Growing Bolder Podcast

Resilience and risk taking. Meaning and mission. Passion and perseverance. Growing Bolder is not just media, it’s a movement. Through its TV and radio shows, magazine, website and popular social media channels, Growing Bolder’s EMMY® Award-winning broadcast journalists are Rebranding Aging® by sharing the inspirational stories of men and women redefining the possibilities of life after 45.

Fountain of Youth Podcast

Hosted by Marc Middleton, a masters athlete and founder and CEO of Growing Bolder, Fountain of Youth shares the inspiring stories of men and women of all sizes, ages and abilities who are redefining what’s possible for all of us. From world-record breaking superstars to weekend warriors who are battling back from every injury, disease and disability imaginable, Fountain of Youth is the jolt of inspiration, information and encouragement you need to get off the couch and get into life.

Recent Episodes

The first female swimmer to earn a scholarship at Syracuse University, Susan Helmrich was first diagnosed with cancer at the age of 21, and endured a 10-and-a-half-hour surgery to remove her entire reproductive system. Since then she’s survived lung cancer, a rare form of pancreatic cancer, eight major operations and the loss of many organs.

Kelly Palace is a former division one head swimming coach, an Olympic trials swimmer and a masters swimmer that held four world number one rankings and eight US master swimming number one rankings in 2021.

You know his face. You recognize his voice. Damien Leake is an actor, a composer, a coach and teacher. Did you know he’s also the fastest man in the world over the age of 70? Hear how activism shaped him as a child, what he loves about masters racing and why coaching Junior Olympians has transformed his life.

The first female swimmer to earn a scholarship at Syracuse University, Susan Helmrich was first diagnosed with cancer at the age of 21, and endured a 10-and-a-half-hour surgery to remove her entire reproductive system. Since then she’s survived lung cancer, a rare form of pancreatic cancer, eight major operations and the loss of many organs.

Kelly Palace is a former division one head swimming coach, an Olympic trials swimmer and a masters swimmer that held four world number one rankings and eight US master swimming number one rankings in 2021.

You know his face. You recognize his voice. Damien Leake is an actor, a composer, a coach and teacher. Did you know he’s also the fastest man in the world over the age of 70? Hear how activism shaped him as a child, what he loves about masters racing and why coaching Junior Olympians has transformed his life.