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Background Check Podcast

Background Check Podcast

By: Jay Dan Gumm
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After five DWI’s landed me prison, something had to change. One day I got into a fight and I spent eight days in solitaire confinement thinking about my life and the decisions I had made that led me to that dark place, literally. I came out of the hole a different man with a different heart, mind, soul, direction, and outlook on life. I got mentored by a couple of inmates who eventually made parole but within a year they were both back in. This confused me and ticked me off. I wondered how I was going to make it out there. Since my release in 2006 we’ve opened up a transitional house for men, with another ”ranch” coming, launched a documentary, been on the Mike Huckabee Show, launched this podcast, and it goes into prisons all over the nation.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Social Sciences True Crime
Episodes
  • EP 227 "What We Learned at the Rodeo" with Jay Dan and Jessa
    May 22 2026

    In this episode, Jay Dan and Jessa talk about everything from her short sermon coming up, date nights, inmate graduation classes, dad jokes and funny commercials, Jay Dan's trip to the ER, the Ranger's, Jessa's new club volleyball team, and what we learned when we went to the Ellis County Rodeo.

    We also highlight one of our newest residents at the house.

    It's a fun episode where Jessa gives some shout outs to her junior high friends.

    To partner with us please click here: https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support Other ways to support us: Cash App: $ForgivenFelons Mail Check to: Forgiven Felons PO Box 4283 Cedar Hill, TX 75106

    Forgiven Felons and Background Check Merchandise https://www.forgivenfelons.org/shop

    Are you in the market, or are wondering if you’re in a good position to buy a home, first time buyer, or refinance your current home? Jessamy Gumm, with Cross Country Mortgage can help. 972-897-5476 to get your journey started. Or email her at Jessamy.gumm@ccm.com Your background shouldn’t HOLD you back, it should PAY you back.

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    57 mins
  • Background Check-In May 19, 2026 Health Update
    May 19 2026

    Hey Background Check family, just wanted to give everyone on the inside a quick update with what's going on with my health. We got some great episodes coming with Jessa and Bill and Stephanie from The Edge Podcast, but just wanted to share with you what's been happening to me the last 9 days.

    Thank you for your prayers.

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    9 mins
  • EP 226 "I'm Not That Person Anymore" with Audrey Guzman
    May 8 2026

    Audrey works for a roofing company, that she found through a second chance staffing agency, which she found because she was connected to B.I.G. Love Ministries.

    Audrey's motherhood journey is a rough one, but God is redeeming the time in her life and she is living a life that her family admits is very different. She's involved in church leadership, recovery groups, and prison ministry.

    We cry and laugh through her story that involves, abandonment, drug using and dealing, jail, a raid with her own son, prison, and falling on her knees crying out to God.

    Share this with a mom you know needs it.

    To partner with us please click here:

    https://www.forgivenfelons.org/support

    Other ways to support us: Cash App: $ForgivenFelons Mail Check to: Forgiven Felons PO Box 4283Cedar Hill, TX 75106

    Forgiven Felons and Background Check Merchandise

    https://www.forgivenfelons.org/shop

    Are you in the market, or are wondering if you’re in a good position to buy a home, first time buyer, or refinance your current home?

    Jessamy Gumm, with Cross Country Mortgage can help. 972-897-5476 to get your journey started. Or email her at Jessamy.gumm@ccm.com

    Your background shouldn’t HOLD you back, it should PAY you back.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
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