HeyJaredThe Back 9 - Midlife, Best Life.
The Back 9 is a podcast hosted by Dennis Williams and Josh Mora, targeting individuals in or approaching mid-life who seek more fulfillment in various aspects of their lives.
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- Sep 8, 2026
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TB9, S14, E11 | Chicago Sports Radio Legend Marc Silverman — Reasons to Believe (opens the original)
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This week on **The Back 9**, ESPN 1000 Chicago's **Marc Silverman** joins us to talk football, fatherhood and the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis that changed the way he thinks about his time. Now six years in remission, Silvy shares how therapy, mentorship and even acupuncture helped him through treatment—and why he no longer puts off the trips, experiences and time with his wife and sons that once could have waited. Dennis also opens up about his own experience with prostate cancer, including
TB9, S14, E10: Investor/Wiener's Circle Owner Ari Levy -- Two Divorces and a Hot Dog Stand. (opens the original)
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Three years ago, The Back 9 was born over late-night hot dogs and cheese fries at Chicago's legendary Wiener's Circle. This week, we sit down with one of the guys who owns it. Investor and restaurant owner Ari Levy talks about preserving—and reinventing—a Chicago institution famous for its irreverence, and how the Wiener's Circle became part of the conversation around the Bears last season with viral stunts involving Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams and more. Then we make the turn. After two divorces
TB9, S14, Making The Turn: HOW MUCH IS YOUR TIME WORTH? (opens the original)
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Everybody says time is more valuable than money. We decided to put that idea to the test. So we kick off Season 14 of The Back 9 with a hypothetical that quickly becomes a lot less hypothetical. Our answers lead to a bigger conversation about time, money, family and what we value at this stage of life. As we make the turn into another season, we also look at how far The Back 9 has come, the progress of our book, and our recent work with a former guest whose story continues to remind us what can
TB9, S13, E19 -- 19th Hole: What Comes Next (opens the original)
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We went into Season 13 wanting to take a deeper look at divorce, particularly about what comes next when relationships end. Nine episodes later, we've heard some very different answers. On the 19th Hole for this season, we look back at conversations about going through divorce in real time, protecting yourself legally and financially, avoiding the costly mistakes that can make splitting up even harder, building a successful second marriage, and doing the work that can sometimes save the first on
TB9, S13, E18 | Author/Educator Eric Saperstein — Divorce Is Expensive. Here's How Not to Make It Worse (opens the original)
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Divorce is already expensive, exhausting and painful. You don't have to make it worse. On this episode of The Back 9, author and educator Eric Saperstein shares the lessons from his own three-and-a-half-year high-conflict divorce—and the practical steps that became the foundation of his new book, Simplify the Split. We talk about the mistakes that cost time, money and emotional energy: treating your attorney like a therapist, responding to every angry text, fighting battles that don't need to be
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