Dr. Judy Sandlin joins us in the podcast today to discuss USADA's anti-doping educational efforts.  This is a fun conversation that highlights the other - and mostly unknown - side of the anti-doping efforts in the world.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Today's podcast is the third of our Olympic themed podcasts.  Dr. Ed Coyle from University of Texas Austin is with us in advance of the London Olympic Marathon to talk about whether a human will ever run a sub-2 hour marathon. 

 

[Read the rest of this article...]

We are pleased to have award-winning sports journalist Christie Ashwanden join us today to talk about the London Olympics and sports doping.  Christie has written stories that have appeared in most of the major magazines and newspapers in the United States.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Today we kick off the video and audio-only rebroadcast of the Speakers from the 2012 Huffines Discussion.  First up is Sports Illustrated's David Epstein.  Mr. Epstein is an incredible writer (he was nominated this year for the Livingston Award which recognizes the best journalist under the age of 35 in the United States.  Mr. Epstein's talk was on Sports Doping: Still the Rational Choice?".  This is a great talk about why elite athletes still choose to dope in spite of the risks.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Dr. Gabe Neal join us today to chat about the issues surrounding the use of cognitive stimulants - such as Adderal - for focus and performance.  The use of Adderall now epidemic especially on college campuses and this podcast about what we should know about Adderall and its effect on our physiology and performance.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Podcast rated "R" for language....Join us as we are immersed in a provocative story about cross country running, gene doping, and competition.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Baseball season is almost here!  We've got a great podcast today with MLB's Washington Nationals Asst. GM Bryan Minniti about professional baseball, injuries, and rehab in a large organization with multi-million dollar athletes.  Join us for Mr. Minniti's behind-the-scenes insights about professional baseball.

[Read the rest of this article...]

We've got something different for you this week.  Our friends over at EscapePod.org are allowing us to broadcast one of their episodes - "Fuel" by Matthew Rotundo - that deals with the future of athletic performance enhancement.  This is a great episode to generate conversation about the future of performance and what we will allow as a society.

[Read the rest of this article...]

Today we are pleased to have Dr. Noah Dean from Texas Lutheran University join us in the podcast today.  Noah has made a mission of exposing and educating the public about quacks and fraudulent health products that are on the market.  This is a fun conversation and greatly needed in today's consumer society. We also talk about Noah's experience as a stuntman on Friday Night Lights.

[Read the rest of this article...]

 We have our first two-time guest as SI writer David Epstein rejoins us on the podcast to discuss his new article regarding the allegations of the facilitation of performance-enhancing drug use by Lance Armstrong amongst members of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team. Because the Postal Service team was federally sponsored, a federal grand jury has been investigating these charges since August 2010.  Join us as we talk about this critical investigation and the rhabdomyolysis cluster at Univ. of Iowa.

[Read the rest of this article...]