Bonus Episode!! In this unreleased episode, JW and Brinton sat down with Gary Patterson last year to talk about not only his football career, but also about his goals, his life after football, and his budding singing career. Gary Patterson is the former head football coach at Texas Christian University and the winningest coach in Horned Frogs' history. Patterson has led the TCU Horned Frogs to six conference championships and nine bowl game victories.

Mac Engel joins the guys at FORTitude. JW and Brinton pick Mac's brain about high school and college sports. They explore the future of school sports as things continue to change. Mac is an award-winning sports columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram where he has worked for 20 years. He's covered the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks, and Dallas Cowboys as a beat writer for several years, as well as every major college in Texas.

Kirk Saarloos gave FORTitude a visit this week. For those who don’t know, he is the current head baseball coach of the TCU Horned Frogs. He played college baseball at Cal State Fullerton for coach George Horton from 1999 to 2001 and then played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 7 seasons before coming to TCU. He led the team to the lowest ERA in school history since 1968 and was named the head coach at TCU last June.

Widely considered to be the voice of North Texas on transportation matters Victor Vandergriff has a resume much larger than that. Starting under the shadow of his father Tom, Victor quickly established himself outside of the family business (cars & politics) but eventually all roads lead to home, and on this episode of FORTitude FW Victor shares his story.

Tank Carder joins the guys today. Tank is best known in Fort Worth for his famous Rose Bowl play while at TCU, but he was also a BMX World Champion at 10, competing nationally for most of his childhood. He talks about the car crash that took him out of the competitive world for a while and how he came to start playing football halfway through his high school career and how that led to TCU. Tank’s a great gut who has lived an incredible life so far and you don’t want to miss this episode.

Gibson Donald Lewis or Gib as he's known is a legend in Texas politics. From his beginnings in Oletha to Carswell Air Force Base, TCU, and on to becoming Speaker of the House in 1983 Gib has carved his own path. In this episode of FORTitude Gib discusses what the term working across the aisle meant back in the day. He reminisces with JW and Brinton on being civil while fighting tooth and nail to get legislation passed and the pride he still has in passing the 1984 education act.

Victoria Wise, founder of Tanglewood Moms, joins FORTitude this week. She talks to Brinton and JW about her life as a serial entrepreneur and how that led to her developing and growing this group into what it is today. She's led a full and fascinating life and it was a blast getting to know her better.

Mattie Parker joins the podcast in a bonus episode this week! She joins the guys to talk about her first year as Fort Worth's Mayor. The talk about wins and challenges she's faced in this new position and how she is working to strike a healthy work-life balance. You don't want to miss this.

Angela Stanford LPGA Professional Golfer This week, Angela Stanford joins FORTitude to share about her amazing professional golf career. Angela has won 7 LPGA tours and 1 Symetra tour and in 2018 she won her first major title at the Evian Championship. She shares how she started golfing and what her journey has been like, the doubts she's had to over come and the determination it took to become one of the best golfers. She's an amazing golfer and an even better person.

Chris Howell joins Fortitude with his “Golden Voice” to discuss his amazing career. Chris’s talent has led him to multiple awards, celebrity interviews, a thriving media and communication agency, a book, advocacy for change, and most importantly his namesake Foundation, which works to create opportunities for those in need. Chris Howell is one of the good guys.