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Shelton joins 82NoLIVE for an honest conversation about faith, marriage, fatherhood, and money. After 12 years away from Christ, a moment at the altar—with his daughter beside him—marked a turning point in his life.

He shares how prioritizing his career affected his family, what rebuilding connection with his wife required, and how he now approaches parenting with greater presence and understanding.

We also explore his family’s financial journey and the inspiration behind Is This Normal?, the podcast he hosts with his wife to encourage honest conversations about marriage, finances, and life together.

A heartfelt episode about taking responsibility, listening to the people you love, and using your experience to help others move forward.

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Peace, love, and blessings.

“God, change my son… but if it’s me, change me.”

That prayer became a turning point for Anthony “TC” Cruz.

In this episode of 82NoLIVE, TC shares his journey from growing up in Puerto Rico to 21 years of military service, seasons of substance use and family struggles, and the encounter he credits with bringing him back to Christ.

We talk about his wife Jennifer’s support, his passion for serving the Latino community, and how translating worship services helps others connect with the message.

TC also opens up about losing his father to violence, choosing forgiveness, and the deeply personal story behind his album Joy.

With humor, vulnerability, and conviction, this conversation explores listening amid the noise, taking responsibility for change, and using your gifts to serve others.

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Peace, love, and blessings.

What does success look like when you’ve had to rebuild more than once?

In this episode of 82NoLIVE, G sits down with his cousin Samantha Reeves for an honest, heartfelt conversation about childhood hardship, foster care, becoming a mother at 17, and finding a different way forward through faith.

Samantha shares how forgiveness helped her move beyond anger, why she was determined to break cycles for her children, and how she rebuilt her event-design business after the pandemic forced her venue to close.

We also explore the heart behind Sips and Success, her platform for real conversations about personal journeys and the many ways success can look.

With family memories, laughter, and powerful testimony, this episode explores trusting God through setbacks, using your gifts, and finding the courage to begin again.

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Sometimes someone else sees your purpose before you do.

In this episode of 82NoLIVE, speaker and author Kyle A. Green shares his journey from growing up in rural South Carolina, raised by his grandmother, to finding a public voice he never expected to use.

Kyle reflects on the influence of Benedict College, organizing a rally in honor of Trayvon Martin, and the unforgettable moment his friend Snook told him it was time to step out from behind the scenes.

We also explore becoming a father at 16, overcoming reading struggles, honoring the people who helped him grow, and the message behind his work as The Mentality Changer.

Through faith, friendship, and his memorable chess-pawn illustration, Kyle shares why moving forward—even one step at a time—can open possibilities you cannot yet see.

Featuring a heartfelt tribute to our friend Mix and a conversation about the legacy we leave through our children, our community, and the lives we touch.

Explore Kyle’s book, The Mentality Changer 2, and connect with the 82NoLIVE community at 82nolive.com.

Peace, love, and blessings.

What if the things you thought were discarded still held something beautiful—including parts of your own story?

In this episode of 82NoLIVE, we sit down with Sam in her creative space for a heartfelt conversation about faith, belonging, healing, and transformation. She shares how an unsettled childhood, a painful family revelation, grief, and seasons of starting over shaped her journey toward finding community and purpose.

For Sam, repurposing clothes and furniture means more than making something new. It reflects the restoration she sees in her own life—and fuels her vision for helping young people discover their creativity.

With laughter and vulnerability, we explore the power of being loved as you are, noticing everyday blessings, and trusting God while the outcome is still unfolding.

You don’t have to have everything figured out to take the next step in faith.

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Peace, love, and blessings.

A life-changing accident changed Reggie’s circumstances—but his faith, creativity, and sense of humor remain strong.

In this episode of 82NoLIVE, musician, songwriter, and producer Reggie shares his journey from Virginia basketball courts and gospel quartet stages to rebuilding life after a serious car accident. With honesty and plenty of laughter, he opens up about trusting God through recovery, finding love, and continuing to show up as a husband and father.

We also explore his musical roots, the inspiration behind Quartet’n for Kids, and his album Another Side of Me—a celebration of love inspired by classic R&B.

From supporting his son’s basketball dreams to creating music that helps children learn, Reggie shares what it means to keep using your gifts through changing seasons.

His encouragement: “Try your best to live your best.”

Peace, love, and blessings.

What happens when the challenges you’ve lived through become part of your calling to help others?

On this episode of 82NoLIVE, Jason Brown joins us for an honest conversation about faith, fatherhood, marriage, and mentoring the next generation. He shares how growing up without knowing his biological father shaped his commitment to his own sons—and inspired the mission behind J&J Leadership Academy.

We explore moving beyond religious routine into a deeper relationship with God, trusting His timing, and keeping family as your first ministry. Jason also explains how intentional mentorship creates a brotherhood where young men feel loved, supported, and encouraged to become the best version of themselves.

A heartfelt conversation about healing, serving with humility, and turning personal experience into purpose.

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Peace, love, and blessings.

Corey Dwyer was born on Web Street in Columbia, wedged between two trap houses, with a mom in and out of prison and a 12-year-old brother running the household. By age 10 he was carrying drugs in his socks without fully understanding what he was caught up in. His grandmother had one strategy: keep him busy — church, sports, anything but idle hands. It worked, but it didn't erase what came next.

In this episode, Corey walks through the night a shotgun was pressed to the back of his head — "You saw my face" — and the prayer that got him through it. He talks about walking onto Benedict College's campus depressed and self-medicating, with no direction, until one professor, Dr. Ronnie Hopkins, refused to let him coast and signed him up for Call Me Mister, a program built to put Black men in front of classrooms. That decision reshaped the entire trajectory of his life — eventually leading him to found Forward Progression Mentored Apprenticeship Program, a 501(c)(3) built on one idea: "We don't give them a plan. We assist them in their own."

Corey also opens up about marriage and fatherhood — how a couples course called Two Becoming One "grew him up overnight" after 15 years married, why he's intentional about pouring into his son after growing up with a father who was never around, and why he still needs his wife's honesty ("No. You were wrong.") to stay accountable. Through it all, he comes back to one scripture — Matthew 6:33 — as a daily operating system, not just a Sunday quote.

A conversation about survival, obedience, and what it looks like to actually change the trajectory of a family.

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Adrien "Vonyetta" Watson has been a voice on the radio since she was 17 — Big DM, Hot 103.9, on-air in Charlotte, now touring with Core DJs and Shade 45. Her words have stopped strangers mid-crisis, twice, without her even knowing until they told her.

Then on June 2, 2024, her son Julian — an innocent bystander — was killed by gunfire at a graduation celebration.

Tonight, Vonyetta gets honest about the wrestle that followed. The anger. The doubt. And the scripture that carried her through — Isaiah 61:3, beauty for ashes.

We talk about her nonprofit, Julian's Justice — real numbers, real impact: 31 long guns, 21 handguns, 3,000 rounds of ammunition surrendered off the streets. Her vision for a Justice Academy and the Pathfinders program. And what it means to hold the umbrella for someone else while you're still standing in your own rain.

"I'm not the mama you want to go toe-to-toe with."

Still standing. Beauty for ashes.

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Nehemiah "Nemo" Cardona grew up watching his parents live on faith — a bivocational father, a cross-country move to plant a Christian rehab ministry, years with barely enough money to get by. That same faith carried Nemo from Pennsylvania to California to Columbia, SC, where God called him and his wife to start over with no community and no safety net.

Tonight, Nemo gets honest about what that move actually cost. His wife's depression during the transition. His own failure to be present when she needed him most. And the marriage transparency it took to rebuild — including conversations about infidelity they've had publicly, on their own podcast.

We talk about creativity as an extension of the Creator, the short film "Where Love Lives" he wrote and filmed with his wife in under 48 hours, and why he'd rather deal with hard conversations than an empty home.

"What you don't confess can't be fixed."

82 and 0. Walking with God we never lose.

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