What's Next with Eric Wood

Craig Ballantyne is a best-selling author, an award winning business coach and is known around the planet as "The World's Most Disciplined Man." Craig now coaches entrepreneurs to make more money and work less using the techniques in his books "Unstoppable" and "The Perfect Week Formula." Today on the show, Eric and Craig dive into the importance of accountability, and also discuss:  (2:07-7:...

Your custom clothing should reflect your personal style, from the fit, to the fabric, to the details. To help define your style, meet Jordan Yocum of Custom Clothing. Jordan and his team take the time to learn and understand: What you do, who you interact with, how you dress, and what professional clothing you already own, what needs to be updated and what needs to have alterations. Their goal? To...

Michael Gervais is a high performance psychologist working in the trenches of high-stakes environments with some of the best in the world, training the mindset skills and practices essential to pursuing and revealing one’s potential. His clients include world record holders, Olympians, internationally acclaimed artists and musicians, MVPs from every major sport and Fortune 100 CEOs. Today on the s...

Dan Oliver is a Louisville based entrepreneur who has had a rapid rise to success. Founder and owner of Dan-O's seasoning, Dan has a story of perseverance and dedication that many can learn from. Today on the show, Eric and Dan cook up some food at the E-Wood Headquarters, and discuss: (1:41-4:02) - Dan the competitor (4:02-12:03) - Dan's career journey and start of Dan-O's (12:03-18:02) - How Dan...

Ben Greenfield is human performance consultant, speaker and New York Times bestselling author of 17 books. Ben has also been instrumental in Eric's body and brain transformation after his retirement from the NFL. Today on the show, Ben gives practical advice from a health standpoint and shares strong words about his faith journey. Topics on the show include: (2:00-10:55) - Where Ben grew up, some...

Brad Cox is a Louisville based Horse Trainer and will bring the favorite to the 147th KY Derby this Saturday, and that's Essential Quality.  Brad's North American career earnings exceed $80 million with 1,492 wins through 2021. He has won 6 Breeders' Cup races and will look to become the first Louisville trainer to ever win the KY Derby. Today on the show, Eric an Brad discuss: 2:55-6:40 - Ge...

Ben Newman is a highly regarded Performance Coach, International Speaker and Best-Selling Author, whose clients include Fortune 500 companies around the world, business executives, sales organizations and professional athletes in the NFL, PGA, NBA, MLB, UFC and NCAA. Ben serves as a Mental Conditioning Coach for the 18-time National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide football team and has worked with p...

Dan Morgan is a former Pro Bowl NFL Linebacker for the Carolina Panthers and the current Director of Player Personnel for the Buffalo Bills. Dan was selected 11th overall in the 2001 NFL Draft after playing college football at the University of Miami. At Miami, Dan became the first sophomore team captain in team history and was the first player in NCAA history to win the Butkus Award, the Nagurski...

Join Eric, Mike and Jana on Instagram LIVE for a LIVE edition of What's Next with Eric Wood. Mike Caussin played 5 seasons in the NFL and is a former teammate of Eric's with the Buffalo Bills. His wife, Jana Kramer, is an actress and country music superstar. Together, the two have written a book titled "The Good Fight" that explores the raw and real emotional moments of their marriage. Today on th...

7x Pro Bowler, Hall of Fame Wide Receiver and Buffalo Bills legend Andre Reed joins the show. Andre played 15 seasons for the Bills from 1985-1999 and was a huge part of Buffalo's success in the 90's. Today on the show, Eric and Andre relive some locker room stories from those Bills days. Andre also gives great advice on making the most of your opportunities in life and powerful moments throughout...

Keith Craft is the Founder and Lead Pastor of Elevate Life Church, a non-denominational church in Frisco, Texas. As a leader, coach, speaker, author, and transformationalist, Keith Craft impacts thousands of people around the world every year and does so yet again today in this episode. Eric and Keith discuss: Keith's athletic upbringing and career with the Dallas Cowboys (3:00-13:45) Cr...

Former teammate and 4x Walter Peyton Man of the Year nominee Lorenzo Alexander joins the show today. Lorenzo played college football at the University of Cal, but went undrafted out of college. It was his ability to adapt and be versatile that helped him play for 13 seasons in the NFL. Today on the show, Eric and Lorenzo discuss behind the scenes stories from their days in Buffalo, their transitio...

To celebrate International Woman's Day, Eric welcomes two female star athletes to the show. Deja McClendon and Jordan Larson are players in the new Athletes Unlimited Professional Volleyball league, the first indoor professional Volleyball league in the United States. Deja is from Louisville, Kentucky, she was Miss KY Volleyball in 2009 and has been playing oversees since 2013. Jordan played her c...

Terrell Owens played 16 seasons in the National Football League. He is a six-time Pro Bowler, a five-time First-Team All-Pro and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2018. As a former teammate of Eric in Buffalo in 2009, Terrell is considered one of the greatest Wide Receivers of all-time. Today on the show, the guys get into some of T.O.'s favorite memories in Buffalo, playing hurt in a Super Bo...

International business consultant and motivational speaker Victor Brick joins the show today. Victor is the co-founder of the John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation, the CEO of Planet Fitness Growth Partners and he and his wife, Lynne, were both named as two of Maryland's top 50 most influential people. In this episode, you'll be inspired by Victor's story of grit and determination in business and...

Ryan Leaf was the #2 overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. Today, he his considered "The Biggest Draft Bust in Sports History." What went wrong? On today's show, Ryan shares his powerful story of redemption and how he shed labels to make an impact in people's lives today. Topics include: Ryan's decision to attend Washington State (5:30) How a lack of maturity cost Ryan his career (10:28) Advice to g...

A look back at some of the best moments of "What's Next with Eric Wood" over the past two years, including: The most fun podcast, the most convicting story, the best advice given, the most passionate episode, the most popular episode and much more. And a big THANK YOU to all the listeners.

Two-time Super Bowl Champion and former Monday Night Football analyst Booger McFarland joins Eric on the show today. Booger was a 1st Team All-American at LSU and was drafted in the 1st round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 1999 NFL Draft. The former NFL veterans get into some locker room talk, and also discuss: How he got the nickname "Booger" (2:35) The proudest moments of his career (7:40) S...

The 70th episode of What's Next with Eric Wood is a special one. That's the number Eric wore in Buffalo, and today on the show, Buffalo born and raised Chad Michael Murray joins the show. Chad is best known as an actor on several different shows, including the well known tv series One Tree Hill. Today, the guys get into: Chad's upbringing as an avid Bills fan and how that helped him get into actin...

Former Buffalo Bills' teammate and 3x All-Pro Linebacker Shawne Merriman joins the show. Shawne was a 1st round pick out of Maryland, played 8 seasons in the NFL and gained a reputation for being one of the hardest hitters in the league.  Today on the show, Eric and Shawne relive some old locker room stories, and discuss: What kind of sports Shawne played as a kid (2:20-3:50) How he got the n...

Ed Mylett is one of top business leaders, peak performance experts and global keynote speakers in the world. Ed is the host of the #1 Business Podcast on iTunes: "The Ed Mylett Show" and today on the show, shares his wisdom with the listeners about what it takes to become a champion in all areas of life. Topics include:  Your test will be your testimony (5:20) Traits of the most successful pe...

Ariel joins Eric on Instagram LIVE Thursday night as they guys talk about Ariel's journey in broadcasting, the upcoming Connor McGregor fight, lots of Buffalo Bills talk and much more!

Luke Kuechly played 8 seasons with the Carolina Panthers from 2012 to 2019. He earned First-Team All-Pro Honors 5 times, made it to a Super Bowl in 2015 and was one of the smartest and toughest guys to play in the NFL. His early retirement was a surprise to many, and on the show today, Luke and Eric get into Luke's decision to step away, also: Why Luke decided to go to Boston College (6:20) Luke's...

For 17 years, Jason was an Emmy-Award winning Producer and Senior Manager at ESPN. He has created and produced content for shows such as SportsCenter, Monday Night Football and Mike and Mike in the Morning. In February of 2017, Jason took a leap of faith and walked away from his job at ESPN to pursue sports ministry. One month later,  he launched the  Sports Spectrum podcast , an intervi...

Former podcast guests Joe Hawley and Nick Hardwick join Eric Wood today to talk some ball. The three have a combined 25 years played in the NFL and are here to give you a glimpse into an NFL locker room.  On the show, the guys discuss:  Which era of the NFL was the most physical/violent (2:42-10:29) NFL stories, mistakes and mistakes made and by NFL coaches (10:29-20:40) Hardest play to...