The Athletic Business Podcast Episode Archive

The Athletic Business Podcast features a wide range of conversations with professionals spanning the athletics, fitness and recreation industries. Subscribe to the feed to stay up to date. You can find the show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or a number of podcast platforms. 

Topics range from preparing student-athletes for sports with proper acclimatization protocols to how businesses have handled the coronavirus pandemic. 

Below are links to each episode of the show so far in reverse chronological order:

Episode 28 - How the Beloit College Powerhouse Rec Center Became the Center of Campus

Episode 27 - Black Leaders Offer Perspective on Fitness, Athletics Industries

Episode 26 - Streaming High School Sports with Mark Koski

Episode 25 - Navigating the Global Fitness Equipment Shortage with Elisabeth Fouts

Episode 24 - Sports Facility Design Post-COVID-19 with DLR Group's Don Barnum

Episode 23 - Prairie Athletic Club's Pete Simon on Managing a Club Amid the Pandemic

Episode 22 - PANEL DISCUSSION: Getting Back in the Pool 

Episode 21 - Dr. Karen Weaver on Cutting College Sports Amid the Pandemic

Episode 20 - How the Fitness Industry Is Managing the Pandemic with IHRSA's Brent Darden

Episode 19 - NIRSA's 21 Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge with Erin O'Sullivan

Episode 18 - Reopening Aquatics Facilities with Justin Caron

Episode 17 - Reopening Facilities Safely with Rachel Gutter

Episode 16 - An Architect's View on Reopening Rec Centers with Adam Bastjan

Episode 15 - Preparing College Rec Centers to Combat a Pandemic with Stacey Hall

Episode 14 - Coping with COVID-19

Episode 13 - Ballpark Design with Mike Sabatini

Episode 12 - College Football's Attendance Problem with AJ Maestas

Episode 11 - Decoding Esports with Perkins and Will's Lee Sterrett

Episode 10 - Innovations in Helmet Design with Riddell’s Thad Ide

Episode 9 - Trends in Collegiate Recreation with T.J. Peele

Episode 8 - Social Media Strategy with Forward Madison FC

Episode 7 - The State of High School Sports with Dr. Karissa Niehoff

Episode 6 - Looking Ahead to AB Show 2019

Episode 5 - Diving Deep on the ‘Fair Pay to Play Act’ 

Episode 4 - This episode, a conversation with AB Show 2019 speaker Lou Holtz, was removed as part of a pre-arranged agreement. 

Episode 3 - Using Fitness as a Means of Recovery with Andrew Brough

Episode 2 - Exploring the CrossFit Games and Adaptive Fitness with Kevin Ogar

Episode 1 - Beating the Heat with Dr. Douglas Casa