The Motivation Show

What was Babe Ruth REALLY like beyond the baseball diamond? Discover the man behind the legend as his great-grandson, Brent Stevens, joins host Eli Marcus on The Motivation Show for a fascinating conversation filled with family stories, baseball history, and revealing insights into one of the greatest sports icons of all time! BABE RUTH — THE LEGEND. THE MAN. THE UNTOLD STORIES. Known as "The Sult...

From playing the beloved mom in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to starring in the terrifying horror classics The Howling, Cujo, and The Hills Have Eyes, Dee Wallace has enjoyed an extraordinary Hollywood career spanning nearly 300 film and television roles! On this captivating episode of The Motivation Show, host Eli Marcus sits down with the legendary actress to explore her remarka...

What does it take to turn a major setback into a powerful comeback? In this inspiring conversation on The Motivation Show podcast, Eli Marcus sits down with Tim Storey, bestselling author, international speaker, life strategist, podcast host, and the Original Comeback Coach, to explore the ideas behind The Miracle Mentality. Tim has spent decades helping entrepreneurs, executives, athletes, and hi...

What does 17 years at ESPN teach you about leadership, success and what really matters in life? Jason Romano spent nearly two decades at ESPN, working behind the scenes at the worldwide leader in sports. Along the way, he encountered legendary athletes, coaches and leaders—and discovered that true success has far less to do with titles, money or status than most people think. In this inspiring epi...

Was the movie Jerry Maguire based on a true story? The answer is yes. Legendary sports agent Leigh Steinberg was the real-life inspiration behind Tom Cruise's iconic role in the Academy Award-winning film Jerry Maguire. Over the course of his remarkable career, Steinberg represented more than 300 professional athletes, including numerous Hall of Famers, No. 1 NFL Draft picks, Super Bowl champions,...

How much control do you really have over your health? According to internationally respected physician Dr. Michael Klaper, the answer may be far more than most people realize. In this eye-opening episode of The Motivation Show, Dr. Klaper explains how proper nutrition may help prevent—and in many cases reduce the risk of—some of today's most common chronic diseases, including heart disease, high b...

How Does a 21-Year-Old Become One of America's Top American Ninja Warrior Competitors? At just 21 years old, Colton Skuster has already competed in four seasons of American Ninja Warrior, earning a reputation as one of the competition's most exciting and determined athletes. In this inspiring episode of The Motivation Show, host Eli Marcus sits down with Colton to explore the training, mindset, di...

How do you go from inheriting $10 million in family debt to building a $3.2 billion investment firm? In this inspiring episode of The Motivation Show, host Eli Marcus sits down with Silver Kung, author of Silver Linings: Finding Wealth, Wisdom, and Redemption on the Hardest Road of All, to explore one of the most remarkable entrepreneurial journeys you'll ever hear. After overcoming a difficult ch...

#football #NFL #KansasCityChiefs 🏈 How do you overcome rejection and perform under the pressure of 80,000 people watching? Nick Lowery played 18 NFL seasons, primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs, becoming the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 1,466 points. A 3-time Pro Bowler, 2-time First-Team All-Pro, and former NFL all-time leader in field goals and kicking accuracy, Nick's success ext...

𝐖. 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 is an American author, columnist, screenwriter & humorist. He is most famous for his novel 𝐀 𝐃𝐨𝐠'𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, which spent 52 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. The 2010 book is the basis for the movie version starring 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐝 and others and was released in theaters in 2017. A Dog's Purpose was followed by a sequel called 𝐀 𝐃𝐨𝐠'𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, which was also adapt...

𝐍𝐎𝐀𝐇 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐋𝐄𝐘 plays a scintillating role as “𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧” in Producer Ryan Murphy’s "𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘", a TV Series about the life of JFK Jr. & his wife Carolyn Bessette. Michael Bergin dated Carolyn Bessette in the 1990’s and also worked for Calvin Klein as did Carolyn. Co-stars include 𝐍𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐬 who plays Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 (Meryl Streep's daughter) who plays Caroline Kenned...

The California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) story is about more than pizza. It’s about resilience, adaptability, and two friends/former federal prosecutors who turned a crazy idea (barbecue chicken on pizza) into an American success story. In the new book, The California Pizza Kitchen Story , CPK co-founder Rick Rosenfield details how he and his co-founder, Larry Flax, created an international franchise wi...

𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐀𝐥𝐢 was married to arguably the most famous person in the world at the time in the late 1960’s. If you need a hint of who she married, he floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. Yes indeed... 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐢 He was, in my humble opinion, the greatest athlete in the world in his sport of all-time. In fact, he was never shy about proclaiming that he was the Greatest…and he certainly bac...

𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐖𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 is a record-breaking baseball legend who earned 4 World Series rings! One of those rings was with the 1986 NY Mets, one of the most talked about World Championship teams in baseball history. He is one of the greatest hitters in the 65 year legacy of the NY Mets with a home-run record that stood for 37 years. His success on the baseball field came hand-in-hand with well documented...

-𝐉𝐨𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞 is a financial expert and co-owner of a leading financial firm. He has helped thousands of individuals build their health & wealth. He is a speaker sharing messages from his unusual and interesting life journey that are part motivational & part entertaining. He is the author of a new book called 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢...

The 𝐎𝐉 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 trial was known as 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 for the murders of 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧 and 𝐑𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧. Though OJ was found innocent of the charges by a jury, there is a whole lotta people who are convinced he was guilty. Just before the murders and after the divorce, Nicole Brown Simpson was dating 𝐊𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐙𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 & OJ was none too happy about that. In a brand new book cal...

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐬 is an extraordinary musical artist whose unique blend of talent, charisma, & generosity has made him an institution both in jazz circles & in the world of entertainment at large. He has earned a gold record for the hit single "𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝," & a Grammy nod. He was 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬’𝐬 sidekick on ”𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰.” He also later hosted his own Emmy award-winning talk show, “𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚...

Brian Hyland is known as the voice of Summer Love, & is a pioneer of Rock N Roll.  He sang one of my favorite songs, in fact it’s probably one of almost everyone’s favorite songs & one of the great classics of all time as it is on every karaoke song sheet…Sealed With a Kiss, which has probably been sung billions of times in karaoke. His journey through music is nothing short of legendary. At the r...

Jason Chapin is the son of Harry Chapin, one of the greatest recording artists of the 1970’s with two of the biggest and most memorable hits of all time: Taxi and 1974’s monumental hit Cat's in the Cradle.  Harry Chapin tragically died in 1981 in an auto accident in Long Island, NY. On the 50th anniversary of Cat's in the Cradle's hitting the charts as #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of D...

𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 is the author of 3 New York Times bestselling baseball biographies: 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐊𝐨𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐱: A Lefty’s Legacy; 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐲: Mickey Mantle & The End of America’s Childhood; AND…𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚: Babe Ruth & The World He Created. Her current book is "𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐱 𝐈𝐭” which is now the talk of baseball. In this interview (spicy language...listene...

𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐢 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐞 is an award winning & has one of the most recognizable last names in the world thanks to being the widow of 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐞, the chicken magnate. She has written hundreds of articles for the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents, Psychology Today & her own newsletter chronicling her experiences of her trips to 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 and the horrors she witnessed. As a war correspondent, she has v...

𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐠e𝐫 is the author of the instant & phenomenal NY Times Best Sellers 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐞, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐭 & 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐠𝐞. Dr. Greger is the founder of 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬.𝐨𝐫𝐠, a science-based nonprofit charity committed to bringing the medical literature to you, breaking down the latest in evidence-based nutrition research, & presenting the results in ways that a...

Kerry Siggins overcame tremendous challenges, including a cocaine addiction, and yet despite that setback, succeeded in business all the way to being a finalist for Colorado’s CEO of the year.   She is the author of the book: The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life & Leadership.   We discuss: -How was it like growing up -What kind of addiction did you have and how and when did...

Jimmy Morris hails all the way from Down Under.  Yes indeed, the land of Crocodile Dundee, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth and the Wolverine himself Hugh Jackman….Australia.   He is a firefighter who is featured in the Australian Firefighters 2026 Calendar.  In this episode we discuss: -How he came from a normal household, had a great child hood...and then how things got a bit messy...

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 is the sister of one of the most famous, beloved and storied runners of all time whose life was tragically cut short in the 1970’s as he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics. She has been the guardian of his iconic legacy ever since. In the early 1970’s, her brother 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 was one of America’s greatest long distance runners. From 1973 to 1975, he set American records at...