Summits Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
71 episodes of Summits Podcast since the first episode, which aired on April 14th, 2021.
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Epi 40: Coach Katie Gearlds on counting your wins
November 2nd, 2022 | 14 mins 17 secs
basketball, beatcancer, beechgrove, bigten, boilermakers, boilerup, cancer, caregiver, community, europe, hero, indiana, indianaallstar, indianapolis, indy, inspiration, marian, missbasketball, naia, overseas, purdue, seattle, seattlestorm, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, thegrove, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, wnba
In episode 40 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to West Lafayette to talk with Katie Gearlds, head women’s basketball coach at Purdue University. Tune in as Katie shares the trajectory of her basketball career and the importance of counting your wins when facing difficult times.
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Epi 39: Jenny Brown shares her three-time breast cancer journey
October 18th, 2022 | 45 mins 45 secs
cancer, caregiver, community, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, story, summit, summits, summits podcast
In episode 39 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Indianapolis native Jenny Brown, a three-time breast cancer survivor. Tune in as Jenny shares the fiery attitude that carried her through her diagnoses and her strong belief in clinical trials, both in her own cancer journey and for the future of others.
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Epi 38: Dr. Laurie Littlepage on her fight against cancer
October 4th, 2022 | 13 mins 53 secs
beatcancer, breastcancer, cancer, caregiver, collaboration, community, harpercancerresearchinstitute, harvard, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, lymphoma, molecularbiology, prostatecancer, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, universityoftexas, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 38 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to the University of Notre Dame to talk with Dr. Laurie Littlepage, Campbell Family Associate Professor of Cancer Research at the Harper Cancer Research Institute. Tune in as Dr. Littlepage shares the unique collaborative efforts happening at the Harper Cancer Research Institute, and the personal cancer stories that fuel her passion to continue the fight against cancer. “For me, working on cancer is definitely personal, and it’s about the patients.”
Read more about the Catherine Peachey Fund’s gift to Dr. Laurie Littlepage and the Harper Cancer Research Institute: https://www.heroesfoundation.org/the-catherine-peachey-fund-announces-100000-gift-to-university-of-notre-dame-cancer-researcher/.
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Epi 37: Scott Dunstan on giving back to the cancer community
September 22nd, 2022 | 41 mins 51 secs
24foundation, bankofamerica, beatcancer, bloodcancers, bootyloop, cancer, caregiver, charlotte, community, esg, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, jetlinx, leukemia, lymphoma, northcarolina, september, showursummits, spokes&mirrors, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, swing4heroes, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 37 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Scott Dunstan, President of Dunstan Group and co-host of the BrandBuilders Podcast. Tune in as Scott shares the cancer loss that changed the trajectory of his family at an early age, and how he gives back to his local cancer community today.
Does this episode inspire you to give back to the Indiana cancer community? Join us as a sponsor, donor or volunteer! www.heroesfoundation.org/contact
Tune in to the BrandBuilders Podcast at http://dunstangroup.blubrry.net
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Epi 36: Dr. Steve Angus shares pediatric cancer treatment advances
September 6th, 2022 | 37 mins 44 secs
beatcancer, bluedevils, buckeyes, cancer, caregiver, chapelhill, cincinnati, cincy, clinicaltrials, cml, community, drugs, duke, gleevac, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, kinaseinhibitors, leukemia, melanoma, miamiofohio, miamiuniversity, nf1, nf2, northcarolina, pediatriccancer, pediatriconcology, pedscancer, pharmacology, ralieghdurham, riley, rileychildrens, sarcoma, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, tarheels, teamjoey, theohiostateuniversity, unc, wadeclapp, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 36 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Steve Angus from the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics. Tune in as Dr. Angus shares the pediatric oncology treatment advances initiated by funding from the Heroes Foundation’s Team JOEY program. Dr. Angus also details his personal leukemia journey that further fueled his fight against cancer.
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Epi 35: Ethan Braden on cancer research happening at Purdue University
August 23rd, 2022 | 17 mins 56 secs
albequerque, beatcancer, boilermakers, boilerup, branding, cancer, caregiver, community, elililly, hero, indiana, indianapolis, innovation, inspiration, marketing, mba, mitchdaniels, newmexico, nil, notredame, personalbrand, purdue, purdueuniversity, showursummits, sopurdue, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes, willamette
In episode 35 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to West Lafayette to talk with Ethan Braden, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Purdue University. Tune in as Ethan shares the unique work of the Purdue Center for Cancer Research, the collaborative efforts the Center shares with other universities, and the story from a 6-year-old girl that forever changed his cancer perspective.
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Epi 34: Summit Partner Chris Hendricks shares why he supports the Heroes Foundation
August 9th, 2022 | 26 mins 44 secs
americanstandard, beatcancer, bendavis, cancer, carcinoma, caregiver, community, duncansupply, familybusiness, fishing, fourdayray, hendricksregional, hero, hoosiers, hvac, immunotherapy, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, mayoclinic, mdanderson, metastatic, showursummits, story, summit, summitpartner, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, urologyofindiana, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 34 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Chris Hendricks, President/CEO of Duncan Supply Company and Heroes Foundation Summit Partner. Tune in as Chris shares his father’s metastatic renal cell carcinoma journey and how that experience drove Chris to give back to the Indiana cancer community. Why did Chris choose Heroes? “If there’s ever been a cause worthy enough of standing our business and our name behind, it’s for sure this one.”
Subscribe to the audio version of the Summits Podcast
https://summitspodcast.fireside.fmFind out more about the Heroes Foundation
https://www.heroesfoundation.orgFind out more about The Brookfield Group
https://thebrookfieldgroup.comDiscover Platform 24 co-working
https://www.platform24.coWhat’s your cancer story?
Hosted by cancer survivor and philanthropist Vince Todd, Jr., Chairman and Co-Founder of the Heroes Foundation, and Heroes Foundation Board Member Daniel Abdallah, the Summits Podcast is a place for people to share their stories.
Everyone has a cancer story.
From battling a deadly disease to caring for a loved one, when we rise up and face life’s greatest challenges, we see with a new vision, feel with a greater passion, and think with a deeper perspective.
Along the way, paths cross, journeys intersect, and missions converge.
For Vince Todd, it was his own cancer diagnosis that led him and his wife, Cindy, to launch the Heroes Foundation to provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention, and resources to advance research for a cure.
What started with friends and family grew into a community. The Summits Podcast is an extension of that community.
Our stories are what bring us together.
Artists, athletes, doctors, business people - we’re all family members, community leaders, and activists.
Everyone has a story. Anyone can inspire. No one battles alone.
Join the conversation.
Let’s climb the summit together.
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Epi 33: Dr. Andy Bullock details the cancer research happening at the University of Notre Dame
July 27th, 2022 | 26 mins 51 secs
beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, collaboration, community, cornell, earlydetection, golf, harpercancerresearchinstitute, hero, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, iu, mba, mexico, navy, notredame, phd, sandiego, showursummits, southbend, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, universityofnotredame, usnavy, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 33 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to the University of Notre Dame to talk with Dr. Andy Bullock, Associate Director of the Harper Cancer Research Institute. Tune in as Dr. Bullock shares his time at Indiana University, Cornell University and the U.S. Navy, as well as the incredible growth he’s seen over the past decade at the Harper Cancer Research Institute. “The things we’re doing now, in cancer health disparities initiatives and collaborations with universities…those were just ideas at the time. To build those has been a wonderful experience.”
For more on the Catherine Peachey Fund’s recent gift to the Harper Cancer Research Institute, read more here: https://www.heroesfoundation.org/the-catherine-peachey-fund-announces-100000-gift-to-university-of-notre-dame-cancer-researcher/
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Epi 32: Chris and Stacy DesJean share their son’s osteosarcoma diagnosis in the midst of COVID-19
July 7th, 2022 | 36 mins 59 secs
adamselementary, banking, basketball, beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, childhoodcancer, churubusco, community, crosscountry, femur, flashes, flashesaquatics, fortwayne, franklincentral, hero, hoosiers, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, iu, july, nursing, osteosarcoma, pediatriccancer, rileyhospital, sarcoma, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, swimming, toddstrong, track, universityofindianapolis, uofi, wellsfargo, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 32 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by University of Indianapolis grads Chris and Stacy DesJean. Tune in as the couple shares their nine-year-old son Will’s osteosarcoma diagnosis, how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their journey, and how Will is doing today.
Subscribe to the audio version of the Summits Podcast
https://summitspodcast.fireside.fmFind out more about the Heroes Foundation
https://www.heroesfoundation.orgFind out more about The Brookfield Group
https://thebrookfieldgroup.comDiscover Platform 24 co-working
https://www.platform24.coWhat’s your cancer story?
Hosted by cancer survivor and philanthropist Vince Todd, Jr., Chairman and Co-Founder of the Heroes Foundation, and Heroes Foundation Board Member Daniel Abdallah, the Summits Podcast is a place for people to share their stories.
Everyone has a cancer story.
From battling a deadly disease to caring for a loved one, when we rise up and face life’s greatest challenges, we see with a new vision, feel with a greater passion, and think with a deeper perspective.
Along the way, paths cross, journeys intersect, and missions converge.
For Vince Todd, it was his own cancer diagnosis that led him and his wife, Cindy, to launch the Heroes Foundation to provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention, and resources to advance research for a cure.
What started with friends and family grew into a community. The Summits Podcast is an extension of that community.
Our stories are what bring us together.
Artists, athletes, doctors, business people - we’re all family members, community leaders, and activists.
Everyone has a story. Anyone can inspire. No one battles alone.
Join the conversation.
Let’s climb the summit together.
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Epi 31: Dr. Phil Low breaks down the medical discoveries happening at Purdue University
June 14th, 2022 | 18 mins 53 secs
alzheimers, autoimmune, basketball, beatcancer, boilermakers, boilerup, byu, cancer, caregiver, collegerivalry, community, cytalux, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, licensingpatents, maculardegeneration, malaria, multiplesclerosis, purdue, purdueuniversity, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, viralinfection, westlafayette, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 31 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to Purdue University to talk with Dr. Phil Low, Presidential Scholar of Drug Discovery & Ralph Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry. Tune in as Dr. Low shares the breakthrough medical discoveries happening at Purdue University, including drugs for cancer, malaria, autoimmune diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, macular degeneration, multiple sclerosis, viral infections, and much more.
For more information on Dr. Low’s recent work at Purdue University, watch here: https://youtu.be/o2aQZsEfJH4
Subscribe to the audio version of the Summits Podcast
https://summitspodcast.fireside.fmFind out more about the Heroes Foundation
https://www.heroesfoundation.orgFind out more about The Brookfield Group
https://thebrookfieldgroup.comDiscover Platform 24 co-working
https://www.platform24.coWhat’s your cancer story?
Hosted by cancer survivor and philanthropist Vince Todd, Jr., Chairman and Co-Founder of the Heroes Foundation, and Heroes Foundation Board Member Daniel Abdallah, the Summits Podcast is a place for people to share their stories.
Everyone has a cancer story.
From battling a deadly disease to caring for a loved one, when we rise up and face life’s greatest challenges, we see with a new vision, feel with a greater passion, and think with a deeper perspective.
Along the way, paths cross, journeys intersect, and missions converge.
For Vince Todd, it was his own cancer diagnosis that led him and his wife, Cindy, to launch the Heroes Foundation to provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention, and resources to advance research for a cure.
What started with friends and family grew into a community. The Summits Podcast is an extension of that community.
Our stories are what bring us together.
Artists, athletes, doctors, business people - we’re all family members, community leaders, and activists.
Everyone has a story. Anyone can inspire. No one battles alone.
Join the conversation.
Let’s climb the summit together.
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Epi 30: Amy Kirsh and her two-time Melanoma journey
May 31st, 2022 | 31 mins 33 secs
beatcancer, biopsy, braincancer, cancer, caregiver, carmel, carmelhs, chicago, community, hero, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, indy, indy500, inspiration, iu, lungcancer, may, mdanderson, melanoma, memphis, metastasis, northcentralhs, northwestern, petscan, scanxiety, showursummits, skincancerawareness, spf, stage3, stage4, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, summitspodcast, vanderbilt, vandy, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 30 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Amy Kirsh. As we close out Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, tune in as Amy shares her two-time journey with Melanoma and what she learned through the experience.
As we head into summer months, protect yourself! When it comes to sunscreen – apply liberally and often. Let’s #beatcancer together.
Subscribe to the audio version of the Summits Podcast
https://summitspodcast.fireside.fmFind out more about the Heroes Foundation
https://www.heroesfoundation.orgFind out more about The Brookfield Group
https://thebrookfieldgroup.comDiscover Platform 24 co-working
https://www.platform24.coWhat’s your cancer story?
Hosted by cancer survivor and philanthropist Vince Todd, Jr., Chairman and Co-Founder of the Heroes Foundation, and Heroes Foundation Board Member Daniel Abdallah, the Summits Podcast is a place for people to share their stories.
Everyone has a cancer story.
From battling a deadly disease to caring for a loved one, when we rise up and face life’s greatest challenges, we see with a new vision, feel with a greater passion, and think with a deeper perspective.
Along the way, paths cross, journeys intersect, and missions converge.
For Vince Todd, it was his own cancer diagnosis that led him and his wife, Cindy, to launch the Heroes Foundation to provide meaningful support to cancer patients, education to promote cancer prevention, and resources to advance research for a cure.
What started with friends and family grew into a community. The Summits Podcast is an extension of that community.
Our stories are what bring us together.
Artists, athletes, doctors, business people - we’re all family members, community leaders, and activists.
Everyone has a story. Anyone can inspire. No one battles alone.
Join the conversation.
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Epi 29: Dr. Sharon Stack shares her fight against cancer
May 17th, 2022 | 13 mins 36 secs
beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, clemson, collaboration, community, duke, harpercancerresearchinstitute, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, jellybelly, lungcancer, northwestern, notredame, phd, researchcurescancer, sc, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, universityofnotredame, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 29 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah travel to the University of Notre Dame to talk with Dr. Sharon Stack with the Harper Cancer Research Institute. Tune in as Dr. Stack shares the personal cancer story that fuels her fight, and the collaborative and cutting-edge atmosphere at the Harper Cancer Research Institute. “Everything comes from research, and it’s research that cures cancer.”
For more on our recent gift to the Harper Cancer Research Institute, read more here: https://www.heroesfoundation.org/the-catherine-peachey-fund-announces-100000-gift-to-university-of-notre-dame-cancer-researcher/
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Epi 28: Melanie Brewer on the importance of community and communication
May 5th, 2022 | 33 mins 39 secs
beatcancer, bendavis, braincancer, braingang, cancer, caregiver, carmel, chrisstapleton, community, fightorflight, gbm, glioblastoma, hero, indiana, indianapolis, indianastate, indy, inspiration, obx, outerbanks, showursummits, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, tennesseewhiskey, westside, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 28 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Indianapolis native Melanie Brewer. Tune in as Melanie shares her and her husband’s journey with glioblastoma. From family and friends who stood by their side in difficult times, to the conversations she wishes she would have had with Marc, Melanie breaks down the importance of communication and community for cancer patients and their loved ones. The experiences she faced push her today to be a strong voice for someone else. “If one day someone needs me, I’ll be there.”
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Epi 27: Dr. Erik Barrett on surviving testicular cancer, giving back to the cancer community
April 26th, 2022 | 38 mins 2 secs
15years, barretteyecare, beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, carmel, community, dallas, fiji, friends, golf, hero, hoosiers, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, iu, iuschoolofmedicine, lancearmstrong, northcentral, panthers, philmickelson, sigmachi, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, swing4heroes, tennis, tigerwoods, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 27 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Dr. Erik Barrett of Barrett Eyecare. Tune in as Erik shares his journey with testicular cancer, and the hand he played in helping the Heroes Foundation grow from the beginning. “What you guys do with Heroes is so amazing, because the more money we can generate in, maybe we can pump into research and development. We want our kids to not have the same fear that you and I did when we were diagnosed.”
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Summits Podcast Episode 26: Marshall Morris shares his ‘no sad days’ mentality
March 24th, 2022 | 36 mins 52 secs
amprecordings, army, beatcancer, bileductcancer, cancer, caregiver, carni, community, counseling, dyingdefiantly, eventsmarketing, hero, indiana, indianapolis, inspiration, itching, keanureeves, makinganimpact, marchmadness, marketing, newengland, patriots, sepsis, story, strongbody, strongfaith, strongmind, summit, summits, summits podcast, tobykeith, va, weightloss, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 26 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Marshall Morris. Facing stage 4 bile duct cancer since 2021, Marshall relies daily on his core values to live every day to its fullest. Tune in as Marshall shares his remarkable mentality and how he’s giving back to other terminal cancer patients with his organization, Dying Defiantly. “My mission is to make sure I can be that light for somebody else until they can be their own light. Or maybe I’m that voice of reason when there doesn’t seem to be a reason.”
For more on Dying Defiantly, visit www.dyingdefiantly.com.
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Summits Podcast Episode 25: Billy Campbell on his kidney cancer journey
March 10th, 2022 | 39 mins 1 sec
beatcancer, cancer, caregiver, cat, caterpillar, community, davinci, drfarnham, familyowned, fortwayne, hero, indiana, indianapolis, indianauniversity, inspiration, kelleyschool, kidney, kidneycancer, macallistermachinery, peoria, piff, renalcellcarcinoma, story, summit, summits, summits podcast, thefort, urologyofindiana, whatsurcancerstory, whyheroes
In episode 25 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. sits down with Indiana native and MacAllister Machinery employee Billy Campbell. Tune in as Billy shares his journey with kidney cancer as a young father and his advice to others on living a healthy lifestyle. “Life goes quick…I would encourage folks to don’t feel like you’re overreacting to things and make sure you’re in tune with your body and know what you’re feeling.”
MacAllister Machinery (www.macallister.com) continues to be a supporter and sponsor of the Heroes Foundation’s mission. For more information on helping us #beatcancer in Indiana, check out our Corporate Partnership Guide: https://www.heroesfoundation.org/partner-program/