The Jake Sasseville Show

Andrena Hale talks about learning about the music industry from Puff Daddy. Gregory Stutzer is a producer and creator from Tanzania and Kansas City, talks about dealing with the suicide of his best friend and Shabnam Mogharabi, CEO of Soul Pancake, talks about building a rapid growth media company in 2015 based on positivity and spirit.  Thanks for listening and happy new year everyone!   The Jake...

Garrett Madison, who survived an earthquake and avalanche at 20,000 feet on Mount Everest, Jennifer Russell, the Co-founder of California Leadership Institute and Zoe Nightingale, one of the smartest female podcasters ever, all join me on the show to each share their very best story from 2015.  Let me know if you like this 3-story / 3-person format. We did it as a "holiday special" but people seem...

#SassevilleSundays: A tale (or question) as old as time: What happens after we die?  This is is a weekly Sunday show as part of "The Jake Sasseville Show" that asks people questions about the journey of discovering themselves, God and their place in the universe. Today, >Invisible Children co-founder Bobby Bailey >Morehouse alum and former Googler Jonathan Singletary > Dancer and TED speaker Jess...

Reza Salazar, award winning actor and writer (Law and Order, Louie), Rabbi Rami Shapiro (author of 26 books on Religion and Spirituality) and Alex Allman (Founder & Author of Revolutionary Sex) -- each tell a 10-minute story -- and these three clips are the ones that had the most impact on me personally, and that I think you'll enjoy listening to over the holidays.  Thank you for listening this ye...

Charles Eisenstein, the Author of Sacred Economics, Stormy Simon, the President of Overstock.com, and Stuart Knight, the World's Leading Conversationalist and Global Speaker -- each tell a 10-minute story -- and these three clips are the ones that had the most impact on me personally, and that I think you'll enjoy listening to over the holidays.  Thank you for listening this year! Three million do...

#SassevilleSundays: What is the soul and where does it exist, if anywhere?  This is is a weekly Sunday show as part of "The Jake Sasseville Show" that asks people questions about the journey of discovering themselves, God and their place in the universe. Today, > Global Citizens Project co-founder Bobby Bailey > Former Shazam biz dev exec Jonathan Singletary > Dancer and TED speaker Jess Grippo an...

Dr. Arun Gandhi spent his teen years with his Grandfather, peace and nonviolent activist, Mahatma Gandhi.  He was 12 when he moved to India to live with Grandfather, and his transition from his boyhood to adulthood was spent with the elder Gandhi, and receiving at least one hour per day of one-on-one attention from him, despite a schedule that would make world leaders today cringe.  Arun is a mast...

#SassevilleSundays: Mom's. How's your relationship with your mother?  This is is a weekly Sunday show as part of "The Jake Sasseville Show" that asks people questions about the journey of discovering themselves, God and their place in the universe. Today, >Invisible Children co-founder Bobby Bailey >Morehouse alum and former Googler Jonathan Singletary > Dancer and TED speaker Jess Grippo and; > R...

Sabin Lomac is co-founder of a company that is one of the top investments in Shark Tank history. Cousins Maine Lobster, then a lobster truck business with a single truck in California, was co-founded by Cousins Sabin and Jim.  After receiving an investment from Barbara Corcoran, Cousins Maine Lobster franchised across the country, and just opened up a restaurant in West Hollywood.  Life wasn't alw...

Human Rights and the Middle East are both important topics right now, and Parivash Rohani, who escaped Iran just before the revolution in 1979, is no better person to speak with about it. At age 18, after her family's home was burned to the ground due to religious persecution, Parivash's parents hid her in her cousin's dorm room at a local university. Before ending up in Orange County, CA and even...

FIRST EPISODE! #SassevilleSundays: Last time You've Cried in front of Someone. This is a weekly Sunday show as part of "The Jake Sasseville Show" that asks people questions about their journey of discovering themselves, God and their place in the universe.  Today, > Invisible Children co-founder Bobby Bailey > Morehouse alum and former Googler Jonathan Singletary > Dancer and TED speaker Jess Grip...

Andrena Hale was the youngest director's rep in the history of the music business under Puffy in the 90s. She worked at Bad Boy before transitioning into television as a successful producer and creator.  The credits are exhaustive, but beyond the TV credits, there's a soulful hustle and giant heart that Andrena shares with the world. She tells how she's made in a business that's lethal for most hu...

Takashi Spector is a former creative at Cole Hahn who's been a model for Kith NY, Vogue, New York Fashion Week, New Balance and Timberland.  Conceived by Japanese and American parents, Takashi grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, quickly learning about Buddhism, and applying its principles to a living non-attached life.  He's just returned from an eight month rendezvous in Bali, modeling and tra...

Gabriel Charles Tyler, 24, is a native of the South Side of Chicago, he's an assistant editor of Scholastic in New York City and is just about to receive his masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University.  The son of a military preacher and strong women in his life, Gabriel was clear early on about the life he wanted to live. I found this interview inspiring -- that even at his age, Gab's...

Acclaimed dancer, Joffrey Ballet graduate and NYU alum Jess Grippo has been dancing all her life.  It was after her TED talk that she realized perhaps the most important piece of information that has impacted her creative process: knowing the Seasons of Creativity.  Using winter, spring, summer and fall as metaphors, Jess explores seasons of creativity to decide when to be creating, sharing, displ...

Jonathan Singletary is a Morehouse graduate, a Google and Shazam alum, an almost-doctor and now --- a full-time musician.  If our 20s is for truly discovering what we're put on earth for, at least professionally, but also personally, Jonathan has a Ph. D.  Starting out at Morehouse University, the only all male historically black institution of higher learning in the US, Jonathan went to Stanford,...

Recovering addict Christopher Bailey hadn't seen his twin bro and social activistBobby Bailey in years.  After a severe head injury and deadly addiction to meth, opiates and alcohol, Christopher Bailey was homeless in a park outside San Diego.  Bobby Bailey, co-founder of Invisible Children and Global Citizens Project, found his twin brother in the park quite by accident.  Once and for all, Bobby...

Meet Adam Barr: Creator + Emmy winning Producer of your favorite TV shows over the past 25 years.  Adam gave me my "big break" almost 14 years ago when he was Executive Producer of NBC's "Will and Grace."  His philosophy of Hollywood and writers and fame is at the top of the show, and is almost Buddhist like. Adam is a writer, producer, creator and has worked headed "Desperate Housewives" "Will an...

Brooklyn-based artist Kimia Kline is an incredibly successful painter. Her work is inspired by the execution of her grandfather in Iran for his religious beliefs. She and her family are on a secret list and if they return to Iran, they face capture and death themselves.  So, Kimia makes art about what she imagines her homeland to be, since she'll never be able to return.  Fresh off a fellowship in...

O-M-G. Persuasion engineer & billionaire minded biz coach Bryan Franklin does our show as one of the first shows to talk about his new book with co-author Michael Ellsberg: The Last Safe Investment: Spending Now to Increase Your True Wealth Forever. For Gen Y who see their parents and grandparents as "f*cked" (FACD - Financial Advice Commonly Delivered - in Bryan's book), this is a step by step pl...

Nikki Morgan is a Certified Sexologist and grew up in Brooklyn, NYC. She surprised me when we Skyped for the interview --- she was completely naked when the video came on. That kicked off a radically vulnerable and honest interview with one of New York's leading experimental thinkers and practitioners in areas of sex, sexuality, intimacy and relationships. Post script: She's quite open about the f...

Lewis Howes opens up about his new book -- The School of Greatness -- and his new outlook on life. The former AFL football player and decathlete talked about a wide range of issues including family trips to see his brother who was in jail during his childhood, how his secrecy around being raped as a child caused him to lash out in other ways as an adult and what he's found is the common thread bet...

Rainn Wilson, star of "The Office," Founder of Soul Pancake and Best-Selling Author & Activist, opens up and shares his heart today on the show. Rainn talks about growing up in Nicaragua and Washington, what two things most break marriages apart (and how both happened for him and his wife at the same time), what he did during his 10 year break as a member of the Baha'i Faith and the wisdom he's fo...

After 130 episodes, Jake is interviewed on his own show. Big Brother Executive and Creator Shed Simove prepared an interview of Jake. In this remarkably candid, honest interview, Jake shares insights on a road less traveled -- from starting out as a 14 year old magician first scouted by "The Tonight Show" to becoming the youngest host in late night TV history on ABC, to watching his brother die of...

A full length episode NEWS FROM MAUI.  The News From Maui is an excerpt from "The Jake Sasseville Show." It takes the real life events -- a play by play of my life in Maui -- and brings them to you in an almost fictional, always honest and simple story. We've heard you and know that you love the NEWS segment in the normal show, so we're considering making it it's own show.  Enjoy, Jake The Jake Sa...