The Mark Drager Show

Standing at just 5 feet 3 inches tall, Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues was the shortest player in NBA history. Despite his diminutive stature, Bogues enjoyed a successful 14-year career in the NBA, playing for four different teams. Bogues was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in 1987, he quickly became a fan favorite thanks to his flashy style of play and his outgoing personality. For most of his career, Bogues served as a backup point guard but he still managed to put up solid numbers over the course of his 14-year NBA career. In this conversation we extracted the ins and outs of a winning mindset that Muggsy maintained throughout his entire career. Pay attention and you will learn exactly how to turn that aspect of yourself that you consider a weakness into a strength that will push you towards your dreams, no matter what others say.

Dr Ellen Vora is an acclaimed psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher, and she is the author of The Anatomy of Anxiety, where she shares her groundbreaking understanding of how anxiety manifests in the body and mind—and what we can do to overcome it. In this conversations, Dr. Ellen Vora offers a paradigm shift in our understanding of anxiety and mental health, suggesting that anxiety is not simply a brain disorder but a whole-body condition. The emotional and physical discomfort we experience—sleeplessness, brain fog, stomach pain, jitters—is a result of the body's stress response. This physiological state can be triggered by challenging experiences as well as seemingly innocuous factors, such as diet and use of technology. She takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root. Follow Dr. Ellen Vora on IG… https://www.instagram.com/ellenvoramd/ Buy her book 'The Anatomy of Anxiety'... https://ellenvora.com/book/ More on Dr. Ellen Vora… https://ellenvora.com/

Jennifer Cohen is an entrepreneur best-selling author, brand strategist, international speaker, top podcaster and educator. She focuses on building healthy habits to best-selling author, brand strategist, international speaker, podcaster and educator. She's the author of three books in the fitness, wellness, and healthy habits space, has sold companies for millions of dollars and has appeared on major network shows. Her latest book, 'Bigger, Bolder, Better: How To Live The Life You Want' outlines how to reach that life through specific goals and habits.

Looking back into 2022 I realized that I'm very fortunate to have amazing people around me and I pick their brains and understand their ways. It's fascinating, but there's one thing that keeps coming up with each one of them.

A cross between an entrepreneur, Army officer, and philosopher, today's guest Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a website that helps changemakers (creatives, leaders, and entrepreneurs) start finishing the stuff that matters. In this episode, Charlie openly shares some hard truths and what you need to do to play in the rigged system, how to take control, and live your life on your terms.

Tom Vitale is a producer and director widely known for his work on TV. He spent 12 years traveling around the world with Anthony Bourdain, telling stories of food, culture and people. He said 'life was never dull' at the job, and that's because of Bourdain's rockstar way of doing things. But everything came to a halt in June 2018 when Bourdain passed away. Tom has gathered his memories of these years with Tony in his 2021 book, 'In The Weeds", published by Hachette Books.

Rolf Potts is a Travel Writer, Essayist, Adventurer and Teacher best known for promoting the ethic of independent travel. This American author has been through adventures on all six continents. Things like traversing Israel on foot, bicycling across Burma and driving a Land Rover across South America are on his list, but there's so much more to it. He's gathered teachings from all over the place and written amazing books about it. His bestselling debut book, Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, has been through thirty-five printings and translated into several languages worldwide. Potts has, over the years, felt somewhat at home in places like Bangkok, Cairo, Pusan, New Orleans, New York, and Paris, where he runs a series of creative writing classes each summer. He is based in north-central Kansas, where he keeps a small farmhouse on 30 acres with his wife, Kansas-born actress Kristen Bush.

It seems like Brendan Fraser has been away for many, many years. WTF happened to him?! Why is he so popular once again? Well, he took a moral stand against the Golden Globe Awards while being highly acclaimed for his part on Aronofsky's 'The Whale'. Not only that, he's been through several hardships in his personal life and health, but he 'kept his main thing the main thing' and continued to work on his craft. Just acting. So remember: Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing!

Colin O'Brady is a 10x world record-holding explorer, top speaker and New York Times bestselling author. Raised in Portland, Oregon, Colin spent his childhood exploring the mountains of the Pacific Northwest and cultivated a passion for adventure in the outdoors. He's been a professional triathlete, completed The Explorers Grand Slam, The Seven Summits, walked solo from one end of Antarctica to the other, completed the 50 US High Points, crossed Greenland unassisted, and rowed the Drake passage... all in record-breaking times.

Kelly Carlin is the outspoken and thoughtful daughter of the infamous comedian George Carlin. She's funny, serious, silly and deep. Sometimes she wishes she were Carol Burnett, other days it's Patti Smith, but mostly it's Oprah Winfrey. It's complicated. In today's episode, Kelly Carlin shares why she thinks her father, George Carlin's comedy resonates today, the courage it takes to be a counter-culture icon, and the struggles one faces when trying to step out of your parent's shadow to find your own voice.