High school basketball coach Gregg Downer created a staff of assistants for the purpose of coaching Kobe Bryant. Downer knew what he had in Kobe, and he knew what kind of attention Kobe would draw from opponents, from the media, from everywhere. So he did a really smart, really innovative thing: He brought on four assistants, and each coach would have his own specialized role. Pre-order Mike Sielski's related book: “The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality" (1/11/22):...

Happy Thanksgiving and welcome back everyone! I’m excited to have my sisters Jessica and Jackie back on to chat about all the drama that went down in my home with Riley recently. But you have to tune in to get the details and much more! Enjoy the show! THIS WEEK'S SPONSORS ANA LUISA JEWELRY> Get your Holiday gift on shop.analuisa.com/humble. BROOKLINEN > Visit www.brooklinen.com and use Promo code [HUMBLE] for $20 off with a minimum purchase of $100 FRAMEBRIDGE > Go to...

Kobe Bryant wasn’t quite flashing The Mamba Mentality yet. He was 13 years old and he was jumping into the middle of the school year at Bala Cynwyd Middle School. Then after a few more months, boom, he was heading to Lower Merion, a public high school in the suburbs just outside Philadelphia, a school where about 10 percent of the students were Black. This podcast project came out of writer Mike Sielski's related book: The Rise: Kobe Bryant and the Pursuit of Immortality (1/11/22). Pre-order...

Hey friends! I can’t believe it’s already Thanksgiving week. Wasn’t it just halloween? My Christmas tree is already up and I totally forgot about Thanksgiving lol. I hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday week with your loved ones. I am so grateful for all of you and the continued support you provide to the show! This past week was an emotional roller coaster. Some stuff went down at the Huddleston-Puche home and I am very much still processing my feelings about it. As usual I intend to...

If you want to get to the heart of the Kobe Bryant story, you have to start with the Joe Bryant story, and that means you have to start with Philadelphia. One of the pieces of Kobe’s story that tends to get glossed over is that his dad also played in the NBA. Joe Bryant spent eight years in the league. But throwing out that fact and then moving on doesn’t capture the full picture of Joe’s career. Because long before Kobe Bryant was a high school legend around Philadelphia, Joe Bryant was a...

Kobe Bryant: basketball superstar for the Los Angeles Lakers, five-time NBA champion, 18-time All-Star, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, children’s-book author, husband, father, sometimes a lightning rod for controversy and conflict, always a competitor beyond compare, a global icon. The tapes journalist Mike Sielski plays in this podcast series aren’t from the later years of Kobe's Lakers career when he was already a celebrity. They’re from 1996 and 1997, from when Kobe was a senior at...

Welcome back to the show! We’ve got lots to dig into today and who better than my cousin Thania to help me break down the details. Make sure to wish her a Happy Birthday this week, sadly though she can’t seem to remember how old she is lol. We get into all about how I was scammed last week on a crypto investment, Thania shares about her investment experiences, and lastly, I ask her to share about her special secret talent. Full disclosure my scam experience is mega cringe and has ALL the red...

Friends, please welcome back my wonderful and beautiful mom, Connie Puche. We take some time to discuss some unexpected results of my recent nose job. She catches us up on her trip to Miami and all of the opportunities that are opening up for her with the Dreamers and how she needs to start dating again. We take a good amount of time to talk about how divorce has effected our family. I really appreciate my mom’s patience and kindness to allow me to share these details with you all and I hope...

Coming 11/16/21: What if we could go back in time, before he became the icon, and ask him: how did you become Kobe Bryant? “I Am Kobe” tells the story of Kobe Bryant’s early life through his coaches, his family, his friends. With never-before-heard intimate tapes of Kobe himself. His thoughts, his dreams, his goals from his teenage years, revealed for the first time. Listen to “I Am Kobe” for free on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, and all the places you get podcasts. Listen to his...

Welcome back humble bee’s! Hope everybody had a fun and safe Halloween! I’m joined today by my two best friends and sisters, Jessica and Jackie!  Were chatting all about how I went under the knife few days ago, so of course it promoted a lot of plastic surgery talk plus other sister conversation shenanigans!  And DRINKING GAME ALERT whenever we say ‘Just The Tip’ take a drink!  Enjoy the show THIS WEEK'S SPONSORS BETTERHELP > Go to www.betterhelp.com/humble and get 10% off your...

Today we are talking ‘all things cars’! I know I’m not the poster child for speaking on such a topic but, I just got a new car this weekend and not to toot my own horn, but I’m so proud of my decision. Especially, negotiating the lease for this new car all by myself. Thank you all for submitting your questions, I have so much information for you all. I don’t want you to make the same mistakes as I once did, and I know a lot of you have said you’re either looking to get into a car or are...

Here we go again! Well, I can’t wait to share with you the crazy week it has been. As soon as I stopped last week’s recording, everything went downhill. My sister Jacqueline O’Brien joins me to talk all about it. I get to share with her how I admire her marriage and she opens up about what makes that special. We also get into some funny and embarrassing stories about tattoos, my old ways and much more. Enjoy the show! THIS WEEK'S SPONSORS BETTER HELP > Special offer for Humble &...

Welcome to show everyone and happy Labor Day weekend! I hope you are all having a fun and SAFE time, whatever that looks like this year. That being said, today we are embarking on a conversation that I originally wanted to stay away from but, in light of the past couple weeks I felt I could not avoid it. Yes, our house got hit with Covid. Now, I typically shy away from politics and inflammatory content but, I always want to be honest and open with you all. I invite my cousin Thania, host of...

Hello friends, this one is going to be a little different. We are under a hush hush scenario as Piper sleeps in the room next door while Riley and I invite you to our 24hr stay in LA. We talk about the unique experience it was to bring a child to a luxury hotel and restaurant, how it actually informs and helps in Riley’ perspective as a father and hospitality professional. We give you the inside scoop on the top places to eat in LA, tips on traveling as a family, and much more. Hopefully our...

Well friends, it’s been a wild week to say the least. Piper started her first day of preschool and we’re trying to figure out an issue with her skin! Fortunately, my guest today and unofficial 4th sister, Thania Guardino, host of the the podcast Faith & Other F Words, joins me to hear all about the drama.  Amidst a brief mention of sex toys and vibrating plates, we also talk about her experience with mercury poisoning, and how Tania has always been there to inspire me through the hard...