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Big Questions with Cal Fussman

Dec 9, 2025

When Cal returns to Tampa’s Ybor City to speak, he keeps a ritual that’s become almost sacred: a meal at the legendary 120-year-old Columbia Restaurant, followed by a quiet moment of thanks to the man who first sent him there — Muhammad Ali’s doctor, the renowned Ferdie Pacheco. Ferdie wasn’t just the “Fight...


Mar 21, 2023

Cal tells the harrowing story of two college wrestlers who walked straight into a Grizzly bear near Yellowstone Park last year. Then asks: What would you do if you were in a similar situation?​​


Dec 24, 2019

The best-selling author tells Cal how he transformed from writer of the New York Times bestsellers I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell and Assholes Finish First to a dad playing Candyland with his kids. That, in itself, is quite a story. But that’s not all. He’s also founded a publishing company called Scribe to help...


May 7, 2019

Cal sits with Muhammad’s daughter, Hana, almost three years after his passing to talk about her dad. Hana has just written a book called At Home With Muhammad Ali, and this conversation looks at what life was like in the moments when the cameras weren’t around.
There are happy moments – seeing her dad stuffing his...