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The Elevate Collection Podcast
The Elevate Collection Podcast is your premier destination where sports and entertainment's brightest minds converge to explore the art of legacy building beyond the spotlight. Hosted by Alexandria Reed and Jordan Hawkins of Elevate Collection, each episode delivers powerful insights into transforming current influence into lasting legacy.
From professional athletes to entertainment moguls, we dive deep into the strategies, mindsets, and actions that create impact beyond the field and stage. Our conversations explore wealth building, business ventures, lifestyle management, and the intentional steps needed to create a legacy that transcends your primary career.
Join us as we bring you exclusive access to industry leaders, behind-the-scenes insights, and actionable strategies to elevate your influence into a lasting legacy. Whether you're an active professional looking to expand your empire or transitioning to your next chapter, this is your playbook for excellence.
New episodes drop Fridays featuring intimate conversations with those who are actively building their legacies while making history.
Episodes
70 episodes
Arielle G. Noel on How a Faith Forward Venture Studio Matches Capital With Purpose
You can hear it in Arielle’s answers right away: she’s not chasing attention, she’s building alignment. We talk through what she actually does across Godwave Studio, Circles, and Goshen Global Group and how those threads connect into one missio...
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How Friday Stairs Turned A Free Workout Into A Movement| Jovany Ruiz, Friday Stairs
A weekly stair workout in Tampa doesn’t sound like a revolution until you hear how Jovany and his co-founders built Friday Stairs into a full-blown community wellness movement. Jovany shares how he grew up in a tiny Puerto Rico village “rich in...
Pressure is a Privilege + The Cost of Ambition with Marina Middleton, CEO of Create & Cultivate
The shiny version of ambition is easy to post. The real version shows up when you’re 24 hours out from opening the doors to 4,000 attendees and your brain is doing math on ticket sales, expectations, investors, and everything that could go wron...
Know Yourself First: Self-Awareness, Boundaries & Personal Power | Tia Buckham-White, Notre Internationale
What if becoming a better leader, partner, parent, or friend starts with understanding yourself?In Part One of this conversation, Jordan and Alexandria sit down with Tia Buckham-White, Founder & CEO of Notre Internationale, leadershi...
From Welfare to Whatnot: Joe Hollywood on Grit, Grief, and Becoming the #1 Sports Card Streamer
The moment you want to quit might be the moment before everything changes.Joe Hollywood grew up on welfare and food stamps in Queens. His grandfather gave him his first pack of sports cards when he was eight years old, unknowingly starti...
What Golf Teaches Women About Confidence, Failure & Success | Anya Alvarez & Ellen Ceresko
When you're used to being good at what you do, being a beginner can feel incredibly uncomfortable.Golf has a way of forcing you to get comfortable with exactly that.Jordan and Alex sit down with Anya Alvarez and Ellen Ceresko of D...
Plug Talk | Welcome to Admin Social Club
A to do list can feel like a private battle, especially when you’re juggling business, family, and the invisible work of life maintenance. We wanted to change that, so we tried something new: Admin Social Club, a low pressure meetup where we si...
You Can't Build a Consumer Brand Behind a Laptop | Goodwipes Co-Founder Sam Nebel
What does it actually take to build a consumer brand people don't just buy, but want to be part of?This week, Jordan and Alex sit down at Goodwipes HQ with co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Sam Nebel to talk about the unlikely jour...
You're More Than the Game | NBA's Grant Williams on Impact Beyond Basketball
What does it look like to win at life when the world is grading you on a scoreboard? Live from Hamptons Tech Week at the Montauk Yacht Club, we sit down with NBA forward Grant Williams for a straight talk conversation about influence, community...
How to Turn 50 Million Followers Into a Real Business | Austin Sprinz
A billion views a month sounds like magic until you hear the routine behind it. We’re live at Hampton Tech Week with Austin Sprinz, a creator who’s spent 10 years building an audience that now totals around 50 million followers across platforms...
The Agent-Player Relationship Is Broken — Levi Wallace Wants to Fix It
A lot of people assume the biggest challenge for a pro athlete is making a roster. We’ve learned the quieter challenge is what happens next: building a life where your money, relationships, and identity don’t get managed by strangers you barely...
Cut 13 Times by the NFL — He Built a Financial Literacy Company | Jedidiah Collins, Fullback of Finance
He got cut from an NFL roster 13 times but went on to play 7 seasons. Today, Jedidiah Collins, CFP®, is the founder of Money Vehicle — a financial literacy curriculum now used in high schools across 40+ states — and the fin...
Why Most Marketing Problems Are Actually Leadership Problems | Jared Harman
Jared Harman went from working play-by-play in Canadian hockey to founding The One Group Agency, now a 16-person marketing agency serving clients across North America and beyond. On this episode of the Elevate Collection Podcast, Jared breaks d...
He Delivered His Own Baby in the Back of a Lexus | Niv Davidovich
He has an engineering degree. He's a top 100 attorney. And his name is on his son's birth certificate — under "Delivered By."Because Niv Davidovich caught his baby like a football in the back of a Lexus sedan, two minutes from his house,...
Youth Sports Has a Mentorship Problem. He's Trying to Fix It | Jimmy Marshall
The recruiting journey can feel like a maze built out of opinions, pressure, and expensive “helpers” who may not have your best interests at heart. From Hamptons Tech Week at the Montauk Yacht Club, we sit down with Jimmy Marshall, founder of P...
Why Winning Alone Sucks | Pro Skateboarder Turned Founder Justin Eldridge
"Fully follow your heart. It's an easy thing to say — but when you really get down to it, it will guide you to where you need to go."That's the kind of wisdom that only comes from someone who's actually done it. Twice.We'...
How To Grow A Founder-Led Brand With Purpose with Annette Parker
Opportunity rarely announces itself. It shows up fast and it rewards the people who did the work before anyone was watching. From Hampton’s Tech Week, we sit down with Annette Parker, a Brooklyn-based brand consultant focused on small business ...
Plates, People & Purpose: A Conversation with Chef Dennis Prescott
"If you're fortunate enough to eat three meals a day — make them as delicious as possible, and do it with the people you love."That's not just cooking advice. That's a life philosophy. And it's exactly the kind of wisdom that fl...
How The Sevens Football Turns High School Football Into A National Showcase with Mick Hamilton
You can learn a lot about modern sports by watching what happens before college. Mick Hamilton has lived it from multiple angles: college football recruiting, the first wave of NIL deals, and now the co-founding of The Sevens Football, an invit...
Your Waiting Season Can Prepare You For Purpose with Aspen Kennedy
A role can open doors, but a single “no” can protect your future. We’re joined by actor Aspen Kennedy for a candid conversation about faith, purpose, and the real-life decisions that shape a creative career when the timeline feels uncertain. As...
One Size Fits None: A Global Take on Sports Social Media with Arabella Hibbert-Corkhill
Gen Z doesn’t fall in love with teams the way older generations did and that’s not a problem, it’s a strategy clue. We’re joined by Arabella Hibbert-Corkhill, a social media strategist whose career spans London, New York, Beijing, Hong Kong, Sh...
Power In Privacy: How Pro Athlete Mortgage Lender, David Cline, Builds Trust and Closes Quietly
The loudest flex in sports business might be how quietly the best deals get done. We’re joined by our friend David Cline, a pro athlete mortgage lender who’s built a reputation on discretion, speed, and doing the right thing when nobody’s watch...
How A Complex Executive Builds Value At The Culture Commerce Intersection
Marketing can either borrow from culture or build with it, and the difference shows immediately. We’re joined by Kirsten Atkinson, SVP of Brand Partnerships and Sales at Complex (West Coast), to talk about what brand partnerships really are whe...
Building A Legacy Through Service And Sports Marketing with Ashley S. Green
Some people climb by getting louder. Ashley S. Green climbs by getting clearer. Ashley is a sports, entertainment, and lifestyle marketing consultant based in Atlanta, and her approach flips the usual playbook: lead with service, protect your i...
Tamika Carlton on Real Connection, Reciprocity, and Happiness
What if the quality of your relationships is shaping more of your life than your strategy ever could? In this episode of _Elevate Collection_, Tamika Carlton joins us for a powerful conversation on connection, reciprocity, grief, boundaries, pr...