Corey Martin Craig

Underdog Stories

Society EN ↓ 3 episodes

They told you you couldn't. You found a way anyway. If you've ever been the kid in the back of the class, the one with the label, the diagnosis, the difference, the something that made you feel like you didn't belong, Underdog Stories is the podcast you didn't know you needed. This is where the people the world counted out come to tell the truth. How they turned adversity into accomplishment. How they learned to laugh through life along the way. Your host, Corey Martin Craig, is one of you. On Ritalin at 3. Lost his dad at 6. Diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, and Tourette's. Suspended over 30 times be...

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Austin Eletto: From Kindergarten Troublemaker to Lincoln Center Stand-Up 25.06.2026 23:00

Born in New York, suspended from kindergarten for biting a teacher, and moved 3,000 miles to California because the trouble he was causing was too much for the East Coast. Today, Austin Eletto is 14, the star of his own documentary Comedy Against the Odds , has performed at Lincoln Center, and is entering high school as the most confident kid in the room. In this episode, Austin sits down with Cor...

Alfredo Resendiz: Care, Consistency, and the Kids the World Counted Out 03.06.2026 28:40

Alfredo Resendiz grew up without a dad in Pasadena — and as he puts it, that "immediately shoves you into the role of underdog, even though you didn't ask for it." The men who pulled him out were his coaches. Today he's the Athletic Director at John Muir High School, his own alma mater — once written off as "Pasadena's ghetto school" — where he's spent 25+ years going back to coach the kids the wo...

Paige Billiot: From Hiding Her Birthmark to Cover Modeling IT Cosmetics 20.05.2026 23:29

Born with a port-wine stain birthmark across half her face, Paige Billiot was told her whole life to hide it. Today, she's the cover model for IT Cosmetics , the founder of Flawless Affect , and an ambassador for the Vascular Birthmarks Foundation . In this week's episode, Paige sits down with Corey to tell the real story behind the headlines. The childhood bullying. The LA casting rooms that told...