Underdog Stories

They told you you couldn't. You found a way anyway. If you've ever been the kid in the back of the class, the one with the label, the diagnosis, the difference, the something that made you feel like you didn't belong, Underdog Stories is the podcast you didn't know you needed. This is where the people the world counted out come to tell the truth. How they turned adversity into accomplishment. How they learned to laugh through life along the way. Your host, Corey Martin Craig, is one of you. On Ritalin at 3. Lost his dad at 6. Diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, and Tourette's. Suspended over 30 times before he was old enough to drive. Now he's the comedy-trained mental health coach for people who were told they'd never make it, and somehow getting them to stand-up mics, magazine covers, and Lincoln Center stages. Each week, Corey sits down with guests whose stories will make you put down whatever you're doing: A 13-year-old autistic comedian the world told he didn't have a voice, until he found a microphone at Lincoln Center. A former correctional officer who spent 17 years in a wheelchair before comedy gave him the confidence to walk again. A cover model for IT Cosmetics who was told her whole life to hide the birthmark she now makes her brand. A 9-year-old with a stutter whose first stand-up set hit 8.3 million views, and made the stutter disappear. These aren't pity stories. They're proof stories. Every conversation cracks open the same question. How did the thing they tried to bury become the thing that built them? Every episode lands on the same dare: "What would you say to your younger underdog self, knowing you're on this side of the journey?" Answered with vulnerability, humor, and the kind of one-liners you'll be quoting to friends by Friday. Because at the end of the day, nobody can beat you at being your best YOU. Subscribe. The underdog in your life, including the one in the mirror, needs to hear this. New episodes every week. Produced by Cool Bea