Dan speaks with former mixed martial artist, wrestler, and olympian Ben Askren about his journey through the fight game and the life it's created for him. Askren touches on his youth in wrestling, the mentality it takes to be a world-renowned fighter, why consistency is key, and the importance of not tying ego to outcome before detailing his new book, "Funky: My Defiant Path Through the Wild World of Combat Sports." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before the concussions started, Sam Shields was one of the fastest cover cornerbacks in football. He spent nearly a decade in the NFL. He wishes he hadn’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan talks to The Nation's Dave Zirin about his new documentary Behind the Shield: The Power & Politics of the NFL. They discuss the NFL's firm grip on American culture, how they grew into that position in the first place, the things that most gross him out about the league, and Daniel Snyder's failed ownership of the Washington franchise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Buzz Bissinger joins Dan for an in-depth conversation on his greatest work, the pressure of living up to Friday Night Lights, the state of journalism, his personal triumphs and pitfalls, addiction, and more. Plus, Buzz goes through some of the greatest lessons he learned while writing his various pieces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a special episode of South Beach Sessions, Edgerrin James joins Dan to discuss his improbable journey from Immokalee, Florida to reaching a Hall of Fame level in football, business, and parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan sits down with Heather McGhee, host of the podcast The Sum of Us and author of a book of the same title. McGhee travelled the country to find out in just how many ways racism shaped American life and the American economy. We dig into what she found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"There’s winning Super Bowls, there’s making money…that’s great, but is that what you’re really here for?" Tony and Lauren Dungy join Dan for a conversation on how family, faith, and football helped guide their growth as both parents and people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan speaks with journalist, podcaster, and screenwriter David Sirota about the corruption found across the American political system and why it has led to the decay of our most crucial institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ronan Farrow joins Dan on this episode of South Beach Sessions to discuss his love of journalism and its importance in society, how his upbringing led him to storytelling and empathy, and where his passions may take him next. Plus, Ronan dives into his new HBO Documentary "Endangered" and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan is joined by NASA climate scientist, author, and activist Peter Kalmus for a special "South Beach Sessions" focused on climate change. Dan and Peter dive into the Supreme Court's recent "anti-science" decision, the rate at which Earth is deteriorating, real life solutions for climate change, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan talks with Ethan Strauss, who left The Athletic to start his own Substack after he stopped caring about traditional sports writing. They talk about the risk of making that decision, trying to reveal the innards of the transactional sports media, and how Mark Cuban is bit of a fraud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jason Kander – Army veteran and former Missouri Secretary of State – sits down with Dan to discuss his battle with post-traumatic stress disorder. Jason describes what "earning PTSD" and "necessary brainwashing" means, the ways in which he ran from himself, why "trauma is trauma," what gives him hope about America, and much more. Plus, he details his new book "Invisible Storm" and the cause behind it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Food tastes better when you share it.” Comedian, Actor, and Writer Rob Delaney joins the show for an in-depth conversation on his remarkable journey that led him to comedy, sobriety, kindness, and compassion. Rob discusses details on projects past and present, how being nice can lead to success, why he chose to write his upcoming book after his son Henry’s passing, and shares many more life lessons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan sits down with The Ringer's Van Lathan to chronicle his journey from growing up in Baton Rouge, to entering Hollywood and TMZ, winning an Oscar for the short film Two Distant Strangers, and his struggles with weight gain in his new book Fat, Crazy, and Tired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Malcolm Gladwell joins Dan for a trip through his greatest curiosities around sports and social change in America including his new podcast "Legacy of Speed" about the 1968 Olympic protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You’ve never heard the wonders of the brain described this way: Myron Rolle, who went from football at Florida State to Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and now neurosurgery at Harvard, on how to steady your hands enough to hold something as sacred as human life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jay Leno joins Dan for an in-depth look at his storied career, the happiest times of his professional life, the current state of comedy, his reboot of 'You Bet Your Life' game show, and much more. @youbetyourlife This week Le Batard & Friends is raising money for ALS research in conjunction with several charities. As part of our efforts, we'll be at the Marlins-Giants game Thursday for Lou Gehrig Day and you can join us. To donate or to buy tickets for the game, go to worldofsuey.com/loulapalooza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Times writer and bestselling author Frank Bruni joins Dan for a conversation on his new book, The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found, and how waking up one morning with blurred vision sent him down a path to see life more clearly than ever before. Dan and Frank discuss cynicism, life’s illuminating moments, how to consume media in a “post-truth era,” and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Simon, creator of one of the best TV shows ever made, on how to use art to fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Skipper and David Samson join Dan to discuss some of the biggest stories across Sports Business & Media including Apple TV and the NFL Sunday Ticket, the Washington Commanders investigation, MLB's resistance to change, the NBA and China, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael Lewis, author of “Moneyball,” “The Big Short,” and countless other bestsellers, joins Dan to discuss his joyful writing process, the long-lasting impact of “Moneyball,” his ability to procure secrets from subjects, his newest book “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story,” and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elie Mystal, The Nation’s justice correspondent and one of America’s most prominent voices at the intersection of journalism and politics, argues on behalf of tearing up the Constitution... and then we talk some sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Posnanski is a bestselling author, one of the country's top sports columnists, and also hosts "The PosCast" alongside Mike Schur on the Le Batard & Friends Network. Dan sits down with Joe to discuss which of his books was his favorite to write and why being a "gentle" sports columnist is a good thing. Plus, Joe shares his thoughts on subjects from his books including Buck O'Neil, Harry Houdini, and the life and legacy of Joe Paterno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan sits down with bestselling author Chuck Klosterman to discuss his latest work, "The Nineties: A Book." Their conversation ranges from what peaked Chuck's interest with the 90s in particular, to how history will misremember the decade, the internet's influence on society, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner — the hosts of Meadowlark's new podcast "Point Forward" — join Dan for a conversation on their friendship and unique perspectives, the media's influence on team chemistry, business in the NBA, fandom, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeff Pearlman is the author of nine NYT best-selling books including "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s," the book that inspired the new HBO Series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty." Jeff speaks with Dan about how he chooses his subjects, his experience helping out with "Winning Time," and why that Lakers era captured our collective imaginations before sharing his personal stories with athletes across sports like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Walter Payton, Brett Favre, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Back by popular demand, Meadowlark CEO John Skipper and former Marlins team president David Samson join Dan to discuss the latest news in the world of sports business. The guys discuss top level NFL broadcasters commanding huge salaries, Russia's entanglements with sports in the wake of their invasion of Ukraine, and the time Skipper and Samson were involved in negotiations against each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Why can’t I reach these people?” John Amaechi and Dan have an honest conversation about how and why communication on topics such as privilege, race, and sexuality aren’t resonating the way they know it should. From willful ignorance in the teaching of our history, to the systems in place to perpetuate oppression, John and Dan leave no stone unturned. Plus, conversations on Tim Hardaway, Phil Mickelson’s comments and “apology,” the Don’t Say Gay Bill in Florida, and Critical Race Theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan sits down with NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor about his uncommon competitive nature, what drove him to be that way, lessons he learned from coaches through his career, and the lessons he’s learned since becoming a coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan talks to Gotham Chopra, director of Man In The Arena on ESPN+, about his 10 part series with Tom Brady, working with Kobe Bryant, being part of Michael Jackson's travelling entourage, and being the son of Deepak Chopra. You can check out Gotham's other work Passion Play with Russell Westbrook on Showtime. Simone Vs Herself with Simone Biles on Facebook Watch, and Greatness Code on Usain Bolt on Apple TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan seeks the consult of best selling author and humanitarian Mitch Albom for the lessons he's learned on giving and love through his extraordinary work both writing and running an orphanage in Haiti. You can find Mitch's latest book The Stranger in the Lifeboat here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Dan talks to former UCF and FSU quarterback McKenzie Milton about his time quarterbacking UCF to 25 consecutive wins, his gruesome injury that nearly made him lose his leg, and Milton offers a strong rebuttal to Kirk Herbstreit's comments about players sitting out bowl games. You can support McKenzie Milton by buying a ticket to this weekend's Hula Bowl which will be played in Orlando at the Bounce House. Click the link here. Proceeds help the family of Otis Anderson, one of Milton's former teammates who died recently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the best writers in the world joins us. And also Mike Schur.  The Poscast is now part of the Le Batard and Friends Network Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 about the greatest baseball players ever is available here. Mike Schur's How To Be Perfect: The Correct Answer To Every Moral Question is available here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of the Netflix release of his new movie Don't Look Up on Christmas Eve, filmmaker Adam McKay talks to Dan about the very personal nature of making this movie, his incredible work in entertainment, the perils of aggregation, and his relationship with Dan and the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The newest season of Slate's Slow Burn podcast is hosted by Joel Anderson on the LA Riots in the aftermath of the Rodney King video. Dan convenes a panel of Joel, Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media, and Carl Douglas to discuss what the time of the LA Riots was like and the lessons from it that apply to the modern criminal justice environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A different version of South Beach Sessions. John Skipper and David Samson join Dan for a conversation about sports business. Are the prices paid to college coaches worth it? How do TV rights get sold? Will sports leagues be able to hang onto their own streaming rights? We discuss these questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Soledad O'Brien discusses her childhood, her connection to Cuba, her new show Black & Missing on HBO and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may know Nate Boyer as the Green Beret and former NFL player who advised Colin Kaepernick to kneel. This is the part of his story you don’t know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim talks to Dan about how she broke one of the biggest sports scandals in history by being plugged in as a small-town reporter. Plus, the origins of her new Meadowlark Media podcast - 'The Mayor Of Maple Avenue' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mardy Fish, one of America’s best tennis players, dedicated his life to getting to a dream match against Roger Federer. Then he short-circuited right before it. This is his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jackie MacMullan on the support you need to become a pioneer … and how you break down the door to the boys’ club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan and Jake Tapper discuss the painstaking process of writing, the state of journalism, why the news is important and Tapper's new book - The Devil May Dance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rob Lowe on what a man learns about himself, happiness and humanity when he has been objectified for four decades.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stanley Tucci, an award-winning star of stage and screen, chats with Dan about his passion for acting and his intense passion for food. It was a passion that was reignited when he briefly lost his ability to taste food after a bout with cancer. A bout detailed in his new book “Taste: My Life Through Food.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Neal Brennan is one of the best and most innovative stand-up comics working today. This is a glimpse into how and why. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma) and author of ''Kevin Smith's Secret Stash: The Definitive Visual History" explains how he chose happiness over Hollywood … and how he made a blockbuster movie with $27,000 he didn’t have.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Renee Montgomery shares stories from her life and discusses her meteoric rise in media and gives the LeBatardAF audience a sampling of what they can expect when “Montgomery and Co” debuts on September 22nd! Subscribe to "Montgomery and Co" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan talks to filmmaker Ken Burns about his creative processes, how much amazing content he left on the cutting room floor, his new project on Muhammad Ali and much more. Muhammad Ali premieres September 19-22 on PBS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices