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Mark Bader and friends interview the biggest names in the sport of wrestling. Hear from your favorite wrestlers and coaches about their experiences in life through the sport. Become inspired, entertained and amused by the wide variety of guests that come onto the show every week.
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- 2 days ago48 min
Enock Francois & Kevin Jack | The Bader Show (Ep. 486)
IMG Academy is one of the most prestigious schools in the country and specializes in sports. They have started a wrestling program and Director of wrestling, Enock Francois and head coach Kevin Jack join the show to talk about their school, the vision and the future. 0:45 - What is IMG Academy? 3:15 - Sports education institution 5:45 - IMG is starting a wrestling program 8:15 - Why was Enock sold, immediately? 9:50 - Wanting to reflect a D1 program 11:00 - Head coach Kevin Jack 13:00 - Director of wrestling / Athletic director for wrestling 17:00 - What will IMG’s competition schedule look like? 21:30 - How are they putting a team together? 23:00 - The financial component with tuition, financial aid 27:30 - Five years down the road 30:00 - Enock learning under Rob Koll, thinking outside the box 35:00 - New ways to be creative at IMG 40:20 - Creating something and building trust from scratch 41:30 - They will be competing next season 43:30 - The final word #TheBaderShow IMG Wrestling questionnaire: https://forms.imgacademy.com/view.php... IMG Wrestling Camps: https://shop.imgacademy.com/pages/boo... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 3 days ago54 min
Mike Macchiavello | The Bader Show (Ep. 485)
Mike Macchiavello won his third US Open title and is headed back to Final X for the second time. He will face returning World Champion and friend, Trent Hidlay, whose wedding he will attend this summer. 0:50 - Why the headgear in freestyle? 2:00 - The young guys are so tough and hungry 4:30 - Internal emotions tied to wrestling 8:20 - How Macch and Trent Hidlay became friends 11:00 - Trent was Macch’s Final X training partner in 2023 11:30 - Feeling Trent improve over time 13:40 - Realizing Trent could be an opponent 14:30 - “See you at Final X” - they joked 19:00 - Emotionally preparing to wrestle a friend 21:00 - Macch and Trent wrestled in Zagreb this past February 27:00 - Gameplanning for Trent Hidlay 28:30 - Trent and Macch talk lately? 31:15 - Wedding talk, when’s the Final X wrestle-off? 33:40 - Watching Trent win a World title last year! 38:00 - How does Macch use artificial intelligence? 41:45 - Who is Macch’s all-time favorite wrestler? 44:35 - Wins and whoopins 48:06 - Macch will be on staff at West Point 49:15 - Macch looks like Jorge Masvidal 51:45 - Macch’s final word #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 2 weeks ago46 min
What Happened At Tarleton State? Grant Leeth | The Bader Show (Ep. 484)
Grant Leeth helped start the club wrestling program at Tarleton State in Stephenville, TX with the understanding they would be working toward becoming division 1. This week some statements came out that seemed contrary. Grant joins the show to give his perspective on the situation. 0:55 - Starting a wrestling program at Tarleton State 3:25 - Check all the boxes 4:40 - Raising money 6:25 - Allan Rogers, the big donor 7:00 - Wrestling facility 8:15 - The vision and ribbon cutting ceremony 10:10 - The coaching situation 12:50 - Highlights and success on the mat 14:25 - Communication with the administration 18:00 - Preparing to support D1 programs for 5 years 19:15 - Need a D1 conference 22:45 - Time for kids to find a new home 23:00 - False rumors that wrestling is completely done at Tarleton 24:15 - Leeth no longer wanted to be part of the program 25:30 - Could Tarleton women’s program become D1 soon? 28:40 - Need more fundraising 29:35 - Nothing in writing 31:00 - Was it ever real? 32:55 - What’s next for Grant Leeth? 35:10 - How could Leeth have handled things differently? 37:55 - It truly seemed like D1 was going to happen 39:15 - The emotions of Grant Leeth right now 43:25 - Grant Leeth’s final word #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- May 6, 202657 min
Bo Bassett | The Bader Show (Ep. 483)
Bo Bassett just won the US Open at 65kg in both the U20 and senior divisions. He is already on the U23 world team and looks to make it on the U20 and senior teams as well. Bo is committed to wrestle at Virginia Tech and will move there this summer and prepare to be in the line up for the Hokies next year at 141 or 149. 0:50 - Junior Hodge Trophy Winner 1:45 - Wrestling two brackets at US Open 4:15 - Iowa, wait no, Virginia Tech 9:45 - Breaking down wrestling 2 brackets at US Open 13:30 - Bo vs Aden Valencia (Match breakdown) 24:00 - Final X & U20 best of three 29:00 - Challenges Real Woods presents 33:30 - Jax Forrest 36:00 - Rest and recovery 38:00 - Near-term and mid-term future for Bo 40:15 - 141 or 149 at Virginia Tech 41:45 - Reaching beyond wrestling 43:50 - Sweat it out (5 questions to make Bo sweat) 49:10 - How does Bo use AI? 50:30 - All-time favorite wrestler 51:10 - Wins and whoopins #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 15, 202627 min
Ben Askren & Donny Pritzlaff | The Bader Show (Ep. 482)
Ben Askren and Donny Pritzlaff had a contentious rivalry back in 2007 and 2008. The two have gone on to become successful coaches, Askren with his AWA academies and Pritzlaff as head coach at Columbia University. The two join the show to talk through their past as competitors and share knowledge as coaches. In the end we see two former rivals become friends. 1:00 - Ben the content creator praised Donny the coach 1:35 - Ben watching Donny’s college career 3:00 - Donny learning who Ben was 4:05 - The mishap when Ben was recruited to Wisconsin 5:45 - Donny on Ben’s college career 7:45 - What it was like wrestling Donny 9:00 - What it feels like to wrestle Ben 9:50 - Warming up with the clinch pushouts everyday for a year 12:30 - Was it personal? 15:00 - Askren wants to know Pritzlaff’s coaching secrets 16:00 - Competitor vs paper boy 20:30 - Askren’s take on belief and confidence 22:20 - Don’t teach moves, put them in positions & figure it out 24:45 - Ben & Donny are now friends! #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 8, 202656 min
Pac 12 Realignment | The Bader Show (Ep. 481)
Recent college wrestling conference realignment has seen a rebirth of the Pac 12 as several teams leave the Big 12 to join the Pac 12. Chris Pendleton and Neil Erisman, head coahces at Oregon State and Little Rock have been a part of the Pac 12 for some time now. SDSU leaves the Big 12 for the Pac 12 and Nate Engel is the director of strategy for Pac 12 wrestling. The four wrestling minds join the show to share their excitement for the opportunities that lie ahead. 1:05 - The role of college conferences 2:00 - Chris Pendleton on Pac 12 changes since 2014 3:25 - How football and money has impacted college conferences 4:30 - Pac 12 experience for Little Rock 6:00 - SDSU experience in the Big 12 and why they are leaving 9:55 - Having voting rights in the conference 13:00 - When, how and why this conference alignment got going 17:15 - We need to be proactive instead of reactive 20:30 - Coming together and think outside the box 21:30 - What happens to the Big 12? 27:30 - How important conference championships can be for Mid Major schools 30:30 - Shifting more toward dual meets 36:15 - Having options and throwing all ideas out there 40:45 - Importance of collaboration 42:45 - Pendleton’s closing words 44:20 - Ability to host conference championships 48:15 - Damion Hahn’s perspective shift after leaving Minnesota 51:15 - Damion Hahn on the late great J Rob and how innovative he was in wrestling #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 6, 202649 min
Cesar Alvan | The Bader Show (Ep. 480)
Cesar Alvan captured the hearts of wrestling fans at the 2026 NCAA Wrestling championships when he was relatively unknown and came into the NCAA tournament as the #12 seed. He ended up fourth and attributes a lot of his success to Columbia head coach Donny Pritzlaff and his staff. 0:30 - Who the hell is Cesar Alvan? 3:00 - Loved wrestling and combat sports 5:00 - When Alvan went all-in on wrestling & college opportunities 7:30 - Eyeing the UFC in his future 8:00 - Why Columbia University? 11:30 - Out with the old coaching staff, in with the new 12:40 - Alvan recruited Pritzlaff (you read that right) 17:15 - First practice with Pritzlaff as coach 20:00 - Jumping levels under Pritzlaff 23:00 - Cesar & coaching staff LOVED his draw in the bracket 24:00 - Alvan pins Locket in OT, he was ready 26:40 - Being the Man in the Arena 29:30- Mitchell Mesenbrink 31:30 - Day 3 at NCAAs is NOT about who’s a better wrestler 34:00 - When it all sunk it, balling for an hour 36:00 - Mohammad Ali quote 37:55 - Alvan wants to continue to wrestle for Brazil, maybe RAF 41:00 - Wrestling wizard Jeff Buxton 42:10 - Artificial Intelligence 43:00 - Honey the night before a weigh in 44:00 - Who is Alvan’s all-time favorite wrestler? 45:00 - Wins and whoopins #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- Apr 3, 202658 min
Gabe Arnold | The Bader Show (Ep. 479)
Gabe Arnold had trouble with communication last summer which lead to trouble with the Iowa program. After thinking he was off the team, Arnold regrouped to help the Hawkeyes secure wins at 174, 184 and 197 this season. He capped it off with by earning All-American honors at 197 after losing his first match at the NCAAs. 0:40 - Gabe’s eventful morning 3:20 - Was Gabe kicked off the Iowa team last summer? 11:00 - Gabe wanted to wrestle 174 at the start of the year 13:30 - Getting to where Arnold was “locked in” 17:00 - Endene left, what did that mean for Gabe? 19:00 - Angelo Ferrari got hurt, Gabe fills in 22:00 - 197 for Big Tens or nah? 25:20 - Confirming with coach Brands on 197 27:40 - Pretending he liked NCAA brackets and seeds 31:45 - Iowa’s challenging season 37:10 - NCAA first round loss and the long road back 44:30 - Overwhelming emotion of earning All-American 49:30 - Gabe will wrestle 79kg at US Open 53:10 - 174 next year for the Hawkeyes #TheBaderShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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