The Neglected

The Neglected

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The Neglected episodes

  • E:44 Marcus Thompson | Lost Father, Diverse Family, Home Burnt Down & Running for Office
    Marcus Thompson and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Marcus’ experience needing his legs to be broken and restructured as a baby, being raised in a racially diverse African American family, having loving parents, losing his father unexpectedly as a teenager, being the 2nd in his family to attend college, having his grandparents’ 100 year old home burn down, dealing with the significance of all that lost history, finding purpose in helping other people and deciding to run for office.
    57 min
  • E:43 Naomi Havens | Breast Cancer, Not Going Through Chemo, Thoughts of Suicide & Going Vegan
    Naomi Havens and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Naomi's experience growing up in a military family in Germany, losing her 22 month old sister, becoming a military spouse, going to a strict Christian school, having a daughter but being unable to get pregnant after that, having breast cancer, choosing not to go through chemotherapy, feeling ridiculed and bullied for her decisions that then led to thoughts of suicide, going vegan and back to eating food that her ancestors ate, writing a book about her journey and how her faith has helped her get through it all.
    1 hr 26 min
  • E:42 Melissa Sharp | Military Family, Bullied in School, Lost Mother, Racial Pain & Becoming a CASA
    Melissa Sharp and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Melissa’s experience growing up in a military family, seeing the difference in race from military friends to school friends, getting bullied as a teenager, losing her mother, dealing with isolation and grief, how faith changed her life, processing racial pain, unrest and how the church responds to it, and becoming a CASA for abused and neglected children.
    1 hr 7 min
  • E:41 Jason Bailey | Lost Father, Divorced, Attempted Suicide, Anger with God & Finding Peace

    Jason Bailey and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Jason’s experience growing up with his father and brother having Marfan syndrome (MFS), losing his father at 8 years old, having his family struggle after his father died, looking for ways to cope, getting married, having kids, getting divorced, attempting suicide, being angry with God and church, becoming a good father, and finding peace and purpose.

    1 hr 18 min
  • E:40 Shalena Cook Jones | Life in Inner City Brooklyn, Becoming a Lawyer & Running for Office

    Shalena Cook Jones and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Shalena’s experience being born to a single mom in inner city Brooklyn, getting into a serious car accident as a child, being inspired by their family lawyer, becoming a lawyer, being a black woman that has lived on both sides of the socioeconomic spectrum, developing empathy to help all types of people and the highs and lows of running for office.

    1 hr 6 min
  • E:39 Glenn Paddock | Drug Dealer, Strip Club Manager, Divorced & How He Turned His Life Around

    Glenn Paddock and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Glenn's experience growing up with divorced parents, having a son and getting divorced, becoming a bouncer, managing strip clubs, selling drugs, being addicted to power, hurting other people, losing his mother and father, dealing with anger, meeting God and turning his life around, remarrying, reconciling with his son, starting a non profit called The Dream Campaign to help trouble youth and finding his purpose.

    56 min
  • E:38 Malik Jones | Absent Father, Juvenile Jail 10 Times, Group Homes & Helping Change His Community

    Malik Jones and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Malik's experience growing up living with his grandmother while his father was in prison, having a goal to go to juvenile jail, being let down when his dad going went back to prison 2 weeks after he got out, being committed to the state after being put in juvenile jail 10 times, spending time in a boys group home, losing a close friend to gun violence, and finding his voice and purpose to start making a change in the community.

    1 hr 3 min
  • E:37 Neil Ligon | Father Died, Serious Car Accident, Disabilities & Helping Disabled Community

    Neil Ligon and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Neil's experience growing up with a sheltered and privileged life until his father died while he was a teenager, using his father’s death to feel however he wanted to, pursuing a career as a lawyer, having his life change with a serious car accident, dealing with reconstructive facial surgery and memory loss, learning how to walk, talk and read again, accepting help, getting married and finding his purpose to help the disabled community.

    53 min
  • E:35 Dave Lotz | Trauma with Kids, Loss of Special Needs Son, Depression & Keeping the Faith

    Dave Lotz and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Dave's experience having his heart broken twice before finding his wife, having 3 young sons… a newborn, a 2 year old with Type 1 Diabetes and a 4 year old with cancer, finding out his son had partial brain malformation and was considered “special needs”, losing their son after he suffered a major seizure, fighting depression every December and January, keeping his faith through all the difficult times and giving back to other people with special needs children.

    53 min

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"The Neglected is not a podcast to change your mind, it is an invitation into someone else's narrative."