FREEDOM UNLOCKED

Leanne Linsky is a comedian turned entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Plauzzable, a live online comedy platform designed to connect comedians, producers, venues and fans through live comedy.

Leanne's journey began in 2001 when she took her first comedy class. She eventually moved to New York to pursue comedy full time, performing, producing and hosting shows for years before moving to Los Angeles. Her experience as a comedian exposed a major challenge: talented performers needed more opportunities to perform, connect with live audiences, receive real time feedback and earn income from their work.

In 2019, Leanne began experimenting with online comedy shows. That experiment eventually became the foundation for Plauzzable. She returned to school and earned a Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of California, Irvine before joining an incubator and turning her idea into a business.

Today, Plauzzable is built to make live comedy more accessible while giving comedians more opportunities to perform, grow their audiences and earn income. In this conversation, Leanne shares what she learned from being a performer, why she decided to become an entrepreneur, how technology is changing live entertainment and where she believes comedy is headed next.

Guest Details and Resources

Leanne Linsky

Comedian | Entrepreneur | Founder and CEO of Plauzzable

Business: Plauzzable

Website: Plauzzable⁠

Free account: Listeners can create a free Plauzzable account to discover and experience live comedy.

Jon Francois is the host and producer of The Delicious Culture with Jon Francois, a podcast built around three simple questions: What's a delicious meal you've had lately? What's a delicious piece of pop culture you've been loving? And what's a delicious thing that's happened in your life lately?

Jon brings a unique mix of experiences to the conversation. He has spent years working in commercial radio, hosted and produced public access television, worked as an actor across theatre, TV and film, and now drives for Uber and Lyft in Vermont.

In this episode, Jon shares stories from his career in entertainment, the realities of working in radio, his experiences as an actor and rideshare driver, and how those experiences eventually shaped his podcast. We also talk about his life in Vermont with his wife Toni, their five dogs and two cats, and the unexpected stories that come from living such an unconventional and entertaining life.

Guest Details and Resources

Jon Francois — Podcast Host | Producer | Actor | Radio Personality

Podcast: The Delicious Culture with Jon Francois

Listen, Watch & Follow: https://linktr.ee/thedeliciousculture

What happens when the patterns that shaped us in childhood begin to affect the relationships we build as adults?

In this episode of Freedom Unlocked, I sit down with Eric Williams, relationship expert, marriage and family therapist, former U.S. Army paratrooper, author, husband, and creator of DCIA, Done Carrying It Alone. Eric combines clinical training, military experience, and more than 20 years of marriage to help people understand the deeper reasons relationships struggle.

We explore communication, emotional disconnection, relationship patterns, healthy conflict, marriage, parenting, and the importance of identifying the root causes behind relational problems rather than simply treating the symptoms.

Eric also introduces his Origin Code methodology and explains why so many people carry their relationship struggles alone instead of learning how to build genuine connection. This conversation offers practical insights for anyone dating, married, rebuilding a relationship, or simply trying to understand themselves better.

Guest Contact and Resources

Eric Williams

Relationship Expert

Marriage and Family Therapist

Creator of DCIA, Done Carrying It Alone

Creator of Origin Code

Author of Marriage Communication Guide for New Couples: From "Me" to "We"

Former U.S. Army Paratrooper, 82nd Airborne

Married for more than 20 years

Husband, autism dad, and girl dad

Free Resource:

Listeners can take Eric's free 60 second relationship fight pattern quiz here:

Relationship Fight Pattern Quiz⁠

The quiz identifies a person's number one relationship fight pattern and provides a practical first step toward DCIA, Done Carrying It Alone.

Jo Ann Fawcett is an author, storyteller, and advocate for personal transformation who has experienced seven marriages marked by abuse, divorce, loss, and profound life lessons. After decades of believing she was not enough, Jo Ann began a journey of self discovery that ultimately led her to leave a narcissistic relationship, redefine her identity, and create a life rooted in freedom, purpose, and personal power.

A former member of the Mormon Church for nearly 30 years, Jo Ann eventually embraced a very different spiritual path that includes her interest in UFOs, paranormal experiences, elementals, ancestors, and magic. She is the author of Midlife Magic, The Prince Was Wrong: Leaving the Narcissist Behind, and Wisdom from My Grandmothers, a collection centered on her journey from being toxic to thriving.

In this powerful conversation, Jo Ann shares what she learned from seven marriages, how she recognized narcissistic abuse, why leaving can be so difficult, and what it takes to rebuild your identity after years of losing yourself in relationships. She also opens up about her spiritual transformation and how she discovered the strength to create a life that finally feels like her own.

Connect with Jo Ann Fawcett:

Website: www.joannfawcett.com⁠

Dragon Hill Books: www.dragonhillbooks.com⁠

Email: [email protected]

Book inquiries: [email protected]

What actually makes people happy?

In this episode of Freedom Unlocked, I sit down with Brian Jones, a professor of sociology at Villanova University and author of The Pursuit of Happiness in America. Drawing on decades of sociological research and data from the General Social Survey, Brian looks beyond individual psychology to examine the social structures that shape our well being.

We explore the role of relationships, marriage, friendships, work, money, and community in creating a happier life, as well as how happiness in America has changed over time and what the COVID 19 pandemic may have revealed about our social connections. Brian also shares insights from Americans who have told their own personal happiness stories, giving a human dimension to the data.

This conversation offers a practical and evidence based look at happiness and challenges us to consider whether living a happier life is only about what happens inside us, or also about the people, relationships, and communities surrounding us.

Valerie Greene is a renowned relationship coach, mentor and author who has spent more than two decades helping women and couples create deeper emotional connection, intimacy and lasting love.

Since 2005, Valerie has helped people break patterns that keep them stuck in unhealthy relationships, including attracting emotionally unavailable partners, struggling with communication, suppressing emotions and repeating cycles of conflict. Drawing from her own relationship journey and training with leading relationship experts including John Gottman and Sue Johnson, Valerie developed an approach centered on emotional attunement, secure connection and addressing the root causes of relationship struggles.

In this conversation, Valerie shares practical insights on building secure relationships, communicating emotions without creating distance, healing anxious attachment, navigating conflict and recognizing the patterns that can quietly sabotage love. This is a conversation for anyone who wants to understand relationships more deeply and build a connection where love, intimacy, respect and emotional safety can thrive.

Guest Contact and Resources

Valerie Greene

Relationship Coach | Mentor | Author

Website: Valerie Greene⁠

Free Breakthrough to Lasting Love Strategy Session: Book a free strategy session⁠

Barry Maughan spent four decades as an international broadcast journalist, with much of his career focused on Africa. His relationship with the continent began in Ethiopia, where he worked as a broadcast and print journalist from 1969 to 1975. During that time, he covered the dramatic events surrounding the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie and reported on the devastating drought and famine that affected northern Ethiopia.

Between his two assignments in Ethiopia, Barry and his then wife, Suzanne, undertook an extraordinary solo overland journey from Alexandria, Egypt, to Cape Agulhas in South Africa. They travelled approximately 8,000 miles through 15 African countries in a Volkswagen Kombi Bus, without modern navigation or communication technology, and for much of the journey had their one year old son with them.

Barry later spent more than two decades broadcasting to audiences across Africa through the Voice of America's English to Africa Service, including hosting a popular daily sports program under the name "The Ole Sports Emperor." His memoir, Beneath the African Sun, captures the personal experiences, adventures, risks and professional moments that shaped his relationship with Africa.

In this conversation, Barry takes us behind the headlines and beyond the tourist experience to explore what Africa was like more than five decades ago, what he learned from its people, how journalism shaped his life, and what it was really like travelling across the continent with a young family.

Guest Contact and Resources

Barry Maughan

International Broadcast Journalist | Author | Former Voice of America Broadcaster

Website: Barry Maughan⁠

Email: [email protected]

Book: Beneath the African Sun

Available through Amazon, Goodreads and other book platforms.

Jessie Torres is a Peak Performance Coach, Life Strategist, motivational speaker, and transformational leader who has spent nearly two decades helping thousands of people overcome fear, trauma, limiting beliefs, and emotional barriers to unlock their potential.

Her journey is deeply personal. Jessie survived childhood sexual abuse, the murders of three brothers across different chapters of her life, and an 18 year marriage marked by mental, emotional, and verbal abuse. Rather than allowing those experiences to define her, she chose to transform her pain into purpose.

Today, Jessie teaches what she calls Fierce Grace, a philosophy centered on turning adversity into strength, reconnecting with your heart, embracing forgiveness, and recognizing the limitless potential within you. Her work combines mindset, emotional intelligence, energy, strategy, spirituality, and personal transformation.

In this conversation, Jessie shares how trauma can shape the way we see ourselves, why people often remain trapped by beliefs formed through painful experiences, and how we can move from simply surviving to living with passion, purpose, and power.

Listeners will gain practical insights into recognizing the hidden effects of trauma, rebuilding self worth, overcoming fear, practicing forgiveness, and discovering the strength that can emerge from even the darkest seasons of life.

Guest Contact and Resources

Jessie Torres

Peak Performance Coach, Life Strategist, Motivational Speaker and Creator of Fierce Grace

Primary Website: Unshakeable Life⁠

Life Coaching: Work with Jessie Torres⁠

Fierce Grace: I Am Fierce Grace⁠

Free 10 Step Guide to Freedom: 10 Steps to Freedom⁠

Our Army of Angels: Our Army of Angels⁠

Jessie's official website describes her as a transformational coach who helps people move beyond fear, self sabotage, disconnection, shame, and limiting beliefs, with Fierce Grace at the center of her approach.

Unshakeable Life +1

She has also appeared on podcasts including Superchargers, buckleUp!, and Unbreakable Mompreneurs, where she has discussed trauma, forgiveness, personal transformation, and Fierce Grace.

What if one of the greatest reasons we feel exhausted, distracted, anxious, or disconnected from ourselves is that we are constantly wasting the life energy we have?

In this powerful conversation, Karen Bentley, bestselling award winning author of WarriorSTRONG Manifesto, educator, and creator of WarriorSTRONG training programs, introduces a radically different way of looking at personal growth. Karen explains her concept of life energy, the “ego robot” that can run our lives on autopilot, and the three essential skills she teaches: stopping, harmlessness, and extreme self care.

Karen challenges us to stop wasting energy on behaviors, conflicts, routines, and distractions that do not serve our purpose. She shares how learning to stop, refusing the impulse for revenge, and practicing extreme self care can help us reclaim personal power, strengthen discipline, and live more intentionally.

Listeners will leave with a practical perspective on what may be draining their energy and how they can begin reclaiming it.

Guest Contact and Resources

Karen Bentley

Website: www.karenbentley.com⁠

7 Day Stopping Challenge: Available through Karen's website

Book: WarriorSTRONG Manifesto

Other work: WarriorSTRONG Training Programs, LOVE Experience, Sugarfree Miracle Diet System

Kim Rogers, famously known as “The Worm Queen,” turned a deeply personal battle with chronic illness into a global wellness movement. After more than 30 years of struggling with health challenges, Kim began exploring natural approaches to wellness and eventually became the creator of the viral ParaFy Parasite Cleanse Kit and founder and CEO of RogersHood Apothecary.

With more than 1.5 million engaged followers and millions of monthly views across social platforms, Kim has built a community around natural wellness, patient advocacy, herbal education, and taking greater ownership of personal health decisions. In this conversation, she shares the story behind her transformation, the experience that made her take control of her own health journey, and how a viral moment changed the direction of her life and business.

We also explore the rise of parasite cleansing as a wellness trend, the importance of questioning what we are told about our health, the responsibility that comes with educating a massive online audience, and what Kim has learned from building a wellness company around a subject many people still find uncomfortable or difficult to discuss.

Guest Contact and Resources

Kim Rogers

Founder and CEO, RogersHood Apothecary

Website: RogersHood Apothecary⁠

Website resources include educational wellness content, patient advocacy resources, herbal products, cleanses, and the ParaFy Parasite Cleanse Kit.