Old Man Strength

Jamie Pollard joins the guys to sit down and chat.  Jamie talks about his beginnings as a student athlete himself, his rise in the athletic departments at Maryland and Wisconsin and what brought him to Iowa State.  Jamie talks about what its like being a parent to a student athlete in this new "NIL" era, as well as the vision of Iowa State's future. Jamie typically transparency shows aga...

KXNO Sports Fanatic co-host Ross Peterson joins the guys in a fun interview about his road from a young kid who had a dream and how he fulfilled it.  Ross drops his usual knowledge about the power of never giving up, how he lives the core principles of his life and what its like to be grateful for all the gifts he has.  Chris and Ross swap stories about working for their dads and how som...

Jon Miller from HawkeyePodcast.com brings a unique perspective to this weeks episode of Old Man Strength.  Jon delves into some huge lessons he has learned from his time in the private sector as well as covering Hawkeye sports for over 20 years.  This episode is one for the ages and is the epitome of why we do what we do here.  Jon makes an impact on all of us with his life lessons...

Tim and Chris start new jobs on the same day and talk about those new job vibes, how they got there and then dive into a broad arrange of topics about taking chances with your career.  Beer Snob Tim makes an appearance when he ridicules Chris's palette for beers and spirits and Caitlyn announces she is on Tinder which clearly is going to be a disaster.

Friend of the program and Iowa State Legend Marcus Fizer comes on the pod to talk about Iowa State's run to the Sweet 16 and what the team is doing to prepare.  We re-visit his teams run to their sweet 16, have some fun stories about Coach Eustachy and Floyd, along with a host of listeners questions.  

Chris and Tim give a wrap up on their day at Revelton Distillery and then dive into a variety of topics that have been lingering.  Chris stopped drinking during Lent so of course, his tolerance for BS is at an all time low and the guys rant and rave about stuff that is going on around us. 

Chris and Tim travel on the road to Revelton Distillery in Osceola Iowa to record live in front of guests and friends.  It's an open mic where the legend Ted Flint joins us.  We bring on some listeners and old friends such as Chris and Mike old co-workers of Chris's, Caitlyn joins in for a bit along with loyal listener David.  Former Guest Sean Roberts of KXNO Morning Rush and Satur...

Join Tim and Chris as they welcome Shelly Kluver, a 4th grade teacher from Marshalltown Iowa as she talks about the teaching profession, what challenges she has seen for her classrooms in the last 2 years, what she thinks of the current issues and situations, including camera's in the classroom.  Shelly is also a Hawkeye Football Parent and talks about her son's time on the Hawkeyes and what...

Tim and Chris invite Teddy Hawley, owner of Beer Can Alley & the Breakfast Club to talk about how he has handled personal and business relationships and challenges during the COVID Pandemic.  He gives a unique view of challenges and triumphs that everyone can learn from. Tim and Chris talk about our live recording also on Feb 19th, at Revelton Distillery.

The Godfather of Local Iowa Sports Media and Voice of the Cyclones John Walters comes on to talk about his early days as a broadcaster, some fun memories he has of ISU legends like Pete Taylor and Johnny Orr.  Chris and Tim check this one off their bucket list of inspiring guests.

Returning guest George Conditt Senior joins Chris and Tim to talk about Iowa State's upcoming Big 12 conference games, what his thoughts are on the turnaround that we are seeing and gives us a behind the scenes look through the eyes of raising a Big 12 athlete.  We delve also into ISUs upcoming Cheez-It Bowl Game against Clemson, what the Bears should do in their head coaching search and whet...

Description: Chris Williams joins Tim and Chris to talk about a gamut of topics.  We learn about Chris's small town values and how those lead his life in parenting, business and life.  We learn how the pandemic changed his philosophy of Cyclone Fanatic, how to navigate being a dad to young kids while running his business.  We talk about Matt Campbell, his friendship with TJ Otzelber...

Newest Member of TGS Mackenzie Duffy joins Tim and Chris and Chris's Daughter Caitlyn, as she asks for 'Old Dad" advice on dating using her tinder app.

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Tim and Chris sit down and immediately get heated about a number of topics.  What's better, Hostess or Little Debbie, Coke or Pepsi, Chris's terrible times at construction and who has the worst story about being drunk?

Tim and Chris talk about what would happen if they went back in time and changed certain decisions in their life and why they would or wouldn't do it.  They dive deep into their personal struggles with being single dads at times and what lessons they learned along the way.  This is one deep and raw discussion.

Tim and Chris are joined by Tom Powell JR, podcaster, TikTok sensation, former traveling Deadhead from OldHippieMedia.  The guys talk about Tom’s time as a Deadhead, raising kids in todays time as oppsosed to how our parents raised us, music and even touch on Chris owning a french Renault LeCar.

Tim and Chris catch up on Chris’s Vegas trip, how much airline travel sucks, what Melvin would be like with technology and how are Chris and Staci adapting to being empty nesters.

Julian joins Chris and Tim to talk about his time at Iowa State, Matt Campbell’s coaching style, what he is up to now and his thoughts on NIL and Realignment, plus expectations of the upcoming season

Chris and Tom are joined by Bill and Meg to fans on different sides of the CyHawk games… Talk about what makes them fans and the upcoming seasons,.

Tim and Chris sit down with Carson King to talk about what he is up to now days.  They talk about that famous day when his phone started to blow up with Busch Light money and turned into a 3 million dollar donation to Stead Family Hospital.  Oh, and a reminder how old Chris really is…

Tim & Chris are joined by George Trice.  George talks about The Jack Trice Legacy Foundation he started in his cousin’s honor, what Iowa State means to him, his time as a student and racial lessons that we can still learn today from Jack’s spirit.

Tim and Chris talk about growing up with their amazing dads, stories that you wont believe and Tim’s dad may or may not be a Cold War Spy or Drug kingpin.

Talking Mental Health, Happiness, Chicago and Baseball.  KXNO’s Own Sean Roberts join Tim and Chris to talk about his career here in Des Moines.  We chat about mental well being, dad stories, baseball and all sorts of crazy stuff.

Tim and Chris bring on Caitlyn Shipley & Hannah Beenken to quiz the old men on their current slang terminology.  Many Whiskeys later, it becomes a disaster. But it’s damn funny.