Sports, joins Deb Macfarlan Enright on 3 a.m. What's Keeping You Up at Night? to describe how he put passion and purpose on the playing field to get kids reading to end the suffering of children in his hometown.

BONUS: More from my conversation with Michael Peters

“In my life, the stories I have heard from my family, my friends, my community, and from willing strangers all over the world have been the true source of my education." - Holly Near

The power of storytelling to inspire and advise those seeking counsel and answers is well known. 3 a.m. provides those stories through conversations Deb Macfarlan Enright holds with passion-filled purpose-driven people from around the world who are determined to disrupt the status quo to improve the world.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, 3 a.m. is the time in a person’s daily cycle when the body intersects the work of detoxification, rest, recovery, and planning. The Macfarlan Group's 3 a.m. podcast captures those early morning moments of thinking and planning when these driven leaders awake to wonder what dreams to go after, what next steps to take, and how to fix something gone awry. Their stories will help all those who aspire to change the world.