Courage Talks

About Courage Talks

Inspired by my father's acts of courage in his biography, ⁠Against All Odds⁠, I am inviting guests on my first-ever podcast to talk about their experience with courage. Hear from them about their stories of courage and moments in their personal and professional life that brought out the best in them. Listen to your heroes talk about their own heroes.

Publisher

Hetal Sonpal

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Aug 2023

Latest episode

31 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

93 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Oct 2026

   Crossing Continents - One Step at a Time - David Green

   𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟲𝗘𝟭 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲. I’m genuinely excited to share this one with you. My guest is David Green, a retired entrepreneur, ultrarunner, author, and one of the most quietly determined adventurers I’ve met. David has run across continents the hard way, on foot, day after day, for months at a time. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲: • In 2018, while running the Caminho da Fé in Brazil, a sickly stray dog chose to follow him for 140 miles. That dog became Lucky, his canine soulmate. • He brought Lucky home to Florida, and in 2021 the two set out to run across America, 3,400 miles from Jacksonville Beach on the Atlantic to Muir Beach on the Pacific. • Lucky ran with him until cancer forced him to stop in Wyoming. David finished the crossing. • He has set multiple Fastest Known Times on different sections of Brazil’s Caminho da Fé. • In 2025, he completed a supported run across Europe: 2,859 miles through 12 countries in 99 days, from Porto on the Atlantic to Istanbul on the Bosphorus, officially recognised as a Fastest Known Time. • Along the way, David and his wife, Mônica, founded Friends of Lucky Caminho, a nonprofit that supports stray dogs along the trail where Lucky first found him. • Proceeds from his book Lucky: A True Story go to the charity. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘂𝗽? A solo run across China along the ancient Silk Road, over 5,200 km from Shanghai to the Kazakhstan border, planned for 2027. This conversation is about the courage it takes to keep moving when the road is long, when plans break, when loss comes, and when the only thing left is the next step. It’s about slowing down enough to actually see the world, about the unexpected bonds that change everything, and about choosing a life of purposeful adventure. Do Listen.. #CourageTalks #UltraRunning #LuckyTheDog #RunAcrossAmerica #RunAcrossEurope #Endurance #Adventure

2. 

   25 Oct 2026

   What Does not Kill You, Makes you Stronger - Courage Talks S15E6

   🎙️ 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! Featuring 𝗡𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵i Nistha is the bestselling author of No Shortcuts (3rd best business book of the year 2019), Unstartup, Futurepreneurs and Seven Conversations, founder of Scholar Strategy and 24NorthStar. A LinkedIn Top Voice and someone who has repeatedly chosen the harder, less conventional path.From a small-town girl who left India on a scholarship to study Computer Science at UIUC, to landing a six-figure Wall Street role. Then, she shocked people by dropping out of her NYU Stern MBA after securing two full-time offers, working with early Manhattan startups, organising NYU’s first Entrepreneurship Summit (with Seth Godin as a speaker), and then quitting her entire US life at 30 to return to India and start from scratch. She built Scholar Strategy into a purpose-driven platform that has guided 1,500+ students into places like MIT, Harvard, Stanford, CMU and FAANG roles, without ever taking university commissions. She later launched 24NorthStar while pregnant, because she wanted Indian families to choose careers more mindfully. Along the way she lived and worked as a digital nomad across Bali, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and Auroville, designing a life that let her work six months a year and create the rest of the time. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱: • Walking away from the “perfect” Wall Street + MBA script • Rebuilding life and business in India with zero safety net • Navigating miscarriage, a complicated pregnancy, and becoming a mother at 40 • Building two education platforms with radical integrity • Figuring life out through relationships, nomadic years, and unconventional choices • What it really means to keep creating while chasing a toddler and still choosing meaning over the conventional definition of success. This is a deep, honest, and deeply human conversation about the courage it takes to leave the script, rebuild on your own terms, and keep showing up even when the timeline looks nothing like what society expects. 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻. 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝗔𝗰𝘁. #CourageTalks #S15E6 #NisthaTripathi #Courage #Motherhood #CareerPivot #UnconventionalPath #NoShortcuts

3. 

   17 Oct 2026

   Courage Talks S15E5 Eswari Andiappan

   𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 𝗦𝟭𝟱𝗘𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘! 🚀 Meet Eswari Andiappan, the first woman in India to complete a full Ironman triathlon, mother of two, engineer-turned-MBA, and now a lifestyle & nutrition coach who turns personal struggle into fuel for others. From village roots and the early mornings of running alone (often the only woman in a group of men), through depression, anger, isolation, and the overwhelming juggle of motherhood + studies + Ironman training… this is a story of sheer courage. 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲, 𝗘𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁: → What pulled her into endurance sports while raising two kids → Turning anger and a deep personal low into movement and purpose → The courage it took to keep showing up when everything felt impossible → How family support reshaped her understanding of strength → Why she chose to become a coach and lift other women after achieving what many said couldn’t be done → Habits over motivation, and the practical lessons she got A powerful conversation about resilience, motherhood, self-belief, and choosing to keep going when quitting would have been easier. 🎧 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. Tag someone who needs this reminder today. #CourageTalks #Ironman #FirstIndianWomanIronman #Endurance #Motherhood #Resilience #Inspiration #Podcast

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