Unstoppable: Stories that Move

About Unstoppable: Stories that Move

A podcast with a purpose highlighting ordinary people who do extra-ordinary things, while raising money for medical research. From everyday athletes & artists, scientists & survivors, care-givers & change-makers, these people relentlessly pursue their dreams, resiliently pushing through pain & setbacks. What's their purpose? What makes them Unstoppable? Tune in to listen as these seemingly normal people share their stories of resilience and inspire us to keep moving forward

Publisher

Sally Hed Dahlquist

Category

business · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jun 2025

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

66 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   65. Forged in Fire with Deena Johnson Lee

   Deena Johnson Lee knows what it means to take the heat. As a firefighter, she faced burning buildings, dangerous emergencies, and the physical demands of saving lives. As a woman rising through the ranks of a male-dominated profession, she faced another kind of pressure: proving she belonged, earning respect, and learning to lead without sacrificing who she was. Deena's journey began as a young mother working as a waitress. An EMT class sparked an unexpected passion for emergency medicine, ev...

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   64. Sally's Hotline: Failure Is Not An Option with John Naslund

   In this edition of Sally’s Hotline, we hear from the unstoppable John Naslund, a true unicorn in the marathon world. John is a charter member of not one, but two major Minnesota marathons, meaning he has run all 50 Grandma’s Marathons and all 43 Twin Cities Marathons. John’s advice is simple, direct, and earned over decades of running: failure is not an option. When you set out to do something meaningful, you have to figure out how to get it done. The original plan may change. The pace may ch...

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   63. Chartering the Course with John Naslund

   John Naslund is a unicorn in the marathon world. He is a charter member of not one, but two iconic Minnesota marathons, meaning he has run every single Grandma’s Marathon and every single Twin Cities Marathon. That is 50 Grandma’s Marathons and 43 Twin Cities Marathons, a streak built not from one big goal at the beginning, but from decades of showing up. John started running in 1973, and in many ways, he has been training for a marathon ever since. Now 76, newly retired, and recovering from ...

Who has been a guest on Unstoppable: Stories that Move

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

• Tom "Pacer Tom" Perri
• Tom Perri
• Christelle "Smiley" Douillet
• Deanna Johnson

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

42

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

0

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