Cancer touches everyone. Whether it’s a parent, a friend, or ourselves, the battle against this relentless disease is deeply personal, and Martin Lehr is on the frontlines. As co-founder and CEO of Context Therapeutics, a publicly traded biotech company, Martin is developing a powerful new class of cancer-fighting drugs known as T-cell engagers. These therapies aim to “uncloak” cancer cells, turbocharge the body’s immune response, and ultimately bend the mortality curve.

This episode isn’t just a technical dive into next-gen biotech, it’s a mission-driven conversation from a founder whose family and personal story fuels his fight. You’ll leave with a new perspective on innovation, resilience, and the next 25 years of cancer care.

Whether you're in healthcare, investing in biotech, or simply want hope for the future, this episode offers insights, strategy, and heart from someone doing the work where it matters most.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The Science of T-Cell Engagers

What they are, how they work, and why they may be the key to treating solid tumors that remain incurable today.

The Entrepreneur’s Journey in Biotech

Martin’s career path from research labs to venture capital to founding Context Therapeutics and why he never originally set out to be an entrepreneur.

Personal Motivation Meets Scientific Innovation

How Martin’s family experience with cancer shaped his mission and why his company is betting big on hope-driven science.

The State of the Biotech Industry in 2025

Why one-third of publicly traded biotech companies might disappear and why that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Navigating Uncertainty and Staying Grounded

How Martin manages leadership challenges, regulatory shifts, and the emotional highs and lows of running a cancer-focused biotech startup.

The Vision for the Next 25 Years

Why the last 25 years of cancer treatment are just the beginning and what the future may hold for patients, doctors, and drug developers alike.

Memorable Quotes

“Cancer cells are clever. They go into stealth mode. T-cell engagers are designed to force them out of hiding.”

“We don’t do research in-house. We’re a development company. Our job is to take promising science and turn it into real-world therapies that work.”

“The biggest success? Every time a patient has a positive outcome with few side effects, that’s the win.”

“The high highs and low lows never last. That balance is the hardest part of being a founder.”

“We’ve made extraordinary progress since the Human Genome Project. The next 25 years will be even more transformational.”

What if the key to growing your business wasn’t pushing harder, but pulling back? In this eye-opening episode, Josh Cary sits down with Sadek El-Assaad, business transformation expert and author of Higher Profit, Lower Stress. After burning out in his own company, Sadek made a radical shift... he removed himself from the day-to-day entirely and empowered his team to take the lead. The result? Explosive growth with less stress.

This is not just a conversation. It’s a permission slip to rethink everything you’ve been told about scaling. If you’ve ever felt like the bottleneck in your business, this episode will give you the tools, mindset, and inspiration to change that. Whether you're on the brink of burnout or simply ready to work smarter, this is the playbook you've been waiting for.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

How to Step Back Without Losing Control – Discover Sadek’s proven method for building a team that can grow the business without you at the center of everything.

The 3 Pillars of a “Fitness Business” – Learn the essential components every founder must master: leadership, operating costs, and client growth.

Why Legacy Thinking Is Killing Your Growth – Understand the invisible systems and habits that keep most businesses stuck, and how to break free.

The Mindset Shift Every Leader Must Make – Learn why technical excellence doesn’t translate to leadership and how to coach your team into true command.

From Burnout to Breakthrough – How Sadek went from 12-hour days to a business that thrives without his constant involvement.

Why You Can’t “Try Harder” Out of a Plateau – Why self-awareness and strategy, not hustle, are your true growth levers.

The Hidden Gift of Frustration – How to use emotional lows as fuel for reinvention and clarity.

Memorable Quotes

“I realized I was the bottleneck. Other people build billion-dollar companies without running themselves into the ground.”

“A great soldier doesn’t always make a great commander. Leadership is its own skill.”

“Most businesses don’t need more effort. They need to change their angle of approach.”

“If your business has plateaued, it’s not the market, it’s your internal system that needs to adapt.”

“3.0 is when what you thought mattered… no longer does. It’s a whole new lens.”

Ready to Stop Being the Bottleneck in Your Own Business?

If you’re tired of being the only thing keeping your company running, this episode will show you a new path forward. Tune in now and start shifting from operator to true owner.

What if your wedding didn’t just cost you money, but made you money? That’s exactly what entrepreneur and marketing powerhouse Marley Jaxx is doing. In this electrifying episode, Marley shares her bold and unfiltered plan to monetize her actual wedding... and no, this isn’t just a quirky idea, it’s a fully branded, multi-day festival experience complete with speakers, sponsors, VIP tickets, and a headlining performer.

Whether you’re a business owner, marketer, dreamer, or creator who loves bold moves and brilliant strategy, this conversation will have you rethinking what’s possible. It’s more than a wedding. It’s a blueprint for how to turn real life into a business model, and make it profitable, magnetic, and deeply aligned with your values.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The Wedding Industry Disrupted – Why Marley and her fiancé Steven J. Larson are flipping the script on traditional weddings and making it a profitable experience.

How to Turn Any Life Event Into Revenue – Discover the three pathways they’re using to monetize their wedding, and how you can apply the same model to your own events.

Marketing That Feels Like a Movement – How Marley’s post about charging for her wedding triggered thousands, built a fanbase, and became the first case study for a brand-new industry.

From Criticism to Confidence – The raw truth about dealing with backlash, insecurity, and pushing past the fear of being judged for doing something that’s never been done before.

How to Price Your Value (Even If It’s a Wedding) – The real talk about ticket pricing, brand integration, and what it means to truly overdeliver, whether you’re hosting a concert or walking down the aisle.

Rare Moves, Rare Life – Marley’s take on creating a “rare” life through rare choices, rare thoughts, and rare courage and why boldness is the only way forward.

The Power of the Right Partner – How Marley and Steven's relationship philosophy fuels their business success, personal evolution, and shared mission to disrupt industries.

What You Can Do Right Now – Whether you’re planning a wedding, building a business, or simply trying to live bigger, Marley’s story will inspire you to take that bold first step.

Memorable Quotes

Links

• Crash the Party: crashthepartywithstevenmarley.com – Explore the full wedding experience, ticket options, and the story behind the movement.
• Wedding Funnels: weddingfunnels.com – Learn how to monetize your own wedding through tickets, sponsorships, or brand deals.
• Watch the Doc: I Got Cancelled and I Did It to Myself –

Gary Evans isn’t just another CEO. He’s a four-time public company leader, a Wall Street dealmaker who’s raised $7B in capital, and a man who once turned a $1,000 investment into a $2.2 billion sale. Today, he's back in the arena, this time leading U.S. Antimony Corporation, the only fully integrated Antimony supplier in the Western Hemisphere.

This conversation is a blueprint for building an unshakable business, especially when the odds are against you. From mining overlooked minerals in Alaska to going toe-to-toe with China in the critical minerals race, Gary shares battle-tested insights on grit, timing, leadership, and national impact.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, investor, or visionary looking to build something that matters, this episode will challenge your limits and refocus your mindset.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The Antimony Advantage – Why this obscure semi-metal is now essential to national security, defense, tech, and energy, and how Gary’s company controls the only two smelters in the entire Western Hemisphere.

How to Compete with China (and Win) – Gary explains how he’s positioning a small U.S. firm against the biggest player in the world, and why the Department of Defense is taking notice.

A Billionaire’s Leadership Philosophy – The Super Bowl approach to building a winning company, including why Gary gives his team “enough rope to hang themselves” (and then pulls them back).

Tenacity Over Talent – The raw story of starting with nothing, barely making payroll, foreclosing on oil wells, and sticking with it long enough to catch the wave that built a multibillion-dollar empire.

Building Fast in a Slow World – How Gary is doing in one year what usually takes mining companies 25 years, using scrappy oil-and-gas instincts to shortcut the process and gain strategic control.

Why Retirement Isn’t the Goal – Hear why Gary, now 67, refuses to quit, what really drives him, and the priceless legacy of making 37 of his employees into millionaires.

Memorable Quotes

“If you're not in the game, the opportunity can’t find you.” – Gary Evans

“We’re picking up 100-year-old trash in Alaska that turns out to be gold... well, Antimony. Same thing.” – Gary Evans

“I started with $1,000 and made 37 people millionaires. That’s what I’m proud of.” – Gary Evans

“Most people quit right before the breakthrough. I didn’t. And that’s the only reason I made it.” – Gary Evans

“We’re not just building a company. We’re building resilience for America.” – Gary Evans

What if the financial industry’s best-kept secret wasn’t a stock tip, but a storytelling strategy? In this episode, Josh Cary is joined by longtime friend and trailblazer Mitch Slater, a 35-year veteran financial advisor at UBS, who has made it his mission to help advisors stop being invisible and start being known.

Mitch is leading a quiet revolution inside one of the world’s largest financial institutions by fusing decades of Wall Street experience with his first love: broadcasting. From working with Larry King and Howard Stern to pioneering UBS’s in-house podcast and TV division, Mitch shares how personal branding and storytelling are transforming an industry that’s notoriously slow to adapt.

This episode is essential listening for any professional, inside or outside finance, who knows they’re hiding behind credentials and compliance, and is ready to build real trust by being truly seen.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Why Most Advisors Stay Hidden

Discover the cultural and psychological reasons financial advisors avoid visibility, and how that limits both their impact and influence.

The Truth About “Time” as an Excuse

Mitch calls out the most common objection professionals use to avoid content creation and how he reframes it into opportunity.

From Radio to ROI: A Media-Driven Career Reinvention

How Mitch transformed his early broadcasting career into a powerhouse visibility platform inside UBS, and how it’s now helping other advisors do the same.

The Power of Storytelling in Finance

Learn why stories beat stats when it comes to building trust and loyalty, and how advisors can use storytelling to become the “first call” in their clients’ lives.

Building Personal Brands in a Regulated World

Mitch breaks down how to navigate compliance while still showing up authentically—and why perfection is overrated.

The Future of Influence in Wealth Management

Why the next generation of clients won’t care about your credentials unless they know who you really are, and what that means for every advisor who wants to stay relevant.

Memorable Quotes

“Advisors don’t have a marketing problem, they have a visibility problem.” – Mitch Slater

“It's not about timing the market. It’s your time in the market, and your time in front of the right people.” – Mitch Slater

“You don’t need a fancy degree to build trust. You need the courage to tell your story.” – Mitch Slater

“If you want to be the first call your clients make, they need to know who you are before they need you.” – Mitch Slater

“Authenticity beats perfection. Every time.” – Mitch Slater

What if a single idea, born out of frustration and a moment of clarity, could change the lives of millions and save the healthcare system billions? This episode is a front-row seat to that exact possibility.

Josh Cary sits down with John Erbey, founder and CEO of Roivios, to explore his revolutionary medical device, JuxtaFlow. Designed to sustain kidney function and potentially prevent dialysis, JuxtaFlow isn’t just a product, it’s a category, defining breakthrough. But this conversation isn’t just for healthcare insiders. It’s for entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries who want to understand what it really takes to bring an industry, disrupting idea to life.

You’ll hear the origin story of the device, the mindset required to leave corporate security for startup chaos, and the leadership philosophy that guides John’s team as they tackle one of the biggest, and most overlooked, health challenges in America.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The Power of Asking the Unasked Question

How John realized the kidney care model was broken and the moment he saw what everyone else missed.

From Pharma to Founder

Why John left a successful career at top companies like Bristol Myers and St. Jude to bet everything on an unproven idea and what he discovered about risk tolerance along the way.

Turning Skepticism into Curiosity

The secret to winning over experts, regulators, and skeptics, one conversation at a time.

Why the Best Products Solve Invisible Pain

How Roivios’ JuxtaFlow targets not just physical health issues, but economic strain on hospitals and systemic inefficiencies in care.

Entrepreneurship in a Regulated Industry

What it actually takes to innovate in healthcare, play by the FDA’s rules, and still move fast.

The Vision for a “Kidney Pacemaker”

Why this first device is just the beginning and how John plans to build a 24/7 implantable system for kidney function support.

Leadership That Moves People

How John’s leadership evolved through real-world pressure, and why he believes in rallying a team around six and a half patients per minute.

Memorable Quotes

What does it take to go from answering a newspaper ad to running a multimillion-dollar company with over 4,000 sales reps? In this episode, we sit down with Vera Quinn, CEO of Cydcor, who did exactly that.

This isn’t just a story about business growth, it’s a crash course in grit, merit-based success, and personal transformation. Vera opens up about her 30-year journey from door-to-door sales to the C-suite, and she shares the principles that helped her not only rise through the ranks, but lead a company redefining how Fortune 500 brands acquire customers today.

If you’re building a team, thinking about entrepreneurship, or just trying to become the leader others follow, this episode will leave you with actionable insights.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Inside Cydcor’s Business Model

Discover how Cydcor helps Fortune 500 brands like AT&T acquire customers face-to-face, and why this model is more relevant than ever in a digital world where consumers are tuning out.

The Secret to Sales That Actually Works

Vera shares her timeless approach to sales: don’t pitch, listen. Learn how uncovering a real need, not forcing a product, is what drives success, especially in door-to-door and in-person environments.

Why Door-to-Door Sales Builds Winners

Having knocked on thousands of doors herself, Vera explains how sales teaches you about people, life, and who you want to be. Spoiler alert: it’s not just about making money.

The Power of Personal Responsibility

From therapy to executive leadership, Vera breaks down how looking inward, not blaming others, is the key to personal and professional growth.

Becoming the Person Who Can Have What You Want

The pivotal moment came when someone asked Vera, “Have you ever thought about running this place?” That question sparked a 15-year journey of self-development, where she learned the skills, finance, negotiation, leadership, required to lead.

Cydcor’s Entrepreneurial Pathway

Learn how Cydcor’s model creates a launchpad for entrepreneurs to build their own businesses through independent corporate licensees, backed by major brand contracts and mentorship.

Where Customer Acquisition is Headed

In a world of spam calls and digital noise, Vera makes the case for why human connection still wins, and how face-to-face sales is poised for massive growth in key sectors like telecom, energy, and small business solutions.

Memorable Quotes

“Sales taught me that I influence everything in my life. I am the thing that makes my life move.”

“Most people are extraordinary. Go find the thing that makes you extraordinary, and don’t give yourself an excuse not to.”

“If I wanted to be CEO, who would I have to become? That question changed my life.”

“People still want to talk to smart people who can explain things clearly. That’s why we’ll always have an edge.”

Ever wonder how your credit score is actually calculated? Or why financial institutions seem to make it so confusing to get ahead? This episode is a crash course in the real rules of the financial game, and how to start winning.

Josh Cary is joined by Castleigh Johnson, founder and CEO of My Home Pathway, who reveals the hidden truths about credit, financial literacy, and the simple decisions that separate those who build wealth from those who stay stuck in the debt trap.

Whether you’re a consumer, an entrepreneur, or someone who wants to create long-term security and options, this conversation delivers the clarity you need to make smarter money moves right now.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

The Hidden Game of Credit – Why you have more than 70 credit scores and what they actually measure about you (it’s not what you think).

How to Stop Playing to Lose – The subtle ways you’re already playing a rigged financial game without knowing it, and how to flip the board.

Financial Literacy that Matters – Forget TikTok myths and quick hacks. Learn what real financial independence looks like and the behaviors that support it.

Your Score = Your Reputation – The mindset shift that helps you understand credit as a measure of trust, not just numbers.

How to Avoid the Debt Trap – What predatory lenders don’t want you to know, and how high-risk borrowers can shift to high-opportunity positions.

The Truth About Habits – How simple vices like overspending on Jordans, vacations, or cars quietly sabotage your future, and how to build new, empowering habits instead.

Discipline = Financial Leverage – Why discipline isn't about restriction, it’s your gateway to better options, lower costs, and more freedom.

Set the Goal, Reverse Engineer the Plan – How to anchor your financial strategy around your most important life goals, from homeownership to early retirement.

Memorable Quotes

“Most people don’t realize they’re already playing the credit game, and they’re losing by default.” – Castleigh Johnson

“If you have a 550 credit score, the options you get aren’t just fewer, they’re more dangerous.” – Castleigh Johnson

“We all have that cousin. You give them $100 and it’s a donation. Your credit score tells banks if you’re that cousin.” – Castleigh Johnson

“Discipline in your finances is the same as discipline in your health. The results don’t lie.” – Castleigh Johnson

Learn More and Take Action

If homeownership is one of your goals, visit MyHomePathway.com to get started with tools and education tailored to smart financial decision-making.

Castleigh and his team specialize in helping you break bad financial habits, build new ones, and turn financial literacy into real-life outcomes.