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Second Chances

It's about life: addiction, recovery, and second chances. Each week comedians Greg Baldwin and Jimmy Shin talk to celebrities and normal folk about their second chance in life. Heroic, inspiring, often comedic true-life stories from the people who are living them.
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Now displaying: April, 2018
Apr 30, 2018

Growing up rough, bullying, boxing, and rehab - Ricky Quiles was in trouble and he talks about it all. Now he’s 13 years sober and says it is the best decision he’s ever made in his life. He’s a champion in boxing, but he’s also a champion of himself now in sobriety.

Ricky "Showtime" Quiles is a four-time championship prizefighter,  boxing trainer, and owner of Ricky's Boxing Gym.  He enjoys using his 18 years of professional experience, both in and out of the ring, to teach others about the sweet science of boxing. Currently, Ricky trains over 100 clients ranging from beginner to professionals in the Los Angeles, California area.

Born in Lorain, Ohio, he was enthralled with boxing at the young age of six.  By the age of fifteen, he was fighting in the Cleveland Golden Gloves, where he eventually captured three titles.  On May 4, 1989, at the age of nineteen, he turned pro after winning a four-round decision over his opponent. 

Over the next eighteen years, Ricky fought all over the world, collecting a series of titles including the WBF Junior Welterweight Title, the NABO Junior Welterweight Title, the WBC Continental Americas Junior Welterweight Title and the NABA Lightweight Title.  His fights have been featured on Pay-Per-View, "Friday Night Fights" on ESPN and ESPN 2 and "Tuesday Night Fights" on the USA Network. 

Apr 22, 2018

Jimmy Shin was set on being a successful lawyer, but the pressure threw him into a tailspin. Find out how he got out and now loves what he does, working with all his friends. An amazing turnaround and second chance at life. Jimmy has been mixing his musical and comedic talents all of his life. After graduating from California Western School of Law, Jimmy decided to take a more humorous path. While in Seattle, Jimmy won the honor of "Rookie Comedian of the Year" in the Seattle International Comedy Competition in 2005 and was advised by Ron Reid (The Producer of the competition) to move to Los Angeles. Although urged by his parents to become a lawyer, Jimmy decided to take a leap of faith and pursue his dreams of becoming a comic in LA. After moving to Los Angeles, Jimmy has been performing all around the country and producing shows at The World Famous Comedy Store. He has performed regularly at the Improv, Laugh Factory and The Comedy Store. His break came when he performed three times on The Tonight Show. His parents finally acknowledged that he was a real Comedian when they saw him perform on The Tonight Show and began supporting his decision to pursue a career in Entertainment. He has also appeared on the HBO Series "LUCK", The Carson Daly New Year's Special 2015 and most recently on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Apr 15, 2018

Comedian, author and playwright Steve Bluestein is on Second Chances telling the amazing stories of his time on the comedy scene, life, cancer, depression and his mother. He’s seriously funny and funny about serious subjects. Listen as he schools Greg and Joey about the early days of standup before there were comedy clubs.

Apr 9, 2018

Margo Romero is an Independent Producer and Director and has worked on over 100 projects. She is CEO of Blank Page Entertainment, Inc., which allows her to create a working environment that supports individual creativity and team work. The goal of BPE is to create content with integrity, entertainment and value. BPE specialties are advertising, art direction, budgeting, com, production, and radio. Margo and partners have produced several feature films, including “SIBLING RIVALRY”, “HOOKERS FOR JESUS” and the just completed, “BUTTERFLY”. BPE produces indie commercials and music videos, high end wedding and special event videos, demo reels, television pilots and sizzle reels. Margo Romero works as an editor / casting story developer on Expedition Impossible, The Job, Pay Load, The Mole, and The Apprentice.

Apr 2, 2018

Kirk Baltz was born in New York City, New York. He is best known for his role as Officer Marvin Nash, an LAPD police officer in the famous torture scene of the 1992 Quentin Tarantino film Reservoir Dogs. Kirk also starred in another film written by Tarantino, 1994's Natural Born Killers, as Roger. His other film credits include the 1990 drama film Dances With Wolves, the 1997 action film Face/Off and the 1998 political satire Bulworth.

Kirk has appeared in many made-for-television films, and starred in the 1999 miniseries To Serve and Protect. He starred in the short-lived 1992 television series Human Target, and played sinister stalker Steve Roth in The Marla Hanson Story (1991).

He has made guest appearances on shows including Will and Grace, NYPD Blue, Seven Days, The Shield, 24, and Without a Trace. Kirk was the first actor to portray the Batman villain Clayface in live-action, in the short-lived series Birds of Prey.

Kirk trained extensively as an actor in New York City and Los Angeles. He studied Meisner technique with Greg Zittle of The Neighborhood Play House, and Strasberg based work with Sandra Seacat, Tony Greco and Susan Batson, all renowned acting teachers and noted members of the Actor’s Studio.

In 1995, Kirk began teaching acting classes in Los Angeles, CA and acting workshops in other major cities across the U.S. and abroad. He continues to do so, while offering acting classes and private coaching in Los Angeles as well as on line sessions via Skype.

Kirk also does on set coaching for TV and film. Participants gain a better understanding of the differences between acting on stage, on camera and in a casting office. His Actor’s Intensive workshops have helped a great many actors, writers and directors to build strong acting technique, and tell compelling stories with clarity and conviction.

His acting classes empower artists to fully be who they are while realizing their absolute potential. All work is Meisner and Method based…using repetition, movement, sensory work, improvisation, writing, script analysis and varying exercises.

Sponsored by Chapelure Media http://chapeluremedia.com and Dimensions Recovery Centers http://dimensionsrecovery.com

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