Remote First Innovators Podcast is for leaders scaling companies operating outside the normal office convention. The show breaks down the operational engines, tools, workflows, and decisions that drive distributed work at scale. It’s built for those tackling trust, communication and operations across time zones. Conversations feature founders and operators shaping high output remote organizations. Topics range from async workflows and automation to scaling work from home teams and decision-m ...
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The Good Athlete Project is a movement - a new way of thinking - which maximizes the potential of athletics as education. On The Good Athlete Podcast, we provide an opportunity for leaders of all backgrounds to join the conversation. We talk about the methods they use, effective messaging, and aim to maximize the potential of all leaders to use athletics as education.
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Preparedness, Compliance & the Future of Remote Work | Liam Martin | EP 104
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1:13:42When remote work exploded overnight, most leaders scrambled to adapt. Liam Martin helped shape the playbook. In this conversation, we dig into the realities of scaling distributed teams, what compliance really costs you, why trust is breaking inside hybrid workplaces, how AI is rewriting the rules of work, and the uncomfortable truths leaders need …
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Why South Africa is the Secret Weapon for Building World-Class Remote Teams | Michael Bassin | EP103
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8 Tools in 1: John Moffa Shows How Roam Creates Real Office Culture in Remote Team | John Moffa | Remote First Innovators | EP 102
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40:14In this episode, host Jake Gump sits down with John Moffa, Head of Customer Experience at Roam, to explore how virtual offices are revolutionizing remote work culture. John shares his journey from 8 years at Yext leading IT operations to building something groundbreaking at Roam - a platform that's replacing entire tech stacks with one comprehensiv…
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The Future of Remote Work: Insights for 2025 and Beyond | Remote First Innovators | EP 101
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Remote First Innovators Podcast is for leaders scaling companies operating outside the normal office convention. The show breaks down the operational engines, tools, workflows, and decisions that drive distributed work at scale. It’s built for those tackling trust, communication and operations across time zones. Conversations feature founders and o…
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Episode 161 - Casey Eichfeld: 4x Olympic Slalom Canoeist
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57:55Today, Jim sits down with Casey Eichfeld, a 4x USA Olympic Slalom Canoeist, father, and husband. A dedicated competitor since the young age of 5, Eichfeld has represented the U.S. at the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2024 Olympics in the Men's Canoe Single (MC1) event. His performances on the world stage, including strong finishes at the ICF Canoe Slalom W…
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www.GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Reilly Dampeer, the Head Rowing Coach and High-Performance Program Director at OKC National High-Performance Center. Continuing her sixteenth year coaching rowing, Coach Dampeer continues to build a strong development program for rowing in the United States. Since 2010, Dampeer has coached various…
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www.GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Dean Tolson, a former NBA professional basketball player and motivational speaker. He began his life in the ghettos of Kansas City, Missouri. As a promising young high school basketball player, despite being illiterate, he went on to play for the University of Arkansas where during this time, he a…
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Episode 158- Kelly Gunther: 2014 USA Speed Skating Olympian
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48:14www.GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Kelly Gunther, a 2014 US Olympian in speed skating. At the age of 6, Kelly knew she wanted to be an Olympian when she saw others take the ice. She briefly took up figure skating before taking up in-line speed skating because she wanted to move faster than the music allowed. As an inline skater, sh…
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Episode 157- Carissa Gump: 2008 USA Weightlifting Olympian
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1:00:59www.GoodAthleteProject.com*[Correction] Foundation Executive DirectorToday, Jim sits down with Carissa Gump, a 2008 US Olympian in weight lifting. She is a multiple-time American record holder, a five-time consecutive American National Open champion, and is in the New England Weightlifting Hall of Fame. Carissa has spent her life in sport whether i…
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Episode 156- Pat Williams: Hall of Fame Legend & Revolutionary Leader
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1:11:17www.GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Pat Williams, a basketball Hall-of-Famer, former general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, and co-founder of the NBA’s Orlando Magic. He’s also been the general manager with NBA teams in Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Orlando, including the 1983 World Champion 76ers. He’s also beaten an incu…
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Episode 155- Nina Kraus: Of Sound Mind
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1:04:35GoodAthleteProject.comThis week, Jim sits down with Nina Kraus, a scientist, inventor, and musician. Nina studies the biology of auditory learning at Brainvolts Auditory Neuroscience Lab at Northwestern University. She began her career measuring responses from single auditory neurons and was one of the first to show that the adult nervous system ha…
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Episode 154- Jamie Mittelman: Flame Bearers
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46:10GoodAthleteProject.comThis week, we’re joined by Jamie Mittelman. Jamie is the founder and host of Flame Bearers, an award-winning podcast and the world's first storytelling platform, specifically for women Olympians and Paralympians. She founded Flame Bearers while receiving her Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School wher…
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Episode 153- Jake Flint: LSU Strength- Building Tiger Culture
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55:58GoodAthleteProject.comThis week, we’re joined by Jake Flint, the Director of Athletic Development at LSU. Prior to LSU, Flint spent 12 years at Notre Dame on the strength and conditioning staff. During this time, he helped Notre Dame compete in 11 bowl games, 2 College Football Playoffs, and the BCS National Championship Game. Flint is also a certi…
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Episode 152- Carl Evans: Hope For Us Network CEO
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1:27:58GoodAthleteProject.comThis week, we sit down with Carl Evans, an author and a leader in suicide prevention. Carl has spent the last decade pioneering Mental Health Awareness. He is the CEO of Hope For Us Network and a Senior Director for Hope For the Day. By developing the Proactive Suicide Prevention Theory, Carl aims to disrupt the highest risk f…
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Episode 151- Jodi Marver: Women's Basketball Coach of the Year
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54:39GoodAthleteProject.comThis week, we sit down with Jodi Marver, the 2023 IBCA Illinois Basketball Coach of the Year and Head Varsity Girls Basketball Coach at Willows Academy. Jodi has been an athlete all her life, from playing in the Maccabi Games in 2008 to playing basketball for Knox College. Jodi studied elementary education and paved the way fo…
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Episode 150- Dominique Robinson: Chicago Bears Defensive End #90
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1:09:47GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Dominique Robinson, Defensive End for the Chicago Bears. Robinson was picked up in the 2022 NFL Draft in the 5th Round by the Bears. Growing up in Canton, Ohio, he played basketball and was the starting quarterback for Canton McKinley High School. Robinson was rated as a two-star recruit and committed…
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Episode 149- Lawrence Rubin: The Mosaic of Life
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37:57GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Lawrence Rubin, a brilliant psychologist and play therapist specializing in working with children, teens, and families. He’s co-authored many journal articles and books for the Popular Culture Association and is an editor for Psychotherapy.net. As a professor of Counselor Education at St. Thomas Unive…
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Episode 148- Tom Mietus: Titans today, Titans for life
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54:47GoodAthleteProject.comHello Everyone! Today, Jim sits down with Tom Mietus, the Athletic Director of Glenbrook South High School, home of the Titans. Tom graduated from Carthage College and earned several master’s degrees from North Park University, NIU, and Northeastern. And ultimately, he found himself back in the suburbs he grew up in. He knew t…
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Episode 147- Mike Gattone: Empowering Olympians for Life
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33:10GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Mike Gattone, the Senior Director of Sports Performance and Coaching Education for USA Weightlifting. Mike is not new to the scene, he’s spent decades in the sports business. From being an assistant strength coach for the Chicago Bulls to managing Sports Intelligence for Gatorade, he has amassed a gre…
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Episode 146- Sven Erlandson: Intro to Badass Counseling
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54:12GoodAthleteProject.comToday, Jim sits down with Sven Erlandson- a former D1 football player, spiritual counselor, author of the “Spiritual but not Religious” movement, and much more. Working as a spiritual counselor for over 20 years, Sven continues to help people unlock the powerful voice inside them, so that they can begin living their truth and …
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Episode 145- Mark Thompson: Viking Brotherhood
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45:41GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Mark Thompson. Mark is a former football player, originally from the United Kingdom. He has also been a long time, close personal friend and former teammate of Jim! Together, they played football in the UK and Ireland, for the University of Limerick Vikings. Michael has won multiple foot…
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Episode 144- Michael Polydoris: Achieving Clarity on Your Vision
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46:59GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Michael Polydoris. Michael joined HUB International in 2020 as a senior consultant on the HRCS team. Michael partners with his clients on HR strategy, talented performance management, organizational design and structure, executive coaching, and employee development and helps them build h…
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Episode 143- Max Newlon: Training the Mind with BrainCo
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43:26GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Max Newlon. Max is the President of BrainCo, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company incubated in the Harvard Innovation Lab that is unlocking the potential of BCI technology for every person on the planet. BrainCo’s products provide amputees with the world’s most intuitive prosthetic h…
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Episode 142- Paul Donaher: Leadership Academy
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53:05GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Paul Donaher. Paul Donaher is a global leader with a track record of growing and transforming organizations with innovation at their core. He combines strategic vision, operating excellence, and a creative mindset to achieve results. Paul’s leadership style is the hallmark of his success…
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Episode 141- Becky Moran: Value Driven Leadership
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41:56GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Becky Moran. Becky Moran, CMAA is the Athletic Director at Round Lake High School. She has served in this capacity for 3 years and has worked in interscholastic athletic administration for 19 years at various high schools in the Chicagoland area. She has coached soccer and volleyball at …
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Episode 140- Caroline Williams: Everybody, Move!
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53:40GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Caroline Williams, the author of Move!: The New Science of Body Over Mind. Caroline is a UK-based science writer with over 20 years’ experience in magazine and radio journalism. She regularly writes for New Scientist Magazine and is also a feature editor working on neuroscience, health, …
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Episode 139- Abby Seitz: Marine Corps Culture and Beyond
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1:08:43GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Abby Seitz, an active-duty Marine. Abby is originally from the Midwest and grew up playing high school sports. With a love for fitness, language, and travel, she found military service to be a natural fit. She’s been an active-duty Marine for ten years and lives in Southern California wi…
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Episode 138- High School Powerlifting Preview
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18:01GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim and Joe discuss the early years of the Illinois High School Powerlifting Association (IHSPLA) while sharing their own experiences as a Youth Athlete in a quickly growing sport. Follow the IHSPLA on Instagram and Twitter: @IHSPLA or visit them at the website: IHSPLA.comFollow The Good Athlete Project on…
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Episode 137- Dr. Matt Wiest: Forever Athlete
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41:54GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Dr. Matt Wiest, a chiropractor and the owner of The Center of Movement which has multiple locations throughout Minnesota. Matt grew up in Enchant, Alberta, Canada, a small farming community just east of the Rocky Mountains. After high school, Matt spent three years in Vancouver playing j…
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Episode 136- Eric McMahon: Coaching is Teaching
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41:39GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Eric McMahon, the Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager at the NSCA Headquarters in Colorado Springs. He joined the NSCA Staff in 2020 with over 15-years of coaching experience, including roles with the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, and the MLB Europe Programs. From 2009-19, McM…
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Episode 135 - Dr. Lauren Casella: Resilience and Faith
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51:38GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Dr. Lauren Casella, Academic Program Director for the Catholic School Leadership Academy and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Administration in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. Before entering higher education, Dr. Casell…
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Episode 134 – Dr. Tim Dohrer: Lead With Kindness
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1:09:42GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Dr. Timothy Dohrer, director of the Master of Science in Education program at Northwestern University. He is the former principal of New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois. In a career spanning more than 25 years, Dohrer has taught middle school, high school and college stu…
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Episode 133 - Molly Gosline: Getting Serious About SEL
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55:44GoodAthleteProject.comFor Today's episode, Jim is joined by Molly Gosline, Coordinator of Social Emotional Learning at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. In her role at Stevenson, she works within the professional learning community to build an SEL culture. She is the Executive Director of SEL4IL and the founder of SEL School…
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Episode 132 – Dr. Robert Higgins: The Heart of Leadership
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42:38GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined by Dr. Robert Higgins, Director of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Higgins is the leading authority in heart and lung transplantation, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, and mechanical circulatory support. His scientific interests include the…
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GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined by Dan Calandro, Chief Principal Advisor at RefQuest+. Dan has over 35 years of experience in sports at the collegiate level. He worked at the NCAA National Office in a multitude of different departments, including Enforcement, Championships, Governance and Membership Affairs. His last role w…
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Episode 130 - Jason Pullara: Building Boilermakers
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1:14:27GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim sits down with Director of Strength & Conditioning at Purdue University, Jason Pullara. Coach Pullara returned to the Boilermakers from Northwestern, where he worked for 18 years. Coach Pullara served as the sports performance coach for the Northwestern women’s lacrosse program during all seven of its …
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Episode 129 - Lewis Caralla: Georgia Tech Strength
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40:18GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined by Lewis Caralla, Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach at Georgia Tech. Coach Caralla has 13 years of experience as a strength and conditioning coach. He has previously served as the head strength and conditioning coach for three different NCAA Division I FBS programs and is in his thi…
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Episode 128 – Jim, Alex, and Rijad: Why High School Strength and Conditioning Matters
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26:47GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined by Alex and Rijad to talk about their experiences in high school strength and conditioning both as athletes and as coaches. Additionally, they discuss the Good Athlete Project’s new initiative to bring high quality strength & conditioning to more high schools across the nation. To learn more …
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Episode 127 - Matt Castero: The Movement System
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48:12Goodathleteproject.comFor today’s episode Jim is joined by strength coach, physical therapist, and Founder of The Movement System, Matt Castero. The Movement System is an educational platform with the mission to “Make The World Stronger”. Matt received his bachelor’s and his doctorate of physical therapy from Ohio State University and has worked in…
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Episode 126 – 2021 IHSPLA State Meet Recap with Jim, Rijad Pekmez, and John Beerbower
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27:35GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim and Rijad debrief the 2021 IHSPLA State Championship Meet. Then, Jim is joined by John Beerbower, Assistant Divisional Chair and Director of Strength & Conditioning at McHenry High School, to talk about his experience as a member and coach in the IHSPLA.Follow the IHSPLA on Instagram and Twitter: @IHSP…
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Episode 124 – Jim and the Crew: 2021 IHSPLA State Championship
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26:15GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined key members of the Good Athlete Project family – Rijad Pekmez, Rob Miner, and Matt Klem. They discuss the upcoming 2021 IHSPLA State Championship happening on May 29th, as well as their own experiences competing and coaching in the sport of powerlifting.Learn more about the IHSPLA at IHSPLA.c…
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Episode 123 – Matt Johnson: Chicago Bulls Strength Coach
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42:02GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode Jim is joined by Matt Johnson, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for the Chicago Bulls. Coach Johnson has been with the Bulls organization since 2012, starting as a Strength and Conditioning Intern. He was promoted to Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach in 2013 and served in that role for 3 years befor…
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Episode 122 – Michelle Di Benedetto: Infant Welfare Society of Chicago
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34:50GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined by Michelle Di Benedetto, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago. Michelle leads the department responsible for fund development, communications, marketing, outreach and community relations. Before coming to IWS, she was the Programs and Developme…
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Episode 121 – CJ White: Jackson State Strong
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49:49GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined by Coach CJ White, Director of Strength and Conditioning and Head Football Strength Coach for Jackson State University. Prior to his time at JSU, Coach White had roles on the strength and conditioning staff at Arkansas State, SMU, and his alma mater, Mary-Hardin Baylor. While at Mary-Hardin B…
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Episode 120 – Jason Hardrath: Journey to 100 FKTs
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1:00:30GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode, Jim is joined by Jason Hardrath, Endurance athlete and elementary school teacher. Jason currently holds more FKTs (otherwise known as Fastest Known Times) than any other athlete in the world with 97 and ultimately aims to be the first athlete in the world with 100 FKTs. He previously competed in Cross-Coun…
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Episode 119 – Jim and Alex: This Is Water and Sticking to the Process
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34:51GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode Jim and Alex start by discussing a passage from the book “This Is Water”’ by David Foster Wallace. They talk about what the book and passage mean to them and how the messaging from it can apply to daily life. Then, they move on to discussing how to go about building a process and what can be done if one fee…
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Episode 118 – Jen Foust: Strength Equity at March Madness
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46:22GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode Jim is joined by Jen Foust, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach currently working at the University of Arkansas with both Men’s and Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country. In addition, she is co-owner of PWRx (power x) performance, a consulting company bringing quality programming and structure to Jr. …
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Episode 117 – Mike Jennings: Athlos Education
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41:11GoodAthleteProject.comFor today’s episode Jim is joined by Mike Jennings, Director of Physical Education and Character Development at Athlos, an educational service provider. In his role as Director, Mike provides virtual and on-site professional development and support for physical educators: in all thing’s movement, fitness, physical activity, an…
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Episode 116 – Jim Davis & Rijad Pekmez: The Culture Code Pt. 1
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38:04Goodathleteproject.comFor today’s episode Jim is joined by another key member of The Good Athlete Project, Rijad Pekmez. In this first of what will be a 2-part podcast, they discuss what Rijad took away from his reading of the book “The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups” by Daniel Coyle. They also dive into what their culture lo…
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