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authenticallyAuthentically goes to the movies 🎬 with Andy Erwin: From covering Kurt Warner’s Super Bowl at ESPN to making a movie about his life “American Underdog”, taking care of mental health, & much moreLadies & gentlemen, grab your popcorn, take a seat, sit back, relax, and enjoy...we’re going to the movies.Without further ado… it’s American Underdog (the major motion picture on the life of Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner) filmmaker Andy Erwin (@erwinbros).With his brother, Jon, they produce hits. Seriously. Their feature films have all been in the Top 10 on Box Office opening weekend.Their films include I Can Only Imagine (the incredible story of MercyMe’s lead singer, Bart Millard), Woodlawn, October Baby, and much more.He got his start wo...
2022-04-1233 min
authenticallyGrowing up Asian-American (Filipino🇵🇭-American🇺🇸) with special guest: My lovely wife, Mrs Amber JThis episode comes to you recorded in Portugal.I’m half-Filipino. I’m half-White.Mrs Amber J is my Filipina queen.Together, two worlds collide. Though we both have Filipino in our blood, we both have completely different experiences growing up in Detroit & LA.My dad came to Detroit from The Philippines when he was 8, Amber’s mother came to LA when she was an adult.Naturally, LA is more diverse than the Midwest, so our conception of being Asian in America and all that comes along with that (cough...
2022-04-051h 23
authenticallyRyan Gardner: Teaching during a pandemic & California wildfires 🔥 with smoke in classrooms, What’s real leadership? Why he had to do 450+ pushups in the middle of the night, Our Europe sports ministry experience🗺️, A surprise GOAT🏀Authentically episode: Ryan Gardner➡️Teaching virtual during a pandemic & California wildfires 🔥 with smoke in classrooms➡️What’s real leadership? (Not just the seminars, the books, what American society has deemed to be seemingly leadership for everyone)➡️Why he had to do more than 450 pushups outside in the middle of a 100-degree night in Hungary 💪➡️Our Europe sports ministry experience teaming up with other athletes from around the world🗺️➡️Who he thinks the GOAT is🏀 (& it’s not who you may think)…get your notepad, he gives the X’s and O’s of the logic behind his answer➡️Befriending and teaching the “misfits”👨🏫➡️Praying for students...
2021-12-311h 32
authenticallyLorenzo Murphy Jr. - Growing up in Compton, Graduating from Morehouse (HBCU), Recovering from trauma, Disney movies, & is In n Out the GOAT of fast food?➡️Morehouse College (HBCU) graduate➡️Growing up in Compton➡️Recovering from trauma➡️”We are the Martin Luther King’s now” in this modern-day Civil Rights era➡️Being a Black man in America➡️Favorite Disney movie & is In n’ Out the GOAT of fast food? 🤔👀🎦WATCH THE FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/99FM-GBzNsk🚨SUPPORT THE NEW PATREON! (featuring bonus and motivational content from Portugal): https://www.patreon.com/charlielapWithout further ado, super excited for this one.My good friend, my brother in Christ - we met in San Diego at a FCA camp volunteering as huddle leaders coaching hoops to campers on the historic John Wooden Court at UCLA.Woode...
2021-12-2059 min
authenticallyA conversation over a good cup of coffee ☕ with Propaganda on his life story, the shock of racism on tour, men's mental health, Filipino culture, systematic privilege, politicized religion, marriage, fatherhood, LA/Detroit, & a spoken word session▶️Mental health. ▶️Filipino culture.▶️His life story, how he encountered unexpected racism on tour, including from a church, & how he dealt with it, politicized religion in the US, what he thinks the solution is to the social injustices in our nation.▶️LA / Detroit passion.▶️Marriage. Being a real man honoring the wife in today’s culture.▶️Family / Fatherhood as a man of color.▶️Performing original spoken words together.▶️Coffee curation.▶️Also some fun talk on what he’d do if he was President of the US, what his favorite Pokémon is, his Hogwarts house, and his favorite Filipino dish.▶️We keep it passionate with those LA/Detroit v...
2021-12-131h 19
authenticallyDr. John Perkins: Love one another. What actual ‘social justice’ is, lessons from Civil Rights era, what would Jesus say to all of us today, overcoming imprisonment, beatings, & facing tragedy due to racism, how to truly find joy amidst of sufferingLadies and gentlemen, without further ado: here is Dr. John Perkins.Enough said.Take the mic and take it away, Dr. Perkins. With 91 years of living, this man is honestly one of the most profound, knowledgeable, agents for true, authentic, tangible change fighting for justice in this world today.Background on Dr. Perkins via his foundation:"Dr. John Perkins is one of the last living civil rights leaders who fought for equality and reconciliation throughout most of his life. He also has...received 16 honorary doctorates. Now, at 91 years-old, Dr. Perkins has written his final book, Count It All Joy: The...
2021-10-301h 05
authenticallyJames Harden, Lonzo Ball, Justise Winslow, Jake Layman, Danny Green, Nassir Little, and Brandon Ingram: Real hurt and lessons learned from 2020, How we can continue social justice conversations, Black history (every) month, How you can find hopewow.we've made it🎉here is the last episode in this nba series featuring James Harden, Lonzo Ball, Justise Winslow, Jake Layman, Danny Green, Nassir Little, and Brandon Ingram🏀hope you enjoy this episode!thank you so much (as you say here in portuguese - muito obrigado) for joining me in this journey.from coast-to-coast, talking to different nba players and coaches around the league, it's been a time of reflecting, learning, and...listening. to hopefully continue these important social discussions so it becomes more than just a trend but an everyday empathetic equality actually living it out thing.hearing all th...
2021-10-2225 min
authentically✋🏻✋🏽✋🏿Continuing the social justice conversation, Hoops 🏀, Learning From 2020 🤔, ALL things work together for the good 🙏🏼Great minds think alike. Real recognize real.Man, I’m super excited to share this episode with you!You can watch the full episode here.Much respect to Coby White, of course for his play on the court as a Chicago Bulls guard 🏀but more importantly what he embodies on and off the court, as a man…a man who’s following Christ, wanting to honor him with his life, putting His trust in Him through it all💯.And from what was a crazy last year for so many, including in 2020, what this series has been about has been lessons learned from...
2021-09-3006 min
authenticallyBismack Biyombo: Playing on a Michael Jordan-owned NBA team🏀, We need to have difficult conversations with those who look different than us💯, You can get through this storm of life you’re in ⛈️👊🏽Wherever you find yourself today, whether that be facing relationship struggles, financial difficulties, mental health battles, I got you. Hope this encourages you today no matter what storm of life you may be in as I report from a literal storm in Portugal.I also spoke with Bismack Biyombo earlier this year as we journey from NBA team to NBA team in this series talking about social justice, continuing the conversation on what was a crazy year for all of us, particularly for minorities. With the NBA being at the forefront seemingly of a lot of the discussion, here’s wh...
2021-09-2213 min
authenticallyLA Lakers Guard Talen Horton-Tucker 🏀/ Lessons learned from 2020💯 / You got this!👊🏽 / Space Jam / Winning Team / Wifey Surprised me with Lakers tickets! _ Episode 9The journey continues and this next stop🗺️: Los Angeles🌊.First of all, I have to include in here the moments experiencing one of wifey’s many lovely authentic special surprises for her hubs. In this case it was when we were dating when she straight up surprised me with tickets a Pistons-Lakers game (if you know me, you know I’M A DETROIT FAN ALL DAY, INCLUDING A PISTONS FAN, so this was really one of the best gifts anyone haas ever given me) when I first visited her in LA after she visited me in Michigan when I asked her to be my...
2021-09-0613 min
authenticallyDevin Booker & Monty Williams: The Suns ☀️& How The Shadow ☁️Proves The Sunshine🌅The shadow proves the sunshine. What does that mean to you? Let's take a dive into how certain adverse circumstances in your life can happen actually for good, that there's purpose in the pain, that though the clouds may be there for a season, they'll pass by and the light will radiate and pierce through the darkness...there's proof that light wins and shines brighter. Let's found out how. This is a continuation in my NBA miniseries, talking to NBA players and coaches around the league about what they learned from 2020 and how they're applying it to their lives today...
2021-08-2514 min
authenticallyHow to have a thriving, genuine, loving relationship 💯 / crazy experience in Europe 🗺️ / how to handle conflict 😮 / what is true leadership? 👐🏽This one's personal for me.I dig deep here, telling all. About some of my past hurts, about how Amber and I have found in the best way to work through conflicts, about why I wanted Amber and I to wash each other's feet at our wedding ceremony, keeping it real-calling people out (in love, of course, and mostly about how dudes disrespect women and don't take responsibility), about a summer trip to Italy, Romania, England, and Wales that transformed my life including serving at a camp during the Olympics in London, and much more.I've been hesitant to release...
2021-08-1228 min
authenticallyBilly Donovan: Growing up white & playing on teams, working with coaches who are racially profiled, learning to understand the Filipino community, the Asian community, the Black community ✋🏼✋🏽✋🏿 _ Episode 6Billy Donovan: Growing up white & playing on teams, working with coaches who are racially profiled, learning to understand the Filipino community, the Asian community, the Black community ✋🏼✋🏽✋🏿 _ Episode 6What lessons did you learn from 2020 that you hope to embody and carry on throughout your life? How can we continue the conversation to ensure what was talked about just because it was 'trending' continues even when it's not convenient or socially acceptable?Join me as I venture to talk with different NBA coaches and players to see what they learned. They were seemingly at the forefront of these discussions throughout 2020, leading into this year...
2021-07-1906 min
authenticallyStan Van Gundy - Keeping it Real: "People laugh when I say this, but it's serious...(Does)...anybody read anything into, we have one Black History Month & we make sure it's the shortest month of the year?" 🤷 Stan Van Gundy _ Episode 5What lessons did you learn from 2020 that you hope to embody and carry on throughout your life? How can we continue the conversation to ensure what was talked about just because it was 'trending' continues even when it's not convenient or socially acceptable? Join me as I venture to talk with different NBA coaches and players to see what they learned. They were seemingly at the forefront of these discussions throughout 2020, leading into this year. Whether or not you agree with some of their viewpoints or not, this is a place where we can just respect one another and listen...
2021-07-1904 min
authenticallyHere's what real leadership is 👐🏽 (Real talk) + NBA Coaches Series Introduction _ Episode 4New episode dropped!How’s your day actually going?When you think of leadership, what comes to mind? Have you ever experienced a bad boss, poor parenting (or step-parenting), even abuse from those in charge whom you trusted?I know I have. I know what it’s like to be beaten down, even if it’s with words.I know what it’s like to be the victim of people tearing you down because they’re jealous or insecure.I know what it’s like to not be put into a secure, nurturing, loving environment - whether that be at the homestea...
2021-07-0705 min
authenticallyOG’S AND ROOKIES _ A SPOKEN WORD: Chris Paul and Anthony Edwards Episode 3 _ Wisdom, Lessons Learned From 2020OG’S AND ROOKIES A SPOKEN WORD: Chris Paul and Anthony Edwards Episode 3 WisdomNEW HYBRID EPISODE JUST DROPPED!It’s a podcast, it’s a spoken word, no…it’s both!Why not. Both are passions I have so why not mix it up and combine both into one.Yeahhhhh, excited for you to hear this one. Please sit back, relax, and enjoy.In the heat of the NBA Playoffs, the Suns have shined brightly, making it to the conference finals. Leading the way this season has been a guy by the name of Chris Paul. You may know him as CP3, yo...
2021-06-2613 min
authenticallyDamian Lillard: Actions💯 speak louder than words🗣️, what he learned from 2020, continuing the social justice conversation, recording from an international flight✈️Just dropped EPISODE 2! 💯🙌🏽✈️🏀more action. less chatter.Super excited about this one. Chopped it up with Damian Lillard and appreciated the realness of what he learned from 2020.Listen to what he had to say! 🗣Also shared why I’m so passionate about this subject, how the phrase actions speak louder than words has taken on a whole new meaning in my life after being betrayed multiple times, how I’ve coped with that. And being multi-racial, how myself and my family has dealt with prejudices.Actions speak louder than words. In this world, there’s too much talk and less action.Let’s take actiona...
2021-06-0309 min
authenticallySteph Curry: Lessons Learned From 2020 / Continuing Social Justice Conversation / Episode ONE pt. II 💯🏀IT’S HERE, IT’S HERE, IT’S HERE! Without further ado, here’s the first guest in this NBA Miniseries on the podcast, ‘authentically’: Steph Curry.Excited to just continue this conversation.To keep it going.Not just when it’s convenient or cool or political correct or good for your branding to do so.But to have the conversation. Period.With these tidbits from NBA players and coaches from what they learned from what was a crazy, traumatic, tough 2020 year for us all, hopefully you can learn something, as well, whether or not you agree with it.My hope is that y...
2021-05-1809 min
authentically"THE INTRODUCTION EPISODE 1.1" NBA MINISERIES🏀: MORE THAN A TREND#️⃣, CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION 💯EPISODE 1.1The Introduction THE NBA MINISERIES🏀: TO MORE THAN A TREND#️⃣, CONTINUING THE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUALITY CONVERSATIONDropping this very first episode to the series in two parts.The first part: an introduction to this mini series and why I felt compelled to start this.As much as it’s incredible that racial equality and social justice issues are FINALLY being addressed and have made it to the mainstream, just because this conversation all of a sudden popped up in circles where it wasn’t discussed before, doesn’t mean it should fade. The conversation shouldn’t take place just when it’s...
2021-05-1105 min
authenticallyNBA MINISERIES🎙️🏀💯: MORE THAN A TREND OR #HASTAG / CONTINUING THE SOCIAL JUSTICE CONVERSATION (TRAILER)WHAT'S UP EVERYONE! It is with much excitement to announce to you all a brand new miniseries. It's time for a new season, so fittingly this comes at you during the NBA season: ++SEASON 2🎙️🏀: WHAT NBA PLAYERS (FEATURING: STEPH CURRY, DAMIAN LILLARD, JAMES HARDEN, CHRIS PAUL, ANTHONY EDWARDS, DANNY GREEN, LONZO BALL & MORE) AND COACHES LEARNED FROM 2020, SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, STOPPING ASIAN HATE, BLACK LIVES MATTER, & WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM THEM IN YOUR SEASON OF LIFE AS THEY REFLECT DURING A NEW NBA SEASON++💯With so much pain, heartache, devastation, and sorrow, 2020 carrying into 2021 brought so many trials with it. Yet, th...
2021-05-0602 min
Brad Leavitt PodcastCharlie Lapastora: Lessons as a Multimedia Journalist Reporting Stories for the Largest Media NetworksListen in as Charlie discusses how his strong faith in God led him to become a “soldier” in the media with a goal to bring light to an industry rife with conflict and controversy.He laments how mainstream media is contributing heavily to the divisiveness currently plaguing America, and why he believes authenticity and a willingness to talk to folks on both sides of the aisle is the key to true, respectable journalism.Finally, Charlie shares his personal ventures, including how he built his personal brand on social media, why he began his podcast, and his...
2021-04-1153 min
authenticallyHitting game winning shot in TBT Tourney 🏀to win $1 million💰playing in a bubble & if it’ll work for NBA, family, fatherhood, being a husband, playing w/ Dwayne Wade & Mark Wahlberg playing him in a movie? _ EPISODE 4 FT. Travis Diener“Being an athlete…you think you’re invincible but through marriage, through fatherhood, you learn patience, you learn sacrifice, you learn that you can’t just always think about yourself and put yourself first”WHAT’S UP WORLD?!EPISODE 4 IS OFFICIALLY HERE- featuring special guest Travis Diener- hit the game winning 3 in The Basketball Tournament to win $1 million- America’s first go at sports in a ‘bubble’ tournament- played college ball with Dwayne Wade making a run to the Final 4, had stints in the NBA and now plays professionally in Italy.Yes, we chop it up — talking basketball and since he made it out of a...
2020-08-0724 min
authenticallyGrowing up in Detroit as an immigrant🌆🇺🇸🇵🇭, forgiveness after divorce, depression, fatherhood - EPISODE 3 ft. MY DAD“It was the most darkest moments of my life, I was in a deep depression, suicidal thoughts to the point where I had to get some psychological help...#forward I can’t stand still anymore” find out how my dad battled & grew through this🎙YOU GUYS, THE NEW EPISODE IS HERE & it features none other than the man, the myth, the legend, the birthday dude (yes , today is his birthday) - PAPA LAPA aka DAD aka GIL LAPASTORA 👨🏽🕴🏼Real talk with pops on my parent's divorce, forgiveness, growing up in the inner city of Detroit, lessons he learned from his marriage that can be...
2020-08-0453 min
authenticallyBlack lives matter & more🤜🏿 🤛🏽: a conversation with Lester Booker Jr, MSA _ EPISODE TWOBlack lives matter.When you hear that, what does that spark in you?It's what i ask Fortune 500 company GM's global communications / multicultural specialist--Lester Booker, Jr., MSA. We worked together with the Detroit Pistons in Community Relations and is my close friend-was one of the groomsmen in my wedding-my brother in Christ. We talked about this topic and so much more--from his experiences dealing with racism, what he's learned through quarantine, his thoughts on the pandemic, how believers can make an impact during this unprecedented time outside the four walls of a church in the world with COVID-19 along with...
2020-07-081h 09
authenticallyAuthentic LOVE😍, how we met, best french fries, marriage, 2AM conversations🤣 _ featuring AMBER J!!!_ EPISODE ONE PT 2 _ the wifey + blessing + answered prayer (dedicated to lola)Amber J.The G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) of women.My best friend...my ride or die...my love of my life.How we met -- at a conference in San Francisco -- it was all God. From you being in LA to me being in Michigan, the long distance struggle, the trials, God provided a job where we'd close the distance gap the day before our wedding--it was all God. This is actual, true love...in a world full of facades, I'm grateful for your REAL LOVE. One that is long-suffering, one that is pure, one...
2020-07-0147 min
authenticallyEpisode one pt 1 _ the introWHAT'S UP WORLD! Welcome to the authentically podcast EPISODE ONE PART ONE : wherever you are listening from , YOU are welcome. you were created specifically for a unique purpose and your authentic self is INCREDIBLE.this first episode is an intro on what this podcast will be all about .. along with an intro to my FIRST GUEST...you guys, have a VERY, VERY, VERY SPECIAL guest coming your way in part two of episode one...yes there's two parts to this first episode because it's only right to intro this guest with class, style, and dignity--like the very special incredible guest...
2020-05-2125 min