Pete McMurray Show
The Pete McMurray Show is a talk show featuring Pete McMurray and Lisa Kotara. The two focus on insight, not outrage. Every show is built around curiosity, timely topics, engaging conversations, and compelling guests that make listeners think, laugh, or learn something new.
📱 Is Your Relationship on DO NOT DISTURB? A couples therapist reveals the phone habits that could mean it’s time to cut the cord. If they’re suddenly guarding that phone like the nuclear codes…Houston, we may have a problem! 😂💔
📱 Is Your Relationship on DO NOT DISTURB?
A couples therapist reveals the phone habits that could mean it’s time to cut the cord.
If they’re suddenly guarding their phone - bad bad sign!
Here's what to look for ...
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🏈 TOM BRADY: Was Being the GOAT Worth the Price? Lars Anderson, author of “BRADY,” on the obsession that fueled his success and what Brady sacrificed, including his marriage and family, to become one of the greatest ever. 🐐
🏈 TOM BRADY WANTED TO BE THE GREATEST. BUT WHAT DID IT COST HIM?
Lars Anderson, author of “BRADY: An American Story and the Price of Greatness,”
on the obsession that fueled Brady’s success and the sacrifices his marriage and family made along the way.
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🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE 10.03.26: 🍔 Wendy’s drops an EMO album. Fries have feelings too! 😂 ⏰ Why do years fly by as we get older? You blink and you're 58! 😳 🫘 Turkey sets a record with a giant pot of baked beans. Somewhere, a hot dog is VERY jealous! 🌭
🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE 10.03.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🍔 Wendy’s drops an EMO album. Apparently fries have feelings! 😂
⏰ Why do years fly by as we get older? You blink and somehow you're 58! 😳
🫘 Turkey sets a record with a giant pot of baked beans. Somewhere, a hot dog is VERY jealous! 🌭
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🎙️ SHOW OPEN 10.03.26 🎃👻 Enough With Halloween Already! ☕😡 Pete’s Parking Rage May Require Less Caffeine ✈️😂 And Tom Cruise Spots a Distressed Kitchen Worker. Of Course He Does. Maverick to the Rescue!
🎙️ SHOW OPEN 10.03.26
🎃👻 Enough With Halloween Already!
☕😡 Pete’s Parking Rage May Require Less Caffeine
✈️😂 And Tom Cruise Spots a Distressed Kitchen Worker. Of Course He Does. Maverick to the Rescue!
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🎙️ DR. IAN SMITH: “When Women Are Experiencing These Symptoms, It Can Be Not Only Frustrating, But You Can Feel Lost” ❤️ What to Eat, What to Avoid & the Simple Changes That Can Help Women Feel Better During Menopause 🥗
Dr Ian Smith joined us to talk menopause and his new book The New Menopause Kitchen
What women are feeling mentally and physically
"When women are experiencing these symptoms, it can be not only frustrating but you can feel lost"
What is "midlife power nutrients" in Chapter 2
How much protein do women REALLY need daily
The New Menopause Kitchen
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🏠 HYBRID WORKERS: Saving 45 Minutes on the Commute…Then Spending It on the Couch 😂 Stay home and you sit 44 minutes longer and get nearly an hour less activity. Apparently, commuting was our cardio. 🛋️😂
🏠 HYBRID WORKERS: Saving 45 Minutes on the Commute…Then Spending It on the Couch
Staying home you sit 44 minutes longer than at work.
Here's what to do...
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🍔 25 Years After Fast Food Nation…Has Fast Food Gotten Any BETTER? Eric Schlosser’s groundbreaking book changed how we look at what’s REALLY behind the counter. Now he’s back with the 25th Anniversary Edition. 🍟😳
🍔 25 Years After Fast Food Nation…Has Fast Food Gotten Any BETTER?
Eric Schlosser’s groundbreaking book changed how we look at what’s REALLY behind the counter.
Now he’s back with the 25th Anniversary Edition. 🍟😳
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MS Now's 🎙️ PETER ALEXANDER: A Terror Plot in the Sky, Gas Prices Climbing & a War With No End in Sight ✈️ Plus, with the midterms closing in, what are voters telling Washington? 🇺🇸
MS Now's 🎙️ PETER ALEXANDER joined us to talk:
The White House Media Ban
Gas Prices Climbing & a War With No End in Sight
A Terror Plot in the Sky,
And more ...
State of Play - weekdays on MS NOW
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🎸 Kevin Cronin Wrote Some of Rock’s Greatest Songs for REO Speedwagon. Now He’s Being Inducted into the Illinois RnR Hall of Fame for a SECOND Time! What he thinks about his music still being played around the world: “It totally blows my mind.” 🤯🎶
🎸 Kevin Cronin Wrote Some of Rock’s Greatest Songs for REO Speedwagon.
Now He’s Being Inducted into the Illinois Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for a SECOND Time! This time as a songwriter.
What does Kev think about his music still being played around the world: “It totally blows my mind.” 🤯🎶
Follow Kev on Instagram
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👀 Before There Were Supermodels…There Was TWIGGY! The short hair, the huge eyes, the lashes, THE LOOK. Twiggy was the OG who changed fashion forever. Now the icon joins us to talk about her incredible life and the new documentary TWIGGY. ✨
👀 Before There Were Supermodels…There Was TWIGGY!
The short hair, the huge eyes, the lashes, THE LOOK.
Twiggy changed fashion forever.
Now the icon joins us to talk about her incredible life and the new documentary TWIGGY.
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🥊 “I Must Break You!” But Ivan Drago Wasn’t Dolph Lundgren’s Toughest Fight. We hated him in Rocky IV, loved him in The Expendables. Now Dolph reveals the battles we never saw in Fights Worth Fighting. 💪🎬📖
🥊 “I Must Break You!” But Ivan Drago Wasn’t Dolph Lundgren’s Toughest Fight. His new book Fights Worth Fighting. 💪🎬📖
Dolph talks:
-The Expendables franchise and how everyone kept their egos in check
-He graduated as a chemical engineer (yes, he is a smart cat)
-He was turned down originally for Rocky IV
-His struggles with his father, drugs, alcohol
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🎙️ SHOW OPEN 09.26.26 ⛽ Gas near Pete’s house is $5.39! At these prices, the car is staying home 😂 🍂 Weather’s changing. DON’T HIBERNATE! Get out! 🍞 A NY bakery sells a loaf for $60. For $60, that bread better make US a sandwich! 🥪
🎙️ SHOW OPEN 09.26.26
⛽ Gas near Pete’s house is $5.39! At these prices, the car is staying home 😂
🍂 Weather’s changing. DON’T HIBERNATE! Get out!
🍞 A NY bakery sells a loaf for $60. For $60, that bread better make US a sandwich! 🥪
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🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE 09.26.26 😳 Tom Cruise fully admits he’s intense! 🥒 A dietitian says fruits & veggies cure hangovers. Nothing says “HELP MY HANGOVER” like a cucumber! ✈️ And a guy folded 415 paper airplanes in an hour. Ladies, he’s single! 😂
🎙️ FOR PETE’S SAKE 09.26.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week!
😳 Tom Cruise fully admits he’s intense! Shocker.
🥒 A dietitian says fruits & veggies cure hangovers. Nothing says “HELP MY HANGOVER” like a cucumber!
✈️ And a guy folded 415 paper airplanes in an hour. Ladies, he’s single! 😂
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“You Ban One of Us, You Ban All of Us.” CNN’s Dana Bash on the White House press ban, why rival news organizations are standing together, her heated exchange with Ambassador Mike Waltz and what happens next. 🇺🇸📺
Dana Bash is CNN's Chief Political Correspondent and co-anchor of Sunday morning's State of the Union
Dana and writer DAVID FISHER share their book: THE ELECTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
-Current White House Ban
-Elections
-How history repeats itself in their new book
-Actor Spencer Garrett (stud)
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❄️ S.A.D.? You’re Not Alone. 13 million American adults suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Therapist Amy Morin explains the signs and what you can do about it. Plus, a hack to stop worrying! Hey, if it works for Pete, it'll work for you!☀️🧠
❄️ S.A.D.? You’re Not Alone.
13 million American adults suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder.
Therapist Amy Morin joined us to talk:
-Recognizing S.A.D.
-Can someone have S.A.D. without knowing it
-Sun lamps can help
-Communication hacks with coworker and spouse
Amy Morin Website
Amy Morin Instagram
The Mental Strength Playbook
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Bret Baier Talks Midterms, Gas Prices & the President Addressing the UN on the War in Iran: “He has said this before and there is a real question about whether he's committed to making that choice on the annihilation front.”
Fox News Channel's Bret Baier joined us to talk:
-President Addressing the UN on the War in Iran “He has said this before and there is a real question about whether he's committed to making that choice on the annihilation front.”
-With Saudi Arabia being bombed, is he concerned this is now expanding in the Middle East
-The White House press ban
-Gas Prices, War in Ukraine, Diesel Prices
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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.19.26 🏄 Point Break is back! Hollywood has officially run out of ideas. 😂 👙 Over half of women race home to take off their bras. FREE AT LAST! 😂 ☕ Student suspended DAY ONE over her coffee. Well, that escalated quickly! 😂
🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.19.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week!
🏄 Point Break is coming back on AMC! Johnny Utah lives, because apparently Hollywood is afraid of new ideas. 😂
👙 Over half of women can’t WAIT to take their bras off when they get home. Freedom! 😂
☕ High School student suspended on DAY ONE for refusing to give up her coffee. Well, that escalated quickly! 😂
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🩺 The Secrets of ER! The casting, stars, romances, egos, exits and everything that REALLY happened at County General. ER: The Oral History author Lynette Rice joins us. Plus, Pete finally gets the recognition he deserves for being an extra "star" 😂📺
🩺 The Secrets of ER! The casting, stars, romances, egos, exits and everything that REALLY happened at County General.
ER: The Oral History author Lynette Rice joined us to talk:
-Pete "starring" on ER
-How the show made people stars like George Clooney
-The actors would record the medical terms on cassette and listen over-and-over to pronounce them correctly on television
-No one has been able to duplicate the success ER had
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💥 Before KIND Became a Multi Billion Dollar Brand, Daniel Lubetzky Failed… A LOT. “Setback after setback, failure after failure...all those little setbacks and failures plant the seeds for you to eventually figure things out.” 🌱💰
Shark Tank's Daniel Lubetzky
💥 Before KIND Became a Multi Billion Dollar Brand, Daniel Lubetzky Failed…
Here's his story...
-His father was in a concentration camp during the Holocaust and that's what drove him to be successful
-His failures and setbacks help him grow
-The company's name KIND is in honor of his father because he lived life in kindness
-Do highly successful people have something in common when things go sideways "Attitude is Destiny"
-Personalities of the Sharks on Shark Tank
His podcast is called "Build or Break"
😳 2,400+ Days Held Hostage by Al Qaeda. How Do You Survive? American aid worker Jeff Woodke endured nearly seven unimaginable years in captivity. Now he tells the incredible story of survival and coming home in All the Way Home. 🇺🇸🙏
😳 2,400+ Days Held Hostage by Al Qaeda. How Do You Survive?
American aid worker Jeff Woodke endured nearly seven unimaginable years in captivity.
Now he tells the incredible story of survival and coming home in All the Way Home. 🇺🇸🙏
-How it happened
-His first few days in captivity
-How did he not go crazy
-The point where he wanted to die
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🥶🔥 Grilling Season Is NOT over! Put on a coat, grab the tongs and FIRE THAT BABY UP! 😂 Weber Grill Master Dustin Green joins us to prove frostbite is temporary, but a perfectly grilled steak is forever. 🥩🔥
🥶🔥 Grilling Season Is NOT OVER when it gets cold, folks!
🥩🔥 Weber Grill Master Dustin Green joined us to talk:
-It's never too cold to grill
-Biggest mistake we all make grilling when it's cold out
-He DOES NOT let his meat rest on the counter before grilling
-His go-to food to grill on gameday with people coming over
-Pizza on the grill
-How often should we clean out grill
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😇 Five Seasons, 50 Years of Charlie’s Angels! Jaclyn Smith: “Five years, so it's like shocking that we're still talking about it 50 years later.” Apparently Charlie knew what he was doing! 😂📺
📺 Charlie’s Angels Lasted Just 5 Years… We’ve Been Talking About It for 50! 😂 Jaclyn Smith: “Five years, so it's like shocking that we're still talking about it 50 years later.” 😇❤️
Jaclyn Smith joined us to talk about her new book
"I Once Knew a Guy Named Charlie"
-50 years later we're still talking Charlie's Angels
-The show blew up overnight
-Advice for her younger self
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🎙️ Show Open 09.19.26 ⛽ Gas prices are so high, filling up the car is now the family’s big weekend purchase. 😂 🎓 Pete visited his son at school and apparently he's one beer away from college. 🍺 🧶 Lisa is officially HIP! Crocheting is BACK!!! 😂
🎙️ Show Open 09.19.26
⛽ Gas prices are so high, filling up the car is now the family’s big weekend purchase. 😂
🎓 Pete visited his son at school and now wishes HE could go back. Apparently he's one beer away from college. 🍺
🧶 Lisa is officially HIP! Crocheting and grandma hobbies are cool now. Somewhere, Nana is saying, “I told you so.” 😂
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🎙️ Breakfast may be trying to kill you! 🥓🥞 Turns out it’s not just WHAT you eat, but WHEN you eat it that could affect how long you live. ⏰ So now apparently pancakes need an appointment.
🎙️ Breakfast may be trying to kill you! 🥓🥞 Turns out it’s not just WHAT you eat, but WHEN you eat it that could affect how long you live. ⏰
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🇺🇸 $5,000 for Every American?! Trump says the Iran war will end after the midterms AND promises a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans keep Congress. NBC’s Garrett Haake joins us, plus John Fetterman at the GOP midterm convention. 👀💰
Garrett Haake is the senior White House correspondent for NBC News
He joined us to talk:
-The President saying the War will end after the midterms
-The $5,000 promise
-Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman spoke the other night at a Republican Pep rally
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He has a new podcast out called “Here’s the Scoop: Election Edition”
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💔 What REALLY Counts as Cheating? Is it physical, or does it start way before that? A secret work connection, hidden texts, online flirting… if you wouldn’t do it with your partner watching, have you already crossed the line? 👀📱
💔 What REALLY Counts as Cheating?
Is it physical, or does it start way before that? A secret work connection, hidden texts, online flirting… i
-15% of Americans who are married or in a relationship admit they have romantic feelings for someone outside their relationship.
-Gen Z were the most likely generation to say they had feelings for someone else, at 31%
-Followed by millennials at 21%.
-Men were also more likely than women to report those feelings, at 19% versus 12%
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🏈 Why Do the Rams and Patriots Keep Getting It Right… While the Jets Keep Getting It Wrong? 😂 Joshua Robinson, coauthor of The Playbook, reveals the hidden strategies that separate the NFL’s winners from everyone else.
🏈 Why Do the Rams and Patriots Keep Getting It Right… While the Jets Keep Getting It Wrong?
😂 Joshua Robinson, coauthor of The Playbook joined us:
-WHY do the Jets continually get it wrong
-WHY do the Eagles, Ravens, Rams continually get it right
-The amount of money the NFL makes and disperses to teams yearly
-Seattle's change in culture to winning
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📺 For 8 seasons, Eriq La Salle was Dr. Peter Benton on ER. ❤️ “It’s one of those things that will always be a part of you, you know.” 🩺 Eriq talks ER, life after County General, and his gripping new book, LAWS OF SOLOMON. 📚
For eight seasons, Eriq La Salle played Dr. Peter Benton on one of the biggest shows on television, … ER.”
His new book is called “LAWS OF SOLOMON”
Eriq talks:
-ER "It's one of those things that will always be a part of you, you know."
-This is his fourth book!
-38 Million households were watching ER back in the 90's
-Coming to America was one of his earliest roles
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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.12.26 🥊 Alex Van Halen takes another swing at Sammy Hagar. Still no love lost! 😂 🍺 America has a NEW #1 beer. Sorry, Bud Light! 🌴 We’re all moving south to retire. Apparently Florida needs more old people! 😂
🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.12.26 - Three of the Most Important Stories of the Week
🥊 Alex Van Halen takes another swing at Sammy Hagar. Still no love lost! 😂
🍺 America has a NEW #1 beer. Sorry, Bud Light!
🌴 We’re all moving south to retire. Apparently Florida needs more old people! 😂
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☕ Your Coffee Order Is Judging You! 😂 A former Starbucks employee says your daily order reveals A LOT about your personality. Black coffee? Frappuccino? Vanilla latte? Apparently your cup is spilling more than coffee. 👀☕
☕ Your Coffee Order Is Judging You! 😂 A former Starbucks employee says your daily order reveals A LOT about your personality.
-Are you complicated
-Are you boring
-Are you torturing yourself
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🎙️ Show Open 09.12.26 🏈 Pete’s football addiction has gotten so bad he’s now watching HIGH SCHOOL kids play 😂 🍎 Hate your kid’s new teacher? Before you demand a trade, we can help! 💰 And the HOTTEST career of 2026 is… trust us, you’ll never guess it!
🎙️ Show Open 09.12.26
🏈 Pete’s football addiction has gotten so bad he’s now watching HIGH SCHOOL kids play 😂
🍎 Hate your kid’s new teacher? Before you demand a trade, we can help!
💰 And the HOTTEST career of 2026 is… trust us, you’ll never guess it!
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🇺🇸 Tom Brokaw Remembers September 11, 2001: Where he was when America was attacked, what he witnessed as the story unfolded, and what he remembers most about one of the darkest days in American history. ❤️
🇺🇸 Tom Brokaw Remembers September 11, 2001
Where he was when America was attacked, what he witnessed as the story unfolded,
and what he remembers most about one of the darkest days in American history. ❤️
This originally aired Sept 11, 2013
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🎸 Everybody Wants to Rule the World 🎶 Tears for Fears defined the 80s. Roland Orzabal joined us to talk hits, life and 40+ years of music. ❤️ And Pete finally thanks him for providing the soundtrack to his makeout college years. 😂
🎸 Everybody Wants to Rule the World, Shout, Head Over Heels! 🎶 Tears for Fears defined the 80s.
Roland Orzabal joined us to talk:
-Pete thanks him for providing the soundtrack to his makeout college years. 😂
-Did he pay attention to the hype
-How astrology was a big part of his life
-What's in the book that hasn't been written in a song
-How did he meet his bandmate in Tears Curt Smith
His book "Welcome to Your Life"
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🎙️ Show Open 09.05.26 ☀️ Labor Day means summer is OVER! Thank God for the NFL 😭 💪 Pete has ZERO chance on the American Ninja Warrior course 😂 🍾 Lisa survived a two day bachelorette bender, and Pete has never been prouder. 🥂
🎙️ Show Open 09.05.26
☀️ Labor Day means summer is OVER! Thank God for the NFL 😭
💪 Pete has ZERO chance on the American Ninja Warrior course 😂
🍾 Lisa survived a two day bachelorette bender, and Pete has never been prouder. 🥂
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🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.05.26 🥁 Zak Starkey fired by The Who, rehired, fired again…apparently “farewell” means something different 😂 🦇 She woke up with a BAT trying to get in her mouth! 😱 🤢 Moldy food? Stop performing surgery on it and THROW IT OUT!
🎙️ For Pete’s Sake 09.05.26
🥁 Zak Starkey was fired by The Who, rehired, fired again…apparently “farewell” means something different to these guys. 😂
🦇 She woke up with a BAT trying to get in her mouth! 😱
🤢 Moldy food? Stop performing surgery on it and THROW IT OUT!
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Breakfast may be trying to kill you! 🥓🥞 Turns out it’s not just WHAT you eat, but WHEN you eat it that could affect how long you live. ⏰ So now apparently pancakes need an appointment. 😂
Breakfast may be trying to kill you! 🥓🥞 Turns out it’s not just WHAT you eat, but WHEN you eat it that could affect how long you live.
Researchers therefore analyzed data from 31,044 adults aged 40 and older in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 1999 and 2018
This is what they found ...
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🎙️ Lose weight, gain dates! ❤️⚖️ Netflix is casting Weight to Date, following singles through extreme weight loss. Because getting on a scale in front of America wasn’t terrifying enough. Now SWIPE RIGHT! 😂 The weight loss obsession continues!
🎙️ Lose weight, gain dates! ❤️⚖️ Netflix is casting Weight to Date, following singles through extreme weight loss.
Weight loss has become one of the biggest industries in America. From diets and supplements to Ozempic and Wegovy, how far are people willing to go to lose a few pounds?
Now with a new reality show, we continue to be obsessed.
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“Coach B” 🏃♂️ Chris Bennett is Nike’s Global Running Head Coach and the voice in your ear on the Nike Run Club app. His message: “Struggling doesn’t mean failure.” ❤️ His new book proves running is about a lot more than running. 📖
“Coach B” 🏃♂️ Chris Bennett is Nike’s Global Running Head Coach and the voice in your ear on the Nike Run Club app.
His new book "This Is About Running. This Is Not About Running: Lessons for Between and Beyond the Start and Finish Line"
Coach B talks:
-Biggest mistake people make when trying to run
-His advice for running (hint: consistency)
-What is the book about
-"Compete with ... "
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Hate your job…or just hate WORKING? 😂💼 Having frustrations at work is normal. Complaining about EVERYTHING? Maybe not. From meetings to deadlines to simply being asked to do your job, here’s what people with ZERO work ethic love to complain about. 🤣
Complainers. We all work with them
What are they complaining about at work?
Here's a few things ...
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From med school to stand up to American Ninja Warrior host! 🩺😂💪 Matt Iseman quit his residency to become a comedian. Clearly, his parents were thrilled. 😂 Now he’s talking sports business on Front Office Sports Tonight. 📺🏈
💪 American Ninja Warrior Host Matt Iseman joined us to talk:
-Akbar his co-host on ANW
-How he quiet his residency after med school to become a standup
-He took the same path as Ken Jong (The Hangover)
-His new show "Front Office Sports Tonight"
-Doing the course
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