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.
Apex Ascend
When Leaders Act Like Pimps, Not Servants
In this episode of Apex Ascend, Rodney LaBruce draws a bold parallel between unhealthy churches and unhealthy politics. From the story of “Sweet Daddy” Bailey — a pastor who turned faith into personality worship — to the cult of personality in modern politics, Rodney unpacks the warning signs of toxic leadership: misplaced focus, lack of transparency, and exclusivity.
But he doesn’t stop at critique. Using Ezekiel's vision of the Valley of Dry Bones, Rodney lays out his vision for Texas’s District 30 — a community that ends poverty, becomes self-reliant, and serves as a model for the nation. This episode is both a challenge and a call to hope: demanding leadership rooted in service, transparency, and accountability, and believing that what looks dead can live again.
