Episodes
Hurt People Hurt People - with Special Guest Macy Kasperbauer
Send us a text Macy Kasperbauer, is a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who specializes in pediatric care. Sam and Macy discuss sports psychology, the mental health fall out caused by the pandemic, ADHD, developmen...
Life isn't a Dress Rehearsal - with Special Guest Marc Katz
Send us a text Sam welcomes his former client turned close friend, Marc Katz, to Cowboys Not Eggheads. Marc has a great story of being raised in a non cowboy background from Brooklyn, but whose daughter is a cowboy. Sam and...
That's Who She Was - with Special Guest Bill Richardson
Send us a text In this episode, Sam finally takes an in depth look at his mother, Pat Watts Fischer. Sam visits with Bill Richardson, one of her friends growing up. Bill goes back 75 years and shares some memories of his li...
There Ain't Nothin' to it But to Do it - with Special Guest Jesse Cal…
Send us a text Jesse Calabretto is the Owner/ President of Calabretto Properties and Calabretto Building Group, Inc. Jesse and Sam discuss Jesse's athletic career, his business career and the values that put Jesse in a positi...
Retired and Dialed In - with Special Guest Kyle Kasperbauer
Send us a text In the season 4 finale, retired elite CrossFit athlete Kyle Kasperbauer discusses what he has been doing in the new season of his life that does not involve competition. He talks about the transition to some of...
We all Have a Destiny with the Funeral Home - with Special Guest Jill…
Send us a text Jillian Watts rejoins Sam as a guest one year after her last appearance to offer her latest perspectives on the walk of life. Sam starts the podcast by asking Jill some familiar and not so familiar questions. S...
Tik Tok - with Special Guest John Eddy
Send us a text Sam and his guest, former Senior Advisor to Governor Asa Hutchinson discuss the ills of social media, and specifically Tik Tok. John walks Sam through his experience of a high level gamer in ESports teams and h...
Let it be Their Dream; This has to be Their Journey - with Special Gu…
Send us a text Sam visits with Jess and Dana Zeiss, parents of 17 year old elite gymnast Lexi Zeiss. Lexi is a member of the United States national gymnast team. Jess and Dana talk about Lexi's rise to the top of gymnastic ...
I Would have Never Believed my Story if I didn't go Through it - with…
Send us a text Tiffani Zeleny tells the story of having a severe case Acanthamoeba Keratitis (a parasite in the cornea). Acanthamoeba Keratitis is a rare but serious infection of the eye that can result in permanent visual im...
Growth Comes from Failure - with Special Guest David Mlnarik
Send us a text David Mlnarik is the Executive Director of the Nebraska Sports Council. One of the roles that David plays is organizing the annual Nebraska Cornhusker State Games with 10,000 athletes and 3,000 volunteers. Dav...
Update and Review: A State of the Union for Cowboys Not Eggheads
Send us a text Producer Chad is out of town this week, so we decided to do a quick review and update. Go to cowboysnoteggheads.com and smash the support button and financially support the podcast! Receive a Cowboys Not Egghe...
Vulnerability Sounds like Truth and Feels Like Courage - with Special…
Send us a text Sam welcomes back his Coach Bri Siegert to discuss her personal experience with eating disorders. Bri is a strong believer in exposing her own vulnerabilities to help others with theirs. She courageously dis...
The Future Isn't What It Used to Be - with Special Guest Zach Adkins
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...
Your Conscience is the Light of your Soul - with Special Guest Jake T…
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...
Ten Tough Questions with the Hardest Working Man in Show Business - w…
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...
180 Omaha - with Special Guest Matt Jackson
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...
A Christmas Jam - with Special Guests Chad Bishoff and Jeff Betsworth
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...
I Haven't Talked to You in 18 Years! - with Special Guest Meg Hutchin…
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...
Generation Kill - with Special Guest Matt Rexroad
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. ...
Lessons of Travel - with Special Guest Sheila Barden
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...
Lutz Go! - with Special Guest Steve Lutz
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 ...
We Were Giving Everything We Had - with Special Guest Joe King
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...
Behaven Kids - with Special Guests Roger and Janie Peterson
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...
We've Got to Make Personal Responsibility Great Again - with Special …
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...