Sage Steele sits down with Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher for a wide-ranging and unfiltered conversation that goes far beyond football. Brian explains why he started speaking up on the issues he calls common sense, from protecting women's sports to the treatment of Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark in the WNBA, and why he believes so many wealthy male athletes stay silent when they know better. He and Sage get into the cancellation he faced from his own team, how speaking his mind shrank his circle to real friends, and why he has no regrets about it. Then the conversation turns personal: why he quit coaching his own son to be his father instead, the "no-men" who kept him humble through 13 seasons, what sudden money really does to a person, and why he would never trade his gold jacket for a Super Bowl ring. Plus a deep dive into the 2026 Bears, Caleb Williams, the greatest defenses of all time, and the stadium mess in Chicago. A candid conversation about courage, fatherhood, and football on The Sage Steele Show. New episodes every week. The views expressed are the guests' own.

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00:00 Intro

04:40 Why Urlacher Became More Outspoken About Politics

09:20 Colin Kaepernick, the National Anthem & Athletes Speaking Out

15:30 The NFL, COVID & Standing By What You Believe

23:00 Growing Up Without Money & Urlacher's Path to the NFL

31:30 Becoming a Chicago Bear & His Rookie Season

39:30 Leadership, Locker Room Culture & Playing for Lovie Smith

47:00 Raising Kids, Coaching His Son & Life After Football

56:30 Hall of Fame, Retirement & Walking Away From the NFL

01:04:30 Caleb Williams, Ben Johnson & The Bears' New Era

01:14:00 Can Caleb Williams Become Chicago's Franchise Quarterback?

01:21:00 Urlacher's Bears Predictions & The NFC Race

01:25:30 The Cowboys, Dak Prescott & This NFL Season

01:28:00 Life After Football, Family & Staying Competitive

01:30:00 Why Urlacher Refuses to Stay Silent

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Bernie Kosar sits down with Sage Steele for one of the most emotional and inspiring conversations in the show's history. The Cleveland Browns legend opens up about the decade since he and Sage first met at Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, a stretch that took him through a 96-hour coma, cirrhosis, early-onset dementia, a Parkinson's diagnosis, and a liver transplant that nearly did not happen. Bernie shares the almost unbelievable story of his 21-year-old donor, a young man who told his family days before his death that he wanted Bernie to have his liver, and the bond Bernie now shares with the donor's family. He talks candidly about the regenerative medicine he credits with getting his mind back, the concussion culture that told players to hide their injuries, why he has no regrets about the hits, the bankruptcy that reshaped his life, and the faith that carried him through. From the drive and the fumble to a Super Bowl ring, from rock bottom to a second chance, this is Bernie Kosar like you have never heard him. New episodes of The Sage Steele Show every week.

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Dinesh D'Souza joins me for an unfiltered conversation about America's future, election integrity, media manipulation, Trump's foreign policy, the divide over Israel, Anthony Fauci, and the strategies conservatives need to challenge bad ideas more effectively.

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Sage Steele sits down with Dan Dakich, the former Indiana Hoosier, longtime ESPN college basketball analyst, and host of Don't At Me on Outkick, for one of the most candid conversations she has had on the show. Dakich tells the Bob Knight story he has kept private for 40 years, including the night in the locker room that nearly ended his career, and reflects on 16 complicated years with the legendary coach, the recruiting visit that broke their relationship, and how he made peace with it before Knight passed. He and Sage compare notes on their overlapping years at ESPN, what really changed the network after 2020, why leadership failed at the highest levels, and the Ryan Clark saga. Then Dakich unloads on the WNBA, the mishandling of Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham, the America 250 patch decision, and why a lack of leadership is costing the league its biggest moment. He closes with the loss of his father, the legal-pad reckoning that changed how he lives, and the two-word family motto that has carried him through firings, divorce, and everything else. New episodes of The Sage Steele Show every week.

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Adam Carolla joins Sage Steele for a wide-ranging and unfiltered conversation about California, the media, and where the country is heading. Adam explains the viral trick behind his Gavin Newsom interview, how he reassigned every word of the transcript to a Burt Reynolds voice and a generic NPR reporter to expose what was really said, and recounts the night he ambushed Newsom on live television with 22 seconds to think of a question. He and Sage get into why the media lost its way, why so many young voters are drawn to democratic socialism, the demographic shift he thinks explains it, and the red tape stalling the rebuild after the Los Angeles fires. Adam also confirms he has finally broken ground on a new home in Nevada after years of talking about leaving, and reflects on why standup comedy became the last place you could tell the truth. Racing, journalism, gender dynamics, and the state of American cities, with plenty of laughs along the way. New episodes of The Sage Steele Show every week.

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Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton joins Sage Steele for one of the most remarkable life stories in sports. Scott opens up about the childhood illness that baffled doctors from Toledo to Boston Children's, being adopted at six weeks old, and the discovery 35 years later that finally explained everything. He shares how getting fired by Ice Capades led him to create Stars on Ice, the disastrous first show that literally caught fire, why he threw his Olympic broadcast binder in the trash, and the moment Kristi Yamaguchi changed the tour forever. Scott also reveals the rule that got him through stage 3 testicular cancer and a brain tumor, the lesson his mother taught him during her own cancer battle, meeting his wife Tracy, adopting two children from Haiti, and the two kinds of criticism every person needs to learn to filter. From living in a friend's basement with a gold medal to selling out Madison Square Garden, this is Scott Hamilton unfiltered on faith, family, failure, and fighting for joy. New episodes of The Sage Steele Show every week.

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Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton joins Sage Steele for one of the most remarkable life stories in sports. Scott opens up about the childhood illness that baffled doctors from Toledo to Boston Children's, being adopted at six weeks old, and the discovery 35 years later that finally explained everything. He shares how getting fired by Ice Capades led him to create Stars on Ice, the disastrous first show that literally caught fire, why he threw his Olympic broadcast binder in the trash, and the moment Kristi Yamaguchi changed the tour forever. Scott also reveals the rule that got him through stage 3 testicular cancer and a brain tumor, the lesson his mother taught him during her own cancer battle, meeting his wife Tracy, adopting two children from Haiti, seeing his birth mother's face for the first time, and the two kinds of criticism every person needs to learn to filter. From living in a friend's basement with a gold medal to selling out Madison Square Garden, this is Scott Hamilton unfiltered on faith, family, failure, and fighting for joy. New episodes of The Sage Steele Show every week.

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John C. Maxwell has written 92 books, sold tens of millions of copies, and at 79 years old still wakes up at 4:30AM without an alarm. He says it is not discipline. It is anticipation.

In this conversation we get into everything. Why he felt special at age four sitting alone in his backyard. The fifth grade teacher who changed his life by telling him he was a leader. How he got four girls to do all his homework from seventh grade through high school. Why his father paid him to read books instead of doing chores, and how that dinner table habit put him decades ahead of his peers. The exact moment a mentor told him to write for people he would never meet, which became the foundation of every book he has ever written. Why he is a growth person, not a goal person, and why goal setters plateau while growth minded people never stop. His personal definition of success at age 35 that still anchors him at 79. What a billionaire said about failure that became the seed of his 92nd book, How to Get a Return on Your Failure. Why success and failure belong together and what happens when you separate them. The pilot story that saved his life and taught him why anticipating failure is not pessimism but wisdom. And why he says if you don't give when you have a little you will not give when you have a lot.

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As America celebrates 250 years of freedom, I wanted to have a conversation that reminds us what that freedom has cost and why it should never be taken for granted.

In this special episode of The Sage Steele Show, I sit down with retired Navy SEAL Jason Redman, who survived being shot multiple times during a brutal ambush in Iraq and went on to inspire millions through his message of leadership, resilience, accountability, and purpose.

Jason shares what happened on September 13, 2007, the day he calls his "rebirth day," and how surviving the battlefield was only the beginning of his greatest fight. We talk about faith, overcoming trauma, the challenges veterans face after coming home, the power of personal responsibility, and why our hardest moments often become the foundation for our greatest purpose.

We also discuss the importance of honoring those who have served, raising resilient children, finding strength through adversity, and what patriotism means as America marks its 250th anniversary.

Whether you're a veteran, a leader, an entrepreneur, a parent, or simply someone looking for hope during a difficult season, I think you'll walk away encouraged by Jason's remarkable story.

Thank you to every man and woman who has worn the uniform and to the families who have sacrificed alongside them. Happy America 250.

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Gad Saad is back and this conversation went everywhere. He is an evolutionary behavioral scientist, bestselling author of The Parasitic Mind, and his new book is called Suicidal Empathy.

We get into what suicidal empathy actually means and why he compares it to a hairworm that drives a cricket to drown itself, why open border policies are the most damaging real world example of it, the British grooming gang scandal and the specific identity of the men involved that nobody wanted to name, why social scientists abandoned biology entirely out of fear it could be misused, the blank slate excuse used for repeat felons and why it removes all personal accountability, why Gad had to go through a brutal visa process to legally enter the United States despite his prominence, why the most common email he receives ends with please don't use my name, the moment Drew Brees apologized for loving his own country, and why Gad says Lionel Messi, the most famous athlete on the planet, refuses to ever take a position on anything.

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