Gurus & Game Changers: Real Solutions for Life's Biggest Challenges
Each episode of "Gurus and Game Changers" is a powerful conversation with an amazing person on an intriguing topic. Co-hosts Stacey Grant and Mark Lubragge dive deep into unbelievable stories of individuals who've overcome significant obstacles to rise and thrive, and they show you how their step-by-step strategies can work in your life, no matter your struggle. With a guest lineup that includes celebrities, cultists, soldiers, priests, addicts, mediums, prisoners, circus clowns, scientists, survivors, models, mobsters, therapists, prodigies and more, every episode immerses you in a fascinating world with fascinating people, to make your world a little brighter. The content provided in this podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only; always consult qualified professionals before making any significant changes to your health, lifestyle, or finances.
Episodes
Dr. Chad Scott is a psychologist, author of "Beyond the Darkness," and expert in dark tourism - the practice of visiting places of death, disaster, tragedy, and suffering. From concentration camps to plantation slavery museums, he's traveled to some of humanity's darkest places and found unexpected hope and life lessons.
In this reflective dark tourism conversation, Stacey and Mark talk with Dr. C...
🗣️ Dr. Kim Nugent is a leadership development expert and author of "From Prison to Possibilities" who created a peer-to-peer mentorship program operating in prisons across multiple states. After receiving an unexpected call in 2018, she began training inmates to become certified mentors for other inmates, creating structured 6-month programs focused on behavioral change, employability skills, and release ...
🤔 Brad Beeler protected President George W. Bush as a Secret Service agent. Then he spent 17 years giving more criminal polygraph exams than anyone in Secret Service history - interrogating murderers, bank robbers, child predators
🗣️ He sat across from murderers, bank robbers, child predators, and liars of every kind. And he learned something: catching a liar isn't about reading body language.
It...
🗣️ In 1978, Dave Raymond became the FIRST person to ever wear the Phillie Phanatic costume. He had no training, no acting experience, and his only direction? "Go have fun. G-rated fun."
For 16 years, he brought joy to millions. He danced with nuns. He handed babies to strangers. He knocked over ground crews. He made the Phanatic an icon.
But behind the mask, his life was falling apart.
When tragedy struck, D...
"You can rent. You can't buy." That's George Goulburn's mantra and it's the key to understanding one of the most emotionally complex professions in the world.
George is a male paid companion in Australia. Most of his clients are women 45-80 who haven't experienced intimacy in years. Some have been in sexless marriages for 10+ years. Others are widows who thought desire was behi...
🗣️60% of people are either neurodivergent or highly sensitive - yet every space is designed for the other 40%.
Stephanie Lee Jackson is a sensory interior designer who creates spaces for people's actual nervous systems. She designs homes where Mom has ADHD, Dad codes from home, one kid is sensory-seeking, and another is neurotypical - all in one house.
Key insights:
🗣️ Fluorescent l...
"I am ___."
How you finish that sentence determines everything. When Mark Papadas, "The Be Great Guy," asked fifth graders to complete it, 50% wrote: "I am fat," "I am stupid," "I am ugly." Adults? 80% just said their name and job title—labels that have nothing to do with who they really are.
After training adults for over a decade working with Tony Robbins, Mark disco...
After her father died, Liz Entin assumed the afterlife was fantasy - as realistic as the tooth fairy. Then she found university research that changed everything.
Liz Entin is a logical skeptic who set out to disprove the afterlife and ended up proving it exists. She's conducted 80+ medium readings (with hidden identity and fake names), studied children with verifiable past life memories, and discovered...
Everyone's talking about AI taking jobs. But workforce expert Dr. David DeLong says the real crisis is the opposite: By 2030, we'll have 3 million more jobs than workers.
Dr. DeLong has been interviewed by NPR, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, and Bloomberg about workforce trends. He's the author of five books including "Hidden Talent" and has spent decades studying the interac...
✨ Debra Stangl spent 20 years as a divorce attorney ending marriages - now she saves them with a 95% success rate at her award-winning retreats.
After helping thousands of couples divorce, Debra had a life-changing vision of an Egyptian goddess who told her to leave law or die like her mother did. She walked away from her practice despite being $50,000 in debt, and within hours received a miraculous phone ...
Cheryl Colleluori's 19-year-old son Nicholas had a vision to help young adults facing serious health challenges - and even though she couldn't save him, she's made sure his mission saves thousands.
In this deeply moving conversation, Cheryl shares the raw truth about losing a child and finding purpose in the deepest pain imaginable.
Cheryl's heartbreaking words: "I'm a mom. I'm suppo...
🙏🏼 Father Nathan Castle has an extraordinary gift - once they have passed on people visit him in dreams asking for help moving from purgatory to heaven.
For over 25 years, "stuck souls" have come to Father Nathan about once a week, and he's helped over 600 people cross over to the next life. The Catholic Church not only approves of his work - they support it.
Mind-blowing revelatio...
🌕 Lisa Kohn spent her childhood inside the Moonies cult (Unification Church) and reveals what really happened behind closed doors.
In this shocking conversation, Lisa exposes the truth about life inside one of America's most notorious cults:
🌕 Mom married a stranger with 2,074 other couples at Madison Square Garden
🌕 At 10 years old, she begged her mom to abandon her children for "...
⛴️ Matt DiGeronimo spent nearly two decades as a nuclear submarine officer, leading teams in the most high-stakes environments on Earth. In this fascinating conversation, he shares the leadership principles that kept nuclear reactors running safely 300 feet underwater - managed primarily by 24-year-olds who rotate out every three years.
From "hot racking" (sharing beds with strangers) to managing panic atta...
✨ Sean Miller spent over 30 years inside the Jehovah's Witness organization before discovering the shocking truth that changed everything.
In this eye-opening conversation, Sean reveals:
✨ What it's really like growing up in an isolationist religious community
✨ The devastating impact of "disfellowshipping" and family shunning
✨ How he discovered disturbing informat...
🚨 **Why would a successful prosecutor walk away from their career?** 🚨
After 8+ years prosecuting criminals, James Porfido quit and switched to defending the accused. He reveals the shocking truth about what really happens inside our justice system.
**🔥 WHAT HE WITNESSED:**
- Police officers getting promoted after being acquitted of murder
- Judges showing clear bias toward prosecut...
🚨 Officer Heidi Chance spent decades going undercover to catch predators targeting children. Her urgent message: NO family is immune, but EVERY family can be protected with the right knowledge. Officer Heidi Chance served 25 years in law enforcement specializing in undercover operations to catch predators and traffickers. She's testified as an expert witness in court and now trains law enforcement agencies, sc...
☺️ Amazing Robyn returns to the Gurus and Game Changers podcast with startling predictions about our collective future. In this eye-opening episode, the renowned seer shares visions about geopolitical events, natural disasters, and societal changes that she believes are imminent.
From earthquakes to international conflicts, Robyn discusses the timeline of events she's witnessed in her visions and expl...
💥 Former Navy SEAL turned Master Healer Christopher Maher joins us to share his remarkable journey from trauma to transformation. Born bow-legged with both legs broken at just two days old, Christopher endured unimaginable childhood abuse and tragedy before finding his path to the elite Navy SEALs. After facing life-threatening hypothermia during training and later battling severe physical pain, Christopher embarke...
💔 In this powerful episode, hosts Mark and Stacey sit down with Sally Raymond, author of "The Son I Knew Too Late." After losing her brilliant son Jon at age 23, Sally transformed her grief into a mission to help parents recognize warning signs they might miss.
Now at 82, this psychotherapist shares crucial insights on how schools and parents can better support children's emotional developm...
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