
Project Endure Podcast
The Project Endure Podcast is hosted by Joe Rinaldi, founder and CEO of Project Endure. This is a place where we talk about life, endurance, persistence, perspective and so much more. Our mission is to help you develop a positive perspective, build a resilient mindset and find strength in your struggle. Join us as we dive into incredible stories with amazing people.
Latest episodes

Feb 23, 2025 • 54min
EP 180: Decide with Kara Marks
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Kara Marks to talk about meeting people where they are, seeing the hard things as blessings, trusting that everything happens for a reason, being willing to be misunderstood, running her first ultramarathon (rodeos and corndogs), tapping into the thought: how hard could it be?, ready is a decision (not a feeling), delayed obedience is disobedience, surrender is like falling asleep in the passenger seat, eating mexican food in an epsom salt bath with clothes on, going back to get a doctorate degree while being a mom, trusting that what you do matters and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Kara's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to her. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Kara (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Feb 9, 2025 • 57min
EP 179: Not Dead Yet with Matt Vincent
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Matt Vincent to talk about losing his dad to pancreatic cancer, using marbles to reflect on time (6,012 weeks), learning to see the difference between danger and discomfort, recognizing unspoken desperation, lessons from being a two-time world champion in the highland games, practicing radical accountability, moving from scarcity to abundance, the gates of hell are locked from the inside, accepting the consequences of pushing limits, gaining perspective when our machines don’t work, the universe don’t speak in words (just actions), water walks in Uganda, fearing stagnation, making the most of the ride and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Matt's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Matt (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Jan 26, 2025 • 45min
EP 178: Speak Up with Shaina Rowley
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Shaina Rowley to talk about the challenges that come with entrepreneurship, the passing of her sister, the hardest part is starting, navigating the confusion that comes with loss, finding anchors to hold us through the waves of grief, leaning on others to find strength, taking action to grieve in motion, embracing fitness as a way to learn about ourselves, building an unshakable determination to keep moving forward, making the choice to get better each day and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Shaina's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to her. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Shaina (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Jan 12, 2025 • 53min
EP 177: Marinate with Jeff Depew
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Jeff Depew to talk about lessons from swimming, what it looked like to leave the pool feeling proud, going where the demands are high in search of growth, winners fall in love with the work that needs to be done, being selectively selfish in order to be sustainably selfless, enduring parenthood when children suffer, using hardships to pull people together, not rushing the things that take time, letting the hard things slow us down to be more present, starting small to build momentum, playing life in decades (not days), the college class: real world 101, the years are short - the days are long, seeing endurance as marinating in who we hope to become, the choice to make it a great day, living a bucket list life to the fullest, practicing to appreciate the small things, running a half marathon every month and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Jeff's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Jeff (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Jan 1, 2025 • 10min
BONUS: Run Streak (1,000) with Joe Rinaldi
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down to reflect on 1,000 days of running a minimum of one mile every single day. Give this episode a listen, take some notes and lean into the things you might not want to hear. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Joe (here) 2025 PE Event: tickets 🎟️ Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Dec 30, 2024 • 1h 9min
BONUS: 2025 Wisdom with Joe Rinaldi
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down to reflect on lessons from this past year in order to add as much value as possible as we enter 2025. This is one of those episodes that you might want to listen to more than once. Consider this a software update for the soul as we pursue growth in the new year. Give this episode a listen, take some notes and lean into the things you might not want to hear. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Joe (here) 2025 PE Event: tickets 🎟️ Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Dec 1, 2024 • 1h 1min
EP 176: Looks Easy with Justin Su'a
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Justin Su'a to talk about winning at home, accelerating excellence, increasing our impact, steps to find our path (running our race, turning off the shot clock and collecting clues), considering what we would do what if failure was inevitable, the challenge of letting go (monkey) and the power of holding on (bulldog), seeing our brain as a time machine, minimizing future regret, the Stockdale Paradox, building the plane as we go, aligning incentives, making consistent action the baseline, refusing to take counsel from our feelings, letting what's on the inside maintain integrity when outside pressure is high, viewing new mistakes as progress in disguise, moving dirt, making hard work look easy and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Justin's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Justin (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Nov 17, 2024 • 47min
EP 175: Abundant with Chynna Rubin
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Chynna Rubin to talk about being a team player in the game of life, staying modest in all that we do, helping others heal while healing ourselves, showing up in a world full of abundance, losing her grandmother to murder, learning that numbing pain is not the best path forward, finding solid anchors in our life, leaving behind people/things in old chapters, learning to find freedom in saying “no," seeing potential in others, experiencing the twisted beauty of trauma, navigating the challenge of giving others grace, doing the hard work of forgiving ourselves, endurance is the hard work that you do after the hard work, giving without expectation of return and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Chynna's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to her. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Chynna (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Oct 27, 2024 • 1h 12min
EP 174: Old Dog, New Tricks with Frank Aloise
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Frank Aloise to talk about connecting good people with good people, using a shovel to move dirt (literally and figuratively), navigating seasons of overwhelming transition, the importance of surrounding yourself with people you want to be like, the potential to reinvent ourselves always exists if we make the choice to change, pushing the limits of what seems possible, completing the Saranac Lake Sixer, taking on 24 hours of steps, the power of great mentors, how an old expedition to Antarctica can teach us lessons for now and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Frank's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Frank (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Oct 20, 2024 • 55min
EP 173: Grit & Gratitude with Ant DiAndrea
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Ant DiAndrea to talk about the Roman Empire, losing both parents at the same time, dealing with the aftermath of such big loss, finding good people to lift us up, doing hard things to change our lives, using fitness as a vehicle for growth, nobody cares what you’ve been through if you don’t get over it, the use of production pivots, the art of surrendering, the incredible power of forgiveness, the truth that if you blame someone for the bad, you have to blame them for the good too, getting trench foot during an ultra race, choosing the super power of suffering, putting cookies in the cookie jar, the realization that you can’t buy effort, not all thoughts are our thoughts, cutting corners is fracturing trust with ourselves, if you can’t change the people around you, change the people around you and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Ant's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Ant (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)