The Suffering Podcast

Send us Fan Mail After 2 years of The Suffering Podcast, not everything goes as smoothly as we would hope.  There are times where our guests have to cancel. Some for good and just reasons and some for less than honorable motives.  Whether it be an emergency or just plain cold feet there are moments when we have to scramble and come up with a show that day on the fly.  In this Episode we discuss th...

Send us Fan Mail The  inspiration for Laurice Duffy’s career is deeply personal. From a young age, others have turned to her for counsel and advice.  Laurice later turned innate listening and empathy skills into a career with a BA in psychology and a certification from the institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. Losing her husband Kevin after a long battle with ALS and eventual passing...

Send us Fan Mail It’s always a great day when a Jersey boy makes it to the big leagues. John Valentin has had an amazing career. Rising through the ranks with his talent for baseball and making it to the pros playing for the Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and as a Hidden coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. After retirement John has Taken his wealth of Experience and passing it on to the next genera...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Leeja Carter is a true renaissance woman. A Fulbright Scholar, feminist changemaker, and expert on inclusive and equity-focused practice in health and wellness, Dr. Carter's work has been featured on CNN’s Connect the World, Black News Channel, Salon.com, Self Magazine, Livestrong, Bustle, Women's Health, Pride Magazine, Beauty INC, and Psychology Today. In 2021, Dr. Carter qu...

Send us Fan Mail Divorce has become an epidemic in modern society. Marcy Cowen is a vocal representative of the pain and brokenness of divorce but shows you can rebuild yourself and live a full and wonderful life. Marcy‘s brave voice speaks out about her trials and tribulations going through a divorce after 15 years of marriage and the impact it had on her emotional and financial state as well as...

Send us Fan Mail Benny Love has decided to change his life in many different ways starting with his name. Breaking the chains of a disadvantaged upbringing, Benny now spreads the love. it wasn’t always that way, growing up on the streets of Hoboken engaging in illegal activities landed Benny in jail contemplating the next move of his life.  Returning to the streets once again to resume his crimina...

Send us Fan Mail If you are a true boxing fan, Gerry Cooney will inevitably pop up as having one of the most memorable fights in history. Fighting such opponents as Ken Norton, George Foreman, and Larry Holmes has solidified his reputation in history as one of the greats. The biggest battle fought by Gerry was outside of the ring. Fighting an abusive household, drugs and alcohol, and bad behavior...

Send us Fan Mail Season 2 Finale We made it 2 Years.   Part 2 Unbelievable how much we learned and accomplished over a 2 year period at The Suffering Podcast.  We are airing the party at Grande Saloon in Clifton NJ where we were able to talk to many former guests and learn how they have made it though.  This very special Season 2 closing episode is homage to our family for allowing us to show how...

Send us Fan Mail We made it 2 Years.   Part 1 Unbelievable how much we learned and accomplished over a 2 year period at The Suffering Podcast.  We are airing the party at Grande Saloon in Clifton NJ where we were able to talk to many former guests and learn how they have made it though.  This very special Season 2 closing episode is homage to our family for allowing us to show how Suffering is the...

Send us Fan Mail If we don’t learn, we stagnate and eventually die. With each new interaction in life we must pull the good and the bad in order to learn those life lessons. To carry us forward to live our best lives for another day. Some lessons are hard learned battles that take us to dark places. We watch these scenarios from a distance and try our best to avoid them. Taking the education that...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Turner spent his life saving the lives of others and making sure his fellow firefighters, as well as himself, survived the riggers of his job. Retiring from the Hoboken Fire department took Mike out of the daily survival mode but could not extinguish his instincts to move forward towards the next challenge. Trying out and making it onto season 42 of the hit CBS reality series...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Marino has been in the entertainment business for over 30 years. You don’t do something that long without some love for the craft that you have chosen. Through ups and downs, Mike’s passion has never wavered and his ability to pull through has made him a top name in comedy. From his humble beginnings as a commercial actor, to appearing on every talk show on network TV, Mike h...

Send us Fan Mail Andrew Santiago took his love for music one step further. Never the type of person to take it as it comes, but actively pursue his dream. After recording but finding it difficult to speak the same language of those who were in the post production process, Andrew took his passion one step further and went to school for audio engineering.  Able to make his passion a career, Andrew b...

Send us Fan Mail Wally Green came from a world that was not spinning out of control but was born in chaos.  A child of the projects in Brooklyn New York and raised in a household filled with abuse and lack of comfort, Wally found a family in gangs and crime. While being trained for a life going down the wrong path, Wally never lost his humanity.  At the lowest point in his life a pause led to a ch...

Send us Fan Mail Derek Tailer has spent the better part of his adult life making fans cheer by playing guitar as a professional at the highest level. Being a successful rockstar comes with its challenges but pales in comparison to his most rewarding career as a father. At the age of 23, Derek Jr. was born and the proud father got hired for the gig of a lifetime. Eventually it was discovered that D...

Send us Fan Mail When a child is born with what is commonly referred to as less than perfect the stress can be overwhelming. In the studio today we speak with Todd Smith who has been a champion of special needs athletes using his son Jake as an example of the benefits of sports. You will never meet a more genuine person or loving father who realizes 18 years later that his son does not have specia...

Send us Fan Mail Today we celebrate a very special milestone, the celebration of our very first cohesive episode. All the things we’ve done and all of those we’ve met all started on February 13, 2021 with the recording of episode nine, the suffering of PTSD with Mike Failace. Since then we have gone on this journey to get the message out that suffering is not to be avoided but celebrated.  In this...

Send us Fan Mail Edgar “Butch” Sanchez has accomplished what every child who takes up a sport dreams of becoming, to make it to the height of your profession and be recognized for your accomplishments. Training world champions in boxing has been his passion since a young kid. Butch becomes invested in his fighters making them part of his family and carries on his infectious spirit by inspiring oth...

Send us Fan Mail John Paulus was about to enter into a world that very few have ever experienced. Being of drafting age in the mid-60s, left John was vulnerable to being drafted into the military to go and fight in the Vietnam war. After John was eventually drafted, he chose to enlist in the Marines. The idealistic soldier experienced a trial by fire landing into Vietnam and stepping off the plane...

Send us Fan Mail We relate to each other in very odd ways within our community.  Today we sit down with Mike DePalma to discuss how our methods of communication can be both healthy and unhealthy.  How far to go before you push someone over the edge.  Is Busting Balls a right of passage or a marker of toxic masculinity? This episode will be fun but cover a serious topic where Suffering plays a hand...

Send us Fan Mail After experiencing absolute tragedy, Amanda found it in her heart to reach out to those in need within the veteran and first responder communities by starting the 501 C3 nonprofit organization Irish Angel. Through Irish Angel, Amanda has dedicated her life to assisting those who help us every day on the front lines by providing resources to get much needed mental assistance. Her m...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda Coleman is one of the rare individuals in this world that has taken her suffering and re-purposed it sending it back out into the world to give those around her a better life than she could’ve possibly dreamed or imagined as a child. Growing up in Dublin Ireland, Amanda has experienced a myriad of tragic events that are too numerous and horrible to mention. As one trauma se...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Stephanie Cohen has impacted the world through her willingness to repair the human body and bring back much-needed self-confidence as well as quality of life. Dr. Cohen has dedicated her professional career to the reconstruction and restoration of the human breast. Her missions to other countries to give much needed surgical assistance to developing nations shows that this pro...

Send us Fan Mail The road to sobriety has been a 30 year journey for Tom Schmittler.  That road has been filled with many turns in potholes but somehow Schmitty was able to functionally navigate the path while still abusing alcohol at a level most would see as insane.  Knocking on the devil’s door long enough will eventually call him to answer.  A crash is inevitable when you continue down the roa...

Send us Fan Mail We all have something inside of us that releases itself from time to time. People who have gone through struggles and trials refer to this demon as “The Beast”. The beast rears its head at the most inconvenient times and when you look at the beast in the eyes you can shake you to your core. On this episode Mike and I sit down and discuss possible solutions on how to defeat the bea...