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Anthony Tucci is back in the podcast studio/dining room to talk about how Shaq provided Kobe with an unusual source of motivation (18:15), Michael Phelps’ quest to improve the mental health support of athletes post-Olympics (25:50), the NBA’s alkaline water obsession (34:11), and leadership in sports (59:13). Also, we run through a revamped Twitter Fingers segment (01:02:47).

Anthony Tucci and Bryanna Bruger both join in the studio. We talk about the concept of “flexible optimism” (4:04), how an athlete integrating with a new team on short notice (20:23), the Kyrie Irving trade (26:25), Joey Julius’s struggle with eating disorders (44:54), and much more!

Sam Browne stops by the podcast to talk about what sport psychology means to her (5:32), her experience of trying to “sport psych” herself when asked to play in a WPSL match (9:43), concussions (18:11), the debut of the segment Twitter Fingers (34:35), and much more!