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Back to SearchKarl Meltzer on Running 100 Hundred-Milers, the DNFs That Haunt Him, and Why Anyone Can Do It
Season 2026 Episode 25
Ninety-four 100-mile races finished. 14 DNFs. A bartending shift that turned into a Red Bull sponsorship. Karl Meltzer, known as the "Speedgoat," …
13 hours ago
Tina Seelig on Luck, Gratitude, and Why Your Phone Is Killing Your Opportunities
Season 2026 Episode 24
A Stanford professor who has spent 27 years studying how opportunity works says the device in your pocket is destroying your luck. Tina Seelig, P…
1 week ago
Joel Del Rosario on Surviving an IED in Iraq, Losing His Memory, and Owning Every Decision After
Season 2026 Episode 25
Joel Del Rosario enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2005 because a girl asked him to. She left him with a Dear John letter while he was deployed to Ira…
2 weeks ago
11 Years Pro Soccer: Hugh Roberts on Getting Benched, Training Alone, and Never Quitting
Season 1
Spartan Race started as an idea written on a napkin during a financial crisis. No business plan. Limited money. No guarantee any of it would work. Br…
3 weeks ago
Building How Brian Duncanson Helped Turn a Napkin Idea Into Spartan Race
Season 2026 Episode 24
Spartan Race started as an idea written on a napkin during a financial crisis. No business plan. Limited money. No guarantee any of it would work. Br…
4 weeks ago
Down Syndrome, Ironman Triathlons, and Never Quitting: Robert Norris on Doing the Work
Season 2026 Episode 23
A doctor said he needed knee surgery. He said no. Robert Norris is 22 years old, has Down syndrome, and completes Ironman triathlons without a guide.…
1 month ago
Herb Thompson on Leaving Safety, Owning Your Journey, and Earning the Green Beret
Season 2026 Episode 22
Herb Thompson had already made it. He was Drill Sergeant of the Year, on a clear path to a top enlisted career, and could have stayed where it was sa…
1 month, 1 week ago
Four Warriors on Combat, Survival, and What It Takes to Keep Going When Everything Breaks
Season 2026 Episode 21
Nine soldiers in a hilltop position. Rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire from every direction. Seven killed. One man left on the radio, ca…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
From Crack Binges to Service: Matt Grace on Addiction, Enabling, and the Moment Everything Changed
Season 2026 Episode 20
At 29 years old, Matt Grace weighed 129 pounds and walked into his mother's house after a three-day crack and alcohol binge. She told him that if he …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
From Hallucinations to the Paralympics: Dennis Connors on PTSD, Vulnerability, and Disciplined Recovery
Season 2026 Episode 19
A Marine intelligence collector walked through rocket blasts, absorbed traumatic brain injuries he never reported, and came home to hallucinations so…
2 months ago