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Josh Spence is an Aussie with an interesting career.

29th of only 38 Australians to ever make the MLB when he played for the San Diego Padres, Spence is the head of Built Baseball where he passes on his knowledge and experience of the game.

Growing up in Australia, he
-    Represented Australia several times in World Events, Traveling to Taiwan and Cuba. 
-    3 National Championships playing for VIC (two u/14 and one u/16)
-    Participated in the MLB Australian Academy for 4 years. 
-    Turned down a Free Agent contract with the Minnesota Twins to play College Baseball.

After his MLB career, he transitioned to coaching:
-    Padres 2015-2017 and other positions with
-     Current Pitching Coach, Adelaide Giants, Australian Baseball League (started 2019/20)
before starting his own business:
-Built Baseball

He can be followed at
Linkedin: josh-spence 
Twitter: @JoshSpence or his company Built Baseball
Instagram: @BuiltBaseball
And website, as you guessed, builtbaseballc.com

Follow Spencer on Twitter and LinkedIn at: BallsOutPhD and the show on Twitter @ChatandBusiness.

As always, we record and put the show directly live so apologies for audio deficiencies!

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We're here to chat about the sports business in an in depth interview with Capacity Consulting Director Mark Evans who has also been:
-Director of Rugby at Saracens FC
-CEO of Harlequins FC (during the London Broncos/Harlequins RLFC effort)
-CEO of Melbourne Storm
-Chairman of Vitality Netball Super League and
- CEO of Global Rapid Rugby.

Mark also played first XVs for Saracens FC and was their forward coach.

He can be followed on Twitter @evans_marke.

Follow our show on Twitter @ChatandBusiness.  Spencer can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn @BallsOutPhD.

As always, apologies for audio imperfections!

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We're here to chat about the sports business in an in depth interview with Paul Sergeant OBE, Executive Vice President of Operations Asia & the Gulf Region for ASM Global.

With a 40 years career, Sergeant was the CEO of Llanelli Scarlets rugby union, Stadium and Commercial Director at Wembley Stadium & Arena, and various leadership roles at AEG Ogden/ASM Global as well as many more.

Follow our show on Twitter @ChatandBusiness.  Spencer can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn @BallsOutPhD.

As always, apologies for audio imperfections!

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We're here to chat about the sports business in an in depth interview with Mary Konstantopoulos, creator of @LadiesWhoLeague/Legspin/Lineout/Leap!

Mary Kaye is also a lawyer with and extensive career in litigation, corporate and financial services.

Follow her on Twitter @LadiesWhoLeague and our show @ChatandBusiness.  Spencer can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn @BallsOutPhD.

As always, apologies for audio imperfections and additionally for, despite knowing her for many years (and knowing myself even longer), I managed to botch both of our surnames!

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We're here to chat about the sports business in an in depth interview with Raelene Castle, CEO of Sport New Zealand & High Performance Sport New Zealand. 

Previously, Castle was the CEO Rugby Australia, the NRL club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, and Netball New Zealand.

Follow our show on Twitter @ChatandBusiness.  Spencer can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn @BallsOutPhD.

Raelene can be followed on Twitter @RaeleneCastle

As always, apologies for audio imperfections!

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We're here to chat about the sports business in an in depth interview about the NRL, Rugby League and a whole lot more with Super Coach Roy Masters and Melbourne Storm GM Frank Ponissi.

Masters is the former coach of the Western Suburbs Magpies where he is named Coach of the Century and St George Dragons where he is their longest serving coach.  Since 1988, he has also been a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald an ASC board member for a record 23 years.

Ponissi is on his 15th season with Melbourne Storm and spent five seasons previously overseas in rugby union out in Europe and South Africa.  He also spent nine seasons with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in various coaching roles and was on the 1994 Kangaroos Tour as well as 1995 World Cup Tour on the Coaching Staff.

Follow our show on Twitter @ChatandBusiness.  Spencer can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn @BallsOutPhD.

Apologies for audio imperfections!

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We're here to chat about the sports business in an in depth interview with David Stevenson, GM of Operations at the AFL (Australian Football League).

Previously, Stevenson was the CEO of Western Bulldogs and had a 17 year career across the world at Nike.

Starting at the AFL HQ roughly five years ago as the GM of China, India and AFLX, he then became GM of China and India, Head of Audiences as well as Products & Integration with his most recent position being GM of Operations.

Follow our show on Twitter @ChatandBusiness.  Spencer can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn @BallsOutPhD.

Apologies for audio imperfections!

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We're here to chat about the sports business this time with an in depth interview with the first Australian to play in the Super Bowl, Ben Graham.

From Geelong, VIC (an hour from Melbourne), we discuss Graham's transitions, innovations and hurdles from his time playing for the AFL's Geelong Cats and then playing in the NFL for the New York Jets, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals and then Detroit Lions.

Follow Ben on Twitter @BenGraham7 and follow our show @ChatandBusiness.  Spencer can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn @BallsOutPhD.

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The show has landed! Welcome to the Chat and Business podcast where we will chat about the sports business with c-suite executives, athletes, and industry leaders.

Stay tuned for the soon to be released first episode with all announcements being made on Twitter @ChatandBusiness as well a @BallsOutPhD on both Twitter and LinkedIn.