This Is Not a Funnel.
This Is a Fire.
Rise From The Ashes was never built to sell you something. It was built because real stories — told honestly, without an agenda — have the power to change lives. Human to human. Story to story. Fire to fire.
Most Podcasts Are
Just Another Funnel.
We Refused.
Listen: The podcast industry has a problem. Too many shows exist not to serve the listener — but to serve the host's revenue targets. Every episode is a soft pitch. Every guest is a cross-promotion. Every story is a setup for a sale.
That's not what Rise From The Ashes is. It was never meant to be that. When Baz Porter started this show, he made one non-negotiable commitment: the story comes first. Always.
No hidden agendas. No upsells disguised as vulnerability. No guests who are here to hawk their course. Just real people, real pain, real rising — and the kind of honest conversation that reminds you that you are not alone.
What's cool is — when you strip away the performance, what's left is something genuinely rare: a human-to-human experience. And that's exactly what this is.
Guests are selected for their audience size. Stories are edited for brand safety. Every episode ends with a pitch. The listener is a lead, not a human being.
Guests are selected for the truth they carry. Stories are told in full — including the parts that hurt. There is no pitch. The listener is a human being, and we treat them that way.
Vulnerability is a content strategy. Trauma is a hook. Pain is packaged and monetised. The show exists to grow the host's business.
Vulnerability is sacred here. Trauma is honoured, not exploited. The show exists because meaningful conversations between real people can change the world — and that is enough.
Born From
Meaningful Conversations
Rise From The Ashes didn't start with a business plan. It started with a conversation — the kind that happens when two people stop performing and start being honest with each other.
Baz Porter had spent years working with leaders at the highest levels of business and performance. And what he kept finding, beneath the titles and the achievements and the polished exteriors, was the same thing: people carrying stories they'd never been given permission to tell.
Stories of collapse. Of reinvention. Of the moment everything fell apart — and what they found when they stopped running from it. Stories that deserved to be heard, not because they were inspiring in a neat, packaged way, but because they were true.
"I didn't build this show to grow an audience. I built it because I believe that when one person hears another person's honest story, something heals in both of them. That's the whole point."
The show is in partnership with C-Suite Network — not because it needed a platform, but because C-Suite Network understood what this was from the beginning: a space for real conversations that matter, with people who have something genuine to say.
That's the origin. That's the mission. And it hasn't changed.
Three Things We Will
Never Compromise On
These are the principles that govern every conversation, every guest, every episode.
Human to Human
Every conversation on this show is a genuine exchange between two people — not a content strategy, not a brand play. The listener is not a metric. They are a human being who deserves honesty.
Stories That Heal
We believe that hearing someone else's honest story — especially the parts they were ashamed of — has the power to heal something in the listener. That is why we protect the integrity of every story told here.
No Agenda
There is no pitch at the end. There is no upsell hidden in the conversation. The show exists because meaningful conversations matter — and that is enough of a reason to keep making it.
For Everyone Who Has
Ever Had to Start Again
This show is for the person who has been through something — and is still here. The one who rebuilt. The one who is in the middle of rebuilding right now.
- The high-achiever who hit a wall they didn't see coming
- The leader who lost themselves inside their own success
- The survivor who has never had a safe space to tell their story
- The person who thought they were the only one who felt this way
- The one who is ready to rise — but needs to know it's possible
- Anyone who believes that honest stories, shared openly, can change the world
Do You Have a Story
That Needs to Be Heard?
If you've been through something real — a collapse, a reinvention, a comeback that changed everything — we want to hear from you. Not to sell anything. Not to build your brand. Just to honour your story and share it with the people who need it most.
Apply to Be a Guest
Rise From The Ashes is produced in partnership with C-Suite Network — the world's most trusted network for C-Suite executives and business leaders.
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Available on 16+ platforms — wherever you listen, we're there.
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Your Rise Deserves
To Be Heard
We're looking for people with real stories — not polished case studies, not brand narratives. If you've been through something that changed you, and you're ready to talk about it honestly, we want to hear from you.
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