Keaton Simons is a prolific songwriter, soulful singer, and a great guitar player who has been out on the road lately with country superstar Brett Young. Before that, he was out with the legendary late Chris Cornell. And years ago, he was out with Snoop Dogg and Knarls Barkley. This guy has truly worked with every genre in his 25 years or so as a musician. He also talks mental health, especially in dealing with the loss of Chris Cornell.

Brynn Brown is the fastest high school female distance runner in the country. She ran 9:39 for two miles, which is one second away from Mary Cain’s national record. And Brynn is a junior!!! She also has an incredible story of coming back from an eating disorder better and stronger than ever.

This is an important episode in which Bryan Payton discusses race, inequality, and police brutality and what he is doing to help educate his players. We also talk about Bryan’s outstanding athletic career and his journey as a student athlete to a coach-recruiter and his wide variety of other interests. #Empathy over Apathy.

Coach Hannah Weiss from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, talks about her journey as an athlete and as a coach. She talks about what makes D3 college athletics so special and different in many ways.

Leo Daschbach is only the 11th high schooler to ever run under 4:00. He did this over Memorial Day weekend in a small race with no fans in California. Leo talks about his progression from a 4:40 freshman miler to breaking 4:00 just three years later and the work he put in for this to happen both mentally and physically. Izaiah Steury is my co host on this. Izaiah runs for me and is one of the best sophomores in the USA.

Tyson Motsenbocker is one of the up and coming singer songwriters in the industry, in the same vein as acts like Colony House, Judah and the Lion, and Switchfoot, all bands he has toured with before. He explains that Judah Akers is the first artist that really believed in him and gave him a shot. Tyson also discusses losing his mother in 2013 to cancer and the song “In Your Name” that came out of that experience. Tyson talks about the state of the radio/music world right now and where he fits in. We are fortunate to have Tyson give us 3 songs to use in this episode, including two brand new acoustic tracks.

Part 2 of this coaching panel on how to train distance runners. Guests include Zach Raber and Josh Fletcher from Trine University, Hannah Weiss from Capitol University, authors Derek and Gwen Leininger, and Joe Eby from Baldwin Wallace University. We talk how we like to do the long run, what we define as threshold or tempo runs and now he do them, and the importance or lack of importance of speed year round.

Coach Peterson has various coaching guests on to discuss a great book on distance running called “Enduring Wisdom.” Guests on the podcast are the authors of the book, Gwen and Derek Leininger, and the coaches on this episode are Zach Raber (Head cross country coach at Trine University and former coach at Carroll High School in Indiana); Josh Fletcher (Head track coach at Trine University and former high school coach at Northridge and Penn in Indiana; Joe Eby (Head Cross country coach at Baldwin Wallace University). This is part 1.

Singer Andrea Thomas talks about her time on “The Voice” and her time on the road with Carrie Underwood with hundreds and thousands of people. Andrea also talks about her new single “Dragonslayer” and the impact it can have on the world right now and on those with mental health issues. Andrea’s “Sound of Hope” organization was created to help mental health through music, storytelling, and intimate discussions. Andrea also talks about how she became close friends with Neeka and Gavin and Joey and the whole DeGraw family and the impact that Lynne still has on so many today from above.

Neeka DeGraw talks about Iron Will and Baking New Memories, two incredible organizations to help people through quarantine and through Covid19. Neeka discusses her musical background from brothers Gavin and Joey and also her favorite band Blue October. She also shares how her faith and strength helped her come back from tragedy. Suggested music: Blue October, Gavin DeGraw, Joey DeGraw, Wilder Woods, Counting Crows.