Ralph “Malachias” Gaskin and Darren McCarty sit down to discuss his book “A Warrior’s Garden”. In this episode Ralph discusses enlisting in the Army, during the Iraq War.

This week, Darren and Perry sit down and chat with Josh Krajewski, a military veteran and fire fighter. Josh talks about being on the Michigan Warriors hockey team and helping veterans combat PTSD.

Darren sits down with Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award winner Rico Phillips to talk about giving back to youth hockey. The two are then joined by Perry Vellucci. 

This week, Darren decides to pull back the curtain and introduce you to a few people who make things happen behind the scenes of the show. In the first half, D-Mac chats with Social Media and Marketing Manager Stephanie Sazyc. Later, Andy Bisaha the rainbow unicorn, returns.

Darren heads out to Clark Park to play in the alumni game for the Frozen Fish Fiasco. Head over to www.clarkparkdetroit.com to see how you can get involved.

John Blum joins the Grind Time team in studio to talk about his time with the Detroit Red Wings and his struggles with addiction.

The director of The Russian Five documentary, Josh Riehl, sits down with Darren and Perry to chat about the films impact and what it was like creating this important film.

Darren and friends sit down with Josh Upson, head golf professional at the Detroit Golf Club. They discuss their dream golf four-some and compare hole-in-one stories.

Are you ready for some football? Special guest TJ Lang joins Darren and Perry in the studio this week.

Katherine Banks of the hit Netflix series Mind Hunter joins Darren in studio. Katie discusses her journey and the grind that took place to make her dreams a reality.