Episodes

Send us a textIn this conversation, Danielle Jensen shares her journey of battling ovarian cancer and dealing with other health challenges. She worked for Sam and discusses her experiences during her time with him. Danielle talks about her diagnosis, the side effects of chemotherapy, and the emotional impact of losing her hair. She also shares her experiences with pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, and the surgery she underwent to treat her condition. Danielle opens up about questionin...

Send us a textIn this episode, Sam with the help of Chad Bishoff, interviews Ian Kidder, a 19-year-old college student, about his experiences and perspectives as a member of Generation Z. They discuss the impact of social media on relationships, the pressure and anxiety it can cause, and the importance of face-to-face conversations. Ian also shares his views on saving and investing, as well as his definition of bravery in speaking the truth. They touch on the challenges of discussing controver...

Send us a textThe panel discussion explores the emasculation of men in America and how it is a spiritual attack on masculinity. The guests discuss the importance of authentic masculinity and the role of vulnerability in being a man. They also touch on the concept of toxic masculinity and how it is a marketing term used to attack masculinity. The panel emphasizes the need for a relationship with Jesus and the importance of small groups and accountability in living out authentic masculinity. The...

Send us a text**SPOILER ALERT**The soon to be Christmas movie classic, The Holdovers is discussed in this episode. While major plot lines are not exposed, certain scenes are discussed.***********************Sam and his guest, lifelong friend of renowned movie director Alexander Payne, Brinker Harding, discuss Mr. Payne's latest movie, The Holdovers..They discuss the shared experience of attending a private boarding school during their high school years. They do a deep dive on some speci...

Send us a textSam visits with who he calls his most elusive guest, John Peschong. John is a Supervisor for San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors in California. Sam and John were business partners for 16 years before Sam retired.John worked for President Ronald Reagan during his 2nd term. He talks about the experiences working every Saturday with the President in the Oval Office and at Camp David.Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cow...

Send us a textTam Schluter is a former work colleague of Sam's when he first started his career in the early 90s. She is opinionated, spirited and funny. She is former guest columnist for the Hastings Tribune.Tam and Sam visit about her recent 39 day nine state trip with her husband (also named Sam) through the western states in their motor home.They discuss 5 thoughts that she learned from the trip:1) People have the ability to make small things big, then stomp them into the ground regar...

Send us a textThis is a must listen episode if you ever thought about going on a rock and roll cruise.Sam and his rock geek friend, Brent Rose, discuss Sam's recent cruises on the KISS Cruise and last two Monster of Rock cruises.Sam talks about being invited to breakfast with George Lynch, and the conversation they had about Randy Rhoads.Artists and bands mentioned or discussed include: Kiss, Paul Stanley, Tracii Guns, George Lynch, Brent Woods, Tyson Leslie, Banshee, Vixen, Heart, Howard...

Send us a textSam interviews his own Artificial Intelligence and his own Artificial Intelligence answers in clone form of his own real voice.Sam challenges his own AI as a hypocrite and liar for some of the conflicting answers it gives on the pandemic and in a conversation about Captain Chesley Sullenberger.One of our most interesting episodes yet.Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cowboysnoteggheads@gmail.com Let us know if you want a h...

Send us a textAustin Rumbaugh is a former Eagle Scout, Marine, Minister, and personal trainer. Born and raised in Omaha, he recently moved back to the Midwest after being away for twenty years. These days Austin is part of Sam's CrossFit recovery team.Austin describes the hard working attitude that he developed from his carpenter father and his time as a Boy Scout. He talks about his time in the Marines, as a minister serving Sin City (Las Vegas), why he left the ministry, and dealing with st...

Send us a textMacy 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, developmental challenges from the pandemic, the aftermath of the pandemic and what changes her family made during the pandemic, the current mental health crisis in the United States, bullying in school, her own experience from bullying, and dealing with a death of a parent.Support ...

Send us a textSam 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 Marc discuss how they first met and how their relationship evolved based on shared cowboy code values.Marc describes having a daughter who was a tomboy, but admits perhaps his daughter made a man out of him. His daughter is a hunter, fisherman, and an outdoors enthusiast....

Send us a textIn 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 lifetime friend. They discuss some values that cemented their friendship and were also passed on to Sam.Was Pat Fischer a cowboy or an egghead? We will let the listeners decide.Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cowboysnot...

Send us a textJesse 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 position to be successful.Content includes the importance of mentorship in business, how to gain confidence, riding for the brand, planning your "playground", real estate acquisition, risk taking, employees vs employers, the power of visualization, long term relationship buildi...

Send us a textIn 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 new things that have replaced training time and his same breakfast of 10 years. He talks about his high level of training maintenance. Sam and Kyle discuss motivation versus discipline and the reason why Kyle is maintaining his training.Kyle talks about his changed role ...

Send us a textJillian 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.She updates us on her latest endeavors in business and in teaching.Sam and Jillian discuss the topics of instant gratification, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, commonalities of the human experience, is technology a plus or a liability in communication, what moves Sam emotion...

Send us a textSam 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 how those experiences shaped his views on Tik Tok, and the cultural evolution of how younger Americans consume information.John breaks down the social and economic control that the Chinese government gains by gathering information from Tik Tok users.Sam and John discuss ...

Send us a textSam 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 world. They discuss how they raised a perfectionist goal oriented girl who was determined from a very early age to reach her goals.While many parents force their talented children to follow a path of their own choosing, Jess and Dana discuss how they let Lexi choose her own...

Send us a textTiffani 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 impairment or blindness. After months of battling the parasite, she became eligible for and received a cornea transplant.Even though she was very sick, and lost twenty pounds, she continued to go CrossFit classes on a scaled basis. And after 17 days of being cleared for all ...

Send us a textDavid 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.David and Sam discuss the Cornhusker State Games, his experience in high school sports, his current workout regime, the importance of keeping physically fit, the challenges facing the games, trends in youth sports, the WellPower movement, the Lincoln Corporate Games, the Omaha ...

Send us a textProducer 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 Eggheads long sleeve or short sleeve t-shirt, coffee cup or hat or a decal for your truck. Supporters will have the opportunity to submit guests questions and an opportunity to suggest guests.Sam answers from FAQs and go through a list of principals he has developed throughout ...

Send us a textSam 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 discusses many issues that she has faced with eating disorders and training as an elite athlete in CrossFit.This podcast coincides with Eating Disorders Awareness Week. (February 27-March 5, 2023)Eating disorders are serious but treatable mental and physical illnesses that can...

Send us a textZachary 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 Future Isn't What it Used to Be." He is the author of a book called; "Guitar Efficiency: Daily Exercise and Tablature Workbook with Journal"Sam and Zach discuss Zach's two passions; playing guitar, and being an entrepreneur.Zach discusses how he learned guitar, and his father'...

Send us a textOriginally 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 career of helping people satisfy some of the most basic human needs – health, happiness and wealth.Jake has an affinity for physical and spiritual nutrition. By truly prioritizing his own health, he learned to manifest thoughts into reality. Put simply, the process of res...

Send us a textJon 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 derail who he describes as the hardest working man in show business.They demonstrate their quarrelsome yet favorable relationship, Jon's favorite client Senator John McCain and why he was understood by the American public. Sam asks Jon some of the dynamics of Senator McCain's...