Courage Talks

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟲𝗘𝟭 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲. I’m genuinely excited to share this one with you. My guest is David Green, a retired entrepreneur, ultrarunner, author, and one of the most quietly determined adventurers I’ve met. David has run across continents the hard way, on foot, day after day, for months at a time. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲:   • In 2018, while running the Caminho da Fé in Brazil, a sick...

🎙️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! Featuring 𝗡𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵i Nistha is the bestselling author of No Shortcuts (3rd best business book of the year 2019), Unstartup, Futurepreneurs and Seven Conversations, founder of Scholar Strategy and 24NorthStar. A LinkedIn Top Voice and someone who has repeatedly chosen the harder, less conventional path. From a small-town girl who left India on a scholarship...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! 🚀 Meet Eswari Andiappan, the first woman in India to complete a full Ironman triathlon, mother of two, engineer-turned-MBA, and now a lifestyle & nutrition coach who turns personal struggle into fuel for others. From village roots and the early mornings of running alone (often the only woman in a group of men), through depression, anger, isolation, and the overwhe...

𝗪𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 🎙️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 | 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟰 Scott Lackey’s life has been marked by what he calls “lightning strikes”, those sudden, forceful moments that strip away certainty and force a deeper reckoning. He served eight years in the U.S. Army, including tours during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He built inventions out of necessity in the desert, later patented products that...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟯 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲. This week’s guest is Jeremy Howard, an endurance coach with 20+ years of experience who has guided athletes from youth swimming all the way to Ultraman World Championships, Olympic Trials, and professional triathlon. Jeremy holds degrees in English and History from the University of Kansas and a Master’s in Education from Sacred Heart University. His athletes include U...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟮 | 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 Luke Mathews was once called the “Boy Wonder” of triathlon. Humble, positive, ridiculously fast. Multiple Kona qualifications. Podiums. The kind of athlete who made the hard look easy. Then in 2017, on a flight back from visiting family in Zambia, everything changed. 𝘈 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴.   • Three major surgeries in Nairobi.   • Half his...

𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟵 𝗵𝗿𝘀 𝟱𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀?? 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟭 is Here!!! This episode features Tyler Andrews, a La Sportiva athlete, founder of the Chaski Foundation, and one of the most complete endurance athletes of his generation. From a high school kid running 18:30 for 5K to standing on the summit of the world’s highest mountain in record time, Ty’s path has been anything but linear. After years...

🎙️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟰𝗘𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! This one is really special. Among all his achievements, what's special about the guest is that he is my senior from school, and I have fond memories of him, especially since he was also the school captain, among many other achievements. I’m thrilled to share this powerful conversation with Vineet Buch, Partner at Firebolt Ventures, former Product Director at...

🚀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟰𝗘𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗿, builder of products that reached millions of Indians on feature phones long before smartphones became common. Founder who was told he was “an ideas guy who would fail as an entrepreneur”, and still walked away from a stable career to prove otherwise. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀, 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁: • The quiet courage of leaving a se...

🎙️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟰𝗘𝟰 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! In this powerful episode, I talk with Nitin Gupta, Global CEO and ED, STEER World, a leader whose journey is pure grit, resilience, and courage. • 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘦-𝘣𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘖𝘊𝘓 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘢 (𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)... • 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘙𝘌𝘊 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘬...

I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Niranjan Seshadri, MD, JD — a rare blend of interventional cardiologist, healthcare entrepreneur, legal expert, and thought leader at the intersection of medicine, AI, and human empathy. He's trained at the Cleveland Clinic and Harvard Medical School, with a JD from Georgetown and an LL.M. from UC Berkeley specialising in AI and Technology Law. Dr. Sesh...

𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟰 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁. Heidi Neck is one of the most recognised names in entrepreneurship education in the world. She holds the Jeffry Timmons Chair at Babson College, is the Academic Director of the Babson Academy, and has spent decades reshaping how entrepreneurship is taught globally. She founded the Babson Collaborative, a memb...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟰, 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟭 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻 Vikram is the Chairman of Pricol Group and Managing Director of Pricol Limited, a second-generation leader who has steered the Group into a diversified enterprise with revenues close to ₹5,000 crores and a team of over 9,000 people. With more than 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, he has founded and scaled over ten companies across au...

Meet Kaamya Karthikeyan, an 18-year-old mountaineering prodigy, polar explorer, TED speaker, and living proof that age is no barrier to extraordinary courage. At just 17, she became the youngest female in the world to complete the Seven Summits Challenge, standing on the highest peak of every continent, including Everest and Vinson Massif in Antarctica. On 27 December 2025, she skied to the South...

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟯𝗘𝟱 — 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 Diagnosed with Autism at just two-and-a-half, Varun spent his early years navigating therapies and finding his voice. Today, he is a man of few words, but his actions speak volumes. From pursuing his first dream of becoming a chef and building Varun’s Bake n Flake, to discovering the transformative power of long-distance running in 2016, Varun has consistently re...

🎙️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 | 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟯𝗘𝟰 At just 16, Padakanti Vishwanath Karthikey from Hyderabad became the youngest Indian and the second youngest in the world to complete the legendary Seven Summits Challenge: summiting the highest peak on every continent, including Mount Everest on 27 May 2025. From his first glacier trek at age 11 to standing on top of the world while balancing school, this...

🚀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁: 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟯𝗘𝟯 – 𝗝𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗔 & 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 – 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘂𝘁! 🌌 What does it take for a young woman from a small town in Andhra Pradesh to train like an astronaut at NASA facilities, become the first Indian to complete AEXA’s International Air & Space Program, and set her sights on being among the first Indians on Mars? Meet...

🌊 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟯𝗘𝟮 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! Meet Anshuman Jhingran, one of India’s most extraordinary young athletes and an open-water swimming prodigy who is rewriting what’s possible. Born in Delhi and raised in Mumbai, Anshuman went from being a national-level pool swimmer (bronze medalist & Singapore Nationals competitor) to conquering some of the world’s most dangerous channels. A cycling acciden...

🎙️ Courage Talks S13E1 - Young Achiever’s Special is NOW LIVE! In this powerful opening episode of Season 13, I sat down with Renee Noronha, the 20-year-old endurance athlete who has become the Youngest Indian Female to qualify for the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, and is on a mission to become the youngest woman in the world to finish an IRONMAN on all six continents. From training 8 hours...

🚀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟮𝗘𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! I had the pleasure of sitting down with Munish Jauhar, a powerhouse entrepreneur, prolific angel investor, ultra-runner, and one of the most thoughtful leaders I know. Munish is the Founder & CEO of GrayCell Technologies, an award-winning digital agency, and through GrayCell Ventures, he has invested in 120+ startups. Former Chair of NASSCOM Chandigarh &...

🎙️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟮 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! From college athlete (basketball & softball) to ultrarunner, race director, and mental health advocate, this episode is a powerful reminder that the trails can heal, connect, and transform us. Meet Kim Levinsky Founder & Trail Party Director of Sassquad Trail Running (New Jersey) | Ultrarunner | FKT Holder Kim turned her love for running in...

What if the man who has run 150+ marathons over 40 years also happens to be one of India’s leading Sports & Exercise Medicine doctors, and has spent his life proving that running doesn’t destroy your knees, it actually heals and strengthens you? 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 Dr Rajat Chauhan — 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮-𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲. A true pioneer who brings a rare 3...

Very excited to share that Lisa Smith-Batchen, one of the most accomplished and inspiring ultrarunners in the world, is the guest on the latest episode of Courage Talks! 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗮’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆:   • First American woman to win the Marathon des Sables, a gruelling 150-mile, multi-stage race across the Sahara Desert   • Two-time winner of the Badwater Ultramarathon (...

From surviving a stroke at 26 and a crushed foot at 45… to becoming a 17-time HURT 100 finisher and one of the toughest race directors in the Mid-Atlantic. 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘀, Veteran Ultramarathoner, Race Director, Stay-at-Home Dad turned Trail Running Legend, and Founder of Athletic Equation & WV Trail Fest. Born into a family of refugees from the Greek and Armenian Genocides, Alex grew...

Mihika is the founder of Mission Healthy with Mihika, a women-focused fitness academy, an ultra-marathon runner, and a hybrid athlete. She describes her younger self as a "jack of all sports, master of none", someone who simply loved to move. Like many women, life gradually pulled her away from fitness: marriage, children, work, and the weight of daily responsibilities. But the spark nev...