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Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, on a gracious hello to you, wherever you happen to be today, I am your host, Mike Hingson, and you are listening or watching unstoppable mindset today, our guest is Angela Lewis, and Angela is going to tell us a lot about basketball. That's because she played she played overseas, she has coached and just any number of things relating to basketball, but she's also helped athletes. She is an author, and I'm not going to say anymore. I'd rather she brag about herself. So Angela, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here.   Angela Lewis ** 02:00 Michael, thank you so much for having me. It's so excited to chat with you.   Michael Hingson ** 02:05 Well, tell us a little bit about kind of the early Angela growing up and all that.   Angela Lewis ** 02:11 Well, I am six foot one inches tall. I've been this tall since I was 12 years old.   Michael Hingson ** 02:17 Hey, you stopped   Angela Lewis ** 02:18 growing huh? I stopped I've been this tall for 30 years. I know it could have spread out a bit. I could have gotten a few inches a year over, you know, time, but no, I grew really fast and stopped. But at six foot, one and 12 years old, I was really uncomfortable and felt out of place most often. And one day, a coach saw me and asked me to come and play on the basketball team. And Michael, basketball found me. I wasn't looking to play. I wasn't looking for a team, hoping to get an nio deal like you know, my kids are doing these days, because it's available. No basketball found me, and it really helped transform me into the person I am today.   Michael Hingson ** 03:03 How? How? So? Why was that   Angela Lewis ** 03:07 I was really I was very insecure, very uncomfortable. I felt really out of place. And basketball gave me this tribe of people who there were other tall girls. I learned how to work really hard. And although I was tall, people thought I was really good or I should be good. So I learned how to work through like not being really good at something, to ultimately playing professionally. And so that really sticks with me today, and learning how to just persevere.   Michael Hingson ** 03:40 Well you, you did really well at basketball. Obviously, I assume at least part of it had to do with height, but there had to be a whole lot more to it than that. You scored over 1000 points, lots of rebounds and so on. So it had to be more than height, though, right? 100%   Angela Lewis ** 03:57 definitely more than height, because I wasn't being I wasn't very good. I wasn't good at all. I was new to the game when I started, and so I missed a ton of shots. I had to learn how to work hard, how to get back up after being knocked down, and really not feeling good the entire time I'm playing. But learning, you know, listening to coaches, all of that played a big role in my overall development and willingness to get up early and get to the gym when no one else was there. That stuff pays off and   Michael Hingson ** 04:30 practice, yeah. Why is it that some people who score lots of points make really great shots are not necessarily good free throwers,   Angela Lewis ** 04:42 free throws. Shooting great free throws requires a different level of concentration. Everyone everything is stopped, everyone's focused on you, and some of it is just repetition and practice. There are people like Shaq who did shoot great from the free throw line. But of course. Incredibly, incredibly dominant.   Michael Hingson ** 05:02 Yeah. Well, he was one of the ones I was thinking of because it's, you know, I don't, needless to say, play basketball, but it just seems to me it ought to be reasonably easy for people who are great shooters to be able to do great free throwing as well. But that's not the case. And I kind of figured, and I think I've heard from a couple of other people, it's a whole different skill, and just because you're a wonderful shooter, it doesn't necessarily at all mean you'll be a good free thrower.   Angela Lewis ** 05:31 No, no, it doesn't. It doesn't. And Shaq was just a unique human in terms of his size and the size of his hand. So Shaq didn't shoot a lot of jump shots. He was often dunking on people or shooting layups or something a bit closer to the basket, where the percentages are even higher than at the free throw line. So it made it a little a little different in his case,   Michael Hingson ** 05:52 well, and you also and then had other people like wilt, Chamberlain, Kareem, Abdul, Jabbar and so many other people. And now what I really love is that we're starting to see that women are being appreciated. I mean, Caitlin Clark and so many other people are and Paige Becker, right? Who you mentioned earlier, Becker, and that is great to see, and I'm glad that that we're starting to see women come into their own, and I hope that that will include, as time goes on, better compensation, so that salaries are similar with male counterparts, because the people who are excellent at the game on from either Sex deserve it,   Angela Lewis ** 06:40 agreed, and it is. It's incredible, Michael, as you said, to see so much visibility and so much attention on women's sports, I think we hit a perfect storm for the women's game with three things, social media. So now you have these young women who have all these followings, who have all these followers, and it just makes sense for brands to align with them, to sell more products, but then also the n, i, L deal is the perfect storm. Now the players can get paid off their name, image and likeness, and it's going to end. The end the controversy with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese and the national championship a few years ago that just created so much of a media frenzy that it really has helped increase the visibility of women's basketball and other women's sports and for that   Michael Hingson ** 07:29 matter, yeah. Now are women will women's basketball, or is women's basketball in the Olympics?   Angela Lewis ** 07:36 Yes, yes, won the gold this year, Yes, yep. Has won the gold. The USA team is one to go. Yeah, consistently,   Michael Hingson ** 07:45 as it should be, we're we're not prejudice, are we?   Angela Lewis ** 07:49 No, not at all. No, not at all, at all. No, definitely not bias. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 07:55 right? Well, tell me, um, so you were tall at a very young age, as it were, but obviously you had, you had insecurities, but you dealt with them. Was it all because of the basketball or what? What really made you comfortable in your skin?   Angela Lewis ** 08:14 I think what made me comfortable is there were, there's who I was on the court, and then there's who I was off the court. My family, I'm so grateful to come from a family that's incredibly supportive. I had older brothers who played so although they would push me, you know, to be tougher, because I wasn't very tough. Michael, I'm the kid that looked at the butterflies and the squirrels. I was like forced to be aggressive and competitive. But my parents, my mom and dad, are both from Mississippi, and they grew up in a really challenging time, and so I think what helped shaped me was the humility and love from family   Michael Hingson ** 08:58 and comparing notes today. Who's the better basketball player, you or your brothers   Angela Lewis ** 09:05 me, by far. Okay, they may say something different, but if you know, if we just look at the stats, statistically speaking, you know what? Definitely win that one. What do they do today? One of them is, one of them is works at both of them work in education. One is like the associate superintendent of a school district in the St Louis area. The other one is a college professor. So they do, they do, well, I'm proud of them.   Michael Hingson ** 09:37 That's cool. Well, you know, but, but you, you, you did have supportive parents, and that's so important. I mean, I know, for for me, my parents rejected all the comments that doctors and others made when they discovered that I was blind and said, I ought to just be sent to a home. And my parents said, Absolutely not. And I totally i. Hmm, thank my parents for their attitudes, because it it really helped shape who I am today and why I'm able to function. So I, I agree with you, and I I'm glad that you had really good, supportive parents, because it had to be unusual for them to see a six foot one girl at the age of 12,   Angela Lewis ** 10:22 it was very unusual. My mom used to have to take my birth certificate with me to tournaments because people didn't believe that I was as young as I was. In addition, you know, I think Michael playing sports and anything that you're involved in doesn't just impact you and impacts your family as well, for those families who who choose to support their kids through whatever. So my family didn't travel at all, and we went to Memphis, Tennessee and Mount Bayou, Mississippi, because we have family members that live there. But it wasn't until I started playing sports where we started going other places. And so things opened up for not only myself, but for my family as well.   Michael Hingson ** 11:06 Well, it's always nice to have the opportunity to stretch and grow and experience new things   Angela Lewis ** 11:13 100% and it's not always comfortable, but it definitely helps us and shapes us differently   Michael Hingson ** 11:23 well, so you were an NCAA division one. You scored a lot of points. You clearly accomplished a great deal. What did you do that helped create the mindset that made that happen?   Angela Lewis ** 11:40 Environment makes a big difference who you choose to listen to. I feel like, when in any organization, whether it's a sports team or a business or even community organization, what created the mindset is listening to those coaches and those people who have already been through it, but also on like, when things are really hard, when there's preseason conditioning, or there's a report that's due, being willing to say, Okay, I know I don't feel like it, but I'm going to do it anyway. And knowing that when you make mistakes, I remember missing the shot to win a game against Cincinnati and being really down about it, but having a coach come to me and say, It's okay, you got to move on to the next game, the next play, being willing to keep going in spite of making mistakes, that creates that unstoppable mindset. It's not just you, it's the people in your circle as well who can help foster that for you.   Michael Hingson ** 12:36 So that's easy for a coach to say, but how did you internalize it and make that really a part of your psyche?   Angela Lewis ** 12:45 One of the ways that I internalized it, that's such a good question. Michael is visualizing like running through the play in my mind? Think watching the game film, because some of it, so much of growth happens. We can reflect on what didn't go right, what went right, and then be able to make those changes for the future.   Michael Hingson ** 13:10 Well, yeah, and I think introspection and internalization is such an important thing, and all too, many of us just don't, don't take that step back to analyze and think about what we're doing and why we're doing it and and how we're doing it, and what can we do better? And clearly, that's something that you did a fair amount of, and you got answers that worked for you.   Angela Lewis ** 13:38 It's essential in sport. I think that's one of the things that I carry over, is we were forced. I can't sit up here and act like I was introspective before, yeah, but by no means, it's you. You learn and train on what what works, and that's one of the things that really works. And introspection is is critical.   Michael Hingson ** 13:57 How would you take that beyond sports? I mean, clearly that helps you in sports, but I would assume that you would say it helps you in life in general, wouldn't you,   Angela Lewis ** 14:09 absolutely, especially when there's conflict. So for example, I had a situation in my family where I will where I essentially just broke down from giving so much, and I realized that, oh, once I once, I was able to step away from the situation and reflect, I was able to see how I could have communicated better. Oh, I could have created some better boundaries, or maybe I could have planned better. So, so there will always be tension. There's always the potential for conflict, but being able to reflect on it to make sure that you get better in the future is kind of how you can apply those apply that same process to life,   Michael Hingson ** 14:53 yeah, so on the basketball court and so on leaving this. Stats out of it. Do you think that people considered you a leader in terms of just being a team leader, as part of the team, but taking the lead? Or did you even think about that?   Angela Lewis ** 15:16 Oh, leadership is one of those, really, it's layered. So I think I was a leader, definitely a leader in terms of how hard I worked and I and I can say that my teammates respected how hard I worked at this age. Looking back at my, you know, 20 year old self, there are some other ways that I think I could have been a better leader in terms of communication, in terms of accountability, holding others accountable more, holding myself accountable more in some areas. So yes, I would say in terms of just the willingness to put in the work, I think I would definitely been considered a leader, despite the number of points that I scored, but scoring the points helped,   Michael Hingson ** 16:00 if you could go back and talk to your 20 year old self, what? What kinds of things would you tell her?   Angela Lewis ** 16:06 I would tell her. I would tell her three things. First, I would say, show yourself some grace. You already work hard like it's okay, it's okay to make mistakes. You are going to make mistakes. I took mistakes really hard. I would also say, get to know as many people as possible at your university and on your team and in the athletic department. What we know later is that relationships are everything, the relationships that you have, so be more intentional about relationships. And then I would also say, give yourself credit, because as an athlete, and you know, when you're pursuing something, you're never good enough, you're always pushing for the next thing. So I would have celebrated some of the wins a bit more.   Michael Hingson ** 16:52 Yeah, the the only thing to to be aware of, though, is to be careful and not let that, as you would say, go to your head and become egotistical about it. It's important to do. But there's, it's like the fastest gun in the West. There's always somebody faster,   Angela Lewis ** 17:10 yes, 100%   Michael Hingson ** 17:14 now, where did you go to? College?   Angela Lewis ** 17:16 St Louis University. Oh, okay, Billikens. So what made you go there? I went to St Louis University because it was close to home. That was part of it. There were a Nike school. I'm also like the brand of Nike, and it was a great institution. Academically, still is what is your family to be able communication?   Michael Hingson ** 17:39 Okay, that worked out. Well, yes, since being in office,   17:45 exactly so   Michael Hingson ** 17:49 you did you go beyond your bachelor's degree?   Angela Lewis ** 17:52 I did masters at St Louis University as well.   Michael Hingson ** 17:57 Okay, communication,   Angela Lewis ** 17:58 so, yes, okay,   Michael Hingson ** 18:00 and then what did you do after college?   Angela Lewis ** 18:04 After college, went to Germany and played basketball professionally. It was my first time traveling internationally and living abroad, which really changed the core of me.   Michael Hingson ** 18:16 Well, why did you decide to go professional for basketball. That's a little different than a degree in communications, but maybe not so much. But why did you, why did you decide to Go Pro? As it were,   Angela Lewis ** 18:30 it's a rare opportunity, very rare opportunity, to play professionally and to have the opportunity as something I dreamed of once I got to college, and then, honestly, Michael, I would have gone anywhere to play basketball. I love the game so much I would have gone anywhere, so I'm grateful that I had the opportunity.   Michael Hingson ** 18:51 How did the opportunity to go to Germany and play there come about? Were you approached? What happened?   Angela Lewis ** 18:56 It came about because I was looking for an agent, and one of my college coaches, my college the head coach, Jill pazzi, knew someone who had an agent in Germany, and we sent her my game film. We sent the agent my game film, and she said she wanted to represent me, and she had a team there that wanted me to come out and be on the team. And so after I graduated, it was kind of it was very much a waiting game to win it to a person. And so I was really excited when I found out about the opportunity.   Michael Hingson ** 19:37 That's cool. And how did you do compared to to other people on the team and so on? Were you still a high score? Were you still a leader or or not?   Angela Lewis ** 19:52 Michael Germany was really unique, because everyone on my team didn't speak English, so I did well. I. I did well. I scored double digits. Can't remember the exact average, but it was like around 15 or 16 points per game, and I did really well, and was a leader in that way. But it was completely it was a complete cultural shift because of the people from different parts of the world. So it took a different level of navigating than playing. Here.   Michael Hingson ** 20:21 Did you learn German?   Angela Lewis ** 20:24 I Yes, and no little bit yes and no a little bit, Michael, we were part of the contract. Was German classes, and I will never forget, I was in the German class with a woman from Russia who was on my team and a woman from Hungary who was on my team and I, the teacher, asked us to pronounce a word. I can't remember the word. All I remember is I attempted to pronounce the word, and everyone started laughing at me. And it was the first time in my life that I gained the sensitivity for people who attempt to speak another language, because it is really hard. I was so embarrassed, and I was like, Okay, I get it now. So my German is very minimal   Michael Hingson ** 21:11 well, and like a lot of things, if you had started to learn German or any language at a much younger age, you would have probably been a lot better off and more malleable and and learned how to adapt and have that second language, but you weren't learning it after college. So it was a different situation,   Angela Lewis ** 21:33 completely different. You're absolutely right. I did this basketball clinic in monies Columbia a few years ago, and although it was a little different than German, I was able to pick up on Spanish a bit more, and lived in Medellin, Colombia for a few years. But being immersed makes a difference for sure.   Michael Hingson ** 21:54 Yeah, immersion makes a makes a huge difference, because you're you're put in a position where you know you have to learn enough to be able to get by, and you   Angela Lewis ** 22:05 do, yes, well, you said that, I recommend it.   Michael Hingson ** 22:09 You said that going to Germany really changed your total core. How was that?   Angela Lewis ** 22:15 I knew that I would be okay anywhere I was in Germany before there was WhatsApp and zoom, and I was in Germany during the dial up days and the calling card days, yeah. And so being able to navigate the world at a time where you didn't have Google Translate really helped me be comfortable being in uncomfortable settings, because I went to university in the same place that I grew up, so it was my first time away from home in another country, and having to figure it out, and to do that at such a young age, really shifted who I was in relation to where I came from. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 23:02 so what did it what did it do to you? Ultimately,   Angela Lewis ** 23:07 ultimately, it allowed me to learn how to rely on others, people that I don't know, because I needed help just navigating how to get from one place to another. It created a sense of curiosity of other people, and a food and culture that didn't exist before, and a level of resilience. There were so many things that went wrong, like losing my bags, getting on the wrong train, getting almost being locked up. I mean, so many things that that went left in that experience that has taught me some resilience of having to continue to push through.   Michael Hingson ** 23:45 Yeah, I went to Israel for accessibe Two years ago, this coming August, and was at the corporate headquarters, and then a cab one day took me back to the hotel, but didn't drop me off at the front of the hotel. And so it was a totally strange area. And I remember even questioning, did they really drop me off at the hotel? But I realized that if I calm down, I can analyze this and figure it out, and I figured out what eventually happened. They didn't drop me off at the front of the hotel. They dropped me off at the entrance of the parking lot, which was on the well underground parking garage, which was on the side of the hotel. But the reality is that that we can do a lot of things if we just focus and don't panic.   Angela Lewis ** 24:38 Yes, ah, that's good advice. Yes,   Michael Hingson ** 24:44 go ahead.   Angela Lewis ** 24:46 Oh no, I was just gonna say being able to relax and control your emotional state really helps you make better decisions.   Michael Hingson ** 24:53 It does, and that's what it's really all about, which is also part of what. So being introspective and thinking about what you're doing is so important at night or whenever you can find the time to do it. And should find the time every day people should. But by doing that, you really look at yourself, and you look at how you react to different situations, and you you figure out, Oh, I could have done this. Or if I just did a little bit more of that, I would have been a better situation. We can teach ourselves so many things if we would choose to do that.   25:29 Yes, yes. 100%   Michael Hingson ** 25:33 well, so how long did you play basketball in Germany? I   Angela Lewis ** 25:38 played basketball in Germany for one season, and then came back to St Louis and got married, which is another that's another podcast, that's another interview, yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 25:50 well, I hope that the marriage is working out.   Angela Lewis ** 25:53 No, it didn't. Oh, but I learned some No, it's okay. I brought it up. No, no, it's okay. I brought it up. But I learned so much from that experience as well. So I came back, got married, and started coaching, and I'm coached in high school and college about NCAA division one, and it was just an incredible experience to stay around the game and post the game and then teach and mentor.   Michael Hingson ** 26:19 Well, you clearly bring a pretty strong personality to the whole thing. And I'm, you know, I'm sure there are a lot of guys who wouldn't cope with that very well either   Angela Lewis ** 26:30 you're right. That's fair. Well, you know, since I saw every story, but no, I'm grateful for that experience in so so many ways.   Michael Hingson ** 26:38 Yeah, well, yeah, there's always lots to learn. So, so you coached high school, you coached College Division One, which is cool. So are you still doing some of that? Or what do you do now?   Angela Lewis ** 26:54 Now I'm not coaching on the court anymore, but I work with a company called Speaker hub, and I am head of operations, and so I lead a team of 24 incredible, incredible professionals who live around the world and help more people get on stages and share their messages. So I'm still coaching, but just not on the court.   Michael Hingson ** 27:19 It's not on the court well, but you learned a great skill.   Angela Lewis ** 27:25 Yes, basketball teaches so many, so many   Michael Hingson ** 27:27 skills, and do you still play basketball occasionally?   Angela Lewis ** 27:31 Every now and then I get out there and I get shots up, I don't play five on five anymore. Yes, I don't train to play and I just don't want to get hurt like a big fear of mine. So I'll still go out there and shoot, and I love it. I'll play course against anybody.   Michael Hingson ** 27:48 Well, yeah, there's, yeah there. There's a whole lot to it. And you're not working on being well in tip top training, in that way like you used to be, which is okay, but you know what you're doing, and that's what really matters. Well, you've coached a lot of people. What lessons did you learn from doing that? And what lessons did you learn from some of the people you coached?   Angela Lewis ** 28:13 From coaching, I've learned that you have to listen. Listening is the most important part of actually coaching, because different people need to be coached in a different way. Everyone gets held accountable, but some people may need more one on one attention. Some people may need more direct communication. Other people may just need you to listen to them and and guide them a bit more. So that's that's what I've learned about coaching, what I've learned from people that I've coached, I would say the there's someone I work with now, Maria. She's our head designer, and she she needs direct feedback about the work that she's doing, more than maybe some other people, feedback is important, but depending on who a person is, they need more feedback and guidance. And so Maria is someone who really loves that direct feedback, whereas some others are are able to work a bit differently. So knowing how to give feedback is something that I've worked on, and that, you know, Michael is learning coaching, coaching. It's always learning. Not only are you helping others, but you're learning from them and their expertise as well.   Michael Hingson ** 29:33 Do you find that there are some people who really ought to get feedback, who just refuse to accept it or refuse to listen to it at all, even though they probably really should.   Angela Lewis ** 29:45 There are some. There are some. When I, when I was coaching college basketball, there were definitely players who just didn't want to hear it, or they thought they had it all figured out. Yeah, so that part is hard in the workplace is a little different because, you know, there's. Compensation associated with performance. But back then, when I coached, it was a little Yeah, there were definitely some kids with egos,   Michael Hingson ** 30:08 yeah, and even with compensation and so on, feedback can help people improve, if they would, but listen,   Angela Lewis ** 30:17 true, very, very true. Thankfully, we have a great team. Everyone's pretty open.   Michael Hingson ** 30:22 That's good. Tell me more about speaker hub?   Angela Lewis ** 30:26 Sure, sure. So we have, we are a speakers bureau where everyone reaches out and pitches to different organizations on their own. So we have a membership where people will get access to over 4 million contacts. We have conferences associations. We have podcasts as well as media outlets where people can pitch and really reach out to share their expertise and about their businesses and grow their business through using public speaking to grow their business. Mm, so we we have a platform that we update literally every week that has the contacts and are able to reach out to search and reach out to people directly inside of our platform.   Michael Hingson ** 31:20 What do you think about this whole concept, since we're on the subject of speaking, of public speaking is one of the biggest fears that people have in this country and probably all over the world. How do we deal with getting rid of that fear? Why do we have it in the first place? I've never had it. I've never been afraid to speak, and sometimes I may not be the first person to speak, but I've never been afraid to speak my mind or to go out and speak. In fact, one of my favorite stories is that after September 11, my first official speech, if you will, came about because a pastor of a church called in New Jersey, and he said, we're going to be doing a service for all the people from New Jersey who were lost on September 11. Would you come and take about five or six minutes and tell your story? And I said, Sure, I'd be happy to, because we were living in New Jersey still at the time. And then I asked, how many people are going to be coming to the to the service, he said, oh, about 6000 so that was my first official public speech. As such, I was used to speaking in a variety of environments, because I had spoken to anything from company boards to IT professionals, and also did speaking at church and so on. But still, 6000 would intimidate a lot of people. It did bother me a bit to do that.   Angela Lewis ** 32:45 That says a lot about about you and your willingness to to share. I think some people are more comfortable, naturally comfortable to your point, others are. It's afraid of judgment. Fear of judgment is real. Fear of having everyone looking at you and hearing you and questioning your your your abilities, is something that people are are really afraid of.   Michael Hingson ** 33:13 So I think it's no go ahead.   Angela Lewis ** 33:17 I think it's something that people can develop more comfortable with with practice that can help, and also getting feedback and practicing in settings that are less than 6000 and gradually working their way up. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 33:33 I think, I think, though, least in my opinion, unless you're just a really scroungy individual and so on. Audiences, when you go to speak somewhere, want you to succeed. They want to hear what you have to say, and unless you just can't relate at all, audiences want you to be successful. And I've always had that belief. So that's probably another reason that I have never really been afraid to go out and speak, but after that 6000 person event, I still wasn't thinking of becoming a public speaker, but we started getting so many phone calls, as my wife and I both love to start to say, selling life and philosophy is a whole lot more fun than selling computer hardware and managing a hardware sales team. So by the beginning of 2002 it was clear that that a different window was opening and another door was closing, and it was time to go do something different. And so I've been speaking ever since, and it's it is so much fun to go to places. I've been to to places where event managers have hired me. People within the company have hired me to come and speak. And it turns out, as we talk more when I'm there, they're they were just so nervous, oh, is it going to go well? Is he going to be successful? Is this whole thing going to go well? And one of the things that several of those people have done is they've assumed. Interested me when we sell books afterward, I always like to have somebody who can handle the credit card machine, because I sign books and I brought my little credit card thing. So other people actually do that. And so some of the event, people have just stayed with me. And people come up and they say, what a wonderful talk. It's the best talk we ever heard. So it makes people feel comfortable. But those event people are often times much more nervous than I am, because, because I just feel nervous.   Angela Lewis ** 35:29 I love what you said, Michael, you believe that they want you to do well. And belief is such a powerful part of our lives. What what we believe, makes such a difference. And so the fact that you believe it and and you've done it so much, it brings ease, I'm sure, to some of the event planners over time, because they know that you're going to do well. One   Michael Hingson ** 35:51 of the things that I've learned is that I don't do well at reading speeches for a lot of reasons. The the main one is I like I've found that I do better when I customize the talk, and I'm able to use customization sometimes even right up to in the in the beginning of a speech, customizing it to get the audience to react as I expect them to and when. And I can tell when an audience is reacting positively or is is liking what they're hearing, just by the the subtle movements and the subtle noises that I hear around the the room, and if I'm not hearing some of those things that I expect to hear, then I will change something to address the issue, because I believe that when I go to speak, my job is to relate to the audience, to talk with the audience, not to the audience, and to do everything that I can to draw them in. And so one of the things that that I now tell people is being involved with the World Trade Center, and now we have a whole generation that that has had no experience with it. My job is to take them into the building with me and take them down the stairs with me and get them out with me, as if they were there. And people come up and say, later, we were with you all the way down the stairs, which is so cool.   Angela Lewis ** 37:16 That is That is really cool too. It sounds like you really care about your audience, which is something that makes a difference in terms of someone's comfort, if they think, Oh, this is a this speech is and I'm talking about, Oh, me, but you're carrying people along with you and actually helping them through your storytelling, which makes a difference.   Michael Hingson ** 37:39 Oh, it does make a difference. But I and you said something very, very relevant. It is all about telling stories. And I wish more people would tell stories. I believe, and I believe for years, having gotten a master's degree in physics, that one of the big problems with physics textbooks is they're so dry, they just do all the math and all that sort of stuff. If the authors, who are oftentimes very famous physicists would include a few stories in their books. There would be much better textbooks, and they would attract much more interest from people. But getting people to tell stories is just so hard.   Angela Lewis ** 38:13 Why do you think that is   Michael Hingson ** 38:16 they don't know how they don't necessarily realize that telling stories is a very powerful way to teach. It's just not what they're used to, and they're not enough of us talking about it probably   Angela Lewis ** 38:29 agree. 100% 100% we've we've been talking our whole lives, but telling stories and communicating in a way that connects with others isn't something that comes naturally for most. It takes practice. It   Michael Hingson ** 38:43 takes practice. So it does I believe that the best salespeople in the world are people who tell stories, because when you're talking about a product, but let's say it's a it's a product that a customer really should have, if you can relate to them and with them by telling stories of successes with other companies, or how other companies have used it, or other things that you can determine are the kinds of things that would be interesting to whoever you're selling to, you have a much better chance to actually be successful and Make make the sale that you want to make.   Angela Lewis ** 39:22 Yes, absolutely, we've all heard Yeah, Oh, nope, sorry, you go   Michael Hingson ** 39:27 ahead. No, it's just insane, which is another way of saying, sales is all about storytelling. But go ahead.   Angela Lewis ** 39:34 I was just gonna agree. I'm just agreeing with you on that. If we can get people to really understand and put themselves in in the situation, it makes a difference in their ability to to feel like you understand them and that you can connect and relate,   Michael Hingson ** 39:51 right? And that's what you got to do, and it can be a very positive tool if you do. It right? And not everybody will tell stories in exactly the same way, but that's okay, but you still can learn how to tell stories so that whoever you're talking with can relate to it, and that's what it's about.   Angela Lewis ** 40:13 It absolutely, yeah, absolutely is.   Michael Hingson ** 40:17 Well, so how did you get involved with Speaker hub?   Angela Lewis ** 40:21 I got involved with Speaker hub because I had a PR agency a few years ago, and I was our agency was helping people get on stages, but we were kind of but an agency where we did the pitching for our customers, and we and I built a team and hired people and put systems and processes in place, and the owner of speaker hub asked if our team could basically merge with the company. We weren't speaker hub before the company was called Pitch dB, and we and I built an agency using the software of pitch dB, and our agency was asked to basically merge, because we have the team, we have the operations, and he was great at marketing, is great at marketing and sales. And so our team rolled into this other company. So and then we purchased speaker hub, about eight months later, and so speaker hub, so our team helped grow speaker hub,   Michael Hingson ** 41:27 and how many clients does speaker hub have today?   Angela Lewis ** 41:32 We have over 60,000 people that use our platform. And so speaker hub asked, when we acquired speaker hub, there was Speaker hub was only a speaker page. So for example, Michael like LinkedIn, you can sign up, you can create a profile, and it has all of your information around your speaking topics, your background, your bio. And then we added the this software that allows people to reach out to different organizations, conferences and associations and media outlets. And so over 60,000 profiles are on speaker, hub of speakers from around the world. Wow.   Michael Hingson ** 42:14 And people find it useful, and it's been very successful for them to find engagements and speak.   Angela Lewis ** 42:21 Yes. Yes. There are two amazing things that have happened today. We have customer calls every single day at noon Eastern where people can hop on and learn. We had someone who is an event organizer who came on the call today to let us know about an event that he has coming up, that he's looking for speakers. So there's the organizer side, where organizers are looking and then there's the other side where people are actually pitching and reaching out. So people are getting books. Someone told us today that she got booked for a conference in Kenya, and they're going to all expenses paid to Kenya for her to come out and speak at this conference. So it's wonderful to see people   Michael Hingson ** 43:05 opportunities. Yeah, that's exciting to see that kind of thing happening. Well, you have also written books. Tell me about Tell me about your books.   Angela Lewis ** 43:17 My first book is called The Game Changing assist simple ways to choose success. This book uses the framework of the six vs for success, having a vision, choosing your voices that you listen to, understanding the values to get to that vision, how to make it out of the valley, reaching the point of victory and volunteering. And so that book really takes is for young women to take them on a journey through my experiences, to learn about how to accomplish their goals in life using those six principles.   Michael Hingson ** 43:55 And even though it was written with young women in in mind, just on principle, out of curiosity, do you find that men read it as   Angela Lewis ** 44:03 well? Yes, it's applicable for everyone. At that the time I wrote the book, I was doing a lot of coaching and training young women and running girls groups. So that's why that that group of people was the target. But absolutely, those principles can transfer to anyone.   Michael Hingson ** 44:23 That's cool. So when did you write that one? When was that one?   Angela Lewis ** 44:27 It was released in 2013   Michael Hingson ** 44:29 Oh, okay, then what?   Angela Lewis ** 44:32 Then? Post moves the female athlete's guide to dominate life after college. That book is about mentoring, a lot of success in life for everyone, and is really built on mentoring and having great mentors. When I was a college athlete, the only professionals I knew were my coaches and my professors, and so that book, in that book, I. Interviewed 15 women who all play college sports, who are all doing various things professionally, and the goal was for them to be able to learn about different careers, professions and leadership from women who weren't in their shoes. So that book was really powerful, because it wasn't just my story, it was others as well, which   Michael Hingson ** 45:21 is great. When did that book come out? 2016 okay? And then,   Angela Lewis ** 45:27 yes. And then there, there's a workbook that goes along with my first book, The Game Changing assist. And so that's, that's where we are right now with publications. But I'm working on some I'm working on another one right now, kind of the lessons I've learned over the past decade from from those books. Mm,   Michael Hingson ** 45:48 so very excited about that. When will that one be out?   Angela Lewis ** 45:50 It'll be out this summer. The release date isn't set yet, but it'll be this summer cool.   Michael Hingson ** 45:58 And so you're to talk about all the lessons that you've learned and all the things that have happened and, oh, boy, I'll bet you'll have a lot to say about the pandemic in that one.   Angela Lewis ** 46:06 Oh, the pandemic changed so much for all of us. Yes, that that book is called, tentatively named, um, keep bouncing forward. How to stay confident when life knocks you off your game? Mm, what I've learned the past decade life will knock you off your game, and things don't always turn out the way that you think they will, and you get thrown some curveballs. So try to help my younger self and some and other other people learn. You know, how do you keep going in the midst of challenging times? Yeah, well,   Michael Hingson ** 46:41 there, there are a lot of times that we get thrown curveballs, and we didn't have any control over the curve balls coming necessarily, but it's like anything else. How do we deal with them? And that's what's really important. Do we do we analyze them? Do we find out whether it's a really valuable curveball that we can still hit out of the park if we're going to use another sports analogy, or or what, but we we do need to recognize that things happen, and it's always going to be a question of how we deal with it,   Angela Lewis ** 47:14 always, and it's the only thing we can control. We can't control other people. We can't control the overall situation that we can't control the weather. I mean, there's so many things that we just must most that we can't control. So navigating that and understanding that you still have a choice of a response in the midst of is the overall theme, if we can learn. It's really three parts. It's about learning in the midst of the challenge growing, which comes out of the learning of new things and being stretched and then giving. How do we give to others after we've gone through and and have gained wisdom from it?   Michael Hingson ** 47:58 Well, yeah, one of the things I've said ever since September 11, basically, is that we need to not worry about the things that we can't control. We had no control over September 11 happening, and I've never seen evidence to prove to me that that we could have figured it out, even if all the various departments in the United States government were cooperating with each other. I think that the reality is that the lesson we should learn about teamwork is that a team of 19 terrorists kept their mouth shut and made happen what we all experienced. So we didn't have control over that, but we absolutely have control over how we respond to it and how we deal with it internally, for us,   Angela Lewis ** 48:40 yes, 100% I mean, that was definitely, I mean, forever memorable and very tragic, and that's all we that's all we can control. And the environments that we're around. Who do we listen to in the most difficult times? How do we get back centered when we go through those difficult situations and continue to move forward, because we can't stop. I think, you know, Michael, when difficult things happen, oftentimes we want to, like, shut it all down, but you just can't stop forever. Have to keep going   Michael Hingson ** 49:12 well, and a corollary to that is that we need to always keep learning. I think the people, I think you mentioned it earlier, who say, Well, I already know all this. I don't need to learn anymore. They're the they're the scariest of all, because those are the people that are going to always be left by the wayside.   Angela Lewis ** 49:30 And given this rate of change of technology and the rate of change of things, learning has to be our top priority, because things are always changing. You don't want to be left behind. What do you think of   Michael Hingson ** 49:45 the the the things that we keep hearing in in schools with the advent of AI and chat GPT, the whole issue of students using chat GPT to write their papers and so on, and. What a bad thing that is. As   Angela Lewis ** 50:01 a non parent, I always preface this with anything that has to do with schools and kids. Always say, as a non parent, as an auntie, well, in the business where we use chat GPT all the time, we use it as a tool, yep. And so I think if we don't allow kids to use the tools, then they're going to be left behind. But we can teach them how to use tools wisely and how to fact check to make sure that what they're saying is that the tools are used in their voice and and used in a way that helps them become better at whatever they're doing. But we can't not use it. So I don't have the exact answer, but I think not using it is dangerous as well. Can be dangerous as well. Well, we've talked about this is not, yeah, go ahead. No, I was just going to say it's not going anywhere.   Michael Hingson ** 50:57 We've talked about fear of public speaking and so on. One of the things that I've advocated ever since I first learned about chat GPT and how teachers are complaining that too many students are just letting chat GPT write their papers. My position is, let them let chat GPT do it. The teachers need to adapt and that, I don't mean that in a cold hearted way, but the best thing to do is you can really find out how well students have learned the material or not by if you assign a paper and everybody writes a paper and then turns it in, then take a class period and let everyone have one minute, or a minute and a half to come up and defend their paper, turn the paper in, and defend and then defend the paper, because you're going to see very quickly who just let some system write their paper, or who maybe use the system, but really still wrote the paper themselves and really understands the concepts, and that's what it's really about. And I know that I've seen that even much earlier than chat GPT, I had a physics professor who was in charge of developing the PhD qualifying exam for classical mechanics one year for those people who wanted to become and get get PhDs in physics, and more people failed his exam than anyone else had ever experienced. And the powers that be called him in and were chastising him, and he said, Wait a minute. You don't get it. He said, Look at this paper. This is the exam I give to all of my freshmen in classical mechanics. And here's the exam that we use for the PhD qualifying exam. The only difference between the two was that both had 16 questions that were conceptual, not mathematical in nature, but the PhD qualifying exam had four questions that were clearly solving mathematical equations, Lagrangian dynamics and so on. And the thing that people messed up on were not the four mathematical things, but all the concepts, because physics people spend so much time dealing with the math rather than focusing on the concepts that people never really got them. And the result was that people messed up on the concepts, although they got the math part his test was the same one that his freshman students got. It really kind of quieted them all down. Quieted all the powers down, because they realized, oh, maybe he's not the problem, which is so true.   Angela Lewis ** 53:45 You know you're Oh, nope, no, go ahead. No, I think you're right. I think educators will have to find a way to to ensure that students are still learning while using the technology that exists, yeah, I think that   Michael Hingson ** 54:07 it's a paradigm shift, and chat GPT is creating this paradigm shift, and now what we need to do is to recognize the value of of what it brings. I've written articles, and I use chat GPT when I write articles, but I will look at the ideas that it provides and it and it comes up with things I hadn't thought of, which is fine, and I will include them, but I'm still the one that ultimately writes the articles, and it needs to be that way. And I don't care how good chat GPT gets, it can be the most perfect thing, but it still isn't me, and it never will be,   Angela Lewis ** 54:43 and that ties back into the storytelling. Chat GPT can't tell our stories of our lives. It can't create the experiences that we've had. It can't recreate our experiences. So even in using chat GPT or any any AI software to help write. And we still have to be able to speak authentically to our lived experience, and it can never replace that. It can never replace you. It can never replace our experiences and the impact those experiences can have for others.   Michael Hingson ** 55:14 And that is so true. So for you, we're doing this podcast called unstoppable mindset. What does unstoppable mindset mean to you, and how do you bring it out and make it a part of everything that you do in every day and in your whole life?   Angela Lewis ** 55:32 Unstoppable mindset, to me, means getting knocked down and being willing to get back up and get knocked down again, and being willing to get back up, and more importantly, believing that you can get back up. You're going to miss, to use the sports analogies, you're going to miss shots. You're going to not win every you're not going to win every game, and you're not going to play well every night, every day. Won't be perfect, but if you're willing to keep moving forward and keep pushing forward, then you still have an opportunity to one inspire others, but also to get to your goals, whatever they may be.   Michael Hingson ** 56:08 And the reality is, the more of it you do, the better you'll become. And maybe it'll get to the point where you won't miss any shots and you'll just be perfect, and that's okay, too, as long as you recognize where it came from and why you've been able to attain so well.   Angela Lewis ** 56:26 Yes, yes. And sometimes, Michael, you know, our mindset, looking at others journeys, can help us as well. And it can. It's like, okay, if they can do it, I can do it if, if my parents can. You know, my mom grew up in Mississippi and literally picked cotton. I mean, my mom's 83 years old, and so to be able to see what she's gone through, and for her to have the mindset, to be able to push through and to continue to have faith, well, then I can too. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 56:57 and that's and that's as it should be.   Angela Lewis ** 57:01 Yes, we can lean on those stories of mentors or others who've been through challenging situations and use that to crystallize an unstoppable mindset within us as well.   Michael Hingson ** 57:13 And I think that's as good as it gets. And so with that, we've been doing this just about an hour. I think it's time to go off and let you go off. And I don't know whether you've had dinner yet or not, but I haven't, and I know dinner is going to be coming. But more important than that, we've been talking for a while. I don't want to bore people, but I want to thank you for being here, and I want to really tell you how much I appreciate all the the words of wisdom that you have given us and all the things that you've had to say, it's been wonderful, and I want to thank all of you for being with us today. I hope that you've come away with a better commitment to a better understanding of and a better resolve to be more unstoppable than you thought you were. So thank you for all of you for being here and being a part of this. Love to hear what you think, Angela, if people want to reach out to you, how do they do that?   Angela Lewis ** 58:09 If you want to reach out to me, you can find me on LinkedIn, Angela R Lewis on LinkedIn, or you can reach out to me on Instagram. The Angela R Lewis, Michael, thank you so much. I really enjoyed our conversation.   Michael Hingson ** 58:23 Well, it's been fun, and I again, want to thank you all, and I'd love to hear from you. Please feel free to email me at Michael H i@accessibe.com that's Michael M, I, C, H, A, E, L, H, I at, A, C, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, or go to our podcast page, www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast, Michael hingson is m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, o, n, so Thanks all for for being here. Please give us a five star rating wherever you're watching or hearing our podcast today. We love it. If you know anyone else who ought to be a guest on our podcast, Angela for you as well. Please introduce us. We're always looking for people to come on and tell their stories, because I think everyone has a story, and my goal is to give people the opportunity to tell them and inspire the rest of us. So please come on and don't hesitate any of you to introduce us to people who we ought to have on. So again. Angela, I want to thank you for being here. This has been a lot of fun. Thank you, Michael. You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. 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SLU head men's basketball coach Josh Schertz joins Amy and Chris after a summer open practice this week and to preview the 'Billikens of the Last Decade' event tomorrow night at Schlafley. 'You're recruiting people first, players second,' says Schertz. He says there is a lot of juggling now with the transfer portal and payment to players.

Chris and Amy discuss the American perception of the economy with CNN's Elisabeth's Buchwald; and preview the Billikens basketball season with head coach Josh Schertz.

An update from Jerusalem from CBS's Robert Berger; CNN's Elisabeth Buchwald discusses economic conditions in the US; Billikens head basketball coach Josh Schertz; shorts on men; and the Pope's tax burden.

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Tom Ackerman celebrates a milestone moment with St. Louis University Softball Head Coach Christy Connoyer, as the Billikens clinch their first-ever NCAA tournament appearance after winning the Atlantic 10 title. Connoyer reflects on the team's grit, winning five one-run games, including a dramatic 4-3 victory over Fordham. She also highlights the leadership of senior Abby Mallo, a biomedical engineering major with 80 RBIs and a 3.915 GPA, exemplifying the team's dedication on and off the field. The segment also previews the NCAA Selection Show at SLU's O'Loughlin Family Champions Center.

Josh Schertz, head men's basketball coach for the St. Louis Billikens, shares some thoughts on conceptual offense, including triggers within flow offense, inverting half-court offense, and attacking ball screens.This episode is sponsored by the Dr. Dish Basketball Shooting Machine. Mention "Quick Timeout" and receive $300 off on the Dr. Dish Rebel, All-Star, and CT models.

Katie Shields, SLU Women's soccer coach, and Kevin Kalish, head coach of the men's program talk about the development of their teams heading into summer. Shields comments that soccer teams have started tracking basketballs and using some of those preparation skills in soccer.

SLU Women's Basketball Coach Rebecca Tillett and guard Mia Bergstrom join Chris and Amy at the Billiken Golf Classic.

Billikens baseball coach Darin Hendrickson admits he's 'firey' and shares stories about getting tossed from a game last season with Chris & Amy at the Billiken Golf Classic. He says he learned a lot during his time with the Cardinals when Tony La Russa was the manager.

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In this extended edition, Tom Ackerman covers everything happening in St. Louis sports! Starting with the exciting spring weather, the conversation dives into the performances of local teams, including the Cardinals, Blues, Battlehawks, and St. Louis City SC. The crew also previews upcoming sporting events, from the Masters Golf Tournament to potential playoff scenarios for the Blues and a look at City SC's match preparation. Golf expert Dan Reardon joins to provide insights on the Rory McIlroy vs. Bryson DeChambeau final round at the Masters and the potential for McIlroy's career slam. The hour also features a St. Louis Billikens basketball recruiting update with Coach Josh Schertz, who discusses four new transfer portal additions—Paul Otieno, Quentin Jones, Trey Green, and Dion Brown—and the team's strategic goals for building a championship-caliber roster. In Hour 2, the focus shifts to the Cardinals vs. Phillies game as Miles Mikolas' pitching performance and the team's offensive struggles are analyzed. John Mozeliak, the Cardinals' President of Baseball Operations, provides an update on the team's injury situation and roster management. Meanwhile, Bernie Miklasz, KMOX Sports Analyst, shares his thoughts on the Cardinals' performance and upcoming season outlook. The discussion wraps up with a preview of St. Louis City SC's upcoming match and preparations under Sporting Director Lutz.

(00:00-21:18) Chris Kerber joins the show as he recovers from back surgery. Dylan Holloway week to week. A chance for Snuggerud to step up. Blues struggling when the opponent pulls the goalie. Playoff tiebreakers. Can Jim Montgomery win coach of the year? Homer announcers. (21:26-46:50) One Shining Moment. They're not happy with the Billikens. Frozen Four Corner. Balls in the air at August in just 72 hours. Having trouble finding the Masters song with lyrics. The Dotem song slaps. Doug's TIVO. Mystery sweatshirt. (47:00-54:14) Audio of Avalance play-by-play guy Connor McGahey exasperated with the Blues luck on Saturday. The texters are angry with each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(00:00-21:18) Chris Kerber joins the show as he recovers from back surgery. Dylan Holloway week to week. A chance for Snuggerud to step up. Blues struggling when the opponent pulls the goalie. Playoff tiebreakers. Can Jim Montgomery win coach of the year? Homer announcers.(21:26-46:50) One Shining Moment. They're not happy with the Billikens. Frozen Four Corner. Balls in the air at August in just 72 hours. Having trouble finding the Masters song with lyrics. The Dotem song slaps. Doug's TIVO. Mystery sweatshirt. (47:00-54:14) Audio of Avalance play-by-play guy Connor McGahey exasperated with the Blues luck on Saturday. The texters are angry with each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Matt Pauley breaks down the latest news across the St. Louis area from 6-8PM: - Is the Cardinals attendance issue becoming a large enough issue to be addressed? - You can't deny this past week of baseball has been FUN - John Kelly breaks down another gritty win for the Blues as they notch their 10th straight - Thoughts on the Cardinals pitching after Sonny was left in a little - Ryan Fagan on a roller-coaster start to the Cardinals season - Your calls on Sports Open Line! - Earl Austin Jr. on the newest Billikens & how the staff is navigating a new era of CBB - the special chance that fans are getting with the weekly Oli Marmol intwerview - Jen Siess joins in studio talking CITY's offensive struggles

Earl joins Matt to talk about what the results of the start of the Josh Schertz era are after one season, the importance of getting big crowds and big games back into Chaifetz Arena and what to expect from the Billikens newest portal editions, Paul Otieno & Quentin Jones.

Scott Warmann is with you for Sports Open Line for a full two hours tonight! In the first hour of the show, Scott covers Cardinals baseball and Blues hockey! Cardinals color analyst on FanDuel Sports Midwest, and former pitcher Brad Thompson joins the show! Then, Joey Vitale, analyst for the St. Louis Blues, pops in with us as well to discuss the Blues recent hot streak as well. In hour two, Billikens Hall of Famer and analyst Scott Highmark joins Scott Warmann to discuss the March Madness bracket, which kicks off tomorrow, and talk about the final game of the Billikens' season last night. Then we welcome on Joe Strohm, Cardinals VP of ticket sales, to tell us all about the festivities surrounding Busch Stadium on March 27th, as well as his pick for the NCAA tournament!

In hour two, Billikens Hall of Famer and analyst Scott Highmark joins Scott Warmann to discuss the March Madness bracket, which kicks off tomorrow, and talk about the final game of the Billikens' season last night. Then we welcome on Joe Strohm, Cardinals VP of ticket sales, to tell us all about the festivities surrounding Busch Stadium on March 27th, as well as his pick for the NCAA tournament!

Billikens Hall of Famer and analyst Scott Highmark joins Scott Warmann to discuss the March Madness bracket, which kicks off tomorrow, and talk about the final game of the Billikens' season last night.

Jen Siess is with you for 2 hours in tonight's Sports Open Line! Its a jam-packed show where she talks Cardinals baseball with Joe Roderick of Sports Hub STL, and Blues hockey with John Kelly, the TV voice of the Blues on FanDuel Sports Midwest. We also listen back to a conversation between our own Tom Ackerman and STL City SC Sporting Director Lutz Pfannestiel! In hour two of the show, Jen shifts over to college basketball, as she talks with Stu Durando, who covers the Billikens on Substack under Stu on SLU, ahead of their NIT tournament game against Arkansas State. Then, she talks with KMOX host and voice of the SIUE Cougars, Joe Pott, as they are headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time ever! She wraps up the show by bringing on Justin Horneker, who covers STL City SC for STL Mag, about NSWL.

In hour two of the show, Jen shifts over to college basketball, as she talks with Stu Durando, who covers the Billikens on Substack under Stu on SLU, ahead of their NIT tournament game against Arkansas State. Then, she talks with KMOX host and voice of the SIUE Cougars, Joe Pott, as they are headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time ever! She wraps up the show by bringing on Justin Horneker, who covers STL City SC for STL Mag, about NSWL.

Season 4 of the Midtown Madness Podcast is brought to you by Two Men and a Garden! That's right they are fueling this podcast with not only delicious pickles, but salsas and most recently Harissa sauce. They are the real deal! Their products are delicious and more importantly local to St. Louis. You can pick up their many products at any local grocery stores or online where they ship nationwide!

Happy Friday! While the weather in St. Louis isn't great, spend some time with us for tonight's edition of Sports Open Line! Hear from MLS Season Pass broadcaster Ross Smith, ahead of City SC's showdown with Seattle tomorrow night. Then, Kevin Ryans, sports anchor/reporter for FOX2 joins us to talk all things St. Louis sports.

(00:00-40:28) Lots of Conference Tourney success for the local hoop rock teams. Tough L in Pittsburgh last night for The Note. Montgomery audio. Binner got yanked. It's a must win weekend. Somebody's crinkling wrappers. Barge Dad checking in from his spring break. Loose barges. Martin's the old dad. Career Day at Vianney. A tumultuous 18 seconds. Billikens put away Davidson and advance. Illinois takes down Iowa. Fight Tiger over Mississippi State. Stanley Tucci is a top 5 guy you'd want to cuck you. Pallbearers. Burnt toast. (40:36-50:37) All that goes around comes around. Day 2 of The Players. Rory's altercation with a fan during the practice round. Fan is a college golfer at Univ. of Texas. Fan got the boot but did get his phone back. (50:46-1:05:08) Better STL theme song: Meet Me In St. Louie or Country Grammar? Spud Dog. Doug's down on Country Grammar. Tiger and Vanessa Trump. Cuckold draft. Big doings in the SEC tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(00:00-40:28) Lots of Conference Tourney success for the local hoop rock teams. Tough L in Pittsburgh last night for The Note. Montgomery audio. Binner got yanked. It's a must win weekend. Somebody's crinkling wrappers. Barge Dad checking in from his spring break. Loose barges. Martin's the old dad. Career Day at Vianney. A tumultuous 18 seconds. Billikens put away Davidson and advance. Illinois takes down Iowa. Fight Tiger over Mississippi State. Stanley Tucci is a top 5 guy you'd want to cuck you. Pallbearers. Burnt toast. (40:36-50:37) All that goes around comes around. Day 2 of The Players. Rory's altercation with a fan during the practice round. Fan is a college golfer at Univ. of Texas. Fan got the boot but did get his phone back. (50:46-1:05:08) Better STL theme song: Meet Me In St. Louie or Country Grammar? Spud Dog. Doug's down on Country Grammar. Tiger and Vanessa Trump. Cuckold draft. Big doings in the SEC tournament. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-13:26) Seasonally, it doesn't really make sense. Billikens, Illini, Tigers, and Blues today. Some big names with some big numbers at The Players. The Athletic's list of top goalie tandems. Binner and Hofer ranked 26. Ray Hasek. Biggest Blues villain of all time. (13:34-16:23) Still struggling with the pronunciation of the name of this new Cardinals signee. Duck fat and beef tallow. (16:32-25:11) E-Mail of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-13:26) Seasonally, it doesn't really make sense. Billikens, Illini, Tigers, and Blues today. Some big names with some big numbers at The Players. The Athletic's list of top goalie tandems. Binner and Hofer ranked 26. Ray Hasek. Biggest Blues villain of all time. (13:34-16:23) Still struggling with the pronunciation of the name of this new Cardinals signee. Duck fat and beef tallow. (16:32-25:11) E-Mail of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Billikens win!- hour 1 full 1077 Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:10:20 +0000 WQLxSYLwWOXbrR7jjfM5o7esJEPK9zIK comedy,religion & spirituality,society & culture,news,government The Dave Glover Show comedy,religion & spirituality,society & culture,news,government Billikens win!- hour 1 The Dave Glover Show has been driving St. Louis home for over 20 years. Unafraid to discuss virtually any topic, you'll hear Dave and crew's unique perspective on current events, news and politics, and anything and everything in between. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Comedy Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture News Government False https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amp

It's the final Billikens Coaches Show of the season! Join the voice of the Billikens, Bob Ramsey, as he is with Men's Basketball Coach, Josh Schertz. They look ahead to the A10 tournament.

(00:00-35:25) Doug, what's the lede: Blues, Mizzou, ILL, Billikens, Doggies, or St. Gabe's? Doug forgets everything once he leaves this room. Schenner still a Blue. Important point picked up on Saturday against LA. Concerts galore at the Ent this week. Jackson was in the building for Mizzou's loss on Saturday. Tigers death spiraling since Dennis Gates offered JB a scholarship and followed him on Twitter. Birthday week for Jackson. (35:34-50:38) We're not jumping off the ship yet. Is it G Block or F Block? Audio of Joey Zanaboni's call of the Doggies' first goal of the season. Lefty faux racism? Audio of SIU-E coach Brian Barone talking about his school's first trip to the dance. (50:48-58:50) Yankees having some injury issues. Just workshopping some things live on the air. Audio of Joey Z's Roman Burki save. Expired temp tags. Floyd Velvet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(00:00-35:25) Doug, what's the lede: Blues, Mizzou, ILL, Billikens, Doggies, or St. Gabe's? Doug forgets everything once he leaves this room. Schenner still a Blue. Important point picked up on Saturday against LA. Concerts galore at the Ent this week. Jackson was in the building for Mizzou's loss on Saturday. Tigers death spiraling since Dennis Gates offered JB a scholarship and followed him on Twitter. Birthday week for Jackson. (35:34-50:38) We're not jumping off the ship yet. Is it G Block or F Block? Audio of Joey Zanaboni's call of the Doggies' first goal of the season. Lefty faux racism? Audio of SIU-E coach Brian Barone talking about his school's first trip to the dance. (50:48-58:50) Yankees having some injury issues. Just workshopping some things live on the air. Audio of Joey Z's Roman Burki save. Expired temp tags. Floyd Velvet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Season 4 of the Midtown Madness Podcast is brought to you by Two Men and a Garden! That's right they are fueling this podcast with not only delicious pickles, but salsas and most recently Harissa sauce. They are the real deal! Their products are delicious and more importantly local to St. Louis. You can pick up their many products at any local grocery stores or online where they ship nationwide!

(00:00-40:13) Analysis and insight peppered in throughout the program. Dougs a ball knower. E-Mail of the Day controversy from yesterday. Audio from our co-host and part-time Billiken Coach Josh Schertz talking about the loss last night at Dayton. Billikens gonna have to get hot to win this baby. Jordan Walker left yesterday's game with an apparent knee injury yesterday. Pestus has some opinions on the EMOTD controversy, an apology for Jackson, and appreciative of his prize pack. Sargent Major Rose is next up and has high praise for Design Aire. (40:21-1:08:51) Rogers and Hammertoe is at it again with a Blues banger. Jeremy Rutherford in The Athletic alluding to Schenn maybe being on the move here shortly. How will this new song affect things? Would Schenn waive his no-trade? Doug's skeptical on what you could get in return. It's snowing sideways. (1:09:01-1:34:51) What does Rick Roll mean? Jackson's not cut out to run for office. Sometimes to feel alive, you gotta die a little. If you enjoy sleeping indoors, you're not rooting for the Chiefs or Cubs. Martin doesn't wanna break Neighbor Bill's heart. Quitting the NFL. Cork Ball. Doug likes Girl Scout Cookies. The Plumber is on the line with a snow question for Doug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(00:00-40:13) Analysis and insight peppered in throughout the program. Dougs a ball knower. E-Mail of the Day controversy from yesterday. Audio from our co-host and part-time Billiken Coach Josh Schertz talking about the loss last night at Dayton. Billikens gonna have to get hot to win this baby. Jordan Walker left yesterday's game with an apparent knee injury yesterday. Pestus has some opinions on the EMOTD controversy, an apology for Jackson, and appreciative of his prize pack. Sargent Major Rose is next up and has high praise for Design Aire. (40:21-1:08:51) Rogers and Hammertoe is at it again with a Blues banger. Jeremy Rutherford in The Athletic alluding to Schenn maybe being on the move here shortly. How will this new song affect things? Would Schenn waive his no-trade? Doug's skeptical on what you could get in return. It's snowing sideways. (1:09:01-1:34:51) What does Rick Roll mean? Jackson's not cut out to run for office. Sometimes to feel alive, you gotta die a little. If you enjoy sleeping indoors, you're not rooting for the Chiefs or Cubs. Martin doesn't wanna break Neighbor Bill's heart. Quitting the NFL. Cork Ball. Doug likes Girl Scout Cookies. The Plumber is on the line with a snow question for Doug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this edition of the Billikens Coaches Show, live from Westport Social, it's Tom Ackerman with Saint Louis University Head Softball Coach, Christy Connoyer! Plus, an interview from over the weekend with men's basketball Head Coach, Josh Schertz.

(00:00-21:25) Congratulations to The YouTube Chat, formerly Joey Vitale's Orange Skully, for being named the February Listener of the Month. Jackson is NOT Zoe Saldana's representative. Blues fall in Dallas after a quick turnaround. Doug's guy Hofer got the yank. Couple of nil-nil matches for The Doggies. Butch Patrick was on the Blues broadcast. Brady Cook had a nice little combine. (21:34-49:29) Billikens get a Saturday win, Tigers lose a tough one at Vanderbilt. Dennis Gates took responsibility. Disappointing loss but not terribly detrimental. Audio of Dennis Gates following the loss says it's on him. Tiger and Billiken fans are warring in the text inbox. Which local college fanbase is the heftiest? Jackson faded Mardi Gras this year. (49:38-1:03:58) Audio of Nolan Arenado talking about himself and the young players taking that step forward and the NL Central being wide open. NA says he expects to be in St. Louis until he's told he's not. But he holds the cards. Mozeliak audio from MLB Network talking Arenado. Lots of spin zone going on. Gorman 1-15 with 8 Ks. Luken Baker...more like Luken Raker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-21:25) Congratulations to The YouTube Chat, formerly Joey Vitale's Orange Skully, for being named the February Listener of the Month. Jackson is NOT Zoe Saldana's representative. Blues fall in Dallas after a quick turnaround. Doug's guy Hofer got the yank. Couple of nil-nil matches for The Doggies. Butch Patrick was on the Blues broadcast. Brady Cook had a nice little combine. (21:34-49:29) Billikens get a Saturday win, Tigers lose a tough one at Vanderbilt. Dennis Gates took responsibility. Disappointing loss but not terribly detrimental. Audio of Dennis Gates following the loss says it's on him. Tiger and Billiken fans are warring in the text inbox. Which local college fanbase is the heftiest? Jackson faded Mardi Gras this year. (49:38-1:03:58) Audio of Nolan Arenado talking about himself and the young players taking that step forward and the NL Central being wide open. NA says he expects to be in St. Louis until he's told he's not. But he holds the cards. Mozeliak audio from MLB Network talking Arenado. Lots of spin zone going on. Gorman 1-15 with 8 Ks. Luken Baker...more like Luken Raker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Season 4 of the Midtown Madness Podcast is brought to you by Two Men and a Garden! That's right they are fueling this podcast with not only delicious pickles, but salsas and most recently Harissa sauce. They are the real deal! Their products are delicious and more importantly local to St. Louis. You can pick up their many products at any local grocery stores or online where they ship nationwide!

Coach Josh Schertz joins us to discuss the Billikens season and how he and the team adjust to the adversity of injuries and other factors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Coach Josh Schertz joins us to discuss the Billikens season and how he and the team adjust to the adversity of injuries and other factors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(00:00-29:28) Martin's self-esteem is at an all-time low after being misnamed multiple times this week. The Board of Aldermen were able to get together yesterday but unfortunately wasn't much progress made. Audio of Bob Ramsey calling the final seconds of the Billikens thrilling come from behind win. Martin cursing his 14 year old players. Diving for loose balls. Athletic player poll of which teams NHL players would not want to be traded to. Chipper Jones took notice of Jim Edmonds comments from Monday. Who's the most powerful person to have listened to TMA? (29:36-55:05) Billiken Head Coach Josh Schertz joins the show fresh off the thrilling win at UMass last night. Doug's taking shrapnel. Showing resilience. Big crowd for a national televised game Friday against Dayton. Robbie Avila's mindset through rough patches. Coach is ready to replace Martin on the show. (55:15-1:15:18) Doug, what did Bjork do? A little insight on the Mom's Deli situation. Doug's holding rights for KMOV. MLB Network audio talking about the Arenado and Red Sox talks. Audio of Stephen A Smith making Molly Qerim do a spit take. Lots of people talking at the same time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-29:28) Martin's self-esteem is at an all-time low after being misnamed multiple times this week. The Board of Aldermen were able to get together yesterday but unfortunately wasn't much progress made. Audio of Bob Ramsey calling the final seconds of the Billikens thrilling come from behind win. Martin cursing his 14 year old players. Diving for loose balls. Athletic player poll of which teams NHL players would not want to be traded to. Chipper Jones took notice of Jim Edmonds comments from Monday. Who's the most powerful person to have listened to TMA? (29:36-55:05) Billiken Head Coach Josh Schertz joins the show fresh off the thrilling win at UMass last night. Doug's taking shrapnel. Showing resilience. Big crowd for a national televised game Friday against Dayton. Robbie Avila's mindset through rough patches. Coach is ready to replace Martin on the show. (55:15-1:15:18) Doug, what did Bjork do? A little insight on the Mom's Deli situation. Doug's holding rights for KMOV. MLB Network audio talking about the Arenado and Red Sox talks. Audio of Stephen A Smith making Molly Qerim do a spit take. Lots of people talking at the same time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(00:00-11:00) Jackson's either out sick again or with Brian Windhorst breaking down the Lebron/Luka trade. Jim Edmonds will join us at 7:45. Rough one for Robbie Avila and the Billikens on Friday. Big road win for Mizzou against Mississippi State. Our best people are on the camera situation. (00:00-00:00) Edmonds off the Cardinals broadcasts. Waino at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Today felt like a Florida morning here in STL. TMA returning to Spring Training next week. Jack Flahrety back with Detroit. Tim hasn't released his MLS power rankings. Hoosier aficionados. (00:00-00:00) Trouble with the alderman meeting with the Rams money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-11:00) Jackson's either out sick again or with Brian Windhorst breaking down the Lebron/Luka trade. Jim Edmonds will join us at 7:45. Rough one for Robbie Avila and the Billikens on Friday. Big road win for Mizzou against Mississippi State. Our best people are on the camera situation. (00:00-00:00) Edmonds off the Cardinals broadcasts. Waino at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Today felt like a Florida morning here in STL. TMA returning to Spring Training next week. Jack Flahrety back with Detroit. Tim hasn't released his MLS power rankings. Hoosier aficionados. (00:00-00:00) Trouble with the alderman meeting with the Rams money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SLU Men's Basketball coach Josh Schertz joins us in studio to talk about the Billikens chances to go dancing this March and their upcoming stretch of games. Coach Schertz also gives us his favorite restaurants in town so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-11:57) Talking bracketology. Will SLU, Mizzou, and Illinois all make the tournament? SLU Coach Josh Schertz is here just in time for Jackson to hold him accountable. Possible at-large bids. The team building an identity since the last time Coach was on the show. (12:06-33:01) Coach sitting in for Martin. Doug coached rebounding for the VCU game but they got outrebounded 22-4. Doug might be to blame for some of the losses. Advice for young kids getting into basketball. The value of competitive sports for young people. Big games coming up on the Billikens schedule. Balance in the A10. Doug's getting a car, Tim's getting a house.(33:11-47:44) The first ever interview with the person behind St. Louis Starter Packs later today on the Tim McKernan Show Podcast. Relaxed denim in Wisconsin. The final college football poll of the year is out. Mizzou dropped a spot. E-Mail of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

(00:00-11:57) Talking bracketology. Will SLU, Mizzou, and Illinois all make the tournament? SLU Coach Josh Schertz is here just in time for Jackson to hold him accountable. Possible at-large bids. The team building an identity since the last time Coach was on the show. (12:06-33:01) Coach sitting in for Martin. Doug coached rebounding for the VCU game but they got outrebounded 22-4. Doug might be to blame for some of the losses. Advice for young kids getting into basketball. The value of competitive sports for young people. Big games coming up on the Billikens schedule. Balance in the A10. Doug's getting a car, Tim's getting a house. (33:11-47:44) The first ever interview with the person behind St. Louis Starter Packs later today on the Tim McKernan Show Podcast. Relaxed denim in Wisconsin. The final college football poll of the year is out. Mizzou dropped a spot. E-Mail of the Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SLU Men's Basketball coach Josh Schertz joins us in studio to talk about the Billikens chances to go dancing this March and their upcoming stretch of games. Coach Schertz also gives us his favorite restaurants in town so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices