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Inside the North Tower on 9/11 | Chief Joseph Pfeifer

September 10, 2026

Michael speaks with FDNY Chief Joseph Pfeifer, who led the first fire units into the North Tower on 9/11 and later gave the order to evacuate the towers. Chief Pfeifer later served as the FDNY Chief of Counterterrorism and Emergency preparedness, is a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and wrote Ordinary Heroes, which examines what 9/11 taught him about crisis leadership, resilience, and the ordinary acts of heroism. They discuss: - Watching American Airlines flight 11 hit the North ...

Trauma Does Not Define Who You Are | Elizabeth Smart

September 08, 2026

Michael sits down with Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted at 14, survived nine months of captivity, and spent the decades after building her own path to recovery. She is the Founder of the Elizabeth Smart foundation and host of The Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart, a true-crime podcast where she speaks with survivors of violent crimes about healing. Michael and Elizabeth discuss: - Elizabeth’s 2002 kidnapping  - Surprising facts about her kidnapping and discovery - The psychological...

Avoiding Anxiety Makes It Stronger | John Delony

September 03, 2026

John Delony argues that anxiety can be a signal, and avoiding the thing behind it often makes the alarm louder. Michael sits down with Delony, host of The Dr. John Delony Show and author of Building a Non-Anxious Life. They discuss: - The most common relationship problems he hears (from thousands of calls) - The most profound call he ever received  - The downsides of formalizing mental health  - What anxiety can be a useful signal (and how to read it) - Why anxiety is so high i...