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Trudge Report
Four friends, all in recovery and living in South Florida, come together to discuss a variety of topics aimed at enriching their lives and those of their listeners. With a focus on sports, recovery, trending cultural phenomena, and daily life tips, they hope to inspire their audience to live better lives. Drawing on their own experiences and camaraderie, they aim to be informative, inspiring, vulnerable, genuine, and humorous. They encourage listeners to join them in exploring new interests and…
Episodes
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Ep. 82 - The Warren Legacy with Chris McKinnell: Part 2
Hello friends and welcome back to another very special episode of Trudge Report. This is part 2 of the Chris McKinnell interview. Grandson of famed paranormal…
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Ep. 81 - The Warren Legacy with Chris McKinnell: Part 1
The Trudge Report takes a chilling turn as Shawn, Bill, Corey, and Greg welcome a very special guest, Chris McKinnell—grandson of legendary paranormal…
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Ep. 80 - NFL Season Preview: Winners, Losers & Sleepers
Hello friends and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. We kick things off with a quick around the horn segment. Corey is alive, Greg saw Beetlejuice on…
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Ep. 79 - Getting the Magic Back: First Day of School Episodes & Unthinkable Relapses
The guys cover everything from kids’ football bruises and horror movie reviews to the left-lane offenders that make your blood boil. Corey relives his…
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Ep. 78 - Water Seeks its Own Level: SummerSlam 2025, Celsius Mishaps, & Finding the Right Tribe.
Welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. We have a quick around the horn segment where we all check in and tell how our weekends were. Greg and Corey…
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Ep. 77 - A Chair Shot in the Dark: RIP Ozzy & Hulkster, leg dropping Q & A’s and dreams of the Main Event
This week on Trudge Report, the crew (minus Shawn) dives into a wild ride of memories, hot takes, and cultural farewells. We pay tribute to two…
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Ep. 76 - Intimacy and Addiction: Navigating Relationships in Recovery.
Welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. After a brief around the horn segment we take a moment to remember how cunning, baffling, and powerful the…
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Ep. 75: Wedding Crashers and Meeting Member Disasters
Join us this week on another great episode of Trudge Report. The boys have a full recap of our friend's wedding that three out of four us attended in…
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Ep. 74: Diddy Do It. Burn After READing Part 2.
The Crew is back in full swing with all four of us on the pod. Tonight we welcome Bill back from gallivanting around Italy with family. He shares some of the…
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Ep. 73 - Burn After READing: The Karen Read Trial Pt. 1
Join us this week on a very special episode of Trudge Report. We dive into the complex and intriguing case of Boston police officer John O'Keefe's January 2022…
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Ep. 72 - Mac Attack: TRP Welcomes Timmy Mac; Husband, Father, Friend, & Recovery Stalwart
Join the Trudge Report duo this week as Shawn and Greg bring you a wonderful guest speaker to the show. TRP welcomes Timmy Mac. Timmy has been a long time…
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Ep. 71 - Triggas With Attitude: The Reality Or Myths Of Triggers In Sobriety
Join the boys this week for another episode of Trudge Report. We go quickly around the horn and talk about our Father's Day and what each of us did. We jump…
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Ep. 70 - Father’s Day Edition: Using The Principles Of Recovery In Fatherhood
On this week's episode we pay homage to all of the fathers in recovery and outside of recovery. To the stepfather's, soon to be stepfather's, father figures…
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Ep. 69 - Trudging Through A Pandemic: Spiritual Anonymity & How Covid Changed The Recovery Scene
Take a trip back in time this week with the boys of Trudge Report. We go back to March of 2020 when the covid pandemic hit. Each of us talk about what we were…
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Ep. 68 - The Fabric Of Recovery: Introducing Maggie, A New York Fashionista Who Recovered From A Hopeless State Of Mind
The Trudge Report welcomes a very special guest this week. Friend of the program, Maggie York. Maggie comes to us with 17 plus years of experience, strength…
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Ep. 67 - Holy Hell: Buckets Lists, School Board Drama & Papal Cinema
The crew is back this week with another episode. Join TRP as we kick things off with our usual around the horn segment. Next, Corey, Shawn, and Bill briefly…
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Ep. 66 - Outside Issues: Things We Shouldn't Say, But Sometimes Still Do
Welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. We want to first congratulate Greg on 9 continuous years of sobriety. We also want to wish all the mothers a…
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Ep. 65 - Say Less: Disney Royalties, Pittsburgh Free Falls, & Compulsive Talkers In Recovery
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. The four of us are back in action. We do a quick check in on how everyone is doing and…
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Ep. 64 - Trudge Report Welcomes Tyler F. The Fred Durst And Russell Crowe Look Alike
Hello friends welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. This is our monthly guest podcast. This episode we welcome good friend of the guys, music and tattoo…
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Ep. 63 - From Dire Straits To Dire Wolves: A Colossal Look At Genetic Modification
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. This episode is our monthly deep dive research topic. We are bringing you The incredible story…
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Ep. 62 - Hard Truths: The Benefits And Pitfalls Of Working In The Treatment Industry
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. On this week's episode we explore non-professionalism in recovery and the recovery groups. Why…
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Ep. 61 - The Greater Good: Where Money & Spiritually Mix, Random Acts Of Kindness And Personal Financial Recovery
Join us this week as the Trudge Trio is here to bring you a new episode. We begin the show with a quick around the horn segment where Shawn makes a brief but…
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Ep. 60 - Biohacking Breakdowns: A Deep Dive Into Personal Improvement & Better Living
Join us this week on Trudge Report for an all-new episode. We are doing a deep dive research topic on Biohacking. Biohacking is a do-it-yourself (DIY) form of…
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Ep. 59 - Welcoming Captain Scott: NCAA D1 Athlete, NYC Firefighter, & Trump Security Official
Greetings Trudge Report report fans. Welcome to a very special episode. We are happy to have Scott H on the show this week as a guest. Scott is a good friend…
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Ep. 58 - No Money, No Problems: Recovery Group Affiliations & St. Patrick’s Day Shenanigans
Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of your favorite Trudgers. This week is all about guidelines and safeguards in keeping recovery groups free…
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Ep. 57 - Circle Of Life: Our Primary Purpose And Carrying The Message Of Recovery
Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. Thank you for joining us again this week. We kick off the show with a bit of sad…
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Ep. 56 - Fitting In Or Fitting Out, Individualism And Autonomy In Recovery, Plus Our Ode To Brazilian Cuisine
Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another episode of Trudge Report. We are reshaping the format a bit on weekly episodes. Going forward, we will be focusing…
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Ep. 55 - The Trudge Welcomes Danny P To The Show
What do belly shirts, knee high socks, high-stakes March Madness picks, and a near-death DUI crash have in common? One man: Danny P. On this week's episode we…
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Ep. 54 - Valentines Voyages, Team USA Brawl For All, Presidential Favorites, & Inventorying Anger
Hello listeners and welcome to another episode of Trudge Report. We have a little bit of a different style show this week as Bill was a last-minute scratch off…
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Ep. 53 - Corey Wins One. One Year Of Trudging. A Desire To Stop.
Listen and watch along with us this week on Trudge Report as we break down the super bowl victory by the Eagles and the Kendrick Lamar halftime show. All four…
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Ep. 52 - Rub And Trudge: Super Bowl Week. Parties, Parlays, Parlors And Planes.
Welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Less than a week away from the super bowl, Cory is in full Eagles garb and emotionally holding it together. We…
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Ep. 51 - Let’s Get Together & Feel Alright: Super Bowl Showdown And A Unified Front In Recovery
Welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. Join the boys this week as we recap an interesting AFC and NFC championship games from Sunday. Corey is…
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Ep. 50 - Commanding Victories, The NYC Toll Troll, TikToks & Rock Bottoms
Join the crew this week as we are recording directly at halftime of the Philadelphia eagles versus Los Angeles Rams NFC divisional playoff game. Corey's heart…
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Ep. 49 - The Elizabeth Rose Ditch Foundation with Alex Baxley
Join us this week on Trudge Report for a very special episode as we welcome Alexandria Baxley to the podcast. Alexandria, Alex, is a local sober member of the…
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Ep. 48 - Don't Call It A Resolution: 2025 Goals And Financial Recovery
Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of Trudge report. This is the first recorded episode of 2025 even though we had one that was released after the…
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Ep. 47 - New Year, Same Trudge: Outlawed Adult Activities, Airport Etiquette, & Prayer for Peace
Welcome to Trudge Report’s first episode of 2025. We wish all of our listeners a happy and prosperous New Year. Due to the season and all of the holiday…
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Ep. 46 - Down To The Impound: Vehicular War Stories & Living Our Spiritual Truths
On this week's episode of Trudge Report join Bill, Corey, and Shawn with a special pop in from Producer Janine. While Greg is out enjoying a classical night at…
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Ep. 45 - 2025: Be There Or Be Square. A Year In The Life Of Trudge Report
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of Trudge Report. There is a lot of nostalgia as we do a year in review podcast where we look back and…
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Ep. 44 - Home For The Holidays: Festive Film Faves & The Gift Of Christmas Presence
Join the Trudge Trio this week as we discuss our favorite Christmas movies and take a trip down Nostalgia Ave. We have a few grab bag topics and Corey tells a…
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Ep. 43 - The Turkey Strikes Back A Holiday Report Brought To You By JNCO
Join all four of us on Trudge Report this week as we recap our Thanksgiving holidays. Greg gets a little payback on Turkey since he was not on the Pod last…
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Ep. 42 - Holiday Survival Guide: Sobriety Strategies And Thanksgiving Food Power Rankings
Join the crew this week as we are a man short with Greg on a little mini vacation, but he does pop in for a few minutes to say hello and make fun of Corey as…
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Ep. 41 - The Trudge Strikes Back: Star Wars Burlesque, Iron Mike's Ass, & Romance In Early Recovery
Join the trusty foursome this week on Trudge Report. Greg recaps his very different experience with a Star wars show. Shawn talks about his recent trip to…
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Ep. 40 - Introducing Bobby Brennan- The King Of Detroit (And Las Vegas)
Join us on Trudge Report this week as we bring in our first guest. His name is Robert and he is a good friend of Shawn's. Corey and Bill know him as well…
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Ep. 39 - Trudge Triumphs: A Spooky Finale. The Existential Crisis Of Good v Evil, And The Nature Of Man.
The crew is back this week as all four of us are together. We start with some housekeeping items and then Bill recaps his weekend trip to Siesta Key with his…
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Ep. 38 - Season Of The Trudge: Salem Witch Trials, Halloween Laughs & Spirituality Forged In Fire
Join the Trio of Trudge; Greg, Corey, and Shawn, this week as Corey previews his trip with his wife to Salem, Massachusetts, home of the wicked Salem Witch…
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Ep. 37 - Spooky Season Pt. 4: Homegrown Homicides & Driving a Stake Through Your Claim
Join the Pod this week as Bill, Corey, and Shawn, each get their props for their NFL teams decisive victories over the weekend while Greg takes in the sobering…
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Ep. 36 - Spooky Season Pt. 3- A Haunting In Ohio & The Captain's Call
After both hurricanes Helene and Milton and the devastating tornadoes that whipped through parts of South Florida, our thoughts and prayers are with all of our…
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Ep. 35 - Murder Mysteries And Meditation: The Black Dahlia Revisited
This week on Trudge Report, all four of the boys are back in action. We start out with a quick sports check-in with a look at all of our NFL teams and then we…
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Ep. 34 - Welcome To Spooky Season: Conjuring Up The Warrens & The Art of Failing Forward
In this lively episode of The Trudge Report, Greg, Bill, and Corey serve up a mix of football fury, snack confessions, and some seriously spooky tales to kick…
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Ep. 33 - Crime, Chaos, And Kids: A Trudge Through America's Worst Cities And Fatherhood In Recovery
Join us this week on Trudge Report. Bill, Corey, Greg, and Shawn go down a list of the worst cities in America. With a mixture of crime, infrastructure…
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Ep. 32 - Early Morning Grind: Duck Jeeps, Personal Pet Peeves & Morning Routines
This week on Trudge Report we have the classic “What Grinds My Gears" discussion where we each go around and pick a few things that really annoy us about…
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Ep. 31 - No One Gets Out Alive: Facing Life & Loss, NFL Week 1 Recap & Week 2 Preview
Join the boys this week on Trudge Report as we recap a very entertaining week 1 of NFL football. We talk some of the key matchups in our own personal favorite…
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Ep. 30 - Language of the Trudge: NFL Week 1 Preview, Dutch Apple Pie, & the Necessity of Identification
This week on Trudge Report we do a preview of the week one in the NFL. Each of us touch on the games of our favorite teams plus a few other marquee matchups…
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Ep. 29 - K Hole Crimes, Fall Sports and Finding a Higher Power
Join us this week on The Trudge Report. Corey, Greg, Bill, and Shawn, get ready for college football with a season preview and week zero starting with the FSU…
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Ep. 28 - What's Your Fantasy? A guide to the 2024 Football Season. Dealing with Medications and Surgeries.
This week on the trudge Report, the boys welcome back Cory from his hiatus due to being sick. Some might say he is “behind” on his work but catching up. The…
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Ep. 27 - From Laughs to Life Lessons: The Trudge Through Comedy and Recovery
Join the Trudge trio this week as Bill, Greg, and Shawn take you on a journey where laughter meets life’s deeper questions. Our thoughts are with Corey as it…
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Ep. 26 - Corey & Greg Do SummerSlam, Olympics Recap, and Maintaining Friendships In Recovery
Join 3/4 of the trudge crew for a special Saturday morning episode. Corey hasn't traveled enough so he is now in Ohio with Greg and they are coming to us from…
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Ep. 25 - The YSL Trial: Southern Justice or Absurdity?
Join the crew this week as all four of us are back for a great deep dive episode. We go around the horn quickly to say hello and catch up on some housekeeping…
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Ep. 24 - Bill and Shawn Takeover: From Slides to Supplement
This week on Trudge Report, Bill and Shawn take the reins while Greg and Corey are away. Bill kicks things off with an odd tale about encountering a Burmese…
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Ep. 23 - Sweet Debates and Workplace Recovery
Join the boys this week for a light-hearted and sweet take on our most loved desserts. We go overrated and underrated and our personal favorites. We have a lot…