The Neglected

Lamont Bryan and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Lamont's experience growing up with separated parents, figuring out how to live with Sickle Cell, recovering from the loss of someone close, wondering if he would live the rest of his life in jail over something he did not do and the pain of trying to keep his family together.

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

Asmahan and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Asmahan's experience growing up and living in Syria as a Kurdish woman, dealing with the hurt of being an outcast and discriminated against as a Kurd, being a teacher and speaking 5 languages, having to leave Syria because she and her family were not safe, living the tough life of a refugee in Turkey not knowing where she and her family would live, coming to America for the first time, leaving her mother and sisters, living through the challenges and benefits in America, being hurt when America pulled troops out of Syria, her thoughts on religions, church and how someone can make a refugee's life better.

Al Hagan and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Al's experience growing up without a father, learning life lessons the hard way, having male mentors step into his life, being insecure about his weight and himself, living as an African American man back in the day and now, pursue education and occupational goals, join the Army Reserves, working for the Police Department, running for Sheriff, giving back to other boys and young men in the community who are like he was and more.

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Davon & Tavon Jacobs have a conversation with Nick Schultz about their experience being born as crack babies, being briefly in the foster care system, adopted at a young age, not feeling or receiving love from their adopted parents, struggling with identity and worth, finally meeting their biological mother and family, relying on each other to survive, living on their own, selling drugs, getting in trouble, loosing their cousin, turning their lives around and finding purpose to give back.

Lyle Wood and Nick Schultz have a conversation about Lyle's experience with having his dad commit suicide when he was 2, being abused by his step father, never feeling like he had a "daddy", not having a man model how to be a husband and father to him, having his mother die in a wildfire, trying to cope with loss and become healthy, battle with anger and depression, allowing others to help him out of his darkest place, discovering the challenges of being in and out of pastoral ministry and more.

Sara Walker and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Sara's experience struggling for 10 years wondering what might be wrong with her body, being frustrated with the medical community believing her, ultimately finding out she had MS (Multiple Sclerosis), going through treatment, relying on other people and how everything effects her identity, relationships and faith.

Erin Sikes and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Erin's experience with infertility, anxiety, IUI (Intrauterine Insemination, IVF (In Vitro Fertilization), physical and emotional side effects, think and feeling pregnant even though not, testing of her faith, trying to help her husband who was going through the struggles differently than her, not sharing her challenges with other people, not hearing about people talk about infertility unless they were already through it, dealing with comments that are meant to help but actually hurt and the hard road of becoming a mother.

Angela Wolfe and Jovanna Javis have a conversation about Angela's experience of being left a few months after birth, living in foster care, being adopted, struggling with identity, finding her place within her family, her peers and in the world, overcoming fear and having confidence to speak and share her story, faith and more.