Episodes

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...

Send us a textMatt 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 addiction, binge drinking, definition of addicts, recovery, and how to seek help.To learn more about 180 Omaha please visit: https://180omaha.org/.Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cowboysnoteggheads@gmail.com Let us know...

Send us a textFellow 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 the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cowboysnoteggheads@gmail.com Let us know if you want a hat ($20), tee shirt ($30), coffee cup ($25), or window decal for your truck. ($30)

Send us a textHave 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.Meg is a compassionate, positive, can do person who Sam describes as the one person he would call if he needed a glass of water in the Sahara Desert.Even though they have different approaches; Sam and Meg discuss lessons learned from working together.Support the showThank...

Send us a textMatt 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. It is based on Evan Wright's 2004 book about his experience as an embedded reporter with the US Marine Corps' 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Matt discusses his own experience of being a Recon Marine at the same time that the Generation Kill ser...

Send us a textThe 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 United States and the world. She discusses her perspective of travel, and some of lessons she has learned along the way.UNEDITED VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/eW4c24AY6p0Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cowboysnotegghead...

Send us a textSam 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 men's basketball program. In his first season, the Islanders earned an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Tournament after more-than quadrupling the team's win total from the year before.Lutz inherited a squad that finished 5-19 prior to his arrival and made the largest turnarou...

Send us a textSam 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.They discuss their old boss, the legendary Anne Anstine, and the lifelong lessons they learned that benefited their careers.Their discussion concludes discussing their sports experiences and the tragic death of Joe's brother.Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE,...

Send us a textRoger 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 about being group home parents to 12 children just months into their marriage and how they got into the mental health field.Janine and Roger describe how to deal with and teach the children who are hitters, kickers, pinchers, biters, poopers, pee'ers and pukers. Other discus...

Send us a textNissa 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 classes, misconceptions of CrossFit, her career ambition as a youngster where she drops a bomb shell, her career path, what makes her a good coach, and how the pandemic brought the importance of fitness to higher awareness.Sam even temporarily stumps Nissa by asking if he w...

Send us a textIn 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 to change behavior. And more importantly the rewards of being successful.Don't miss this inspirational episode. Do Hard Well!Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cowboysnoteggheads@gmail.com Let us know if you want a ha...

Send us a textSam'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 the House of Representatives. Join us for a fun story of a stunt that made history. Here comes the Boom!Support the showThanks for listening! SUBSCRIBE, Review, Rate, and Share. Contact us: cowboysnoteggheads@gmail.com Let us know if you want a hat ($20), tee shirt ($30), co...

Send us a textIn 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 experiences of rodeos, brandings, country schools, death of parents ( fathers) are discussed.J.D. explains why he is now an idea man vs a shovel man. A discussion of working smart vs working hard ensues. He tells the story of his early career working at the local bank, going...