The Public Access Podcast 669 - Aya Hojadova Joins the Show’s Hall of Fame

Aya Hojadova returns for her fifth appearance on The Public Access Podcast, and that means one thing: Hall of Fame status.

Rusty Diamond welcomes Aya back for Episode 669 before the two dive into another wide open conversation about podcasting, entrepreneurship, business, connection, and figuring shit out while you're actually doing it.

A big part of this episode goes behind the scenes of podcasting.

What do you do when guests don't show up? Should guests put down a refundable deposit? Can a five minute alignment call save hours of wasted work? And how do you know whether somebody is actually going to be a great podcast guest?

Aya shares lessons from hosting the Rise + Rebel Podcast, including her approach to attracting guests organically and connecting with people before recording. Rusty shares what he's learned after years of interviewing people and why experience doesn't mean pretending you've got every answer.

It's also a conversation about entrepreneurship, visibility, reinvention, trusting your instincts, learning from other people, and building something that actually feels like yours.

Five appearances later, Aya isn't just another guest.

She's officially in the Hall of Fame.

Aya:

RiseWithAya.com
Start Here with Aya

Rusty:

RustyDiamond.net
HypnosisIsGreat.com
The Public Access Podcast Official Website
WorldClassCustoms.com

The Public Access Podcast — Episode 669
Rusty Diamond + Aya Hojadova

The Public Access Podcast 668 - The Conversations We Are Afraid to Have with Marianne E. Murphy

Marianne E. Murphy joins Rusty Diamond for Episode 668 for a deeply human conversation about mental wellness, suicidal ideation, survival, storytelling and turning lived experience into purpose.

Marianne is a writer, speaker and founder of Dance Walking Fool, INC. Her work in suicide prevention and social emotional learning is rooted in decades of lived experience.

After surviving major mental health crises and psychiatric hospitalizations, Marianne transformed her experiences into a mission to help others feel less alone and make difficult conversations easier to have.

We talk about mental wellness, peer support, grief, somatic coping skills, storytelling, learning, advocacy and the strange, messy process of continuing to move forward.

Marianne also shares the philosophy and story behind Dance Walking Fool and her journey from personal survival to public advocacy.

This conversation goes where meaningful conversations sometimes have to go.

Into the uncomfortable.

Into the human.

Into the shit we usually wish came with an instruction manual.

Marianne:

🌐 Dance Walking Fool
dancewalkingfool.org

📸 Instagram
@dancewalkingfool

✍️ Substack
marianneemurphy.substack.com

🌐 Rusty Diamond
rustydiamond.net

🎙️ Podcast Website
the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev

🧠 Hypnosis Is Great
hypnosisisgreat.com

👕 World Class Customs
worldclasscustoms.com

The Public Access Podcast 667 - The Jim Carrey Speech That Changed Andrew Adams' Life

Andrew Adams joins Rusty Diamond for Episode 667 of The Public Access Podcast.

Andrew discusses leaving a management career, becoming self employed, teaching championship pipe band drumming, martial arts, leadership, entrepreneurship, family, and building Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio into one of the world's largest traditional martial arts podcasts.

Guest

Andrew Adams

https://www.whistlekickmartialartsradio.com

Connect with Rusty Diamond

https://rustydiamond.net

https://hypnosisisgreat.com

https://worldclasscustoms.com

https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

Thank you for listening.

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The Public Access Podcast 666 - Lost Episode with x_Dead_Capital_x

This Lost Episode comes from 2018 when Rusty Diamond appeared on WhoReady? with x_Dead_Capital_x during a live overnight broadcast on Portland community radio.

Originally airing on KFFP LP 90.3 FM and KFFD LP 98.3 FM, the conversation bounces between underground hip hop, Canadian rap, radio life, comedy, and whatever random rabbit holes happened after midnight.

A forgotten piece of podcast history finally returns.

Websites

https://rustydiamond.net

https://hypnosisisgreat.com

https://worldclasscustoms.com

https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

The Public Access Podcast 665 - Grounded Strength After Trauma with Johan Rylander

Johan Rylander joins Rusty Diamond for a conversation about resilience, healing, and rebuilding your life after trauma.

Johan shares how surviving an abusive relationship reshaped his understanding of strength and why true resilience isn't about becoming someone else, it's about reconnecting with who you really are. Along the way they discuss music, creativity, mental health, purpose, relationships, and finding peace while continuing to move forward.

Guest Links

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/johan.rylander1

Instagram:
@groundedstrength.johan

LinkedIn:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/johan-rylander-05768b19b

Substack:
https://substack.com/@johanrylander

[email protected]

Rusty Diamond

https://rustydiamond.net

https://hypnosisisgreat.com

https://worldclasscustoms.com

https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

The Public Access Podcast 664 - The TikTok LIVE King: Mark Vybz

Mark Vybz joins Rusty Diamond for Episode 664 of The Public Access Podcast.

From entrepreneurship and business ownership to TikTok LIVE, romance novel cover modeling, and building authentic communities online, Mark shares the experiences that shaped his career and the mindset that continues to drive his success.

If you enjoy long-form conversations with creators, entrepreneurs, artists, and people doing extraordinary things, you'll enjoy this episode.

Mark Vybz:

TikTok: @Mark.Vybz.Official

Rusty Diamond:

🌐 https://rustydiamond.net/

🌀 https://hypnosisisgreat.com/

🎨 https://worldclasscustoms.com/

🎙 https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

The Public Access Podcast 663 - Poetry, Entrepreneurship, & Question Everything with Dante Kissinger

Poet and entrepreneur Dante Kissinger (Clayton Salzman) joins Rusty Diamond for a conversation about rebuilding life from rock bottom, writing more than 1,200 poems, entrepreneurship, homelessness, marketing, health, creativity, and learning to question the world around us.

From selling candy in school to founding Reach 4 Millions Marketing, Dante shares the experiences that shaped both his business mindset and his writing.

Guest Links

• Book: https://buy.stripe.com/5kA6r3gwPgYH6fm5km

• Reach 4 Millions Marketing:
https://reach-four-millions.sintra.site

• TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@dantekisspoet

Rusty Links

rustydiamond.net

The Public Access Podcast

Website:
https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@RustyDiamond

Rumble:
https://rumble.com/c/ThePublicAccessPodcast

The Public Access Podcast 662 - Rebuilding After Losing Everything with Messie Missy

Melissa Moritz, better known as Messie Missy, joins Rusty Diamond for an honest conversation about losing everything and rebuilding from the ground up.

From leading multimillion-dollar healthcare organizations to documenting her comeback through Project Homeward Bound, Melissa shares what it's really like to start over. Along the way, she and Rusty talk about entrepreneurship, raising kids, yearly tie-dye traditions, resilience, humor, and why sometimes the worst chapters become the beginning of the best ones.

Guest Links

https://www.youtube.com/@MessieMissy

https://www.facebook.com/messiemissyspeaks/

https://www.instagram.com/messiemissypodcast/

https://substack.com/@messiemissy1

https://www.messiemissy.com

The Public Access Podcast

https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

https://www.rustydiamond.net

https://www.hypnosisisgreat.com

https://www.worldclasscustoms.com

The Public Access Podcast 661 - The Brutal Truth About Publishing with Yvonne Mason

Award-winning author, publisher, podcast host and former licensed bounty hunter Yvonne Mason joins Rusty Diamond for a conversation about independent publishing, book scams, editing, audiobooks, artificial intelligence and what separates a finished author from somebody who keeps talking about writing.

Yvonne runs Midnight Publishing and has helped build a catalog of more than 150 titles. She explains why she does not charge authors upfront, what happens behind the scenes of book formatting and cover design, how she selects audiobook voices and why she will not accept a manuscript written entirely by AI.

They also talk about libraries, true crime, children’s books, author expectations and the uncomfortable truth that publishing a book does not guarantee fame, television appearances or millions of sales.

Success begins when the book stops sitting on your computer and becomes something another human being can actually read.

Follow Yvonne:

Midnight Publishing:

https://midnight-publishing.org

All Things Books and Publishing:

https://allthingsbooksandpublishing.riverside.com

Email:

[email protected]

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@yvonnemason

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/yvonnemason1

TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@yvonnemason266

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/55G2DX8I3Auys3vlbl7XPV

Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/8060258607351514

Follow Rusty:

https://rustydiamond.net

https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

https://hypnosisisgreat.com

https://worldclasscustoms.com

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The Public Access Podcast 660 - The 9/11 Cancer Stories America Needs to Hear with Craig Sotkovsky

Craig Sotkovsky has lived through cancer, addiction, financial collapse, failed businesses, major surgeries, grief, divorce and enough hard pivots to break most people.

But he is still here.

In Episode 660 of The Public Access Podcast, Rusty Diamond sits down with author, speaker, 9/11 volunteer responder and lung cancer survivor Craig Sotkovsky for a raw conversation about survival, trauma, nervous system regulation, rebuilding your identity and learning to move when life destroys the original plan.

Craig also shares his upcoming project documenting the stories of 9/11 responders, cancer patients and survivors across the United States ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11.

This is not a polished motivational speech. It is two people talking honestly about cancer, emotional attachment, psychedelic experiences, addiction, business failures, grief, travel, personal responsibility and the ability to pivot before life makes the decision for you.

• Craig’s experience as a 9/11 volunteer responder
• Surviving lung cancer and having part of his right lung removed
• The mental and financial impact of cancer
• Learning to regulate the nervous system
• Trauma, memory and emotional attachment
• Starting over after losing businesses and property
• Studying epigenetics, NLP and human behavior
• Psychedelics, meditation and altered states
• Living as a digital nomad in Mexico
• Craig’s 9/11 cancer-story documentary project
• Why adaptability may matter more than having the perfect plan
• Turning survival into service

Craig is traveling across the United States to document the experiences of 9/11 responders, cancer patients and survivors.

Donate or learn more:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/documenting-september-11th-cancer-stories-around-the-usa

Website:

https://www.craigsotkovsky.com

GoFundMe:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/documenting-september-11th-cancer-stories-around-the-usa

Rusty Diamond:

https://rustydiamond.net

The Public Access Podcast:

https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/

Hypnosis Is Great:

https://hypnosisisgreat.com

World Class Customs:

https://worldclasscustoms.com

If this conversation gave you something to think about, please like, comment, share and subscribe.

Sharing this episode can help Craig’s project reach 9/11 responders, cancer survivors and families whose stories deserve to be heard.

Tell us in the comments:

What has life forced you to pivot away from, and what did you build afterward?

This episode contains personal experiences and opinions involving cancer, trauma, psychedelics, mental health and wellness. It is provided for conversation and entertainment and is not medical or mental-health advice. Speak with a qualified professional before changing any treatment, medication or health plan.