Michael's Story: The Dream House, a Bullet, and a Productive Midlife Crisis (Ep. 02)

Between Here + There · Oct 6, 2026 · 1h 9m

Michael Sanders tells his life pivot story, with Brian in the host's chair this time. By 39, Michael had everything his 14-year-old self could have wanted: a digital agency he co-founded, a custom-built dream house in Austin, a band that played South by Southwest. Building the house was miserable. The agency work had stopped filling his cup. And twice, he got the thing he wanted and it felt like it was going to kill him.

Then, walking home from a show during South by Southwest in 2017, he was robbed and shot a few houses from his front door. No one came to help, so he got up and walked home…