The Leadville Marathon is the highest elevated trail marathon in the United States. John Phillips joins the show to talk about his experience training for and running the race, which was his first marathon. Check out the episode to hear him describe the difference between mile one and mile twenty-six.

ACL tears are one of the most dreaded injuries in sports. On this episode of "The Cooler," we interview three guests who all suffered ACL tears to get their stories on how the injuries happened and what they did during rehab. Our guests include Dr. Sarah Fischer, Treshawn King-Dunbar, and Andrew Briggs.

Welcome back to another season of "The Cooler." This episode, we are joined by Jed Grabman, also known as zserf, who discusses his journey to complete Super Mario 64 blindfolded and set a world record.

Here is a link to his record run from 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srcBnWiRnCU

Moyo Ajayi joins the show this week to talk about everything from Columbia Crew and making weight to the Nigerian national team's path to the World Cup. Plus, a special post-game recap of the US-Honduras game last night.

We recorded this one last week, but it is worth the wait. The one and only published scholar, David Mildebrath, joins the show to talk about the Field of Dreams Game and dragon mascots entertaining children.

Matt and Tayo are at it again to relive a bit of their early FIFA days. Plus, discussions on the significance of medal counts and Luka Dončić's contract.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics concluded this weekend, and for the first time, the competition included sport climbing. Elena Busch joins the show to talk about the standouts and surprises of the sport climbing's debut.

Worthless words are everywhere with this one. Topics include Aaron Rodgers' future, the NBA and NHL MVP races, and fifteen-year-old soccer phenom, Olivia Moultrie.

Brandon Sherrod, a former Yale power forward and current pro basketball player in Italy, joins the podcast to talk about his dual career paths in sports and music. First, we relive Yale's historic upset of Baylor in the 2016 NCAA tournament. Then, we talk about Brandon's quest to express meaning in a healthy way through music with Spinach Records, and he reveals to us the name of his upcoming EP. Plus, Elena Busch, a physics PhD student at Columbia, updates us on graduate student unionization efforts.

The Glove, Matthew Glover, is back to co-host (1:15) as we coin the concept of "hater bait". Plus, an extended interview with Jeffrey Debrill, where we have a deep discussion on his journey through life (38:59). ***Note: This episode contains discussion of a criminal case.