Why PTSD made Army Vet Jason Kander Leave Pol...

Ricki Lake is a true show business OG. After getting her big break as the lead role in Hairspray, she would host her very own daytime talk show, The Ricki Lake Show, that became part of pop culture fabric of the 1990s. She also produced The Business of Being Born, which takes a c ...  Show more

Ali Landry is the founder of Reshape, the lifestyle brand that aims to live life to the fullest regardless of where you are in life. With a long career of being under the public eye, Ali thought she was living a healthy life until she experienced brain fog while on live televisio ...  Show more

Jason Kander was a rising star in national politics. In fact, he was staging a run for the Presidency and got the thumbs up from none other than Barack Obama himself. Then the roof caved in. Jason tells Marc why he needed to put everything on hold in order to treat his PTSD, some ...  Show more

In 2016 Jason Kander was a rising star in the Democratic Party. After narrowly losing the race to become one of Missouri’s Senators, he began laying the groundwork for a Presidential run. Jason unexpectedly pivoted to declaring his candidacy for the 2019 Kansas City mayoral elect ...  Show more

On the outside, veteran Jason Kander had everything going for him: successful political career, lovely family, the respect of his peers. But on the inside, he was struggling: nightmares, depression and suicidal thoughts were constant companions. Jason joins us to talk about his n ...  Show more

Jason Kander was on track to be a major force in American politics. But for him, working – and succeeding – was a way to escape the pain of PTSD and depression, after his military service in Afghanistan. Kander had to step away from his career to focus on therapy and healing.