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Brian Griese

Brian Griese

Brian Griese, former quarterback and current color commentator for Monday Night Football on ESPN, lost his mother when he was twelve. He lives with her loss every single day.  Where is heaven? And what if a child wants to join his lost parent there? ...

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Peter Schaffer

Peter Schaffer

Sports super-agent Peter Schaffer heard the words no parent ever wants to hear – your child has cancer.  And then he heard it again. Negotiating more than $1 billion in contracts for NFL Hall-of-Famers, athletes and coaches is worthless when your...

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Emily Daniels

Emily Daniels

Emily Daniels arrived at the E.R. short of breath while pregnant with her second child to discover she had Stage IV lung cancer. She had never smoked a day in her life.  Emily’s diagnosis belongs to more than 50% of lung cancer cases without a definitive...

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Brad Williams

Brad Williams

Call him a dwarf, a little person or one of the funniest, most in-demand comedians working today, but never call him a midget. That’s Brad Williams. He was born with achondoproplasia, which stunts the arms and legs, but in Brad’s case grew his sense of...

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Les Shapiro & Vic Lombardi – Health Update

Les Shapiro & Vic Lombardi – Health Update

Our Unstoppable podcast hosts, Les Shapiro and Vic Lombardi, are fighting the cancer fight. Both of them. What are the chances? In this chillingly honest six-month checkup, they get intimate about the last thing they want from their loved ones and the...

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Jason Cole

Jason Cole

What does it take for John Elway to overcome deep personal tragedies to return to the sport he loves? Sports-writer Jason Cole found out. Cole, who has written about the NFL for more than 35 years for the likes of Bleacher Report, the Miami Herald and...

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Verne Lundquist

Verne Lundquist

What does it take to make some of the most famous calls in sports – all while suffering from chronic, almost crippling back pain? Veteran sportscaster Verne Lundquist reveals how he called Tiger Woods' dramatic chip-in birdie at the 16h hole to win the...

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Joe Theismann

Joe Theismann

What makes you special? It isn’t what you think. What happened to Joe Theismann is not what Joe Theismann will tell you happened to him. His take on the day that ended his career as an elite NFL quarterback has made a huge difference on how his life...

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Amy Van Dyken

Amy Van Dyken

“If I ever walk again . . .” she says. The woman is tall, a fact easily overlooked because she is folded into a wheelchair. Her voice is loud and she laughs often. When she laughs, her black ponytail bounces when she jokes about movements her eyes can see...

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An inspiring podcast with stories from great athletes, celebrities, and the most brilliant minds in medicine on how to beat adversity to win in life. Hosted by sportscasters-turned-podcasters Les Shapiro and Vic Lombardi, each Wednesday episode brings you one step closer to becoming your best unstoppable self.

 

About the Podcast

WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE, sponsored by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, shares inspirational stories from great athletes, celebrities, and the most brilliant minds in medicine on how to beat adversity to win in life. Hosted by sportscasters-turned-podcasters Les Shapiro and Vic Lombardi, each episode brings you one step closer to becoming your best unstoppable self. Look for new episodes on Wednesdays.

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