{"podcast":{"title":"The Hard To Kill Podcast with Dave Morrow","slug":"the-hard-to-kill-podcast-with-dave-morrow-623359","podcast_index_feed_id":623359,"rss_url":"https://feed.pod.co/the-hard-to-kill-podcast","website_url":"https://hardtokill.org/podcast/","image_url":"https://images.pod.co/gZ67nParSgtkC_U45KAlyw6EDYnwlcW9IAHjOMIJFvc/resize:fill:1500:1500/plain/artwork/31badada-cb72-4da2-b7ac-93fcc0e29498/the-hard-to-kill-podcast.jpg","author":"David Morrow","episode_count":296,"summary":"Train Hard, Fight Easy","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T00:17:07.885790+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hard-to-kill-podcast-with-dave-morrow-623359"},"episode":{"title":"Why Recovery Is A Lie (And What Actually Gets You Better)","slug":"why-recovery-is-a-lie-and-what-actually-gets-you-better","published_at":"2026-06-02T08:00:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hard-to-kill-podcast-with-dave-morrow-623359/why-recovery-is-a-lie-and-what-actually-gets-you-better","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hard-to-kill-podcast-with-dave-morrow-623359","url":"https://hardtokill.org/podcast/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/downloads.pod.co/f584b1d8-e612-4d62-9c9c-ddef260b9605/d6cc6bf1-b980-45c4-be36-ba4946ef760e.mp3","summary":"In this in-studio Hard to Kill Podcast episode, Hal Hughes shares how he went from a gifted student aiming for medicine to seeking adventure through travel, corrections, and policing, then into jiu-jitsu and MMA after discovering it was “chess with the body.” He explains the disillusionment many first responders face—often documenting tragedy rather than “saving the day”—and describes how a 2008 on-duty rear-end collision led to a mild traumatic brain injury, PTSD, weight gain, drinking, and suicidality. Join Hal and I for an in-person event on June 28th: https://www.ticketscene.ca/events/60673/ Hal Hughes Counselling: https://www.halhughes.com/ Join the Veterans Getting Fit AF Community: https://www.skool.com/dave-morrow-personal-training/about Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UFfk17_eZew","meta_description":"In this in-studio Hard to Kill Podcast episode, Hal Hughes shares how he went from a gifted student aiming for medicine to seeking adventure through trave…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5118,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hard-to-kill-podcast-with-dave-morrow-623359/episodes/why-recovery-is-a-lie-and-what-actually-gets-you-better/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hard-to-kill-podcast-with-dave-morrow-623359/why-recovery-is-a-lie-and-what-actually-gets-you-better.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}