Roll Call with Chappy

Now that I've been through all this shit, I can get through anything - 2 time cancer warrior Matt Cable

I spent years trying to break free from the box I was kept in-Kelsey Sophia, CEO The New Feminine

It's about recognizing the demons inside you and making a change, with Dale Beatty

Listen bro, stop being a bitch and look at yourself in the mirror - O'SNAP CEO John Malott

You gotta jump and build a plan on the way down, with entrepreneur Anthony Williams

I fucked up and went for the couches. The King of side hustle, Skylar Domine

We're born into struggle but we can overcome anything, with Mental Performance Coach Danny Diaz

I can save you from drowning but you've gotta swim towards me with Brad Lea

From living under a bridge to becoming a millionaire and helping others in recovery. Joey Landin, owner of Sanctuary Recovery Centers.

Straight A’s in College to Drug-Running for the Cartel, Addiction, Prison, and the Road to Recovery with Megan Racer

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff sits down with Megan Racer. As Megan tells her story, she paints a picture of a girl, barely an adult, who relied on others—particularly the men she dated—for validation and a sense of identity. She entered relationships for the type of lifestyle they could afford her, not for the love she could share with her partner. Finally unable to keep up appearances, Megan quit her job and, with no options left, jumped on an opportunity offered by her dope dealer, which involved h...

Out The Mud & Self-Made with Actor, Recording Artist , & Entrepreneur, Mario Canon

Star Power The Elites, along with Mario’s own music, has the newer generations squarely in mind. He believes that it is important for the youth to have role models, and so he makes it a point to avoid profanity in his music. Truly dedicated to paying it forward, he is involved with a number of local initiatives outside of his art, including fundraisers and toy drives. Mario grew up living a “double life” and, as a teenager, he had no aspirations besides accumulating money and earning respect on ...

Dan Fleyshman: Tactical Lessons from Millionaire Entrepreneur & His Mission to Save the World

In 1999, Dan got his start in business in his late teens by investing $43,000 in savings, which he was “supposed” to use for college, to start his own clothing brand Who's Your Daddy. At 18 years old, the business cracked $1 million, and at 19, it reached $9.5 million. At 23, he took Who’s Your Daddy public relaunched as an energy drink brand under the same name—making Dan the youngest owner of a publicly-traded company in history. In 2008, a decade after founding his first business, Dan tried h...

Becoming an Ex-Con Filmmaker, Journalist, & Earning Master's Degree While Serving 21 Years in Prison with Seth Ferranti

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff sits down with ex-con filmmaker Seth Ferranti. A military brat, Seth was into drugs at the ripe young age of 13. At age 19 in high school, he had built an empire, supplying around 15 colleges across five states. In 1991, he became one of the first targets in the expanded war on drugs. He was initially arrested on the state level for “conspiracy to distribute LSD”. But upon discovering his extensive, nationwide network, he was reindicted at the federal level with a Contin...

It’s Never Too Late! Transformation & Finding Purpose After 17 Years in Prison with Carlos Vasquez

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff sits down with Carlos Vasquez. The two met not long after Carlos was released from prison six months prior to this conversation. As a child, Carlos dreamed of becoming a baseball player, and he had a seemingly picture-perfect Catholic upbringing. Everything changed around the time he turned 13 when he discovered that his father had a secret family. Almost without warning, his dad abandoned his real family to be with them, forcing Carlos’s mom to take on three jobs to sup...

Turning a Life Experience of Prison, Drugs, & Gangs into Helping People Find Success & Recovery with D.J Cruse

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff sits down with DJ Cruse, who works for the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry as a Program Project Specialist II. Since he was a boy, DJ had an unquenchable fascination with the military and envisioned a career for himself in the Armed Forces, where he would become a Green Beret and, once he had accomplished all he could with the Army, join the police force and lead SWAT in a major city. When he was a kid, DJ’s love for adventure first led him ...

Q&A & Lessons Learned with PharmD & Entrepreneur, Taylor Martin

Chappy kicks things off by offering a perspective shift by bringing up his wholehearted belief that “your worst day out on the street is a hundred times better than your best day in prison.” “To get a different perspective,” he continues, “you’ve got to look at somebody who has a worse situation than you.” Chappy goes on to share how he had to rewire his brain the second he was released from prison. He talks about all the people around him who had to remind him that, in the real world, threateni...

From a Drug Problem & Prison Sentence to Country Music Star: Josh Scott on Transformation & Second Chance to do Right

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff sits down with country music superstar Josh Scott. After losing his dad due to medical malpractice, Josh turned to meth, which “made everything in life that was important unimportant, and all the dumb shit that’s unimportant really important.” He proceeded to go “off the deep end” and ended up in prison in 2005 at the age of 27. Josh went straight back to drugs after he was released and, soon after, he came across a string of opportunities that eventually led him to a br...

God, Family, Freedom with Pinal County Sheriff, Mark Lamb

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff sits down with Sheriff Mark Lamb of Pinal County. Listen in as Sheriff Lamb touches on his days as an entrepreneur years before his foray into law enforcement at the age of 34. He speaks in particular of his involvement in bringing the number of drive-by shootings in Arizona’s Navajo Reservation from 76 in 2009 down to 0 in 2011. He was elected Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona in 2017, initially inspired by a decision to make a big impact on his community due to his diss...

Surviving Prison & Life with the Never Ending Support of my Brother Matt Jr.

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff sits down with his brother Matt Jr.. The younger Meyerhoff looks back on the horror of witnessing his older brother’s descent into drugs and thievery, while feeling powerless to help since Matt was only an 8th grader at the time. Matt remembers endless nights filled with tears following Peter’s sentencing and enduring those 12 long years with nothing but hope in his heart. He recalls Peter’s release and the grand welcome he prepared for his brother, including a festive g...

Overcoming a 12 Year Prison Sentence, Drug Addiction, & Near Death Overdose Experience

Peter “Chappy” Meyerhoff kicks off the podcast with three very special guests: his father Matt, mother Celeste, and stepmother Lynette. Listen in as the Meyerhoffs reflect on the most trying chapters in their family’s lives beginning with the moments that led up to a false accusation of sexual assault thrown at a then-teenaged Peter, to the drug-fueled downward spiral and falling out with his family that immediately followed, to his finally getting arrested at the age of 18. Peter was sentenced ...