The Silva Harapetian Show

Narbe Mansourian is a father of two and a proud teacher to 5th and 6th graders. 

In college, h discovered what he calls a “God-given talent.” Since then, this 5’6” 147-pound father holds a world record for benching 392 pounds. 

In this episode, Silva Harapetian talks to Narbe about his childhood, how he uses the adversities in his life as fuel and how he hopes to be an example of what it means to live intentionally.

Just two months after getting fired from KFI Radio, Aron Bender and his family received devastating news. His wife’s cancer had returned, this time it would take her life.

Silva Harapetian talks to Aron Bender about how he and his family fought cancer. How his two young daughters have been coping and why he calls the experience the greatest gift he’s ever been given.

Mariya Palanjian is a serial entrepreneur. Her passion for entrepreneurship began with her dad in Armenia. She remembers as a six-year-old telling everyone she would someday be a business owner.

Silva Harapetian speaks with Mariya, the CEO of a successful advertising business, and the co-founder of a health & wellness company.

They talk about business, how to pivot from online to offline, the power of marketing and storytelling in the success of startups.

The gaming industry is a 160 Billion dollar industry, larger than the music industry. It is also an industry where women, minorities, women, and people of color have historically been underrepresented. Only 41% of women work in the gaming industry.

One woman is on a mission to change the landscape. Nika Nour, an Iranian woman from California is leading the charge as the CEO of the International Game Developers Association where she is a leading voice for diversity, inclusion in the video gaming industry.

Silva Harapetian speaks to Nika Nour about being bullied after 911. How gaming saved her and turned her into an advocate for equity, equality, and inclusion.

We have been hearing and talking a lot about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the past year -- particularly in the media.

However — when those issues are being talked about — we must stop and ask ourselves — who is presenting those issues to the public and who is represented in the stories that are told.

Lori Lizarraga is a former Denver journalist. She claims company-wide guidelines toward covering immigrants and immigration issues were discriminatory. She says it discouraged Latina reporters from covering issues within those communities.

She says, for two years, she and her colleagues fought for equity and equality within the newsroom but were ultimately axed. The TV station got rid of her and two other Latina reporters in one year.

Silva Harapetian has a candid conversation about why it’s important to sound the alarm to the public and how her voice has already changed decades-old company guidelines for the future.

Anti-Asian violence and open acts of hate against Asians of all nationalities continue to escalate in America and worldwide.

68% of Asian hate crime victims are women.

Silva Harapetian speaks to Maki Hsieh, the CEO of Asian Hall of Fame, about advancing equity, excellence, and equality and why we must increase the severity of hate crime penalties and allow prosecutors to seek harsher punishments.

“What if I die.”

“What if I’m sick.”

“What if he doesn’t want to marry me?”

When a former Emmy-winning journalist was diagnosed with stage one cancer in her face her life changed forever.

Silva Harapetian speaks Ann Keil-Dux about the life-changing decisions she had to make and how she has taken the health crisis to build a whole new life and career.

Aaron Rentfrew is on a mission to help people reach their full potential and achieve their ideal life and live on purpose.

Rentfrew is the author of “Turning Point.” He is a recovering addict who once tried to take his own life. Today, he is healthy, happy, and fulfilling his mission as an adventure coach.

In this week’s episode, Rentfrew speaks to Silva Harapetian about how he turned a life that was unfulfilling and stressful into a mission to help others succeed in business and in life.

Everything We Can’t Say is a new series where Black journalists and journalists of color get raw and real about what the public doesn’t see happen at their jobs at the organizations for which they work and the things they deal with while reporting. 

Founder Jasmine Minor spoke to Silva Harapetian about why she started the project and why she believes this project will change the life of journalists and make an impact in the communities in which they work.

At a time when unemployment numbers are soaring, one man is busier than ever. Jubril Agoro credits his success to life lessons he learned early on as an entrepreneur.

Silva Harapetian talks to him about how he went from being homeless to building a 15 million dollar digital marketing empire.