Make It To Midnight is FINALLY here!! This has been a passion project in my head for almost two years now and I'm excited to finally get it out of my brain and into a video.
I'm hoping this show can be a place where people find inspiration, motivation, laughs, tears, and words they needed to see or hear.
The world is a lot smaller than we think and we are all a lot more connected than we realize. I want to help show people that there is a story out there or a life lived that they can draw inspiration from when they need it most.
Life is hard and we are all just trying to make it to midnight each day.
Submit something to makeit2midnight@gmail.com that has helped you make it to midnight and I will share it on one of the shows or in my sub stack that I'm working on now.
Thanks for your support!
Moussa Diabate Shares His Inspirational Journey To NBA, Leaving France At Age 13 & Best Anime
In this episode of Make It To Midnight we have the 2026 NBA Hustle Award Winner, Moussa Diabate on the podcast!!
Moussa is one of the hardest working, consistent, mentally tough and genuine people I’ve ever met and I’ve had the honor of knowing him since his high school days at IMG Academy.
In this episode we cover it ALL:
4:40 Best Anime
11:00 training video that changed everything
13:30 Telling his mom he was moving to America at 13
20:15 First Thanksgiving dinner
23:00 High school journey at Monte Verde, DME and IMG Academy
31:30 Receiving first offer in 9th grade
35:00 Advice for a foreign basketball player moving to the USA
41:00 Almost passing out at Michigan walking to practice
44:40 Declaring for Draft/Dealing w/ Michigan fans
52:45 Impactful Conversation w/ Tom Thibodeau
55:00 Stressful NBA Draft process/PISSED on draft night
1:02:36 Playing w/ Paul George & Kawhi Leonard
1:06:00 Taj Gibson mentorship
1:09:55 The love Charlotte has for him
1:13:44 Signing his first Full-time NBA Contract
1:24:30 Legacy he wants to leave behind
1:25:08 Make It To Midnight Question
3 Aug 2026
How Micah Christopher Went From Almost Quitting Music To Performing At The Grand Ole Opry
This week on Make It To Midnight we have Christian music singer/songwriter Micah Christopher on the podcast.
Micah moved to Nashville in 2019 and went through four years of being told "no" by almost every record label to making his Opry debut a few months ago.
Micah's story is a story of resilience, patience, adversity, and optimism all wrapped in one. There are valuable lesson for everyone regardless of what profession you are in.
I hope you enjoy this episode and make sure to go support Micah's newest song "Saving Jesus" ft. Conner Smith that releases August 7th.
6 Jul 2026
DeShone Kizer Explains Why He Left The NFL, Impact Of Mike Vrabel & What Makes Notre Dame Special
In this weeks Make It To Midnight Episode I sit down with current entrepreneur and ex-NFL QB Deshone Kizer for an awesome conversation surrounding football, leadership, work ethic, teamwork and tons of other life lessons.We breakdown EVERYTHING:
0:00 Intro
3:36 Life-changing conversation w/ dad
20:00 Why Notre Dame is so unique
33:00 Clemson Hurricane game
42:00 Getting his first internship
51:30 Lessons learned in Cleveland
59:00 3 Browns Teammates He Admires The Most
1:11:00 Mike Vrabel Impact1
15:00 Deciding to leave the NFL for Entrepreneurship
1:20:00 Hardest part of the transition to the business world
1:24:00 Lessons learned through mistakes in business
1:36:00 Sports marketing is a joke
1:41:30 Importance of Travel
1:44:00 Biggest Hurdle for One Of None
1:46:00 Make It To Midnight Lesson
Thanks to everyone who supports this page, I appreciate each and every one of yall and I hope you enjoy this conversation!
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