The Forward
Lance Armstrong
The Forward Podcast with Lance Armstrong gives the audience a rare and revealing listen into Armstrong's conversations with an eclectic range of personalities—some well-known, others simply with intriguing stories to tell. Guests, which hail from the worlds of politics, entertainment, art, business, sport and beyond, have included Malcolm Gladwell, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chris Evert and the Avett Brothers. The Forward often touches on the theme, or concept, from which the podcast’s name is drawn—pressing onward in the face of adversity or challenge, and seizing the opportunity to continually grow from experience. Above all, The Forward Podcast is a personal, honest, engaging and always entertaining dialogue that leaves the listener with new insights and perspective.
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Sep 5, 2016 • 1h 19min
Nate Boyer
Nate Boyer is a United States Army Special Forces Green Beret and former collegiate and professional football player. Nate has recently come into the news for his open letter to 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. He stopped by Lance’s house in Austin to catch up on many things including: Kaepernick, his time in the Army, his current production in Hollywood, and more.
Aug 29, 2016 • 1h 28min
Bob Arum
Bob Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank Boxing, a boxing promotion company in Las Vegas. Throughout his storied career, this 84 year old has promoted some of boxing’s most historic fights and famous fighters including: Muhammad Ali, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Julio Cesar Chavez, and more. Bob stopped by Lance’s house in Aspen to talk Muhammad Ali, Don King, a possible Mayweather vs. Pacquiao rematch and much more.
Aug 22, 2016 • 1h 5min
Chris Kluwe
Chris Kluwe punted in the National Football League for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and the Oakland Raiders. Kluwe is best known as an advocate for social issues, including same sex marriage and gay rights. Chris and Lance got together in Aspen to discuss: music, doping in sports, gaming and much more.
Aug 15, 2016 • 1h 52min
Seal
Seal is a four time grammy award winning British singer-songwriter. To date he has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and is best known for his single “Kiss from a Rose” that originally appeared on the Batman Forever soundtrack in 1995. A chance encounter on a bike path with Lance in Aspen led to this week’s episode of The Forward where Lance and Seal cover a wide variety of topics including: fitness, touring, childhood, missed opportunities and more.
Aug 8, 2016 • 1h 11min
Ryan Bingham
Ryan Bingham is an Americana singer-songwriter from Hobbs, New Mexico best known for co-writing the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Critics' Choice Award for "Best Song," and Grammy Award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture theme song for “The Weary Kind” from the film “Crazy Heart.” Ryan stopped by in Aspen to talk with Lance and even play a couple songs including an amazing Guy Clark cover.
Aug 1, 2016 • 54min
T.J. Juskiewicz
T.J. Juskiewicz is the Director of one the largest annual bike rides in the world: RAGBBRAI. RAGBRAI, is the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, and is an annual event that travels west to east across the state of Iowa. The event has morphed into a cultural phenomenon that attracts riders from all across the world with it’s laid back vibe and party-like atmosphere. Lance and T.J. caught up at the race and shared some great stories from the past.
Jul 26, 2016 • 1h 13min
Chris Evert
One of the most successful tennis players of all time, Chris Evert, stopped by for Episode 6 of The Forward Podcast with Lance Armstrong. Chris won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 3 doubles titles during her career and now serves as a tennis analyst for ESPN. Lance and Chris cover topics such as: life after sports, tennis, family, and much more.
Jul 18, 2016 • 1h 27min
Tim Commerford
Tim Commerford is best known as the bass player for the Grammy Award winning rock band Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Future User, and WAKRAT. He is also an avid cyclist and Tattoo aficionado. On Lance’s recent trip to Malibu, he stopped by Timmy C's house for a quick catch up on Episode 5 of The Forward Podcast.
Jul 11, 2016 • 1h 12min
Thomas Dimitroff
Atlanta Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff stopped by in Aspen for Episode 4 of The Forward Podcast. Thomas offers an insider look at a variety of topics including: the NFL Draft, Deflategate, becoming a GM, and more.
Jul 5, 2016 • 56min
Ben Harper
Lance sat down with longtime friend and multiple Grammy Award winning musician Ben Harper at Red Rocks Amphitheater outside Denver during a recent tour stop with The Innocent Criminals. Their conversation offers rare, fly-on-the-green room-wall insights on everything from Ben’s musical roots and inspirations to adventures in parenting teenagers to learning how to skateboard (like a badass) after 40.
