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Emily Austen is currently the host for Liberty University's weekly show "Flames Central" and serves as a sideline reporter for Liberty football and Liberty men's basketball on ESPN+.
Prior to arriving at Liberty, Austen worked with The Golf Channel, Boston Celtics and Fox Sports Florida.
Today on the podcast, we welcome back Emily Austen to the podcast after first appearing in 2017. She talks about surrendering her life to Jesus in 2019, the importance of owning our scars and how shame has become a great teacher for her.
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Listen HERE to our first conversation with Emily Austen from 2017.
Brian Tome is the pastor of Crossroads Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, 2017’s fastest-growing church in America. Tome has authored four books, including his best-seller, “The Five Marks of a Man.”
He also hosts The Aggressive Life podcast and started Man Camp, a primitive weekend camping experience that has driven 20,000 men to reclaim the core of manhood.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Brian Tome about Jesus as a leader, the role of pastor as a coach and as a quarterback, watching the Cincinnati Bengals resurgence and his new book releases "The Five Marks of a Man" and the "Five Marks of a Man Tacitcal Guide."
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Jay Seawell is the head golf coach at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Jay joined Alabama in July of 2002 and in 20133 and 2013, led the Crimson Tide golf team to back-to-back national titles.
In 2016, Seawell was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Jay Seawell about finding satisfaction in his players success, the impact FCA had on his life, living in the present and the importance of taming the ego.
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Nathan Carter is a running back with Michigan State's football team. He began his college career at the University of Connecticut and led the team in rushing in 2021. After an early season shoulder injury in 2022 with UCONN, he decided to enter the transfer protocol in December 2022 and is now the leading rusher in 2023 for the Spartans.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Nathan Carter about being a follower vs being a fan of Jesus, praying specific prayers, using football as a place to worship God and choosing God opportunities over good opportunities.
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Fran Fraschilla has covered basketball at ESPN since 2003. Prior to joining ESPN he was a division one college basketball coach with Manhattan, St. Johns and New Mexico. He was the 1995 MAAC Coach of the Year and took his teams to three NCAA tournament berths and eight overall postseason berths in nine seasons.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Fran Fraschilla about his coaching journey, growing closer to Jesus as he gets older, his love for international hoops and wanting to make an impact on the younger generation.
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Laila Blair is a women's basketball player with the University of Houston. The Cougars point guard became the first player in school history to be named All-Conference First Team in 2022-23.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Laila Blair about GFIE (God first in everything), basketball as a platform, WNBA aspirations and why she wants to invade sports with Christ.
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Derek Carrier is a former NFL tight end who is currently in ministry as an assistant pastor at Cornerstone Chapel in the Washington D.C. area. In college, Carrier was a standout tight end at Division III Beloit college in Beloit, Wisconsin. He went undrafted in 2012 but was quickly signed by the San Francisco 49ers.
His NFL career saw him play for 10 seasons with San Francisco, Washington, the Los Angeles Rams and the Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Derek Carrier about saying yes to Jesus at an NFL chapel service, playing with Derek Carr, seeking the Lord in everything and moving into ministry as a pastor.
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Listen here to SF 49ers team chaplain Earl Smith's conversation on Sports Spectrum.
Denny Duron is the head football coach at Evangel Christian Academy in Shreveport, Louisiana. The longtime senior pastor of Shreveport Community Church is a former college quarterback at Louisiana Tech. During his playing days, he helped his team to the 1972 and 1973 Division II national championship and was named 1973 Southland Conference MVP.
After college, he played in the World Football professional football league for two years and signed with the NFL's Washington Redskins in 1976.
Duron's Evangel Christian Academy football team is featured in the new Amazon freevee series God. Family. Football. streaming for free on the Amazon freevee app.
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Sage Steele is a former ESPN on-air talent hosting SportsCenter, NBA Countdown and many other shows. In August 2023, she parted ways with ESPN.
The Indiana University graduate and mom of 3 joins Jade McCarthy and Jason Romano to discuss her departure from ESPN, making a public pivot, the importance of staying humble and leading with love.
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Patrick Lencioni is a New York Times bestselling author and keynote speaker. He is the President of "The Table Group" and is the author of 13 books including"The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable."
He is the host of two podcasts, "At the Table with Patrick Lencioni" and "The Working Genius with Patrick Lencioni."
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