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King of the Ride

Episode 83: Mike Cohen β€” Leukemia and Heart Transplant Survivor

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 β€’ 660 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 16 December 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This is one for the ages. Every guest on this podcast has the thread of the bicycle woven through their lives and Mike Cohen is no different. He's just had a much different life unfold than perhaps he was expecting as a 17 year old. Mike is as upbeat as they come and as both a leukemia survivor and recipient of a heart transplant, he's got some very wild stories to tell. Mike is a cyclist, he now works in the industry from his home in San Diego, and among other adventures, he's ridden across the country. Twice. If you want to watch this podcast, you can do so on YouTube or with this link: https://youtu.be/qOaW1ju1-18 Don't forget to join the 12 Days of DIYgravel between now and January 2, 2022: www.iamtedking.com/diygravel You can follow Mike's adventures on his instagram: @MrMikeCohen or his website has all kinds of impressive material, www.mrmikecohen.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi there, folks. Welcome to Not Just Another Episode of King of the Ride podcast. Strap in, get ready. Do whatever you need to do to prepare yourself for a story that just might make you re-evaluate your entire life.

0:20.7

Our guest today is Mike Cohen.

0:24.0

Mike hasn't just survived leukemia where he was diagnosed as an 18-year-old, but he is a heart

0:30.2

transplant survivor.

0:33.4

He has also ridden his bike across the country, not once but twice, and the second time has a wild tearjerker of a story to go with it.

0:43.3

Look, I am an emotional guy. I got all worked up listening to Mike tell me this particular story, and that is nothing but a good thing.

0:50.9

And this is one of many, many stories Mike has to tell.

0:56.4

If you were into a viewable version, that is, if you want to watch this episode, this is

1:01.5

the second podcast in a row that has a video component. I published the entirety of this

1:06.6

conversation as a video on my YouTube. It's a little bit complicated, but stay with me here.

1:12.5

Head it over to YouTube.com. Search Ted King. You'll find this video among my videos, or most likely,

1:19.8

if I have my act pulled together, I will put a link in the show notes to this episode to watch.

1:27.0

And lastly, depending on when you are listening to this, hopefully the listening date for you

1:32.1

today is before January 2nd, 2022.

1:36.8

If so, head on over to I am tedking.com slash DIY gravel.

1:42.8

The 12 days of DIY gravel are back through the holidays and then some.

1:48.7

If you need a little bit more inspiration to get outside, we've got 12 of them lined up and ready to go.

1:56.2

All achievable check marks to accomplish on your rides rides all things you can knock off in a series

2:02.7

of rides heck i was out yesterday and i achieved three of them in one single ride folks there are

2:08.8

prizes up for grabs seriously do it you're going to dig it check it out it's fun i am tedking

2:15.7

dot com slash di y gravel we had 4,000 plus of you sign up last year.

2:21.2

Why not join the party? All right, that's it. That's all. No more listening to me. Let's get down to Brass Tax. My Conversation with Mike Cohen.

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