Episodes

  • Bill Mikkelson (father of Meaghan Mikkelson and Brendan Mikkelson)
    Jun 25 2025

    This week, former NHL defenseman Bill Mikkelson, whose daughter Meaghan Mikkelson won 2 Olympic gold medals for Canada and whose son Brendan Mikkelson played in the NHL and has been a guest on the podcast, joins the show. Bill talks about playing for two expansion franchises in the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals, owning the worst single-season plus/minus rating in NHL history, growing up in a town of less than 200 in Manitoba, how he met his wife Betsy, how he got his post-hockey job at IBM, his upcoming trip to Colorado, playing with players like Harry Howell, Jean Potvin and Mike Marson, and much more. Tune it now!!


    If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    49 mins
  • Trey Young (cousin of Vince Young)
    May 28 2025

    Former Utah Valley University basketball player and current assistant Trey Young, whose cousin Vince Young led the University of Texas to the 2005 National Title, joins the show. Trey talks about how he originally got to Utah Valley as a player, how beating Rice as a player eventually led to becoming a grad assistant at VCU, a family trip to watch his cousin play in the Rose Bowl, the importance of both connections and relationships, playing in Australia, his love of baseball, playing for his dad in middle school, and much more. Tune in now!!


    If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


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    43 mins
  • Chayse Primeau (son of Keith Primeau; nephew of Wayne Primeau; brother of Cayden Primeau)
    May 14 2025

    Chayse Primeau, whose father Keith Primeau is a former NHL All-Star and whose uncle Wayne Primeau has been a guest on the podcast, joins the show. Chayse talks about playing college hockey at both Nebraska-Omaha and Notre Dame, how competitive the Primeau family is, playing with his brother Cayden in both high school and in the USHL with Lincoln, going to a Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Oregon Ducks college football game, overcoming injuries, being a big Toronto Blue Jays fan, now working in finance, and lots more. Tune in now!

    If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    39 mins
  • Natalie Glenn (daughter of Terry Glenn)
    Apr 30 2025

    This week indoor and beach volleyball player Natalie Glenn, whose father is former NFL wide receiver Terry Glenn, joins the show. Natalie talks her college career going from Minnesota to Long Beach State, losing her father in an automobile accident and overcoming all the trauma associated with it, how she lost then regained her love of volleyball, her love of the TV show Abbott Elementary, differences between indoor and beach volleyball, being partners on the court with her mother, playing multiple sports growing up, and lots more. Tune in now!

    If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    40 mins
  • Kelly Carlin-McCall (daughter of George Carlin)
    Apr 9 2025

    This week podcast host and writer Kelly Carlin-McCall, whose father George Carlin is an legendary stand-up comedian, joins the show. Kelly talks about her Humans on the Verge podcast, working with director Judd Apatow, being at Summerfest in Milwaukee with her parents, donating her dad's archives to the National Comedy Center, her memoir "A Carlin Home Companion," how she met comedian Paul Provenza which led her to talent produce "The Green Room," George telling her the sun has exploded, and much more. Tune in now!


    If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    54 mins
  • Nikka Graff Lanzarone (daughter of Ilene Graff and Ben Lanzarone)
    Feb 5 2025
    This week Broadway and theater actress Nikka Graff Lanzarone, whose mother is Broadway and tv actress Ilene Graff and whose father Ben Lanzarone was a composer and pianist, joins the show. Nikka talks about playing Velma Kelly in "Chicago" on Broadway, her one-woman show "Hero Worship," having and writing about battles with depression, the important advice she's received from her parents, co-hosting the podcast "Only Dead Inside," her love of Mel Brooks movies, why "All That Jazz" is her favorite movie, her father passing away in 2024, the reasons she loves New York, and much more. Tune in now! (This episode was recorded in November 2024) If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    48 mins
  • Jared Van Der Beek (brother of James Van Der Beek)
    Jan 22 2025

    This week former college baseball player Jared Van Der Beek, whose brother James Van Der Beek starred in Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues, joins the show. Jared talks about playing college baseball at Vermont, acting with his brother growing up, overcoming concussions in high school, a family trip to the Caribbean when he was a child, his Pathway2Healing practice which blends Eastern and Western medicines to reduce pain for patients, meeting Gwyneth Paltrow, having a bit of a sweet tooth, winning a big game in the state playoffs as a high school quarterback, and much more! Tune in now!

    If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here:

    ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    47 mins
  • Lauren Harrison (sister of Christian Harrison)
    Jan 8 2025
    Volleyball player Lauren Harrison, whose brother Christian Harrison was a multi-sport athlete in Georgia, joins the show. She talks about playing abroad in Switzerland and getting the opportunity to see the country, her favorite matches from playing at Baylor, tearing her ACL, the memories of her grandmother's garden from growing up, the meaning behind her first tattoo, the reason behind her transferring to Baylor, her fandom of Love is Blind on Netflix, and much more. Tune in now! (Episode was taped in November 2024 prior to her release from the San Diego Mojo) If you would like to support the podcast monetarily, go here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Played, Too • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And, if you want to learn more about the host and author Rob Adler and his career, check out his book here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠I Hammered Hank: And Other True Stories From The Worldwide Leader: Adler, Rob: 9781980219613: Amazon.com: Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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    43 mins