Goodlad Unscripted

Sixth Degree Black Belt, Master Renato Tavares has amassed 9 world championships and 14 Pan Am championships among countless others throughout his over half a century of competing and perfecting his sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. But his greatest success is measured by the lives he has shaped in the process of learning their sport. Our four children train under him and the impact he and his coaches...

The world is changing rapidly and violence directed at churches, church leaders and congregations has increased over ten times what it was five years ago. Statistically, churches that are protected by visible armed security are far less likely to experience violence compared to those that are not. While we all wish we could go back to a time when armed protection in church was not a necessity, and...

This show is about men. Men that provide for their families, men that protect others, men that step up and take on the jobs that require far more than showing up and punching the clock. Guys that push themselves well beyond their limits because the situation requires it. Shawn is in his late 50's and I am in my mid 60's and for most of our lives we have been invincible, but both of us reac...

Bryan Thomas was a statistic. He was raised in a violent and dysfunctional home where alcohol and drug use began early and was a family affair. It started when he was a little boy and by the age of 16 he was a full-blown drug user, and dealer and living the hard and fast life. One night he held up a store at gunpoint and as a result was looking at a potential life sentence. But God had him even th...

Sixty years ago when I was a little boy, my grandparents grew most of their food in the garden on their farm. Manure was the fertilizer, and they couldn't afford pesticides and herbicides but they had old-fashioned ways of keeping the bugs away, and there was enough kids and hoes to take care of the weeds. That food wasn't called organic then, it was just called food. The meat they got fro...

If I were to tell you a story about a kid who was raised in an abusive home and who was involved in a highly restrictive religion that only served to turn him away from God, and that kid then embraced drugs and alcohol and all the trappings of the fast life, what would you expect to see in him today? Throw a few years in the Army where he served over two years overseas in a hotly-contested combat...

It's rare to meet someone who has survived a plane crash and even more rare to meet someone who has survived a helicopter crash. You could say then that meeting a pilot who has survived one plane crash and two helicopter crashes during his career, is a very rare thing and most certainly warrants an interview. Shawn Sullivan is military veteran, a former paramedic, a close friend, a brother in...

Covid decimated her business and when it was all over, she had to decide if it was worth doing it all over again. She found her answer in prayer and after a long re-building process she is ready to go again. She talks about how she does it all, runs a business, homeschools her four children, maintains a strong marriage, fitness and so much more. Learn more about Ana Tigre's business at Blessed...

More and more single dads are raising their kids alone and the challenges are many. Our guest on this episode navigated the tragedy of betrayal and divorce, a very busy and high-pressure career, with raising his two sons on his own. HIs boys are grown now and the family is successful and close. He tells his story and how he not only held it all together, but flourished as a father and a family. Ma...

My wife and I decided a very long time ago that we would homeschool our kids so that we could have the flexibility to travel and do all the things that fit our lifestyle at the time. Three years ago we moved to a small city in Florida, found an incredible church, and settled our family into this community. Looking back, Ana Tigre talks about homeschooling and why we are so dedicated to teaching ou...

Never in my adult life have I known a time when I trusted elected officials less than I do now. We don't need elected officials. We need leaders. Jesus Christ taught leadership when He washed the feet of his disciples. And when he healed the sick, took care of the needy, and fed the hungry. But most of all, Christ taught leadership when he was tortured and died on the cross for our sins, the u...

Since 2020 life has changed, we have changed, and the Goodlad Unscripted Podcast from back then just isn't a reflection of our world and where I am at any longer. Time for change so this is the newly configured Unscripted Podcast, coming to you from Sunny Florida now instead of Las Vegas, and its taken a twist from what it was. I hope you enjoy it, the first interview is coming soon. Join the...

We roll out of bed at 5am most days, then return to those cozy sheets around 10pm for a few quick hours before we start it all over again. We do our best to start the day with prayer and some Bible time but I would be lying if I told you that is the routine. We want it to be, but four unpredictable small children along with two energetic dogs have a knack for creating emergencies that interrupt or...

Jimi is a friend. We attend the same church, we see things the same in many regards, and we have a heart to serve others. I am a former SWAT Cop and Jimi is a former Special Forces Operator. This is our first podcast together and it opened a can of worms that could well turn into a dozen more shows if we took the notion to do that. Maybe we will. He is an interesting man, a bona-fide tough guy but...

I would like to think that every parent wants the very best for their kids. In the same breath, they want their kids to be strong, in every sense, and to have embraced the wisdom imparted to them during the formative years immersed in good parenting and family support. That’s the storybook hope, at least. The world, however, is teeming with counseling schedules booked solid with parents of bad kid...

The freedom of being your own boss and making a living doing something you are passionate about is the stuff that drives so many to become professional personal trainers. There is plenty of demand, countless opportunities for advancement, and the money can be great. Yet most personal trainers that got certified in the past five years are no longer making their living as trainers. David Puglisi of...

Jared Hudson spent his youth serving our nation as a Navy Seal, then had that dream end too soon because of injuries he earned protecting our country. A career in Law Enforcement was the next chapter. He served as a sheriff’s deputy and predominantly as a trainer, sharing his expertise and experience with officers from agencies around the country. He has a passion for God, for serving others, and...

Ray Johnson is a well-rounded athlete in excellent physical condition. He is a professional law enforcement, executive protection and security officer trainer, and an all-round, active and physically fit guy. Yet In January 2022 at 55 years old, he had his third heart attack. Ray joins me on the podcast to talk about his heart attacks, what caused them, and what he is doing to avoid another one, a...

It's later in life, and you find yourself faced with the prospect of dating again, and the list of unknowns is intimidating. Many of the lessons life has given you resulted in scars, and the whole idea of starting from scratch with someone new is both exciting and scary. In her late fifties, Elaine Goodlad joins me on this episode to talk about being single at a couple of years short of sixty. And...

Ana Tigre and I get into it in this episode of the Unscripted Podcast. She says I'm not perfect, and this coming from someone that... We all can do better, so why focus on the things that annoy you about your wife or husband? Or your kids, or friends, or anyone else for that matter. The problem may be that we tend to focus on the negative in others rather than the positive, so we only see the nega...

After a five-year break to raise kids, Ana is getting the urge to model for me again, and I couldn't be more excited. It will be different now because she has evolved, and there are stories to tell with pictures that weren't there five years ago. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about her modeling career, what I disliked about photography, how life has changed for us and how she has evolved...

Early in 2020, the USA was locked down and quarantined. Two weeks to flatten the curve, they said, and I really wanted to believe that. Had I not been so naive, I could have made a fortune investing in services like zoom and other video conferencing software. The business world pivoted, everything went online, and the term "working remotely" defined how things would get done in America and beyond...

In the last episode of the podcast, we talked about how I recovered from what was supposed to be a medical death sentence due to heart issues. Part of that recovery story was about how I learned to manage stress, and since it was significant enough to warrant its own show, Ana and I talk about it in this episode. As always, I hope what we say here is helpful to someone else.  Support The Podc...

In 2001 I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and had an ejection fraction of 35. That means each time my heart pumped a beat, 35% of the blood in my heart would be squeezed into my circulatory system. Normal is between 55% and 70%. My heart was also severely enlarged. During hospitalization and extensive testing, I was told by the doctor that I would not survive beyond fifteen years, prov...

Greg Hasberry's kidneys failed when he was in his forties. At the time, he was a healthy athlete, had no vices, and lived a responsible and productive life. He became dependent on dialysis to stay alive, but dialysis is not something a body is meant to do for the long term. After four and a half years of three to four treatments per week, it was wearing him down physically and mentally. His body w...