The Post Game Podcast

Eddie Paparella is a former college baseball player and current Hitting Strategist in the Seattle Mariners Organization.After playing at Howard College and South Alabama, he began posting on his social media page “Pap Swings,” and launched his coaching career at Howard.He worked with hitters at Ascent Athlete in Philadelphia before joining the Mariners in 2021.What You’ll Hear About:Eddie Pap’s college baseball journey Working in baseball Doing hard things with a group of people Building trust / relationships with players Life of a hitting strategist in the big leaguesWhat does a run in the MLB cost in dollars?Mental skillsHow his faith has impacted himTimestamps:(0:00) - Intro to Eddie (3:30) - Hun School(5:15) - St. John’s (7:30) - JUCO(9:45) - Injuries  (12:50) - Grass always greener(14:50) - The love of coaching(17:15) - In it for right reasons (19:00) - Relationships with coaches  (21:00) - Building trust with players (22:30) - What do great coaches do?(26:30) - Evolution of coaching career (30:45) - Hitting Strategist with Mariners(33:00) - Long term relationships (36:10) - A lot of stuff has to go right (37:30) - Cost of a run in the big leagues (40:45) - Mental Skills (42:20) - Focusing on the right thing at the right time (44:00) - Flow state (46:00) - Impact of faith in his life(51:00) - Doing things the right wayLinks:Pap Swings TwitterPap Swings InstagramThe Post Game Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com

Dr. Erik Korem is a high-performance pioneer who introduced sports science and athlete tracking technologies to collegiate and pro football teams.He has worked with the NFL, top NCAA programs, Olympians, Nike and the US Department of Defense.He is the Founder of AIM7, an app that provides customized exercise and wellness recommendations to prevent burnout, excess fatigue, and promotes sustainable fitness gains.Most recently, he was named the Director of Player Performance for the New York Jets.He is also the host of the BluePrint Podcast with over 400,000 downloads and writes the Adaptation Newsletter.What You’ll Hear AboutSports science & high performance What does high performance mean?Attention is the currency of performance Successful podcast hosts Pivot from athletics to a tech startupFast feedback loops Putting together Presentations Timestamps:(0:00) - Intro to Erik (3:00) - Texas A&M Walk On(7:50) - What is high performance?(9:40) - Stress is the gateway to growth(11:10) - Prioritizing time (13:10) - Attention is the currency of performance (17:00) - 568 Podcast Episodes (19:00) - It starts with talent(21:00) - The BluePrint Podcast(22:00) - Beginning of AIM7(25:10) - How do you create something people love?(26:50) - Patterns of best companies (28:40) - Feedback loops (30:30) - Word salad (32:30) - Invent and Wander (33:10) - Elon Musk(34:10) - Talent will determine your organization(37:30) - Where to find ErikLinks:Erik Korem WebsiteAIM7 WebsiteThe BluePrint PodcastAdaptation NewsletterThe Post Game Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com

Dan Furman is a former college baseball player at Pitt and the President of 502 Circle, the official NIL Collective of The University of Louisville.What You’ll Hear About: Behind the scenes of college athletics  The future of NIL and NIL collectives  A look at Louisville Athletics  What is Floyd Street Media? Building a personal brand Timestamps:(0:00) - Intro to Dan (2:10) - High School to Pitt(7:00) - Origin of getting into college athletics (14:10) - Evolution of NIL in college sports(19:10) - Understanding NIL (23:10) - What is an NIL collective?(28:15) - Smaller Schools and NIL (30:50) - Pat Kelsey at Louisville(34:30) - Evolution of college coaching(40:15) - Entrepreneurial side of college sports  (43:15) - Social media universe Links:502 Circle WebsiteDan Furman InstagramFloyd Street Media InstagramDan Furman on XThe Post Game Podcast:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com

Steve Moore is a former professional rugby player and founder of Athlete Career Transition (ACT). Steve founded Athlete Career Transition in 2011, alongside his brother Andy.  The ACT Community bridges the gap between retiring athletes and careers, unlocking opportunities for both athletes and employers through an innovative, peer supported network. What You’ll Hear About: The transition from being a pro rugby player to a career Finding purpose after rugby How he started his company, Athlete Career Transition  What separates ACT from other recruiting companies Goal to work with 1 million athletes by 2028 The future of work - mental health / A.I. Look back on playing career positively  Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro to Steve (2:30) - Professional Rugby  (8:00) - Rugby seasons  (13:30) - Pro Career winding down  (21:30) - Becoming an entrepreneur  (22:15) - Finding purpose after rugby  (25:30) - Retiring from team sports  (27:30) - The start of Athlete Career Transition  (32:30) - The initial business plan  (36:00) - Invested in the future of athletes they work with (38:30) - Affecting athlete lives positively  (40:00) - 94% retention rate  (43:00) - LinkedIn for Athletes  (46:00) - The Future of Work (47:40) - A.I. (50:20) - Advice to retiring athlete  (52:20) - Looking back on career positively  (54:15) - Enjoy the moment  (56:30) - Where to find Steve and ACT  (57:30) - Collegiate market going forward  Links: ACT Community Website Steve Moore LinkedIn The Post Game Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com Intro Song: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Days Go Bye

Joey Greany is a professional athlete Strength & Speed Coach. He is the former S&C for the Tampa Bay Rays and spent 9 seasons with the KC Royals organization. What You’ll Hear About: Qualities of top performing athletes he’s seen  MLB players routines  Sprinting as an adult Perfect the basics  Confidence from preparation Focusing on the work in front of you  Timestamps: (1:00) - Intro to Joey  (2:00) - Martial arts growing up  (5:30) - Pro vs. college S&C career (7:00) - The Minor leagues  (10:00) - Embrace the boredom of consistency (11:30) - Routines  (13:50) - Sprinting and Explosive Work (15:50) - Training for life  (18:00) - The basics  (19:00) - Holistic approach  (23:00) - Working across departments  (24:40) - The mental game  (26:30) - Highlight of his career  (28:00) - Becoming a S&C Coach (29:30) - Networking  (30:30) - Relationships outside your industry  (32:50) - Mentors  (35:00) - Connect with Joey  Links: Instagram Joey on X.com Joey Greany Facebook The Post Game Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com Intro Song: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Days Go Bye

Thad Frye is a performance brainspotting coach, specializing in working with elite athletes. He helps them break through blocks and enhance peak performance.  What You’ll Hear: What is brainspotting? Brainspotting with athletes  Finding core values  Taking a holistic approach  Intuition  Understanding the subconscious  Timestamps: (1:50) - Intro to Thad (2:30) - What is brainspotting? (7:40) - Childhood trauma  (11:50) - Athletes and brainspotting  (17:00) - How long does it take? (20:30) - Life is all transitions  (22:30) - What are your values? (24:00) - Curiosity  (26:15) - Creativity  (29:20) - Top athlete performance  (32:00) - Ultramarathoners  (33:30) - Holistic Approach  (36:00) - Survival  (39:30) - Too Good to be true? (44:45) - Intuition  (48:10) - Subconscious brain  Links: Thad Frye LinkedIn Thad Frye Counseling The Post Game Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com Intro Song: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Days Go Bye

Ryan Dunn is a former college soccer player at Boston College. He is also a podcast host (Destination Different) and recently created Halftime Heroes, a podcast / YouTube Channel telling the stories of sports creators. What You'll Hear: -Launching his podcast, Destination Different -Launching creative projects -Building a sustainable process -Balancing side projects with full time job -Sticking to what you're good at Timestamps: (1:30) - Intro to Ryan (3:00) - Walking on at BC (8:30) - Creative side projects (10:20) - Destination Different (13:50) - Research (15:20) - Consistency and routine (20:00) - Overcoming doubt (23:10) - Building a sustainable process (24:30) - Halftime Heroes (26:20) - Learnings from the podcast (28:10) - Creativity in day job (30:30) - Staying optimistic (36:00) - Virtual vs. in person (37:20) - Time management (40:10) - Effort expanding to time (44:30) - Stay weird (48:00) - Finding your hook (50:30) - Knowing what you're best at (51:50) - Power of the internet (53:10) - Where to find Ryan Links: Haltime Heroes YouTube Ryan Dunn Twitter (X) The Post Game Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com Intro Song: ⁠⁠⁠Days Go Bye

Brandon Beachy is a former Major League Baseball player with the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. After going undrafted out of college, he signed with the Braves as an undrafted free agent in 2008 and went on to play five years in the big leagues. Today, he runs a successful franchise business and consults retiring athletes on whether business ownership through franchising is a path that would suit them. What You’ll Learn: Underdog story getting to Big Leagues Importance of Coachability Leaning into what’s working Reverse engineering things What is franchise ownership? What’s it cost? Franchises being operator dependent Timestamps: (0:00) – Intro to Brandon (2:00) – MLB Career Summit (3:10) – Underdog story (5:15) – Confidence and Ego (8:00) – Lean into what’s working (9:00) – His MLB Debut (12:50) – Teammates (15:00) – Injuries (18:50) – What do I do now? (20:50) – What is franchising? (22:40) – Paying for time (24:00) – Up-front costs (29:00) – What he wishes he knew (34:30) – Franchises are operator dependent (38:50) – Dealing with fear (42:00) – Twitter (45:00) – Helping retiring athletes (46:00) – Family (47:00) – Where to Find Brandon Links: Brandon Beachy LinkedIn Twitter Franchoice The Post Game Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com Intro Song: ⁠⁠Days Go Bye

Alex Feinberg is a Vanderbilt graduate and former professional baseball player. After retiring from baseball, he worked for Google, a hedge fund, and a cryptocurrency exchange before building an audience on Twitter, helping people become healthier. He is the Founder of Insanely Addictive, where he offers group and performance coaching, helping people break through limiting beliefs. What You’ll Learn About: How he translated skills from getting drafted to getting job offers Learning rules of the “new game” you’re playing Working for Google Being in control of your own dopamine Money for Optionality Humans lacking foresight It’s up to you to change your life Stay in the game long enough Timestamps: (0:00) – Intro (2:00) – Alex’s Background (3:50) – Dedication to training in 20s (5:40) – Insanely Addictive (7:20) – What kind of player was he? (10:20) – Learning his surroundings (12:00) – Vanderbilt Baseball (13:15) – Minimal IQ Requirement (16:20) – I want to work for Google (18:45) – Talking to hiring manager in person (20:45) – Environment (22:30) - $130,000 employees (24:40) – Control of dopamine (26:30) – Risk tolerance (30:00) – Thoughts on Money (33:00) – Multiple bids for good offer (34:30) – Family and Perspective (37:30) – Contrarian Ideas (40:00) – Dedicate 3 years to something (42:20) – Getting in shape (45:30) – It’s Up to You (46:30) – Optimism for the future (47:30) – Where to find Alex Links: Alex Feinberg Twitter (X) Insanely Addictive Website The Post Game Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com Intro Song: ⁠Days Go Bye

Kelsey O’Connor is a motivational speaker and former Division 1 Softball Player at NC State University. A career ending head injury put an end to athletic career, but a viral commencement speech at graduation made her realize a new path. Today, she travels the country sharing her story and perspective. What You’ll Learn About: Kelsey’s softball career ending abruptly Her Speech at NC State’s graduation Building a speaking business Living beyond “labels” Her thoughts on Preparation Timestamps: (0:00) – Intro to Kelsey (2:30) – NC State experience (6:00) – Her injury (12:00) – Softball ending abruptly (14:30) – Comparison to other people (17:15) – Speech at graduation (19:45) – Self-awareness (24:00) – Launching a speaking career (27:30) – Learning the business side of speaking (30:30) – Starting her podcast (32:15) – Hiring a coach (33:45) – Preparation (35:45) – Her Faith (42:45) – Where to find Kelsey Links: NC State Graduation Speech kelseyoconnor.net Instagram Tik Tok The Post Game Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Post Game Podcast YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email Me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com Intro Song: Days Go Bye