The Good Stuff Podcast
Jacob and Ashley Schick have dedicated their lives to the mental health and emotional wellness of veterans, law enforcement, first responders and their families. Season Two of The Good Stuff Podcast takes you behind the scenes of One Tribe Foundation - their Dallas-based non-profit on the front lines of the suicide epidemic affecting these communities every day. Join producer Nick Casalini as he gets to know the men and women who serve along Jacob and Ashley’s side, as well as the people who look to One Tribe for hope and healing. True to its name, The Good Stuff Podcast illuminates the courage, grace, perseverance and love within us all.
Episodes
Much of the work Jake and Ashley do with One Tribe Foundation revolves around volunteering - but for each of them, serving others started much earlier in life. This episode producer Nick tags along for a day of volunteering to clean gravestones at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Along they he way he meets and interviews fellow volunteers and rediscovers the joy (and fun!) of volunteering.
Jake and Ashley dedicate their lives to serving the veteran and first responders community which is incredibly rewarding work. It can also be thoroughly taxing. This episode is about the concept of “healthy-selfish” (the act of self-care) and in particular, the remarkably healing qualities of travel. Tune in for a conversation about some of their recent trips to Alaska, Ireland and Scotland - and how enjoying this amazi...
Celebrated actor, director and producer Bradley Cooper joins The Good Stuff Podcast. Bradley and Good Stuff host Jacob Schick met on the set of American Sniper and after a rocky start quickly became close friends. Over the years they have been there for each other through some of their darkest times and most joyous moments. Jacob, Ashley and Nick talk with Bradley about the importance of meaningful friendships, hilarious Hollywood ...
The Schick family cordially invites you into their life for a week’s worth of Texas football. Join producer Nick as he steps into the passionate world of tough hits, hard work, big hugs and deep love. Jake and Ashley reflect on the gifts football has given them and then Jake and Ashley’s boys join the show and we learn what it means to be receiving those gifts in real time. This is an episode about football, which...
While this season of The Good Stuff has invited you deep into the fight for mental and emotional wellness in the veteran community, this episode we bring you one man’s story in his own words. It’s our honor to introduce you to Cody Turner. As you’ll hear, Cody joins the show at an unthinkably vulnerable moment in his life. It’s hard to express how just how much his participation meant to Jake, Ashley and Nic...
Happy Veterans Day and welcome to a free-spirited, open-minded conversation between three friends. Jacob (a veteran), Ashley (a gold-star granddaughter and spouse of a veteran), and Nick (a civilian) do what they do best: connect about things big, small, funny, infuriating, difficult and beautiful. Tune in for the real talk about issues facing veterans and stay around for the healthy dose of good vibes.
The second and final chapter of our look into Carry The Load 2025. Like the nature of life and death itself, this story evolves into something no one could have predicted. Storms brew both internally and externally, a dear friend of Jacob and Ashley joins the conversation, and we get a glimpse into the love and heartbreak that goes on behind the scenes. Part Two of Two.
Welcome to our two-part series on Carry The Load - a month-long event culminating in Dallas, Texas on Memorial Day. Memorial Day is in May, but for many people like Jacob, Ashley and the whole One Tribe family, honoring those who lost their lives in service of the United States of America is an everyday experience. And no two of those days are the same. Our episodes on Honoring The Fallen strive to reflect the evolving nature of me...
In this special edition of The Good Stuff, the art of talking amongst friends takes center stage. Over the course of Season Two thus far, producer Nick has had to make the difficult decision to exclude certain elements from certain episodes when it became clear those elements did not benefit the episode as a whole. Well, today we present you with a few “Deleted Scenes” that stand on their own as entertaining, revealing ...
Guns are a natural part of Jake and Ashley’s lives - yet Nick has never even fired one. This episode Jake and Ashley take Nick to The Texas Gun Experience for his very first lesson. Join the trio as Nick squeezes the trigger and “sends rounds down range.” But more than anything, this episode is about three friends connecting, bridging cultural gaps and getting to know each other just a bit deeper.
While the world of military and first responders is often mostly male, Ashley and the ladies of One Tribe Foundation are proud to be a part of a thriving sisterhood in their community. Today Ashley takes the recording equipment with her and leaves Jake and Nick behind for her monthly One Tribe Women’s Lunch.
For more information please visit One Tribe Foundation’s website.
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Peer-to-peer support groups play a vital role in the healing journey for military veterans and their loved ones. In this episode, we dive into the creation of The Resilience Meeting—a powerful support space developed by Jake and a trusted friend. Then, we take you inside an actual meeting, joined by retired Air Force veteran TSgt Amanda Martinez, for an unfiltered, real-time look at connection, vulnerability, and what it look...
Step into the wild, healing world of motorcycle rides. For generations of military veterans, Wind Therapy has been an extremely powerful form of non-traditional therapy. Join Jake, Ashley and Nick as they link up with UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture, and Dallas Yblood (director of the Wind Therapy program at One Tribe Foundation) for an inside look at building community and taking care of veterans on the back of a Harley.
In our third and final episode of our OTF trilogy, Jake tells us the gritty backstory of this foundation and why it almost failed. Then, Ashley takes Nick along for a regularly scheduled staff meeting and we discover why there is no such thing as a “normal” day in the One Tribe offices.
For more information please visit One Tribe Foundation’s website.
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Welcome back to the One Tribe offices for the middle installment of our three-part series going behind the scenes of a foundation dedicated to the mental and emotional wellness of the veteran community and beyond. In this episode, Nick gets to know a few more of the staff members at One Tribe and we get a clearer picture of what it means to live a life serving those in crisis.
To kick off Season Two of The Good Stuff we want to take you directly into the thick of what Jake and Ashley Schick have dedicated their lives to: serving military, veterans, first responders and their families. In this first installment of our three-part series, join The Good Stuff producer Nick Casalini as he goes behind the scenes with a few of the dedicated team members at One Tribe Foundation for an intimate look into their mi...
Welcome to Season Two of The Good Stuff Podcast. Join us every Tuesday starting September 2, 2025 as hosts Jacob and Ashley Schick invite you to an intimate, documentary-style exploration inside the mission they've dedicated themselves to: the fight for mental and emotional wellness in the veteran, first responder, and law enforcement communities. Tag along with producer Nick Casalini as The Good Stuff introduces you to the men and...
In our Season One finale, The Good Stuff host, Jacob Schick, takes a deep dive into his own story. Jake shares with us the details of that fateful day in Iraq when his life was forever changed.
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Boston native and United States Marine, Michael Carnell, joins The Good Stuff to share his battle that goes well beyond the war. Three years into his Stage 4 B Cancer diagnosis, he continues to inspire others daily and epitomizes what it means to be a true Warrior.
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TikTok: @echo5_charlie
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As a devoted wife and mother, ShaRonda Calderon knew the importance of family. When her husband, police deputy Omar Calderon began to struggle from the weight of his job, she became hyper-focused on getting him help. Then the unthinkable happened.
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