Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Williams

Chris Williams reacts to No. 7 Iowa State's win over Baylor, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel recap the weekend and look ahead on this episode of Two Guys. The show opens with Iowa's comeback win at Washington and what it means for the Hawkeyes. The guys also get into way-too-early Big Ten and Big 12 rankings, breaking down conference depth, early expectations, and where Iowa and Iowa State fit in the bigger picture. Plus, Super Bowl picks and Bracketology. New episodes of Two Guys available on Iowa Everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode will change how you relate to fear, commitment, and reveal the subtle ways you may be talking yourself out of the life you really want.If you've ever felt deeply capable and still somehow stuck, if you've built success but keep questioning whether you're “doing it right,” or if you find yourself endlessly preparing, researching, and waiting for clarity before you move, you're not alone. Many driven, intelligent people live in this quiet tension: wanting more freedom, more impact, more fulfillment, while simultaneously carrying self-doubt, responsibility to others, and unfinished emotional weight from the past. This conversation creates safety around that experience without sugarcoating it.In this episode, Josselyne is joined by Chris Williams, founder of Group Coach Nation and one of the leading voices in group coaching and mastermind strategy. Chris has spent years working side by side with coaches and consultants, helping them build scalable, purpose-driven businesses in collaborative, human-centered ways.Here's what you'll learn in this episode:Why fear of failure isn't actually the problem, and the two hidden ways it shows up to keep you stuckHow to interrupt self-doubt by reconnecting to the evidence of who you already are and what you've already doneA powerful reframe for commitment that eliminates endless “what if” thinkingWhy environment matters more than motivation, and how the right people can multiply your growthIf you're tired of living in the gap between intention and action, this episode is for you. Grab my Free Instant Reset guide: A simple guide to getting unstuck into actionFind Chris At:Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/chriswilliamshq/ Chris'sConnect With JosselyneWebsite: beunmessablewith.comInstagram: @beunmessablewithFacebook: UnmessablewithnessLinkedIn: josselyneherman-saccioYouTube: @beunmessablewith

Chris Williams and Brent Blum celebrate National Signing Day by reminiscing on what it used to be before diving into the mailbag questions. What does the future of jersey sponsorships look like? Best former athletes to host the show and more. Presented by Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes longtime Division I coach and ESPN+ analyst Derrin Hansen to The CW Pod for a deep dive into Iowa State basketball. As the Cyclones enter the most challenging stretch of their Big 12 schedule, Hansen breaks down why Iowa State is playing at such a high level, what makes T.J. Otzelberger's defensive system so effective, and how this team is coming together at the right time. The conversation focuses on defensive philosophy, player development, lineup balance, and what Iowa State needs to do to reach its ceiling in March. This is a detailed, basketball-centric discussion focused on how Iowa State wins, not just the results. New episodes of The CW Pod available weekly on Iowa Everywhere, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams & Brent Blum analyze Iowa State's rout of Kansas State on Sunday afternoon in Manhattan. Milan Momcilovic is playing a level never seen before in college basketball. Our weekly Big 12 breakdown, plus honoring Bill Fennelly after his record-setting week. All courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to the weekend of college hoops. Iowa plays a complete game to beat Oregon. The Cyclones stomp Kansas State, leaving Jerome Tang in shambles. The Hawkeyes have their 2026 football schedule. Williams has an idea for the transfer portal. BBB and Mightiest Moment from the weekend. All this courtesy of Fareway Meat & Grocery! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Rob Gray react to No. 8 Iowa State's blowout victory over Kansas State, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams reacts to No. 8 Iowa State's blowout win over Colorado, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to the already-eventful week of in-state hoops. The Iowa Men win a nailbiter against USC, while the Cyclone Women score a road upset. Hassel childhood stories, Big Ten commercial controversy, AI, and more. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Brent Blum discuss the latest Jerome Tang victim quote before diving into the mailbag. What does Milan Momcilovic's future look like? Talking jersey retirements and more, courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes Overthinking's Mackenzie Eddie to discuss their thoughts on Landman, how AI is taking over the world, and Dry January. Can Mackenzie domesticate a coyote? All this and more courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When does a body of work reach completion? One answer is to end it by choice. This week in episode 356 you'll hear the reasons behind our intentional ending of the Nerd Journey Podcast. We'll rewind the clock and focus on the show's trajectory and inflection points over time just like we've done for guests, share what we learned over the course of an 8-year journey from idea to consistently released show, and discuss our favorite moments. All of our content will remain online and accessible for listeners like you to go back and enjoy. Don't miss our final call to action in this episode. Just because this body of work is complete, there is still work for all of us to do for our careers. Original Recording Date: 12-20-2025 Topics – A Purposeful Ending, Where We Started, Interview Format and Getting to Launch, The Why Behind the Ending, The Lessons We Learned, Our Favorite Moments, What to Expect from Us Moving Forward, There's More to Be Done for All of Us. 1:01 – A Purposeful Ending We'll give you the bottom line up front: this is the last episode of the Nerd Journey podcast. We still love the mission, but the time has come for us to complete this body of work. When we have interviewed guests on the show, we've talked through their career timeline and pulled out the lessons learned. Today, we're going to do it for the show itself. 1:38 – Where We Started John was working as a sales engineer at VMware and was the co-host of the VMware Community Roundtable Podcast. He loved listening to podcasts, enjoyed the medium, and wanted to find a topic for a show. At the same time Nick was in the process of joining VMware, John and Nick were discussing all the things Nick needed to know to transition into sales engineering for a technology vendor. “In that conversation, I said ‘maybe we should start a podcast.'” – John White As Nick remembers it, this happened the weekend before Nick started at VMware in December 2017 (almost exactly 8 years before this episode's recording). Nick wasn't sure what he would talk about on a podcast. This suggestion from John started the ideation period, and our launch of the show was in July 2018. John talks about some of the initial ideas for the focus of the show. At that time, VMware podcasts and blogs were a great way to interact with the greater community. Doing something like this was also a way to become what John calls “nerd famous.” By the way, no one else can use that term now (trademarked by John). We initially considered talking about VMware news and our opinions on it since we both were going to be working at VMware. Both John and Nick came from small-to-medium business IT operations and eventually became sales engineers at a technology vendor. One of the things the show could be for is to talk about that journey and help others understand it was a possibility for them as well. John and Nick recorded about 10 episodes before launching to help hit the release cadence. Nick doesn't remember why they chose a weekly release cadence but remembers the show launched while he was on vacation. John and Nick even recorded a podcast episode while Nick was on that vacation, which started a habit of Nick doing podcast work while on vacation. Because they had recorded so many episodes in advance, they were not going to be timely or points of authority on VMware technology. Both Nick and John's roles were as technical generalists on the VMware side. “The only evergreen stuff that we had was the career stuff, so that became a little bit more the focus. I think that we were still thinking…we'll just record more maybe VMware specific stuff later on…as that happens. For right now, here it is.” – John White Early episodes were very prescriptive about resumes and job interview processes at larger tech companies, for example. Nick points out that John had to carry the conversation in these early episodes because he was just learning to think about career focused topics (sort of like being new to lifting weights). But, Nick picked up a lot just from the conversations on the show. 7:50 – Interview Format and Getting to Launch Nick couldn't remember what made them bring in guests originally, but Episode 13 with Tom Delicati was our very first guest interview on the show. John feels bringing in guests was always back of mind for him, and it was what he saw happen on the VMware Community Roundtable Podcast. “We're just 2 people and we have our experience. But we can't represent that as the full breadth of all of experience. That just doesn't make any sense. So, we need to start exploring what other people's career journeys have looked like and see if we can extract some knowledge and recommendations from that.” – John White Nick doesn't remember having a prescriptive plan for interviewing guests but feels like they settled into long-form interviews as a style pretty quickly. John says this was a structure they hit upon in the beginning (talking through someone's job history). The lessons learned from career inflection points like job transitions emerged from conversations with guests. John and Nick did not know this was going to happen when they began. Nick likes being able to highlight more of one specific guest's story than otherwise could have been done if each interview was only 30 minutes with a guest. But we fully acknowledge people like different lengths of podcasts. “We wanted to tell interesting stories that had an arc: a beginning and an end and a journey in between. And we were able to find those even chopping people's long 2-hour conversations up into 2 or even 3 episodes. I think that worked for us. I don't know if it worked for everybody.” – John White “We probably spent the same time interviewing people as we would have. We just didn't interview as many as if it had been 1 episode per person.” – Nick Korte We also didn't want to release a 2-hour interview as one episode. That's a lot of editing for just one episode release. People might not realize how much time goes into editing and production even after recording an interview. At the beginning, John had to give Nick advice on the kind of microphone to get. Nick started recording with a headset and then bought the same mic as John. They would each later invest in nicer microphones as the show progressed. “I knew nothing about editing and really not that much about how to make a podcast.” – Nick Korte, on beginning as a podcaster There were a lot of things we had to figure out just to make the podcast publicly available. John had researched some of the administrative things. He knew there was a WordPress plugin that could be used to turn MP3 files of released episodes into publicly available audio feed that would be the podcast. John says there were some mental blocks and hurdles he had to get through before launching the show, highlighting the fact that it took 6 months to go from idea to publishing. He was getting overwhelmed trying to figure out the back-end production and publishing process. John thinks it was Nick who kept asking what needed to happen for us to launch, and we went with WordPress and the plugin mentioned but never changed anything…because we had no time to go back. Nick and John learned that once you start a show and get it going, you will never run out of ideas. 13:58 – The Why Behind the Ending We never ran out of ideas. In fact, we still have ideas. So why are we stopping the podcast? We ran out of time. Nick has run out of time to work on editing and production. This has been a weekly show (up until the last couple months of our run), and it takes a large time commitment each week. For guest interview episodes, the intro and outro were not recorded at the same time the interview took place. These had to be recorded before the episode was released. The show notes are not AI-generated. Nick enjoyed writing them and adding in important links and references, feeling like it allowed him to remember the episodes better and internalize the lessons within them. Nick has a teenager now with many extracurricular activities and has had a workload increase at his job. “Probably for the last year I think I've been fooling myself at how much of a toll it's been to just get an episode out each week.” – Nick Korte We even tried changing the release schedule to bi-weekly and have missed that cadence a couple of times. John ran out of time about 4 years ago and hasn't had much time since to handle podcast related tasks. John experienced a job change and new baby at that time and couldn't add anything else. He also moved at some point. John and Nick have been advancing in their own careers over time as well, which has added responsibility. John and his wife recently had a second child. He also left his job in June 2025 and has been doing a job search at the same time. Before Nick and John made this decision, Nick listened back to some previous episodes to get advice and perspective. Some of the advice that echoed the loudest came from Amy Lewis in Episode 302 – Ending with Intention: Once a Geek Whisperer with Amy Lewis (2/2). The idea of ending with intention stood out. “Rather than being spotty on our releases and not keeping our promise of how often we say we're going to get the show out, we wanted to end it with intention and say, ‘ok, this is it.'” – Nick Korte “We haven't lost the love of this task. We both want this to continue. But realistically, we can't do it. And rather than sputter and peter out and never be heard from again, we just thought we'll follow the lessons that we've learned from our bettors and do what they did. Let's be intentional about the end.” – John White 18:02 – The Lessons We Learned John learned how much we can learn from the experience of others. He had ideas and biases about how we should handle specific aspects of our career, but doing the podcast allowed him to pressure test these ideas against the experience of others. John appreciates the breadth of background and experience our collective guests have brought to the show. It made him realize there are so many different ways to do certain things. Nick learned a ton about the mechanics of podcast production. It was around Episode 113 when Nick became the editor because John needed to take a break. If you want to hear more about how this happened, check out this blog post. Nick got hooked into podcast communities and even attended a podcast conference in 2025, meeting many other people who run their own podcast. Nick learned how much salesmanship is involved in getting a guest. You have to sell someone on the idea of being on the show and what they can bring to your listeners. How easy can you make it for them to say yes? John and Nick asked guests for 1.5 – 2 hours for an interview. “If you make it easy for someone to say yes and you build the outline of questions you might ask and you tell them what your show is about and what you want to cover, they'll say yes. And they might give you more time than that…. I learned so much about different people that I never would have met otherwise. I am thankful for all the learnings of all the people who have been on the show. And I'm thankful for everything I've learned from you, John.” – Nick Korte John is grateful for the difference in skills he and Nick have and their ability to learn from one another just by co-hosting together. He likes to apply the idea of making it easy for others to say yes when he's asking something of someone at work, for example. Nick learned how to beat perfectionism weekly. Something can always be edited more or re-recorded. There was a weekly ship date. “The deadline was always there to keep me honest.” – Nick Korte Seth Godin's The Practice talks about keeping a promise to the people who follow you. Having a weekly release cadence meant we were promising to ship episodes weekly. “So, whether one person listened or a million people listened, we tried to keep that promise. And it was important to us to keep it, even if it was hard.” – Nick Korte “Having a million people listen to a specific episode or even hit the site in a specific week wasn't the goal. I think the goal was the breadth of work and making it accessible and having people be able to benefit from it.” – John White We also had to learn how to tell people about the show in a clear, succinct way. When John or Nick would join video calls for work, people would see their microphones and ask if they had a podcast. We also used generative AI in our workflow for production a little bit, even if it was not for show notes. Doing the show has dragged with it some reasons to tinker with generative AI. With John's help Nick learned how to build a Gemini prompt that would take the handwritten show notes and brainstorm titles, episode descriptions, and even create a prompt for a featured image based on the themes in the episode. John shares that we never wanted to use generative AI to take a transcript and generate an episode outline. We might lose touch with the content that way. John talks about the curse of being an audio editor. It's impossible to NOT hear issues in other audio. Nick can hear mouth noises on Zoom calls like you wouldn't believe. John says we can listen to someone else's podcast and may be able to tell who is and is not the editor based on whether they speak into the microphone or move away from it and keep talking. 25:15 – Our Favorite Moments John says it's hard to pick just one favorite moment. We got to meet some of our heroes in podcasting and other people who were “nerd famous” about their career stories. We had some great conversations with John Nicholson about how to evaluate a job offer and personal finance. Check out these for reference: Episode 224 – Tech Marketing, Interview Questions, and Executives as Wild Bears with John Nicholson (1/3) Episode 225 – Take Stock of Your Compensation with John Nicholson (2/3) Episode 226 – Negotiating Job Offers and Personal Finance Tips with John Nicholson (3/3) Having a podcast allowed us to have lengthy conversations with people who may not have otherwise had a reason to talk to us. John doesn't think asking someone out of the blue for 2 hours of time without having a podcast would have worked well. John says he has a strong recency bias, often walking away from an interview with a guest thinking it was the best one yet. Nick's favorite moments Nick remembers the first time we interviewed Mike Burkhart (in Episode 64 and Episode 65). He was having wifi issues and had to move everything into his living room floor to record the episode. John and Mike were kind enough to stay online and still do the interview. John and Nick live in different parts of the United States and have only been able to record together in person a handful of times. These times were special and rare. Nick remembers the time they recorded at VMware Explore and forgot to hit record…twice in a row! If John had to succumb to recency bias, he would pick the recent interview with Milin Desai. This set of interviews stands alone as the only time we were cold pitched a guest by someone we did not know, and it was a perfect fit. We got over 2 hours with a CEO! Episode 349 – Expand Your Curiosity: Build, Own, and Maintain Relevance with Milin Desai (1/3) Episode 350 – Scope and Upside: The Importance of Contextual Communication with Milin Desai (2/3) Episode 350 – Opt In: A CEO's Take on Becoming AI Native with Milin Desai (3/3) People being both generous with their time and inciteful has been a pattern with guests. Nick and John got to have conversations with people both on the air and off the air. Nick appreciated having Dale McKay on the show (a mentor of his). You can find those episodes here: Episode 288 – Guardrails for Growth: A Mentor's Experience with Dale McKay (1/2) Episode 289 – Enhance Your Personal Brand: Feedback as a Catalyst for Change with Dale McKay (2/2) Some other favorites from Nick: He enjoyed all of the conversations about the principal title and principal engineers. See also the principal tag for more of these stories. Nick also really enjoyed hearing the stories about why people went into leadership roles and why they moved away from them. One specific episode Nick highlights as a favorite is Episode 127 – Countdown to Burnout with Tom Hollingsworth (3/3). John mentions we all battle burnout from time to time, and having such great advice to go back to is a gift. Nick says being the editor is also a gift because you're going to get to listen to the recorded discussion multiple times. Many times, the questions Nick and John asked in guest interviews were things they needed help with in their own careers. Hopefully the answers to those questions helped you as a listener too! John liked the fact that we were able to clip some of the times we messed up on the air and include those sound bites at the very end of an episode for people. To find these episodes, look for the Stinger metadata tag on an episode post. Nick mentions the Barry White intro stinger. It's actually at the end of Episode 17. There are also some good stingers with guest Chris Williams. 31:05 – What to Expect from Us Moving Forward What are the things that will, won't, and might happen in the future? The Nerd Journey site will remain online and accessible so our content will not disappear. You can still enjoy past episodes, browse the show notes, and leverage the Layoff Resources Page as well as our Career Uncertainty Action Guide. John and Nick can keep it online in a very cost-effective way just as they have to this point since the podcast was never monetized (not even Amazon affiliate links). John still has a dream of making sure we have transcripts of all the episodes and making these available in addition to the show notes. Maybe that could be extended to an AI chat bot that was trained on the transcripts. There would be some overhead involved in doing it, but John thinks it's definitely possible. You can still reach out to John or Nick on LinkedIn or send us an e-mail. All current communication channels will remain in place. We are available for questions, if you want to talk, etc. We will definitely NOT restart this show. We have declared it complete. Even if we were going to do a show like this again in the future, we would do it differently. We might choose a different name, a different description, or a different format even. But we don't have the time to do that right now anyway. We are NOT starting a new show (at least not right now). 34:59 – There's More to Be Done for All of Us Just because the show is ending, that doesn't mean your work is complete. None of our work is complete when it comes to career. “The things that we've talked about in curating your own career and being intentional about it always apply. We're not going to be around to remind you of that every week, so I hope that people have learned those lessons and internalized them. But if not, do something to make those things intentional. You need to prioritize your career on a consistent basis.” – John White Here are some specific actions that you should take: Document your work. Generate proof of work. Show your work (similar to generating proof of work). John says this is what we were unconsciously doing when we began the podcast, sharing how we got to where we are and our job transitions so others can follow a similar path if they choose. The purpose of showing your work is so that others can learn from your experience and so you can remind yourself of what you've accomplished at a later time. Nick highlights that Episode 66: Three-Month Check-In as a Google Cloud Customer Engineer with John White, Part 1 remains the most downloaded episode in our catalog. Aim for small, iterative improvements. Turn information into knowledge. Some of this is through writing. We spoke several times on the show about writing being thinking, and it was specifically referenced in an episode with Josh Duffney – Episode 156 – Better Notes, Better You with Josh Duffney (1/2). Manage your knowledge in some kind of written form that isn't in your head. Make it a knowledge management system of some kind. Practice Deep Work. It's the most important work you can do because the skill of sustained attention will be the thing for which people are paid. Be mindful of technology waves and trends, and consider placing some small bets. Many guests have invested time and effort to become proficient in a newer technology before or as it was catching on. Don't be afraid to tinker with those newer technologies. Consistently invest in your professional network. One way to do this could be via meetup groups or online communities. Reach out to use if you want to talk about careers, starting a podcast, or other fun topics. Nick can also tell you what it's like to go through the John White School of Mentoring. We want to say a special thank you to every guest who took the time to be on the podcast and every listener who took the time to listen to an episode. Contact the Hosts The hosts of Nerd Journey are John White and Nick Korte. E-mail: nerdjourneypodcast@gmail.com DM us on Twitter/X @NerdJourney Connect with John on LinkedIn or DM him on Twitter/X @vJourneyman Connect with Nick on LinkedIn or DM him on Twitter/X @NetworkNerd_ Leave a Comment on Your Favorite Episode on YouTube If you've been impacted by a layoff or need advice, check out our Layoff Resources Page. If uncertainty is getting to you, check out or Career Uncertainty Action Guide with a checklist of actions to take control during uncertain periods and AI prompts to help you think through topics like navigating a recent layoff, financial planning, or managing your mindset and being overwhelmed.

Chris Williams & Brent Blum go in-depth on a massive bounce-back week for both Iowa State basketball programs. Now, the focus turns to a daunting month of February schedule-wise and seeding for the NCAA Tournament. Plus, Chris sat down and interviewed Jimmy Rogers last week. The guys give their reactions to that and more, all courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to Iowa State taking care of business at Oklahoma State. How loaded is the top of the Big 12? The Mightiest Moment of the weekend, BBB, Hawkeye Hoops, and more. Presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Jake Brend react to No. 9 Iowa State's win over Oklahoma State courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams sits down with Iowa State Head Coach Jimmy Rogers to give him a more personal look at the roster-building process for the 2026 Iowa State Football team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to Iowa State and Iowa picking up mid-week wins on the hardwood. Are the Cyclones back? The Hawkeyes win ugly against Rutgers. CW sat down with Jimmy Rogers, and ISU has its 2026 schedule. All this and more presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams reacts to No. 9 Iowa State thumping UCF, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams & Brent Blum discuss Iowa State's two-game losing skid. What seems to be the issue, and how can Iowa State fix it? A fresh look at the Big 12 standings. Jimmy Rogers picked up a nice piece to its secondary on Sunday. Finally, the women's program is spiraling after losing five and a row. Analysis on all of that and more, courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to the NFL Divisional weekend before diving into Iowa and Iowa State hoops. How does Iowa State get out of its funk? The Hawkeyes notch a signature win. Antics from Two Dads and more courtesy of Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams analyzes a recent Wall Street Journal article that gave valuations of every FBS football program. Where did Iowa and Iowa State end up, and why? Williams digs deep with the “why” on this week's CW Pod, courtesy of Steeple Ridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake Brend and Chris Williams react to No. 2 Iowa State losing to Cincinnati, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel dive into Iowa's loss to Purdue and Iowa State's loss to Kansas. Hawkeyes are entering must-win territory while the Cyclones take their first loss in blowout fashion. What is the CFP doing? All this and more presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Rob Gray react to No. 2 Iowa State's first loss of the season, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Jake Brend dive into Tuesday night's disaster at Allen Fieldhouse. Was it a fluke? Portal season is coming to a close over the next few days. Looking around the Big 12 and more, all courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams & Brent Blum discuss Iowa State men's basketball's 16-0 start. The Cyclones are about to be the No. 2 team in the country, traveling to play an unranked Kansas squad that will be desperate. The women lose Addy Brown for a substantial amount of time. What does that mean? Finally, with a seemingly great start to portal season, how good can the Cyclones be in 2026? We cover it all, courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel dive into the elite sports weekend. Iowa State stays unbeaten. How long can this streak go? Hassel is officially worried about the Hawks. Wild Card Weekend did not disappoint. All this and more courtesy of Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strength in Numbers, Don't Hide, Take New Ground, and All In. These aren't just slogans to us. They're the “Fearless Code”.  These values define us and guide us as we carry out our mission. When you live them out, you will discover what it looks like to be a Fearless follower of Jesus.DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: CLICK HEREABOUT FEARLESS CHURCHFearless Church is here to help you live boldly for Jesus. Wherever you are in your faith journey, we'll walk with you as you grow, take your next step, and make a difference. Let's pursue a movement of faith together that changes lives—starting with yours! LOCATION & TIMES2601 E. Alex Bell Road, Dayton, OH 45459 Sundays - On-campus: 9:30 & 11 AM | Online: Facebook & YouTube at 11 AM. Get more info about us at befearless.org.FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FearlessChurchOhioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fearlesschurchohio/YouTube: www.youtube.com/@FearlessChurchOhio

Chris Williams and Jake Brend react to No. 3 Iowa State's road win against Baylor, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams sits down with former Iowa State Defensive Coordinator Jon Heacock to discuss his recent retirement, his football philosophy, and highlights from his 43-year coaching career. What's the reasoning behind sunglasses at night? All this and more presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Brent Blum react to all the portal action before diving into Cyclone hoops and more around the Big 12. Getting into the issues of college sports. Courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Tuesday's Daily Clone, Jake Brend gives a portal update on everything that happened before 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Chris Williams shares his thoughts on Jimmy Rogers' strategy of building his team from the inside out. T.J. Otzelberger previews No. 3 Iowa State's matchup with the Baylor Bears.Presented by Whiskey River in the Northwest Bank Studios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to the latest news from the transfer portal along with the Penn State Cyclones. Is Iowa basketball back? The Cyclone Women fall short against Baylor. AI garbage and more presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strength in Numbers, Don't Hide, Take New Ground, and All In. These aren't just slogans to us. They're the “Fearless Code”.  These values define us and guide us as we carry out our mission. When you live them out, you will discover what it looks like to be a Fearless follower of Jesus.DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: CLICK HEREABOUT FEARLESS CHURCHFearless Church is here to help you live boldly for Jesus. Wherever you are in your faith journey, we'll walk with you as you grow, take your next step, and make a difference. Let's pursue a movement of faith together that changes lives—starting with yours! LOCATION & TIMES2601 E. Alex Bell Road, Dayton, OH 45459 Sundays - On-campus: 9:30 & 11 AM | Online: Facebook & YouTube at 11 AM. Get more info about us at befearless.org.FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/FearlessChurchOhioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fearlesschurchohio/YouTube: www.youtube.com/@FearlessChurchOhio

Chris Williams & Brent Blum discuss Iowa State's now complete quarterback room for the 2026 football season. There are a ton of moving parts in the portal, and we attempt to connect them for you as much as possible. Iowa State basketball travels to Baylor on Wednesday night for its second true road test of the season. All this and more, presented by our friends at Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams reacts to No. 3 Iowa State beating West Virginia in its Big 12 opener, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to Iowa State taking control of their conference opener before diving into Iowa snapping their streak against ranked teams*. Transfer portal news, hockey nonsense, and more presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Brent Blum discuss all the portal action for Iowa State and what to expect from the Cyclones as we head into 2026. Otzelberger makes a statement about his student-athletes. Looking ahead to conference hoops and more courtesy of Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to Purdy's big night before getting into all of the portal action out of Iowa State. Previewing Iowa-Vanderbilt. Hassel returned to Iowa. College football craziness and more presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams is joined by Jake Brend and Jackson Pence today to discuss Iowa State football's rebuild after the transfer exodus after the last week. Our guys dig into a massive haul of freshmen who will be entering the program. What will the quarterback situation look like for Jimmy Rogers in year one? Plus, the Big 12 has gotten significantly weaker in the month of December. What that means for the Cyclones and more, all presented by Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams has a lot of problems with society...and now you're gonna hear about it. Hear all of CW's grievances with college football, halftime shows, the tipping problem, and more. Courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams & Brent Blum discuss Iowa State football's current situations with players exiting the program following Matt Campbell's departure to Penn State. The pair look ahead to better times ahead, and explain why Rocco Becht moving on might not be the worst thing for both parties. In our Big 12 segment, Williams & Blum discuss the importance of Texas Tech's upcoming College Football Playoff game and more, all presented by Mechdyne. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rocco Becht has announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal for the 2026 season. Cyclone Fanatic publisher Chris Williams has immediate reaction here in a "therapy" session for fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams makes his picks for the 2025 College Football Playoff, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Jake Brend talk more about Jimmy Rogers staff as it fills out, what realistic expectations fans should have for Iowa State men's basketball and bounce around the Big 12 as league play draws near. Presented by Mechdyne in the Northwest Bank Studios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes Ben Bruns to discuss everything that has happened in this transitional period between Matt Campbell and Jimmy Rogers at Iowa State. What's next for the Cyclones? All of their thoughts and more presented by Steeple Ridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Chris Hassel react to the weekend of Iowa and Iowa State hoops before a little Heisman Trophy talk. Bowl games are in trouble. CW went back to Clarinda for the weekend. All this and more presented by Fareway Meat & Grocery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams reacts to No. 4 Iowa State's second-half comeback victory over Iowa, courtesy of Karl Auto Group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams and Brent Blum break down one of the biggest rollercoaster weekend's in the history of Iowa State Athletics. Williams & Blum talk about Matt Campbell's departure, the new era with Jimmy Rogers and T.J. Otzelberger's 23-point win over No. 1 Purdue. Presented by Mechdyne in the Northwest Bank Studios. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices