Broncos fan living in Kansas City. Joined frequently by 2 Chiefs’ fans and many other special guests. We talk Broncos, Chiefs, the AFC West, as well as general coverage of the league. Come for laughs and hot takes; stay for the solid and (mostly) unbiased coverage of these teams.
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In the game of life, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and nurturing meaningful connections with family can be among the most formidable challenges we face. Yet, for many professional athletes, fostering both has proven to be a triumphant recipe for success. On Heart of the Game, host Jon Frankel (HBO Real Sports) sits down with some of the biggest families in sports - legends, current superstars and the up & coming playmakers - to get inside what’s really making them tick. What roles have the ...
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Ever been afraid to follow your true passion? The guests of Nice Work! have all been there, and they’ve all taken the leap of faith…and stuck the landing. Host Tod Brilliant is the founder of the Super Nice Club, and his inspirational guests will give you the confidence to turn your passion(s) into your career! Brought to you by the SUPER NICE CLUB – a global effort to make the world 10% nicer. Join us!
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MLB Hall of Famer David Ortiz and Collegiate Player D’Angelo Ortiz
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MLB Hall of Famer David Ortiz will always be known as “Big Papi” to Boston Red Sox fans, but the now-retired slugger is content to simply be “dad” these days. Ortiz’s son D’Angelo Ortiz is currently chasing his own dreams of baseball stardom, playing for Miami-Dade College. “Heart of the Game” host Jon Frankel talks to the Ortiz boys about their sh…
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Volleyball Stars Logan and Shaye Eggleston
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After graduating and winning a national title for the University of Texas, volleyball superstar Logan Eggleston is now playing professionally in Turkey and has become a leading advocate for the game. Her sister, Shaye Eggleston, is a rising volleyball star in her own right, as a two-time Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year and current outside hit…
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HOW HUMANOIDS WILL SAVE HUMANITY Former top Apple executive SANDRA ŠOŠKIÇ is the founder of humanoid labs. Her personal motto “go bold or go home” has defined her life, loves, failures, and successes. Listen in for a great founder/entrepreneur story as we jump into what, exactly, humanoid is…and how Sandra and her team are working to create an enti…
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Olympic Water Polo Family Erich, Aria and Makenzie Fischer
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Makenzie and Aria Fischer set NCAA records while building a water polo dynasty at Stanford. They simultaneously led Team USA to Olympic gold. Host Jon Frankel talks to the sisters about learning the sport from their dad, Erich Fischer, a fellow Olympian, and uncovers the secrets behind their legendary success. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…
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French Open Champions Luke and Murphy Jensen
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The Jensen Brothers, Luke and Murphy, shook up tennis in the 1990s with their play and personalities, winning the French Open doubles title, and transcending the sport. The brothers talk with host Jon Frankel about the price they paid for stardom, and their on-court legacy. They also detail the terrifying incident that almost cost Murphy his life. …
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Olympic Gold Medalist Allyson Felix and Wes Felix
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Allyson Felix has more Olympic medals than any other track and field athlete in U.S. history, including a walk-off Gold medal win in her last Olympic Games. But her greatest triumph may have come off the track, as she fought for the maternal rights of female athletes. Allyson and her brother and agent Wes Felix talk with host Jon Frankel about over…
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#106: LORI WOODLEY + JUSTINE FISCHER
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OUR KIDS DESERVE A TRUSTED SPACE LORI WOODLEY is the founder of ALL IT TAKES, a non-profit that equips youth and educators with essential emotional intelligence skills to successfully navigate their lives and support their communities. Working alongside JUSTINE FISCHER (Outreach & Engagement Manager) and the rest of her team, they teach young peopl…
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NBA Hall of Famer Tim Hardaway Sr. and NBA Superstar Tim Hardaway Jr.
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Tim Hardaway was a game-changing playmaker with the Golden State Warriors and the Miami Heat. Tim Hardaway, Jr. wanted to follow in his Hall of Fame footsteps and has made a name for himself in the NBA as a lethal outside shooter. Host Jon Frankel talks with the Hardaways about how the game of basketball brings them together, how they’ve both endur…
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U.S. Soccer Great John Harkes and MLS Star Ian Harkes
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John Harkes helped awaken soccer fever in the United States as captain of the US Men’s national team during the 1994 World Cup. His son Ian Harkes pursued the “family business,” and is currently playing for the New England Revolution in the MLS. The Harkes boys talk with host Jon Frankel about the changes in how professional soccer players train no…
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NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner and sons Kade and E.J. Warner
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Host Jon Frankel sits down with NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner and his sons, up-and-coming players Kade & E.J. Warner, to discuss the significance of family, philanthropy, and football. The Warners share their views on how the game of football has evolved over time, how Kurt stays fit after retiring and what his sons aim to achieve on and off the fi…
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On Heart of the Game, host Jon Frankel (HBO Real Sports) sits down with some of the biggest families in sports to get inside what’s really making them tick. What roles have their families and self care played in their paths to championship glory? Whether it’s taking care of your heart, safeguarding your mental health or persevering through injuries…
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GOD’S FAVORITE COMIC BOOK CREATOR Mark Russell is an author, cartoonist, comic book writer and all-around hyper-intelligent human who gives a damn. He weaves his poignant social commentary not only into entirely new universes, but also into some of your favorite characters, from The Flintstone and Snagglepuss to Superman, Jesus Christ…and a bunch o…
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VIB3 MACHINE: UNITING HUMANITY THROUGH COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE Logan Grimé, creator of VIB3 Machine and cofounder of Midi Matilda, discusses his idea of using music to unify humanity. He believes that songs, and specifically melodies, connect people like nothing else in the universe. To create more timeless songs and build a community around people …
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TALK ABOUT A.I. BY TALKING TO A.I. (ABOUT BUILDING A NICER WORLD) Here it is: The world’s first podcast interview with Google’s whip-smart BARD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Just like with any other guest on our show, we reached out to ask if the guest had interest in appearing on Nice Work! BARD got back to us immediately with a resounding YES! And so,…
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BUILDING THE UNDER8TED MOVEMENT We welcome the impossibly talented and magnetic Brandon M. Weber, founder of the Under8ted movement and the community program Mind of Creatives. Brandon is a theatre and film artist who is dedicated to making works that break down the stereotypes within the ethnic diaspora. Brandon is also a gem, a joy, and one of th…
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Mattie Conaghan Has Racked Up 112,000,000 Views Without Doing Cocaine Bear Okay, we said we’d be done at 100 episodes. What we meant was that Season #1 would be done. Now it’s Season #2 and this is the first episode. Things will be very different in Season 2, kind of like how in that one season of The Office they changed offices and stuff. Or did t…
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THE UNKNOWN GUEST AKA SAVING THE BEST (& WORST) FOR LAST Yep, this is it. Or at least we thought it might be. We planned for 100 episodes, we committed to 100 episodes, and we’ve cut 100 damned good episodes. Well, at least 8 of them were damned good….the rest ran the gamut from terrible to passably decent. But every single one featured a fantastic…
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Amelia, Ryan & Tod Offend 96% of Humanity + a great meet cute story AMELIA BOONE. RYAN VAN DUZER. You know who they are. If you don’t, you won’t learn that much about them in this episode, because we don’t really talk about the things that they’ve worked so darned hard to be known (at least partially) for. Instead, this episode is more about two su…
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#98: CRAIG SWEENEY | OVER 50 & BADASS
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ON GROWING B/OLDER, WISER & MORE PASSIONATE THAN EVER CRAIG SWEENEY. He’s done the corporate thing. He’s built successful businesses. He grew up in an era where 50-year-olds were looked at like half-dead zombies whose greatest daily achievements were getting that much closer to a senior discount at the movie theater. But it’s 2022 and 50-somethings…
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#96 or #97: LOOSE BUTTONS | INDIE ROCKERS 4 UKRAINE
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Loose Buttons indie-rock band who would prefer Vladimir Putin fucks right off and dies talk about rock, hockey and Ukraine.By Tod Brilliant
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#96: SOPHIA BENOIT | Super Nice Sex Advice
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How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”By Tod Brilliant
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#95: MADISON STEWART WANTS U 2 STOP KILLING SHARKS
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How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”By Tod Brilliant
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#94: AY YOUNG | PROJECT 17: 17 Songs 2 SAVE THE WORLD
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Kansas City musician AY Young and his Project 17 aim to save the world through song. 17 Songs, to be exact, with 17 of the world's biggest artists.By Tod Brilliant
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#93: RICHARD VEVERS has one client: the oceans
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Richard Vevers and his OCEAN Agency are doing super nice work to save the world's oceans.By Tod Brilliant
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#92: TIM PARR of CADDIS AND The Anti-Anti-Aging Movement
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How CADDIS went from a brand to movement and became a platform welcoming Gen-X (and everyone else) to “The New Age.”By Tod Brilliant
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#91: Ariana and the Rose | Too Much Is Not Enough
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Brooklyn indie-pop-slash-dance musician-slash-artist and performer Ariana and the Rose graces Nice Work! this week.By Tod Brilliant
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#90: Drummer Jay Lane | KEEPING A Dancing Bear Beat from Bob Weir to Primus
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Drummer Jay Lane has kept the beat for the likes of Dead & Company, Rat Dog, Wolf Bros, Furthur, The Uptones and a bunch of Les Claypool's projects like Primus, Sausage, and Frog Brigade. Is he the Pete Best of Primus? We’re going to find out.By Tod Brilliant
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#89: Monica Canfield-Lenfest | Sacred Mirrors Healing
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Clairvoyant Monica Canfield-Lenfest walks us through the steps, methodology and six principles it takes to become a more curious person.By Tod Brilliant
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#88: Joey Santore Wants to Stop Humanity (and So Should You)
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Joey Santore calls himself, among other things, “a mildly irreverent botanist with no credentials and no filter” and that's a pretty apt description.By Tod Brilliant
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#87: Miles Francis: The Unboxing of a Good Man
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Mile Francis, a hyper-talented Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, activist, video collagist and flatbed-track riding performance artist, talks about it all this week. Their career is right at that commencing-countdown-engines-on phase. So buckle up for Nice Work! with Miles Francis.By Tod Brilliant
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#86: RONNI ABERGEL | HOW TO CHECK OUT A STRANGER (The Human library)
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Ronni Abergel is founder of the innovative Human Library organization, and turning people into books (not quite literally).By Tod Brilliant
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#85: Shelby Hartman | The Mind Leading the Double Blind
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SHELBY HARTMAN is the founder and CEO of Double Blind magazine, a super nice publication that covers "timely, untold stories about the expansion of psychedelics around the globe."By Tod Brilliant
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#84: Selema Masekela | The Secret History of Surfing
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From his early X Games notoriety to his beautiful new book AFRO SURF, Selema Masekela has always ridden the waves of his own passions.By Tod Brilliant
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#83: Spike Feresten | A Nicer Nextdoor? Under the Hood of “America’s Most Wonderful, Horrible App”
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Spike Feresten drops into Nice Work! Spike is known for his work on Seinfeld, David Letterman, and hosting his own Talkshow.By Tod Brilliant
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#82: Melinda Wenner Moyer | Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Assholes
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One of our Super Nice Club members sent over a link to the book How To Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes Science-Based Strategies for Better Parenting—from Tots to Teens.By Tod Brilliant
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If you can put one foot in front of the other, you can do this week’s Be Nice Challenge.By Tod Brilliant
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#81: JW Francis | It’s a Wanderful Life
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Musician and explorer JW Francis Wanders through Nice Work!By Tod Brilliant
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Do you have the SPINE to tackle Amanda's challenge? And are you into winning cool stuff? If so, press play!By Super Nice Club
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#80: AMANDA RAVENHILL | Beyond Buckminster Fuller’s Wildest Dreams
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Amanda Ravenhill talks about Buckminster Fuller, life, the universe and how we could reverse climate change in our lifetimes.By Super Nice Club
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This week’s challenge is laid down by PAULA LOOS, founder of Toiless Toilet Paper. Listen to Paula talk dirty in Episode #79.... and be sure to listen to her challenge and let us know if you participated by posting to IG or FB. Pretty please?By Super Nice Club
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Best episode ever or pure potty talk? You decide. Joining us is super nice PAULA LOOS, founder of TOILESS TOILET PAPER and passionate advocate, somewhat paradoxically, of a toilet paper-free world.By Super Nice Club
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#78: GREG NORTON | Hüsker Dü to Ultrabomb
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Iconic bass guitarist, chef and super nice human GREG NORTON of Hüsker Dü joins Nice Work!By Super Nice Club
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#77: WILLIAM RYERSON | Help Women, Help the World
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Without exaggeration, BILL RYERSON founder of Population Media Center, is one of the humans who has done the very most to help preserve and enhance both people and planet.By Super Nice Club
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#76: EMMETT KAI | He Was Born in a Small Town
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Artist-musician-DJ-producer-human-tennis player EMMETT KAI shares his philosophies and creative process, but also his struggles with mental health, the classic ‘big fish small pond’ syndrome that keeps a lot of people from fulfilling their potential, and much more.By Super Nice Club
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#75: LORI WOODLEY | Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders
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ORI WOODLEY is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ALL IT TAKES, a non-profit organization that equips youth and educators with essential emotional intelligence skills to successfully navigate their lives and support their communities.By Super Nice Club
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#74: VICTOR LYTVINENKO | How to Make the Best Jeans in the World
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VICTOR LYTVINENKO and his wife SARAH founded Raleigh Denim Workshop, where they make some of the world's very finest handcrafted denim jeans (among other things)By Super Nice Club
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#73: BRENDAN LEONARD Hates Running & You Should, Too
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BRENDAN LEONARD thinks we all need to spend more time doing things we love, going to places that make us feel small, remembering to laugh at ourselves, and getting a little cold, tired, and scared every once in a while.By Super Nice Club
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#72: KEVIN JORGESON | Pleasure + Pain = Growth
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KEVIN JORGESON and his climbing partner Tommy Caldwell were the first to successfully complete a free climb of the Dawn Wall of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. And the whole world was watching... no pressure!By Super Nice Club
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#71: MOLLY ROSE | The Super Niceness of Burners Without Borders
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MOLLY ROSE is Program Manager at BURNERS WITHOUT BORDERS, an absolutely super nice nonprofit organization that promotes activities around the globe that support a community's inherent capacity to thrive by encouraging innovative approaches to disaster relief and grassroots initiatives that make a positive impact. In other words, they help people.…
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#70: ED GAMESTER | THE STORY OF THE GUILD AS TOLD BY HORNED VIKING WARRIOR EL NORDICO FUEGO
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ED GAMESTER is a multi-disciplinary performer, specializing in action, comedy and World's Strongest Man competitions. And he lives in a van.By Super Nice Club
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