Podcast Episodes

Jim McCarthy: From State Champions to Murder Charges - The 20-Year Journey to Make "Mr. Football"

Jim McCarthy lived every high school athlete's dream until it became a nightmare. State championship winners, local celebrities, his teammate awarded…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

From Civil Engineer to Cookie Empire with Brad Kaplan

Brad Kaplan had never baked a cookie from scratch when he Googled "pumpkin desserts" for Thanksgiving 2018. Six years later, he owns two Lion Cubs Co…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Geoff Javer: Finding Identity, Community, and Healing in the Second Half of Life

Geoff Javer is a lifelong friend of Brett's, and in this episode, they sit down to unpack a journey that spans five decades.

From growing up navigatin…

7 months ago

Gabby Goldach: Innate Intelligence, Generational Trauma, and the Hidden Power of the Nervous System

Gabby Goldach is a chiropractor, but she does not approach the body as a broken machine that needs fixing. She views the nervous system as a transmit…

7 months, 1 week ago

Tricia Eastman: The Truth About Plant Medicine, Ancestral Trauma, and Spiritual Technology

Tricia Eastman — author, facilitator, and founder of Ancestral Heart — has spent her career bridging cultures, honoring initiation traditions, and su…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Scott Levin: The Illusion of Control, Surviving 9/11, and the True Purpose of College

Scott Levin is a tenured college professor, a lifelong friend of Brett’s, and someone who has learned to find profound comfort in life's unavoidable …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Success Lie: Chantell Preston on Identity, Trauma, and Rebuilding After the Exit

Chantell Preston sold her healthcare company at 41 and thought she'd finally made it. What followed were the two hardest years of her life.

In this ep…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Truth Medicine: From Holocaust Shadows to Psychedelic Healing with Michael Shapiro

Michael Shapiro grew up in the shadow of the Holocaust. His grandmother survived Auschwitz. His grandfather was a Nazi slave soldier. By the time Mic…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Jenny Shuman: How a Midwest Teen Mom Became the Bead Artist for the Grateful Dead's Greatest Musicians

Jenny Shuman didn't map any of this out.

She became a mother at 16. She picked up her first loom at a summer powwow in 1992. She spent years selling b…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

The Hero's Journey to Wholeness: Ben Katt on Burnout, Belonging, and Coming Home to Yourself

Ben Katt spent a decade building something rare: a contemplative community center in Seattle rooted in belonging, service, and inner life. From the o…

8 months ago