- 1 hour 5 minutesHow Comedy Saved Dave Mowry’s Life
What if one of the darkest chapters of your life could eventually become a source of laughter, connection, and hope? Dave Mowry discovered that telling his story one joke at a time could help him reclaim a life once controlled by mental illness.
Dave is an award-winning author, mental health advocate, comedy instructor, and performer who has lived with bipolar disorder and severe anxiety throughout his adult life. After losing his business, becoming homeless with his family, and spending 14 years suffering in silence, he attended a stand-up comedy class for people with mental illness. That class changed everything.
In this conversation, Dave and Rich discuss:
- What severe depression and anxiety felt like during Dave’s darkest years
- How stand-up comedy helped him reframe traumatic experiences
- Why laughter can open conversations about mental illness
- The importance of accepting a diagnosis without surrendering to it
- How Dave now helps others transform painful stories through humor
Dave also shares the inspiration behind OMG, That’s Me! and Healing with Humor, along with several stories about the courageous people featured in his work.
Learn more about Dave and find his books at DaveMowry.com.
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SquadCast21 August 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 9 minutesWhy Great Brands Win with Joe Gulesserian
Why do some brands become part of our identity while others disappear from memory? The answer may have less to do with advertising and more to do with trust, emotion, belonging, and the story a business tells.
In this episode of Conversations with Rich Bennett, Rich speaks with lifelong entrepreneur, brand creator, former business professor, manufacturing expert, and author Joe Gulesserian. Joe explains why every successful brand has a soul and how businesses can create experiences that customers do not simply recognize, but genuinely feel.
Together, Rich and Joe explore:
- How Tide, Coca-Cola, LEGO, Nike, and Harley-Davidson built emotional connections
- Why Steve Jobs and Apple transformed industrial design
- How product packaging influences identity and purchasing decisions
- What Tesla and Elon Musk demonstrate about founder-driven brands
- Why AI, robotics, and technical skills will shape the future of work
The conversation also takes an entertaining turn into automobiles, negotiation, professional wrestling, and the storytelling power of unforgettable heroes and villains.
Discover Joe’s books, The Guerrilla Guide for Entrepreneurs & The Rest of Us and The Practical MBA on Economics, at https://practicalmba.ca/.
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SquadCast19 August 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 16 minutesScott Reisfield Reveals the Real Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo was more than one of Hollywood’s greatest stars. She helped change how women saw themselves and how the world viewed female independence.
Rich speaks with author Scott Reisfield, Garbo’s great-nephew and the author of Greta Garbo: The Rise of the Modern Woman. Drawing from family letters, personal memories, and years of archival research, Scott separates the real Garbo from the myths surrounding her private life and abrupt disappearance from motion pictures.
In this conversation:
- Discover why working women connected so strongly with Garbo
- Learn how Hollywood censorship prevented several planned films
- Hear why Garbo continued pursuing projects long after 1941
- Explore how pernicious anemia affected her work and health
- Understand Garbo’s lasting influence on women, acting, photography, and culture
Scott also recommends the best films for first-time Garbo viewers and shares the surprising question he would ask his great-aunt today.
Learn more about Scott and his books at https://scottreisfield.com/.
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SquadCast17 August 2026, 4:00 am - 2 hours 39 minutesInside the Book Fair with Several Amazing Authors
What drives someone to turn an idea, personal experience, haunting, song, or childhood challenge into a book? Recorded at the Book Fair at Bel Air, this special episode brings listeners into 11 candid conversations with authors working across an extraordinary range of genres.
Rich Bennett speaks with Patrick R. Field, Callie Thomas, Melissa Roos, Sarena Strauss, Steven Gellman, E.D. Lippert, Nicole M. Wolverton, Mermaid Tasha Haight, Calia Wilde, Lore Blackwood, and Piper Thomas. Together, they share the stories behind their writing, the realities of publishing, and the unforgettable feeling of connecting with readers.
Listeners will discover:
- How professional and personal experiences inspire powerful stories
- The benefits and challenges of traditional and independent publishing
- Why successful authors must also learn marketing
- How children’s books can encourage imagination and awareness
- Why aspiring writers need to stop waiting and finish the book
The conversations cover paranormal fantasy, science fiction, horror, romance, young adult fiction, children’s literature, music, environmental conservation, allergy awareness, pen names, and more.
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SquadCast14 August 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 32 secondsAurora Winter on the New Rules of Personal Branding
Artificial intelligence can help you work faster, but could careless use of it make your brand forgettable? Award-winning author and business strategist Aurora Winter returns to explain how to use AI without giving up your voice, credibility, or humanity.
Aurora is the founder of Same Page Publishing and the author of Turn Words Into Wealth and Marketing Fast Track. She helps authors, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders clarify their messages, publish books, build authority, and transform their expertise into greater impact and profitable opportunities.
In this conversation, Aurora and Rich discuss:
- The four human superpowers AI cannot replace
- How generic AI content can weaken trust in your brand
- Why books matter more than ever in the age of AI
- How to test marketing ideas and measure return on investment
- Why personal stories help people and businesses stand out
- How to become the authority that AI recommends instead of replaces
Aurora also explains how a short book helped generate $250,000 in new business and why every business owner should consider becoming a published author.
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SquadCast12 August 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 18 minutesHannah Dalby: From Survival to Self-Discovery
Success can hide an extraordinary amount of pain. Former professional Muay Thai fighter Hannah Dalby appeared unstoppable while privately battling grief, methamphetamine addiction, abusive relationships, overtraining, and emotional exhaustion.
In this episode of Conversations with Rich Bennett, Hannah reveals how losing her boyfriend at 18 created a pattern of working harder, achieving more, and numbing everything she did not know how to process. She went on to build businesses, lead sales teams, buy homes, and become a champion fighter, but the life beneath those accomplishments was falling apart.
Today, Hannah is a human integration specialist and founder of The Jungle on Australia’s Sunshine Coast.
You will hear:
- How Hannah rebuilt her life after addiction and financial loss
- Why high performance can become a form of emotional avoidance
- What Human Integration means
- How suppressed parts of ourselves influence leadership and relationships
- Why gradual integration can create more lasting change than an intense retreat
Hannah also discusses nutrition, hormones, fascia release, emotional stress, and the importance of helping people reclaim their own inner authority.
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SquadCast10 August 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 24 minutesJoseph Webb on the Power of Real Connection
What if the strongest business strategy is simply learning how to connect with people? Mortgage professional and podcaster Joseph Webb joins Rich to explain why relationships, trust, and genuine curiosity remain powerful in an increasingly impersonal world.
Joseph has spent more than 20 years in mortgage lending and is a partner at Blevins Home Mortgage. He is also the creator of Connected to the Webb, a locally focused video podcast showcasing the people, businesses, organizations, and stories that make the community special.
In this conversation:
- Learn why Joseph places relationships ahead of transactions
- Hear how an unexpected career change led him into mortgage lending
- Discover how podcasting strengthened his network and business
- Explore the importance of showing the person behind a brand
- Hear Joseph’s plans for growing Connected to the Webb
The conversation also takes a few entertaining turns through bourbon, oysters, cigars, basement podcast studios, and a possible future community tasting event.
Look for Connected to the Webb on YouTube and learn more about Joseph’s work through Blevins Home Mortgage.
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SquadCast7 August 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 9 minutesRobert Mahoney: A Better Way to Keep Us Safe
Targeted violence rarely happens without warning. The bigger problem may be that the people noticing those warning signs are not communicating with one another.
Robert Mahoney is the founder of TVTP Solutions and a nationally recognized expert in behavioral threat assessment, targeted violence, and terrorism prevention. Drawing on more than 15 years of federal, state, and local government experience, Robert explains why communities must balance security and emergency response with proactive prevention.
In this conversation, Robert and Rich discuss:
- Why targeted violence is often incorrectly described as random
- Behavioral changes that may signal a person is struggling
- How identity, purpose, and community influence human behavior
- Why schools, police, mental health providers, businesses, and community groups must coordinate
- How community care teams can connect people with help before a crisis occurs
Robert also explains why cameras, metal detectors, hardened buildings, and active-shooter plans are protective measures rather than true prevention. He shares a more human-centered approach built around observation, communication, early support, and coordinated care.
Learn more about Robert and his work at https://tvtpsolutions.com/.
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SquadCast5 August 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesDr. Gary Sprouse on the Stress Reducer Loop
What if the habit helping you cope with stress is now creating even more of it? Dr. Gary Sprouse returns to explain how recognizing that cycle can help you change it without allowing shame or harmful labels to define you.
Known as “The Less Stress Doc,” Gary is a retired primary care physician, speaker, and author of Highway to Your Happy Place: A Roadmap to Less Stress. In this conversation, he introduces his concept of “stress-reducer loops,” recurring patterns that can involve alcohol, tobacco, social media, work, shopping, exercise, self-sacrifice, or almost anything used to escape stress.
You will learn:
- How an ordinary coping behavior can become a stress-reducer loop
- Why caring people are especially vulnerable to burnout
- How replacing “I have to” with “I choose to” can restore control
- Why setbacks should become learning experiences instead of sources of shame
- How gratitude, connection, hope, and purpose create an accessible happy place
Gary also shares plans for Loop Breakers, his hybrid educational program designed to help people understand their patterns, reduce stress, and build healthier responses.
Learn more about Gary at https://thelessstressdoc.com/ or contact him at [email protected].
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SquadCast3 August 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 12 minutesCreating Strong Ripples of Faith with Jennifer Godwin
What if one invitation, prayer, book, or act of kindness could change someone’s entire life? Jennifer Godwin believes the smallest acts of faith can create ripples that travel farther than we will ever know.
Jennifer is the author of Go Make Ripples, a practical and personal book encouraging Christians to share their faith through everyday actions. After running a photography studio for 24 years, Jennifer entered retirement with no plans to become an author. Then a calling she had first experienced in a dream 20 years earlier returned, leading her through a demanding three-year writing journey.
In this conversation, Jennifer and Rich discuss:
- How Jennifer recognized and answered God’s call
- Why many Christians are afraid to share their faith
- Simple ways to make faith part of everyday conversations
- Asking restaurant servers how you can pray for them
- Giving books, blessing bags, and encouragement to others
- Why following up can be as meaningful as the original gesture
Jennifer also shares how writing the book opened unexpected doors to speaking, new relationships, and opportunities she never could have planned.
Learn more, purchase Go Make Ripples, or invite Jennifer to speak at GoMakeRipples.com.
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SquadCast31 July 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 6 minutesJessica Dodge and Jenny Barroso Create Beautiful Magic
What happens when a novelist and a painter trust their creative instincts enough to build an entirely new world together? This conversation reveals how one unexpected connection developed into an immersive experience combining fiction, fine art, history, mystery, and magic.
International bestselling author Jessica Dodge and visual artist Jenny Barroso join Rich to discuss their collaboration on The Cursed Painting of Gabriel Moretti. As Jessica writes this dual-timeline historical fantasy, Jenny creates original paintings inspired by its scenes. Their vision includes illustrated editions, an online gallery, behind-the-scenes videos, an audiobook experience, and a combined book launch and art exhibition.
In this episode:
- Discover how an author street team brought Jessica and Jenny together
- Hear the fascinating premise behind the cursed painting
- Learn why both women began their creative careers later in life
- Explore how artists from different disciplines can inspire each other
- Understand why trusting intuition can lead to remarkable opportunities
Visit The Forgotten Witch and Jenny Barroso’s website to explore their work and follow the project.
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