The Brittany Mitchell Podcast

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A former TV news anchor turned entrepreneur shares her real-life story of changing careers at the top of her game... leaving behind the crazy hours of the newsroom for a life centered around family, faith and being her own boss. With the storytelling ability that made her a great journalist, Brittany interviews guests who share her belief we're all better versions of ourselves when we learn to take the lesson, throw away the experience, and embrace our God-given potential.

  1. 11/25/2025

    April Hernandez Castillo: Reclaiming Your Life And Voice After Escaping Intimate Partner Violence

    April Hernandez Castillo is a Hollywood actor you may know from her unforgettable role as Eva in Freedom Writers alongside Oscar-winner Hilary Swank, or from her appearances on Law & Order: SVU, Gossip Girl, and Showtime’s Dexter. But beyond the screen, April is an author and speaker who has spent more than a decade traveling the country, sharing her story with audiences from college campuses to juvenile detention centers. Her book, Embracing Me, chronicles her journey through resilience, forgiveness, and healing after experiencing intimate partner violence as a teenager — and the strength she discovered in reclaiming her voice. She joins us for a conversation that is honest, courageous, and deeply needed.

    39 min

  2. 04/12/2023

    Bree McKeen: Blowing Up The Bra & Unwiring An Industry

    Bree McKeen is blowing up the bra ... questioning everything from how it's made to how it feels and how both impact the women who wear it every day. But that's not the whole story. Bree is also a great example of how experience drives entrepreneurism. And the success of her company Evelyn & Bobbie is proof more products for women need to be made by women. An industry unwired, in this edition of the podcast.

    38 min

  3. 12/07/2022

    Lauren Tremper: How America's Opioid Epidemic Fueled A Foster Care Crisis

    Across America, more than 400,000 children are in foster care. These days, it's largely due to the nation's opioid epidemic. The number of children and youth entering care due to abuse and neglect related to their parents' substance use disorders has skyrocketed. Meanwhile, the number of foster families can't keep up with demand. But an organization called America's Kids Belong is hoping to change that... working in states nationwide to empower communities to dramatically improve the experience and outcomes for children in foster care. Lauren Tremper is among those leading the charge to combat what experts call a solvable crisis.

    30 min

  4. 11/09/2022

    Betsy Rhodes: A Suicide Loss Survivor's Story

    Betsy Rhodes wants us to talk about suicide. If that makes you uncomfortable, then you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode of the podcast. She’s on a mission to assure we take our mental health as seriously as our physical health. And as we exit a pandemic during which the number of Americans suffering from mental health challenges has doubled, there may be no more important time for that conversation. While Betsy's story starts with tragedy, she'll tell you it ends with hope.

    35 min

  5. 10/26/2022

    Sandra Coates: United + Tru

    Sandra Coates is determined to create a world in which women stop chasing outer beauty and start walking in their God-given beauty, identity and purpose. A tall order in a world where social media has become a constant source of comparison. But through her organization United + Tru, this wife, mom and author is working to take the battle for body positivity to a place you might not expect. The fashion show runway.

    32 min

  6. 10/12/2022

    Angie Jorgensen: Flatlining to Silver Lining

    The biblical definition of the word "miracle" is an extraordinary event taken as a sign of the power of God. Angie Jorgensen of Omaha, Nebraska says her life is nothing less. Ten years ago, she died... twice. Doctors told her family to say their goodbyes. And yet, incredibly this wife, mom, entrepreneur and fitness trainer is alive, well and sharing her story in this episode as a reminder each of us is a walking miracle in our own way.

    33 min

  7. 09/28/2022

    Ava Holland: Combating Hygiene Poverty

    For those living below the poverty line in the United States... an estimated 37 million people... hygiene is a luxury. But Ava Holland is determined to change that. After stumbling across a random YouTube video, she was inspired to take on this global crisis by starting It Matters... an organization centered around collecting and donating personal care items to ministries, homeless shelters and domestic violence recovery centers. In this episode, how she's garnering grassroots support, the impact her organization has made in just a few years, and her dream to eradicate hygiene poverty.

    16 min

  8. 09/14/2022

    Merrill & Owen Schmidt: Happy Pops

    It all started with a horse. Quickly, a business born in a barn became a multi-state success story. In the season 2 debut of The Brittany Mitchell Podcast, we're talking with Merrill and Owen Schmidt. Brothers, entrepreneurs and founders of Happy Pops... and both younger than the horse that inspired them. Learn how they overcame age bias to succeed in business as teenagers, the impact their efforts are having on animal rescues from the Mid-Atlantic to New England, and what it means to "share your happy."

    22 min
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A former TV news anchor turned entrepreneur shares her real-life story of changing careers at the top of her game... leaving behind the crazy hours of the newsroom for a life centered around family, faith and being her own boss. With the storytelling ability that made her a great journalist, Brittany interviews guests who share her belief we're all better versions of ourselves when we learn to take the lesson, throw away the experience, and embrace our God-given potential.

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  • Creator
    Brittany Mitchell
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 The Brittany Mitchell Podcast
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