Dying To Ask

Feel free to underestimate Marcie Frost. It's when she's likely to do her best work. Frost is the CEO of CalPERS, the California Public Employees Retirement System. Google her and the first thing you'll see after her CEO title is a line that usually points out the fact that she doesn't have a college degree and she was a teen mom. What she has instead is an incomparable work ethic honed in the same Washington town where the "Twilight" series is based. As Frost says, "just because I wasn't formally educated doesn't mean I wasn't educated."

You know it's a bad day at the Daytona 500 when your spotter is heard on the radio saying 'Oh God, no Jesus!' But that's where NASCAR driver Matt DiBenedetto found himself after getting into a 21-car crash in a race he'd led until the last 10 laps. Matt is a first generation racer who defies odds in a sport where most drivers grow up in the racing culture. Matt didn't and being the perpetual underdog fuels his raw passion.

Brad Bonar is a nationally known stand-up comic. He's used to packing clubs and filling auditoriums at corporate comedy gigs. But, his latest show is about a subject that isn't usually a laughing matter. It's a show about depression and suicide and it's hilarious. Really. It's also making a powerful impact in a community where three out of four performers admit to struggling with mental health issues.

Tim Collom is a born salesman. There's nothing he can't create, market and turn into a business.

"What's your excuse?" Maria Kang could never have guessed what would happen when she posted that caption on Facebook six years ago.

How's your back feeling? That's a loaded question in America where three out of 10 people complain about lower back pain. Wellness entrepreneur Richard Gray wants to make you feel better by helping you sit better.

Can one night change your life? The answer is yes, according to singer JC Fisher. On a whim, JC put together a trio of tenors and submitted an audition to America's Got Talent. The guys donned cowboy hats, threw on some boots and called themselves The Texas Tenors.

Imagine working your whole life toward a childhood dream of becoming a Major League Baseball player and then quitting exactly one year later. That's what former Major League catcher Mike Marjama did.

Have some time to kill over the holidays? Fitz and Geoff are giving the gift of podcasts this holiday season! Find out which 5 podcasts they download each week when they're not working on "Dying to Ask."

In this Dying To Ask, how living abroad became the ultimate bucket list item. How they're financing the adventure. And, why Summer is convinced everyone needs to follow through on their bucket lists.