Education · Business · TV & Film
by Rudy Mawer
A podcast that brings you closer to the individuals who have built the brands, businesses, and movements that inspire us all. Each episode features an in-depth conversation with one of the dynamic entrepreneurs from all walks of life, offering listeners a front-row seat to their journeys, insights, and expertise. Through candid dialogue, discover how these innovators turned their ideas into thriving enterprises, the challenges they overcame, and the lessons they learned along the way. From behind-the-scenes stories of building their legacies to actionable advice on leadership, marketing,…
Living Your Legacy features Kimberly Williams, founder of Integrity First Advocates, discussing her journey from cancer survivor and special educator to disability advocate. The episode centers on how Williams's personal health battles—surviving cancer twice and managing Crohn's disease—combined with 25 years working…
Worth it if you're a family member or caregiver navigating disability services, or seeking inspiration from someone who turned personal hardship into professional advocacy.
Living Your Legacy features Tiffany Williams, founder of Kween Bella's Closet Boutique, discussing how she transformed her late daughter's dream into a brick-and-mortar women's fashion business. The episode centers on the emotional and practical dimensions of this entrepreneurial journey. Williams explains how she…
Worth it if you're interested in small business realities, women entrepreneurs, or stories of purpose-driven ventures born from personal loss.
Living Your Legacy features Autumn Lowry, founder of From the Ground Up Foods in Indianapolis, discussing her journey from incarceration and substance use challenges to building a thriving urban farming operation. The episode centers on her personal transformation through recovery, education, and community service,…
Worth it if you're interested in criminal justice reform, urban agriculture, social entrepreneurship, or how personal recovery can fuel community impact.
Living Your Legacy features Heidi Ryder, a former public school teacher who built a bookkeeping business from necessity and later expanded into tech ownership. The episode chronicles her journey from survival-mode entrepreneurship to running two businesses while homeschooling four children and managing a cross-country…
Worth it if you're a bootstrapped entrepreneur juggling multiple roles or interested in how founders build systems to scale without burning out.
Living Your Legacy features Michael Bellows, a landscaping business owner who discovered during COVID that high sales weren't translating to profit. Facing personal upheaval (divorce) and business pressure (fuel and repair costs eating margins), Bellows began experimenting with electric lawn care equipment and…
Worth it if you're a small business owner curious about transitioning to sustainable operations, interested in solar technology applications, or looking for real-world entrepreneurial problem-solving stories.
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Living Your Legacy features Jerel and Kimberly Norcome, event venue owners who built a six-figure business in six months. The episode chronicles their journey from searching for the right location to launching two successful event spaces while now scaling toward seven figures through a coaching business. The Norcomes…
Worth it if you own or plan to launch an event venue business and want practical frameworks for packaging services and scaling operations.
Living Your Legacy features Barbara Edelston Peterson, a 10-time world champion and XTERRA veteran with 166 races to her name, discussing her pivot from pure competitive achievement to purpose-driven impact. The episode centers on a transformative moment: a serious accident that broke both her heels and confined her…
Worth it if you're an athlete, entrepreneur, or high achiever questioning what comes after peak performance or seeking to align ambition with purpose.
Living Your Legacy features Philip Fairweather, an entrepreneur and founder of Entrepreneurs Academy, discussing how personal setbacks can catalyze business success and generational impact. Fairweather's journey begins with a failed NFL opportunity, which paradoxically becomes the catalyst for inventing a product that…
Worth it if you're interested in entrepreneurship as a tool for social mobility, mentorship philosophy, or stories of resilience overcoming setbacks.
Living Your Legacy features Lindsay Mingee, a commercial real estate entrepreneur who built an $844 million transaction portfolio as a single mother starting with no safety net, guaranteed income, or established network. The episode traces her 15-year journey and explores the mindset and strategies that enabled her…
Worth it if you're an entrepreneur or family-business owner interested in commercial real estate as a wealth tool, or seeking mindset lessons from someone who built success against odds.
Living Your Legacy features Curtis Kinsey, a veteran entrepreneur who transitioned from 15 years of military service and corporate employment to founding GI-Mow, a landscaping business that has grown into a multi-million-dollar operation. The episode traces Kinsey's unconventional path: starting with a single mower…
Worth it if you're a veteran exploring entrepreneurship, a business owner scaling from solo operation to team, or interested in how traditional trades adopt modern technology.
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Living Your Legacy features Michele A. Leahy, founder of Leahy Life Plan, discussing her journey from navigating disability benefits herself to building a national business serving families across 16 states. Leahy, born with spina bifida and later losing her leg, shares how personal experience with government benefits…
Worth it if you're a family member planning for a disabled adult's future, interested in disability policy, or curious about mission-driven entrepreneurship rooted in lived experience.
Living Your Legacy features Marcus Engel, a bestselling author and resilience expert who lost his sight at eighteen in a drunk-driving accident, in conversation with his wife Marvelyne Engel. The episode explores how Marcus transformed decades of trauma, hospitalization, and recovery into a meaningful career centered…
Worth it if you're interested in resilience-building strategies, navigating trauma recovery, creative partnerships, or how to transform personal adversity into meaningful work.
Living Your Legacy features Dan Mastropolo, a high school dropout who built a $50M staffing company and leveraged his success to create social impact. The episode traces his unconventional path from dropping out through learning business via sales, to an unexpected firing that catalyzed his entrepreneurial journey.…
Worth it if you're interested in unconventional entrepreneurship, staffing industry innovation, or how business leaders can integrate social responsibility into their ventures.
Living Your Legacy features relationship coach and author Vesta Gauntlett discussing the critical conversation most couples avoid: honestly assessing whether they want to continue together and what their shared future should look like. Gauntlett draws from her coaching experience with couples struggling with…
Worth it if you're in a long-term relationship feeling stuck or disconnected, or if you want a structured approach to having difficult conversations with your partner.
Living Your Legacy features Andre Williams, an entrepreneur who built an 11-restaurant empire starting from Chicago's South Side. The episode traces his journey from working as a nightlife promoter—earning tens of thousands while watching club owners make hundreds of thousands—to recognizing the opportunity to build…
Worth it if you're interested in restaurant entrepreneurship, scaling small businesses, or learning how successful operators think about underserved markets and operational consistency.
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Living Your Legacy features an interview with Melanie and Jeff Siesser, who unexpectedly became winery owners after discovering Rancho Victoria Vineyard & Winery while house hunting. With no prior wine industry experience, the couple took on the full scope of vineyard operations—from equipment management and…
Worth it if you're interested in entrepreneurship, family business partnerships, or the unglamorous realities behind wine country operations.
William David, a construction contractor, shares his journey scaling a business from a small operation with employees driving personal vehicles to a fleet of 175 branded trucks. The episode traces key inflection points in this growth, particularly the symbolic milestone of acquiring the first five branded trucks,…
Worth it if you run or plan to scale a construction or trades business and want practical lessons on avoiding growth-driven collapse.
Dr. Allen Badeau, a polymath with expertise spanning computational fluid dynamics, defense, AI, and quantum computing, shares a career-defining lesson: building an AI system with 94% accuracy means nothing if users don't trust it enough to act on its recommendations. The episode centers on this paradox—that technical…
Worth it if you're building or deploying AI systems, leading product teams that use AI, or interested in the human factors behind AI adoption and trustworthiness.
Living Your Legacy hosts board-certified gastroenterologist Dr. Rajiv Singh for a 19-minute conversation about AI's emerging role in personalized medicine. The episode frames AI not as a replacement for doctors but as a tool to enhance clinical decision-making by processing complex medical data faster and more…
Worth it if you're curious about how AI could improve medical diagnosis and treatment, want practical preventative health tips from a gastroenterologist, or are considering GLP-1 medications and want a balanced risk-benefit perspective.
Living Your Legacy features Debbie Marcello, a registered nurse who founded Happier At Home, a home care franchise born from personal tragedy. When her mother was diagnosed with brain cancer, Marcello witnessed firsthand how inconsistent home care left families stressed and powerless. Rather than accept the broken…
Worth it if you're interested in healthcare entrepreneurship, turning personal hardship into business purpose, or learning how to scale a service business through franchising.
Living Your Legacy hosts Joseph Kovacevic and Brianna Shaw, co-founders of Real Money Masters, challenge conventional financial wisdom in this 22-minute episode. Rather than the standard advice to save, borrow from banks, and invest leftovers, they present an alternative framework centered on control, efficiency, and…
Worth it if you're curious about alternative banking strategies and want a philosophical reframe on personal finance, but not if you need step-by-step guidance or detailed strategy breakdowns.