Theo Brown-Tuyishimire and Nick Schultz have a follow up conversation from Theo’s interview in Episode 2. Theo shares his experiences of having the opportunity to go back to Rwanda, but deciding not to go after having a nervous breakdown, fearing for his mother's protection and not fully dealing with the trauma of surviving Genocide as a kid. He also shares what it takes to have conversations with people that have been through traumatic events, what compassion really looks like and being a barbe...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Andre Anson and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Andre's experience getting into a serious car accident in 2009 and not being able to remember his past, growing up with separated parents and living with his mother, being sexually abused by extended family members, joining the Army after 2 of his friends went to prison, serving with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) and becoming a decorated Night Stalker, struggling with mental health and racism while serving, losing...
Jul 08, 2020•1 hr 38 min
Andre Murray and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Andre's experience growing up with a single mother in a predominately black community, witnessing crime and constant police presence in his neighborhood, being accused of a crime he did not commit at 18 years old, going to prison for 8 1/2 years, losing prime years of his life, rediscovering his faith in prison, reintegrating back into society, starting a family, meeting his father and finding purpose working, being a husband, being a fathe...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Karen Peralta Mazara and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Karen's experience moving to the USA from Dominican Republic at 10 years old, being raised by grandparents until her mom came to bring her to USA, losing her sense of security and feeling traumatized coming to the USA, growing up not knowing the language and being in the minority, having a family and seeing difference with how her kids are growing up in the USA and how we can care for those that are different than us. Karen Peralta...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Kevin Evans and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Kevin’s experience growing up as a young man with different relationships with his father and step father, having sports play an important role in his life, losing friends to gun violence, having a daughter, mentoring young men through coaching, dealing with current racial tensions, living out his purpose and more.
Jun 17, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Latif Nourozi and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Latif’s experience growing up as a Hazara in Afghanistan, having the Taliban take over his people, seeing his father taken away and beaten in prison, having the response to 9/11 liberate his people, helping the USA Army as an interpreter to fight against the Taliban, having the Taliban try to capture him, becoming a refugee in Pakistan, starting a family, living in the USA, concerns for his Hazara people if the USA pulls out of Afghanistan...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Jabre Brown and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Jabre's experience growing up and getting kicked out of pre-k, elementary, middle and high school, not having a plan for his life, discovering his talents, being falsely accused of a crime and spending almost a month in prison, dealing with racism, speaking up for others and being a young black man in a predominantly white church.
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Wylie Griffin and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Wylie's experience growing up in private school all through high school, learning to live outside his bubble, becoming a father, getting divorced, making poor choices that resulted in spending a year in prison, living a life he never thought he would and finding purpose inside prison that led to purpose outside prison.
May 27, 2020•52 min
Trish McKay and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Trish's experience growing up in a controlling church, always doubting her self worth, having divorced parents, finding her worth and having her own family, losing her daughter to cancer, finding community, learning and living out the lessons her daughter taught and more.
May 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min
The death of Ahmaud Arbery has caused pain, anger and conversation about race. In this week's episode we are letting our previous black guests' voices to be heard again. Please take some time to hear some of the highlights from our black guests as they shared their life experiences and feelings about race. Everyone has their own story. ***We are using segments from previous episodes. It may be beneficial to watch or listen to the full episode from a guest to understand the full context of their ...
May 13, 2020•50 min
Lamont Bryan and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Lamont's experience growing up with separated parents, figuring out how to live with Sickle Cell, recovering from the loss of someone close, wondering if he would live the rest of his life in jail over something he did not do and the pain of trying to keep his family together.
May 06, 2020•1 hr 32 min
"The Neglected is not a podcast to change your mind, it is an invitation into someone else's narrative."
Apr 22, 2020•3 min
Asmahan and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Asmahan's experience growing up and living in Syria as a Kurdish woman, dealing with the hurt of being an outcast and discriminated against as a Kurd, being a teacher and speaking 5 languages, having to leave Syria because she and her family were not safe, living the tough life of a refugee in Turkey not knowing where she and her family would live, coming to America for the first time, leaving her mother and sisters, living through the challenge...
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Al Hagan and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Al's experience growing up without a father, learning life lessons the hard way, having male mentors step into his life, being insecure about his weight and himself, living as an African American man back in the day and now, pursue education and occupational goals, join the Army Reserves, working for the Police Department, running for Sheriff, giving back to other boys and young men in the community who are like he was and more.
Mar 25, 2020•46 min
Jovanna Javis and Nick Schultz answer questions from our audience like... "How do I have conversations with people of another race about race without being awkward? What can people actually do to help foster kids without fostering them? How do you know the guests are telling the truth and what if you think that they aren’t? How does a white person maintain a non-guilt ridden, healthy perspective to work towards racial reconciliation? What types of guest do you want to have on the podcast that yo...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Davon & Tavon Jacobs have a conversation with Nick Schultz about their experience being born as crack babies, being briefly in the foster care system, adopted at a young age, not feeling or receiving love from their adopted parents, struggling with identity and worth, finally meeting their biological mother and family, relying on each other to survive, living on their own, selling drugs, getting in trouble, loosing their cousin, turning their lives around and finding purpose to give back....
Mar 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Lyle Wood and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Lyle's experience with having his dad commit suicide when he was 2, being abused by his step father, never feeling like he had a "daddy", not having a man model how to be a husband and father to him, having his mother die in a wildfire, trying to cope with loss and become healthy, battle with anger and depression, allowing others to help him out of his darkest place, discovering the challenges of being in and out of pastoral ministry and more....
Feb 26, 2020•59 min
Sara Walker and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Sara's experience struggling for 10 years wondering what might be wrong with her body, being frustrated with the medical community believing her, ultimately finding out she had MS (Multiple Sclerosis), going through treatment, relying on other people and how everything effects her identity, relationships and faith.
Feb 19, 2020•45 min
Erin Sikes and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Erin's experience with infertility, anxiety, IUI (Intrauterine Insemination, IVF (In Vitro Fertilization), physical and emotional side effects, think and feeling pregnant even though not, testing of her faith, trying to help her husband who was going through the struggles differently than her, not sharing her challenges with other people, not hearing about people talk about infertility unless they were already through it, dealing with commen...
Feb 12, 2020•51 min
Angela Wolfe and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Angela's experience of being left a few months after birth, living in foster care, being adopted, struggling with identity, finding her place within her family, her peers and in the world, overcoming fear and having confidence to speak and share her story, faith and more.
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Jim Simpson and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Jim's experience moving on from his biological mother at the age of 6, being heavily bullied from grade school through high school, processing how his childhood affected his adult life, becoming a husband, father and pastor, being hurt by others he has tried to care for, praying for and seeing miracles when his son was not expected to live because of Hydrops Fetalis, caring for his special needs son who might feel neglected like he did when ...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Kharlybia Roane and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Kharlybia's experience growing up as an African American woman with Sickle Cell Anemia and divorced parents, not really noticing racism until she moved to Savannah, Georgia for college, becoming passionate about African American culture, living with a condition that puts her in and out of the hospital, having her mother battle cancer and more.
Jan 22, 2020•39 min
Gia Wilson and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Gia's experience growing up in a diverse community while being in a conservative traditional church, growing up liking girls more than boys, dealing with the emotional and mental side of feeling different and wrong to other people, deciding to tell her parents she was gay on Easter Sunday, living through the fallout of coming out, getting married, having a son, getting divorced, hitting rock bottom, co parenting, finding love again, not needi...
Jan 15, 2020•50 min
Dawayne Park and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Dawayne's experience having his girls go into foster care and Nick being their foster dad, growing up in a military family that fostered other kids, living in 38 states, being injured badly in the Army, suffering through PTSD, self medicating with alcohol, not remembering anything before the age of 16, coming back to his faith, becoming a father, fighting for his kids, having a relationship with Nick while his girls were in foster care with...
Dec 18, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Whitney Gilliard and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Whitney's experience coming back to America at the age of 5 from Vietnam, living in foster homes, residential homes and hospitals, being arrested, running away while in foster care, being around predators, fighting to not quit on herself, feeling disposable, becoming a wife and mother, being a voice for the voiceless, running a non profit to help youth aging out of the foster care system and more.
Dec 11, 2019•51 min
Diane Allman and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Diane's experience with mixed racial identity, not fitting in, learning to love who she was and how she was made, fears in raising black kids, how the church can help with racial issues and more.
Dec 04, 2019•57 min
Felix Hidalgo and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Felix's experience growing up in a broken home, living in an orphanage, being a foster kid, living on his own at 17, being shot, going to prison, having a son, going to church, reuniting with his father and more.
Nov 20, 2019•50 min
Matt Rogie and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Matt's experience growing up with divorced parents, being a helicopter pilot in the Army, losing close friends, working through PTSD and mental health struggles in and out of the Army, having his world view change while living in Cyprus, helping others live out their mission, the church, neglect and more.
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Rodney Wilmore and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Rodney's experience growing up in a predominantly black neighborhood while going to a predominantly white school, being hurt by people in the church, having friends with different backgrounds even if they have racist views, trying to be a role model, dealing with stereotypes, neglect and more.
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Quinn Harris and Nick Schultz have a conversation about drug addiction, mental health, depression, struggles with rehab, friendship, the church, neglect and more.
Oct 30, 2019•51 min
