Second Chances Matter Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/second-chances-matter These are stories coming from the streets and inside the penitentiary. Raw and unfiltered. For the first time in their lives, our participants will feel free to divulge their secrets and battle their demons while exposing us to genuine perspectives on timely topics of incarceration, recidivism, rehabilitation, and re-entry into society - affecting each one of us regardless of race, color, gender or creed. This is life-altering change like you've never heard before. © 2021 Second Chances Matter 5e6b6968-374c-5959-a8fe-5630d07480dc no en Mon, 15 Jul 2024 03:12:15 -0400 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:16:27 -0500 https://secondchancesmatterpodcast.com/ https://img.transistor.fm/XpJLlawMIrr0r7B_FVwYFzurNN3Hwh798O5dO9we8e0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI1NDY2LzE2MzU5/MDIyNjItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Second Chances Matter https://secondchancesmatterpodcast.com/ episodic Second Chances Matter These are stories coming from the streets and inside the penitentiary. Raw and unfiltered. For the first time in their lives, our participants will feel free to divulge their secrets and battle their demons while exposing us to genuine perspectives on timely topics of incarceration, recidivism, rehabilitation, and re-entry into society - affecting each one of us regardless of race, color, gender or creed. This is life-altering change like you've never heard before. These are stories coming from the streets and inside the penitentiary. Second Chances Matter No No Episode Two - Oh Father, Where Art Thou? 5 5 Episode Two - Oh Father, Where Art Thou? full 5680f71d-afa8-4d8d-b3b1-7c9877807666 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f79ba9b9 “Everyday I’d see the big drug dealer.

He has all the cars, the money, the girls.

My father would work 9-5, we have no car.”


Special Guests Don Knox and Ricky "The Cut Creator" Burton join Max & Hec in this episode.


From doing over a decade each in some of the most notorious penitentiaries, Don, now, a successful personal trainer and

Ricky, now, a youth-focused motivational coach and owner of Naturally Cut Fitness, discuss the difficulties and opportunities of post-incarcerated life, and their pivotal moment of self-forgiveness and atonement.

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He has all the cars, the money, the girls.

My father would work 9-5, we have no car.”


Special Guests Don Knox and Ricky "The Cut Creator" Burton join Max & Hec in this episode.


From doing over a decade each in some of the most notorious penitentiaries, Don, now, a successful personal trainer and

Ricky, now, a youth-focused motivational coach and owner of Naturally Cut Fitness, discuss the difficulties and opportunities of post-incarcerated life, and their pivotal moment of self-forgiveness and atonement.

]]> Sun, 31 Jul 2022 21:05:52 -0400 Second Chances Matter Second Chances Matter 1323 “Everyday I’d see the big drug dealer.

He has all the cars, the money, the girls.

My father would work 9-5, we have no car.”


Special Guests Don Knox and Ricky "The Cut Creator" Burton join Max & Hec in this episode.


From doing over a decade each in some of the most notorious penitentiaries, Don, now, a successful personal trainer and

Ricky, now, a youth-focused motivational coach and owner of Naturally Cut Fitness, discuss the difficulties and opportunities of post-incarcerated life, and their pivotal moment of self-forgiveness and atonement.

]]> Prison, Prison Reform, Recidivism, Inmate, Incarceration, Jail, Atonement, Post-incarceration, Rehabilitation, Second Chances matter Yes Episode One: The Hero's Journey 4 4 Episode One: The Hero's Journey full d3a80390-a2f7-4944-9f63-92f3d2fb6edc https://secondchancesmatterpodcast.com/ "I didn't have the heart to stop that man from beating my mother. My anger ultimately became homicidal."

Special Guest Tommy Morris joins Max & Hec as they discuss the difficulties and opportunities of post-incarcerated life, and their pivotal moment of self-forgiveness and atonement. Tommy served 26 years for Murder in the 2nd and Manslaughter in the 1st. 
He's now the most successful trainer in Hector's fledging personal training company, UniBody Fitness.

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Special Guest Tommy Morris joins Max & Hec as they discuss the difficulties and opportunities of post-incarcerated life, and their pivotal moment of self-forgiveness and atonement. Tommy served 26 years for Murder in the 2nd and Manslaughter in the 1st. 
He's now the most successful trainer in Hector's fledging personal training company, UniBody Fitness.

]]> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:27:15 -0500 Second Chances Matter Second Chances Matter 1232 "I didn't have the heart to stop that man from beating my mother. My anger ultimately became homicidal."

Special Guest Tommy Morris joins Max & Hec as they discuss the difficulties and opportunities of post-incarcerated life, and their pivotal moment of self-forgiveness and atonement. Tommy served 26 years for Murder in the 2nd and Manslaughter in the 1st. 
He's now the most successful trainer in Hector's fledging personal training company, UniBody Fitness.

]]> Prison, Prison Reform, Recidivism, Inmate, Incarceration, Jail, Atonement, Post-incarceration, Rehabilitation, Second Chances matter Yes Pilot Part 2 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit 3 3 Pilot Part 2 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit full c43d4dc0-6dac-4c2f-80fb-a7dbc89092ec https://secondchancesmatterpodcast.com "Imagine a job where you clean an HVAC system - you're up there on your hands and knees, crawling through the prison innards and all of a sudden you get a panic attack. I was stuck in there and non-responsive. I thought I had a stroke."

Co-hosts, Max & Hec, discuss growing up in NYC at the height of the crack epidemic in the 1980's and unpack what led to their crimes, eventual incarceration, and the impact it still has on them and their families.

]]> "Imagine a job where you clean an HVAC system - you're up there on your hands and knees, crawling through the prison innards and all of a sudden you get a panic attack. I was stuck in there and non-responsive. I thought I had a stroke."

Co-hosts, Max & Hec, discuss growing up in NYC at the height of the crack epidemic in the 1980's and unpack what led to their crimes, eventual incarceration, and the impact it still has on them and their families.

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 18:13:14 -0400 Second Chances Matter Second Chances Matter 631 "Imagine a job where you clean an HVAC system - you're up there on your hands and knees, crawling through the prison innards and all of a sudden you get a panic attack. I was stuck in there and non-responsive. I thought I had a stroke."

Co-hosts, Max & Hec, discuss growing up in NYC at the height of the crack epidemic in the 1980's and unpack what led to their crimes, eventual incarceration, and the impact it still has on them and their families.

]]> Prison, Prison Reform, Recidivism, Inmate, Incarceration, Jail, Atonement, Post-incarceration, Rehabilitation, Second Chances matter Yes Pilot Part 1 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit 2 2 Pilot Part 1 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit full 93c06bc6-09aa-46c2-8d17-0be92acf4b21 https://secondchancesmatterpodcast.com "When we were kids going to school we heard shots ringing. It's not normal to hear gunshots at seven in the morning when you're getting up for school."

We meet our hosts, Hector ("Hec") Guadalupe and Max Yampolsky; Hector, a successful Brooklyn-based entrepreneur that founded UniBody Fitness and A Second U Foundation, and Max, an award-winning director and digital marketer. They didn't meet at a fancy restaurant or black tie event. They met in federal prison.

]]> "When we were kids going to school we heard shots ringing. It's not normal to hear gunshots at seven in the morning when you're getting up for school."

We meet our hosts, Hector ("Hec") Guadalupe and Max Yampolsky; Hector, a successful Brooklyn-based entrepreneur that founded UniBody Fitness and A Second U Foundation, and Max, an award-winning director and digital marketer. They didn't meet at a fancy restaurant or black tie event. They met in federal prison.

]]> Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:42:51 -0400 Second Chances Matter Second Chances Matter 1178 "When we were kids going to school we heard shots ringing. It's not normal to hear gunshots at seven in the morning when you're getting up for school."

We meet our hosts, Hector ("Hec") Guadalupe and Max Yampolsky; Hector, a successful Brooklyn-based entrepreneur that founded UniBody Fitness and A Second U Foundation, and Max, an award-winning director and digital marketer. They didn't meet at a fancy restaurant or black tie event. They met in federal prison.

]]> Prison, Prison Reform, Recidivism, Inmate, Incarceration, Jail, Atonement, Post-incarceration, Rehabilitation, Second Chances matter Yes Trailer 1 1 Trailer full 94a07094-4d92-4ae5-aa82-f2eb31f2b7f3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/09d48318 Second Chances Matter brings you true-life stories from the streets and inside the penitentiary. Raw and unfiltered. Produced by those that have lived life on the inside.

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