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241:What If the Story You Keep Telling Yourself Is Holding You Back? with Dr. Mike Fortunato

September 22, 2026

What if some of the beliefs shaping your life aren't actually yours? For nearly 20 years, Dr. Mike Fortunato worked as a board-certified anesthesiologist. From the outside, he had what many people would consider success: a respected career, financial stability, a wife, children, and a beautiful life. But underneath it all, Mike was struggling with depression, alcohol, anger, emotional disconnection, and a growing sense that something was missing. In this episode, Mike joins Chuck to unpack wh...

240: From the Pile: The Remarkable Life of 9/11 First Responder Michael Dorian with Neil Adams

September 15, 2026

When thousands of people were running from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, Michael Dorian made the decision to run toward it. But Michael's story began long before that day. Born into poverty to a teenage mother, Michael grew up in an unstable home and spent much of his early life searching for independence, acceptance, and belonging. As a teenager, that search led him into crime and prostitution and, at just 16 years old, an HIV diagnosis. But a relationship with someone who sa...

239: The Stories of 9/11 You May Have Never Heard with Michael Gier

September 08, 2026

Nearly 25 years later, there are still stories from September 11th that many Americans have never heard. Award-winning director and producer Michael Gier set out to tell those stories in his documentary, The Heroism and Resiliency of 9/11: From Tragedy to Triumph. Rather than focusing solely on the devastation of that day, Michael turns the lens toward the extraordinary courage, compassion, and resilience that emerged in the middle of it. Michael joins host Chuck Thuss to share some of the le...