Trudge Report

Hello and welcome back to the Trudge Report Podcast. Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful mothers out there. Thank you for your listenership and support of the show. This week we are all scattered a bit. We are recording a day later than normal to make certain we were all available for Mother's Day and not cutting the holiday short. Dan is at softball tonight and Shawn is traveling...

Hello and welcome back to the Trudge Report Podcast. Thank you for your listenership and support of the show. This week the four of us are back in action as we go around the horn. Greg is sweating out a game 7 for the Cavs in the 1st round of the NBA playoffs while Corey is very pleased with his Philadelphia Flyers series victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1st round of the Stanley Cup Fin...

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Trudge Report podcast. Thank you for tuning in this week to a very special guest episode. TRP welcomes Leslie Albeit to the show, courtesy of Danny P. Leslie is a current public defender in Mayor's Court, Ohio. She was a former criminal defense attorney. She is a mother and softball enthusiast. Most of her current work is focused on education law where s...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for listening and supporting the show. We begin this week with some quick life updates. Greg's week took a turn for the not so good but he's keeping a positive attitude and looking at it as an opportunity rather than a negative. Dan continues to be baffled by the hot and cold weather swings in his neck of the woods and also...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. We go around the horn starting with Greg who is turning into the red-headed John wick and also knee deep in 37 different colors of off-white paint swatches. Danny trying to get through the post NCAA March Madness lull before NBA playoffs start. Corey getting ragged on by the group for ordering a Caesar salad as his entree.  Danny brings the re...

Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. First and foremost a very happy Easter to anyone who celebrates. We kick things off going around the horn with some talk about this very particular holiday, food comas, church services, and kids figuring out some things about the Easter Bunny. We touch quickly on the NCAA men's basketball tournament...

Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. We kick things off going around the horn. Danny is elated because his UConn Huskies just pulled off a thrilling comeback victory to propel them to the Final Four. We also get some flag football updates from Greg and then a quick but enticing soliloquy about grocery store etiquette.  The recovery topic sur...

Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. We kick things off going around the horn. Greg shares a harrowing experience feeling the Earth shake due to a 6 ft wide, 45 ton meteor that broke up 30 miles above land and scattered bits and pieces all around Ohio and other parts of the Midwest and Northeast. We have some airplane travel talk as Corey is...

Welcome back to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for supporting the show. We kick things off going around the horn. Work trips from Marco Island, FL to Dallas, Tx. Strange weather swings to low budget horror films to that time in Florida when the grass grows tall seemingly overnight. We do have a brief but important conversation about the role of leadership in the workplace and...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. We thank you for being with us and supporting the show. We begin by giving a big shout out to Producer Janine and her husband Roy who have been sick for a few weeks. Janine needs to hurry back because the inmates are running the asylum. We go around the horn and give quick life updates including wedding venues, sick children, Mar...

Welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for being here with us. This week's episode is all about etiquette at our recovery groups and how to comport ourselves inside and outside the rooms of recovery. The question of whether it is ok to swear in meetings or share on something that is off topic? How do we set the example for newer people or for people that have not been sho...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. In the around the horn segment we touch on everything from the Cleveland Cavaliers to Aliens, to “Redacted Files." Danny and Shawn give some youth sports updates for our kids, Greg has a few quick wedding planning updates, and Corey asks for prayers for a close family member having some health struggles.  Before we dive into the...

Hello everyone. We kick things off with some lighter life updates, including Corey surviving a truly brutal Valentine’s Day restaurant experience, Danny P celebrating a big win with his eighth grade bball team, and Greg nearly blowing off his eyebrows while grilling steaks. Then we pivot into the main recovery segment with our guest Elizabeth Everett, who shares how a childhood full of secrets, is...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. This week we go around the horn and Dan shares his experience with his son over the weekend at Madison square garden for the UConn v St John's game. Greg gives us an update on wedding planning and Corey tells us how his new job is going and how he has finally gotten back into writing and playing music. Danny wins the rental...

Join us this week as we trudge through the cold. 16 inches of snow for the Ohio boys and frost on the cars for the Florida boys. We celebrate Corey‘s daughter‘s birthday and the fact that he would make the world‘s worst parking attendant. Corey also starts a new job this week so we wish him well in that endeavor. A big shout out to producer Janine with the grand opening of her new studio and a won...

Join Trudge Report this week as the Ohio boys are shoveling snow while the Florida boys are soaking up 85° sunny weather. We kick things off with a quick check in on the winter storm to make sure Greg and Dan are okay. Corey has two quick rants. One about the evolution of American school snow days and the other about too many school fundraisers.  The recovery segment surrounds our defects of chara...

Welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. Danny is traveling and with family this week so Greg, Corey, and Shawn are bringing the goods. Greg has a quick rant on the state of the movie theatre going experience these days, Corey shares some big life updates, and Shawn recaps a weekend of family feud and comedy roasting.  The recovery segment is all about writing things down. We specifically...

Hello everyone, we welcome you back to another episode of Trudge Report. In this week's episode we tackle a little bit of football talk as playoff season is upon us. We go around the horn and Greg gives a little constructive feedback to the toy manufacturer, Mattel. We also mention the touching but sometimes overlooked moments of being parents. We discuss a little more about financial fears a...

100th episode!!!! Hello everyone and welcome back to Trudge Report. The whole crew is back in action this week as we are all home and settled in post New Year. After a quick around the horn and recap of our holiday and New Year travels and escapades we do some brief sports talk before getting into the main material of the show. We pay homage to Shawn's long time mentor in recovery of over 14...

Welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Greg and Corey are holding down the ship while Dan and Shawn have the night off. The dynamic duo discuss how their Christmas holiday went and Corey talks about his holiday travel nightmare but with a good friend helping out along the way and a not so bad ending after all. Greg shares a genuinely heartfelt moment from his soon-to-be stepson and...

Join the Trudge Trio this week as Corey is either missing in action and on the run from the FBI or traveling for the holidays. We go around the horn and discuss everyone's final Christmas preparation plans. Dan has a wild discovery in a rental vehicle.  The recovery portion of the show surrounds the understanding need for moral inventory and self-examination. The boys discuss the power of res...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. To kick things off Danny goes on a quick rant about people from snowy and cold states that annually act like they've never seen snow once it arrives, especially on the roadway. Greg gets in on the rant as well. We then have a spirited but brief debate over professional wrestling and how real or fake it really is. Shawn manages to...

Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. Join us this week as we recap our weekends and do a little favorite and least favorite Christmas movie around the horn. Greg has a new house guest and let us not forget that Corey almost became a national hero at a Christmas parade.  The recovery segment surrounds the idea of what can or cannot define our Higher Powers? We share some...

Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. We kick off the show with a quick recap of how everyone's Thanksgiving was, along with some underrated and overrated takes on Thanksgiving food. The bulk of the episode surrounds the message we are sharing in recovery groups. Is it a message that should instill hope and courage in the newcomer or warning the newcomer about h...

Hello everyone and welcome back to a very special Thanksgiving episode of Trudge Report. This week we take a break from the normal routine and welcome Rebecca Morgan to the show. Rebecca was a former foster care youth, current and long time child welfare professional, and someone who has addiction that runs rampant in her family. We first dive into her role as a child welfare professional and how...