Summits Podcast

Epi 90: Men’s mental health with @buildingarefuge and Brandon Leum

July 9th, 2025  |  40 mins 33 secs

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In episode 90 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Brandon Leum, Founder of @buildingarefuge. Tune in as Brandon shares the organization’s mission to bring hope and encouragement to men through meetings, events, and the BAR Podcast.

You can connect with Building a Refuge at buildingarefuge.org.

Epi 88: Staying Fit, Fighting Cancer and Giving Back with Joe Fazzini

May 29th, 2025  |  46 mins 14 secs

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In episode 88 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Joe Fazzini, a Carmel, Indiana based triathlon athlete and coach. Tune in as Joe shares his prostate cancer survivorship journey, how fitness inspires him, and his plan to give back to the Indiana cancer community.

Follow Joe on Instagram at @diamond-lake-sports as he participates in the 2024 Subaru CASA Cycling Challenge with a goal to ride 300 miles in 24 hours to fundraise for the Heroes Foundation!

Contribute to Joe’s fundraising efforts here: https://bit.ly/JoeFDonate

Epi 87: Four Day Ray’s Scott Kennedy on the Team Heroes family

April 29th, 2025  |  30 mins 28 secs

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In episode 87 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Scott Kennedy, Director of Operations at Four Day Ray Brewing and Team Heroes athlete. Tune in for a peek inside the Indiana-based brewery and how the Team Heroes family supports each other, both on the bike and off.

For more on Four Day Ray Brewing, visit fourdayray.com.

Epi 86: Penn State Head Volleyball Coach, Katie Schumacher-Cawley, bump - set - spikes breast cancer

April 15th, 2025  |  18 mins 50 secs

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In episode 86 of the Summits Podcast, co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah are joined by Katie Schumacher-Cawley, head volleyball coach at Penn State University. Amidst a championship volleyball season, Katie was put to the test as she also battled breast cancer. Tune in for the life lessons she’s learned through the experience.

Epi 85: Inspiring Hoosiers to leave a legacy with Get Indiana’s Nate Spangle

March 20th, 2025  |  46 mins 47 secs

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In episode 85 of the Summits Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Nate Spangle, Founder of Get Indiana and Head Wrestling Coach at Bishop Chatard High School. Tune in as Nate shares the family cancer story that set the trajectory for his young adulthood and inspired him to live bigger.

The Heroes Foundation is thrilled to introduce Nate as the Honorary Chair and Accountability Coach for the 2025 Fit4Heroes campaign, Powered by American Health & Wellness, from April 1-30! Join Nate today at heroesfoundation.org/fit4heroes.

Epi 45: Summits Podcast 2022 Year in Review

January 20th, 2023  |  52 mins 50 secs

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Tune in as co-hosts Vince Todd, Jr. and Daniel Abdallah share 2022 highlights for the Heroes Foundation and Summits Podcast and plans for growth in 2023.

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What’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.

Epi 37: Scott Dunstan on giving back to the cancer community

September 22nd, 2022  |  41 mins 51 secs

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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

Epi 27: Dr. Erik Barrett on surviving testicular cancer, giving back to the cancer community

April 26th, 2022  |  38 mins 2 secs

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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.”