Caitlin Crome is one of my friends and mentors. I invited her to be my first guest on Following Her Stride because of all the work and passion I see her putting into her future working in sports. In today’s episode, you’ll get to get to know Caitlin and how she is making her mark in the world of athletics today. She’ll give us real-world experiences of being a woman working in sports and advice for future generations to follow.

Following Her Stride: Women are grabbing the playbook and we’re breaking it down. Hosted by Elly Crider.

I have on my good friend Olin Mhyre, who has been an active gym goer for some time now. We discuss our journeys through our lifting careers, our ups and our downs, how we think gym culture is now, and how it can change. This is a stress and hate-free environment, so lay back and enjoy.

Hosted by Carter Thoreson, The Body Improvement Club is a fitspiration podcast that helps you motivate and prosper in the gym, for those who want to be the better you in the gym, one step at a time. We bring in both new and experienced lifters to the channel every week to share our good and bad experiences, as well as our thoughts on gym culture and beyond.

I sit down and talk with Hall of Fame Coach Mike Fleming. From moving five hours from home to playing a top four team in the world, we discuss his career. Full of triumphs and adversity, his path to the Hall of Fame was not an easy one.

Hosted by Jacob Hollister, Adversity to Achievement is about

From a small-town Iowa kid to one of the highest-performing athletes in the Big Ten, Mike Stein talks about his journey from a self-taught javelin thrower to a Division I school record-holder. The main attribute of his success – strengthening his mind.

Mental strength – let's talk about it. Mind Side provides key tools to grow your mindset in athletics and life. Join host and athlete, Isabelle Woody in conversations with other high-performing athletes to elevate and grow into the best version of yourself.

I had the privilege of diving into a conversation with a Division I athlete, exploring the intriguing theme of dealing with pressure in the world of competitive sports.

Hosted by Clyde Retish, Pulsed by Pressure is a podcast that offers unique insight on how to deal with and excel in high-level pressured environments.

My good friend, co-worker, and Iowa Athletics Social Coordinator Mel Bertuccelli hops on the pod to discuss all things content creation, making a departmental switch, and the demands of working in sports that often go unseen.

Girls Ball Too, hosted by Claire Kelly, is a podcast made for sports lovers and learners interested in the roles of women in this male-dominated industry. Girls Ball Too highlights the women working in sports to make the game happen.

Iowa Cubs Play-By-Play Broadcaster Alex Cohen joins host Emily Diggins as she looks for some insider insight on the future of the Chicago Cubs. We’ll be looking at the stars of the Cubs' farm system and how well they produced during this past summer. We will also look toward the future and see which phenoms may grace our presence at Wrigley Field this summer. We will talk about big names like Pete Crow-Armstrong and Matt Mervis, as well as lesser-known players like Ben Brown and Darius Hill.

Future Phenoms is a weekly conversation that talks about the up-and-coming rookies for Chicago Cubs fans who want to expand their knowledge of the farm system. Unlike other Cubs podcasts that focus mainly on the major leagues, this podcast takes a deeper dive into the rising stars of the farm system and their journey throughout the minors.

I sit down with one of my best friends and a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Marc Cortez. We discuss how he got from Iowa's Sport and Recreation Management program to the World Series with the D-backs and how life has been in the desert.

Charlie MacKimm sits down with many different individuals who have broken into the sales industry. I will go over how that experience was and how they got to where they are now. This podcast will interview a variety of different stories within the sales industry with one goal in mind: filling in future sales reps on how to break in and the everyday experiences that come with a job in sales. 

University of Iowa Track and Field thrower – and host Dean Sequeira’s floormate – Sydnie Smith gives a detailed description of her routines and superstitions before and during her competitions. This conversation includes the growing pains of perfecting a routine, how it has gotten her where she is, and why aspiring athletes should develop a superstitious routine of their own. From French braids to team dance breaks, this conversation covers everything you want or need to know about a track girl’s routine.

Competition Superstition is a dive into athletes’ superstitions and routines and how they affect their athletic performance. A former athlete who is still very superstitious, host Dean Sequeira has more than enough experience to talk about superstitious routines and what impact they have.

On this episode of The Authentic Athlete, we share a great conversation with our long-time friend Drew Bennett. Drew was an exceptional college wrestler who started his collegiate wrestling career at Northern Iowa before transferring and graduating from the University of Iowa. Drew and I discuss his time at both institutions, break down the similarities and differences between the two locations, and talk about how his experience was unique to him. We go into what he is up to now after being out of the routine of being a college athlete and converse about life out of athletics. Drew is an awesome friend and it was great to catch up with him.

Hosted by Brody Teske, The Authentic Athlete is a weekly discussion featuring storytelling conversations with post-collegiate athletes about their personal journeys as NCAA athletes from the timeline of recruitment through graduation and all the in-between moments.