Jack Fronczak was raised as Paul Fronczak — a kidnapped baby supposedly reunited with his grieving Chicago family in the 1960s. But something never felt right. He never connected with his family. He didn't look like them. His name didn't feel like his.

At 10 years old, Jack crawled into his family's crawl space looking for Christmas presents and found newspaper headlines instead: Hunt for Missing Kidnapped Child. His mom's response when he ran upstairs? "You were kidnapped. We found you. We love you. We'll never speak of this again."

It took decades and a $25 DNA kit from a CVS pharmacy to get the real answer.

In this episode, host Sarada sits down with Jack for an unscripted, deeply personal conversation about:

→ Growing up as someone else and never feeling like you belonged→ The DNA test that confirmed he was NOT Paul Fronczak→ His selfless first mission: to find the real kidnapped Paul and give his parents closure→ The moment he learned his true name — Jack Thomas Rosenthal — and that he has a missing twin sister named Jill→ Digging graves, chasing tips, and navigating a decade of dead ends→ How his podcast, The Fronczak Files, now helps others find their true identities — free of charge→ What he'd say to anyone living a life that doesn't feel like their own

Jack's story is featured in the CNN documentary The Lost Sons and told in depth in his books The Foundling and True Identity. His journey is still ongoing — he still hasn't found Jill.

This is a story about identity, perseverance, truth, and what it means to finally become yourself.

Jojo Dries grew up in a house where the people who were supposed to protect her were the ones doing the harm.

The abuse started when she was 9. She was homeschooled, isolated, with no one outside the family to turn to. She didn't even have the language for what was happening. Only the feeling that something was wrong, and that fighting back made things worse. When she did fight back, her siblings blamed her. Her mother stayed silent. Her father continued.

She carried that alone for nearly two decades.

When she finally left in her late 20s, she cut off her entire family and started over from nothing. Most people would have taken that hard-won peace and held onto it quietly. Jojo didn't.

She founded On the Wings of Angels, a nonprofit built to give survivors what she never had: a community that shows up, listens, and refuses to let them feel alone. Hundreds of people have come through its doors. The number keeps growing.

In this conversation, Jojo talks about all of it — the abuse, the silence, the dissociation, the leaving, the building. She also talks about where her fire comes from, what she would say to her 9-year-old self, and what she wants anyone who feels stuck to hear right now.

At 18 years old, Ray "Speedy" Walker was in a car accident that left him paralyzed...and took his mother's life. He woke up in the hospital alone, with no family allowed in due to COVID restrictions, and had to process everything by himself.

In this conversation, Speedy gets real about the darkest moments: crying every night, feeling like a burden, and the times he wanted to end it all. He also talks about what pulled him through: his faith, Split Second Fitness, a Queer Eye episode that gave him a fully accessible apartment, and the social media community that reminded him his story matters.

Speedy lives authentic resilience every day. And that's exactly what makes this conversation so powerful.

Topics covered:

— The car accident and its immediate aftermath

— Losing his mother on the same day

— Navigating grief and paralysis simultaneously

— What people don't understand about life with a spinal cord injury

— Finding Split Second Fitness and what community meant for his recovery

— Filming Queer Eye and gaining independence

— Building a platform to inspire others

— Handling setbacks — including his car being stolen

— Suicidal ideation and how he found reasons to stay

— Where his fire inside comes from

Follow Speedy: @speedy4prezident on Instagram and TikTok

Support Split Second Fitness: @splitsecondfit on Instagram

The Fire Inside is hosted by Sarada Duvvuri and produced by Essdee Productions / The Rise Project.

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