HeyJaredBattletested with Tanya Acker
We’ve all been hit by something hard when we didn’t expect it. We’ve come through battles of every kind - personal, professional, national - and still are fighting some of them.
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Petri Hawkins Byrd and his wife Makita share their powerful fight against Makita's stage-three brain tumor, proving the strength of marriage "in sickness and in health." (opens the original)
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Petri Hawkins Byrd and his wife, Makita Bond Byrd, join Tanya to share their deeply moving fight against Makita's stage-three brain tumor and what it truly means to honor the vow "in sickness and in health." In this episode, Petri and Makita join Tanya to discuss Makita's harrowing battle with a malignant stage-three brain tumor. After Makita suffered a sudden seizure, a life-changing second opinion from renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Keith Black led the couple through her brain surgery, subsequent p
Kid ’n Play’s Christopher “Kid” Reid: How a Heart Transplant Saved His Life(Part 2) (opens the original)
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When hip-hop icon Christopher “Kid” Reid first noticed his exhaustion and swollen ankles, he figured it was just life on the road. Instead, he was facing congestive heart failure—and a heart transplant was his only option for survival. In Part 2 of our deep dive, Christopher shares his extraordinary journey of checking into Cedars-Sinai and receiving a new heart just 11 days later. We talk openly about the warning signs he wishes he’d taken seriously, the reality of healthcare disparities, and t
Kid 'N Play's Christopher "Kid" Reid — Grief, Discipline & the Making of a Hip-Hop Icon (Part 1) (opens the original)
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This week I sit down with Christopher "Kid" Reid. Before House Party , the hit records, and the Saturday morning cartoon, Kid was a nine-year-old boy surviving the car crash that killed his mother and quietly preparing for a very different future, law school. In Part 1, Kid takes me through hip-hop's rise from a cultural movement to a mainstream force, and the part Kid 'N Play, Salt-N-Pepa, Heavy D and DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince played in that crossover. He also opens up about the loss, th
Squatter Nightmare: How Homeowner Patti Peeples Fought Back (opens the original)
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This week, I am joined by homeowner Patti Peeples to talk about every property owner’s absolute worst nightmare. Imagine turning up to your own house, only to find total strangers living inside, destroying your property, and refusing to leave. Patti takes us inside the terrifying weeks she spent dealing with aggressive squatters, massive property damage, and a system that left her feeling completely helpless in her own home. But Patti didn't back down. We talk about exactly how she fought back a
Beyond the Courtroom with Officer Petri Hawkins Byrd (opens the original)
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This week, Petri Hawkins Byrd the iconic bailiff from Judge Judy and Tribunal Justice joins the show for a candid, often funny conversation about overcoming professional rejection. Byrd shares powerful lessons from his own career pivots, exploring how to navigate disappointment without turning bitter. Together, we examine leadership responsibility, what happens when qualified people are passed over, and how to refuse to let one tough chapter define your story.
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