Ep. - 1511 - SATURDAY SERIES: JENNIFER LEVI THE LEGACY OF BRAUN LEVI
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer Levi shares the story of her son Braun, and the legacy that now lives on through the Live Like Braun Foundation. Braun was killed in May 2025 by a drunk driver.
The conversation also highlights Jennifer’s advocacy work, from partnering with organizations like MADD to pushing for stronger DUI laws and life-saving technologies, all with the goal of preventing other families from experiencing the same loss. At its core, the episode is about honoring Braun by living fully, caring for others, and using tragedy to drive meaningful change.
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| 0:00.0 | The amazing Kate Casey. |
| 0:04.2 | Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with KKC. |
| 0:07.4 | And welcome back for the Saturday series episode. |
| 0:10.1 | Before today's conversation begins, I want you to meet someone extraordinary, Braun Levy. |
| 0:16.7 | Braun was the son of Jennifer and Dan Levy, the younger brother of Adele, born into a family that |
| 0:22.4 | treasured faith in one another, deep friendships, service, and showing up for people. |
| 0:28.4 | From the very beginning, Bron lived with a light that was unmistakable, joyful, mischievous, |
| 0:34.4 | fearless, and deeply kind. He had a rare ability to walk into a room and lifted, |
| 0:39.8 | to notice who needed to be included, and to make people feel seen. In January of 2025, |
| 0:46.6 | Braun and his family lost their home in the Palisades fires, a devastating upheaval |
| 0:51.3 | that would have shaken anyone. But Braun met that loss with the same |
| 0:55.0 | optimism and resilience that defined him. The family relocated, stayed together, and Braun focused |
| 1:01.7 | on what mattered most, friends, service, and living fully in the present. Just a few months later in |
| 1:09.9 | May, Braun was killed by a drunk driver, |
| 1:12.6 | just weeks before graduating from Loyola High School in Los Angeles. |
| 1:16.6 | He was 19 years old. |
| 1:19.6 | Bron was a standout student and athlete, graduating at the top of his class. |
| 1:24.3 | He was a gifted tennis player who grew up on public courts, not country clubs, and had earned his place at the University of Virginia, where he was set to begin college in the fall. |
| 1:35.1 | His future was wide open, full of promise, curiosity, and purpose. |
| 1:40.6 | Today my guest is his mother, Jennifer, and she shares who Braun was beyond his achievements, |
| 1:47.5 | the humor, the heart, the courage, and walks us through the unthinkable day that changed her family |
| 1:53.2 | forever. And we talk about Braun's legacy, the creation of the Live Like Braun Foundation, |
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