Ascent Life Podcast

About Ascent Life Podcast

On a mission to discover what it means to live your best life! Hosted by R. Brandon Long, the Ascent Life podcast features deep and humorous discussions with artists, adventurers, and entrepreneurs who share why they strive daily to live their dream. Explore through the lens of a midlife dad what defines success, how to live with purpose, and become the best version of yourself: healthy, wealthy & wise. That is living an Ascent Life!

Publisher

ascentlife

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

12 Feb 2025

Latest episode

2 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

36 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Jul 2026

   "Do It Scared: How Skiing Big Mountains Builds a Meaningful Life | Wynter McBride, Ascent Life Ep. 33

   In this big mountain episode, I sit down with Wynter McBride — Freeride World Tour rookie standout and one of America’s top female freeride skiers — to explore how adventure sports like skiing help us live more meaningful, purposeful lives. Fresh off h...

2. 

   24 Jun 2026

   Finding Purpose Through Music, Friendship & Family | Ascent Life Ep. 32

   Can Music Help You Live Your Best Life? Join us on this episode of the Ascent Life Podcast as we dive deep with musicians Cory Mon and bassist Clark Cannon. Discover how music, live performance, creativity, and authentic connection help us find purpose...

3. 

   18 Jun 2026

   George Bumann Reveals How Animals Live Their Best Lives & What We Can Learn (Ep.31)

   Can we learn how to live our best lives by listening to animals? Professional sculptor, wildlife researcher, speaker, and animal eavesdropper George Bumann is here to dive into the subject of what we can learn about ourselves from listening to animals. Welcome to the Ascent Life podcast, I’m your host, R. Brandon Long, here with the mission to inspire 1 million people a day to live their best lives, and become the best version of themselves: Healthy, Wealthy & Wise—That is living an Ascent Life Subscribe to live your best life - Ascent Life Newsletter: ascentlifenow.com Ascent Life Podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ascentlifenow Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7t25ibFaEVPw2rui7OEbhg?si=edce41a45a0c446a Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ascent-life-podcast/id1800541658 WISDOM FROM THE PAGES: We begin today’s episode with Wisdom From The Pages - Continuing from The Book of Elon “Pay close attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. It’s incredibly helpful. This may sound like simple advice, but hardly anyone does it.” Pg. 179 “Cash is currency I highly recommend it... Seems like a weird way to send money. My bank account went from $5,000 to $21,005,000.” Pg 171 Making anything or providing a valuable service like good entertainment, good information—these are valuable things to do. I’ve got mad respect for the makers of things.” Pg. 153 MOTIVATIONAL TRACK OF THE WEEK: Backup Plan, Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs: https://open.spotify.com/track/6BZaRf4Zh9Y07qnELLboGu?si=aaea3badb2234e4e Thank you for joining me on this journey as we all push towards self actualization through resilience, and adaptability, creating a positive impact on the world —using our “unique ability” to fulfill our purpose, and become the best version of ourselves: healthy, wealthy & wise! We’ll continue our paths together on the next Ascent Life! Cheers, and Godspeed

Who has been a guest on Ascent Life Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Fernando Nevarez
• Eric Zschiesche
• Tricia Judge
• Brandyn Smith
• Jessica Smith

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

21,638

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

21

Social presence

94

YouTube

72

Engagement

0

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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