Jul 31, 2026
No guest. Just Michael, a stack of conversation cards, and whatever the internet served up this week.
Opening cards: simple is not the same as easy, and failures are tuition payments, not a definition.
A flight instructor in Argentina jumps to his death mid-lesson. His student lands the plane alone.
The viral robot gun...
Jul 29, 2026
Jack Osbourne grew up with cameras in the house. The Osbourne's made his family the biggest thing on television, and he was earning seven figures by 15. He got sober at 17 and has held that line for over two decades. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 26. Since then he's built his own lane — adventure television,...
Jul 27, 2026
Ross Schneiderman spent his career as a reporter and editor. Newsweek, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ESPN. He covered mixed martial arts, then ran a foreign desk working alongside Afghan and Pakistani correspondents. In 2016 he wrote a Newsweek cover story about Mohammad Gulab, the Afghan villager...
Jul 24, 2026
Every other Friday it's just me and the inbox. This week the emails came in heavy, so we cover a lot of ground.
Two people in law enforcement, both strong personalities, trying to build a relationship that works. Where confidence stops and ego starts, and how to tell you've crossed the line. Why the toughest guy in the...
Jul 20, 2026
Kyle Morgan spent over twenty years in the Army. Infantry, then Green Beret, then more than a decade in the nation's premier special missions unit running hostage rescue. In 2015 he was advising the U.S. Embassy in Mali when terrorists took the Radisson Blu hotel. He built a team on the fly and went in. The award...