Deep Dive with Retired Colonel Greg Gadson on Resilience

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Everyone is thinking about war and service. Here’s a conversation with someone who has known many battlefields and paid dearly for his commitment to defend and protect. Retired Colonel Greg Gadson was a kid who dreamed of playing football and who ended up with Super Bowl rings after all. You can watch this episode at any time on PBS. Special thanks to AmeriHealth Caritas. (Please note: this episode was recorded in 2023 and originally aired 10/31/23) Retired Colonel Gadson’s book is Finding Waypoints: A Warrior’s Journey Toward Peace and Purpose. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.1	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:34.9	I'm Kelly Corrigan and today I'm wondering about where we find purpose and, relatedly, peace.
0:42.3	In the almost 250-year-old experiment that is America, it's easy to take for granted our right to nonstop criticism, debate, and protest.
0:52.9	That freedom comes at a cost. Retired Colonel Greg Gadsden
0:57.0	has served in every major conflict in the past two decades, for which he has been much
1:02.9	recognized. Distinguished Service Medal, two Legion of Merit Awards, three bronze stars. He was a
1:09.7	big kid from a hardworking family who wanted
1:12.8	only to play football. But after losing both his legs in Iraq, he has become the voice of wounded
1:20.0	veterans everywhere. So here is my conversation originally filmed from my PBS show Tell Me
1:26.2	More with amateur photographer, locker room inspiration, and Purple Heart, Greg Gadsden.
1:35.4	Your parents grew up in Walterboro, South Carolina.
1:39.6	Yeah.
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