In honor of Memorial Day weekend, we are privileged to chat with Brigidier General Joe Ramirez, highly decorated soldier and the Commandant of the Corp of Cadets here at Texas A&M.  General Ramirez is not only a highly decorated soldier, but has a degree in Physical Education and understands on many levels the importance of physical fitness not only in the military, but also in society.  Join us for a great conversation about the role and importance of fitness and human performance in the milita...

 Join us for one of the most high energy senior athletes we've ever met.  Doug Tremaine is in the studio - world-ranked triathlete and Director of the Brazos Valley Senior Games.  It's fun!

It's almost summer!  Let's get ready!  From the Gatorade Sport Science Institute, Research Director Dr. Jeff Zachwieja joins us to talk about hydration and exercise in the heat.  Certainly a timely topic for us all!

Join us as we chat with Dr. Molly Bray from the University of Alabama Birmingham as we talk about her work on nutrition timing.  Dr. Bray's lab group has done some intriguing work looking at when and what you eat and how that affects obesity.  For example, is it better to eat fat or carbs for breakfast?  Listen and find out.

Join us today as we chat with Frank Thomas, former US National Archery team coach and Division Chair of the Physical Education and Activity Program (PEAP) at A&M.  We talk about the need for activity courses in college and how they encourage lifetime activity and learning.  And of course we chat about his experiences as the US National Archery coach, especially his experiences at the 2004 Olympics!

How do you know your fitness professional is qualified? Are you uncomfortable knowing that your hair dresser has a state license while your personal trainer doesn't?  Join us as we chat with Dr. Carol Garber regarding the efforts to bring licensure to Exercise Science and the importance of those efforts.

Join us as we talk with acclaimed author Dr. Danny Ballard about the role of health in life - especially how health can augment learning and increases well-being.  Plus, we work some sport in there as well!

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a college athlete?  How do college student athletes handle the balance between education and the pressure to perform and how do Universities help them handle that balance?  Dr. John Thornton, Associate Athletic Director at Texas A&M joins us today to chat about the student athlete works to maintain the balance between academics and sports.  If you have wondered about being a student athlete or know a young adult who wants to be a college athlete this ...

Today we talk exercise genetics....don't run off! It's a great show and really one of the exciting futures in sports medicine.  Dr. Mike Massett joins us - it's fun!  Actually, understanding how and why we are fit is an important question to figure out because of all of the data showing how important it is for our health to be active.  So join us for the conversation!

Join us as we talk to Jon Wertheim, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated as he talks about the hidden influences behind sports.  Jon in his new book Scorecasting, looks at some of the 'dogma' in sport, such as "Does defense really win games?", "Do referees swallow the whistle at the end of the game?", "Or the Cubs really cursed or just a bad team?", and many others.