Hosted by Jeremy L. Newkirk, Traps to Apps Live™ is an interactive live podcast and problem-solving competition in Washington, DC.
Influential guests expose real-world Traps. Audience members are randomly selected and get 90 seconds to Apply Pressure to The Trap™ with a solution.
The better the solutions, the greater the pressure. The greater the pressure, the bigger The Pressure Jackpot™ can grow.
Don’t Just Talk About The Problem. Apply Pressure To It.
More Than a Podcast.
It’s a Live Experience.
Traps to Apps Live™ turns conversation into action.
Each episode starts with a real conversation with an influential guest around a problem affecting our lives, culture, business or communities.
Then we Apply Pressure to The Trap™.
The guest spins The Trap Wheel™. A ticket number is randomly drawn from the live audience. That person gets 90 seconds to pitch a solution.
The better the solution, the more pressure the audience applies, and the bigger The Pressure Jackpot™ can grow.
TALK → SPIN → DRAW → PITCH → PRESSURE → PAY
Attend Live. You Could Be Next.🎫
About the Show →
Meet The Host→
Jeremy L. Newkirk
CREATOR OF TRAPS TO APPS™ • ENTREPRENEUR • TECHNOLOGIST • AUTHOR • EDUCATOR
FROM EXPOSURE TO OWNERSHIP.
Jeremy has spent more than 20 years at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, entertainment, education and community impact; helping people recognize the value of what they already know, who they know and what they've been exposed to.
His journey has taken him from advanced enterprise technology and engineering to working alongside major brands, universities, entertainers, athletes, entrepreneurs and community organizations, giving him a rare perspective on how access, technology, culture and relationships can become economic opportunity.
Through BeOfficial Management Group, Jeremy's work has reached millions of people across 50+ institutional partnerships, 8+ U.S. states and international communities, including collaborations and programming connected to organizations such as Microsoft and Columbia University.
He is also the author of Rich Off Influence: Traps to Apps™, where he challenges a simple but powerful trap:
“Intelligence Without Exposure Creates Limitation.”
But Jeremy believes exposure alone isn't enough.
YOU HAVE TO APPLY IT.
That's why he created Traps to Apps™, a framework for identifying what's keeping us stuck, extracting the value hidden inside our experiences and applying our skills, relationships, technology, creativity and influence toward something we can build and own.
Now, with Traps to Apps Live™, Jeremy is bringing that philosophy to the stage.
Real guest.
Real problem.
Real audience.
90 seconds.
Real solutions.
Real money.
Don't Just Talk About the Problem.
APPLY PRESSURE.™
Identify the Trap. Apply the Pressure. Build the App.™
Kris D. Lofton
Meet The Guest→
ACTOR • ENTREPRENEUR • PHILANTHROPIST
BEST KNOWN FOR:
⭐ Starz Power Book IV: Force — Jenard Sampson
⭐ FX Snowfall — Johnny
⭐ True to the Game 2 & 3 — Terrell
⭐ Tyler PerryMeet the Browns — Calvin
⭐ Hardball — Clarence
BUT THIS ISN'T JUST AN INTERVIEW.
KRIS IS HERE TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE TRAP.™
For Episode One, Kris joins Jeremy for a real conversation around:
NO ONE WANTS TO BE FOOLED.
Then the conversation becomes a competition. Kris spins The Trap Wheel™. Jeremy draws a ticket from the audience. 🎫 Selected audience members get 90 seconds to apply pressure with a solution and solve the Trap.
And when a solution really applies pressure?
THE AUDIENCE APPLIES PRESSURE BACK. “APPLY PRESSURE! APPLY PRESSURE!”
The greater the pressure, the greater the opportunity for The $1,000 Pressure Jackpot™ 🎰 to grow.
You won't just watch Kris. You could end up competing in front of him.
Attend Live. You Could Be Next. 🎫
PROTECT WHAT YOU OWN
Traps to Apps Live™ isn’t only about escaping what holds us back. It’s about building income, businesses and assets and learning how to protect what we build.
FOUNDING SPONSOR→
State Farm Insurance | Adam Herndon Agency
Adam Herndon is an award-winning insurance business owner, author and motivational speaker whose work centers on helping people prepare for their future and protect what matters most.
Raised in Oakland, California, Adam attended The Ohio State University, where he studied Communications and Business Administration and became an All-American track and field athlete and team captain.
His journey from athlete to entrepreneur and business owner reflects the Traps to Apps™ philosophy: develop your skills, create opportunities, build ownership and protect what you create.
Adam is also the author of Hone Your Craft and a children’s book created to inspire young people to pursue their dreams and overcome challenges.
PROTECT WHAT YOU OWN™
Through the Protect What You Own™ partnership, Adam Herndon Agency brings conversations about protection and financial responsibility directly into the Traps to Apps Live™ experience.
As our audience learns how to increase income, start businesses, purchase homes and vehicles, and build assets, we also want them thinking about the next question:
How do you protect what you worked so hard to build?
HOME • AUTO • LIFE • BUSINESS • YOUR FUTURE
BUILD IT. PROTECT IT. KEEP IT.™
Protect What You Own™ will be featured throughout the inaugural season of Traps to Apps Live™, connecting real conversations about economic mobility and ownership with practical education about protecting the things that matter.
TALK → SPIN → DRAW → PITCH → PRESSURE → PAY
Attend Live. You Could Be Next.🎫
This Isn't a Studio Audience.
It's a DC Rooftop Experience.
Experience Traps to Apps Live™ Above DC →
A Rooftop Experience With a View and a Purpose.
Live from Southwest Washington, DC, with views of the Anacostia River, Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, Nationals Park, Audi Field, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol.
Come for the rooftop. Stay for the conversation. You might leave with part of the jackpot. 🎫
YOU COULD WIN THE PRESSURE JACKPOT™ 🎰
HOW IT WORKS →
YOU DON'T JUST WATCH.
YOU COULD COMPETE.
Traps to Apps Live™ brings influential guests and everyday people together to identify real problems and put real solutions under pressure.
TALK → SPIN → DRAW → PITCH → PRESSURE → PAY
🎫 Your ticket could be drawn.
⏱️ You get 90 seconds.
💡 Pitch your solution.
🔥 The audience applies pressure.
🎰 The jackpot can grow.
🏆 The Top 5 split the jackpot.
Traps To Apps Live™ Commercial
YOUR🎫NUMBER COULD BE NEXT.
Come for the conversation.
Experience the rooftop.
Meet the guest.
Bring your solution.
Apply Pressure.
You could leave with part of the jackpot.
STOP FEELING TRAPPED.
START APPLYING YOURSELF.™
ATTEND TRAPS TO APPS LIVE™
GET YOUR FREE “RSVP ONLY” TICKET 🎫NOW
Attend Traps to Apps Live™
9-5-26 Navy Yard SW DC
September 5th, 2026 starting at 4pm Come for the conversation. Stay for the competition. Your ticket could be the one we pull.
Complete the form to attend the live show in Washington, DC. Every registered guest receives a numbered ticket for a chance to be randomly selected to Apply Pressure™.
If your number is called, you get 90 seconds to pitch your solution and compete for a share of The Pressure Jackpot™.