The Shadows Podcast

Aaron Conrad founded the Unscripted Collective, which develops websites and  podcast  platforms for individuals, big & small companies, speakers, athletes, musicians, etc. He also hosts several podcasts, including the Mark Price for 3 Podcast. He is also a writer and contributor for Hoops Wire.   With a comfortable job and a family, what made Aaron step out of his comfort zone to start the Uns...

The legendary Mark Price wraps up Season 3 as the Shadows Podcast presents the Rebound series! At Georgia Tech, Mark was the 1983 ACC Rookie of the Year, 1985 ACC Player of the Year, and Tournament MVP and 3x All-American. During his time in the NBA, notably with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he was a 4x NBA All-Star, All-NBA First Team, US Olympian, and 2x 3-point contest champion. Check out the Mark...

Ricky Price was All-ACC and a two-time regular season champion at Duke from 1994-1998. He played for the legendary Coach K and now passes those lessons taught to him onto youth basketball programs and as a public speaker. Ricky shares his remarkable journey this week as the Shadows Podcast presents Rebound: Season 3. Listen to this episode on your favorite podcast platform or at  www.theshadowspod...

Thurl Bailey was a leader on the "Cardiac Pack" North Carolina State's Men's Basketball 1983 National Championship team. He also spent 13 years in the NBA as part of the Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves organizations. Thurl shares his remarkable journey this week as the Shadows Podcast presents Rebound: Season 3. Check out Team of Destiny: How the NC State Wolfpack Won the 19...

Matt Doherty won a national championship as a member of the 1982 North Carolina Men’s Basketball team. He also coached at Notre Dame, North Carolina, Florida Atlantic, and SMU. He was the 2001 Associated Press Men’s Coach of the Year. He’s now an executive coach, author of Rebound: From Pain to Passion - Leadership Lessons Learned, and host of the Rebound Podcast. During this episode of the Shadow...

Joanne P. McCallie tips-off Season 3 of the Shadows Podcast: Rebound Series! Coach P has 32 years of coaching experience. She was the head coach at Maine, Michigan State, and Duke. Coach P earned National Coach of the Year honors in 2005. She’s the first Division 1 coach to win conference titles in four conferences. She’s a two-time gold medalist coach with Team USA Basketball and a Hall of Famer....

Iman Tucker is an entrepreneur and professional DJ. He currently serves as a DJ for the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Hoosiers. During Part II of this episode of the Shadows Podcast, Iman discusses What’s worked for him to overcome anxiety? How did he build a highly successful tech company? What did he learn most about himself during the pandemic? Starting a faith-based retail company, Believe Brand...

Iman Tucker is an entrepreneur and professional DJ. He currently serves as a DJ for the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Hoosiers. During Part I of this episode of the Shadows Podcast Iman discusses: Growing up as a military brat in Fayetteville, North Carolina, he and his brother were abandoned by his parents and moved to Seymour, Indiana. How was it growing up as a black man in a predominately white a...

Sandra Gonzalez is a retired United States Marine Corps officer, life coach, and public speaker. Part II starts with Sandra discussing her proudest moment and biggest regret in her military career. She talks about starting a business in Dubai, where she coached ambitious local Arab women. Hear her talk about the struggles of a brutal divorce after 15 years of marriage. Sandra also opens up about f...

Sandra Gonzalez is a retired United States Marine Corps officer, life coach, and public speaker. During Part I, Sandra takes us back to her upbringing in Los Angeles. Her father was an assertive father with a strong moral compass. Listen to her explain how he helped shape and mold her into the woman she is today. What led her to walk into the Marine recruiter's office? What was her experience as t...

Welcome to the Shadows Podcast Bowl II with Super Bowl legend and former New York Giants wide receiver David Tyree! His “Helmet Catch” led to the game-winning drive against the previously unbeaten New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII. The catch is also #1 in the all-time Super Bowl moments of Athlon Sports. In this special episode, David talks about his upbringing in New Jersey. He discusses hi...

Leah Amico is a 3x Olympic Gold Medalist, 3x NCAA National Champion, 2x World Champion, 3x First Team All-American, 3x Academic All-American, 2009 National Softball Hall of Fame Inductee, and host of the Gold Standard Podcast. During Part II, Leah talks about the championship mindset and internal pressure she placed on herself once she returned to Tucson after the 1996 Summer Olympics. How did she...

Leah Amico is a 3x Olympic Gold Medalist, 3x NCAA National Champion, 2x World Champion, 3x First Team All-American, 3x Academic All-American, 2009 National Softball Hall of Fame Inductee, and host of the Gold Standard Podcast. During Part I, Leah talks about her upbringing in California. When did she know she was highly gifted on the softball diamond? What intrigued her to follow this newfound pas...

Shana Francesca is a life designer, speaker, founder, and CEO of Concinnate. Shana has been featured in Shoutout LA, Living Cozy, and Emotional Intelligence + Magazine. Previously on Part I of this conversation, Shana talked about the struggles she endured as a child. As an infant, her parents joined a Christian cult. Her parents also had no tools to process their childhood trauma. As a result, th...

Shana Francesca is a life designer, speaker, founder and CEO of Concinnate. She’s been featured in Shoutout LA, Living Cozy, and Emotional Intelligence + Magazine. During Part I of this conversation, Shana talks about why our home needs to be an authentic reflection of who we are and ties our space into our mental health. Then Shana opens up about the struggles she endured as a child. As an infant...

After graduating college, Chancellor Jackson traveled to China to teach English. Then on April 4, 2019, the Beijing Police showed up at his apartment door and arrested him on drug charges. Part II of this conversation hears Chancellor talk about his 14 days in a Beijing prison, his release, his mentality after he returned to the United States, becoming an author, and his work with at-risk teens. C...

After graduating college, Chancellor Jackson traveled to China to teach English. Then on April 4, 2019, the Beijing Police showed up at his apartment door and arrested him on drug charges. Part I of this conversation hears Chancellor talk about traveling as a child, playing football and graduating from Stetson, and how he landed the job teaching English in China. Also, Chancellor talks about the d...

From Broken To Bold Mo Isom Aiken had a record setting career as a goalie for Louisiana State University, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Public Speaker, and Christ-Follower. Part II picks up with Mo discussing her mental and physical recovery from her horrific car accident. She talks about the NCAA loophole that allowed her to make national headlines by trying out for the LSU football team. H...

From Broken To Bold Mo Isom Aiken had a record setting career as a goalie for Louisiana State University, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Public Speaker, and Christ-Follower. Part I of this raw and candid interview starts with Mo taking us back to her upbringing in Marietta, Georgia. When did she discover her love for soccer? How did her healthy drive for success evolve into an unhealthy need...

Biko Skalla is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast entertainer for the Savannah Bananas! Listen to Part II with Biko talking about living his dream of making his network television debut on ESPN only to have a worst-case scenario unfold on live television. How did he react at the moment? He also talks about the Bananaland Documentary, the 2022 and upcoming 2023 Bananas World Tour, winning his Emmy awa...

Biko Skalla is an Emmy Award-winning Broadcast Entertainer for the Savannah Bananas! Listen to Part I with Biko discussing his childhood aspirations and friendship with his late-neighbor Frank. How did that relationship plant the seeds for him to attend Syracuse University? How did he go from calling Saugerties Stallions baseball games for chicken tenders, hamburgers, and hotdogs to an associate p...

Happy New Year from the Shadows Podcast! We roll into 2023 with a very special co-host, Jerry Dugan! Jerry is the host of the Beyond the Rut Podcast and tag team partner with the Lima Charlie Network. This week we recap the months of July-December. Some of the topics discussed in this episode include: - Recap of the Veterans Series and the way ahead for 2023. - Rise From The Shadows Season 2: Behi...

Merry Christmas from the Shadows Podcast! We welcome you to our Christmas Day 2022 Year in Review Special! During this episode, we recap what happened from January to the end of June. Also, the host of the Drive On Podcast, Scott DeLuzio, and the host of the Wartime Leadership Podcast, Nathan Coy, join us to talk about their shows, the non-profit organizations they competed for, and what’s next fo...

From Paralyzed To Fitness Trainer Holly Frances delivered a healthy baby girl on January 26, 2011. Twenty days later, she would become paralyzed from the neck down from a rare illness called GBS. Holly would fight for her life over the next 70 days until she was taken out of the intensive care unit. She would eventually return home after 126 days. Listen as Holly recounts that time in her life and...

From Airman To Helping Veterans Trevor Gilliland is a twenty-year retired active-duty Senior Noncommissioned Officer in the United States Air Force. He was Tripp’s Military Training Instructor at Basic Military Training in San Antonio! Now he’s helping veterans as an Orion Talent Account Executive. During this episode, listen to Trevor talk about his upbringing in Minnesota. Why did he join the Un...