Lies Between Us - Roger Ray Bird

Dennis and I reconnect after his 2,500-mile bike ride where he attended the BLM march in DC and raised money for Native causes. Dennis speaks of the multiple levels of adventure he had as well as a few ugly moments along the way. But he is home safe and sound almost three months later. Additional topics include the simple life, mental health, homelessness, lost loves, and one of our favorite topic...

We all face our own trauma. There is no measurable comparison of pain. I started this podcast show to openly discuss the harsh realities of life rarely spoken of.  Ray lived a happy-go-lucky life in his younger years, but his alcohol and drug addictions were keeping a meaningful life out of reach. Ray then decided to take his life back from the forces trying to kill him.  Buying a mountain bike an...

We discuss our collective ability to have conversations, engaging with others who hold different views, and the concept of divine discontent. Much of the talk focuses around integrity and truth as we push and strive to succeed, both for the benefit of our employers and optimizing our own success at home and in our work, even if we work for ourselves.  As we strive to find happiness and balance, we...

Episode #5 features my co-host and Baltimore buddy, David Tambeaux. We discuss taking a head-on approach to life, relationships, and work, as well as the critical nature of a solid foundation of truth and great communication. David shares his struggles of helping with the poor mental health of a family member and how he tries to stop short of enabling. Some of us try to keep certain behaviors aliv...

My co-host Laird Knight is a husband, father, works as a realtor in Morgantown, WV USA, he invented 24-hour mountain bike racing in 1992, and he is in the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.  Laird grew up as an Army Brat to a father who was a Vietnam combat officer and an alcoholic.  Laird and his wife Barbara adopted three children of color from Ethiopia who are biological brothers and sister.  We discu...

My big-hearted and white-skinned cycling friend Dennis Dodson is an artist, has a Master’s Degree in Sociology from the New School for Social Research with a focus on culture and ethnography. His journey has been interesting, as he grew up in a racist working-class neighborhood of North Baltimore. Dennis claims he has been obsessed with cycling since 1975 but he has only started long tours in the...

In March 2020, our Cottage Grove, WI neighbor and friend Jim Ahearn lost his dear wife Ann to aggressive cancer. Ann was a gorgeous and vibrant 42 years young when she passed. Ann left her two darling children, both under 12 years old and both who are adopted kids of color, to live with their white and newly-widowed single dad.  Jim is a super-awesome dude, a successful businessman, a budding athl...

A rebroadcast of an interview between me and my business coach Sarah Young. We discuss my crazy life story and share a few of my life tools that I fabricated out of necessity to help me save my own life from myself.    At five years old, my three sisters and I lost our mother to mental illness.   At 13 years old I became a drug addict and a junkie with two resulting overdoses.   Only completing th...