{"podcast":{"title":"Going Public With Ross Mandell","slug":"going-public-with-ross-mandell-7726056","podcast_index_feed_id":7726056,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/cWL8jqtR","website_url":"https://rossmandell.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/96b53e67-fd3a-4fc8-8813-b800a33897a8/71ada774-2d71-4b7a-ab3b-b700d8cab5f0/3000x3000/podcast_artwork_1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Ross Mandell","episode_count":161,"summary":"Ross Mandell, the pioneer who reshaped Wall Street, has catapulted hundreds of companies into the public sphere, crafting his legacy as an undisputed guru in investment banking and stock brokerage. Now, this sought-after public speaker captivates audiences worldwide, weaving his financial genius with life-altering inspiration, merging invaluable financial insights with profound life and business lessons to motivate and inspire a new generation.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T00:19:25.660954+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-public-with-ross-mandell-7726056"},"episode":{"title":"The Cost of Being a Kingpin | DEA, Federal Prison & Life After Incarceration","slug":"the-cost-of-being-a-kingpin-dea-federal-prison-life-after-incarceration","published_at":"2026-06-25T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-public-with-ross-mandell-7726056/the-cost-of-being-a-kingpin-dea-federal-prison-life-after-incarceration","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-public-with-ross-mandell-7726056","url":"https://rossmandell.com/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/podgo.simplecastaudio.com/4c15ef58-9a61-4ea8-9b67-92e903bca92b/episodes/d7a0006a-fdfa-47c5-82e5-3e43b373634c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=4c15ef58-9a61-4ea8-9b67-92e903bca92b&awEpisodeId=d7a0006a-fdfa-47c5-82e5-3e43b373634c&feed=cWL8jqtR","summary":"In this episode of Going Public with Ross Mandell, Ross sits down with Ryan Root, entrepreneur, hormone health educator, former federal inmate, and founder in the TRT / HRT / hormone replacement therapy space, for a raw conversation about testosterone, steroids, bodybuilding, federal prison, entrepreneurship, GLP-1 weight loss drugs, Ozempic, and rebuilding life after indictment. Ryan opens up about growing up undersized, struggling with low testosterone symptoms, discovering weight training, and eventually entering the underground world of performance-enhancing drugs, anabolic steroids, testosterone, bodybuilding forums, and hormone education. What started as a passion for helping people understand testosterone and hormones eventually turned into a major online operation — and then a federal case. Ross and Ryan break down what it feels like to be indicted by the federal government, why Ryan chose to plead guilty, how conspiracy cases work, what federal prison was really like, and how he rebuilt his life after serving time. Ryan also explains how he turned his past knowledge into a legal business through H4M, one of the larger hormone replacement and TRT clinics in the country. This conversation goes deep into the controversy around testosterone replacement therapy, the misinformation surrounding steroids, the difference between underground steroid use and medically supervised hormone therapy, and why Ryan believes testosterone has been misunderstood for decades. Ross and Ryan also discuss GLP-1 medications, Ozempic, weight loss, metabolic health, blood work, fitness, nutrition, and long-term health. If you are interested in TRT, HRT, testosterone therapy, hormone optimization, bodybuilding, steroid laws, federal prison stories, entrepreneurship after prison, Ozempic,…","meta_description":"In this episode of Going Public with Ross Mandell, Ross sits down with Ryan Root, entrepreneur, hormone health educator, former federal inmate, and founde…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4843,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/going-public-with-ross-mandell-7726056/episodes/the-cost-of-being-a-kingpin-dea-federal-prison-life-after-incarceration/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/going-public-with-ross-mandell-7726056/the-cost-of-being-a-kingpin-dea-federal-prison-life-after-incarceration.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}