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Will Pruitt plays Professional Basketball in Belgium for the Leuven Bears. We first spoke to Will in season 2 as he was entering his Senior season at Lipscomb University with the goal of making it to the NCAA Tournament. Pruitt accomplished his goal in 2025 and shares his experience of playing in the "Big Dance" and what it's been like playing pro ball overseas. 

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Mac Harris is the starting middle linebacker for 18th ranked football team in the country, University of South Florida. Harris led the Bulls in tackles last season and currently has 56 tackles, 5.5 sacks, 3 forced fumbles and 1 interception that he returned 93 yards for a touchdown. The Villages HS alum has led USF to victories over #25 Boise State and #13 Florida in the Swamp. 

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Bill Pidto is a sports journalism pioneer. When ESPN2 launched in 1993, Bill was the first anchor delivering sports news and highlights to America. Pidto would go on to anchor popular ESPN shows like NHL 2Night, Baseball Tonight and NFL Primetime. Today you can find Bill on the MSG Network as the lead anchor for the pregame, halftime and postgame shows for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers.

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Scooter Gennett is a former MLB All-Star second baseman who played 7 years in the Bigs for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants. He is one of 21 players in the history of the league to hit 4 home runs in one game. In this episode Scooter talks about making it to the majors leagues, his approach at the plate and his mission since retiring from the game.

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Landon Smith is a Folk/Country singer & songwriter based in Nashville. Before moving to the music capital of the world, Smith was rocking frat parties at Georgia Southern just like Luke Bryan and Cole Swindell. Landon's strong voice and stage precence has won over large crowds while opening for Gavin Adcock, Ella Langley and Riley Green. You can listen to the first 6 song off his EP Recon So, highlighted by the hit track Pawn Shop Collectibles. 

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Dwayne Harris is one of the most dynamic special teams players to ever lace 'em up in the NFL. Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys, a Pro Bowler with the Giants and a dangerous weapon for Raiders. Harris shares great stories about his playing days at ECU, getting yelled at by Jason Witten, catching balls from Tony Romo and Eli Manning and everything in-between.

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Skyler Higley is a standup comedian/writer who's written for Conan O'Brien, The Onion, The New Yorker, After Midnight, Going Dutch and The Mark Twain Prize on Netflix. You can see Skyler's Comedy Central standup special and his Just for Laughs showcase on YouTube.  

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Lee Beebe Jr. is a redshirt Junior running back at Indiana University. Before the Big Ten, Beebe walked-on to UAB football team, earned a scholarship and became the Blazers starting RB. While in Birmingham, Lee accumulated 1,600 all-purpose yards and 12 touchdown in 2 active season. This off-season he decided to transfer to IU to join Coach Curt Cignetti and the nationally ranked Hoosiers. Hear more about his journey from Montgomery to Birmingham to Bloomington. 

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Ellory Smith is an Emmy nominated Writer and Standup Comedian in Los Angeles. Original from Upstate New York, Ellory got into comedy over a decade ago cutting her teeth in New York and Boston before moving to LA where she's been performing and writing for the last 7 year. Smith got her big break in writing when she was noticed by the creators of Robot Chicken, a stop-motion animated sketch comedy TV show on Adult Swim. Ellory's elite writing has earned her 3 Emmy nominations and we believe the best is yet to come.    

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Bryce Walker is a former Notre Dame lacrosse player who won back-to-back National Championships with the Irish in 2023 & 2024. Bryce sat down with us to talk about his lax journey from West Lake High School in Austin, TX to winning the first two lacrosse titles in school history at South Bend.