Second Chances Matter

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. read less

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Episode Two - Oh Father, Where Art Thou?

Episode Two - Oh Father, Where Art Thou?

“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 andRicky, 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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Episode Two - Oh Father, Where Art Thou?

Episode Two - Oh Father, Where Art Thou?

“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 andRicky, 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.

Episode One: The Hero's Journey

Episode One: The Hero's Journey

"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.

Pilot Part 2 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit

Pilot Part 2 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit

"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.

Pilot Part 1 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit

Pilot Part 1 - Meet Me at The Weight Pit

"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.

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.