The CW Pod

Chris Williams has a lot of problems with society...and now you're gonna hear about it. Hear all of CW's grievances with college football, halftime shows, the tipping problem, and more. Courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams makes his picks for the 2025 College Football Playoff, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes Ben Bruns to discuss everything that has happened in this transitional period between Matt Campbell and Jimmy Rogers at Iowa State. What's next for the Cyclones? All of their thoughts and more presented by Steeple Ridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams is joined and interviewed by his longtime mentor, Keith Murphy, regarding the release of his new book: “Fanatic: Stories from 20 Years Inside Iowa State.” The two discuss the process of writing and researching the book, what Chris hopes the audience gets from it, highlights from the last 20 years, and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Chris Williams dissects Kenny Dillingham's comments about local communities. Does he have a point? YouTube TV pushed back against ESPN and came out on top - while also looking out for the fans. Celebrating the death of the BCS and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams reacts and delivers his thoughts on Iowa's last-second loss to Oregon. Can Iowa get to the next level? Iowa State finally gets back in the win column. Touching on hoops and more presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams breaks down the big dispute between Disney and Google regarding ESPN and YouTubeTV. It’s another example of how only the fans get screwed. Also, did Nebraska really need to increase Matt Rhule’s contract buyout to $71 million last week? A lot of sports business this week on the CW Pod, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes Overthinking's Mackenzie Eddie to talk about the paranormal. There's no way everything is a coincidence, right? Diving into Halloween, life, and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams takes a deep dive into the Big Ten’s reported interest in acquiring money from a private investment firm. Not everyone is on the same page. What’s it mean for the future? Chris peels off layers of what he believes to be coded language form the Michigan Board of Regents. A lot to dissect today, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Chris Williams dives into college football this week to discuss the James Franklin firing and what it means for the rest of college football. Will anyone catch Texas Tech in the Big 12? Touching on what Iowa State needs to do moving forward and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris sits down with his old friend, Drake head coach Eric Henderson, to look ahead at his debut season leading the Bulldog program. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes back Scott Siepker to discuss the return of Iowa Nice Guy and what's to come. Remember the good ol' days of football? Diving into the Dallas Cowboys documentary, CW's new book, and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams discusses why Jimmy Kimmel and WWE hold the cards now - not the networks - before diving into Mike Gundy and Dabo Swinney's similar tailspins. Jeff Woody joins the show to preview Arizona and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams touches on how ridiculous conference realignment is and who is paying for it before diving into Brian Kelly's response to a reporter and his Big 12 power rankings heading into Week 4. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes Andrew Downs for one last rehashing of the Cy-Hawk game. What does the future of Iowa Football look like? AD's thoughts on potentially the end of the Ferentz era and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes Jeff Woody to break down the 2025 Cy-Hawk game from Iowa State's perspective before Chad Leistikow joins to discuss the Hawkeyes. What should each team be worried about? All this and more presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams sits down with ESPN's newest personality and former Cyclone Jeff Woody to talk about how he landed at ESPN, his views on the Big 12, Iowa State, and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams makes all of his picks for season win totals ahead of the 2025 season. Is Texas Tech for real? Who makes a comeback this year and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams welcomes Philadelphia 76ers Head Coach and NBA Champion Nick Nurse to discuss his foundation and his week back in Iowa before CW breaks down ESPN's monumental week in the media landscape. Presented as always by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams goes deep today on how the niche movement is a massive contributor to the slow death of traditional sports media in America. Presented as always by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CW is live from Stadium Swim at Circa Las Vegas. VSiN's Tim Murray joins the podcast to discuss betting the 2025 college football season. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon and the Lonely Oak Distillery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Williams reacts to Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark's comments about the College Football Playoffs from Big 12 Media Days. What does this mean for the conference? Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Chris Williams was the Big 12 commissioner, how would he fix the league’s preseason poll? Well, he wouldn’t do away with it. Details in this week’s CW Pod, along with an interview of new Iowa Wild coach Greg Cronin, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you ever go through an entire work day where you go nonstop and at the end, feel like you got absolutely nothing done? Former Cyclone and NBA player Paul Shirley’s latest book, “The Art of Focused Work” approaches how to avoid such a common problem for people living in the year 2025. Chris Williams & Paul Shirley discuss screen time, mental overloads, evolution, AI, being more productive and a...

Chris Williams welcomes Iowa Everywhere's very own Mackenzie Eddie as they discuss the new Netflix documentary "Titan: The OceanGate Disaster." Why didn't anyone stop it? Touching on CW taking his daughter to Avril Lavigne, and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices