Every Day's a Train Wreck

Matt Kelsey made a film about depression, grief, and survival—and then his stepfather, who funded it, died on day five of the shoot. In this raw conversation with Marley Majcher, Matt walks through the business of indie filmmaking (the $297K budget, the missing toilets, the 10-day shoot), but the real story emerges in the second half: he's been in therapy since 13, has had suicidal ideations numerous times, and survived a bathroom-floor moment with Ativan that almost ended it. The film—dedicated to Bill—captures what it looks like when someone is falling apart on the inside while cracking jokes on the outside. Marley, who's been there too, goes from playful provocateur to co-confessor, and together they talk about what it actually means to show up for someone in crisis, and why a single text saying 'thinking of you' matters more than people know.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS

The Unit Production Manager and the Disappearing Toilets — Kurt the UPM had to get the rental toilets back in 30 minutes when they were removed mid-location, embodying the real work of keeping a shoestring budget shoot moving. A rite of passage for any serious filmmaker. 

Eight Weeks of Shot Planning for Ten Days of Shooting — Matt and cinematographer Charles Schneer (Big Lebowski, Captain America: Winter Soldier) planned every single shot for eight weeks before rolling camera, proving that one minute of planning saves four minutes of crisis on set. 

Bill Dies on Day Five of the Ten-Day Shoot — Matt's stepfather, who wrote the check to fund the film and believed in it enough to take the risk, had a heart attack and died mid-production. The crew galvanized around finishing the film in his honor. 

I've Had Suicidal Ideations Numerous Times — Matt reveals his lived experience with depression, therapy since age 13, and survival—the authentic foundation that makes his performance of a suicidal character in the film believable and urgent. 

The Ativan Bathroom Floor: Closest to the Edge — Matt describes sitting alone on his bathroom floor with a bottle of Ativan, thinking he could end it all—until he Googled the side effects and chose to live for his wife and daughter. 

The Chandler Bing Defense: Jokes That Hide the Wreck — Matt explains how he (and his character in the film) uses deflection and humor to hide depression—performing 'I'm fine' and making people laugh while drowning inside, a survival mechanism born from childhood trauma. 

The 3 AM Voice and Why We Turn on Ourselves — Marley and Matt dig into why depression makes you attack yourself, especially at 3 AM when you're alone—the voice that says 'no one really likes you' even when someone you love is sleeping next to you.

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Tommy Dorfman built a $100 million electronic dance music empire in New York and New Jersey—and locked a ten-year exclusive contract at the Meadowlands, the largest state fair on the East Coast. Then Live Nation discovered it. In February 2011, they walked into a meeting and told him before he could even introduce himself: "We're gonna blow you the fuck out." They owned the talent agencies, they owned Ticketmaster, they owned the infrastructure. Tommy refused to betray his partners. They pressed the button. Fifteen years later—seven days a week selling cable door-to-door to fund lawyers—he's still fighting. He's refused their settlement offer sixteen times. The DOJ just found Live Nation guilty of monopoly on every count. Tommy holds evidence that could send executives to prison. This is the story of what it actually costs to refuse to be bought.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS

Before He Could Say His Name — Tommy walks into the Live Nation offices in NYC and is threatened with a multi-pronged corporate attack before he can even introduce himself—the moment the machinery of power reveals itself. 

The Button Gets Pressed — Every door closes at once. Talent agencies go silent, the stadium owner caves, and the ten-year deal is wiped out in 24 hours—all because Tommy refused to kick out his business partners. 

Charlie Sheen in a Swamp — Living as a blacklisted promoter, Tommy throws a concert for Charlie Sheen in a literal swamp next to the Meadowlands, spending thousands on heating tents and concrete rocks just to show he can still produce a show.

The SL 500 and the Gym Showers — Tommy's pride won't let him sell the Mercedes or go to France for help; instead, he lives in the car for a month and showers at the gym in secret, unwilling to embarrass himself. 

Fifteen Years of Cable Sales — Since 2011, Tommy has been selling cable door-to-door seven days a week to pay attorneys and fund litigation—a parallel economy of survival built entirely to challenge a $36 billion company. 

Sixteen Refusals — Live Nation has offered settlements and mediations 16 times; Tommy has refused every single one because he holds evidence of criminal enterprise, not just business wrongdoing. 

Guilty on Every Count — and the Prison Evidence — The DOJ just found Live Nation guilty of monopoly. Tommy's evidence could put executives in prison, which is why the trial has been delayed for 15 years; a trial is the last thing Live Nation wants.

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Beth Miller walked into what she thought was a permission-request meeting and accidentally became a podcast cohosts. What unfolds is unexpectedly profound: a conversation about Tai Chi, childhood trauma, and what teaching young entrepreneurs actually requires in the age of AI. Beth is a business professor at the University of Dayton who spent years in ad agencies before pivoting to full-time teaching — and what drew her to Tai Chi wasn't spiritual seeking, it was the body's need to process trauma. She describes the moment a flashback broke through years of suppression, dissolving mysterious headaches that had landed her in ERs. Marley reflects this vulnerability back with a chicken metaphor about letting others break free on their own. The conversation bridges healing and entrepreneurship: how breathing and mental fortitude are the real edge, and how AI is democratizing the playing field so completely that a solopreneur can now compete with multinationals. This is a story about the unplanned moments where the realest things get said.

• The Accidental Podcast — Beth expected a quiet meeting to ask permission to use Marley's content in her class. Instead, she discovered she was live on the show — and rolled with it perfectly, becoming an instant cohost. 
• The Little Girl in New York — Beth's anecdote about a sobbing child on a stoop holding a cup of barf — and how two Ohio women's kindness revealed the cultural chasm between the Midwest and the coasts. 
• I Feel Tai Chi' — The Mastery Moment — After eight years of practice, Beth crosses the threshold where she stops doing Tai Chi and becomes Tai Chi — the moment when technique dissolves into embodied knowing. 
• The Flashback That Freed Her — During a Tai Chi meditation, Beth experiences a massive flashback to childhood trauma — the breakthrough that finally dissolves years of mysterious headaches that no doctor could explain. 
• The Chicken Metaphor — Marley's incubator wisdom: chicks must peck themselves out of their shells, building strength in the struggle. When one breaks free, others are inspired to follow — a perfect metaphor for healing and entrepreneurship. 
• Don't Ever Give Up on Something You Can't Go a Day Without Thinking About — The episode's showpiece quote — a principle that applies equally to obsession, passion, and the mental fortitude required to build a business. 
• Catch AI Up With Where You Are As Human — Beth's core teaching: students must lead the machine, not follow it. Human depth, cognitive ambition, and authentic presence must come first — then AI amplifies and accelerates.

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Mother's Day doesn't have to mean a jam-packed restaurant, screaming kids, and inflated prices. In this solo episode, Marley Majcher shares her complete playbook for hosting an elegant, stress-free Mother's Day at home—from potluck strategy and elevated decor hacks to games and activities that keep everyone engaged. But beneath the tips is a quieter truth: what mothers actually want is a day where the kids aren't fighting and someone else handles the logistics. Marley reveals this through her own stories—the unshaven son on Mother's Day, the handmade printer-paper cards she keeps forever, and a heartfelt tribute to her own mom in heaven. This is the event planner's expertise wrapped in the honesty of a working mother.

✨ Inside the Episode:

• The Potluck Principle — How to distribute the entertainment load so no one person (especially the mom) gets stuck with everything. Communication is key—assign categories upfront to avoid ending up with all sweets and no savory. 
• Never Use Grocery Store Plastic (The Anti-Plastic Manifesto) — The event planner's eye: remove those horrendous plastic grocery store trays with barcodes and present food on real platters. It's an instant elevation that costs nothing and signals intentionality. 
• The DIY Pedestal Hack — Goodwill glass + upside-down bucket glass + hot glue gun = your own elegant cake pedestal. Marley's signature move: 'You just made your own pedestal.' 
• The Voluspa Candle Freezer Trick — After your expensive Voluspa candle burns down, put water in the tin with remaining wax and freeze it. The ice pops the wax out cleanly, leaving you with beautiful repurposed vases. 
• All a Mother Wants Is Her Kids Not Fighting — The emotional core: Marley confesses that the single greatest gift is a day where the children aren't bickering. Everything else — the fancy food, the decor, the activities — serves this one truth. 
• Homemade Cards Over Expensive Gifts — Her middle son pulls out printer paper and writes a heartfelt note. Those are the cards Marley keeps. Thoughtfulness beats expense every single time. 
• The ChatGPT Transcript Hack — Take the transcript of this episode, feed it to ChatGPT, and ask it to riff on centerpiece ideas or add more suggestions. Let it create variations endlessly.

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Marley Majcher takes Every Day's a Train Wreck on the road — broadcasting live from the Louie Ortega Room inside Oklahoma City's National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum during their annual awards gala. Her guest is Joe Cornet, filmmaker and publisher, who has dedicated years to resurrecting the forgotten half of one of Hollywood's greatest brotherhoods: John Mitchum, younger brother of Robert, who quietly racked up 800 television episodes, 150 films, and the role of Clint Eastwood's detective partner across all three original Dirty Harry films. Joe shares the improbable American dream story of two boys who rode the rails during the Depression and stumbled into stardom, the historical bombshell about Howard Hughes bailing Robert out of a 1947 marijuana arrest via his all-Mormon staff, and his mission to adapt John Mitchum's memoir Them Ornery Mitchum Boys into a limited series without surrendering creative control. Also: scorpions, Sam Elliott sightings, and the revelation that Joe's cinematographer Toby is a genuine 25-year oil and gas land man who did background work on Landman.

✨ Inside the Episode:

• The Forgotten Mitchum Brother — John Mitchum — younger brother of Robert — appeared in over 800 television episodes and 150 films, yet almost nobody knows his name. Joe Cornet is on a mission to change that. 
• Clint Eastwood's Detective Partner — John Mitchum played Clint Eastwood's detective partner in Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, and The Enforcer — a fact that lands like a thunderclap on both Marley Majcher and the audience. 
• Howard Hughes and the Mormon Staff — When Robert Mitchum was arrested for marijuana in 1947, Howard Hughes — who owned the studio and had three Mitchum pictures in production — bailed him out through his trusted all-Mormon staff without ever leaving his house. 
• The Scorpion Blood Story — Joe Cornet's unprompted confession about stepping barefoot on a California scorpion and treating it with Benadryl and elevation is the funniest two minutes of the episode, culminating in his claim to have 'scorpion blood' à la Charlie Sheen. 
• Toby: The Real Land Man — The episode's best structural surprise — Joe's quiet cinematographer Toby turns out to be a 25-year oil and gas industry veteran who was an actual land man and even did background work on the Paramount+ series Landman. 
• Protecting the Vision — Joe explains why he refuses to hand the Them Ornery Mitchum Boys limited series to a larger production entity: 'When you give it to somebody else, it becomes their vision, and your vision is lost.' 
• The American Dream, Distilled — The Mitchum brothers didn't set out to be famous — they were just two kids riding the rails who got stopped on a street and asked if they'd ever considered acting. Their answer: 'How much does it pay?'

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Marcy Pellegrino joins Marley Majcher to share the raw, unfiltered journey from $250 kitchen experiment to retail success with Marcy's Pet Kitchen. After losing her two labs to cancer, Marcy channeled her grief into creating ultra-clean, vegan dog treats that actually work for dogs with dietary issues. This isn't your typical startup story — it's about jumping before you're ready, celebrating photocopied checks, and manufacturing treats in your living room for years. Marcy reveals the messy reality of building a business from scratch, from navigating FDA regulations to finding manufacturers who understand her vision. The conversation dives deep into entrepreneurial psychology, the power of staying in your own lane, and why sometimes the best business advice is simply: don't overthink, just jump.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The $250 Decision — How Marcy went from losing her dogs to cancer to starting a business with just $250 and pure determination.
• Kitchen Manufacturing Reality — The unglamorous truth about manufacturing dog treats in your house for years before finding a professional facility. 
• First Retail Check Moment — Why Marcy photocopied her first retail check and the importance of celebrating small entrepreneurial milestones. 
• Stay In Your Own Lane — Strategic branding advice about creating unique identity instead of copying competitors. 
• Just Jump Philosophy — The entrepreneurial mindset of taking action before you feel ready and embracing rejection as part of the process. 
• New Jerky Product Line — Expanding beyond vegan treats into specialized jerky with novel proteins like bison and venison.

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Welcome back to Every Day’s a Train Wreck — and this time, it’s just me, you, and a little jet-lagged truth bomb straight from Marbella, Spain. 

After three weeks of nonstop travel (think: Virgin Voyages cruise → investor pitching → Madrid → Marbella), I had a realization that honestly should not still surprise me…Most people—even at the highest price points—have no idea what luxury actually feels like. 

And spoiler alert: it’s NOT about the fanciest ballroom or the most expensive menu. 

It’s about the tiny details, the flow, the energy, and how you make people feel without them ever having to think about it. 

So in this episode, we’re breaking down what luxury really is, what people get wrong, and how to create an experience that actually lands—whether you’re planning an event, running a business, or just trying to elevate your life a little bit.

✨ Inside the Episode: 

• Marley’s behind-the-scenes from a Virgin Voyages business cruise (and why it surprisingly nailed luxury) 
• The subtle difference between “high-end” and actually luxurious 
• Why luxury should never feel transactional 
• The power of human connection in service (hint: one great staff member can change everything) 
• What Marbella gets RIGHT about experience, energy, and design 
• How flow, layout, and space planning impact how people feel 
• Why efficiency = luxury (and confusion = chaos) 
• The biggest mistakes people make when trying to “look” luxurious 
• How to create energy at events (without forcing it) 
• Real, practical hosting tips (including Marley’s hill she will die on: ICE matters) 
• Why staffing can make or break an experience 
• The magic of a “floater” role at events 
• How to design events (or spaces) so they feel effortless—not crowded or chaotic 
• A little life check-in: burnout, sleep, being scattered, and finding your reset

💡 Key Takeaway: 

Luxury isn’t about spending more — it’s about thinking more. 

It’s the invisible details, the seamless flow, and making people feel taken care of without them ever having to ask.

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Because nothing says “I love you” like saving someone from a very expensive mistake. 💋

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Someone sits in a basement—literally, for five months. Figuratively, for five years. A man who'd built and sold a business, who understood the invisible force of minds meeting together, now understanding isolation from the inside. He'd mastered entrepreneurship. He'd walked into rooms where successful people broke down crying about marriages and anxiety. He'd been the guy who knew how to connect. And then he lost everything, and stopped trying.

Jay Fairbrother runs masterminds now—intimate groups where entrepreneurs, coaches, and thought leaders show up to do the real work of being human together. In this episode of Every Day's a Train Wreck, Jay opens up about what happens when the architecture of human connection fails, and what brings someone back when they've quit almost everything they were involved in. You'll hear the story of how a seventeen-year mastermind became a lifeline, and how one person stayed when five years of isolation had nearly taken him under. This is about the invisible scaffolding we all need.

Marley Majcher, who spent years in these groups as a leader and national organizer, brings her own understanding of the loneliness people hide behind success. She guides this conversation with the precision of someone who's watched brilliant people nearly disappear. This is what happens when two people stop pretending—a raw look at why we need each other, not as a business model, but as survival.

About the Guest: Jay Fairbrother is a mastermind facilitator and entrepreneur who works with leaders, coaches, and thought leaders to build meaningful connection and accountability. His work centers on creating spaces where people can show up fully human.

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You lock in a venue to feel safe. Then you find something better. Now a quarter of your deposit is gone, and the cage you built to protect yourself won't open. It's a small story about control—until you realize how many decisions work exactly this way.

Ashley joins Marley Majcher for the second chapter in planning a wedding from abroad, where the real reckoning happens: the budget. Together they wade through destination wedding math where hotel quotes land at £200,000 a night, exchange rates shift overnight, and vendor pricing stays deliberately opaque. Ashley brings clarity to the chaos—the spreadsheets that matter, the priorities that hold, the written confirmations that actually protect you—plus something harder to quantify: permission to ask for clarity without shame, and evidence that nothing is locked in as tight as fear makes it feel.

Marley carries the particularity of someone who has planned hundreds of weddings and gotten married twice. She knows exactly where couples make their first moves, and she shares that knowledge not as judgment but as solidarity—the voice of someone who would rather have a good dress than a perfect venue, who understands what actually matters. Every Day's a Train Wreck becomes, in her hands, a place where you can be honest about what you're afraid of and what you really want.

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Welcome back to Every Day Is a Train Wreck — where Marley Majcher sits down with people who have built big things, broken big things, and somehow lived to tell the story.

This week’s guest? Jeffrey Hayzlett.

And before you even start the episode, Marley recommends one thing: Google him.

Former Chief Marketing Officer of Kodak, judge on Celebrity Apprentice, founder of the C-Suite Network, host of The C-Suite with Jeffrey Hayzlett, and a man who has bought and sold over 250 businesses totaling more than $25 BILLION in transactions.

In other words… not your average Tuesday guest.

Jeffrey pulls back the curtain on what it actually takes to operate at that level — from waking up at 4 a.m., to running multiple companies, serving on 14 corporate boards, and still somehow managing to mop his kitchen floor before breakfast.

Marley and Jeffrey dive into the mindset, systems, and ruthless productivity habits that allow some people to build massive businesses while the rest of us are still answering emails.

And of course, because this is a Train Wreck episode, the conversation also veers into billionaire investor cruises, pitching deals at sea, and the strange reality that sometimes the fastest way to close a deal… is on a boat.

✨ Inside the Episode:

• Why Jeffrey wakes up at 4 a.m. every single day
• The productivity framework he swears by: Automate, Delegate, Eliminate, Motivate
• How he manages 14 boards, multiple companies, and media networks
• The systems and assistants that keep his life running on schedule
• Why some people are “busy” — and others actually get things done
• The surprising places big investment deals actually happen
• What it’s like pitching billionaires on a cruise ship
• How to think about raising money and valuing your company
• The personality traits Jeffrey looks for in entrepreneurs and partners
• Why humility and work ethic beat talent every time
• And why sometimes the smartest business decision… is taking the bus instead of the private car

If you’ve ever wondered how high-level dealmakers think, build, and operate — this episode is a front-row seat.

It’s fast, funny, brutally practical, and exactly the kind of behind-the-scenes conversation Marley loves.

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🌐 Website: https://hayzlett.com/

�� LinkedIn: Jeffrey Hayzlett

If you’ve got a friend who wants to raise money, build a bigger business, or just learn how real dealmakers think — send them this episode.

Because sometimes success isn’t about luck.

Sometimes it’s about getting up at 4 a.m. and getting to work.

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