Second Scene with Michael

My guest today is Jeffery Deskovic.  Jeffery was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder at the age of 16.  He spent 16 years behind bars  Ultimately being exonerated through the DNA Databank, which identified the actual perpetrator.  He has gone on to start the The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice having already helped exonerate eight other falsely accused, passed three laws and has ten active cases he is working on and has gone back to school and obtained his law degree in hopes of using it to help others.     

www.Deskovic.org

I am here today with Daisy Papp.  Daisy has a whirlwind of scenes ranging from being trained as an Olympian, riding horses in dressage, singer signed with EMI records, established artist with showings around the world, an international excellence coach as well as unfortunately having gone through some of the hardest times any of us could imagine.     

www.daisypapp.com

Angela was an Equine Physical therapist—  trained to relieve chronic pain, enhance performance, and help prevent injuries that often occur in horses.  She has traveled the globe working with Budweiser Clydesdales and Olympic horses. Her second scene has brought her to being a team leader for a neuro technology company.  She helps get people off of pain medications, calm rage in autistic children, improve memory, balance and much more.

Betty Martin started as a chiropractor and shifted to a client-centric sex therapist. She talks about where she came from, where she is now, and how and why she moved to her second scene.

Gary Arndt went from being a 90’s internet entrepreneur to a world traveler and photographer. That's world traveler as in seven continents, 50 US states and every territory twice, and  many more places around the world.  His travel blog is one of longest running, if not the longest running, ones on the net. 

You can find more about Gary at https://everything-everywhere.com/.

Nicolette Chinomana started her career as a business strategist and has now, against her parents best wishes, become an expert in wine and has authored a book called Wine for Mere Mortals. She and Michael talk about everything from her start at boarding school up through now.

Join Michael with Ray Blakney, a software developer turned entrepreneur and world traveler. He talks about growing up as a third culture kid and the castle next door, plus changes brought on by COVID.

Malinda Fox-Wellington has 20 years experience in the medical field, 10 of that being as a combat medic deployed to Iraq twice.  She is now a professional semi-truck driver and is also a health, life and travel coach.  Welcome Malinda!

Jia Wertz  had a 20 plus year super successful career in fashion business development, covering major brands from Bebe to Aldo Shoes.  She started her own fashion brand called Studio 15 with a  commitment to philanthropy with over 30 successful ventures for female entrepreneurs in Africa.  She is also a writer for Forbes, business.com and Thrive Global and none of these are her second scene!  

In 2019 she flipped her script and went into filmmaking.  Her debut documentary which she produced, directed and edited is titled Conviction.  It has seen major success in the festival circuit from Greenwich International to Cannes International.  It explores the inconsistencies in our justice system by following the conviction and exoneration of an innocent man.

I am here today with Dan Chan whose first scene was as a pre-IPO Paypal employee cashing in some of his stock options and letting the rest go to follow his true dream and second scene as a professional magician - performing around the world,  Entertaining everyone from the elites of Silicon Valley to world leaders, celebrities and more…