On the evening of May 30th, 2020 during the 2nd night of protesting in Omaha, a 22-year-old man, James Scurlock, was shot and killed. Mere days later on June 5th, despite eye witness accounts, video footage, and numerous social media posts showing possible intent, the man who shot him, Jacob Gardner, was released by the police with no charges filed. Tonight I'm jo...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org On May 14th, 2020 Mattieo Condoluci was killed in his home in Omaha, NE. Over the next few days, as details of the killing came out, the media tell their own version of the story, making Mr. Condoluci the "villain" and his killer the "hero savior." Marie, from Nebraskans Unafraid, joins me to dissect the story being told, and more importantly to discuss the items...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org Angie Hatfield joins us from the Florida Justice Coalition. It is a growing group of individuals, groups, and non-profits with a passion to make a positive impact in the prison system and criminal justice. It is imperative that our community get active by engaging our legislatures and candidates and encouraging commitment from all to come together as one force...A...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org James Arthur Ray joins us again to talk about his newest efforts to create a new community. First, we talk about his newest book release. In The Business of Redemption, James Arthur Ray brings together his nearly 30 years of experience in leadership, entrepreneurship, performance, and business. He tracks his meteoric rises and epic falls, successes and failures, t...

I've been re-reading the book "The Science of Success" by my coach and mentor James Arthur Ray. In it, he goes in depth into immutable laws that run our universe. 7 of them, to be exact. As I was reading them, I was recognizing how they applied directly to my own life, and especially to this particular time in history. I thought it would be beneficial to take some time and introduce you all to the...

http://www.survivingthesystem.org I'm sure by now you all have stories about how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected your life. Maybe you're stuck inside your house unable to leave? Maybe you can't make an income, and don't know how you're going to make it? Maybe you just miss your friends and family, and you're struggling with the lack of human interaction? I know I'm feeling all that frustration,...