Searching For Heroes With Benjamin Hall
New York Times Best-selling author, FOX News’ Benjamin Hall makes his podcast debut with, Searching For Heroes With Benjamin Hall. Each week Benjamin will illuminate stories of community, compassion and the everyday people who embody heroism. From educators leaving an invaluable mark on the lives of their students, veterans supporting one another to local leaders who are filling the gaps in underserved communities. Benjamin, along with his remarkable guests will provide voices to America’s noteworthy yet silent heroes. New episodes available every Monday.
Episodes
May 27, 2024 • 36 mins
Without Sarah Verardo, Benjamin wouldn't be alive.
Through the relentless and heroic work of Sarah’s organization, Save Our Allies, along with the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Benjamin was successful evacuated from Ukraine in March of 2022. On this Memorial Day, Sarah Verardo joins to discuss how her husband, retired Sgt. Michael Verardo, inspires her every day and the significance of the holiday in the military co...
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May 20, 2024 • 38 mins
When her daughter Audrey was diagnosed with microcephaly, a rare brain condition, at just three months old, doctors told Tara McCarton and her husband Jimmy that Audrey would never be able to walk. With faith and a commitment to support Audrey unconditionally, Tara knew her daughter would defy the expectations for her life.
Now, 12 years later, not only is Audrey walking, but she's also riding horses, catching waves, and full of ...
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May 13, 2024 • 29 mins
What if you or someone you love was told they only had a 1% chance of survival?
In July of 2018, Mike Honeyman was in a severe car accident that left him clinging to life with doctors giving him a 1% chance of coming out alive. His injuries, namely a critical traumatic brain injury, left him in a coma for weeks. Mike woke up to a new reality, he could no longer walk, talk, or even swallow. Although Mike’s medical team was transpa...
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May 6, 2024 • 49 mins
Krista Simpson Anderson still remembers the day she got the call her husband, the loud and proud Green Beret Michael H. Simpson, had been severely injured while deployed in Afghanistan. Five days later, she received the news he wouldn't be coming back home. If it wasn't for the various organizations and families that picked Krista up after this news left her and her two young children absolutely devastated -- she doesn't know how s...
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April 29, 2024 • 36 mins
After an admirable 30-year career in law enforcement, David Colegrove appeared ready for retirement. Yet, less than three months after turning in his badge, David tragically committed suicide after battling with the emotional toll his job took on his mental health.
Determined to understand her husband’s mental state, David’s wife Kim Colegrove began a deep dive into the psychology of first responders and learned just how many of ...
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April 22, 2024 • 74 mins
In the last episode, Benjamin shared how an interview with Maya Regev had deeply impacted him and his view of human resilience. This week, we're sharing that intimate interview Benjamin had with Maya -- a young woman attending the Nova Music Festival with her brother Itai on October 7th when unthinkable chaos broke loose.
Benjamin sits down with Maya as she retells the story of that day - from being shot by a Hamas terrorist and ...
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April 15, 2024 • 18 mins
In today's episode, Benjamin sits down to reflect on the idea that’s been a guiding force in his search for heroes; is resilience learned or ingrained?
He sheds light on how his answer to this question has evolved after hearing the stories of his podcast guests, as well as reflecting on his own journey of resilience. Benjamin also details how his experience filming his new Fox Nation series, 'Surviving Hamas,' informed his view o...
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April 8, 2024 • 40 mins
Serving as a U.S. Diplomat from 1993 until 2016, Beth Payne had witnessed a lot. However, it would be a day in October 2003 that would change her life forever.
While in Iraq, opening the Office of the U.S. Consul in Baghdad, Beth was awoken by a rocket slamming into her hotel room. Stunned and unable to speak, she launched into action -- leading dozens of injured colleagues to safety. After that day Beth kept pressing on, but the ...
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April 1, 2024 • 36 mins
When Kevin Briggs began his career as a highway patrol officer over 20 years ago, he never envisioned the life-changing impact his service would have on the Bay Area community and his own life.
Today, Kevin is highly regarded as the “Guardian of the Golden Gate,” for convincing people their lives were worth living moments before they attempted suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge.
Kevin joins Benjamin to discuss his unexpected caree...
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March 25, 2024 • 40 mins
In the fall of 2012, Diane Foley’s life was instantaneously altered when she received word that her beloved son Jim Foley had been abducted while on assignment in Syria. Jim was a freelance war correspondent with an immense passion for storytelling and reporting, but he never anticipated that his life would soon make national headlines.
Diane Foley, author of American Mother and founder of the James W Foley Legacy Foundation joins...
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March 18, 2024 • 32 mins
In March of 2022, after hearing that a team of Fox News journalists were attacked while on assignment in Ukraine, Jennifer Griffin immediately sprang into action. Her instincts and relentless commitment played an integral role in Benjamin’s mission to make it home.
FOX News National Security Correspondent, Jennifer Griffin joins Benjamin to recount how she worked tirelessly from the Pentagon to ensure he was rescued and given the ...
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March 11, 2024 • 23 mins
Thursday, March 14th marks two years since Benjamin Hall almost lost his life while on assignment in Ukraine.
On that day, Benjamin lost two of his cherished colleagues and endured hours of unthinkable pain — unsure if he would survive. In the time since, he's not only had to grieve those he lost and learn how to walk again, but how to adjust to life after nearly losing it.
On this anniversary episode, Benjamin reflects on some of ...
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March 4, 2024 • 51 mins
Aron Ralston’s story was told to millions in the hit movie '127 Hours,' but where is he now?
After a seemingly harmless hike turned life-threatening when a bolder fell on him, trapping his arm against a rock in a narrow canyon – Aron Ralston was trapped for six days.
The only thing that set him free? Amputating his own arm. Now, 21 years later, Aron Ralston is an author and a motivational speaker who dedicates his life to teachin...
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February 26, 2024 • 45 mins
When grief is so unbearable it leaves us speechless, how are we supposed to process it with others?
In 2019, Writer and Director, Colin Campbell was faced with this question after his two children were struck and killed by a drunk driver. In the years following this tragedy, Colin had to find a way to process news no parent should and learn how to handle all-consuming grief while still living his life.
This journey led him to wri...
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February 19, 2024 • 44 mins
For many, resilience grows with age — building as they endure challenges and learn from experience. However, some people, like MacKale McGuire, have had to embrace it since birth.
Born with Hemophilia, a rare blood disorder, MacKale was used to frequent doctor appointments and hospital visits throughout his childhood. However, at the age of 11, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma — a bone cancer that, after grueling chemotherapy an...
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February 12, 2024 • 15 mins
Where does resilience come from? Is it a matter of nurture or nature?
On Benjamin's journey to spotlight stories of perseverance, community and redirection, he's determined to discover the root of resilience.
Benjamin reflects on how his understanding of this idea has evolved and what he hopes to continue uncovering on his search for heroes.
He emphasizes to listeners that often the courage to begin again comes from the decision...
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February 5, 2024 • 56 mins
In the face of extreme or unexpected adversity, how would you respond?
After years of research and exploration, author and Columbia University clinical psychology professor George Bonanno says your level of inner resilience would likely leave you shocked.
Since the beginning of time, humanity has responded to unthinkable disasters -- adapting, learning, and continuing to press on. But what is it about humans that makes us inherentl...
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January 29, 2024 • 38 mins
In 2009 Levi Rodgers, a coveted Special Forces Green Beret, was on deployment in Afghanistan when the car he and the four men on his team were in was struck by an IED.
The vehicle was shattered and everyone in the car died that day, except for Levi.
Levi would go on to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, where he would later meet Benjamin, to undergo an extensive recovery process -- from both severe physical wounds an...
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January 22, 2024 • 43 mins
"Amanda, you'll never walk again," was the prognosis the doctors gave to the Founder of Bridging Bionics, Amanda Boxtel after a freak skiing accident in the winter of 1992 shattered four vertebrae and left her paralyzed.
Four words rang in her ear as she realized she was entering her new normal, fueling her determination to stand back up again. Amanda joins Benjamin to detail how the journey to acceptance following unexpected setba...
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January 15, 2024 • 54 mins
"As soon as I step out of my vehicle, I hear shots fired."
As a decorated soldier, 2nd Lieutenant John Arroyo was no stranger to the close sounds of gunfire, he wasn't accustomed to the enemy behind the weapon being a fellow soldier.
On April 2, 2014, 2nd Lieutenant John Arroyo was shot in the throat and neck by a fellow soldier while stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.
Lt. Arroyo and Benjamin spent substantial time at Brooke Army Medic...
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