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What's Your Story? with Mike & Scott
What's Your Story? with Mike & Scott
Everyone has a story worth telling. In What’s Your Story?, prolific executive coach Mike Lindstrom & legendary startup advisor Scott Leese sit down with athletes, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and everyday people to uncover the pivotal moments that shaped their journeys. From boardrooms to locker rooms, victories to setbacks, this podcast digs into the lessons, struggles, and triumphs behind the headlines. Authentic, raw, and inspiring—these are the stories that connect us all.
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Everyone has a story worth telling.

What's Your Story? with Mike & Scott is a captivating podcast that explores the defining moments of athletes, entrepreneurs, and everyday heroes. Through authentic conversations, Mike and Scott uncover the struggles, lessons, and triumphs that connect us all.

Recent Episodes

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July 28, 2026

This "Swifty Lifty" Reps in the Gym AND on the Roster! | Alexy Posner

Alexy Posner built AP Brand Group from absolute zero after her identity as a professional equestrian was ripped away at 21. What followed was deep depression, a string of low-paying sports jobs, a four-word text that changed everything on her 26th birthday, and a decision to bet on herself even when her parents basically called her a failure. Today she manages NFL players like Mack Hollins, works with Jaleel White, and is producing a major movie on Ric Flair with Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Pr
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July 21, 2026

Not All Masculinity Is Toxic: The Truth Everyone Needs to Hear | Jon McQueen

What happens when families in crisis hand their kids over to a loosely regulated $23 billion industry promising to "fix" them? Professor Jon McQueen, a survivor of the Troubled Teen Industry (TTI), pulls back the curtain on wilderness programs, residential boarding schools, and the devastating human cost—450+ deaths and 220,000 kids sent yearly, often starting with a middle-of-the-night "transport." Jon shares his raw journey from Chicago kid to sales leader (realtor.com and more) to full-time
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July 14, 2026

D1 Athlete Gets Brutally Honest About Life After Sports | McKenna Doe

Former D1 college soccer player McKenna Doe joins hosts Mike Lindstrom and Scott Leese for a raw and inspiring conversation. McKenna shares her journey from Huntington Beach to the University of San Diego, where she played alongside her identical twin sister Mikayla. She opens up about training with future national team players, the unique bond and challenges of competing as twins, and how comparison almost derailed their relationship. The conversation explores what it was really like growing u
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July 7, 2026

Painkillers Nearly Killed Him, Then He Saved a 630lb Stranger | Chris Powell

In this raw and powerful episode of What's Your Story? with Mike Lindstrom & Scott Leese, we sit down with Chris Powell — the fitness transformation expert and former host of ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss. Chris opens up about the darkest chapter of his life: herniating a disc, getting hooked on painkillers, losing everything, and living out of his car. He reveals the powerful epiphany that led him to tattoo “1 through a million” down his side and commit to changing that many lives. Chris also shar
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June 30, 2026

Why This Former QB Built Companies Then Decided to Run for Governor | Hugh Lytle

What happens when a former walk-on quarterback who built and sold multiple private-equity-backed companies gets fed up with Arizona’s broken political system and decides to run for governor as a true independent? Hugh Lytle isn’t your typical politician. He’s a healthcare rebel who transformed entire segments of the industry by fixing what was broken. Now he’s bringing that same “get it done” mindset to Arizona politics — and he’s not asking for permission from either party. In this episode, H
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June 24, 2026

She Posts the Men She Dates Publicly - Here's Her Philosophy

Julie Xander returns for her second appearance on What’s Your Story? with Mike & Scott! Fresh off the launch of her chapter in the Six Figure Chicks anthology (Scottsdale Volume 2), Julie shares the raw, authentic stories behind 18 successful women who’ve hit six figures — including the real struggles, pivots, and mindset shifts that got them there. She opens up about writing her chapter (an emotional process for a self-described “talker, not a writer”), the power of vulnerability as an influen