Best Chris Waddell Inc Podcasts (2024)

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Julie Foudy - Iconic Women’s Soccer Player, Journalist, and Trailblazer 46:49

1+ y ago46:49

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I tried to match Julie’s legendary energy in this podcast. You’ll have to be the judge of whether I was successful or not. She’s famous from her team’s history changing Women’s World Cup Title in 1999. Learn how as athletes they were the best in the world, but also how they took upon themselves to ensure that the Women’s World Cup in the US would b…

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John Maclean - Ironman Champion, English Channel Swimmer, Former Professional Rugby Player, and Paralyzed Athlete Who Has Completed a Triathlon without a Wheelchair. 1:24:57

1+ y ago1:24:57

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John was a professional rugby player and aspiring triathlete during the off-season when an eight-ton truck hit him as he trained on his bike. Medical experts set his chances at “pine or mahogany” and told the family not to expect him to make it through the day. John made it through that day. When he emerged from the coma, he asked about his bike, w…

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Dan Egan - Pioneering Extreme Skier of “Egan Brothers” Warren Miller Fame and the Business Mind to Make it a Career 1:33:01

1+ y ago1:33:01

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Dan followed his brother John, six years older, into Warren Miller movies. They skied the steepest and gnarliest, but also went where the news was happening. Dan said, if it’s happening on CNN, that’s where I want to be, which meant skiing the Berlin Wall, sneaking into Lebanon, and almost dying in a storm on Europe’s tallest mountain, Russia’s Mt …

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Lori Frisher - Game Changing Disability Rights Advocate 58:06

1+ y ago58:06

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Lori played Division I tennis player even though she couldn’t hear the racket hit the ball. Relying on lipreading to communicate, COVID’s masks rendered the world quiet and alone. She was the first person in the world to receive an Esteem implant (an invisible hearing device) with her Cochlear implant. Suddenly the song of the world came alive then…

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Scott Wolf - Actor, Producer, Director 1:09:46

1+ y ago1:09:46

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Those of you of a certain age, will definitely remember him as Bailey from Party of Five. He has tons of acting credits in film and television and has been part of some long running shows like the aforementioned Party of Five, Everwood and now Nancy Drew. He made his directorial debut on Nancy Drew during the third season with the “Voices in the Fr…

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Ivan Blumberg - Sports Agent Who Leveraged the Power of the Athlete to Make the World a Better Place. 1:15:38

1+ y ago1:15:38

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It was Arthur Ashe, who made Ivan recognize the power of the athlete. Arthur had just been diagnosed with AIDS as a result of a tainted blood transfusion during heart by-pass surgery. He was dying and he could have hidden, but he asked, how can we use this? The resulting widely viewed, highly attended televised event the day before the US Open in w…

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Laurel Sander - Chinese Medicine Doctor, Shaman, Healer and so much more 1:12:35

1+ y ago1:12:35

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Laurel might enjoy her job, some of which includes colonics, which she cheers, more than anyone I know. Her passion is to heal and to help and her motivation is both personal, she had to take charge of her health after numerous surgeries, antibiotics and opioid painkillers, and it’s rooted in the historical, the traditional and the spiritual. As sh…

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Stephani Victor - Paralympic Skiing Champion, who filmed her story from the moment she lost her legs in a freak car accident. 1:05:55

1+ y ago1:05:55

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Storytelling consumed Stephani as a film student at USC, but one of her professors told the class that they didn’t know anything because they lacked life experience. When a car careened out of control and trapped her against her boyfriend’s car in his driveway, she lost her legs, gained life experience and turned the camera on the journey from a ne…

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Marc Harrison - Healthcare CEO changing the system to serve everyone in wellness. 53:54

1+ y ago53:54

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Marc jokingly says that he’s been the one to ask the difficult questions from the time that he got kicked out of Sunday School as a kid for questioning why we as oppressed people would oppress others? Equity and agency have only grown in priority throughout his career as a Pediatric ICU Doctor and leader in the healthcare space. In addition to his …

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Jill Orschel - Emmy Award Winning Independent Filmmaker 1:02:52

1+ y ago1:02:52

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Jill spent nine years building trust, friendship and the story of Cora’s escape from an abusive, polygamist marriage through her artwork. Snowland will be Jill’s first feature length film. Her journey has gone from shooting stills as a middle-schooler, to being a Mountain Dew girl in a series of commercials that paid her college tuition, to running…

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Retired Rear Admiral Mike Hewitt - Nuclear Power as a Green Solution 1:12:46

1+ y ago1:12:46

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Energy Sovereignty, Authoritarian Regimes, Climate Change, Green Solutions, Decarbonization, Climate-Neutral Future, Energy Poverty, Reliable Energy, US, China, Russia, EU, Developing Countries. For Retired Rear Admiral Mike Hewitt, all people deserve energy, food and clean water. In a world that has a gross inequity of power, he sees nuclear as a …

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Brad Snyder - Navy Explosives Ordnance Disposal Officer who lost his sight to an IED. Paralympic Champion. World Record Holder. Princeton PhD candidate. 1:19:32

1+ y ago1:19:32

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It’s easy to see Brad as a superhero because he’s achieved things about which most of of us just dream: Naval Academy graduate, explosives expert, breaker of a thirty year old world record, gold medalist in his second Paralympic sport, husband, father and Ivy League PhD candidate, but his success is the product of his struggles. He was about to qui…

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M.C. Antil - Author of Floor Burns: Love, Passion and the 1967 Syracuse All-City Championship. 1:27:57

1+ y ago1:27:57

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M.C.’s professional career started, or attempted to start when he sent message to Ted Turner that he would walk from Syracuse to Atlanta to get hired by the Braves. As the process took a bad turn, M.C. slipped a dime into a pay phone and was immediately connected with the only Major League Baseball owner who would appreciate his initiative, the ico…

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Matt Ounsworth - Award-Winning Chainsaw Artist! 1:05:26

2y ago1:05:26

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Mattochainsaw is my cousin. After dangerous years of climbing trees as an arborist/tree trimmer, he started down a different path when his wife asked him to carve a bear for the front yard. Chainsaw art–taking a piece of wood, a section of tree, or the extended stump of a felled tree and turning it into a figure and a story. Matt attends competitio…

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Lonnie Mayne - Red Shoes Living Founder 1:09:15

2y ago1:09:15

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Lonnie’s father was a second generation pro wrestler–a villain, who turned kind, soft and human with his fans after the match. His uncle was a turnaround executive leading several companies from distress and treating everyone with respect. Lonnie followed his uncle’s path, working to right companies in difficulty for thirty years until he started R…

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Gregg Garfield - COVID Patient Zero in LA Given 1% Chance of Living 1:05:37

2y ago1:05:37

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Along with twelve buddies on a skiing trip to Val Gardena in Italy, Gregg contracted COVID before anyone knew what to make of it. He’d spend thirty-one days in a coma, waking to an entirely new world, and sixty-four days in the hospital, having to learn to swallow as well as walk. He lost all the fingers on his right hand and all to the one knuckle…

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Bryan Fletcher - Two-time Olympian in Nordic Combined who was diagnosed with Leukemia when he was three years old. 1:06:58

2y ago1:06:58

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While he was still in Chemotherapy, Brian convinced his parents to hit the Nordic jumps at his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. With each bigger jump he was more and more hooked. Then he convinced them to let him join the program. Nordic Combined became his sport when he followed his friends not realizing that it meant the pain of Cross-Country…

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Odessa Jenkins - Founder and CEO Women’s Football Conference 50:27

2y ago50:27

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Odessa is a Hall of Fame Running Back and the President of Emtrain, a revolutionary eLearning and analytics company that goes beyond compliance to create inclusive workplaces. It’s all of that and a movement to help others find the voice that she shares so beautifully. It’s not about clamoring for equality, but earning equity. It’s about breaking t…

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Steve Brosnihan - resident cartoonist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 1:01:57

2y ago1:01:57

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I kept Steve’s title lowercase because he usually does and because he doesn’t take himself too seriously, even though he’s undertaking the serious work of brightening the day of children, often with long term stays in the hospital. Steve cashed the $8 check for his first published cartoon, he met his hero and mentor Dr Seuss by arriving at his door…

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Kara Goucher - First woman or man to stand on a World Championship 10,000 meter podium, Boston and New York podiums, NBC analyst, battling Repetitive Exercise Dystonia 1:13:54

2y ago1:13:54

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Kara is one of the most respected, beloved and outspoken members of the running community. She was a historic performer and continues as a huge proponent of clean racing both with regard to performance enhancing drugs and technology. With Olympic, Track and Marathon television analysis, she’s a voice of running while also battling Repetitive Exerci…

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Peter Holmes à Court - Businessman, Author, Environmentalist and Rugby team owner 1:10:06

2y ago1:10:06

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In Riding with Giants, Peter Holmes à Court demonstrated the honesty and vulnerability to be human, fallible and curious as he searched for his path. His father Robert is credited with being Australia’s first billionaire. His mother Janet was more successful than his father. As their oldest child, Peter was involved in investment banking, music and…

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Jeremiah Core - Athlete, Special Forces, Actor 1:01:52

2y ago1:01:52

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Back in ninth grade, I knew that Jeremiah was a performer when he was break dancing for the other team before our soccer games during a school trip to what was then the USSR, but at the time, he was really known as the best athlete in school. September 11th and sense of responsibility for our freedom sent him to the Army, Special Forces and three t…

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Beck Castle - Farm to cone ice cream with social change bent! 1:01:24

2y ago1:01:24

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Becky Castle has been in social change her whole working life, starting her career with the Carter Center and working with the Gates Foundation among others to try eliminate the biggest threats to life in the developing world. She’s also the mother of the three daughters, hence the Mother of Anarchy for Sisters of Anarchy Ice Cream, which goes from…

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Eduardo Garcia - The Bionic Chef and Host of Big Sky Kitchen with Eduardo Garcia 1:09:37

2y ago1:09:37

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Eduardo is a chef. He’s also an entertainer, a philosopher, a son and a husband. Most significantly, he’s a man, who lives in concert with his world, and seeks ways to bring its beauty to those around him. Art and cooking, the simple and the complex lead to connection. He’s known abandonment and renewal, selfishness and selflessness, and he greats …

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Erik Weihenmayer - Totally Blind Adventurer: Summitted highest peak on all seven summits. Kayaked the Grand Canyon 1:08:39

2y ago1:08:39

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Erik has achieved the incomprehensible, climbing the world’s highest mountains and kayaking some of its biggest rapids, but he’s also a thoughtful guy who builds community and shares the beauty that he feels interacting with climbing pitches, rivers and a variety of other places. I think you’ll be amazed at the aesthetic that a blind guy sees in th…

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John Moffet - Two-Time Olympian, Three-Time Emmy Winner! 1:17:42

2y ago1:17:42

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John broke the World Record for the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Olympic Trials. He broke the Olympic Record in the Prelims, but also told his abductor muscle. Was not winning the gold medal in front of 15,000 fans at home in LA a crushing defeat or a gift? Join us for John’s ride from the top of the world in swimming to the top of the world …

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Clayton Frech - Co-Founder and CEO of Angel City Sports 54:40

2y ago54:40

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This was a far-ranging conversation that started with Clayton’s wife’s role in the movie Crash. I couldn’t help but think that the race, class, family and gender issues in the movie could easily be applied to the disabled community, even though the film premiered before their son Ezra, an amputee, who is one of the top Paralympic athletes in the wo…

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Denis Coleman - Music Pop Star Heading to the Ivy Leagues 1:09:51

2y ago1:09:51

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When Denis and I skied together with his father and a family friend, he searched for a flow on the mountain. A quiet, smiley determination pointed to a sense of curiosity that belied his lack of time on skis. He wanted to get it right. Skiing is my expertise, but I see that same sense of searching for energy’s heart in Denis’ music. It’s fun with a…

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Mike Marolt - The Humble 8,000-meter Climber and Skier 1:23:57

2y ago1:23:57

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Mike’s is a story of evolution from doing the brashest of things climbing and skiing 5,000–8,000-meter peaks (always within their ability and the bounds of good decision making according to Mike) to recognizing that commitment to the moment, the little things and being a great teammate were the victories and not the very top.…

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Donna Volpitta - Neuroscience you need and can understand! 1:04:00

2y ago1:04:00

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I’ve known Donna Volpitta approaching thirty-five years. She has always been one of the kindest and most compassionate people. When she said that her parents knew that she was going to be a teacher in the first grade, it just made sense. Now, she teaches the brain, specifically mental health literacy, so that we can understand how the often jumbled…

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Bill Walton - One of the greatest basketball players, sports broadcasters, Deadheads, and a guy in search of happiness! 1:06:28

2y ago1:06:28

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Bill’s parents gifted him curiosity. He took it to basketball, music, books and almost anything else. A crippling stutter rendered him almost mute as a child, but he was able to follow Chick Hearn, the Lakers announcer who made him understand how to think about basketball, to become one of the greatest commentators of all time. His friends defined …

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Kawser Amine - Former Afghan Women’s National Team Soccer Player. Current Women’s Rights Advocate. 1:03:58

2+ y ago1:03:58

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Kawser started with the Afghan Women’s National Soccer Team when she was in second grade because there was a window of opportunity for women–or really in her case, young girls. That window, along with employment and rights for women has closed. She’s in the US now working to start a soccer academy for refugee women and improve the rights in her hom…

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JV Crum III - Enlightenment and Financial Security: The Conscious Millionaire 1:08:07

2+ y ago1:08:07

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Personal, spiritual growth and money often seem at odds, but they are best when they work in concert and that’s exactly what JV Crum does.By Chris Waddell

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Matt Ellenthal - Just Add Ice. Co-Founder of Award-Winning Barrelsmith Ready to Pour Cocktails 1:24:08

2+ y ago1:24:08

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Matt has always been a great storyteller, I didn’t realize how much depth the stories had (speakeasys and moonshine is in the family’s bloodlines) and how much they applied to bringing award-winning cocktails to a discerning public.By Chris Waddell

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Erin Weed - Erin can crystallize purpose to one word! 46:11

2+ y ago46:11

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Erin’s super power is getting your purpose to one word, but there’s a lot more: teaching self-defense, coaching Tedx speakers and mostly pursuing and facilitating unabashed authenticity.By Chris Waddell

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Amanda Stoddard - Director of One Revolution Documentary and Emmy-Award Winning Director/Producer. 1:08:27

2+ y ago1:08:27

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Amanda has been one of the most influential people in One Revolution and telling my story.By Chris Waddell

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Joanne Pasternack - Co-Founder of Athletes’ Voices: The Premier Program for Athletes’ Seeking to Increase Their Influence and Social Impact. 1:23:39

2+ y ago1:23:39

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After a career of high-level positions in sports social responsibility and philanthropy for the San Francisco 49ers and the Golden State Warriors, Joanne increased her efforts to amplify impact and inspire change both with her high-touch consultancy company Oliver+Rose and Athletes’ Voices. These have been some of the most important voices in our h…

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Connor Fields - From BMX Olympic Gold Medalist to one of the worst accidents ever in the Games. 1:20:15

2+ y ago1:20:15

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The sport of BMX is a massive, all-out sprint over bumps and jumps with inches separating competitors. In that tumultuous world, Connor knew that he was the best, but in a moment he almost lost it all. He’s recovered miraculously and has an amazing story to tell.By Chris Waddell

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Beth Levison - Emmy and Peabody Award winning Producer/Director 1:07:13

2+ y ago1:07:13

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Co-Director of Peabody Award Nominee Storm Lake, Beth does a great job of communicating the essential voice and character of her documentaries and she’s not scared to take on the difficult stories.By Chris Waddell

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Alex Smith - #1 NFL Pick, 3 x Pro Bowler. Lost his job twice and almost lost his leg! 1:31:19

2+ y ago1:31:19

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Alex might be the most humble superstar you’ve ever met. He talked about how success came from staying in the moment, maintaining focus and letting go of worry while three hundred pound guys were trying to take his head off. He returned to football and the playoffs after almost losing his right leg–and he has the scars to prove it.…

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Steven Nyman - Alpine Skiing 3x Olympian, 3x World Cup Winner and 11x podium finisher in Downhill 1:10:59

2+ y ago1:10:59

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How did a Junior World Slalom Champion become a 3x Olympian, 3x World Cup Winner and 11x podium finisher in Downhill? It all started with a $10 pair of stretch pants from the ‘90’s. At forty years old, through the injuries and the disappointment, Steven still prepares so that he can ski with conviction on the razor’s edge, speeds approaching 100 mp…

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Melissa Stockwell - Triathlon Champion tries the Boston Marathon! 43:44

2+ y ago43:44

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In 2004, Melissa Stockwell was the first woman to lose a limb in combat. By 2008, she was a Paralympic swimmer. In Rio 2016, she and her teammates swept the first Para-Triathlon podium. Training before the Tokyo Games, she broke her back in a bike accident, but still finished fifth. Now she’s ready to take on the oldest annual marathon, Boston.…

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Susannah Scaroni - Paralympic Wheelchair Racing Gold Medalist and Marathoner! 39:12

2+ y ago39:12

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With seven laps to go in the Paralympic 5000 meters, Susannah Scaroni went to the front of the pack. When she looked at the big screen she had almost 100 meters on the field. In “no man’s land” she could either wait for the pack or keep going. She kept going, saving a bit in reserve in case they caught her. They didn’t. She won the gold, a second o…

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Marcel Hug - World record holder, he is the man to beat in wheelchair racing! 27:35

2+ y ago27:35

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A wrong turn kept Marcel Hug eight seconds from breaking the course record at the Boston Marathon under less than ideal conditions last year. He’s since eclipsed the twenty-two year old wheelchair marathon World Record and taken ten seconds from the 5000 meter record. He’s back for the Boston record, but had a case of COVID just before the race.…

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Bryon Friedman - Former US Ski Team Member, Entrepreneur and Musician 1:30:42

3y ago1:30:42

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Bryon Friedman–World Cup Downhill Ski Racer, turned award-winning musician, turned entrepreneur and environmentalist. How a horrific crash led to another career and so much more.By Chris Waddell

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Duke Beardsley - Painting the modern cowboy and cowgirl, while imagining their position in this ever changing world. 1:17:29

3y ago1:17:29

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Sixth generation Coloradan, Duke Beardsley has been drawing and painting the American west for as long as he can remember. Raised both in Denver, and on a 1000 acre cattle ranch in eastern Colorado, Duke's "duel/dual" upbringing is the foundation for his unique blend of traditional western iconography and contemporary art sensibilities. An unapolog…

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John Lawrence - Actor, Doctor, and Author of Playing Doctor Part 1 and 2 1:18:04

3y ago1:18:04

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John Lawrence Playing Doctor, Part Two, the second installment in bestselling author John Lawrence's medical odyssey drops December 27th. John is so supremely talented that he could have done anything, but from the time he started on the path to becoming a doctor, he knew that it wasn't what he was supposed to do. Join us for the hilarious escapes …

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Ben Eaton - Iron Sculptor, Paraglider, Skier and all around expert on being a happy human! 1:18:13

3y ago1:18:13

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Ben is a lover of life, who makes beauty for a living. He’s one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet and you’ll leave wishing you could be like him.By Chris Waddell

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Mike Augspurger - Inventor of the One-Off Off Road Handcycle 53:53

3+ y ago53:53

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Mike called me one day out of the blue to see if I would be a test pilot for his new off-road handcycle. He’d seen me in a local newspaper article. Returning to the woods sounded awesome. His idea was revolutionary--rear wheel drive, kneeling position, dual steering, even if the prototype was exactly that in the beginning. I thank Mike for being ab…

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Daniel Romanchuk - The Men's Wheelchair Racer in Tokyo to beat 51:36

3+ y ago51:36

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It’s exciting to see when everything comes together for an athlete. Daniel makes going fast look really simple and that’s when you know that it’s going great. He’s humble and respectful, but is also striking fear in the hearts of his competitors. Check it out.By Chris Waddell

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