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 perspectives, while also fostering stronger connections with their friends, families, and communities. Their shared journey through recovery bonds them together and forms the foundation of their friendship and the podcast's message of growth and improvement.
Episodes
81 episodes
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 Broadway and Shawn III is here. We apologize to our listeners because we...
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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 nightmare blood draw saga, Port St. Lucie gets roasted, and everyone weighs in on first-day-o...
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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 spend some time discussing the epic SummerSlam 2025 from WWE. Bill has some hot seat o...
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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 larger-than-life icons: Ozzy Osbourne and Hulk Hogan. From heavy metal mayhem to the golden age of w...
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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 disease of addiction is. Reminding ourselves that we must always stay vigilant and that...
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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 Pennsylvania over the weekend. There were some wild stories and antics that get discussed. Cor...
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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 sights, food, and experiences from his trip. Janine pops on and shares one of her most...
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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 death, exploring the investigation, strange details, and the highly publicized trial...
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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 friend of all of us since each of us got sober, spanning over 15 years. Timmy brings a we...
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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 right into the main event topic and have a lively discussion about “triggers" in recove...
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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, and our own fathers. It is our annual Father's Day episode. Each of us go around the h...
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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 doing in our lives, our families, where we were living, and working etc. We discuss t...
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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, and hope in recovery. Starting out in the accounting world, she makes the jump to the ...
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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 discuss some local politics that directly affect our children's schools and safety.&nbs...
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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 belated happy Mother's Day and thank you for all you do and who you are. The boys go ...
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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 latest updates. Bill celebrates the big 40, Greg might have to get his toe cut off, and C...
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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 enthusiast, sober member of the community, and all around good guy, Tyler Foss. Tyle...
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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 of the Dire Wolf de extinction. This topic is multifaceted and we touch on many of th...
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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 it is important for some to keep the altruism of recovery separate from their profess...
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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 very spirited argument on why NCAA March Madness may be the best of all playoffs and c...
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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 personal improvement in which people attempt to change aspects of their biology to im...
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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 of Bill and part of his recovery group. Scott shares his experience, strength, and hop...
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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 of any other spiritual or physical affiliation, real or implied. The boys discuss the...
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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 news about Corey's childhood friend that he has mentioned on the pod before. And, becau...
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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 primarily on recovery topics, with some other content briefly in the beginning and o...
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