Think Bigger Actors Podcast

Success in the Entertainment Industry is an inside job and it starts and is sustained with your mindset and the thoughts you hold dominate in your mind. Hosted by working actor and certified life coach, DaJuan Johnson (Amazon’s Bosch, Grey’s Anatomy). The TBAP brings listeners into the minds of their fellow artists and industry professionals with honest conversations about their inside journey and path to “making it.”

Podcast Takeover - Season 2 Finale Takeover w/ Christine Horn 12/06/2021

Episode 216: Joe Girard- Bohemia Group- Manager 11/15/2021

Episode 215: Mapuana Makia - Road to Series Regular 10/11/2021

Episode 214: Deji LaRay - Actor to Showrunner and all the beauty in between 09/27/2021

Episode 213: Emerson Brooks - My Acting Nemesis 09/13/2021

Episode 212: Heidi Dean - Social Media Expert for Actors 08/30/2021

Episode 211: Johnny Webster - The Manager that Dropped Me 08/15/2021

Episode 210: Jasmin Savoy Brown 07/18/2021

Episode 209: Angel Parker 07/11/2021

Episode 208: Angela Cohen, Mike Dolphy 07/05/2021

Episode 207: Brian Patacca 06/28/2021

Episode 206: Elle Johnson 06/21/2021

Episode 205: Caroline Liem 06/07/2021

Episode 204 - Raymond Lee 05/24/2021

Episode 203 - Alexis Allen Winter 05/10/2021

Episode 202- Kirby Howell-Baptiste 04/26/2021

Episode 201 04/12/2021

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 5 03/22/2021

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 5 Special Edition Episodes of DEI Training I wanted to tackle DEI -- Diversity Equity and Inclusion -- training from its roots. I decided to start with me and like any other normal person share it on a podcast. I can't show up effectively, the way I want to as a leader, mentor, coach, friend, Think Bigger Tribe member without also doing my work. So here we are. In these 5 episodes, you will see ME, DaJuan Johnson, become the STUDENT as I learn about my roots and how they affect my experience as a person of color. I sat down with , a DEI expert, and dove in head first. What you're about to hear is me at my core...vulnerable, raw, and here for it all. Through the podcast I want you to imagine a TREE. Roots, Trunk and the Leaves...this is how we will tell the beginning of my DEI story. I say beginning, because I am clear that there is more work to be done. Episode 1 - We talk about my ROOTS. How growing up in a home where all I wanted to do was get away from the violence, but always had to be home before the streetlights came on, subconsciously shaped my earlier DEI experience. A time where I didn't fully see color and thought of my friends -- white, latinn, mixed -- as my siblings. A time that changed quickly... Episode 2A + 2B: We get into the "TRUNK" of my experience of DEI and talk about how I learned to "CODE SWITCH" to survive. To get ahead. To be successful. How being bused into a new high school that needed to fill a “black quota” changed my life. How my family made it clear, there were certain people -- in my family -- I was not supposed to be like. Episode 3A + 3B: We finish it off with the "LEAVES" of the tree and how I gave myself the "golden ticket" when I stopped trying to be someone else and stepped into DaJuan. Here is where we tie in all of the traditional DEI terms and apply them to my story as a whole. My highest intention here was to learn. And through sharing MY STORY, I hope you see YOUR STORY in it too. I hope that you see that DEI is truly about relationships at its core. I'm sure I stepped in poop on this podcast a couple of times, but what I know for sure is sometimes you have to step in poop to become the leader you are meant to be. My hope is it becomes less and less poop because...I'm here to lead. Connect with DaJuan Johnson: Official Website: & Instagram: & : where a Tribe of like minded actors come to take their career to the next level. #SeeYouOnSet /episode/index/show/thinkbiggerpodcast/id/18409340

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 4 03/22/2021

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 4 Special Edition Episodes of DEI Training I wanted to tackle DEI -- Diversity Equity and Inclusion -- training from its roots. I decided to start with me and like any other normal person share it on a podcast. I can't show up effectively, the way I want to as a leader, mentor, coach, friend, Think Bigger Tribe member without also doing my work. So here we are. In these 5 episodes, you will see ME, DaJuan Johnson, become the STUDENT as I learn about my roots and how they affect my experience as a person of color. I sat down with , a DEI expert, and dove in head first. What you're about to hear is me at my core...vulnerable, raw, and here for it all. Through the podcast I want you to imagine a TREE. Roots, Trunk and the Leaves...this is how we will tell the beginning of my DEI story. I say beginning, because I am clear that there is more work to be done. Episode 1 - We talk about my ROOTS. How growing up in a home where all I wanted to do was get away from the violence, but always had to be home before the streetlights came on, subconsciously shaped my earlier DEI experience. A time where I didn't fully see color and thought of my friends -- white, latinn, mixed -- as my siblings. A time that changed quickly... Episode 2A + 2B: We get into the "TRUNK" of my experience of DEI and talk about how I learned to "CODE SWITCH" to survive. To get ahead. To be successful. How being bused into a new high school that needed to fill a “black quota” changed my life. How my family made it clear, there were certain people -- in my family -- I was not supposed to be like. Episode 3A + 3B: We finish it off with the "LEAVES" of the tree and how I gave myself the "golden ticket" when I stopped trying to be someone else and stepped into DaJuan. Here is where we tie in all of the traditional DEI terms and apply them to my story as a whole. My highest intention here was to learn. And through sharing MY STORY, I hope you see YOUR STORY in it too. I hope that you see that DEI is truly about relationships at its core. I'm sure I stepped in poop on this podcast a couple of times, but what I know for sure is sometimes you have to step in poop to become the leader you are meant to be. My hope is it becomes less and less poop because...I'm here to lead. Connect with DaJuan Johnson: Official Website: & Instagram: & : where a Tribe of like minded actors come to take their career to the next level. #SeeYouOnSet /episode/index/show/thinkbiggerpodcast/id/18409316

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 3 03/22/2021

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 3 Special Edition Episodes of DEI Training I wanted to tackle DEI -- Diversity Equity and Inclusion -- training from its roots. I decided to start with me and like any other normal person share it on a podcast. I can't show up effectively, the way I want to as a leader, mentor, coach, friend, Think Bigger Tribe member without also doing my work. So here we are. In these 5 episodes, you will see ME, DaJuan Johnson, become the STUDENT as I learn about my roots and how they affect my experience as a person of color. I sat down with , a DEI expert, and dove in head first. What you're about to hear is me at my core...vulnerable, raw, and here for it all. Through the podcast I want you to imagine a TREE. Roots, Trunk and the Leaves...this is how we will tell the beginning of my DEI story. I say beginning, because I am clear that there is more work to be done. Episode 1 - We talk about my ROOTS. How growing up in a home where all I wanted to do was get away from the violence, but always had to be home before the streetlights came on, subconsciously shaped my earlier DEI experience. A time where I didn't fully see color and thought of my friends -- white, latinn, mixed -- as my siblings. A time that changed quickly... Episode 2A + 2B: We get into the "TRUNK" of my experience of DEI and talk about how I learned to "CODE SWITCH" to survive. To get ahead. To be successful. How being bused into a new high school that needed to fill a “black quota” changed my life. How my family made it clear, there were certain people -- in my family -- I was not supposed to be like. Episode 3A + 3B: We finish it off with the "LEAVES" of the tree and how I gave myself the "golden ticket" when I stopped trying to be someone else and stepped into DaJuan. Here is where we tie in all of the traditional DEI terms and apply them to my story as a whole. My highest intention here was to learn. And through sharing MY STORY, I hope you see YOUR STORY in it too. I hope that you see that DEI is truly about relationships at its core. I'm sure I stepped in poop on this podcast a couple of times, but what I know for sure is sometimes you have to step in poop to become the leader you are meant to be. My hope is it becomes less and less poop because...I'm here to lead. Connect with DaJuan Johnson: Official Website: & Instagram: & : where a Tribe of like minded actors come to take their career to the next level. #SeeYouOnSet /episode/index/show/thinkbiggerpodcast/id/18409214

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 2 03/22/2021

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 2 Special Edition Episodes of DEI Training I wanted to tackle DEI -- Diversity Equity and Inclusion -- training from its roots. I decided to start with me and like any other normal person share it on a podcast. I can't show up effectively, the way I want to as a leader, mentor, coach, friend, Think Bigger Tribe member without also doing my work. So here we are. In these 5 episodes, you will see ME, DaJuan Johnson, become the STUDENT as I learn about my roots and how they affect my experience as a person of color. I sat down with , a DEI expert, and dove in head first. What you're about to hear is me at my core...vulnerable, raw, and here for it all. Through the podcast I want you to imagine a TREE. Roots, Trunk and the Leaves...this is how we will tell the beginning of my DEI story. I say beginning, because I am clear that there is more work to be done. Episode 1 - We talk about my ROOTS. How growing up in a home where all I wanted to do was get away from the violence, but always had to be home before the streetlights came on, subconsciously shaped my earlier DEI experience. A time where I didn't fully see color and thought of my friends -- white, latinn, mixed -- as my siblings. A time that changed quickly... Episode 2A + 2B: We get into the "TRUNK" of my experience of DEI and talk about how I learned to "CODE SWITCH" to survive. To get ahead. To be successful. How being bused into a new high school that needed to fill a “black quota” changed my life. How my family made it clear, there were certain people -- in my family -- I was not supposed to be like. Episode 3A + 3B: We finish it off with the "LEAVES" of the tree and how I gave myself the "golden ticket" when I stopped trying to be someone else and stepped into DaJuan. Here is where we tie in all of the traditional DEI terms and apply them to my story as a whole. My highest intention here was to learn. And through sharing MY STORY, I hope you see YOUR STORY in it too. I hope that you see that DEI is truly about relationships at its core. I'm sure I stepped in poop on this podcast a couple of times, but what I know for sure is sometimes you have to step in poop to become the leader you are meant to be. My hope is it becomes less and less poop because...I'm here to lead. Connect with DaJuan Johnson: Official Website: & Instagram: & : where a Tribe of like minded actors come to take their career to the next level. #SeeYouOnSet /episode/index/show/thinkbiggerpodcast/id/18409277

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 1 03/22/2021

DEI: SPECIAL EDITION PART 1 Special Edition Episodes of DEI Training I wanted to tackle DEI -- Diversity Equity and Inclusion -- training from its roots. I decided to start with me and like any other normal person share it on a podcast. I can't show up effectively, the way I want to as a leader, mentor, coach, friend, Think Bigger Tribe member without also doing my work. So here we are. In these 5 episodes, you will see ME, DaJuan Johnson, become the STUDENT as I learn about my roots and how they affect my experience as a person of color. I sat down with , a DEI expert, and dove in head first. What you're about to hear is me at my core...vulnerable, raw, and here for it all. I give you permission to bounce around and trust that you will get exactly what you need where ever you start. Want to skip right to the end and just get the DEI traditional definitions, cool. Want to hear a story about code switching, cool too. Do you through this process and constantly check in with yourself. Through the podcast I want you to imagine a TREE. Roots, Trunk and the Leaves...this is how we will tell the beginning of my DEI story. I say beginning, because I am clear that there is more work to be done. Episode 1 - We talk about my ROOTS. How growing up in a home where all I wanted to do was get away from the violence, but always had to be home before the streetlights came on, subconsciously shaped my earlier DEI experience. A time where I didn't fully see color and thought of my friends -- white, latinn, mixed -- as my siblings. A time that changed quickly... Episode 2A + 2B: We get into the "TRUNK" of my experience of DEI and talk about how I learned to "CODE SWITCH" to survive. To get ahead. To be successful. How being bused into a new high school that needed to fill a “black quota” changed my life. How my family made it clear, there were certain people -- in my family -- I was not supposed to be like. Episode 3A + 3B: We finish it off with the "LEAVES" of the tree and how I gave myself the "golden ticket" when I stopped trying to be someone else and stepped into DaJuan. Here is where we tie in all of the traditional DEI terms and apply them to my story as a whole. My highest intention here was to learn. And through sharing MY STORY, I hope you see YOUR STORY in it too. I hope that you see that DEI is truly about relationships at its core. I'm sure I stepped in poop on this podcast a couple of times, but what I know for sure is sometimes you have to step in poop to become the leader you are meant to be. My hope is it becomes less and less poop because...I'm here to lead. Connect with DaJuan Johnson: Official Website: & Instagram: & : where a Tribe of like minded actors come to take their career to the next level. #SeeYouOnSet /episode/index/show/thinkbiggerpodcast/id/18409166

Episode 110: Justina Machado 08/10/2020

Episode 109: Dylan Mooney 07/27/2020

Episode 108: Hashtag Booked 07/13/2020

Episode 107: Jeffrey Todd 06/29/2020

Episode 106: Keston John - Part 2 06/15/2020

Episode 106: Keston John - Part 1 06/08/2020

Episode 105: Camille Chen 06/01/2020

Episode 104: Adam Tsekhman 05/18/2020

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