Make It To Midnight

In this episode of Make It To Midnight we have the 2026 NBA Hustle Award Winner, Moussa Diabate on the podcast!!

Moussa is one of the hardest working, consistent, mentally tough and genuine people I’ve ever met and I’ve had the honor of knowing him since his high school days at IMG Academy.

In this episode we cover it ALL:

4:40 Best Anime

11:00 training video that changed everything

13:30 Telling his mom he was moving to America at 13

20:15 First Thanksgiving dinner

23:00 High school journey at Monte Verde, DME and IMG Academy

31:30 Receiving first offer in 9th grade

35:00 Advice for a foreign basketball player moving to the USA

41:00 Almost passing out at Michigan walking to practice

44:40 Declaring for Draft/Dealing w/ Michigan fans

52:45 Impactful Conversation w/ Tom Thibodeau

55:00 Stressful NBA Draft process/PISSED on draft night

1:02:36 Playing w/ Paul George & Kawhi Leonard

1:06:00 Taj Gibson mentorship

1:09:55 The love Charlotte has for him

1:13:44 Signing his first Full-time NBA Contract

1:24:30 Legacy he wants to leave behind

1:25:08 Make It To Midnight Question

This week on Make It To Midnight we have Christian music singer/songwriter Micah Christopher on the podcast.

Micah moved to Nashville in 2019 and went through four years of being told "no" by almost every record label to making his Opry debut a few months ago.

Micah's story is a story of resilience, patience, adversity, and optimism all wrapped in one. There are valuable lesson for everyone regardless of what profession you are in.

I hope you enjoy this episode and make sure to go support Micah's newest song "Saving Jesus" ft. Conner Smith that releases August 7th.

In this weeks Make It To Midnight Episode I sit down with current entrepreneur and ex-NFL QB Deshone Kizer for an awesome conversation surrounding football, leadership, work ethic, teamwork and tons of other life lessons.We breakdown EVERYTHING:

0:00 Intro

3:36 Life-changing conversation w/ dad

20:00 Why Notre Dame is so unique

33:00 Clemson Hurricane game

42:00 Getting his first internship

51:30 Lessons learned in Cleveland

59:00 3 Browns Teammates He Admires The Most

1:11:00 Mike Vrabel Impact1

15:00 Deciding to leave the NFL for Entrepreneurship

1:20:00 Hardest part of the transition to the business world

1:24:00 Lessons learned through mistakes in business

1:36:00 Sports marketing is a joke

1:41:30 Importance of Travel

1:44:00 Biggest Hurdle for One Of None

1:46:00 Make It To Midnight Lesson

Thanks to everyone who supports this page, I appreciate each and every one of yall and I hope you enjoy this conversation!

#notredame #entrepreneurship #clevelandbrowns

This was one of the most impactful conversations I have ever had the honor to be a part of.

It has been a crazy 48 hours for me so I wanted to share a recap with you guys to hopefully give you a look into what it was like witnessing Argentina vs Algeria and taking in the UFC fights on the White House lawn.

In this episode of Make It To Midnight, I sit down with country artist Kyle Clark to talk about the journey that led him from college student to full-time musician.

I found Kyle's music a few month back and was truly inspired by it. The song is called "On God" and it resonated so much I sent him a dm to try and connect. Fast forward a few weeks and here we were sitting in the apartment of my living room chopping it up about his story.

In this episode we discuss the decision to drop out of college and move to Nashville, the challenges that came after going viral, and what it's really like trying to build a career in music as an independent artist. Kyle also shares the inspiration behind his new album, lessons learned from working with Hardy, the influence Jimmy Buffett and Kenny Chesney had on his music, and his true definition of "success".

If you've ever thought about betting on yourself, pursuing a dream, or taking a path that doesn't make sense to everyone else, then you will love listening to Kyle share his story.

This week on Make It To Midnight we sit down with one of the top restaurant owners in the COUNTRY.

Jon Murray started as a dishwasher in AppleBees and then became one of the top employees at Indigo Road Hospitality group before taking a leap of faith and starting Noko Nashville and Kase-Noko.

Jon's restaurant's are less than three years old but have already received nationwide awards including OpenTable's Top 100 restaurants.

The reason I wanted to talk and learn from Jon is because I have never seen a restaurant and its staff treat people so well. However, after talking to Jon I understand it. He treats his employees better than most business owners in general and in return they treat the customers the same way.

It's unique leadership that has roots in adversity, risk-taking, and faith leaning moments which ends up creating incredible fruits.

I hope you guys enjoy this episode and I hope you keep on making it to midnight!

0:00 Intro

4:00 Origin of doing things differently

7:40 Travel Fund for employees

9:30 Lessons from traveling

10:30 Leaving stability for building Noko

13:40 How a DUI changed everything

15:35 Losing his dad at 16-years-old

18:30 Taking pride in his work

25:50 The feeling of never being enough

30:00 Creating Kase x Noko

34:30 Jon's unique hiring process

42:00 Biggest influences

55:00 Make It To Midnight Lessons

In this weeks episode of Make It To Midnight we welcome former NFL and South Carolina Gamecock quarterback Connor Shaw to the show!

This past August, Shaw suffered sudden cardiac arrest at his son’s flag football game and with the strength and guidance of the Lord and people placed on the field that day, he was able to survive.

We cover everything in this conversation:

0:00 Intro

2:30 Cardiac Arrest incident

14:00 Lessons from his father

17:00 Lessons from Steve Spurrier

23:00 DJ Swearinger Weight Room Story

28:00 Highs and lows of the NFL

33:00 Necessary Identity Transition out of football

40:00 Ernest Jones leadership

46:15 Favorite plays in his gamecock career

53:00 Connor’s Make It To Midnight Moments

I hope you guys felt encouraged and inspired from this episode to lift your heads in whatever valley you may be in right now or motivated to help someone else who may be in a valley right now. 

Share this episode w/ someone who needs it and be sure to follow Connor on all social media platforms to continue to learn from him and to keep up w/ his journey as he continues to inspire others on a daily basis and to support his mission in making AEDs more accessible at public parks!

Thanks for being here and I hope you keep on making it to midnight!

Love On The Spectrum is one of my favorite TV shows of all time. There are so many life lessons to learn from these amazing individuals and I hope this episode encourages you to watch it the next time you turn on Netflix.

Share this episode with a friend you think would love Love On The Spectrum!

0:00 10 Lessons from a mother of daughter w/ special needs

9:00 Love On The Spectrum's life lessons

I was moved by the sermon I heard from Randy Draughon, one of the pastors at our church.

It was all about "The Courtroom of the Mind" and how the fear and anxiety come from the judgement you pass on yourself of if you are enough or if you are not.

This is one of my biggest struggles and one of the biggest struggles of the world. If you follow and chase the world you will never have enough and you will never be enough. There will be an everlasting feeling of hunger for more.

Life is not found in more, life is found in enough. Jesus paid the price, we just have a hard time fathoming someone else could pick up the bill for us.

I hope this episode encourages you and reminds you that you are enough, and I hope you keep making it to midnight!

Listen to Randy's message here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FzPova0EqxbeLgTx0DMml?si=m-wvcMkTSlq8u5c1k6LkYw