Passion Struck with John R. Miles

John R. Miles spent decades as a senior leader at Fortune 50 companies before pivoting to focus on what he calls "human flourishing" -- the intersection of brain health, physical performance, and purposeful living. Passion Struck launched in 2021 and has rapidly grown to 729 episodes with a 4.8-star rating, releasing new content three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The show balances interview episodes with solo segments. The interviews, typically running 60 to 90 minutes, bring in psychologists, neuroscientists, bestselling authors, and performance coaches. Recent conversations have featured Daniel Coyle discussing "aliveness" and meaning-making, and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein on what she calls "the mattering instinct." The solo episodes, often around 20 to 25 minutes, distill specific concepts into frameworks and action steps -- things like building intentional habits, overcoming self-doubt, and strengthening mental resilience. Miles brings an unusual combination of corporate leadership experience and genuine intellectual curiosity about behavioral science. He is a bestselling author himself, and his questions reflect someone who has actually read the guest's work cover to cover rather than skimming a press release. The conversations tend to go deeper than the typical self-improvement interview because Miles is willing to push into uncomfortable questions about failure, ego, and the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. The three-episodes-per-week cadence is ambitious, but the quality holds up. Production is clean, and Miles keeps the pacing tight. The show appeals to professionals and executives who want to optimize their health and mindset but also care about building a meaningful life beyond just productivity metrics. It is a health and wellness show that takes the "wellness" part seriously in its fullest sense.