LA Rams General Manager Les Snead dives deep into some of the strategies that made the Rams a Super Bowl Champion, including assessing character, how to draft the right player, the complicated nature of trading players, how to build a team, hiring the right coach, hidden performance, why it’s so important to be relentlessly curious, and so much more. A nat ... Show More
Jul 8
#236 Harley Finkelstein: You Must Requalify for Your Role, Every Year
Shopify President Harley Finkelstein talks with Shane Parrish about treating every role in your life like a job you have to earn again each year. Harley shares why stepping down as COO was his hardest choice, the family motto that guides his daughters, and what makes someone good ... Show More
1h 49m
Jul 1
#235 Outliers: Jimmy Pattison — Building a $16B Empire Without Connections, Capital, or Credentials
At 96 years old, Jimmy Pattison still runs his $16 billion empire personally. He’s built it over 63 years without outside capital or a college degree. He owns 100% of car dealerships, billboards, radio stations—even Ripley’s Believe It or Not—with a philosophy of: "No partners, n ... Show More
1h 13m
Jun 24
#234 Indra Nooyi: Lessons from the Top of PepsiCo—and the Cost of Getting There
On her first day as CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi fired her general counsel. Then rehired him before dinner. It wasn’t a stunt. It was a signal. She ran a $200 billion empire the same way she ran her life: with surgical precision, uncompromising standards, and an allergy to corpora ... Show More
1h 36m
Jun 2020
Special Teams: The Greatest Show On Turf Closes
The Rams Greatest Show on Turf thrilled and excited football fans everywhere at the turn of the 21st century, as their offense was like nothing we had seen in the NFL in years. But like everything else in life, it had to come to an end. But, whew - how it did so is worthy of it’s ... Show More
44m 36s
Aug 2021
Los Angeles Rams GM Les Snead on Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing | Think About This
Ryan reads today’s daily meditation and talks to Los Angeles Rams GM Les Snead about the cultural pillars of the Rams organization, making tough decisions under intense pressure, ignoring the short term incentives and the noise that comes along with his profession, and more.Les S ... Show More
1h 23m
Apr 2022
BIG WHIT! Andrew Whitworth talks Super Bowl walk-off, Stafford's HOF case, & Rams chances to Repeat
The Playmaker invites Super Bowl Champ & Walter Payton Man Of The Year - Andrew Whitworth! Mike & Whit discuss his walk-off/walk-off winning both his first Super Bowl & Walter Payton Man Of The Year award in his last season, the key to his 16 seasons in the league as a big man, C ... Show More
50m 38s
Dec 2020
Best Bets for New Years Weekend & Super Bowl champion coach Eric Mangini
On today's episode, former NFL head coach Eric Mangini swings by to discuss what it's like raising his boys in the middle of a pandemic, how tough it is for a NFL head coach heading into Black Monday, what might be going through Bill Belichick's mind as he heads towards a rare of ... Show More
41m 46s
Jan 2022
Kyle Shanahan on Super Bowl Regrets, Trading Up for Lance, Taking the SF Job, and Coaching With His Dad
Ahead of Sunday's NFC championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers, we revisit last summer's wide-ranging conversation between the head coaches of those teams, Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan. They discuss their long-standing friendship and their time c ... Show More
1h 39m
Feb 2023
Domonique Foxworth on NFL Owners, Investing, and Keys to the Big Game
What's more challenging: facing off against a wide receiver or a room full of NFL owners? Domonique Foxworth made an impact on the field as an NFL cornerback for six season, and an impact off the field as the youngest player to be elected vice president of the NFL Players Associa ... Show More
20m 42s
Apr 2020
NFL Draft Recap, Handling a Championship Loss, and Vulnerability in Sports With Brené Brown
Pete Carroll gives an inside look at how the NFL draft went for the Seahawks, talks about a few of their picks, and discusses how college experience affects a player's draft stock in the NBA and NFL. Pete and Steve reflect on losing a Super Bowl and an NBA Finals in devastating f ... Show More
55m 56s
Nov 2023
Super Bowl Winning Coach on Grit, Growth and Failure | NFL Coach, Tom Cable
What would you do in the face of a very public and shocking defeat? Would you crumble, or would you use it to grow and learn? Today’s guest chose growth, transforming one of the most heart-wrenching moments in NFL history into a profound learning experience.In this episode, I'm t ... Show More
1h 46m