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Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Faith, Mental Health & MLB Life — The Burgers’ Story

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

539.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we sit down with Jake and Ashlyn Burger- a powerhouse couple whose story blends faith, resilience, and purpose. Jake is a MLB player known not just for his talent on the field, but for his openness about mental health and the challenges that shaped his career. Ashlyn, a former athlete herself, brings warmth, honesty, and strength, and together they’ve built a platform that goes far beyond sports. The Burgers are also the founders of the Burger Family Foundation, created to support mental health initiatives and give back to communities in meaningful, accessible ways. https://www.burgerfamilyfoundation.org/about Through their foundation, they’ve become advocates for transparency, encouragement, and breaking the stigma around mental health conversations, especially for young athletes. In this conversation, we dove into everything from Jake’s journey through injuries and setbacks, to how the couple balances life, marriage, and being parents. We touched on their heart behind the foundation, their passion for serving others, an inside look at their relationship and the realities of navigating MLB life as a family, and the vulnerable moments that shaped their perspective. We had lots of laughs with our new friends and can't wait to hear what you guys think!! Love you guys! Shawn and Andrew Subscribe to our newsletter ▶ https://www.familymade.com/newsletter Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up, everybody?

0:00.9

Welcome back to Couple Things with Sean and Andrew.

0:02.9

Today we have another interview and it is a wonderful one.

0:05.3

It is with Jake and Ashland Burger.

0:07.5

We are playing in their baseball charity event.

0:11.0

I guess I should call it a softball charity event in a couple weeks.

0:14.1

And I am so pumped.

0:16.0

So this is called the Lucky Classic and it's part of the Burger Family Foundation.

0:20.6

We're raising money for families with

0:23.6

different needs, special needs. And Jake and Ashland care about this cause because they have a

0:30.9

daughter, Penelope, who has Down syndrome. And they realize that there's so many gaps that are not

0:37.2

filled by insurance or whatever grants.

0:39.7

And so they are stepping in and filling those gaps financially and we get to help them do it.

0:44.6

So whether they are writing a check for $450 or a check for $4,500, they cover the needs of

0:52.8

special needs families who aren't getting their needs met by insurance.

0:56.6

They are also building.

0:57.9

They told us about the lucky ranch.

0:59.4

Please listen to this episode so you know about this ranch that they are building.

1:03.2

It is so incredibly magical.

1:05.6

And to give you a little more information about who the burgers are, Jake currently plays

1:09.3

with Texas Rangers.

1:10.3

He's a third baseman. Grop in Missouri. His story about how he and Ashland met is wild. I got chills three times during this episode. It's amazing. It's amazing. Anyway, we really enjoyed sitting down with the burgers and we hope you enjoy listening to it. If you want to find out more information about them, you can find that in the show notes down below. But without further ado, we bring you Jake and Ashland Burger. Well, thanks for coming up. Thanks for having us. And thanks for playing in our game. We're so excited. We're really excited to have you guys. You guys have a lineup for that. Yeah. That is incredible. It was like my idea was like if we don't do it like to the best that we like go balls to the wall the first time then like I don't know

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