S2 E2: One Dig. One Touch. One Game at a Time. | Emma Halter, Libero, Indy Ignite & 2-time National Champion, University of Texas Volleyball
As one chapter closes, another one has opened. In Emma’s words, “I am honored and overjoyed to have signed with the Indy Ignite Professional Volleyball team for the 2026 season! I am excited to get started and be back home in Indiana!” I am honored to have Emma start the next chapter of the Team […]
S2 E1: Welcome to Season 2 – Team Powdered Donut™ Podcast
Welcome to Season Two of the Team Powdered Donut™ podcast. For those that listened to Season One, you may recall the tradition that led to this podcast and my upcoming road trip via Airstream. On the weekend before my wife, Maureen, passed after 11 years with breast cancer, our oncologist prescribed donuts. We dutifully complied […]
S1 E17: Living Cross Wise & Divine Appointments | Dr. Gail Bones, Author, Speaker, Singer-Songwriter
There are episodes and there are episodes. I couldn’t think of a better episode as we “wrap” Season One than this one with Dr. Gail Bones. This is an episode that was truly months in the making. I first met Gail on a flight from Austin to Nashville, which we discuss in the podcast. The […]
S1 E16: Love Is In the Mortar Joints | Jonathan Reckford, CEO, Habitat for Humanity International
Excited by this latest episode with Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International. Jonathan and I ran into each other when the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project came to Austin a few weeks ago. My family’s connection with Habitat for Humanity came when my late wife, Maureen, was getting her Masters at the […]
S1 E15: Golden Buzzers, Gifts of Hope, Jane & America’s Got Talent | Mitch Marczewski, Jane’s Big Brother
Jane Kristen Marczewski, known as Nightbirde, was an inspiration to the world. Many remember her as the winner of Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer on America’s Got Talent in 2021, but most remember her by her wise words and demeanor. Jane represented so many who were going through their own difficult journeys when she walked on […]
S1 E14: Love Stays Strong, Making a Dent in Cancer & Cancer Research | Paula Schneider, Honorary Vice Chair, Susan G. Komen
Super excited to be sharing this episode of the Team Powdered Donut™ podcast with Paula Schneider, now the honorary vice chair of Susan G. Komen as she transitions out of her role these past eight years as CEO. Two things as I drop this episode at the beginning of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. […]
S1 E13: It’s in the Blood – Changing the Paradigm For Kids and Adults | Gwen Nichols, CMO, Blood Cancer United
From academia to patient centered research and now as the Chief Medical Officer for Blood Cancer United, Gwen Nichols is changing the paradigm of care for hematology patients. When faced by a diagnosis of blood cancer, you must have the right treatment to deal with the specific form of the disease. Gwen has followed her […]
S1 E12: Accelerating the Future of Research, One Patient at a Time | Dr. Lou DeGennaro, former CEO, LLS
This episode of the Team Powdered Donut™ podcast with Dr. Lou DeGenerro, formerly CEO of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, now known as Blood Cancer United. I have a tradition as I record these introductions where I go back and listen to the episode, the day of release, so that it is fresh on my […]
S1 E11: Tribes and Community at the Intersection of Volleyball & Metastatic Breast Cancer | Rick Dunetz, Founder & CVO, The Side-Out Foundation
This Thanksgiving week, we come to you with two special episodes of the Team Powdered Donut™ podcast. One, a conversation with Rick Dunetz, Founder and Chief Vision Officer of the Side-Out Foundation, who you heard from in an earlier episode. In this episode, we take a different path as we talk about tribes and community […]
S1 E10: On The Road | More Than A Road Trip. A Mobile Love Letter. A Love Crusade.
Gary’s heartfelt journey will span the U.S., stopping at all 73 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers and other meaningful locations along the way, starting with a Southwest leg in the Fall of 2026 and continuing across the country in June 2027 . At every stop, powdered donuts will be shared and stories will be collected – […]