Sierra’s Story & The Other Side Academy

Sponsors & Partners
Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM)
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com


Time Stamps
00:35 - Sponsors!
01:50 - Her Story
03:50 - High School
05:00 - DUI at 15
07:16 - Heroine & the Domino
09:40 - Running from Withdrawls
12:00 - Losing Trust
13:00 - Jail at 18
19:00 - Trying to Get Back on Her Feet
26:50 - Moving into a Trap House
28:40 - Starting to Wake Up
30:50 - The Other Side Academy
35:00 - Sincere Desire for Change
39:00 - Finding Purpose & Sharing Her Story
41:00 - Choose Your Hard
43:30 - Finding Power in her Story

Manny Lopez
LevelupIOP.com 
Levelup Instensive Outpatient Programs
Youtube & Tik Tok: SL Manny Boy 

Sponsors & Partners
Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM)
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com


Time Stamps
01:45 - Sponsors!
03:38 - Manny’s Story
09:15 - A Bad Deal
11:00 - Learned Love
18:00 - Bonnie & Clyde
23:40 - The Hail Mary
25:40 - The Eleventh Time
13:00 - Self Elevating
35:00 - “Don’t give up on people.”
50:00 - Going Back to Prison in a New Way
51:00 - Mysti Lopez

Sponsors & Partners
Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM)
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com


00:00 - Andrew Lewis
01:37 - Sponsors
2:50 - Younglife
5:30 - Early Influences
11:00 - Young Kid Under Pressure
13:31 - Diagnosed with Cancer
14:30 - Drug Store Candy Shop
15:15 - “I wanted to die.”
22:45 - The Other Side Academy
33:15 - Growing with the Company
42:15 - Healing with His Family

Sponsors & Partners
Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM)
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com


00:00 - Jeff Allred
01:36 - Sponsors!
02:40 - His Young Life
05:10 - The Rebellious Kick
10:38 - Married at 18
13:20 - Cut Off at 21
18:29 - Arrested for Domestic Violence
20:20 - “All About Me”
24:00 - “Functional Family Man”
26:40 - Losing the Function
29:50 - Losing the Family
32:00 - Rock Bottom
34:15 - The Other Side Academy
41:00 - Shifting the Paradigm

Double Lifetime Sentence
+ George Smith

Sponsors & Partners 
The Other Side Academy - theothersideacademy.com 
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org 
Freedom Scholars Academy


Timestamps
00:00:00 George Smith 
00:01:38 Sponsors 
00:02:39 Young Life 
00:08:38 Back to Compton at 16 
00:15:08 Filling a Need 
00:23:00 Double Life Sentence at 18 years old 
00:30:35 A Moment of Reflection  
00:47:40 Discovering Miracles 
00:50:30 Being an Agent for Change 
01:01:50 From Life-Sentence to Free 
01:08:34 Advice for Young Self 
“Ask for help… It’s okay…” - George Smith

Born to an addict mom, Savannah Bushman spent her early life living with her aunt and uncle and in spite of their care, she was molested by her cousin over several years. Returning to live with her mother for a short time, she couldn’t fathom how her mom could choose drugs over her own daughter, but even so, her mom had her try meth at age 14. Savannah was immediately addicted. In and out of juvenile detention and several foster homes, she found herself in kiddie prison first, and then at age 18 in the state prison and pregnant. Listen in as she tells her story of giving birth as an inmate and being separated from her newborn son. When released from prison, she did all she could to make ends meet and to stay sober for her child. Working several jobs and unable to pay the bills, she decided to start selling drugs again without using; a stint that didn't last long. Finding herself back in jail and pregnant once again, she tells how she turned to God, something she had never been taught nor had she ever done before, and how those feelings propelled her to get out, stay clean, and do incredibly hard things to make her life work for herself and for her kids. Now 12 years clean, listen to how she is living the American dream. Hers is a powerful story of coming from nothing and with God’s help, making a great life.
Where it all began 2:20 Dating 35 year old Utah’s most wanted man at 14 years old 10:00 Using again 23:00 Pregnant again and praying for 30 straight days 26:45 It’s often a PO who cares that makes a difference 30:40 The man who was there for her 37:30
“On my 13th birthday…she was off the hook and had people there, and I was like ‘Ya know mom, I never understood why you chose drugs over your kids.’ and she’s like ‘Well soon you’ll learn. Here–’ And I smoked meth for the first time with my mother.” 7:00

Travis Richie has a very unique story. In spite of growing up in a single parent home, his young life was good. Showing a propensity for numbers and finance, he found himself deep and successful in that field. An oversight in his venture capital world found him in prison in Arizona, where his perceptions of the incarcerated community took an immediate turn. During his 15 months down, he became a bit of an instructor, helping his fellow inmates learn successful financial skills. His booklet, Don't Buy a Cheeseburger with a Credit Card, has developed into the largest non-governmental, non-profit organization serving the incarcerated population. Currently, his program is in over 1,300 prisons across the United States. Like me, only on a grander scale, he has drank the Kool-Aid of the necessity of prison reform.
If you're interested in creating change and growth, you will love his story.

Sponsors & Partners
Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM)
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com


00:00 - Travis Richey
01:39 - Sponsors
 03:17 - Positive Adolesence 
03:40 - Working in Finance
09:40 - “You should’ve known better.”
11:00 - No Smoking Gun in His Case
13:45 - A 2 Year Sentence for an Oversight
18:40 - A Bizzare Disparity in the Judicial System
23:30 - “jail was the worst part of the experience”
29:48 - Finding Opportunity in the System
32:55 - Power in Brokenness 
44:00 - Establishing a New Program
52:20 - Writing a New Story

I'm joined by Dave Duroucher on this episode of the All My Friends Are Felons Podcast. Dave describes his childhood self as "Dennis the Mennis on steroids." He came from a solid home but by age 12, he started committing crimes which led him down the path of drug addiction and time behind bars. In prison, he became a shot caller for his gang, but eventually realized that his life was on a horrible trajectory. Through hard work and self-reform, Dave sought therapy and was able to turn his life around with the help of Delancy Street. Tune in to hear his incredible story of transformation and hope. 

• Sponsors 1:34
• Dave’s rambunctious childhood 2:40
• Getting into sex at an early age 13:30
• Graduating and going to meth and drug dealing 17:20
• Getting arrested and building a reputation 25:20
• Seeing the ugly in and out of prison 33:00
• Drug bust 42:15
• Belonging in prison 45:55

“I’m so immature, right? It’s all about Dave. ALL about me. I really didn’t understand what I was up against. I was just being a loser, a liar, a manipulator, a sneaky, selfish kid just doing everything I could for my own indulgence and my own feel goods and saw nothing wrong with it.” 20:00

Chris Robertson's story is one of being all in. His mother describes his personality as being able to go from zero to a hundred in nothing flat. As you listen, you'll see why. When he commits to something, good or bad, he goes full throttle. Perhaps that's why, at his last arrest, he went on a three-hour high-speed chase. His prison stint started at 18 and he found himself in and out of federal or state prison for nearly 20 years.
During another federal prison term, he started to realize he was just living up to the system's expectations and that maybe there was something different. In 2018, that something started to kick in as he started studying the psychology of the human brain. And then several years later, while in prison, he enrolled in Captain Your Story inside USCF in Salt Lake City. 
Now he finds himself feeling different, thinking different and acting different. Still living with his all-in personality, he is all in and living a healthy, productive life full of intention. 


Sponsors & Partners
Freedom Scholars Academy (FSM)
My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org
The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com


00:00 - Chris Robertson
02:00 - Sponsors
03:07 - Young Life
05:20 - Parents Drug Use
07:15 - Started Selling Drugs at 16yo & Using Meth
09:10 - Federal Prison
12:55 - The High Speed Chase
15:50 - Back to Federal Prison
20:30 - Back Again
22:00 - Changing His Appearance & Taking Care of His Health
24:35 - Getting a GM Position at Buffalo Wild Wings
28:30 - Financial Crisis & Cocaine
30:50 - Back to Meth & The Spiral
43:20 - Getting Back In a Positive Direction
44:55 - Addressing His Emotional & Physiological Needs
47:50 - Applying the Principles of Captain Your Story
52:40 - Interview for the Nonprofit My Story Matters
53:20 - Freedom Scholars Academy
57:55 - FSM Integrating with the Captain Your Story Model
1:07:55 - For Donations contact [email protected]