The Cynthia Manion Show

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The Cynthia Manion Show is a transformative podcast journey where the extraordinary meets the relatable. Hosted by Cynthia Manion, this show uncovers the stories behind the world's most dynamic movers, shakers, and changemakers. Each episode takes you on an intimate journey into the lives of remarkable individuals who've made significant contributions in their respective fields. From the realms of fitness and fashion to entrepreneurship and mental health, you'll hear firsthand accounts of triumphs, trials, and the key moments that shaped their lives.

  1. 5d ago

    Sophia Angelica | Bilingual Singer-Songwriter and Activist

    Connect with Sophia Angelica: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaangelicamusic/ https://www.facebook.com/sophiaangelicamusic/ https://www.tiktok.com/@sophiaangelicamusic https://www.youtube.com/@sophiaangelica https://open.spotify.com/artist/3LWzCjlLDozNbCkEmpZEQm https://www.youtube.com/@TheNonConformess https://x.com/sangelicamusic https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophia-angelica-62aa6117a/ https://www.sophiaangelica.com/ Sophia Angelica was 12, singing Whitney Houston at a birthday party, when the head of a mental health NGO asked her to sing at her next conference at the UN. She had no idea what the UN was. She said yes anyway, and in her words, she became “UN singer girl.” “So my message is always, don’t feel like you have to pick... pick all of it, pick all of you.” She’s a bilingual singer-songwriter and human rights activist. She spent about a month on a university human rights tour in Taiwan and received the President’s Volunteer Service Award. In Thailand she sang at a Gates Foundation conference, and at Yankee Stadium, the national anthem. Her song Flying On won the Marvin Hamlisch International Music Award. In this hour: the UN stage that sent her running to the bathroom, an hour of singing in the rain on Fifth Avenue, the song and the social media campaign that found her brother a kidney donor, My Princess Era, The Non-Conform(ess), and what she’d tell the young woman who’s been told she has to pick one world. She sings a little, too. Chapters: 00:00 How they met, and performing at six 04:59 English or Spanish first, and growing up a multicultural Latina 10:59 The UN stage that made her knees shake 13:25 Taiwan and Thailand, then the photos from Yankee Stadium to Fifth Avenue 21:27 Flying On and the Marvin Hamlisch award, then My Brother, Big Brother 27:44 Speak Up, written at 15 or 16, and the ASCAP songwriting camp 31:08 Whitney Houston at 12 leads to the UN, plus the President’s Volunteer Service Award 36:02 The Fifth Avenue float, and Sophia sings 38:34 “Pick all of you,” then six-year-old Sophia and The Non-Conform(ess) 43:05 My Princess Era at a castle, Medellín, and the lightning round

  2. Oct 22

    Dr. Julie Ducharme | Founder of SHE Talks

    Connect with Dr. Julie Ducharme: https://drjulieducharme.com/ https://leadandempowerher.com/ https://synergylearninginstitute.org/ https://jdconsultingsolutions.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjulieducharme/ https://www.instagram.com/julietaylorducharme https://www.facebook.com/DrJulieDucharmeCOMMANDERINPINK/ https://www.youtube.com/user/juliemducharme https://www.tiktok.com/@drjulietaylorducharme Dr. Julie Ducharme was 18 when a professor handed back a D and told her she wasn't smart enough to be in school. Her mom told her to go get a tutor. Ten years later, a dean with companies of her own, she ran into him. "That's Dr. Julie Ducharme and I'm doing just fine. Thank you." She played basketball and volleyball on a dual-sport scholarship, then walked into tryouts overseas and made the pro teams. Her first company, Julie's Party People, started at 22 or 23 and grew into one of the largest event companies in San Diego. Today she's the founder of Lead and Empower Her SHE Talks, a networking group for women that started there and is now in six countries. It has a magazine, three books, and a stadium event coming April 3. In this hour: the 101-things-women-do-wrong book she threw out, Leading By My Ponytail and Inc's list, the college she runs for military veterans, the crock pot of apple cider that got a silent office talking, 10,000 Women Rising, and what the woman with a story and no stage should do tomorrow morning. Chapters: 00:00 Cold open, the intro, and what happens in a SHE Talks room 06:59 Three books and the youth who speak (her daughter Abigail wrote hers at 13) 12:34 The tryouts overseas, and what the court taught her 15:29 Leading By My Ponytail, and the 101-things-women-do-wrong book she threw out 22:06 "You're just not smart enough to be in school," and the professor she met ten years later 25:19 Leaders vs. managers, the crock pot, and Woman of the Year at the Capitol 33:29 The college for veterans, and Combat Boots to Heels 40:53 JD Consulting and 10,000 Women Rising (the stadium event is April 3 in San Diego) 45:49 Julie's Party People, about 99 balloons an hour 54:02 Tomorrow morning, for the woman with a story and no stage

  3. Oct 15

    Monica Kretschmer | Founder of Women of Inspiration

    Connect with Monica Kretschmer: https://universalwomensnetwork.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicakretschmer/ https://www.instagram.com/universalwomensnetwork https://www.facebook.com/UniversalWomensNetwork https://open.spotify.com/show/5HNcHpzJgJg3mRUfKnLBkx https://www.youtube.com/@universalwomensnetwork Monica Kretschmer became a single mother overnight, to a seven-month-old boy. Then came more than 4,800 hours of family litigation, a 22-day trial, and eight more years representing herself. "So it took me really 18 years to get out of a 15 month marriage." When the trial was over she wanted to thank her lawyer, so one Saturday morning in 2015 she sold out a room at WinSport in Calgary and put her on that stage. That was the first Women of Inspiration Awards. In this hour: the five people who stood by her, why she invited men in with SupportHER, the trucking companies that put women's faces on the side of their trucks, Hazel McCallion's one-word answer, and the memoir she's writing, ALL IN. Chapters: 00:00 Cold open, the intro, and the night her life changed 03:27 The Power Era, after years of feeling powerless 05:24 "My picker was a little off" 07:20 Eight or nine lawyers in the room. She had one. 10:31 The five people who stood by her, and 18 years to leave a 15-month marriage 12:39 The awards began as a thank-you to her lawyer. WinSport, September 26, 2015 18:29 SupportHER, the idea her advisors called "career suicide" 23:24 International SupportHER Day, then the trucking companies that said yes 31:30 Ten years of sticky notes on the dining room wall, and Hazel McCallion's one word 38:34 The memoir, ALL IN, then her mom's sixty years of Tuesday bingo

  4. Oct 8

    Tony Toscano | Robin Williams, Frank Sinatra, Harrison Ford, and More

    Connect with Tony: Screen Chatter: https://screenchatter.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScreenChatter1 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheScreenChatterInterviewPage X: https://x.com/TalkingPictures Screen Chatter on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScreenChatter Tony Toscano was seventeen and playing big band records on his hometown radio station in West Covina when he told listeners to go see Frank Sinatra in Tony Rome. The phone rang. It was Sinatra, and they talked on the air for ten minutes. That was 1972. Tony took Talking Pictures from that station to television in Salt Lake City, into 65 million homes, and to two Emmys, then retired it after twenty years because studios kept telling him what to ask. In this hour, he talks about Story Forge, the event where he and Cynthia met, what Harrison Ford and Robin Williams were like off camera, why every movie starts with five stars, and what the river gives him that a theater can't. Chapters: 00:00 Five decades of asking the questions, and Story Forge 04:24 Seventeen, on the air, and Frank Sinatra on the phone 12:11 "Talking Pictures," and the aunt who voiced Rocky 16:12 The perfect face for radio 24:31 His favorite movies, genre by genre 28:43 Forty beta tapes a day, then two Emmys 33:47 Why he retired Talking Pictures for Screen Chatter 40:49 Harrison Ford, Robert Redford, and Robin Williams off camera 45:23 Every movie starts with five stars 52:01 The river, the barbecue, and the first movie he ever saw

  5. Oct 1

    Justin Jacobs: "The Universe Made the Decision. They Fired Me."

    Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music, or watch on YouTube, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. Connect with Justin Jacobs: Health Plan Markets: https://joinhpm.com/about-hpm/ Journey to the Summit (book): https://a.co/d/02yav2WQ Closed! with Justin Jacobs (podcast): https://open.spotify.com/show/3CPSTUthrgstcYN4qYhjvR LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-jacobs-838490a3/ HPM on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/health-plan-markets/home/ HPM on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/healthplanmarkets/ HPM on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askhpm/ HPM on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvxk-6JALJGB76jopAVzUUA Justin Jacobs got his insurance license in 2005 after a friend showed him a paycheck, and started Health Plan Markets in 2013 out of the trunk of his car. He had the company set up for eight months before he left his job, and he didn't leave by choice: "The universe made the decision for me. They fired me." Today HPM supports more than 700 agents in 41 states. In this hour he talks about the kitchen tables that hooked him on the work, the iceberg nobody sees under a success, the agent he bet against who became a top producer, and his field journal for agents, Journey to the Summit. He also explains why he now runs his marriage on the same system he uses to run the company. Chapters: 00:00 The trunk of a car, and the paycheck that got him licensed 05:06 Crying at the kitchen table: why he believes in this work 08:24 The iceberg, and the 90 percent nobody sees 15:32 Marketing for doctors, coasting, and a boss named Gus 21:41 "The universe made the decision for me. They fired me." 25:54 Brenda Powell, the agent he bet against 28:59 The first hundred agents, and his book, Journey to the Summit 38:12 He runs his marriage like his company 42:29 Serving those who serve others, and a $150,000 heart surgery 50:36 Night diving in Key Largo, and the Orlando nobody sees

  6. Sep 10

    Inside My Silence with Franklin Vanderbilt

    Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music, or watch on YouTube, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. Connect with Franklin Vanderbilt: Website: https://franklinvanderbilt.com Merch: https://franklinvanderbilt.com/merch Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/franklin_vanderbilt_official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/franklinvanderbiltdrummer YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franklinvanderbilt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@franklin_vanderbilt X: https://x.com/fvanderbiltdrum Everybody's Talking About Love is on all streaming platforms: https://hypeddit.com/everybodystalkingaboutlove Franklin Vanderbilt started on drums at five in Chicago, toured the world with Lenny Kravitz, and has played with Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, and Robby Krieger of The Doors. Then one night in Europe he walked off stage frustrated, because he wanted to say more than the drums could. In this hour he tells how a drummer picked up a 12-string guitar as a songwriter and "turned into a guitar player," how he found his voice by focusing on inner space instead of outer space, and about the night Alan Parsons apologized for not calling him up to the drums at a jam session: "In my head, you're a singer." He plays Everybody's Talking About Love live, guitar and voice, and explains Royal Cadence, the cultural and luxury house he founded. Asked what reinvention is, he answered in one word: power. Chapters: 00:00 Chicago, the drums, and audacity 05:21 The stage taught him where he belongs 10:23 The Lenny Kravitz years, and the songs he was already writing 12:23 Why a drummer picked up a guitar 15:09 The night he walked off stage frustrated 16:46 Inner space: how he found his own voice 20:36 He plays Everybody's Talking About Love, live 29:04 Inside My Silence, and the day Alan Parsons forgot he was a drummer 34:33 Good things take time: why he held the album 39:46 Royal Cadence, what success means now, and "reinvention is power"

  7. Sep 3

    Monica Walls | Every Shade Tells a Story

    Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music, or watch on YouTube, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. Connect with Monica Walls: Website: https://kecasusna.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicawalls/ Keca's Usna on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/keca-s-usna/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kecasusna/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kecasusna/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kecasusna Monica Walls fell into HR as a walk-on temp at Applied Materials and spent nearly thirty years in Silicon Valley, rising to VP of People. Then a childhood friend told her, "You've had an idea for lipstick since grad school. If you don't do it now, you're never going to do it." She had a mortgage and no second income. She did it anyway. Keca's Usna is the result: Keca was her nickname as a teenager, Usna is Croatian for lip. In this hour she tells the CEO story she'd never shared publicly, takes us to her grandfather's island in Croatia, explains the necklace behind Strength, Faith, Love, and walks Cynthia through the box she sent (Cynthia wears the raspberry live on air). Every model on her website is a woman she knows. Her line for all of them: "Who we are today is enough." Chapters: 00:00 Keca's Usna: what the name means, and falling into HR 07:06 The CEO meeting she'd never shared publicly 10:17 "If you don't do it now": the leap to lipstick 16:46 Croatia: her grandfather's island and a box of prom pictures 22:13 Croatian shade names, and the necklace behind Strength, Faith, Love 28:44 The formula: long-lasting, hydrating, not sticky 33:47 Cynthia opens the box: seed paper, bamboo cloths, and why raspberry 40:13 Be bold, be you: real women as models 49:20 Her niece Natalia's shade story, and "you are the statement" 53:06 If something is missing, plus the rapid fire

  8. Aug 27

    Freddie Ravel | A Life in Tune

    Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music, or watch on YouTube, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. Connect with Freddie: Website: https://freddieravel.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freddieravel LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freddieravel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freddie.ravel.2025 Freddie Ravel grew up speaking three languages: Spanish from his Colombian mother Ruby, then music, then English in kindergarten. That third language took him everywhere. He directed Earth, Wind & Fire, played the Grammys three feet from Prince, recorded Evita with Madonna, and toured the world on Carlos Santana's Universal Tone tour. Today the City of Los Angeles calls him the Keynote Maestro for Life In Tune, the system he brings to companies like IBM and NASA: melody is leadership, harmony is collaboration, rhythm is execution. In this hour he plays his way through all of it, from Mas Que Nada to Beethoven's Fifth, and makes the case that the space between the notes, and really listening, is the whole secret. Asked at the end what a life in tune sounds like, he answered in one word: bliss. Chapters: 00:00 How music found him: his mother Ruby 03:09 Touring with Sergio Mendes, and how music is built 09:01 What a musical director does: September at the Hollywood Bowl 16:26 Life In Tune: melody, harmony, rhythm, and the score 19:37 The studio years, and leadership from inside the bands 26:44 Prince, Santana, and Earth, Wind & Fire 33:31 From the keyboard to the keynote 35:36 Beethoven's Fifth: the space between the notes 42:48 Ruby, Dad at 91, and a Christmas album like no other 52:11 Rapid fire: the accordion, Mozart, and a 97-key piano

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The Cynthia Manion Show is a transformative podcast journey where the extraordinary meets the relatable. Hosted by Cynthia Manion, this show uncovers the stories behind the world's most dynamic movers, shakers, and changemakers. Each episode takes you on an intimate journey into the lives of remarkable individuals who've made significant contributions in their respective fields. From the realms of fitness and fashion to entrepreneurship and mental health, you'll hear firsthand accounts of triumphs, trials, and the key moments that shaped their lives.

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  • Creator
    Cynthia Manion
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    139
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Cynthia Manion
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    The Cynthia Manion Show