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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
  • Take 4 EP 220 "Christmas Light Tour" 2025
    Dec 26 2025

    This is our annual tour of lights for the men and women still incarcerated.

    Before we start the tour, we do announcements, recap of events like Christmas party, talk sports, show video shout outs from residents and other organizations.

    This episode plays on their tablets inside prisons and jails across the nation. They can call their loved ones on the tablets, and the whole family can look at lights together.

    This year, we had technical trouble at Prairie Lights so we went to Dallas Zoo Lights.

    We did salvage a couple of angles from Prairie Lights that we added to the end.

    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 15 mins
  • Bonus Song: "There For You" by John Montana and Terry Solley
    Dec 24 2025

    John Montana performs "There For You"

    Written by John Montana and Terry Solley

    We air this here but it's for the men and women behind bars to enjoy too. If you have a loved one on the inside, across the nation, tell them to watch on the Edovo app, the Podcast App (Securus), the NCIC tablet (county jails).

    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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    4 mins
  • EP 219 "Seminary, Songs, and Stories" with John Montana
    Dec 24 2025

    In this episode we sit down with John Montana. John is an author, speaker, father, husband, and prison minister.

    He comes from a family of partiers but now, they’re all prison ministers and serving the Lord.

    After having surgery at a young age, he became addicted to Vicodin and then eventually found Zannax. While giving his child a bath, an accident happened and his child was burned. He felt so guilty and ashamed, that he prayed and told God that if He gave him 30 years he would sign it.

    He was offered 30 years so he took it. What seemed like the end, was only the beginning.

    After a conversation with an atheist, and a visit with his grandma, He gave his heart to the Lord and began growing every day. While in prison, he got his B.S. in Biblical Studies from Southwestern Baptist Seminary.

    He was also part of the Field Minister team and the worship team. When he entered prison he had a 3rd grade reading level. You will want to hear him tell his story, part of his dad’s and sister’s story and how they’ve all broken al the generational curses in their family.

    He also sings a couple Christmas songs and original songs for the men and women behind bars.

    To buy John’s book: https://a.co/d/ayQIv4L

    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

    Would you like to be a sponsor on the show? Contact Jay Dan at jaydangumm@forgivenfelons.org

    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 35 mins
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