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I so enjoyed my talk with Ron. We talked about music and what it's like to write a memoir, finding one's voice, and starting to write later in life. Ron is inspiring, fun, and just an all-around cool guy.

I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed talking with Ron.

Ronald Moss is a member of the Los Angeles Poets & Writers Collective and has been published in Method Writers speak Numbers Three, Four, and Seven.

In 2011, Ronald Moss started Honua Music Publishing with partner Andreas Schuller.

Honua writers were nominated for a Grammy for their work on the Justin Bieber album “Purpose” in 2017, and writer Alida Peck won multi-Platinum awards for co-writing and performing Robin Shultz's “In Your Eyes” in 2020.

Ronald Moss was directly responsible for signing artist/ songwriters Avril Lavigne and Mika to music publishing deals while at Rondor Music, winning the Ivor Novello Award for International Hit of the Year in 2002 for publishing the song “Complicated” and the “Songwriter of the Year Award for Mika in 2008.

Ron’s father, Jerry Moss, founded A&M Records along with his partner Herb Alpert in 1962. Ron started working for A&M Records at 15 in the shipping department and worked in the A&M studio, Promotion Department, and A&R department through college, graduating from Pepperdine University with a BSM in Business Management.

Ron lives in Haiku, Maui, with his wife Rhonda, and their dog, Kiko.

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Jeff Joslin is driven to make a difference in his life and in others' lives. He does this by how he shows up in the world and through his words.

Inspiration doesn’t just float into our lives on a breeze, at least not every day, but if you’re looking to start 2026 feeling inspired to create something, to write, and to follow your heart, then I think you’ll really enjoy this episode of Found Voices.

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Jeff Joslin is a martial artist in the truest sense of the term. Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, he grew up engulfed in the martial arts. His father, Rick, a three-time Canadian karate champion, opened up the family martial arts academy back in 1967.

Since age five, Jeff has dedicated his life to martial arts. A black belt in both Karate (6th Degree) and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (5th Degree), he’s competed at elite levels and has accomplished many things:

• Won over 200 first-place titles in striking, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and submission wrestling competitions spanning two decades
• Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame Member (Inducted 2022)
• First Canadian in history to win a major international Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament (Pan/American BJJ Championship 2002)
• IBJJF Master’s World Championship - Black Belt Bronze Medalist (2016)
• Fought in the UFC, TKO, Hardcore Fighting Championships and many other shows

Outside of teaching and training in martial arts, he loves spending time with his wife and two children. New to writing, he studies the art with the same passion and student mindset he brings as a fighter, and he looks forward to sharing many stories with readers in the future.

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I really enjoyed speaking with Frank Ishizaki. It’s not every day that you meet someone who casually refers to his life as source material. But when you’ve lived a life like Frank’s, one that reads like the most compelling script, you understand why. Two opposite worlds collide in his story: he was a gang member, and his father was an FBI agent.

But the thing about Frank is that he doesn’t define himself by that collision. He’s a phenomenal writer and a very cool human being.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed talking with Frank.

Frank J. Ishizaki is a writer and director from Los Angeles, raised by cops, gangs, and punk rock. Born on the island of Guam of Chamorro and Japanese descent, he draws from a childhood torn between his FBI agent father's world and his hidden life in violent street gangs.

Frank directed The World Poker Tour for over a decade and continues to direct high-stakes live television broadcasts. His poetry, essays, and fiction explore identity, belonging, and moral complexity, writing from the trenches of crime, power, and survival with unflinching authenticity. He holds a B.A. in Film and Television from California State University, Northridge, and lives in Sherman Oaks with his wife and their young son.

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