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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
62 episodes
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...
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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...
You're Probably Using LinkedIn Wrong | Jon Lyndon, Former LinkedIn Exec
In this episode, Alexandria Reed and Jordan Hawkins sit down with Jon Lyndon, a personal branding strategist and former LinkedIn executive, to explore how LinkedIn can become one of the most powerful tools for your professional ...
Seasons, Systems, and Showing Up: How We Work + Live
What happens when a heated customer call turns into a decade-long partnership? In this candid founders’ episode, Alexandria Reed and Jordan Hawkins trace the true origin of Elevate Collection—from a Kendra Scott color bar in Denver to a multi-l...
Your Lifestyle Can Become Your Greatest Business Advantage | Nick Green
What happens when a relationship-first operator runs three markets at once? Meet Nick Green—aka “New York Nick”—a connector who turns lifestyle into deal flow across NYC, Boston, and Miami.In this episode, you’ll hear:<...
Doing Dope Sh*t Since 2021: The Fabric of Elevate
What started as a real-estate brand is now becoming a lifestyle—and a movement. In this episode, founders Alexandria Reed and Jordan Hawkins pull back the curtain on “the fabric of Elevate”: how their 888 philosophy, dopamine-driven creativity,...
Who Are You When You Stop Performing for Everyone Else? | Kelly Chase
Kelly Chase opens up about stepping off the hamster wheel—trading burnout, binge-weekends, and people-pleasing for personal development, boundaries, and a soul-led business. We talk healing after reality TV edits, turning a sudden audience into...
Eric Priest: Undefeated, Unfiltered & Building Legacy
In this episode of the Elevate Collection, we sit down with undefeated middleweight contender Eric Priest—who’s not just fighting in the ring but building a brand, a legacy and a platform. In this episode you’ll hear:
What Happens When Being an Athlete Is No Longer Your Identity? | Kianna Smith
What happens when a McDonald’s All-American, Final Four competitor and WNBA draftee steps off the court and into the boardroom? In this episode of the Elevate Collection, we talk with Kianna Smith about identity, reinvention and the business of...
How You Build a Major League Sports Brand | Tom Braun, LA Galaxy
In this episode, Tom Braun, the president and COO of LA Galaxy, discusses his transformative leadership journey since 2023, focusing on enhancing the fan experience, community engagement, and youth development. He emphasizes the importance of a...