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
September 30, 2024 • 25 mins
Tarris Marie was a wife and mother with 15 years of experience in corporate America, when she noticed her vision becoming slightly distorted. Shortly after, she was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a genetic condition that ultimately led Tarris to become legally blind. After losing her central vision, leaving her career, and experiencing death in her family — Tarris hit rock bottom. Until she heard a voice telling her, "write a bo...
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September 23, 2024 • 41 mins
After a Saturday night out with friends in 2019, Mike Lavorel thought he was coming down with a stomach bug when he started feeling sick later that night. By Tuesday evening, Mike was unable to speak and immobile. What began then, was Mike's tumultuous fight to stay alive.
Mike and his wife Jennifer Lavorel join Benjamin to discuss how Mike eating a raw oyster led to a nine-month battle with sepsis, a medically induced coma, and ...
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September 16, 2024 • 43 mins
It's rare to meet someone whose life hasn't been impacted by addiction in some way, yet conversations surrounding the disease largely remain taboo due to shame and stigma. The First Lady of North Dakota, Kathryn Burgum has made it her mission to change that.
First Lady Burgum joins Benjamin to discuss her 20 year battle with alcoholism, and why the shame and fear of being met with disappointment were primary reasons she didn't as...
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September 9, 2024 • 43 mins
While on a mission to visit all 193 countries, Sam Goodwin's journey took a sharp turn when he was abducted by the Syrian army in 2019. For 27 days, Sam was held in solitary confinement — being questioned repetitively by the Syrian regime who threatened to have ISIS behead him if he didn't confess to being a spy. Through faith and his family's unrelenting efforts to get Sam home, he survived.
Sam joins Ben to discuss how he remai...
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September 2, 2024 • 58 mins
The transition from serving full-time in the military to stepping into civilian life can be challenging for veterans, from adapting to life at home to the societal pressure to have it all together.
Fortunately, there are organizations and individuals across the country calling out this stigma and working to ensure veterans can find hope and purpose.
President and CEO of America's Warrior Partnership, retired Lieutenant Colonel Ji...
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August 26, 2024 • 44 mins
As a former NASA astronaut, engineer, and F-14 fighter jet pilot, Scott Kelly's story is out of this world in more ways than one.
Between the groundbreaking missions he's been a part of with his identical twin brother, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, and spending over 500 days in space, Scott has inevitably learned a thing or two about staying mentally strong, striving for greatness, and remaining curious about the world.
Scott joins...
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August 19, 2024 • 26 mins
On this special episode, Benjamin is answering a few of your questions!
From discussing his mental and physical recovery, his thoughts on forgiveness after experiencing the horrific reality of war to what it was like attending the Paris 2024 Olympics last weekend. He also shares how his opinion on resilience, one of the essential themes of the podcast, continues to change and grow as he speaks to more people every week.
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August 12, 2024 • 32 mins
August 7th marked National Purple Heart Day — a day where we honor the men and women who were wounded or lost lives their lives while valiantly serving in the military. For retired Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Gade, two-time Purple Heart Medal recipient, it's a day to remember his brothers and sisters in combat who didn't make it back from overseas and emphasize how important proper support is for veterans.
Today, Lt. Gade, who curr...
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August 5, 2024 • 39 mins
Howie Sanborn's life, in many ways, was defined by movement — from his 15 years as a U.S. Airborne Ranger and his spot on the U.S. Army Parachute Team to his love for competing in triathlons. Then came September 2012.
After being struck by a distracted driver while cycling with a friend left him paralyzed from the waist down, Howie knew his life would drastically change — but he refused to let that change be for the worse. Within...
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July 29, 2024 • 33 mins
Close to 400,000 children in the United States are in foster care, many are being moved from home to home in need of a bag to hold all their belongings. Cara Finger saw firsthand how many of the children she was fostering were bringing their belongings to her house in a garbage bag, she knew that there needed to be a solution.
Founder of My Bag, My Story Cara Finger joins Ben for an important conversation about the foster care sy...
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July 22, 2024 • 50 mins
On March 11, 2013, Nick Lavery's life was transformed forever when on active duty in Afghanistan his detachment was attacked, and he lost his leg. Miraculously, he recovered and went on to do the unthinkable, becoming the first Special Forces operator to return to combat as an above-the-knee amputee. Since then, Nick has gone on to find power in his pain and dedicated his life to enabling others to recognize their purpose.
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July 15, 2024 • 34 mins
Roughly three million Americans live with a stutter, with many suffering in silence -- fearing potential judgement, being told it 'isn't a big deal,' or not knowing where to go for resources. Former NBA Basketball Player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist knows this suffering all too well, especially after being thrown in the limelight of professional sports. So now, he's made it his mission to provide resources, educate, and break the stigma ...
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July 8, 2024 • 44 mins
Dr. Joseph Alderete was one of the first faces Benjamin saw when he landed on American soil after being rescued from Ukraine in 2022. From that moment, Dr. Alderete played an integral role in Benjamin’s recovery, not only rebuilding his strength but spirit.
Benjamin shares his conversation with Head of Orthopedic Oncology at the Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Joseph Alderete, where they discuss his career an...
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July 1, 2024 • 51 mins
Fifteen years ago, Dr. Lucy Hone set off on an academic journey to study the science behind resilience psychology. Little did she know, her grief would one day become her biggest research subject.
After tragically losing her twelve-year-old daughter Abi in a car accident, Dr. Hone had to take everything she studied about the science of resilience, healing, and the human brain to relearn how to live after her devastating loss. Now...
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June 24, 2024 • 44 mins
Growing up in Detroit, Khali Sweeney struggled with dyslexia, not truly learning how to read or write until his 20s after his learning disability was written off as a lack of effort from a “problem child.” However, when he began shadowboxing, he discovered an outlet for reaching young people he wished was available to him as a child. As a result, Khali started a boxing gym of his own — one dedicated to giving kids the support that ...
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June 17, 2024 • 48 mins
Shamayim Harris, lovingly known as 'Mama Shu,' watched with sorrow as Highland Park, the neighborhood where she grew up in Detroit, Michigan slowly became blighted with crime, vacant buildings, and trash flooding the streets. It would be in this same neighborhood that Mama Shu tragically lost her two sons, decades part, due to violence in their community.
Mama Shu took her heart wrenching grief and used it to create Avalon Villag...
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June 10, 2024 • 44 mins
"If I can't go through the front door, I'm going to go around the back. If the back door's locked, I'm going to go through a window. And if that is locked, let's just go on top of the roof and just remove the roof and go through it. That's how I see life."
Growing up as the youngest of 12 children, becoming pregnancy at 15, and being raped at 17, Dr. Sonja Stribling became a fighter at an incredibly young age. However, following ...
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June 3, 2024 • 21 mins
As graduates across the globe receive degrees and celebrate huge accomplishments, they're simultaneously stepping into unchartered waters; a season of life where words of encouragement are never taken for granted. That's why Benjamin was so honored to give a commencement speech for the graduates of The Institute of World Politics -- where they're training the next generation of national security, intelligence, and international aff...
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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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