Trudge Report

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 nightmare blood draw saga, Port St. Lucie gets roasted, and everyone weighs in on first-day-of-school chaos and whether kids should hand over their phones. Then it’s a deep dive into recovery — the heartache of watching friends relapse, why some never seem to get the magic back, and ...

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 spend some time discussing the epic SummerSlam 2025 from WWE. Bill has some hot seat on the spot questions for Shawn. We touch on the Happy Gilmore 2 movie, mislabeled energy drinks, and more. 

The main segment surrounds the spiritual and moral concept of water seeking its...

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 larger-than-life icons: Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan. From heavy metal mayhem to the golden age of wrestling, we reflect on their pop culture impact, personal stories and whether Ozzy or the Hulkster juiced harder, boosters included.

But it doesn’t stop there. Potentially our most cancellabl...

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 disease of addiction is. Reminding ourselves that we must always stay vigilant and that while we have fun on this podcast talking about recovery, our brothers and sisters are out there sick and suffering. It puts into perspective and makes the recovery work we do that much more...

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 Pennsylvania over the weekend. There were some wild stories and antics that get discussed. Corey, still upset he didn't attend the wedding, dives into his concert going experience that took place this weekend and a new and first time experience for his kids. 

After that we ju...

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 sights, food, and experiences from his trip. Janine pops on and shares one of her most embarrassing but hilarious personal stories from her honeymoon in Florence, Italy. 

The main portion of the episode deals in part 2 of the Karen Read case, mostly focusing on the second jury ...

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 death, exploring the investigation, strange details, and the highly publicized trial of his girlfriend, Karen Read. From the night of the incident, all the strange details, to the courtroom drama, we'll examine the evidence, witness accounts, and unexpected tw...

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 friend of all of us since each of us got sober, spanning over 15 years. Timmy brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, faith, and good vibes as the three of us discuss a variety of topics surrounding life and recovery. From topics such as being married to a person not in recover...

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 right into the main event topic and have a lively discussion about “triggers" in recovery. Are they real? Are they fake? Are they a made up notion by the treatment industry or do they have any validity in our lives as people in recovery? Conversation takes multiple tw...

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, and our own fathers. It is our annual Father's Day episode. Each of us go around the horn and talk about the plans we may have for this year's Father's day as well as what the ideal Father's Day looks like to us. Then we go into the things we...

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 doing in our lives, our families, where we were living, and working etc. We discuss the impact that covid had on our families, ourselves, as well as the recovery community around us. How the presence of online recovery group meetings was both beneficial and detrimental. What ...

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, and hope in recovery. Starting out in the accounting world, she makes the jump to the fashion industry, first in Chicago then to the Big Apple, before making the move to South Florida where she has a flourishing company. Maggie shares some of her most personal stories about he...

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 discuss some local politics that directly affect our children's schools and safety. 

Then, the four of us go around and discuss our top five bucket list ideas. From extreme sports to destination vacations and everything in between. Each of us also discuss one or two things ...

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 belated happy Mother's Day and thank you for all you do and who you are. The boys go around the horn and give a recap on their weekends and any notable events. There is some quick discussion on the NBA playoffs, who we like, and who seems dead in the water.

We transition ...

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 latest updates. Bill celebrates the big 40, Greg might have to get his toe cut off, and Corey discovers that he might be Disney royalty. We touch on a couple of trending news topics including DT superimposing his image as a pope, real life Star Wars flying vehicles, and the ...

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 enthusiast, sober member of the community, and all around good guy, Tyler Foss. Tyler talks about his early life in addiction and a previous stint in recovery before getting sober for good this time. He talks about being heavy in the music industry and in a successful band b...

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 of the Dire Wolf de extinction. This topic is multifaceted and we touch on many of them. From science, to evolution, the moral and philosophical implications, and what this means for nature and other animals being brought out of extinction.

But before that we go around the hor...

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 it is important for some to keep the altruism of recovery separate from their professional life, especially if they work in the field of drug and alcohol rehabilitation or counseling. Can you work in the treatment industry and stay spiritually grounded in your own sobrie...

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 very spirited argument on why NCAA March Madness may be the best of all playoffs and championships, college or professional. Corey and Greg wholeheartedly disagree and a short but good discussion arises. We introduce a new segment, where each of us describe one thing that we s...