Episodes

  • With a Little Help from My Friends – "The Grace of God" | Episode #490

    With a Little Help from My Friends – "The Grace of God" | Episode #490
    Jul 6 2026
    Right Thinking with Steve Coplon | Guests: "The Grace of God"

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends – "The Grace of God". Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show by declaring that if not for "The Grace of God," he would not be here today. Steve shares brutally honest parts of his personal testimony and offers full assurance that Jesus is the friend who will never leave you nor forsake you. This show will change your life!

    Grace, responsibility, and leaving harmful habits behind are discussed, along with living with multiple myeloma, stem cell harvesting, and relying on faith, prayer, and scripture through hardship.

    In this episode, we focus on grace, personal responsibility, and the challenge of changing destructive behavior. We reflect on our early life choices, the consequences of drugs, alcohol, and reckless decisions, and the importance of accepting help and leaving harmful influences behind. We also discuss living with cancer and the current status of multiple myeloma, including the move toward stem cell harvesting and the treatment experiences over the past year. Throughout, we emphasize faith, prayer, and scripture as the means of getting through hardship, and we close with the poem “Footprints in the Sand.”

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    43 mins
  • With a Little Help from My Friends – Don Price | Episode #489

    With a Little Help from My Friends – Don Price | Episode #489
    Jun 29 2026
    With a Little Help from My Friends – Don Price

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends – Don Price". Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show with guest Don Price. This show should really be called “With a Lot of Help from My Friends – Don Price”. Quoting from the lyrics of the famous 1855 Christian hymn What A Friend We Have in Jesus, “We should never be discouraged. Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, Who will all our sorrows share?” Don, for over 45 years, is the friend that Steve has found. This show defines true friendship. There isn’t anything else.

    Steve Copeland and Don Price discuss their 45-year friendship, including shared work in banking and community service, as well as times when Don helped Steve financially.

    Steve Copeland and Don Price reflect on their long friendship, their banking careers, their mutual support, Steve’s cancer treatment, and a Norfolk program that helps children with meals, tutoring, transportation, and job training.

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    54 mins
  • With a Little Help from My Friends – Johnnie Lloyd | Episode #488

    With a Little Help from My Friends – Johnnie Lloyd | Episode #488
    Jun 22 2026
    Right Thinking with Steve Coplon | Guests: Johnnie Lloyd

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends – Johnnie Lloyd". Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show with guest Johnnie Lloyd. Johnnie is such a special friend to Steve. She is a beautiful senior-level professional woman with the qualities of a Godly woman. Johnnie is a gifted teacher and communicator. She has helped thousands with her extraordinary teachings on transformational living. Steve and his wife, Donna, have been truly blessed by their close friendship with Johnnie. You will love her enthusiasm and also be blessed by Johnnie after hearing this motivational show.

    We continue our countdown to our 500th show with Johnny Lloyd and reflect on our friendship, shared work, and the role of faith, consistency, and encouragement in our conversations. We discuss integrity, the RACE acronym, and how responsibility, respect, accountability, communication, and character shape daily choices and habits.
    We also revisit transformational living, including how to support others without enabling them, and the idea that change must come from a person’s own choice.

    We talk about the financial literacy series we created together, covering goals, budgeting, spending, cash flow, credit, debt, insurance, investing, legacy, and victory. In the final part, I share an update on my cancer treatment and the next round of therapy, and Johnny responds with prayer, scripture, and encouragement. We close by emphasizing hope, faith, and support from others.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • With a Little Help from My Friends – Antonio Sadler | Episode #487

    With a Little Help from My Friends – Antonio Sadler | Episode #487
    Jun 15 2026
    Right Thinking with Steve Coplon | Guests: Antonio Sadler

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends – Antonio Sadler". Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show with guest Antonio Sadler. When Steve got the call from Nina Staley asking if he would mentor Antonio now that he was out of prison, it marked the start of one of the most beautiful relationships of his life. Antonio has gone the full circle of incarceration to transformation. He has turned his life around and gives full credit to the Lord and to his family. Antonio’s life gives Steve’s life purpose. This show will touch your heart in a way that few things ever will.

    In this episode, we continue the countdown toward our 500th show with Antonio Sadler, looking back on the mentoring relationship that began after his release from prison and grew into friendship, faith, and Bible study. We discuss his transition to work and family life, including financial literacy, home responsibilities, and the use of prison workshop materials to help others.

    We also reflect on the strain incarceration placed on his wife and children and how the family worked to stay connected and parent together despite separation. Antonio shares how community support, second-chance opportunities, prayer, and encouragement helped him rebuild his life, and he discusses his current work and service, as well as a serious car accident that reinforced the value of family and time.

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    57 mins
  • With a Little Help from My Friends – Richard Kay | Episode #486

    With a Little Help from My Friends – Richard Kay | Episode #486
    Jun 8 2026
    Right Thinking with Steve Coplon | Guests: Richard Kay

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends - Richard Kay. Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show with guest Richard Kay. After interviewing Steve on his own international talk radio show, Richard said these words to Steve, “You’ve got to have your own show. I am going to find a network that will give you airtime.” That’s how Right Thinking with Steve Coplon got its start nearly 500 shows ago. Through his own podcast, Reflections on the Word with Richard Kay, Richard teaches the Word of the Lord with the deepest understanding, sharing his wisdom in a way that can only come from a man who possesses profound knowledge bestowed upon him directly from the Lord. You will love listening to Richard and know why Steve treasures his friendship so very much.

    In this episode we continue the countdown to our 500th show and speak with Richard Kay, a longtime friend whose support helped start the program. We reflect on how we met, our shared backgrounds in faith, ministry, teaching, and public speaking, and Richard’s contribution to our book on character and integrity.

    We also discuss obedience to the Lord, including seeking God’s direction, trusting Him, and accepting sacrifice when we do not know the outcome. Richard explains his podcast series "Reflections on the Word", including his teaching on spiritual warfare, deception, the fall of man, and Jesus’ victory over sin.

    We close by talking about faith, service, and discipleship, with emphasis on prayer, teaching, encouragement, and the value of friendship and family in our walk with the Lord.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • With a Little Help from My Friends - Lefford Fate | Episode #485

    With a Little Help from My Friends - Lefford Fate | Episode #485
    Jun 1 2026
    Right Thinking with Steve Coplon | Guests: Lefford Fate

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends - Lefford Fate" with Lefford Fate. Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show with guest Lefford Fate. Every time Steve welcomes Lefford as a guest on his show, Steve is greatly honored. Lefford holds the distinct title of being the guest on Right Thinking with Steve Coplon more times than anyone else. Today Steve is honored even more than ever before by Lefford’s presence, because today is Memorial Day and Steve has a chance to thank Lefford in person for his service to our great country – nearly 31 years. Lefford is a man with the Heart of a Servant and lives by the core values of the United States Air Force: "Integrity first, Service before self, Excellence in all we do." Steve’s life has been enriched by his beautiful friendship with Lefford. Your life will be enriched by listening to this show.

    In this episode, we continue the countdown to the 500th show with a focus on Memorial Day, service, and a long friendship between Steve and Leffert. We reflect on Leffert’s military service, the values of integrity and service before self, and the importance of honoring those who gave all.

    We also look back at how the show began, its connection to the Napoleon Hill Foundation and Don Green, and how these relationships led to new introductions and prison outreach. We discuss service as a calling through corrections work, mentoring people leaving prison, and using the show to help others, and we close with themes of faith, character, and purpose.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • With a Little Help from My Friends - Psalmist Chad | Episode #484

    With a Little Help from My Friends - Psalmist Chad | Episode #484
    May 25 2026
    Right Thinking with Steve Coplon | Guests: Psalmist Chad

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends" with Psalmist Chad. Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show with guest Chad Forschino. It is a joy for Steve to share with you his friend, whom he declares, with no reservations whatsoever, to be the most all-in for the Lord person that he has ever met. There is absolutely no wavering with Psalmist Chad in his steadfast faith to Jesus. When you fix your eyes entirely on Jesus as Psalmist Chad does, you will be able to stand firm when faced with life’s adversities and hardships. This show will change your life and bring you a deep sense of peace if you open your heart to receive this powerful message from Psalmist Chad and Steve.

    In this episode, we continue the countdown to the 500th show and speak with Psalmist Chad Forshino about his music and the story behind the name “Psalmist Chad.” He shares how many of his songs came from difficult seasons, where he brought his struggles to God and received melodies and lyrics in return as a kind of heart cry.

    We also talk about grace, suffering, and what it means to be with God in the wilderness. Chad reflects on the prodigal son, on belonging to God, and on trusting Jesus through adversity and in every situation.

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    47 mins
  • With a Little Help from My Friends - Bud Clarke | Episode #483

    With a Little Help from My Friends - Bud Clarke | Episode #483
    May 18 2026
    Right Thinking with Steve Coplon | Guests: Bud Clarke

    This week's show is called "With a Little Help from My Friends" with Bud Clarke. Tune in and hear Steve continue the countdown to his 500th show with guest Bud Clarke. What a blessing for Steve to have Bud be his guest today. Bud is Steve's longest continuous, close friendship in his life. After listening to this show, you will understand how wonderful and how important it is to have lifelong close friendships. Remember that to have a friend, you must be a friend.

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    39 mins