Mission Unstoppable host Frankie Picasso will go anywhere to get a great interview.

This episode takes us on a journey that’s literally out of this world. Producer Margo McHugh, co-founder of Floating Lava Studios, joins us to talk about her latest film, Spirit of Christmas Station — a story that’s already making history before it even premieres.

Margo, along with her business and life partner Mathew Montgomery, has spent over a decade creating stories for screens big and small, with projects landing on Netflix, Hulu, Freeform, Amazon Prime, Tubi, and more. But this time, the story goes cosmic.

On Red Planet Day — November 28, 2025, the film will premiere inside NASA’s simulated Martian habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where Matt is currently living and working as part of NASA’s second CHAPEA mission — a 378-day analog mission to Mars.

It’s the first movie premiere ever held on “Mars,” and the real-life love story behind it is as inspiring as the film itself. Tune in for a conversation that blends cinema, science, and the human spirit — proving that when creativity and courage collide, the sky isn’t the limit.

Mission Unstoppable host Frankie Picasso welcomes guest Cornelia Kennedy Suskind, Mother to Owen Suskind who shares her life and experiences raising both her sons, Walter and Owen, the latter who was diagnosed with Regressive Autism.
The Suskind family are all featured in the award winning documentary, Life Animated, a film directed by Award Winning Director Roger Ross Williams.
The film is a coming of age story about a young man ( Owen) who lost his ability to speak as a child and retreated into his own world populated by Disney characters. Eventually his family discovered a unique way to communicate with their son by immersing themselves in the world of classic Disney Films.The film is based on the book, “Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes and Autism” written by Owen's father, Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Suskind and his wife Cornelia. This delightful, heartwarming and encouraging story,follows Owen as he graduates to adulthood and takes his first steps toward independence.

Mission Unstoppable Host, Frankie Picasso speaks with Filmmaker, Director, author and MOTHER, Nicole Conn, about her 12 x award winning documentary, 'little man', the true story about the emergency birth of her micro preemie son, Nicholas, born at 25 weeks-weighing 1 pound to a surrogate mom who was about to stroke out.

When everyone was telling her to let him go, her head and heart said NO. Nicole and Nicholas's courageous journey became ‘little man’—a raw, heart-wrenching, award-winning documentary filmed before, during, and long after her son Nicholas’s struggle for life.If you want to see or hear a true story where love prevailed, this is it. You can rent the film https://nicoleconnfilmsglobal.com/

🔥 Ever feel like you don’t belong… even when you’ve earned your seat at the table?
You’re NOT alone — and you’re definitely not broken. 💡

This week on #MissionUnstoppable, Frankie Picasso sits down with Jen Coken — Executive Leadership Coach, Speaker & Best-Selling Author — to reveal how to turn imposter syndrome into your SUPERPOWER! 🚀✨

From being a pioneer in the STEM field to coaching powerhouse women worldwide, Jen shares the strategies from her best-selling book, “Make Imposter Syndrome Your Superpower”, and why every woman — in STEM or otherwise — needs to hear this! 💜

🎧 Tune in, get inspired, and start leading with confidence!

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Frankie Picasso and her guest, Dr. Smith, a renowned expert in child and adolescent development and the author of Before Their Crimes: What We’re Misunderstanding About Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing, joins Frankie for an eye-opening conversation about Children who commit heinous crimes and how they arrive at that juncture in their lives. Were they born bad? Are their parents or lack of, at fault? Do we owe our children ( by our I mean society) an apology for letting them down?

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)—the hidden wounds shaping lives and, in some cases, leading to tragic outcomes are real. Bad things happen to a lot of us, but they don't always result in us killing someone. Why them and not us?

With 35 years of clinical practice and academic leadership at USC’s Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Dr. Smith unpacks the science and soul behind the choices children make under the weight of toxic stress and trauma.

She candidly addresses:

✔️ Why some children commit unthinkable acts

✔️ How our stress response systems can be permanently altered

✔️ The role environment plays in shaping behavior

✔️ What true healing from trauma looks like—and how it can begin

And yes, the Menendez Brothers’ recent bid for resentencing is part of the conversation—offering timely context to a national conversation about justice, trauma, and what we owe the youngest among us.

Mission Unstoppable host Frankie Picasso interviews mountaineer, adventurer and motivational speaker Nigel Vardy, who 25 years after losing his fingers, toes and nose and more, revisits Mount Denali, ( McKinely at the time) where he almost died with 2 others members of his team.

Frostbitten is the documentary they filmed on the anniversary visit and it will soon be in theaters near you.

Nigel went on to climb 7 mountains, sea kayak and do anything those who love nature and extreme athleticism like to do!

Mission Unstoppable Host Frankie Picasso welcomes Debra De Liso, writer, producer, director and chief bottle washer for Small Town, the Indie Movie that she will be starting to film come August 2024. Ella Godinez the marketing director joined us as well and let us know how YOU out there, can be a part of this amazing film to be. Tune in to find out how you can get your name in the credits of this film. Small town needs another 8,000. USD to come into being. If you want to contribute and be an Angel Investor, please go to https://www.smalltown-movie.com/

Mission Unstoppable Host Frankie Picasso interviews award Lisa Braxton, an African American award winning author of The Talking Drum and her latest book, Dancing through the Raindrops-A Daughter’s Memoir of Love and Loss!
Frankie and Lisa take a walk through the memory's and life of Lisa , her parents and the grief she felt when both parents died of cancer within 2 years of one another, while Lisa herself was just diagnosed with the same.

Lisa Braxton is the author of the novel, The Talking Drum, winner of a 2021 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards Gold Medal, overall winner of Shelf Unbound book review magazine’s 2020 Independently Published Book Award, and winner of a 2020 Outstanding Literary Award from the National Association of Black Journalists and a Finalist for the International Book Awards. She is also an Emmy-nominated former television journalist, an essayist, and short story writer. She is on the executive board of the Writers Room of Boston and a writing instructor at Grub Street Boston, and currently serves as President of the Greater Boston Section of the National Council of Negro Women and is a member of the Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.