White Collar Week with Jeff Grant
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Welcome to White Collar Week, a podcast serving the white collar justice community. Hosted by Jeff Grant. Summer 2020 for a limited ten-show run!
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Barry Bekkedam Sets the Record Straight, White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Ep. 30
April 28, 2021 21:20 - 1 hour - 193 MBToday on the podcast we have Barry Bekkedam. This is Barry’s first interview since returning from Federal prison last year. What I like most about Barry was his openness and candor as he painstakingly takes us through his remarkable story from immigrant, to starter on the Villanova basketball team (he’s 6’10” tall!), to real estate investor, to multi-billion dollar Main Line investment manager – and then to his problems when some of his clients lost money in the Rothstein Ponzi scheme and t...
David Israel & Spencer Oberg, The Entrepreneurs, Ep. 29 White Collar Week with Jeff Grant
March 28, 2021 10:29 - 1 hour - 159 MBToday on the podcast we have David Israel and Spencer Oberg, two successful entrepreneurs who both served time in prison. You might know them by their international vegan cheese company, Good Planet Foods, or by their justice-centric media company, Unincarcerated. In this episode we certainly go into David and Spence's incredible backstories. But more, we leqarn the nuts and bolts of how to be entrepreneurial and succeed after prison, the hard work it takes, how to analyze your strengths a...
Fraud Investigators, Kelly Paxton & Brian Willingham on White Collar Week, Ep. 28
March 10, 2021 23:20 - 1 hour - 187 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 28, Guests: Fraud Investigators, Kelly Paxton & Brian Willingham Link to article on prisonist.org, watch on YouTube, listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & SoundCloud: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-week-with-jeff-grant-podcast-ep-27-guest-brian-cuban-author-of-the-book-the-addicted-lawyer-tales-of-the-bar-booze-blow-and-redemption/ Today on the podcast we have Kelly Paxton and Brian Willingham, two private investigators who work in the worl...
Brian Cuban, The Addicted Lawyer, Ep. 27 on White Collar Week
March 04, 2021 21:18 - 1 hour - 153 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 27, Guest: Brian Cuban, Author of the Book, "The Addicted Lawyer: Tales of the Bar, Booze, Blow and Redemption" Link to article on prisonist.org, watch on YouTube, listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & SoundCloud: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-week-with-jeff-grant-podcast-ep-27-guest-brian-cuban-author-of-the-book-the-addicted-lawyer-tales-of-the-bar-booze-blow-and-redemption/ Today on the podcast we have Brian Cuban, author of the book, T...
White Collar Week, Ep. 26: Oppression & Identity with Guests: Jaco & Leslie Theron
February 24, 2021 20:35 - 1 hour - 230 MBToday on the podcast we have Jaco and Leslie Theron, two ministers in South Africa serving the poor and marginalized people in the bush. You might already be asking, what do South African missionaries have to do with White Collar justice? Well, I urge you to watch or listen to this episode in order to find out. Leslie was my classmate at Union Theological Seminary about a decade ago, we've stayed Facebook friends ever since. Last summer, at the start of the pandemic, my wife Lynn and I were...
White Collar Week, Ep. 25: Ex-Philadelphia D.A. Seth Williams, Part Two
February 16, 2021 20:42 - 1 hour - 140 MBToday on the podcast we have Seth Williams. In a two-part interview, Seth describes his fall from grace from being elected the first African-American District Attorney of Philadelphia, America's 5th largest city, to being tried for corruption charges, to becoming a Federal inmate serving 5 months of his 60-month sentence in solitary confinement, to his new life of faith and service. A member of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Monday evenings, Seth goes into stunning detail abo...
Ex-Philadelphia D.A. Seth Williams, Part One, White Collar Week, Ep. 24
February 13, 2021 22:38 - 1 hour - 139 MBToday on the podcast we have Seth Williams. In a two-part interview, Seth describes his fall from grace from being elected the first African-American District Attorney of Philadelphia, America's 5th largest city, to being tried for corruption charges, to becoming a Federal inmate serving 5 months of his 60-month sentence in solitary confinement, to his new life of faith and service. A member of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Monday evenings, Seth goes into stunning detail abo...
White Collar Week, Ep. 24: Ex-Philadelphia D.A. Seth Williams, Part One
February 13, 2021 22:38 - 1 hour - 139 MBToday on the podcast we have Seth Williams. In a two-part interview, Seth describes his fall from grace from being elected the first African-American District Attorney of Philadelphia, America's 5th largest city, to being tried for corruption charges, to becoming a Federal inmate serving 5 months of his 60-month sentence in solitary confinement, to his new life of faith and service. A member of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Monday evenings, Seth goes into stunning detail abo...
White Collar Week, Ep. 23: The Vanishing Trial with Guest Bob Katzberg
February 05, 2021 14:42 - 1 hour - 188 MBToday on the podcast we have Bob Katzberg, a dean of the White Collar Bar who has seen it all as both a federal prosecutor in the EDNY and as a criminal defense trial lawyer. I was so taken with Bob’s book, The Vanishing Trial, that I sent it to every single one of our White Collar Support Group members currently serving in prison. In it, Bob explains how and why the Federal criminal justice system went from 10% of all cases being tried before juries to less than 2% of all cases now being t...
White Collar Week, Ep. 22: The Goddess, Babz Rawls Ivy
January 29, 2021 20:11 - 1 hour - 166 MBToday on the podcast we have my dear friend, Babz Rawls Ivy. Many of you know Babz as she is my co-host on our radio show and podcast, Criminal Justice Insider. We are in our fourth season of Criminal Justice Insider, still the only regularly scheduled criminal justice radio program in Connecticut, although we have many national justice-related guests, as well. Trigger alert: in this episode, we go deep into Babz's story of childhood abuse and trafficking. We also discuss Babz's life since,...
White Collar Week, Ep. 21: SBA, PPP & EIDL: Hannah Smolinski, CPA, Virtual CFO
January 21, 2021 19:14 - 1 hour - 204 MBToday on the podcast, we have Hannah Smolinski. Hannah is a CPA and founder of Clara CFO Group, a virtual CFO and consulting services firm providing small businesses with financial clarity as they grow. Her experience for one of the world's largest accounting firms inspired her to bring that level of financial expertise to the small business community through financial strategy, best practices, and knowledge to realize their missions. Hannah is also a Senior Advisor to Upside Financial and...
White Collar Week, Ep. 20: Glenn Martin & Richard Bronson: Reinventing Yourself
December 02, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 187 MBToday on the podcast we have two of my favorite people, Glenn Martin & Richard Bronson, talking about how they each reinvented themselves after prison. They are both incredibly generous and reveal their struggles, disappointments, and frailties as well as their successes and service in helping others. Glenn talks about his journey from armed robbery to prison, to nonprofit executive, to founding Just Leadership USA, to entrepreneur, executive coach, and investor in Gem Trainers and Gem Real...
White Collar Week, Ep. 19: Richard Lee: Insider Trading Charges Dismissed
November 29, 2020 22:41 - 1 hour - 249 MBOn the podcast today, we have Richard Lee. Richard is best known for having been a trader at Steve Cohen’s hedge fund, SAC Capital, and for having insider trading charges against him dismissed after a 7 year fight to clear his name. Richard initially pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in 2013, and upon discovery of new evidence in 2017, he moved to withdraw his original plea. On June 21, 2019, a federal court judge for the Southern District of New York granted Richard’s motion to va...
White Collar Week, Ep. 18: Is Your Life a Movie? The Producers, with Lydia B. Smith, Bethany Jones, & William Nix
November 19, 2020 21:40 - 1 hour - 179 MBMany of our friends and colleagues in the white collar justice community tell me that they are writing books about their experiences or that someone should make a movie about them. Even me! So I contacted a few professionals I know in the movie and television production business and asked them what it takes to actually get the attention of a movie or TV series producer or director. And each of them was happy to come on the podcast to discuss it. We are calling this episode "Is Your Life a ...
White Collar Week, Ep. 17: #TruthHeals: Systemic Abuse & Institutional Reform with Vanessa Osage
November 15, 2020 20:53 - 1 hour - 216 MBToday on the podcast, we have Vanessa Osage, one of the bravest and most intrepid people I have ever met. Vanessa had dedicated her life to breaking down the barriers of stigma and shame, and helping others to find a new order of loving accountability and restorative justice. We are calling this episode "Truth Heals: Systemic Abuse & Institutional Reform." In it, Vanessa tells her story of reporting sexual abuse at one of our country's elite boarding schools: retribution, coverup, engaging a...
White Collar Week, Ep. 16: Bridgeport, CT Mayor Joseph Ganim
October 28, 2020 19:18 - 1 hour - 173 MBToday on the podcast, we have Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim. After five terms as the mayor of the largest city in the state of Connecticut from 1991 to 2003, Joe was brought down in a corruption scandal for which he served six years in a federal prison. After his release from prison, in 2015 Joe ran again for mayor of Bridgeport and he was reelected. He is currently serving his seventh term as mayor. What I find most fascinating about Joe is his resilience and resourcefulness - his willingn...
White Collar Week, Ep. 15: A Brave Talk About Suicide with Bob Flanagan, Elizabeth Kelley, & Meredith Atwood
October 20, 2020 18:50 - 1 hour - 147 MBToday's podcast is about mental health and the crushing stress and depression that professionals sometimes experience that can induce suicidal ideations, suicide attempts, suicide itself, the pain and anguish caused to family and others, and how one can find relief and hope instead of pain, suffering, and tragedy. My guests today are Rev. Bob Flanagan, who has written, spoken, and preached about his own mental health issues. And Meredith Atwood, a former lawyer and now author and life coac...
White Collar Week, Ep. 14: Recovery & Neighborhood with Tom Scott
October 12, 2020 19:03 - 59 minutes - 136 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant. It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 14: Recovery & Neighborhood with Tom Scott Today on the podcast, we have one of my closest friends, Tom Scott. You might know Tom as one of the "two Toms" who co-founded Nantucket Nectars. Or as the co-founder and chairman of The Nantucket Project, a thought and ideas festival each fall on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Or as chairman at The Neighborhood Pr...
White Collar Week, Ep. 13: Everything but Bridgegate with Bill Baroni
October 05, 2020 15:26 - 52 minutes - 120 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant. It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 13: Everything but Bridgegate with Bill Baroni Today on the podcast, we have as our guest, Bill Baroni – or as they called him in federal prison, Billy Bridgegate. Bill was arrested, tried, and found guilty and served time for his role in the infamous Bridgegate corruption scandal that destroyed the presidential aspirations of former New Jersey governor, Chris Chris...
White Collar Week, Ep. 12: The Truth-Tellers with Guests Holli Coulman & Larry Levine
October 01, 2020 21:10 - 1 hour - 170 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant. It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 12: The Truth-Tellers with Guests Holli Coulman & Larry Levine Today on the podcast, we have the Truth-Tellers – Larry Levine and Holli Coulman of Wall Street Prison Consultants and Pink Lady Prison Consultants. I want to warn you right up front – this is a no holds barred show with expletives flying. Both Larry and Holli did federal time, Larry in eleven differen...
White Collar Week, Ep. 11: The Blank Canvas with Craig Stanland
September 12, 2020 00:50 - 1 hour - 167 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant. It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 11: The Blank Canvas with Guest Craig Stanland Link: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-week-with-jeff-grant-podcast-ep-11-the-blank-canvas-with-guest-craig-stanland/ Today on the podcast, we have Craig Stanland. Not only does Craig have a great TedTalk out there, and a new book to be published next year, but he is one of my very first ministees. It's hard to beli...
White Collar Week, Ep. 10: The Ministers
August 27, 2020 20:49 - 1 hour - 140 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community. Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 10: The Ministers, with Guests Father Joe & Father Rix Tonight on the podcast, we have two of my dearest and closest friends and colleagues, Father Joe Ciccone and Father Rix Thorsell of Saint Joseph Mission Church in Cliffside Park, New Jersey. Both Fr. Joe and Fr. Rix were class...
White Collar Week, Ep. 09: Small Business
August 19, 2020 17:41 - 1 hour - 170 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community. Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 09: Small Business, with Guest Kelly Phillips Erb, also known as Taxgirl Today on the podcast we have my colleague and friend, Kelly Phillips Erb. Kelly is a tax attorney, business advisor and host of the Taxgirl Podcast. I reached out to Kelly after reading her column in Forbes ...
White Collar Week, Ep. 08: The Academics
August 13, 2020 19:20 - 1 hour - 181 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community. Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 08: The Academics, with Guests: Cathryn Lavery, Jessica Henry, Jay Kennedy & Erin Harbinson Today on the podcast we have four criminal justice professors at four different universities around the country. From the University of Minnesota, we have Erin Harbinson. From Montclair St...
White Collar Week, Ep. 07: White Collar Wives
August 09, 2020 07:50 - 1 hour - 191 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community. Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community.____________ Podcast Ep. 07: White Collar Wives, with Guests: Lynn Springer, Cassie Monaco & Julie Bennett. Special Guest: Skylar Cluett Today on the podcast we have three women from very different parts of the country - Georgia, Montana & Connecticut - who all have one big thing in common: each had a husb...
White Collar Week, Ep. 06, Madoff Talks, with Guest: Jim Campbell
July 30, 2020 09:21 - 1 hour - 169 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community. Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 06: Madoff Talks, with Guest: Jim Campbell Today on the podcast we have Jim Campbell, a radio host and journalist based in Greenwich, Connecticut, who hosts a nationally syndicated business affairs show, Business Talk with Jim Campbell. He also hosts another show, Forensic Talk...
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 05: Trauma & Healing when Mom Goes to Prison,The Polveraris
July 23, 2020 01:46 - 1 hour - 206 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community. Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 05: A Family Affair. Guests: Jacqueline Polverari and Her Daughters, Alexa & Maria Today on the podcast we have Jacqueline Polverari, a mom who served time in a Federal Prison for a white collar crime, and her two daughters, Maria and Alexa. It is an intimate look inside how c...
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 05: A Family Affair, with Guests: Jacqueline Polverari and Her Daughters, Maria & Alexa
July 23, 2020 01:46 - 1 hour - 206 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant, A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community. Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Podcast Ep. 05: A Family Affair. Guests: Jacqueline Polverari and Her Daughters, Alexa & Maria Today on the podcast we have Jacqueline Polverari, a mom who served time in a Federal Prison for a white collar crime, and her two daughters, Maria and Alexa. It is an intimate look inside how c...
White Collar Week with Jeff Grant, Podcast Ep. 04: One-on-One with Tipper X : Tom Hardin
July 10, 2020 20:28 - 57 minutes - 131 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community Limited 10-Episode Run: Summer 2020 It’s the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. _______________________ Podcast Ep. 04: One-on-One with Tipper X: Tom Hardin Today on the podcast we have Tom Hardin, best known in the financial and legal worlds as “Tipper-X”. Tom previously spent much of his career as a hedge fund stock analyst. In 2008, as part of a cooperation agreement with the D...
White Collar Week, Ep. 3: Compassionate Lawyering
July 07, 2020 09:43 - 1 hour - 201 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant: A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community It’s the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. _______________________ Podcast Ep. 03: Compassionate Lawyering,with Guests: Chris Poulos, Corey Brinson, Bob Herbst & George Hritz Today on the podcast we have a very special show about compassionate lawyering. We have on three lawyers and one former lawyer whom I know well and respect: Corey Brinson, Chris Poulos, Bob Herbst and my old...
White Collar Week, Ep. 02: Substance Abuse & Recovery, Guests: Trevor Shevin & Joshua Cagney
July 02, 2020 02:06 - 57 minutes - 131 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community Limited 10 Show Run: Summer 2020 It’s the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. _______________________ Podcast Ep. 02: Substance Abuse & Recovery During COVID-19, with Guests: Trevor Shevin & Joshua Cagney Today on the podcast we have two friends of mine, Trevor Shevin and Joshua Cagney – two guys who had it all. lost it all, got sober and then became nationally recognized specialist...
Louis Reed/Babz Rawls Ivy PSA
June 26, 2020 16:30 - 52 seconds - 2 MBSome very kind words from my dear friends Louis L. Reed and Babz Rawls Ivy in this brief PSA. Thank you Louis and Babz! - Jeff
White Collar Week, Ep. 01: Prison & Reentry in the Age of COVID-19: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group:
June 24, 2020 22:17 - 1 hour - 243 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community Limited 10-Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Prison & Reentry in the Age of COVID-19: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group: White Collar Week, Podcast Episode 01 This is a very special podcast episode – we have on 16 members of our online White Collar Support Group recently released from prison due to COVID-19, awaiting designa...
White Collar Week, Podcast Episode 01: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group
June 24, 2020 22:17 - 1 hour - 243 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community Limited 10-Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Episode 01: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group This is a very special podcast - we have on 16 members of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday nights, 7 pm Eastern, 4 pm Pacific. We have held over 200 weekly meetings and they get better each week as ...
Prison & Reentry in the Age of COVID-19: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group: White Collar Week, Podcast Episode 01
June 24, 2020 22:17 - 1 hour - 243 MBWhite Collar Week with Jeff Grant A Podcast Serving the White Collar Justice Community Limited 10-Show Run: Summer 2020 It's the Isolation that Destroys Us. The Solution is in Community. ____________ Prison & Reentry in the Age of COVID-19: An Evening with Our White Collar Support Group: White Collar Week, Podcast Episode 01 This is a very special podcast episode – we have on 16 members of our online White Collar Support Group recently released from prison due to COVID-19, awaiting...
White Collar Week Episode 0: What is White Collar Week?
June 22, 2020 21:15 - 3 minutes - 7.94 MBListen to the Podcast Introduction Trailer: What is White Collar Week? ____________________ Welcome to White Collar Week, a podcast serving the white collar justice community. It’s the isolation that destroys us. The solution is in community. If you are interested in this podcast, then you are probably already a member of the white collar justice community – even if you don’t quite know it yet. Our community is certainly made up of people being prosecuted, or who have already been pro...