Two Red Raiders joined me to talk about writing and writing groups! We talked about their early experiences writing in a doctoral program, feedback they've received over the years, how their writing has improved over the years, building a writing group, holding each other accountable, and finding the right partners. We bonded over working for TTU but not being a TTU grad leaves you startled when someone yells #GunsUp at you in a public place, plus finished with talking about the fun Lubbock food scene!

Dr. Alicia Cintron is back as a guest! We talked about her decision to leave academia, her process exploring career options, alt-academic careers, her new business! and skills she is using from her PhD in her business.

50th episode! Dr. Meg Hancock joined us to talk about big picture sport management/higher education topics. We discussed origins of sport management, enrollment pressures, the 1989 movie 'The Wizard', enrollment cliff, higher education costs, talking about current topics deemed politically divisive, and the great food scene in Louisville.

Kicking off Season 5 with my colleague at UC, Dr. Wayne Black! He joins the podcast to introduce us to Critical Research: What is it? The benefits of its approach, best papers to read using critical research, and applications within higher education and sport management. Dr. Black also described how he uses critical research in his own scholarship and why it's an important concept for others to learn.

Last episode of season 4! PhD students Siena Morgan (Loughborough University London) and Chelsey Taylor (Swinburne University of Technology) joined as guests to talk about their experience as part-time doctoral students. They each shared their background and other duties they are completing while doing doctoral work, decision process to go part-time, their program's reaction to their decision, program support and structure challenges for being a part-time student, and potential negatives/positives to being part-time.

Dr. Becky Achen joined us to explore a new-ish concept within the sport management space: NFTs! What are NFTs? What is the blockchain? How are NFTs involved with sport? How widespread is their use? What are fan tokens? And how are sport organizations going to use these tools going forward?

The newly minted Dr. Foster graciously came back and talked to us about the final stage of his doctoral experience. We talked about teaching, research, service, and the job search!

Dr. Richard Lapchick at UCF and Director of Institute for Sport & Social Justice joined the podcast! Our discussion focused on his work within diversity in sport. We started off with discussing his initial motivation and ongoing history fighting for racial and gender equality. Then we talked about how sport organizations have performed on their racial and gender report card since its inception, hiring practices, and his work with the center. A bunch of great stories in this one!

Dr. Jennifer Hoffman at the University of Washington joined us to talk about NIL. We discussed historical context of NIL, recent changes, and made some predictions on upcoming NIL implications within college sport.

Dr. Adam Cohen returned to talk about sports gambling! We talked about the changes within the sport gambling industry since PASPA was overturned, various sports gambling entities (business, platforms, consumers), DFS, analytics, growth potential for women's sports, tastemakers, governance, and customer promotions. We also talked about the potential of sports gambling as a academic growth area, with likely uptick coming for doc students, dedicated journal, grants/consultant opportunities. We capped it off by throwing out some baseball bets (for fun!).