The Broken Dove Podcast

#13 Jimmy "The One Man Thrill Ride" Preston

The 1ManThrillride is a professional wrestler [https://prowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Professional_wrestler] better known by his ring name Jimmy Preston. He is best known for his work for N.E.W. Northeast Wrestling. Preston's an Independent Professional Wrestler, Former DIII Baseball Superhero, and an ABSOLUTE SAVAGE! You may know him from the pre-alumni game viral video where he’s in the parking lot hammering a bacon egg and chee, hold the chee. He does more than just make handsome happen, he's writing a feature film based on the ups and downs of being a savage struggling with his mental health. In this episode, we discuss how the Thrillride's battling depression and anxiety, and how writing, exercise, and fatherhood have helped him become a more stoic man.  Director: Danny Simmons Editor: Meagan Solano Artwork: Niv Bavarsky -- Help Is Here -- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We're committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish 800-273-TALK 800-273-8255

#12 Zach Dilanzo (The Daily Show) shares how writing for The Daily Show from his remote cabin in the CatSkills has helped his state of mind.

Zachary DiLanzo is a writer and actor, known for The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (2021), Remotely Educational (2021) and The Daily Show (1996). Director: Danny Simmons Editor: Meagan Solano Sound: Dory Bavarsky Artwork: Niv Bavarsky -- Help Is Here -- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We're committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish 800-273-TALK 800-273-8255

#11 Chris Thomas Devlin (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2021), Cobweb)

S1.E.11  Chris Thomas Devlin (Texas Chainsaw, Cobweb) details writing during the pandemic, his alliance with destigmatizing mental illness, and his traumatic yet successful 2020. Chris Thomas Devlin is a writer known for Video Nasty, The Wretched Emily Derringer and Cobweb. -- CREDITS -- Executive Producer: Ellen Utrecht Director: Danny Simmons Editor: Meagan Solano Artwork: Niv Bavarsky -- Help Is Here -- The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We're committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish 800-273-TALK 800-273-8255

#10 Calvin D. Sun, MD (Monsoondiaries)

Calvin D. Sun, MD wants you to get your vaccine and wear PPE so we can get back to traveling Dr. Calvin Sun is the multi-talented doctor, bboy badass, writer, photographer, and visionary mind and CEO behind @monsoondiaries. Sun works as an attending physician and clinical assistant professor in Emergency Medicine at multiple emergency departments in the New York City area. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he rotates among different hospitals in NYC. During the early days of the pandemic, Sun did first-person reporting of his experiences and his thoughts on how the disease manifests itself on his Instagram. Sun has been personally affected by the pandemic, losing his grandfather to the disease. Today he joins us from zoom in NYC, but his travels have taken him to over 100 countries and counting. With no further adieu, welcome to the Broken Dove podcast, Dr. Calvin D. Sun. Calvin is also the Founder & CEO of The Monsoon Diaries: a blog-turned-travel community that has taken hundreds of readers to 190+ countries in the past 10 years including North Korea, Nauru, Iraq, and Antarctica. The Monsoon Diaries has since been featured on BBC News, ABC News, MSNBC, TED, National Geographic, and USA Today. If you’re interested in going on an adventure, check out The Monsoon Diaries website or send an email to calvin@monsoondiaries.com! About 1 in 4 Americans say they might decline to be immunized. Among them is rocker, gun rights activist and staunch conservative Ted Nugent, who dismissed vaccines while announcing on Facebook that he tested positive Monday after suffering flu-like symptoms for 10 days. “I thought I was dying,” the singer said. “I literally could hardly crawl out of bed the last few days, but I did, I crawled.” Globally, weekly infections are setting records. In the U.S., while cases and hospitalizations have fallen since January, the United States is still reporting more than 400,000 cases per week.

S1.E.9 - Jordan Lawley (After surviving a near-death car accident and brain tumor, Jordan Lawley is getting back in the game)

UCSD legend Jordan Lawley narrowly survived a car crash, found out he had a Grade 4 brain tumor, and overcame the procedure... Lawley can still dunk a basketball. I'm in sheer awe of his energy, spirit, faith, and pure talent in everything that he does. He's lost the ability to hear out his left ear,  part of his face is limited in functionality, his butt has turned into a pancake from a complication during his brain surgery, and his balance may not ever come back to what it was before his injury...BUT that still doesn't STOP HIM. He can STILL DUNK!!! He also happens to be hilarious, charming, and always down for a laugh.  Jordan Lawley was a four-year starter at UC San Diego, where he led his team to their first-ever NCAA tournament berth while becoming UC’s all-time scoring leader, making the most field goals, free throws, and highest field goal percentage in school history. Upon finishing his collegiate career, averaging 21ppg and being named an NCAA All-American and Daktronics West Coast Player of the Year. @jlawbball Bio: CHILD OF GOD. Brain Tumor Survivor. 🏀 Teacher.  Lawley played professional basketball in Mexico (16ppg) and New Zealand (18ppg) and was selected by Nike in 2014 as one of the top 16 players in the world to play in Barcelona, Spain for the Nike Summer is Serious II game. Now, as a professional skills trainer, he has found his stride with a training technique that is unrivaled in the industry. He has traveled all over the U.S. to work with and train countless pros in the NBA, overseas (FIBA), WNBA, and thousands of Middle School and High School hoopers all around the world teaching them the most efficient and effective ways to take their game to the next level! Watch the video on YouTube to see him in action at his new gym in Irvine, California.