Heroes' Path Podcast

Why I Keep Bees. I was thirteen when I opened my first hive. Two colonies, edge of the yard, just past the cornfield. Back then, bees didn’t need much. Shelter. Space. A little respect. I thought I was learning how to keep bees. Turns out, I was learning how to show up, pay attention, and keep going—even when things fall apart. We lost all our hives last year. Mites. Pesticides. A hard winter. Thi...

20 minutes Combat-wounded in Vietnam at 19, Jan Scruggs returned home carrying shrapnel and the invisible weight of PTSD. One night in a theater watching The Deer Hunter sparked his audacious idea: build a memorial that could heal a divided nation. In this fast-moving conversation Jan walks us through the firefight that nearly killed him, the $2,800 gamble that launched the Vietnam Veterans Memori...

Today, on sacred ground, we begin something new. Heroes’ Path is officially launching—a platform for those who believe the past should help in guiding our present. For students, teachers, veterans, business leaders and citizens--all of us who still hunger for purpose, truth, and something real to believe in. Over the next 30 days, we’re rolling out programs, curriculum, stories, tools, and a livin...

What does it take to lead under pressure—when clarity is a luxury and failure has consequences that echo for generations? In the very first episode of The Heroes' Path Podcast , we sit down with Colonel Greg Fontenot (USA, Ret.), a seasoned combat commander, military historian, and author of No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II . What unfolds is a compelling, unsc...