Finding Your Summit

Host Mark Pattison sits down with Susie Hall, bestselling author of Blessed Disruption: Transforming Trauma into Triumph, successful interior designer, entrepreneur, and international speaker who grew up as the daughter of legendary University of Washington assistant coach and later Boise State head coach Skip Hall, revealing why writing a vulnerable book that exposed her deepest struggles require...

Host Mark Pattison sits down with Duff McKagan, founding member of Guns N' Roses, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, author, entrepreneur, and father who grew up in the same Seattle neighborhood as Mark before becoming one of rock's most iconic bassists, revealing why watching Joe Strummer stop a Clash concert at the Paramount in 1979 to defend fans from security taught him that there's no difference be...

Host Mark Pattison sits down with Bart Barkley, founder of Most People Don't, former hospitality executive with 16 years at Ritz Carlton and 10 years at Hyde Hotel, and international speaker who travels the world encouraging audiences between 40 to 4000 people to do what most people don't do, revealing why a rejection email in New York City forced him to look up from his phone and see a homeless m...

Host Mark Pattison sits down with Andrew Brandt, a former NFL agent, Green Bay Packers Vice President, Villanova Law professor, and author of Smarter About Sports who spent nine years managing the salary cap and player negotiations for one of football's most storied franchises, revealing why his journey from representing tennis players at ProServe to becoming Boomer Esiason's agent happened becaus...

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Tim Hovland, an International Hall of Fame beach volleyball legend, five-time Manhattan Beach Open champion, and four-time world champion who dominated the AVP tour throughout the 1980s and 90s with 60 career wins including 53 with his longtime partner Mike Dodd, revealing why the greatest era of beach volleyball wasn't just about athletic dominance but about se...

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Conrad Weaver, a filmmaker, leadership expert, and endurance cyclist who spent 65 days riding 3,500 miles across America from Astoria, Oregon to Maryland while screening his documentary PTSD 911 in 14 cities along the way, revealing why the hardest phone call he made wasn't to family but to his support crew asking for help when lightning storms threatened his li...

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jen Drummond, a world record holder, mother of seven, and resilient mountaineer who became the first woman to climb the seven second summits across all continents, revealing why a near death car crash in 2018 transformed her from a ghost of herself running classroom parties in turkey sweaters to a force of nature tackling the world's most dangerous peaks, how ye...

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Doug Crandall, a West Point graduate, former Army officer, leadership development expert, and author of Building or Diminishing who has spent over 25 years teaching leaders how to maximize their impact through intentional communication and self-awareness, revealing why every word and action either builds people up or tears them down with no neutral ground in bet...

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jim Rome, the legendary sports broadcaster, radio icon, and host of The Reinvention Project podcast who has spent over three decades dominating the sports media landscape, revealing why his journey from market 174 in Santa Barbara to building The Jungle empire required visualizing success years before the opportunity arrived, how maintaining perspective and unde...

Host Mark Pattison delivers a powerful solo episode breaking down the exact blueprint for achieving greatness, revealing why reaching the top of your potential isn't about talent or luck but about making a fundamental choice between five dispositions that determine everything: bad, average, good, great, or phenomenal. In this deeply personal and actionable conversation, Mark shares the hard-earned...

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Michael Allison, a renowned performance coach, leadership expert, and author of The Performance Code who has spent decades working with elite athletes, business leaders, and high achievers including speaking engagements at Harvard Business School, helping individuals understand how their physiology responds to pressure and how to shift from fight mode to sustain...

["Host Mark Pattison sits down with Amanda Gunville, a sports business executive, entrepreneur, and breast cancer survivor who spent over two decades working alongside legendary sports agent Lee Steinberg before facing a life-altering diagnosis that transformed her perspective on joy, resilience, and what truly matters when everything is on the line. In this deeply personal and inspiring conversat...

Host Mark Pattison sits down with Kenton Cool, one of the world's most accomplished high-altitude mountain guides who has successfully summited Mount Everest an astonishing 20 times, making him one of only a handful of Western guides who continuously return to the world's highest peak year after year. In this electrifying conversation between two mountaineers who first met at Everest Base Camp in...

Host Mark Pattison sits down with Jeff Chandler, former CEO of HopDoddy Burger Bar who spent over two decades building restaurant empires and just completed his final day leading a 50+ location better burger concept across nine states, revealing why the leadership lessons learned under legendary University of Washington football coach Don James became the blueprint for creating culture-driven orga...

Host Mark Pattison sits down with Fred Couples, a legendary PGA Tour champion, Masters winner, and one of golf's most beloved figures who has spent over four decades competing at the highest levels of professional golf while maintaining one of the smoothest swings the game has ever seen. In this deeply personal and entertaining conversation, Fred shares his extraordinary journey from a nine year o...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Tim O'Donnell, a professional Ironman triathlete, over 50-time podium finisher, and endurance athlete who has competed at the highest levels of triathlon for nearly two decades, establishing himself as one of the most consistent performers at the Ironman World Championship in Kona. In this inspiring conversation, Tim shares his...

"Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Mike Hulbert, a three-time PGA Tour winner, 26-time major championship competitor, and CBS Sports rules analyst who has spent over four decades at the highest levels of professional golf. In this entertaining and insightful conversation, Mike shares his extraordinary journey from winning the FedEx St. Jude Classic in his secon...

"Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison reconnects with Frank Fumich, an accomplished adventure athlete and mountaineer who just returned from successfully summiting Mount Everest using a revolutionary three-week rapid ascent approach after pre-acclimatizing for two months in a hypoxic tent in his Virginia guest room. In this raw and deeply emotional conversation recorded just wee...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison reconnects with Yuriy Boyechko, CEO of Hope for Ukraine, a humanitarian organization operating in the most dangerous war zones of Eastern Europe, delivering life-saving aid to civilians trapped in cities under constant drone surveillance and artillery bombardment. In this urgent and deeply sobering conversation recorded in May 2026, Yuriy pro...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with David Meltzer, a renowned entrepreneur, sports executive, bestselling author, and one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world who has made it his life's mission to empower over a billion people to be happy by making a lot of money for the sake of helping others and having fun. In this energizing and deeply i...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Ted Nugent, the legendary rock guitarist, multi-platinum recording artist who has sold over 40 million albums, and an uncompromising force of nature who has spent seven decades creating some of rock and roll's most iconic anthems while remaining completely clean and sober in an industry notorious for excess. In this electrifyin...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Alan Arnette, one of the world's foremost Everest experts, mountaineering coach, and Alzheimer's advocate who has completed 38 major expeditions including four attempts on Everest before finally summiting in 2011, plus a successful K2 ascent. In this timely and urgent conversation recorded on May 20th, 2026, Alan provides a rea...

["Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Tom French, an accomplished mountaineer, adventure athlete, and author whose extraordinary journey from McKinsey senior partner to full-time adventurer embodies the power of reconnecting with your deepest passions at any age. In this inspiring conversation, Tom shares his remarkable story of leaving a 33-year consulting caree...

Welcome back to Finding Your Summit! Host Mark Pattison sits down with Ed Marinaro, a former NFL running back, Heisman Trophy runner-up, and accomplished actor who spent six years in the NFL and decades building a successful Hollywood career. In this inspiring conversation, Ed shares his extraordinary journey from being one of the first Ivy League players ever nominated for the Heisman Trophy at C...