The Big Dawgs: with Manning Sumner

Dream big, take risks, and give back!

In this episode of The Big Dawgs with Manning Sumner, Rachael Russell Saiger, a mother of four, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of Style Saves, the biggest back-to-school clothing drive, shares her story of making a real impact in the community.

Together, they discuss their come-up stories, lessons learned along the way, and how they handle it all.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, parent, or someone looking to make a difference, this episode offers inspiration and practical insights to help you follow your dreams and give back.

Sick and tired of being sick and tired?

On this roundtable podcast episode of The Big Dawgs: with Manning Sumner, health experts Justin Roethlingshoefer and Ben Azadi come together to expose the root causes of why so many people feel lost, stuck, unhealthy, and disconnected from their purpose.

They break down how your mindset, habits, and environment are either supporting or sabotaging your ability to heal mentally, physically, and spiritually. They reveal how self-sabotage isn’t random; it’s part of a bigger agenda designed to keep you from your inherent purpose. This episode uncovers the power of removing people from your life who are holding you back, eliminating distractions, and taking full ownership to reconnect to your body’s natural healing and your divine design.

If you know you are destined for greatness, this episode will open your eyes to start reclaiming your energy, purpose, and health in order to become your BEST self and live the life you know you were destined to live.

Your struggles and mistakes aren’t setbacks. They’re the lessons and roadmap guiding you to become your strongest, most authentic best self.

In this roundtable podcast episode of The Big Dawgs with Manning Sumner, Ana Capozzoli, Regine Santa Maria, and Dawn Bianca Feinberg come together to get vulnerable about their individual journeys of healing through adversity and turning personal pain into power.

From addiction, health issues, depression, and perfectionism to building strong bodies, inner strength, acceptance, and purposeful lives, this episode features real stories of transformation.

These powerful women open up about what it truly takes to become your best self from the inside out. They get honest about mental health, body image, finding your voice, and the raw truth of motherhood even when it’s messy.

If you’re stuck in comparison, discomfort, or doubt, this conversation is your reminder that everything you go through is necessary. Your pain becomes your gift.

When it comes to building real success, it takes more than just dreaming.

It requires hard work, vision, perseverance, clarity, strong partnerships—but most importantly, it starts with accepting who you are and where you are. Without that foundation, all you're doing is building for the sake of building. And one day, you'll look around and think, “Damn. Now what?”.

On this episode of The Big Dawgs, Manning Sumner sits down with Lex Borrero—President & Co-Founder of NEON16 and Ntertain, executive producer, artist manager, host of the You VS You podcast, 2x Latin Grammy nominee, and a Billboard 40 Under 40 honoree.

They dive into Lex’s journey of disrupting the status quo in hip-hop and Latin music, while simultaneously discovering his true self. This episode is a powerful look at what it really takes to build lasting success—from the inside out, without dimming your light.

Lex also shares what it’s been like to manage Will Smith as a music artist, and the mutual lessons they’ve shared—like this reminder: “We’re all superheroes. We just forget we are.”

All of it is rooted in rediscovering the childlike essence we all possess.

Are you stuck in the cycle of short-term gratification, external validation, and constant distractions? The answer might be in listening to your inner voice, living with purpose, and making better choices.On this episode of The Big Dawgs: with Manning Sumner, former Navy SEAL Taylor Cavanaugh shares how he went from a troubled past and repeated failures to transforming his life through extreme discipline. After falling into the same destructive patterns, Taylor made a radical decision to join the French Foreign Legion, where his identity was stripped away, forcing him to rebuild from the ground up.He learned the hard way that “an excellent life requires superior moral conduct, and a deliberate life requires a deliberate effort.”

If you are not who you want to be or living the authentic life you deeply desire, this episode is for you.

What does it take to become the FIRST Miami chef to win Chopped, operate multiple successful kitchens, run full marathons, and lead and inspire others in the restaurant industry—one of the toughest industries in the world?

In this podcast episode of The Big Dawgs, host Manning Sumner sits down with, chef, Chopped winner, and multiple restaurant owner, Giorgio Rapicavoli, who transformed his life by discovering health and fitness in his later adult life.

Now, he’s as jacked as he is skilled with a knife. They discuss how dedication to your business and your health go hand-in-hand, the truth about hard work, consistency, and choosing dedication over motivation, and they demonstrate how to overcome the “I Can’t” mindset through commitment—featuring an impromptu cold plunge segment.

If you believe in becoming your best self and leveling up at ANY AGE, this episode is for you.

“Rolling Loud is more than a festival—it’s a lifestyle brand. My core mission is to bring happiness to millions of people worldwide while promoting hip-hop culture.” – Tariq Cherif, Co-Founder of Rolling Loud

On this episode of The Big Dawgs with Manning Sumner, Tariq Cherif, co-founder of Rolling Loud, the world’s biggest hip-hop festival, shares how it all started: throwing house parties at his grandma’s house with his best friend and now business partner, Matt Zingler.

They saw an opportunity in the live event space and decided to disrupt the industry by putting underground hip-hop artists all on one ticket.

What followed was the creation of Rolling Loud, a global lifestyle brand that Tariq calls “The Hip Pop Disney World,” now spanning festivals, merch, music, Rolling Loud PIT Punch: a THC beverage in collaboration with Cheech & Chong, a movie written by the same writer as The Hangover starring Owen Wilson and Matt Rife, and a documentary in the making.

This is a story of entrepreneurial grit, risk-taking, sticking to the vision, and never giving up- and they’re just getting started.

“It’s as if someone turns off the light. Like you’re no longer a light—you’re just dark. And you don’t understand why…” Has this ever happened to you, coming to realize you might actually be depressed?

On this podcast episode of The Big Dawgs: with Manning Sumner, guest Diane Younes—CrossFit competitor and coach, nutritionist, Growth2Mindset founder, and host of The Di-scussions Podcast—shares her journey from a life of external success to internal struggle, facing depression during global lockdowns and finding empowerment through fitness, movement, and mindset.

Get ready for a raw, empowering conversation about depression, healing, and finding strength through movement.

What if everything your family built was taken from you at gunpoint by the very country you called home?

In this podcast episode of The Big Dawgs: with Manning Sumner, guest Manny Portuondo, the great-great-grandson of Federico Kohly whose family founded Cuba’s oldest brewery Cervecería La Tropical, shares his remarkable entrepreneurial story. This Cuban cultural icon was seized by the Castro regime in 1960.

For the past 27 years Manny Portuondo has been on a mission to reclaim that lost legacy and revive La Tropical making history once again, this time in Miami.

Now Cervecería La Tropical, Cuba’s oldest brewery, is Miami’s youngest.

Most people lose because they’re scared to suck.

Tristan Dlabik made $1 million by 22, not from luck, but from doing the REPS. 

In this episode of The Big Dawgs podcast, host Manning Sumner and Tristan Dlabik break down the true mindset behind winning in business, relationships, and life. 

From starting his own insurance company with his dream girl to diving into podcasting and fighting, it’s all about going all in on your purpose, even when no one’s watching.

This one’s for the 1% of the 1% who refuse to quit.