The GLUE-OOM

🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague sits down one-on-one with No Cry (David Perilo) : drummer, former OPS elementary teacher, Pepsi technician, and former Site Q of Futurama. He got his name by joining a reggae band a week before his first beatdown, after his fraternity brother Othello EH’d him out of a lonely season and into one of the longest grinders F3 Omaha ever ran. From there No Cry walks thro...

# It's Good to Be Full: Hungry-Man on Showing Up When It Matters 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and Gator sit down with Brad Bruns — F3 Hungry-Man — a ConAgra supply-chain lead, Gretna dad of twin 10-year-olds, and former Site Q of the Iditarod. He showed up convinced he "wasn't very interesting." Then he walked us from a sore first post at The Dune to the eve of his first half marathon, through...

Every Prince Needs an Uncle Phil: Fresh Prince on Mentors, Brotherhood & Never Going It Alone — The Glue-OOM, Episode 268 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host Gator sit down at the Nomad with Fresh Prince: a Lexington, Nebraska native, Gretna optometrist and St. Columbkille parishioner who knew about F3 for years but never came, because nobody ever asked. He tells how one birthday-part...

Keep the Shoes: Chalupa on Standing Firm and Finding His People — The Glue-OOM, Episode 267 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host Stripes sit down at the Nomad with Chalupa — small-town Nebraska kid, Men of God regular, and former Site Q of the Ruckus. He got his F3 name the night he lost his cash and his Taco Bell but refused to hand over a brand-new pair of K-Swiss, and that same stubborn...

🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host LPC sit down at the Nomad in downtown Elkhorn with Billboard — Afghan-born, Omaha-made, former State Farm agent turned company builder, author, and the man who planted The Calm. He got his F3 name off his own face on a roadside sign, and he spends this hour making the opposite case: the thing that actually matters can't be advertised. He walks through t...

🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague sits down at The Nomad in downtown Elkhorn with Rambis — Omaha native, Burke grad, UNO biology degree, field service engineer on the blood analyzers running in hospitals and labs across the region, and the man who just handed off the farm flag to Backup Terry. He got named after a Laker who never scored the points, and it turned out to fit: no headlines, no highlig...

📌 EPISODE SUMMARY On Episode 264 of the Glue-OOM, The Plague sits down in the Nomad with Mortar — Council Bluffs kid, former Army National Guard mortarman, high school wrestling coach, and past Site Q at Bockscar — with his phone face-up on the table because his M is two weeks into contractions with twin girls. Mortar walks through the training-ground TBI that ended his military career weeks befo...

📘 EPISODE SUMMARY On Episode 263 of the Glue-OOM, The Plague goes virtual with Village Inn — Iowa State physics grad, former Ironwood Site Q, and now a two-time flag planter in Colorado Springs. He traces how a tornado-cleanup carpool EH reshaped his life, opens up about mistaking familiarity for community back in Omaha, and explains how moving 600 miles with zero safety net forced him into the i...

EPISODE SUMMARY On Episode 262 of the Glue-OOM, The Plague and Gator sit down with Zamboni — soccer lifer, co-founder and outgoing Site Q of The Riptide — to trace his path from three career-ending ACL tears and a 265-pound low point to becoming one of F3 Omaha's steadiest voices on accountability. Zamboni opens up about losing his soccer identity, learning to listen to his wife instead of his ego...

EPISODE SUMMARY The Plague and co-host Stripes sit down at The Nomad with Joel "Snare" Stenberg — former Site Q at the Berm, sandbag hammer, and the Minuteman of Lexington — for a story about what happens when a man simply refuses to stop showing up. EH'd by The Plague himself three years ago, Snare traces the road from shin splints and "this isn't for me" to Iron Pax, the flag at the Berm, and a...

EPISODE SUMMARY The Plague sits down with Slow Clap (Kyle Leonard) at The Nomad, joined by co-host Wait Time, for a wide-ranging conversation on six years in F3 Omaha. Slow Clap traces his path from a Minnesota hockey rink to a COVID-era first beatdown at Golden Spike, through Site Q at the Armory, a Shield Lock, and a lifetime of marriage and mentorship lessons. The episode closes with an unguard...

Lead From the Back: Ditka Trades the Front Row for the Wolf Pack 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host Stripes sit down with Ditka (Brian McCann), Site Q of the Wolf Den, for a Glue-OOM that runs from a wing-eating disaster in high school all the way to the hardest COT of his F3 life. Ditka unpacks how a West Point-bred, win-at-all-costs intensity got humbled by F3 into something he'd never...

Street Dance: The Guarded Sad Clown Who Learned to Lead 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE On this episode of The Glue-OOM, host The Plague and co-host Gator sit down with Street Dance (Tony Ferguson, F3 #47), a former Site Q of Beacon Valley. Street Dance shares how a total stranger EH'd him lakeside with zero introduction, how he quietly carried 60 pounds and a guarded, closed-off mindset he didn't have a na...

EPISODE SUMMARY On this episode of The Glue-OOM, host The Plague and co-host Gator sit down with Peel (Greg Drasinski) of Mission Forge to trace two years of transformation — from a sweat-soaked first Murph to Site Q, VQ leader, and Shield Lock brother. Peel opens up about drifting from his Catholic upbringing and finding his way back to faith through the men around him, now leading a church initi...

🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and Gator sit down with Pitchfork (Bill Koch) of Trident for a story that starts with a year and a half of stalling and ends with a farm kid running one of Omaha's most storied AOs. Pitchfork walks through his First F in a freezing wind at Hallock Park, the near-miss on getting stuck with "Noodle" as a name, and the sink-or-swim four months it took him to go from F...

Honey Maid: The Wholesome Leader Built from Scratch 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and Gator welcome Honey Maid — Site Q of the Coliseum — to the Nomad for a conversation that starts funny and gets real fast. What begins as a COVID-comeback story about fat pants and an accidental marathon turns into an honest look at leadership, faith, and what it actually costs to show up for your family when e...

🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host Stripes sit down at The Nomad with Brett "Biscuits" Ritter — Riptide Site Q, Wolfden veteran, girl dad of two, and one of the most quietly resilient stories in F3 Omaha. What looks like a confident, community-building leader on the other side of a site launch is actually a man who spent his first year of college hooked on opioids after major foot surger...

In The Neighborhood: The Wolf Pack He Never Knew He Needed 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host LPC sit down at The Nomad with Jeff "Mr. Rodgers" Nogg, Canopy Site Q, Wolf Pack founding member, girl dad of four, and one of the most quietly transformational stories in F3 Omaha. What looks like a confident, connected, purpose-driven man on the other side of a company sale is actually a guy w...

The Buck Stops Here: Bambi on Taking Responsibility, Building Confidence, and Leading Well ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙️ ABOUT THIS EPISODE The Plague and co-host Gator sit down at The Nomad with Phillip "Bambi" Daly — outgoing Site Q of The Village, 22-year sales veteran, husband, father of three, and half-Iron Man in training. What looks like a naturally confident man is actually a guy who sp...

Every HIM Needs A Break Room | Break Room (Alex Kucera) | The Glue-OOM Ep. 251 Every man hits a season where life stops making sense. Good job. Nice house. Busy calendar. Checking every box. And still — hollow. For Alex "Break Room" Kucera, that season came hard. Divorce. Depression. 145 pounds. Too much alcohol. A marriage where he admitted he never put his spouse first. A longing for fatherhood...

SUMMARY: The Plague and Gator sit down with Switchfoot (Mark Matulka) at The Nomad in Old Town Elkhorn — and what unfolds is one of the most layered stories of perseverance and reinvention The Glue-OOM has ever captured. A guidance counselor told him he was a trades guy. He earned two bachelor's degrees, a master's, and a law degree. He scored in the 7th percentile on his first LSAT. He passed the...

EPISODE SUMMARY The Plague and special guest co-host Gator sit down with Reflux for one of the most emotionally layered episodes of The Glue-OOM to date. What begins as a funny story about a dad getting spit up on before his first post slowly unfolds into a conversation about grief, inherited faith, male friendship, Shield Lock accountability, and the leadership courage required to stop suppressin...

EPISODE SUMMARY The Plague sits down with Yugo to unpack the story behind his F3 nickname, his journey through fitness and fellowship, and how running became more than exercise—it became survival. From managing a Porsche dealership to navigating stress, family life, and the pull of isolation, Yugo shares how the Shield Lock of F3 changed his perspective on brotherhood. The episode is a gritty remi...

EPISODE SUMMARY The Plague sits down at The Nomad in downtown Elkhorn with Eric “Low Point” Ellison — one of the few men in F3 Omaha posting alongside his own father, High Point. What begins as a hilarious story about thinking F3 was “old guy stuff” unfolds into a grounded conversation about fatherhood, injuries, consistency, identity after sports, and the quiet battle to stay connected when life...

🎙️ EPISODE SUMMARY The Plague sits down with Bullseye at The Nomad—joined by Stripes—to unpack a story of survival, brotherhood, and quiet resilience. From ICU recovery and losing his vision to learning how to stand on his own again, Bullseye shares how F3 Omaha became the proving ground for his comeback. What unfolds is a raw look at how men walking beside you—step by step—can pull you out of the...