Best Adam Gercak Podcasts (2025)

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The Real Welfare Queens 17:31

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Send us a text Billionaires are rewriting the rules of democracy—should we be worried? Join us alongside my guest, Ohio State Representative Joe Miller, as we dissect the seismic shifts in political influence. We tackle complex questions about transparency, the rise of dark money, and the ethical dilemmas posed by wealthy billionaires steering poli…

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From Poverty to Policy Change 35:12

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Send us a text Growing up in a working-poor family, State Representative Joe Miller (OH-53) brings a gritty, firsthand perspective to the table that challenges the status quo. Our discussion weaves through Joe's life experiences and combines them with insights from Matthew Desmond’s "Poverty by America" to expose the harsh realities of poverty and …

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Profiting from Poverty 27:44

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Send us a text Jerry’s expertise provides a rare window into the, sometimes, exclusive world of investment strategies, encouraging us to question who truly benefits from the current financial system and how we can make smarter choices on our financial journeys. Through the lens of corporate giants like Walmart, we dive into the moral and economic d…

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What is Poverty? 22:41

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Send us a text Every day, millions wake up to a cycle they didn’t choose—a system built to keep them struggling, surviving, but never truly living. Poverty isn’t just an empty wallet or a lack of opportunity. It’s a network of barriers: broken systems, historical injustices, and policies that perpetuate inequality. Welcome to Survive Everyday Podca…

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The Path Forward 22:13

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Send us a text In Spark of Change: Anti-Poverty Conversations, join us on a road trip of deep reflection, raw family discussions, and unfiltered perspectives on politics, community, and the American struggle with poverty. Together, we'll explore America's systemic challenges and ask if uniting around economic class and common struggles could spark …

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The American Experiment 9:40

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Send us a text How do we survive this election? Let's tak about it. Support the show Survive Everyday on Bluesky Adam on TikTokBy Adam Gercak

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39: Mental Health Matters 21:36

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Send us a text May is mental health awareness month and on this podcast we’ve never shied away from talking about mental health. On this episode we are going discussing 6 topics that delve into the intricate workings of the human mind and explore ways to foster our mental well-being. I’m embarked on a profound journey to unravel the significance of…

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38: My "I want" song 22:14

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Send us a text A little more than a week ago I asked a question on social media. If you’re a musical theater nerd like I am, there’s always a song early in the first act called, the “I want song”. This is the song the hero of the story sing to set up the journey you’re about to go on. In Hamilton it’s the song “My Shot”. In the Little Mermaid it’s …

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37: Stop.Drop.Rewind - Music = Survival 1:04:04

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Send us a text In our previous episode, we explored the importance of literacy. Today, we'll be diving into another form of language that is also essential to our survival - music. From ancient times to the present day, music has been an integral part of human culture, connecting people across borders and languages. It has the power to inspire, hea…

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36: The Literacy Avengers 1:03:59

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Send us a text Literacy is an essential tool for empowerment and change. So today we’ve assembled the literacy Avengers, to use a comic book reference, to talk about the power of literacy and the challenges we face in promoting it and what Cleveland is doing to empower us all to become literacy ambassadors. Our Guests: Laureen Atkins-Holliday - Vic…

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35: Here we go again 33:37

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Send us a text Here we go again. Yet another school shooting, in yet another school district, in the only developed country where this seems to be a problem. In february we had the shooting at Michigan State University, and now….this…. Our kids see more combat than our military.... https://www.statista.com/statistics/476456/mass-shootings-in-the-us…

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34: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis 1:43:42

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Send us a text From the beginning of this podcast I’ve wanted to focus on books that tell a compelling story about survival, and I find none so compelling as the search for what our response to the Pandemic really was. I’ve read so many things on the pandemic and the response, but this book stands out. As much as this is a book about the pandemic, …

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33: Tanisha Taylor - A Goal Without A Plan is A Wish 1:00:02

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Send us a text A goal without a plan is a wish. This week we are still talking to Tanisha, but this time we are talking about how she exactly goes about talking to young adults without sounding like an arrogant boomer. If you have no idea who Tanisha Taylor is, go back and listen to episode 32 and come back. So here is my continuing conversation wi…

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32: Tanisha Taylor - Financial Advice Doesn't Have To Suck 54:18

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Send us a text This is the Survive Everyday Podcast Episode 32 with me, Adam Gercak. Money. It makes the world go around. We need it to navigate our society. We need it to exchange services for goods. It is the center of our lives. Survival Depends on a lot of things. Having enough food, water, shelter, and money is essential to survival. If you’re…

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31: Audrey - Surviving Childhood 55:10

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Send us a text Childhood is something everyone on the planet goes through, and the stories of our childhood are incredibly different. Today, we have a very special guest, my oldest daughter, Audrey. She just turned 21 yesterday, so I wanted to chat with her about her experiences growing up and what she has planned for the future. We discount the ne…

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30: Ashley Capps - How Non-Profits Build Communities 1:22:37

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Send us a text According to the IRS, there are over 750,000 not for profit organizations in the United States. Organizations like the Red Cross, Susan G Komen Foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and so many more. These missions fill mainstream roles in the national conversations, but there are 100s of thousands you might not even know ab…

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29: Meredyth Willits - It's Not Their Problem, It's Your Problem 1:21:09

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Send us a text Being a parent is hard. Being a parent doesn’t come with an instruction manual, and to this day I’m surprised as hell that I was allowed to take them home from the hospital. This year my oldest turns 21 marking my 21st year of beng a Dad. Literally half my life has been being a parent, but as my other 3 start to enter teenage years, …

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Bonus Episode: A Love Story + 3 Special Guests 44:41

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Send us a text Valentine's Day, named after St Valentine, who as a Priest in Rome performed secret marriages for soldiers who were not allowed to get married. Valentine's Day is an amalgamation of a few different mythologies. Like Cupid who was really Eros the god of love. We've celebrated Valentine's Day since 496 or so. So today I'm going to tell…

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28: John Gareis - The American Red Cross 1:06:58

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Send us a text Survival and Preapredness look different to everyone. Today on the podcast we are diving into preparedness and really, where to start. John Gareis, Regional Preparedness Manager for the American Red Cross in Cleveland is joining us to talk about all they do to help everyday citizens get prepared and discuss what we already do that IS…

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27: Rebecca Smolenski - The One About Cannabis 1:09:18

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Send us a text This week's episode does feature some bonus content which you can access HERE and at the link and become a member of the Coffee Club to unlock Before we go on: a little disclaimer - The information provided in this episode is intended to be, educational in nature and informational. In this episode we are not diagnosing, treating, or …

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26: Chris Piazza - Leading With Emotional Intelligence 57:53

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Send us a text January is a month where a lot of us hit a reset button. We are actively looking for ways to make us better. Those New Year’s resolutions to eat differently, workout more, learn more, whatever the case, we often try and start over. January 1 is a great place for a new beginning or a change in thoughts, or a place for growth. But if y…

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25: Kristen Lorenz - Don't Yuck Someone's Yum 1:00:00

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Send us a text The holidays are stressful, there is no doubt about it. In America we have Thanksgiving quickly followed by Christmas and families get together and often talk about, eat, and critique food. Too much salt not enough salt, you get it. You have a mother who’s cooked a certain dish your whole life and now you try and make it and you’re t…

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24: Ron Felgenhauer - Service Above Self 54:22

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Send us a text Earlier this year I became an insurance agent, and not too much longer after that I was recruited to join a project called Project YESS. The project was to get kids out on Lake Erie and on the water and teach them water safety. Over the course of 3 weeks kids would get into the water learn how to swim, kayak, sail, and operate waterc…

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23: Mikey B - The Value of Veterans 1:29:58

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Send us a text Veterans Day is intended to thank and honor all those who served honorably in the military – living and dead – whether in wartime or peace. In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank living Veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact …

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22: Dr. Melissa Beare - Vulnerability Is Never Weakness 1:09:09

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Send us a text "I’ve often said that we have only one truly sacred obligation as Americans—to prepare and properly equip our women and men in uniform when we send them into harm’s way, and to care for them and their families when they return. Yet for too many who are serving or have served, we are falling short. In an average day, 17 veterans die b…

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21: Matt Greiner - 22 Peaks for Veteran's Mental Health 1:54:19

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Send us a text In this episode we will be talking about suicide and other topics that might trigger some listeners. Anything you hear in this episode should not be considered medical advice. If you are currently in crisis and need help please stop this podcast and call The Suicide Prevention Line by dialing 988, if you are a veteran please select o…

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20: COVID, Tik Tok, and Car Dealers 37:13

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Send us a text COVID finally hit my household and it's been awful. This episode we talk about our experience with COVID and try and talk about the facts about vaccines, then while being laid up, looking at a toxic trend from Tik Tok. Show Notes: COVID-19 Myth vs Fact FAQs - https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/…

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19: Dawn Glanc - Keep Climbing The Mountain 55:50

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Send us a text If you’ve spent any time on any movie streaming service scrolling through the documentary section, you might find a few documentaries about climbing. Movies like Free Solo, The Alpinist, 14 Peaks, The Dawn Wall, Valley Uprising, and 180 South are pure wanderlust fuel. They feed our sense of adventure. I can’t get enough of them. Toda…

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18: Multitasking is a Myth 28:34

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Send us a text So what is multitasking? Let’s start there. Indeed labels multitasking as the ability to manage multiple responsibilities at once by focusing on one task while keeping track of others. Multitasking creates a greater demand on your cognitive resources, like attention and working memory. Indeed also gives an example of responding to an…

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17: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin 43:57

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Send us a text Extreme Ownership is a book about a set of leadership principles learned, honed, and perfected in a time of war by a group of Navy SEALs. The leadership principles, while martial in their development, are easily transferred outside of the military setting to anything like business, friends, family, and just life. If you read only one…

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16: Ask Me Anything 31:27

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Send us a text Welcome to the Ask Me Anything Episode! Today I answer the following questions: 1. How did you get into preparedness and what makes you an expert 2. Your podcast is preparedness for people who don't have bunkers, but a lot of your interviews don't really talk about preparedness. What gives? 3. How do you start a podcast? 4. What can …

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15: Independence 20:02

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Send us a text In Congress July 4th, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of…

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14: Vicky - Surviving Domestic Violence 1:32:43

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Send us a text With all that is going on in the world, it stopped for 6 weeks and the world was transfixed on a story. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were facing off in court in a defamation case. Amber Heard published an Op-Ed in the Washington Post accusing Johnny Depp of abusing her. Violently. Johnny Depp sued for defamation and won that case, but…

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13: Glenn Wells - From Homeless to Lawyer 1:22:10

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Send us a text Today we are talking to Glenn Wells, a Marine who has quite the life story. He’s going to walk us through his life, his experiences, and his extraordinary story of survival. Glenn Wells' life was anything but exceptional as a child. His home life was anything but ideal. But despite leaving his family at age 16 and dropping out of hig…

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12: Justin Mason - Cyber Security 1:27:20

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Send us a text Support the show Being online exposes us to cyber criminals and other people who commit fraud, identity theft, and harassment. Every time we connect to the internet we are making choices about our security. Think about all the places you connect to the internet - home, mobile devices, work, school, everything is connected all the tim…

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11: Mary Jo Rader - Surviving Alcoholism 48:04

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Send us a text Survive is defined: to continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger or hardship. Today we are talking to Mary Jo Rader, who is going to share her journey with her struggles with Alcoholism and how she’s been able to survive through it all. He story has ups, downs, lefts, and rights, but in the end, Mary Jo's willingness t…

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10: Firearms in America 27:48

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Send us a text Today's episode was supposed to be an AMA, but over the past few weeks a topic has been coming up more and more and the question I keep getting asked is, "When are you going to do an episode about guns?" In a lot of preparedness plans especially in the US, guns are usually a topic of discussion. America is gun culture, the world is f…

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9: Roger Dorsey - The Good Knights of Lorain County 1:04:03

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Send us a text Today on the Podcast we have Roger Dorsey. Roger is the Executive Director of a Non-Profit in Lorain County, Ohio called, The Good Knights of Lorain County. The mission of his organization is to provide complete, comfortable, and safe beds to children in need in Lorain County. It helps empower families with children by delivering bed…

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8: Bryan Singelyn - Nobody Cares What You Can Do Fresh 1:01:55

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Send us a text Today we are talking fitness, and just a disclaimer, nothing you hear is medical advice and to always consult your physician before starting a workout routine. With the pandemic reshaping what “going to the gym” means, I thought it would be awesome to talk to someone who’s on the cutting edge of home workout & personal training. Befo…

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7: Joe Borowski - Practical Prepper Podcast 57:51

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Send us a text This one is going to be a little different than the last few. This is a conversation with Joe Borowski, one of the hosts of the Practical Prepper Podcast. In this collab episode you will hear Joe and I riff and discuss preps we can do around the house for our families, along with my strong feelings on cooking bacon. Financial preps a…

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6: Patricia Brooks - Media Literacy 1:19:19

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Send us a text Media Literacy is the ability to: Decode media messages (including the systems in which they exist). Assess the influence of those messages on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Create media thoughtfully and conscientiously. By understanding the media you can learn how to get information from it to help you understand the world aroun…

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5: Dan Mason 53:50

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Send us a text Dan is a nationally recognized career and life reinvention expert. He teaches unfulfilled high performers how to trade the corporate grind for their true calling and create meaningful second acts with more money, freedom, and fun. Dan has been featured at CBS, Fox, ABC, The HuffPost, The Tamron Hall Show, and the Elvis Duran Morning …

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4: Jay Buchholz Part 1 39:27

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Send us a text " Mental illness is a constant war. This is the face of a CrossFit Athlete who has been crippled by depression and anxiety, has had to force himself to put on his running shoes, and even forced himself to make coffee. It’s a war and there are days that are going to suck more than others but you have to find that strength to fight on.…

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3: Kristen Lorenz RD 1:17:09

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Send us a text So you’re searching for Nutrition information. You hit the all knowing oracle named Google and it sends you back thousands of pages of information. Everything from Fad diets, to nutritional supplements and you instantly feel lost. One article tells you exactly what to do, the other one tells you everything in that other article is ga…

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2: Ken Glanc 1:02:47

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Send us a text Literacy is most commonly defined as the ability to read and write. But it’s not as simple as it sounds. Reading and writing abilities vary, across different cultures and contexts, and they’re constantly shifting. In today’s world “reading” emcompasses complex visual and digital media as well as printed material. The elderly populati…

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Send us a text "I have spent my entire life defying the odds. I survived a dysfunctional childhood, and I went down a bad path in my teens and early twenties. I didn't experiment with drugs and alcohol in those years; instead, I earned my Master's and Ph.D. in both subjects. I was knowingly on the road to self-destruction until I had an epiphany at…

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The Survive Everyday Podcast Trailer 12:39

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Send us a text Every podcast has a "first episode" but this is mostly the background to how the podcast came to be. New episodes coming soon Support the show Survive Everyday on Bluesky Adam on TikTokBy Adam Gercak