Episodes

Send us a text Zachary Adkins is the winner of the Ibanez Flying Fingers Award and owner of Adkins Guitar & Music Lessons. Zach, more importantly, is Sam's guitar instructor. He has a new instrumental album called "The Fu...

Send us a text Originally from New Orleans, Jake Thomas has a passion for personal service that stems from being a United States Marine. He has proudly leveraged that among a plethora of other experiences and hardships into a...

Send us a text Jon Seaton is a national political strategist who is one of Sam's former business partners. They discuss politicians in terms of cowboys and eggheads, and Jon's philosophy of business. Sam does his best to der...

Send us a text Matt Jackson is the Executive Director of 180 Omaha, a Christ Centered live-in discipleship program that helps men develop healthy disciplines to experience God's best for their lives. Sam and Matt discuss addi...

Send us a text Fellow podcasters Chad Bishoff and Jeff Betsworth join Sam for a discussion of Christmas. Chad's podcast is at: https://www.lessthan2000.com/. Jeff's podcast is at: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2023046. Support t...

Send us a text Have you wondered what it would be like to talk to someone you haven't seen in 18 years? In this episode, Sam and his former colleague, Meg Hutchinson-Goldthorp pick up right where they left many years ago. M...

Send us a text Matt Rexroad and Sam Fischer discuss the book and miniseries " Generation Kill ". "Generation Kill" is an American seven-part television miniseries produced for HBO that aired from July 13 to August 24, 2008. ...

Send us a text The most interesting person Sam knows, Sheila Barden, returns to the podcast to discuss the lessons of travel. Sheila is a self described gallivanting gypsy who spends the majority of her time traveling the Un...

Send us a text Sam welcomes Steve Lutz to Cowboys not Eggheads. Steve is the head basketball coach at Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. It didn't take Steve Lutz long to make a significant impact on the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ...

Send us a text Sam welcomes Joe King to the podcast. They visit about their shared experiences as young professional political operatives at the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania more than a quarter century ago. The...

Send us a text Roger and Janie Peterson are the founders and now retired owners of Behavin Kids, a private company that helps children and adolescents who are suffering from behavioral health and mental illness. They talk abo...

Send us a text Nissa Cohen in a no-nonsense Level 3 CrossFit Coach and co-owner of CrossFit Kinesis. Nissa and Sam discuss multiple topics including; where she falls on the cowboy/egghead spectrum, coaching, return to play cl...

Send us a text In this episode Bud Synhorst tells the remarkable story of his journey to lose over 103 lbs in the last 10 months. Sam and Bud discuss their shared challenges of their battles of losing weight and what it takes...

Send us a text Sam's favorite egghead, David Boomer, describes a cowboy tactic he pulled when he worked in the United States Congress. David Boomer is solely responsible for the Pledge of Allegiance being recited daily in th...

Send us a text In the Season 4 premiere; Sam and his guest, J.D. Crouse, visit about being raised in Cherry County, Nebraska. They discuss their upbringing and the lessons and values that were learned along the way. Shared ...

Send us a text In the Season 3 finale Sam welcomes Shae McMaster to the podcast. Shae is gym owner in Hastings, Nebraska and the host of "Get Uncomfortable", a podcast dedicated to conversations and interviews with people wh...

Send us a text Sam's nutrition coach Bri Siegert returns to the podcast to discuss all things protein, and why protein is such an important part of the daily diet. If you would like to contact Bri for nutrition coaching you c...

Send us a text Past guest Acela Turco returns to update us on her current activities as Director of Strategic Initiatives with Wounded Warriors Family Support. Wounder Warriors Family Support's mission is to provide support ...

Send us a text Chad Madson AKA Chaxl is a wheelchair bound photographer who has use of one arm. Chad shares his story and love of photography and how he overcame cerebral palsy to pursue his passion and make a living. To le...

Send us a text Jeff Kanger is the President of First State Bank Nebraska. He shares his story of his rise at the bank at a relatively young age. He describes his philosophy and management style of employees and a billion do...

Send us a text Inaugural guest Jeremy Aspen makes his second appearance 18 months after the first episode. They are joined by Fox 42 KPTM media personality and former comedian Tom Becka. Sam and his guests discuss the multi...

Send us a text Sam has a conversation with Rabbi Brian Mayer from Portland, Oregon. Rabbi Brian is the Founder of Religion Outside the Box. (www.rotb.org) Rabbi Brian reframes religion to be approachable. And, fun. In th...

Send us a text Ben Collins is Sam's favorite weight lifting buddy. He is a high octane twenty year Air Force K-9 Veteran who has served all around the world. Ben is a great story teller, and passionate warrior who has a go...

Send us a text Jillian Watts is Sam's 2nd cousin and an atypical millennial. She is an entrepreneur, business owner, high school teacher and mother of four children under the age of 11. Sam and Jillian discuss the pressures ...