The 10 Ninety Podcast

In this episode of The 10 Ninety Podcast, Mason talks with Tara Jackson about losing her brother Robert at a young age and how that loss has shaped her life over the past two decades. Tara opens up about the long-term reality of grief, the impact on family relationships, and the constant balance between remembering and moving forward. Mason and co-host Sarah Chippendale join the discussion as they explore cultural differences in how we support one another through pain, the stigma around mental health, and the importance of getting help when life feels overwhelming.

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% what you're going to do about it.

In this crossover with Chronically Unbalanced, Mason, Sarah, and Megan sit down with Holly O'Malley, who grew up as "Summer's little sister" in a town that never forgot a fatal car accident. Holly talks about Sundays at the cemetery, losing her mum at 11, watching her dad slowly die from brain cancer, and what it does to your sense of self when grief is all you've ever known.

This episode is blunt, darkly funny at times, and painfully honest about not wanting to be here—and staying anyway.

In this episode of The 10 Ninety Podcast, Mason travels to Australia to sit down with his friend Craig Lithgow for a raw, honest conversation about grief, terror, and learning how to live after unthinkable loss. Craig shares the story of surviving the car accident that killed his partner and her two children, and what it's been like to carry that pain for nearly three decades.

Mason and Craig talk about what happens after the casseroles stop coming—the loneliness, the anger, the "programming" that tells you to toughen up and move on, and how burying feelings only makes things worse. They explore the difference between trying to feel better and actually getting better at feeling, the role of the body in grief (fitness, breath, meditation), and what real friendship and presence can do that no diagnosis or label ever will.

This conversation is about finding people who can sit in the dark with you, learning to complete the experiences that broke you, and slowly building a life that still has love, meaning, and connection in it.

In this episode of The 10 Ninety Podcast, Mason talks with Coop (Michael Cooper) and his wife Annalise Cooper from Australia about losing both of Coop's parents, Faye and Neil Cooper, just five months apart after Faye's double lung transplant. They walk through the brutal hospital moments, the decision to remove life support, and the shock of Neil's stage-four cancer diagnosis that came before they'd even finished paying for the first funeral. Together they talk about anger, feeling robbed, raising their two girls without their grandparents, men learning to talk about grief, and the small things that help—music, therapy, quitting drinking, and letting other people in. This conversation is a raw, honest look at love, loss, and how you keep moving when life refuses to let up.

In this episode of The 10 Ninety Podcast, Mason hangs out with his son, Blue, right before their big trip to Australia. They talk about surviving a 20-hour flight, Blue's morning routine, school life, favorite sports, and whether he'd rather give up candy or his iPad.

Blue also tells the wild story of a kid giving him a $100 bill at school to apologize for making fun of his haircut, and they wrap things up with his top three movies and what he wants to be when he grows up.

A fun, easy hang with Blue before the adventure begins.

In this episode of The 10 Ninety Podcast, Mason talks with Brianne Hurst about losing her dad, Jay Myers, and the chaos that followed. She had to navigate medical decisions, the DNR, plan the funeral, and step into responsibility for her younger brother while she was still in shock. They talk about how grief makes you skeptical of everything including the medium who literally read Jay's obituary back to her and how easy it is to numb yourself just to make it through a day. Brianne shares the things that still connect her to her dad; his recorded Bigfoot story, his Con Air stunt memory and how losing him changed how she sees life, death, and herself. This episode is raw, blunt, and honest about what grief actually looks like.

In this episode of The 10 Ninety Podcast, Mason talks with Kimberli Howard (who lost her son Keaton, age 5, in a 2013 Lake Powell accident) and Jen Petersen (whose daughter Natalie died in a driveway accident) about how grief changes over years—and how connection helps you carry it. They dig into what actually helps (presence, listening, checking in on milestones), what doesn't (comparison, fixes, blame), coping and boundaries, and the courage to keep showing up. Gentle, honest, and fiercely human.

Burke DeGroff was the first person to reach my family's car after the crash, he saw everything. I wanted to talk with him for a long time, but I was really scared. I tell people to lean into their grief, not run from it, and this conversation was my chance to practice what I preach.

It was just as hard as I expected, but I didn't realize how much of a hero Burke and first responders were that day. In the middle of so much horror, there was still beauty, bravery, and humanity.

If it weren't for Burke, my whole family would have died. Blue would have been burned alive. It felt good to tell Burke thank you, give him a hug and have him shake Blues hand again. THANK YOU

In this episode of The 10 Ninety Podcast, Mason talks with Amber Lorenzen about losing her parents, Richard G. and Maricela Lorenzon, in the same July 25, 2021 crash as his family. They open up about regret, denial, anger, and what it means to still feel broken years later. Amber shares how she's learned to carry grief as a mother and daughter, while Mason reflects on the connection they now share and what it's like to finally know more of the names behind the eight crosses on the highway. It's a quiet, honest exchange between two people sharing similar pain.