Mighty Pursuit Podcast

76.4% of Americans are living with at least one chronic disease.

Cancer. Heart disease. Diabetes. Autoimmune disorders. The list goes on. And if you’re living with one of these, you know how devastating it can be — the fatigue, the pain, the emotional toll. Chronic illness reshapes the quality of life in ways most people never see.

What’s hard to ignore is how rapidly this has escalated. Over the last 60 years, chronic disease has ...

Aging women are worthless. That’s the message culture keeps sending.

Of course, no one says it outright. 

That would be too crude. Too impolite. So instead, it’s communicated through all the little social cues — who gets attention, who gets opportunities, who gets centered, and who gets quietly passed over.

And over time, you start to feel it in your own life. The compliments come less often. The interest shifts. The male gaze does...

You know the moment. A conversation starts small, almost harmless. And suddenly it’s spiraling. Your reaction feels bigger than the moment. Your partner’s response feels completely disproportionate. And somewhere in the middle of it, you’re wondering: How did we get here again?

Because this isn’t the first time. You’ve had this fight before — maybe with this partner, maybe with someone else. Different details. Same tension. Differe...

There are a small number of people in the world who could flip a switch tomorrow and affect billions of lives.

They sit at the very top of their fields. The people many of us look at and think, if only I could have a sliver of their success.

And when those people need help, they don’t go further into the spotlight. They go to one individual quietly working behind the scenes.

Which raises a simple question: what does someone at that...

In 1999, the CEOs of America’s 11 largest food companies gathered for a private meeting. Coca-Cola. Kraft. Nabisco. General Mills. Direct competitors, sitting at the same table.

They weren’t there to talk profits or market share. They were there to confront the growing evidence that their products were making people sick — fueling addiction and chronic disease on a scale comparable to cigarettes.

By the end of that meeting, they ma...

Maybe you’ve heard people talk about hearing God’s voice or feeling a higher presence — and your first reaction is to roll your eyes. Or maybe you’ve had a moment like that yourself but never known what to make of it. You’re skeptical, but curious.

The truth is, this topic makes people uncomfortable. It’s loaded with religious baggage and often framed as anti-intellectual. But what if — scientifically — it’s real?

That’s why we sat...

Thousands of voices are telling you how to do modern dating and relationships.

Scroll through your feed and anyone with charisma and a microphone can become a relationship expert. Maybe you’ve grown disillusioned with those voices. You’ve tried to follow the advice, but still struggled in your own relationship — or wondered what, if anything, you can actually trust.

And the opportunity to speak into this moment is massive. Because ...

Penn Badgley has spent most of his life being watched — the star of two of the more successful TV shows in recent history: Gossip Girl and You.

And in these last five years, You became a cultural phenomenon. People fell in love with Joe Goldberg, and before that, Dan Humphrey. But what few knew what was happening in Penn’s real life while all of this was going on.

Behind the scenes, he was going through an existential crisis that f...

You’ll spend roughly a third of your life asleep — more than 200,000 hours in another world. The dream world.

Every night, your body lies still while your mind builds entire realities: places, people, and moments that feel as real as waking life. And yet, most of us forget almost everything we experience there.

Maybe you shrug off dreams as random noise. Maybe they terrify you — the nightmares, the paralysis, the strange symbols th...

Nothing is quite as soul-sucking as spending 40+ hours a week doing something you don’t like.

Maybe that’s your story. 

You feel like you’re trading your life for a paycheck just to get by. You’re not even sure how you’d get out or what else you’d even do.

What’s even more concerning is that this has become normal. The latest research shows only 31% of people feel engaged at work. That means nearly 7 out of 10 are just going throug...

How did we get to a point where stay-at-home moms became enemies of the feminist movement? Where the work of raising children is seen as less valuable than climbing the corporate ladder?

You know the moment. You’re at a social gathering and someone asks, “So… what do you do?” You say you’re home with your kids. And the room goes quiet. Blank stares. Maybe even judgment, especially from other women.

If that’s you, it can feel like y...

Weird, isn’t it?

We have more therapy than ever. More medications than ever. More awareness than ever. We’ve broken free from the stigma of the past — and yet, mental health struggles of every kind are still rising. In some ways, you could argue we’re worse off than before the so-called mental health revolution even started.

Maybe this is your story, or someone close to you. You’ve done all the right things, and yet somehow, it’s s...

Everywhere you turn right now, it’s about AI. Every headline. Every news segment. It feels like the story of the decade and nobody can escape it.

So of course you’d feel threatened. Is your job safe? Will your industry even exist? What does this mean for your kids, your future, your place in the world?

Everyone’s asking the same questions. But the louder the noise gets, the harder it is to know who to trust. Is this real or just on...

If you’re a parent, you’ve probably wrestled with the question: am I really cut out for this?

The fear of being the one who “messes your kid up” can feel overwhelming. In desperation, you search online, scroll through endless videos and land on posts stamped with the words evidence-based. It reassures you — until you realize most of that advice is built on the wrong goal.

Because a child who behaves on the outside but feels unseen ...

Few questions are more important to our existence than UFOs. If something nonhuman is among us, then everything we think we know about the world gets turned upside down.

Some dismiss it all as fantasy, shaped by decades of sci-fi. Others swallow conspiracies whole. But the middle road  that rejects both gullibility and cynicism is almost never walked. 

That’s the road where we hold nuance, examine the evidence with academic rigor, ...

How do you have great sex over a lifetime, especially in the context of a long-term relationship?

For many of us, it feels impossible. Passion that once came effortlessly fades into routine. Responsibilities pile up. One day you realize it’s been months (maybe longer) since you last touched each other.

It’s no wonder that nearly half the population is questioning whether monogamy really works, and up to 75% of couples report sexual...

What happens when God becomes a trigger word?

The very thing that was supposed to give you existential answers now feels like a source of pain. Maybe this is your story: you try to pray but the words won’t come out. You walk past a church and your body reacts before your mind does. You see a religious leader on TV and your brain flashes to harm caused by people like them.

Even thinking about religion makes you angry. And now you fi...

Marriage is one of the most debated topics in our culture right now. 

And seven months ago, we brought together two people often seen on opposite sides of the equation — a pastor and a divorce lawyer.

That full conversation has now been viewed over 400,000 times, with many people calling it one of the most compelling discussions they’ve ever seen.

But even after two and a half hours, there was still more to say. Hard questions left...

In the early 1990s, a group of nursing home residents in Boston were living what everyone assumed would be their final chapter.

At 90 years old, most were frail. Some couldn’t even stand on their own. Then came an idea that seemed absurd: put them on a workout regimen.

Eight weeks later, the decline of old age had been reversed in ways no one thought possible. This study laid the foundation for everything we’ve come to know about m...