American Snippets

The current crisis caused by COVD-19 is wreaking havoc on the physical, emotional, and financial health of people around the world. It's easy to let the uncertainty, fear, and frustration lead to overwhelming depression, but our guest on this episode wants you to know how to combat depression before it becomes overwhelming.Noah Galloway lost his left arm and leg in military service, and spent years living under the weight of the resulting depression. He became the first veteran and amputee to be featured on the cover of men's health magazine earning the title of the Ultimate Guy title in 2014. Today Noah Galloway is an author, speaker, philanthropist, and among the most inspirational competitors to have competed on Dancing With the Stars.His experience battling his own depression allows him to guide others through their own struggles and in this episode he gets real about the lessons he learned.Watch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownlive

David Webb is Host of the David Webb Show on Sirius XM Patriot 125 and he's the host of Reality Check with David on Fox Nation. He's a Fox News Contributor, The Hill Columnist and Breitbart News Contributor. David has been on radio for over 25 years and is a dedicated political activist as well as an active Board Member of more than one Non-profit,  including The Young Marines.In this episode, which also ran as a live interview on our American Snippets Facebook page, David gets real on things like patriotism, the difference between leaders and leadership, and his experiences during the COVID 19 crisis.David is among the biggest supporters of American Snippets and our first live event, The Great American Summit, now planned for the spring of 2021. He'll be joining our incredible lineup of speakers and guests, and he's got a message about what makes this event so special.Watch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownlive

You can call former Navy SEAL Ray Care many things, but you can't call him a quitter. Ray "Cash" Care learned from a young age that life isn't fair, and pain is powerful. After years of being dominated by the constant pain in his life, Ray figured out how to harness that power to propel him into a life packed with fulfillment. First as a Navy SEAL and now as a fitness expert, speaker, team-builder and personal development leader, Ray teaches individuals, audiences, and corporations how to embrace the power of pain for a self-directed purpose. Ray's been featured on The History Channel, the Discovery Channel, and BBC, as well as appearing in the Hollywood  blockbuster, Captain Phillips. In this episode, Ray gets real about the difference between quitting and overcoming challenges. He shares stories of working with his good friend and fellow former SEAL Jason Redman, as well as his mentor and colleague Bedros Keuilian, and why his friend Tom Hanks calls him "the worst actor he's ever met."It's a wild ride in th

Robyn Benincasa is an expert on leadership and team building. Her expertise comes not as a result of classroom education or a lucrative corporate career, but through decades of extreme challenges and relying on teamwork. She was part of America's first all- female fire crew, and has spent years battling blazes alongside a team. She's completed numerous adventure races around the world. From the jungles of Borneo to remote locations in Tibet, there are few places Robyn has not conquered. But just when she was at her peak, Robyn collapsed in a race. A crushing diagnosis followed, effectively ending Robyn's way of life.Rather than accept the diagnosis as an end to challenges, Robyn accepted it as a new challenge. She went on to earn a new world record and launch a non-profit to help other Survivors of medical or emotional trauma make a comeback in life. Project Athena adopts Robyn's expertise in endurance racing, teamwork, and, resilience to guide others through their challenges. Listen in as Robyn shares her st

Professional stuntwoman Sara Holden moved to LA with nothing but determination and a dream. Relying only on her own tenacity, talent, and determination, Sara earned an invitation to an exclusive training academy run by renowned stuntman Bob Yerkes. For two years, Sara trained regularly while pursuing an acting career, working to pay bills, building a network, and maintaining a long distance relationship with the man she loves. Today she is a wife, a mom, and successful Hollywood stuntwoman who has worked in TV shows and feature films with top stars. Listen in as Sara shares her story of building her own American Dream.Read our featured article on Sara HoldenWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Thing? Listen to us on Simplecast and follow us on Spotify.Don't forget to visit us on YouTube for more inspirational content.

Evan Vourazeris could have let himself believe being born with Downs Syndrome meant he’d be less able to achieve his dreams than other people. He could have let the taunts and cruelty of his peers break him.Instead, he became a valued and loved member of his high school football team, and went on to build a career as an actor and anti-bullying advocate.Evan has worked with stars like Jason Bateman and speaks to students around the country, encouraging kindness and confidence.Listen in to this episode as Evan shows us all that everyone has an ability to achieve their dreams and serve to inspire others.Read our featured article on Evan VourazerisWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Thing? Listen to us on Simplecast and follow us on Spotify.Don't forget to visit us on YouTube for more inspirational content. 

Jeff Bradford spent over twenty years serving his country. He gave all of himself to service, including ten years in Special Forces. But rather than sit back and relax after such an intense career, Jeff went all-in again. This time he's traveling the globe, connecting cultures through the art of alcohol. Jeff sold all of his possessions and worked on a strict budget to visit one special location after another, in places most people only dream of visiting, so he could meet the people behind crafting various kinds of alcoholic beverages. Much like Anthony Bourdain shared the lives, cultures, and lifestyles of people all over the world by sharing their meals and the stories behind them, Jeff is preparing to launch a similar series, with alcoholic beverages of all types, on his show Drink Destinations.Listen in as Jeff Bradford talks about his strategy to be able to go all in creating his own version of the American Dream, the passion he has for what he's doing, and his tips for anyone else with a vision and a dr

Shuntella Richardson spent 24 years working her way up in the IT field. She left that field as CEO of a prestigious company to launch her own company in a completely different field, and has grown that company to its own level of success. She's also the Regional Director of the Global Woman Club in Chicago and an advocate for children's safety.Shuntella is living her own version of the American Dream, full of purpose and success - but it hasn't always been that way.Listen in as Shuntella shares her gripping story of being abducted and victimized a child, how she coped with her trauma, and how she's tapped into gratefulness and grit to build and rebuild a life of happiness. Read our featured article on Shuntella RichardsonWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Thing? Listen to us on Simplecast and follow us on Spotify.Don't forget to visit us on YouTube for more inspirational content.

Eric Post proudly served his country as a Marine and he continues to serve by providing jobs and a positive outlook on the direction of this country.Eric Post lost a million dollars of his net worth in the first months of the 2008 crash. Still, he and his company not only survived that economic crash - they thrived. He has personally been involved in more than 700 residential and commercial real estate transactions and his team of real estate agents has closed over 10,000 transactions totaling an excess of $3 billion in sales. He has owned and operated multiple companies that have been recognized in publications such as the Business Journal for being the “Fastest Growing in Oregon” and voted “Top 100 Best Places to Work”.Today, when Eric is not offering professional consulting services to individuals and companies, or manning the kitchen in his new restaurant, or speaking on stages across the country, he is sharing his thoughts and insight online. He's grown a huge community of millions of people who apprecia

Flossie Hall built a multi-million dollar company. Moni Jefferson built and runs her own massively successful company. Each of those achievements is noteworthy but what makes these even more so is that both women created their success while married to active duty members of the military.Having navigated the gauntlet of deployments, regular moves, and all the other uncertainty and challenges attached to life in the military, Flossie and Moni know firsthand how difficult it is to maintain a career in that life, let alone build massive success. So when the two of them connected, it became their combined mission to help other military spouses avail themselves of all the opportunities available in the country they and their families give so much to serve.Together, the two powerhouses created and launched The Association of Military Spouse Entrepreneurs (AMSE) and on this episode of American Snippets they share their insight on achieving the American Dream while helping others do the same.Read our featured article

Tony Whatley was living one version of the American Dream for over 20 years. He had a successful and lucrative career in the oil industry - but at some point he realized he had untapped passions, and decided to create an online community centered on one of those passions. LS1Tech is an online automotive community that Tony and a partner launched while Tony was still working in the oil industry. His side hustle community grew into one he and his partner eventually sold for millions of dollars, and Tony became hooked on the concept of teaching others how to turn a side hustle into millions.Today Tony is a business mentor, speaker, author and podcast host helping others turn their passions into prosperity. Listen in as Tony talks about the importance of your inner circle, how to determine a business's viability, and why this country is packed with opportunities for anyone to create their own massive success.Read our featured article with Tony WhatleyWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@american

Alec Lace was just in the 8th grade when he began down a path it would take him years to recover from. His addictions to drugs, alcohol, and gambling brought his marriage to the brink of collapse and nearly cost him the chance to be a father to his four children.Today, Alec is basking in the joy of a clean lifestyle, a restored love to his marriage and the gift of being a father, which he cherishes above all else. He's taken his own experience and used it as fuel to mentor other men on being a great father via his podcast.Alec interviews famous fathers from all over the country, culling their insight on being the best father they can be, on his podcast First Class Fatherhood. Listen in as he shares his own story of how he restored health and wellness to his own life and to his family, and why this mission of helping other fathers is so important to him.Read our featured article with Alec LaceWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Th

Travis Mills may have lost both arms and both legs in Afghanistan, but one thing that IED could not take from him was the spirit with which he lives his life. In the wake of a near-death incident that robbed him of his limbs, Travis Mills has achieved more than many people do in a lifetime, let alone in a handful of years - all while struggling to rebuild his own strength and forge his own path in a body that was completely different to him.With the love and partnership of his wife and an inner drive no bomb can touch, Travis Mills has built a foundation to guide other veterans and charged forward on an entrepreneurial path at the same time. He inspires audiences around the country and makes them laugh in the process, and on this episode of American Snippets he also shares his next big step.Read our featured article with Travis MillsWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Thing? Listen to us on Simplecast and follow us on Spotify.Don

Bedros Keuilian may have been among the most unlikely candidates to live anything like the life he’s living now. Born in communist Armenia and victimized as a child, Bedros was a lifetime and half a world away from the country he now calls home and dominates his industry in. His story of how he fled that home and became a massive success in America would already be extraordinary if those were the only challenges he’d ever had to face - but those were just the beginning of Bedros’s struggles.Listen in as one of this country’s top entrepreneurs, fitness trainers, consultants, and speakers talks about why America is the best country to build a dream life, and how he used all of his challenges to find and fulfill a purpose-driven life in a country he loves.Bedros also shares a side of himself he doesn’t often get to talk about, and another passion he wants to pursue in life.Read our featured article with Bedros KeuilianWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebro

You can change your life in a year but you can also change your life in a day. That's one of the lessons Mike Fallat talks about in this episode of American Snippets.Mike Fallat is an entrepreneur, a risk-taker, and a man who loves true stories. He slashed a gaping hole in his safety net and took the entrepreneurial leap when he was 23 years old, and he's never looked back. After years of ups, downs, and everything in between, Mike discovered a unique approach to creating his own success, and today he is living and growing his own version of the American dream.His company DreamStarters began as a solution to his own problem and grew to help hundreds of entrepreneurs solve that problem as well.Listen is as Mike shares his personal and professional insight on recognizing when to make major life changes, how to grow from failure, and how to disrupt the hierarchy of success in order to find true fulfillment.Read our featured article on Mike FallatWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnip

Michael Bernoff has spent over 20 years expanding his expertise in understanding the unconscious mind, and he is now among the leading American experts in communication and influence.He's worked with clients as young as 14 years old, and as old as 96, to help them excel far beyond their own expectations in life, and he's on a mission to help every person who is committed to their own fulfillment do the same.In this episode Michael shares his own invisible challenge and how he ignored all the naysayers. Listen in as he drops valuable insight on how to maximize the opportunities in this country by rewiring your brain to leave average behind.Read our featured article on Michael BernoffWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Thing? Listen to us on Simplecast and follow us on Spotify.Don't forget to visit us on YouTube for more inspirational content.

People don't usually like to be deceived but when Ken Hartley does it, they love it. That's because Ken has spent years mastering the art of illusion and uses his talent to make an impact on audiences all over the world.Ken's story of rising from the once-bullied child to the international illusionist and speaker is packed with powerful insight on personal growth and well-crafted lessons on leadership, as well as fun stories about the art of magic.In this episode of American Snippets, Ken shares all of that with us.Read our featured article on Illusionist Ken HartleyWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Thing? Listen to us on Simplecast and follow us on Spotify.Don't forget to visit us on YouTube for more inspirational content.

Brandon Busch, known as "The Candy Man" to his fellow Marines, is the culinary artist and veteran entrepreneur who owns Lift Chocolates. Still in its infancy, Lift is already available in retail outlets and manages to give back to support the military, law enforcement, and first responder communities.Between serving his country, earning a culinary degree, and launching a business, Brandon has learned a strong work ethic, risk management, and how to seize upon opportunity.Listen in as he shares his story and insight on service, following your passion, and turning that dream into a reality on this episode of American Snippets.Read our featured article on Brandon Busch and Lift ChocolatesWatch this Interview on YouTubeFollow us on Instagram:@americansnippets@barballenspeaks@davebrownliveiTunes Not Your Thing? Listen to us on Simplecast and follow us on Spotify.Don't forget to visit us on YouTube for more inspirational content.

Jeff Bezos may be among the most famous well-known garage-startup success stories, but he's far from the only one.Don Buckner also launched a multi-million dollar company from a garage, and overcame enormous personal and professional challenges along the way - all without any formal education. In the process, his innate commitment to American made products and the American manufacturing business grew and today, Don is all about supporting and promoting American made companies.Don is now the CEO of the non-partisan, private company MadeinAmerica.com.He's on a mission to raise awareness for the economic, environmental and community impact of American-made manufacturers and brands and is investing his own resources to do so.Listen in as Don talks about his the personal and professional path that led him to where he is today, offers his own insight on building a company, and shares his beliefs on why it is important to support American made companies.Read our featured article on Don Buckner and Made In AmericaWat

Brian Fleming is a combat-wounded Afghanistan war veteran, international speaker, and resilience trainer who helps people be more resilient in tough, turbulent situations. He was severely wounded in action by a suicide bomber who exploded 3-feet away from him in Kandahar, Afghanistan and now he teaches strategies for overcoming unexpected challenges.Brian believes there’s a way around everything and it’s a person’s responsibility to go get the outcomes they want in life. He's spent the past decade using his own experience to help teach others key concepts of resiliency through his books and live presentations.Brian has spoken to over half a million people in live audiences across 42 US states, in 7 countries, and on 4 continents and has been featured on every major news network in the United States on his topic.Listen in as he shares not only his insight but some of the more personal side of himself he doesn't always get to share from stage.Read our featured article on Brian FlemingWatch this Interview on You