Stories from Real Life

What happens when the life you’ve spent years building suddenly no longer fits the person you’ve become?

For identity coach Sass Schaeffer, that question isn’t theoretical. Her own journey through major professional and personal upheaval forced her to confront something deeper than how to rebuild her circumstances: she had to reconsider who she was.

What would you do if you opened an old binder at an estate sale and realized you were holding a piece of World War II history?

Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel and military historian Patrick W. Naughton Jr. knew almost immediately that he had found something extraordinary.

Inside the worn binder was a history created by the soldiers of Baker B...

Andre Robertson on Texas, the Yankees, and the accident that changed everything

Former Major League shortstop Andre Robertson joins Melvin E. Edwards to trace a career that moves from Orange, Texas to the University of Texas, the New York Yankees, and the 1981 World Series. He also reflects on the racial barriers he faced, the coaches and teammates who shaped him, and t...

Margaret Eastman Smith grew up inside Moral Re-Armament (MRA), the international movement that emerged from the Oxford Group and sought to transform society through personal moral and spiritual change.

For Margaret, however, MRA wasn’t simply a movement. It was family.

In this episode of Stories from Real Life, Margaret joins host Melvin E. Edwards to dis...

How do medicine, artistry, and psychology come together to transform lives?

In this episode, award-winning journalist Melvin E. Edwards sits down with internationally recognized facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr. Michael Brandt for a thoughtful conversation about confidence, identity, aging, innovation, and the responsibility...