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Trailblazers Talk

Joseph Ortega

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Hosted by Joseph Ortega, "Trailblazers Talk" is on a mission to amplify the voices and stories of extraordinary entrepreneurs who have defied conventions and blazed their own trails to remarkable success. We believe that by sharing their journeys, insights, and lessons learned, we can inspire, educate, and empower aspiring entrepreneurs and change-makers. Through in-depth interviews, Joseph Ortega delves into the foundations that have shaped these trailblazers, exploring their triumphs, chal ...
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Written and directed by Robert Arthur and David Kogan, the radio series was sponsored by Adams Hats. It began on the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1943, continuing in many different timeslots until September 16, 1952. The lonely sound of a distant locomotive heralded the arrival of the malevolent narrator (portrayed by Maurice Tarplin), who introduced himself each week in the following manner: This is the Mysterious Traveler, inviting you to join me on another journey into the stra ...
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Rock That Doesn’t Roll looks at how Christian music shaped the world we're living in now by telling individual stories from the peak era of the contemporary Christian music industry. In the 80s, 90s and early 2000s CCM grew into a billion dollar business that affected millions of evangelical young people. Through interviews with artists, industry players and average fans we trace the long-lasting personal, cultural and political impact of sometimes cringe-worthy music. Expect hilarious momen ...
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Send us a Text Message. ORIGINALLY AIRED 2/26/2023. In this episode, Lisa chats with her high school classmate, Joseph Ortega, about what it means to be clean and in recovery. Since Lisa hasn’t had a drink in the new year of 2023, she thought it’d be a good idea to chat with someone about their distancing from substances. Check out lisafeelspodcast…
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00.00 – 03.00 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching this week. 03.05 – 27.00 Review of Speak No Evil including interviews with the film’s star James McAvoy and writer/director James Watkins. 27.05 – 44.00 Review of Lee including interviews with the film’s producer and star Kate Winslet, and co-stars Andy Samberg and Alexander Skar…
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In this bonus episode Leah and Andrew talk with Blake Chastain, the first person to use "exvangelical" as a hashtag (and host of the Exvangelical podcast) about his book, "Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back." He shares about his time as a "bookstore guy" and how the academic concept…
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00.00 – 06.10 Intro and presenters discuss their picks of the week 06.15 – 29.50 Review of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice including interviews with the film’s stars Jenna Ortega, Catherine O’Hara and Justin Theroux. 29.55 – 54.20 Review of His Three Daughters including an interview with the film’s writer and director Azazel Jacobs 54.25 – 1.02.00 Review o…
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00.00 – 05.30 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching this week, including a review of The Crow starring Bill Skarsgård 05.35 – 26.00 Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2 including interviews with showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, and stars Charlie Vickers who plays Sauron, Charles Edwards who plays Celebri…
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Today we're sharing an episode from another Big Questions Project podcast: Mother Is A Question. "This episode is called "Mother Is A Song," and we’re traveling to a place and time when mama was the muse–back when musicians in the U.S. were constantly singing about “the one who’s always true,” as one of these songs goes. One hundred years ago in th…
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00.00 – 06.50 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching this week 06.55 – 16.30 Review of Blink Twice 16.35 – 24.30 Review of Cuckoo 24.35 – 32.50 Review of Kneecap 32.50 – 38.30 Film of the Week and answering the question, “What films are you looking forward to at the big autumn festivals?” Read more about the new issue of Total Film…
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Send us a Text Message. ORIGINALLY AIRED 3/30/2023. In this episode, Lisa chats with a woman featured on the Catfish TV Show, June Motherwolff Hardy, who finally meets David in person after first meeting him in an AOL chat room 20 years ago. Motherwolff is a devout Satanist, a former solitary witch, and a former conservative Baptist. She discusses …
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Send us a Text Message. ORIGINALLY AIRED 3/10/2023. In this episode, Lisa chats with her rebel-like Facebook friend, Anthony Novak, who took a page from The Onion satire newspaper and parodied his local police department. Novak was arrested and took his case to the Supreme Court. Since Lisa hasn’t worked a normal full-time job in awhile and is maki…
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00.00 – 03.35 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 03.40 – 34.50 Review of Alien: Romulus including an interview with the film’s director, co-writer and executive producer, Fede Alvarez 34.55 – 48.10 Review of Jackpot! 48.15 – 57.00 Review of The Union! 57.05 – 1.00.20 Film of the Week and answering the question, “What film ‘inte…
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If there's one music genre lampooned more than Christian rock, it might just be ska. And Christian ska? Expect next level ridicule. But a lovable band of misfits from Denver, Colorado managed to do something that might seem unthinkable: combine two maligned genres and become a cultural phenomenon with an enduring cult following. On the season two f…
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00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching. 03.45 – 39.10 Review and Panel discussion of Trap including interviews with the film’s writer-director M. Night Shyamalan and stars Josh Hartnett and Saleka. 39.15 – 53.35 Review and Panel discussion of Borderlands including interviews with the film’s stars Florian Munteanu and …
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Picture this. It's 1986. The Cold War is at a fever pitch. The whole world is locked into a conflict between the Forces of Freedom, and the Commies... at least that's how it felt to 80s kids. But the Cold War wasn't the only threat facing American society. Many feared that a much more sinister enemy lurking in the shadows: the devil himself. During…
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00.00 – 05.10 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 05.15 – 43.50 Review of Deadpool & Wolverine, including interviews with the director Shawn Levey and stars of the movie Emma Corrin and Rob Delaney 43.55 – 52.25 Review of I Saw the TV Glow 52.30 – 1.00.20 Review of About Dry Glasses 1.00.25 – 1.10.20 Review of Time Bandits 1.10.…
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How do you make fake Contemporary Christian Music? Creating fictional Christian music that feels authentic without crossing the line into parody or pastiche is a tricky artistic challenge. But we found the creators up to the task. Joseph Stephens, composer for HBO's The Righteous Gemstones, a crime-comedy about a family of musical televangelists, a…
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00.00 – 04.00 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 04.05 – 26.00 Review of Twisters including an interview with the film’s director, Lee Isaac Chung 26.05 – 40.50 Review of Longlegs, including interviews with film’s director Osgood Perkins and star Maika Monroe 40.55 – 50.05 Review of Fly Me to the Moon 50.10 – 55.10 Review of De…
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00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching. 03.45 – 26.40 Review of MaXXXine including interviews with writer/director Ti West and star and producer Mia Goth 26.45 – 39.20 Review of Beverley Hills Cop: Axel, including an interview with Kevin Bacon 39.25 – 47.50 Review of Kill 47.55 – 54.25 Film of the Week and answering t…
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KUOW's podcast Let The Kids Dance! is the story of Seattle's Teen Dance Ordinance in a seven-part docuseries chronicling an untold chapter of pop-culture history. It’s a story about moral panic, grassroots activism and an unstoppable music community that fought for its freedom, created and hosted by Jonathan Zwickel. The TDO made it impossible for …
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00.00 – 03.10 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 03.15 – 25.40 Review of A Quiet Place: Day One with interviews with director Michael Sarnoski and stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn 25.45 – 51.30 Review of Kinds of Kindness, plus an interview with director Yorgos Lanthimos and one of the stars of the movie, Jesse Plemons 51.…
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00.00 – 04.10 Intro and presenters discuss their picks of the week 04.15 – 33.00 Review of The Bikeriders including an interview with writer and director Jeff Nichols 33.05 – 40.25 Review of Green Border 40.30 – 51.30 Review of The Exorcism 51.35 – 1.01.00 Review of Something in the Water 1.01.05 – 1.08.20 Film of the Week and answering the questio…
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What happened to the kids raised during the peak era of Christian rock? For insight into the state of Christian rock's late 1990s-early aughts evangelicalism you need not look any further than members of DC Talk, the pinnacle of youth group music. Their trajectory as artists and public figures roughly maps on to the trajectories of the millions of …
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00.00 – 04.00 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching 04.05 – 12.20 Interview with House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal ahead of Season 2. 12.25 – 38.20 Review and of Inside Out 2 including interviews with Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Pete Docter, who also directed the first film, and this film’s director Kelsey Mann 38.25 …
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00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they’ve been watching this week 03.45 – 19.00 Review of The Acolyte, with an interview with the series’ showrunner Leslye Headland and star Manny Jacinto 19.05 – 40.00 Review of The Watched, with interviews with the film’s director and producer Ishana Night Shyamalan and her father M. Night Shyamalan,…
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Purity culture wasn’t just for youth group “purity girls.” “Purity bros” were also a part of the project! No one knows that more than Joshua Harris, a CCM fan who helped turn purity culture into an extreme sport. Together with his friend, Christian music superstar Rebecca St. James, they created media that inspired a generation of evangelicals to s…
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This week, Daisy Ridley tells Molly Edwards about inspirational true life story Young Woman and the Sea. Plus, Jordan Farley and Jamie Graham review that film, as well as giant space spider horror Sting, romantic tragedy The Beast, Benedict Cumberbatch Netflix series Eric and the 20th anniversary rerelease of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaba…
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00.00 – 03.40 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching. 03.45 – 34.05 Review of Furiosa including interviews with director George Miller and Tom Burke, who plays Praetorian Jack 34.10 – 45.10 Review of Garfield including an interview with the man who voices the lasagne-loving moggy, Chris Pratt 45.15 – 53.05 Review of Atlas 53.10 – 1…
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In 2001, teen singing sensation Nikki Leonti was on her way to a promising Christian music career. She had two hit CCM records, and - as a pop princess who swore to refrain from premarital sex - the support of big evangelical media organizations like James Dobson’s Focus on the Family. But then, at age 18, the “purity girl” Leonti announced she was…
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00.00 – 03.15 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 03.20 – 15.50 Inteview with The Strangers: Chapter 1 director Renny Harlin 15.55 – 27.10 Review of If 27.15 – 33.20 Review of Hoard 33.25 – 37.20 Review of Tiger Stripes 37.25 – 40.00 Review of Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg 40.05 – 45.15 Film of the Week and answer…
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0.00 – 03.25 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 03.30 – 29.50 Review of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes including interviews with the film’s director Wes Ball and stars Owen Teague, Freya Allen and Kevin Durand 29.55 – 37.30 Review of La Chimera 37.35 – 42.50 Review of Made in England 42.55 – 48.40 Review of Dark Matter 48.45…
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In the 1990s, music critics argue that hip hop was in its golden age. Mainstream Top 40 charts were filled with hits from The Notorious B.I.G, Tupac Shakur, and Dr. Dre. But the Contemporary Christian charts lagged far, far behind. What took so long for holy hip hop to take off? With insight from Dr. Jonathan Calvillo (author of In the Time of Sky-…
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00.00 – 04.45 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 04.50 – 23.20 Review of The Fall Guy with an interview with the film’s stars Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt 23.25 – 32.20 Review of Love Lies Bleeding 32.25 – 42.10 Review of The Idea of You 42.15 – 50.20 This week’s big re-release – Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 50.25 …
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00.00 – 03.20 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been up to 03.25 – 20.20 Review of Boy Kills World with an interview with the film’s director Moritz Mohr 20.25 – 35.10 Review of Challengers 35.15 – 41.20 Review of I.S.S. 41.25 – 49.20 Review of Ordinary Angels 49.25 – 55.00 Review of Spy X Family Code: White 55.05 – 1.00.40 Film of the Week…
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In 1999, ​singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp was at the top of the Christian music world. Her debut album Kansas was gold-certified, she'd won four Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and she was on tour with some of the top bands in the business. It seemed like Knapp was destined to be the ultimate ​rockstar poster child for evangelical teens - es…
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00.00 – 07.20 Intro and presenters discuss what they've been watching 07.25 – 29.10 Review of Abigail including an interview with the one of the stars of the movie, Dan Stevens *mild premise spoilers for Abigail* 29.15 – 51.10 Review of Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver including interviews with the film’s director Zack Snyder and stars Sofia Bout…
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In this episode of #TrailblazersTalk Joseph talks with a Multi Millionaire in the coaching and sales space. If you're looking for a mindset shift and new strategies to implement for your personal growth this podcast is it for you today. This podcast is sponsored by Urban Water, Creators Only Studio, & Millionaire Champs / urbnwaterco https://www.in…
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In this episode of #TrailblazersTalk Joseph talks with an entrepreneur who went from zero to over 7 figures buying assets without money out of his own pockets. Ramel Newerls is our guest for today and he shares many formulas to creating wealth in 2024. This podcast is sponsored by Urban Water, Creators Only Studio, & Millionaire Champs / urbnwaterc…
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In the second season of Rock That Doesn't Roll, hosts Dr. Leah Payne and Andrew Gill look at how Christian music shaped the world we're living in now. Topics covered in season two include hip hop, feminism, purity culture, hair metal and more. Episodes publish every other week starting on April 24. Do you have a Christian rock story to tell? Leave …
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00.00 – 04.40 Intro and presenters discuss what else they've been watching 04.45 – 27.05 Review of Back to Black including an interview Marisa Abela who plays Amy Winehouse. 27.10 – 53.20 Review of Civil War including interviews with the film’s director Alex Garland and the film’s star Kirsten Dunst 53.25 – 1.07.15 Review of The Greatest Hits inclu…
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