Off The Collar

Nick Johnson takes the guest seat for this episode of Off The Collar . After a few episodes of interviewing others, Sandy turns the questions back on Nick to talk about his background, growing up in San Diego, playing college golf at the University of Redlands, chasing professional golf, working in the golf industry, moving to Austin, starting over, and eventually building a new life in Reno. This...

Dr. Jeff Ambrose joins Off The Collar to talk about food safety, processed foods, microplastics, allergens, GMOs, food authenticity, and what actually happens behind the scenes before food reaches the shelf. Jeff has a PhD in biomedical engineering and works in food science, helping companies with technical testing around GMOs, allergens, meat speciation, food authenticity, and more. In this episo...

In this episode of Off The Collar, Nick and Sandy sit down with Shawn Cox — a longtime golf coach, father, former college athlete, and one of Nick’s first coaches growing up. Shawn talks about his path from football and baseball to golf, what he learned from mentors in the San Diego golf community, and how coaching has changed with technology, launch monitors, data, and modern training tools. The...

In this episode of Off The Collar, Nick and Sandy sit down with Patrick Hallahan — a longtime friend, new dad, saxophone player, former lifeguard, and biotech sales professional. Patrick talks about growing up in San Diego, working in technical sales, becoming a father, keeping music in his life, managing stress, and learning how to communicate better with his wife and family. The conversation als...

Off The Collar is back. In this episode, Nick introduces his new co-host Sandy — a longtime friend, tennis player, corporate finance professional, and someone who brings a thoughtful, funny, and honest perspective to the show. This episode sets the tone for what Off The Collar is becoming: open, honest, improvised conversations with everyday people about life, purpose, health, work, relationships,...

Welcome to Off The Collar. This is not small talk. Off The Collar is a podcast built around real conversations with everyday people — conversations about life, purpose, work, stress, relationships, health, failure, success, and the things we are all trying to figure out. Hosted by Nick Johnson and Sandy Arami, the show is about learning from normal people, hearing real stories, and hopefully helpi...

This week's range session we explore the importance of feeling uncomfortable

Some good drills to do on the road, in the backyard

This week we are on the road with some recent life updates from Nick and Loren

This week we get Willy mic'd up and see if we can close out the back side bet

This week we go face on and down range with some wedge work

This week's Episode we head to the range!

This week Graham is on the mic while we play a couple of holes. Check us out on Instagram @off.the.collar

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This week's a little chilly for a new episode...

This week, the topic from the Fish Bowl is Dating Apps, where we give our thoughts of the current status of them in our society

In this episode, Nick and Loren answer 5 questions to give the audience more of an idea of who they are

On this episode, Loren and Nick discuss how we met, our first date, and take the first pull from the fishbowl

We're Back

Part 2 - Shelby re-joins the pod and we get to hear the 2nd part of Jeremy's episode where we tell some stories from our college days

Part 1 - This week we sit down with Jeremy Sanders - Nick's former college teammate. We talk about his upbringing in golf, how it was having a brother to compete against and how to win tournaments

This week we sit down with Lena Schaeffner who played for Coastal Carolina. She took some time off but is getting back into it! We also discuss why Nick's a perfect face for radio.

This week with sit down with Savanah Moroles. She gives Nick some serious dating tips, apparently hatfishing is a thing

This week with sit down with Lexi Salberg and talk about her upbringing, how different things can turn out and her time as a body builder

This week we sit down with Karen Kim, well sort of....