If You've Come This Far

If You've Come This Far

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If You've Come This Far episodes

  • Joe Conrad...Man Therapy

    In episode 5, the fellas interview Joe Conrad, founder and CEO of Denver-based Cactus and Grit Digital Health. Joe shares the origin story of his businesses and Man Therapy, the CDC study analyzing the effectiveness of Man Therapy, the tools Grit is developing to serve the mental health crisis everywhere (for kids, businesses etc) and more.

    Learn more about Cactus here

    and Grit Digital Health here

    This episode is brought to you by Half Acre Brewery. Check out the wonderful beers here on Half Acre's website.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Nico Lagan...Living his Purpose

    In episode 4, The boys talk with Nico Lagan. Nico is an entrepreneur, men’s coach, Muay Thai instructor, author of the new book, Purpose, and host of The Nico Lagan Show podcast. The guys explore the concept of purpose, Nico's years alone in the woods, his life on the road, what it means to be a good man, what he seeks to offer men and more.

    Learn more about Nico and his new book here

    This episode is brought to you by Judson & Moore, Family Legacy American Whiskey. Born from Boundless Curiosity. Learn more about Judson & Moore here.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Matthew Quick...We Are The Light

    In episode 3, Chris and Shaun talk with Matthew Quick, author of We Are The Light, Silver Linings Playbook and 7 other outstanding novels. Matthew is a powerful guest and the guys talk about his latest book, WATL, masculinity and feminitity, Jungian psychology, the writing process, getting sober, working in Hollywood with Harvey Weinstein and more. Not to be missed.

    Find Matthew's work here

    This episode is brought to you by Half Acre Brewery. Check out the wonderful beers here on Half Acre's website.

    1 hr 29 min
  • Shawn Woodin...Father, Son, Broken Spirit

    In this episode, Chris and Shaun talk with Shawn Woodin, MenLiving contributing member and facilitator, husband, father, business executive and author of the novel, Father, Son, Broken Spirit. The boys cover Shawn's work in Peace Corps, the process of writing a novel over 20 years, religion, carnivals, R.E.M and more.

    You can purchase Shawn's book here.

    This episode is brought to you by Judson & Moore, Family Legacy American Whiskey. Born from Boundless Curiosity. Learn more about Judson & Moore here.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Dr. Susan Engel...A Hungry Mind

    In episode 1 of season 2, Shaun and Chris interview Dr. Susan Engel, author of The Hungry Mind and the Senior Lecturer in Psychology; Senior Faculty Fellow, Rice Center for Teaching, The Class of 1959 Director of Program in Teaching at Williams College. The boys have a delightful conversation with Susan about curiosity, the educational system, the pandemic, kids being behind (or not), building teachers and her new class, Suckers and Scammers.

    Check out more about Susan here.

    This episode is brought to you by Half Acre Brewery. Check out the wonderful beers here on Half Acre's website.

    1 hr 6 min
  • A Season in Review

    In Episode 25, the final episode of the season, Shaun and Chris review who they've met, what they've learned, the days ahead, and their plan for selling the podcast to Amazon for $80M (🙄).

    This episode is brought to you by Judson & Moore, Family Legacy American Whiskey. Born from Boundless Curiosity. Learn more about Judson & Moore here.

    46 min
  • Byron Katie...Always Working!

    It's episode 24 and the guys are talking with the legendary Byron Katie. Katie is the founder of the Work, a simple process of inquiry for alleviating suffering and gaining joy and freedom. Chris and Shaun talk with Katie about her transformation, the impact the Work has had on millions over the last 40 years, and Katie "Works" through a very personal situation.

    You can learn more about Katie here.

    This episode is brought to you by Half Acre Brewery. Check out the wonderful beers here on Half Acre's website.

    1 hr
  • Dr. Maggie Emerson...Better Mental Health: Are Apps the Answer?

    In Episode 23, the boys are joined by Dr. Maggie Emerson, Assistant Professor and an ANCC board certified Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Emerson specializes in the delivery of Integrated Care and is a co-founder of the MIND database, a site dedicated to rating and reviewing mental health apps. Maggie, Chris and Shaun discuss the staus of mental health in the US, telehealth vs. in person care, the MIND database and the quality of mental health apps, and more.

    You can learn more about Maggie here

    Check out the MIND database here

    This episode is brought to you by Judson & Moore, Family Legacy American Whiskey. Born from Boundless Curiosity. Learn more about Judson & Moore here

    1 hr 7 min
  • Darryl Postelnick: Doing Me

    In Episode 22, Chris and Shaun talk with Darryl Postelnick aka TikTok's Cooking With Darryl. They discuss Darryl's social media rise, his work with Disney and Microsoft, gadgets, his and Shaun's friendship, how he interacts with his 2.7M followers and how funny he is (or thinks he is!).

    This episode is brought to you by Half Acre Brewery. Check out the wonderful beers here on Half Acre's website.

    Darryl's TikTok Channel https://www.tiktok.com/@cookingwithdarryl?lang=en

    The Cooking with Darryl website https://cookwithdarryl.com

    1 hr 14 min
  • The Wisdom of Father Michael Himes

    In this episode, Chris and Shaun are joined by friend and MenLiving Executive Director, Todd Adams, to explore the last lecture of Father Michael Himes. Father Himes was a theologian, philosopher and an instructor at both the University of Notre Dame and Boston College. He made an enormous impact on Chris when he was a student at Notre Dame and on all of us as fans of his "last lecture." They discuss integrity, friendship, giving one's self, tell me your story, uttering the definitive message and more.

    This episode is brought to you by Judson & Moore, Family Legacy American Whiskey. Born from Boundless Curiosity. Learn more about Judson & Moore here

    Learn more about Father Himes here

    Listen and watch the full last lecture here

    1 hr 3 min

About If You've Come This Far

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a podcast where Shaun and Chris simply aim to have authentic conversations with interesting people about what they do to make life more fulfilling and more impactful.