Background Check Podcast

EP 109 ”We Met In Recovery” with Boomer and Jeni Martinez

Show Summary Boomer and Jeni met in recovery. I’ve met a lot of people who met their significant other in recovery, and it did not work out. This is very different. In this interview we dive into their past and see how they got to where they are. Boomer and Jeni lead the Celebrate Recovery at One Church in Beaumont, TX. They’ve also done an interview, “Not In My City” which is linked below. Boomer was the oldest of his six brothers and sisters but had a different dad so he didn’t always feel accepted by his stepdad. Boomer had dabble in drinking and drugs, but after the death of his father in May of 1999, he spiraled out of control. He the next 18 years of life were spent in rehabs, jails, and prison. In 2013 at the Coffield unit, Jesus radically changed his life. Jeni and Boomer have the normal struggles of life and marriage but through it all they grow together in the Lord and help others to do the same through CR. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Boomer’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boomerhenry.martinez Boomer’s Celebrate Recovery Group: https://onecity.church/celebrate-recovery/ Not In My City Interview: https://youtu.be/PLjtUL81w8g Clarity Roofing and Solar: Call Today 972-922-6434 Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Forgiven Felons PO Box 4283 Cedar Hill, TX 75106

EP 108 ”Daddy, Daddy, Please Stop Drinking” with Dr Robb Kelly, Addiction Doctor

Show Summary This was the most interesting and informative interview I’ve ever done. I made a new friend with Dr. Robb Kelly. He was so great in answering myth-busting questions for me. Alcohol DOESN’T kill brain cells. I’ve always heard it did. We talk about the hypothalamus, how oxygen heals, and so much more. Read more about him in the next couple of paragraphs, check out his links, then listen to this amazing interview. “We are born with million dollar minds, stop hanging around .10 minds. So if you’re sitting there with suicide on your mind, just so depressed you can’t get up for your kids, I want you to call me and I will give you a five minute pep talk that will change your life. And if it doesn’t, I will send you $100 for the courtesy of calling me.” -Dr Robb Kelly (214-600-0210 Texting is quicker and best) Dr. Robb Kelly, PhD is a sought-after recovery expert who believes in treating the causes of addiction and not the symptoms. Dr. Kelly has appeared on such shows as The Doctors, Eye Opener, Good Morning Texas, and Kens5 morning news. A frequent contributor to radio and print interviews including The Jim Bohannon show, Miracles in Recovery, USA Today, and participated in McLean Hospital’s (Harvard Medical School) study on the stigma associated with mental illness. Dr. Kelly hosted Sober Celebs show on KLIF radio in Dallas, and currently hosts the Breaking Through Addiction podcast featuring special guest discussing a variety of mental health issues. Dr. Kelly created Let’s Get Back to 98% Recovery DVDs used in prisons and recovery treatment centers throughout the US. He has lectured on addiction and trauma at high-profile universities, national conferences, treatment facilities, public schools, churches, business organizations and hospitals. Dr Kelly is currently the CEO of the Robb Kelly Recovery Group, an addiction and mental illness recovery coaching company he created based on extensive research and behaviour studies that he conducted over the past 20 years. Dr. Kelly shares his personal highs and lows as he struggled and overcame crippling alcoholism in the November 2019 release of the book “Daddy, Daddy Please Stop Drinking”. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Dr Robb’s Website: www.robbkelly.com Dr Robb’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robbkellyrecoverygroup/ Dr Robb’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/drrobbkelly Dr Robb’s Twitter: twitter.com/RobbKellyGroup Dr Robb’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-robb-kelly-07718133 Buy Dr Robb Kelly’s Book: Daddy, Daddy, Please Stop Drinking Dr Robb’s email address: robb@robbkelly.com Breaking Through Addiction Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-through-addiction/id1527640123 Breaking Through Addiction Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3100882193511576 Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 Clarity Roofing and Solar: Call today 972-922-6434 How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 107 ”Doughp for Hope” with Kelsey Moreira, Founder and Fearless Leader of Doughp

Show Summary Kelsey started a career in tech at 16 years old and hustled for a decade in product marketing. Confronted her issues with alcohol and got sober in September 2015. (SWEET!) Found her "happy place" in the kitchen and began baking, stumbling on a great egg-sub that made her cookie dough safe to eat! Took the leap, quit her career and started Doughp in 2017; continuing to share her story in hopes of inspiring others. Made a splash on Shark Tank and was named Forbes 30 Under 30 & Vegas 40 Under 40. This was one of the funnest interviews I’ve done. Kelsey’s story about her addiction to alcohol is very similar to mine. When she was telling stories about her drunken days, I noticed I had similar instances, behaviors, and thought patterns. She Recovers is the international women’s recovery group that Doughp supports. You should check it out at the link below. Also, during the month of September, National Recovery Month, if you visit Costco’s in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma, and purchase the 2lb bag of Doughp, take a picture of the receipt, send it to me at jaydangumm@forgivenfelons.org, Doughp will donate $5 to Forgiven Felons. Also, if you buy online, any time, and use BACKGROUNDCHECK coupon code at checkout, you’ll get $5 off your order. So go to Costco, or buy online and get your discounts and give to Forgiven Felons when you eat cookie dough. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Doughp’s Website: https://www.doughp.com/ Doughp’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doughp/ Doughp’s Facebook: hhttps://www.facebook.com/doughp Doughp’s TikTok: eatdoughp Kelsey’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelseymoreira/ Kelsey’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kels.moreira/ SheRecovers: https://sherecovers.org/ Soberpreneur Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soberpreneur-with-kelsey-moreira/id1483090588 Doughp on Shark Tank: https://youtu.be/L8rc24HPTKo May 2022 Update on Shark Tank: https://youtu.be/NyZfr_8KNto Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 106 ”Leave me alone with your Jesus!” with Richard Lisa and Sophia

Summary of Show: Today’s episode is the story of Richard Smith, who has lived almost three decades inside some of the worst prisons in the state of Texas. At age five, his family moved to the big city of Houston. There, his life spun completely out of control, resulting in drug abuse, violence, and multiple incarcerations as a juvenile. At sixteen, he was arrested for murder, merely fifteen hours after being released from a juvenile facility. After being tried as an adult, he entered prison at age seventeen with a ninety-nine-year sentence. After experiencing violence in some of Texas's worst prisons, he joined the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang. He worked his way up to the rank of captain and got lost in its world of violence and racism. He was placed in long-term solitary confinement in 1993 and spent the next thirteen years locked in a cage within the cage. He was moved around to some of Texas's most violent prisons until one day, he woke up to the insanity of his life and decided to change. In 2006, he was released from solitary confinement and began the long road of rehabilitation in a place not designed to rehabilitate. He achieved two associate's degrees, as well as completed vocational trades in diesel mechanics and welding. At thirty-nine years of age, he turned his life to God and began living as a godly man inside the ungodly walls of prison. The title of this book, God Don’t Lie, rests on a statement made by his grandmother during a frantic call from his mom when he was arrested for murder. His mom thought he would be given the death penalty. His grandmother assured her that he would not because God had great things planned for his life, and "God don't lie." We also talk with his wife Lisa and her granddaughter Sophia, who she is raising. Sophia’s mother is in prison and her grandmother, Lisa, is raising all five kids. Now she has help from her husband Richard. They met through facebook dating over a year ago and tied the knot on July 30, 2022. We’ve never interviewed a minor about their parent being incarcerated, but they all felt compelled to have Sophia share her per To buy Richard’s book, check out the link below. To see more pics of Richard and the family, check out the show page.  Resources Mentioned in the Show: Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary on Roku: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 Buy Richard’s Book: https://smile.amazon.com/God-Dont-Lie-All-Around-Miscreant-ebook/dp/B094YSVK4S/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 105 ”Laughter, Dog, Blessings, and Torque” with Jay Dan Gumm

Show Summary On today’s episode, I start out with laughter. Sometimes we just need a good laugh. I know the jokes I do today might only resonate with people who are or have been behind bars but if you haven’t, you can ask someone who has for some context. I talk about my dog Snowman and how sometimes he’ll learn a trick and perform it, even before I give the command, knowing that after he performs the trick, he’ll get the trick. How much more will God bless us when we do what He has already commanded us to do, without Him even asking us! Then we talk about torque. Physical and spiritual torque. I hope this episode encourages you today. If this show has impacted your life in some way, will you let us know? Send me a text, email or find us on social media. My information is on the contact page of this website. Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 104 ”First Things First” with Jay Dan Gumm

Show Summary   First Things First   Do you remember your first of anything? My girls first day of school was this week and they were super excited, and expectant.   It go me thinking of all my firsts in my life so I thought I’d talk about it. It also got me thinking of firsts that haven’t happened yet, and why they haven’t happened.   One of mine is my first book. I’m scared. That fear keeps me from my first book. Not anymore though. What is a first in your life that is being held up by something? Let me know. I pray this episode encourages you.   Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1   How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 103 ”Hope Lost, Hope Gained” with Paul and Hope Lin

Summary of Show: This is my second interview with Paul. As I sat down to edit the first interview last fall I noticed the audio was garbled in some areas and I didn’t know why. I was crushed to tell him I wouldn’t be able to use it but that we would record again at a later date. Well, it’s better this time because we had the honor of interviewing his wife as a part of his story. This episode was a lot of fun to do but I was also just in amazement most of the time because there’s so many miracles in it. Paul was defending his friend outside a club one night and what he thought would end up as a case of self defense or defense of a third party, ended up being turned into a murder charge. But God worked it all for His good and Paul’s story din’t end hopeless. In fact, married Hope. Literally. Check out the pics on the show page and the links below for the prison ministry and church they are involved in. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary on Roku: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 Joseph Company Prison Ministry: https://www.jcprisonministry.org/ Dwelling Place Church: https://www.dwellingplace.com/ How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 102 Its a Win-Nguyen Relationships Business and Life with Tuan Nguyen

Summary of Show: On episode ten we interviewed Tuan Nguyen and heard him tell his story from three time inmate to sharing the stage at a John Maxwell IMC. Round TWO is all about the business he is growing with his friend Corey, the relationship his building with Olevia, and life in general. Tuan shares tips for all three areas and you will want to write them down, whether you’re starting a business, starting a relationship, or still in prison. Check out the links below to find out more about Tuan and Premier Excel and follow him social media. Resources Mentioned in the Show: Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary on Roku: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 Tuan’s facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/Kingdomcoach21 Tuan’s Instagram profile: hhttps://www.instagram.com/kingdom.impact21/ Million Dollar Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1902193643226660 Tuan’s Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kingdom_coach?fbclid=IwAR3r8Y0lwyS-2SBFrRDUDbi-A915hlmnAO2eApyYnw2RDpOXY5885hdkO-s How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 101 ”Marriage and Misfits Missions” with Tyler Bothne

Summary of Show: . On episode 11 we interviewed Tyler “Coleman” and we talked about her employment at Eyes On Me as a backyard missionary in an apartment complex. Tyler “Bothne” shares her whole testimony which you should listen to before listening to this episode. It will give you context. . Two of the things that Ty talked about as dreams was to be working Misfits as a full time ministry, and to have a husband. Both of those things have come true. . We talk about starting full time ministry and the challenges she’s faced through it all, but also about God’s favor along the way. She takes the fitness ministry into women’s rehab facilities and transitional houses also shares the story in how she met Leif, who’s incarcerated, and ending up marrying him. . To find out more about Tyler and Misfits Missions visit the links below. To see more pics visit the gallery below. . Resources Mentioned in the Show: . Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary on Roku: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 . Website for Misfits Missions: Misfits Missions . Tyler’s facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/tyler.coleman.7 . Tyler’s Instagram profile: https://www.instagram.com/inked_n_fit/ . How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: . Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 . Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans . Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support . Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

EP 100 100th Episode Celebration and Challenge with Jay Dan Gumm

Show Summary . 100 is a special number. We celebrate anyone who has lived to be 100, hollywood celebrates the 100th episode of a show, it’s the number of completion by which we measure all percentages. 100%. Our girls schools celebrate the 100th day of school each year. . Today, this week, we celebrate our 100th episode of Background Check Podcast. . In this episode I talk about some fun facts surrounding the number 100. One of them is that there are 100 sweat glands for every square inch of our skin. There’s more and better ones. lol . We are giving away a $100 gift card to the winner of our drawing to celebrate you the listener for helping us reach this milestone. We couldn’t have done it without you. Believe me, I’ve wanted to give up so many times. But because of the letters, texts, emails, we keep going. . We celebrate the guests, they have been amazing. We sure couldn’t do it without their stories. . I also challenge you to give 100% in whatever you do. . How is the number 100 present in your life right now? 100 days from birth? 100 days before you close on a house, business deal? What are you not giving 100% to that you should? . Goal of the contest: . To bring more awareness to the show by having you share the show on your social media feeds. . Details of the contest: . From 7/16-7/21 midnight we need you to post about the show. . Go to wherever you listen to podcasts, click on your favorite episode, click the share button and copy the link for that episode. If you have never listened before, share this one or the very first episode. . Then go to Facebook, or LinkedIn and paste that link into a post. Share what that episode or the show has meant to you. Encourage your friends to listen to that episode and enter the contest as well. If posting on Instagram, just take a screen shot of the episode in your podcast platform and use that as your picture. If you want to put link in your bio for the week you can. . Most important part. Follow us, on all platforms and TAG Jay Dan Gumm on Facebook and LinkedIn. TAG Forgiven Felons on Instagram. You can also just repost or share our original promo post that has the details in it and post your link to your episode. . You can post on all three sites and get three entries, each day. On Thursday July 21 at midnight, the contest ends and the winner is announced on all three platforms Friday morning July 22. . If you have questions please message me on one of those platforms. you can follow us below. . Resources Mentioned in the Show: . Watch the Forgiven Felons Documentary: https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/7abf5e84134e54a394b5b42544c08caa/forgiven-felons/season-1 . How to get more involved with Forgiven Felons: . Leave a review and subscribe on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/background-check-podcast/id1515831127 . Learn about our Future Plans: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/future-plans . Give to our organization: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support . Follow Forgiven Felons on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.