Apex Ascend
Apex Ascend is a weekly podcast where Rodney LaBruce amplifies the voices of Texas' District 30 residents, spotlighting real issues and offering bold, policy-driven solutions. It's where truth meets transformation—and everyday people rise and roar.
Podcasting since 2025 • 20 episodes
Apex Ascend
Latest Episodes
The Hidden Engine Behind Poverty
In this episode of Apex Ascend, Rodney LaBruce continues the “Understanding Poverty” series with one of the most important truths of all. Poverty is not random. It is not natural. It is created. And one of the engines that keeps it runnin...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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22:50
Access to Education and Opportunity
We’ve been told the same story our whole lives—go to school, get good grades, graduate, and success will follow. But what happens when you do all that and the door still doesn’t open? In this episode, Rodney LaBruce takes a hard loo...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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17:56
The Gospel of Wealth and the Sin of Inequality
A Nation Built for a Few From the Declaration to the Constitution, America’s founding documents promised liberty but protected wealth. In this episode, Rodney LaBruce traces how the nation’s economic system was designed to serve the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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21:02
When Stability Turns Fragile
In this first episode of the Understanding Poverty series, Rodney LaBruce challenges the myth that hard work alone guarantees success. Through personal reflection and powerful examples, he explores how poverty isn’t a matter of lazines...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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22:58
Beyond Resources: Transforming the Ecosystem of Poverty
In this episode of Apex Ascend, Rodney LaBruce unpacks why resources alone can’t fix broken communities. From a chance conversation with a formerly incarcerated man to lessons from a landmark Montgomery County study, he shows how the <...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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26:45
