On the Banks

Host: Bill Martin (Mississippi State 1975)  Guest: Ed Gulewitz (Texas Christian 1990)    In this episode, Ed Gulewitz shares his story about receiving a double-lung transplant. Ed is an organ donation advocate who regularly volunteers with Mid-American Transplant and the Immortal Phi Gam booth at Fiji Academy. The video version of this episode is available on YouTube . Once you are finished listen...

Host: Doug Draper (Kansas 1992) Guest: Bill Snyder (William Jewell 1962) In this episode, host Doug Draper interviews Bill Snyder, the retired Kansas State University head football coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee. Bill talks about becoming a member of Phi Gamma Delta, lessons learned from his mother and his coaching career, from coaching high school football and college swimming t...

Host: Doug Draper (Kansas 1992)  Guest: Victor Cui (Alberta 1994)  In this episode, host Doug Draper interviews Victor Cui, the CEO of ONE Championship, a mixed martial arts organization that is regarded as the biggest sports media property in Asia. Victor talks about what it means to be a leader, how to achieve “unreasonable” goals and the leadership skills he learned as an undergraduate brother.

Host: Bill Martin (Mississippi State 1975)  Guest: Alex Stearns (Florida 1965)  In this episode, Bill Martin interviews Alex Stearns about the 1964 University of Florida Football Homecoming prank, which was orchestrated by brothers of the Upsilon Phi Chapter. 

Host: Doug Draper (Kansas 1992)  Guests: Tyler Jury (Western Kentucky 2012) & Chaz Vittitow (Western Kentucky 2011)    In this episode, Doug Draper interviews Tyler Jury and Chaz Vittitow about the creation of Bike4Alz, Chi Eta Chapter’s philanthropy. Bike4Alz is a cross-country bike ride that raises money for Alzheimer’s research.    For more information about Bike4Alz, visit  www.bike4alz.org/ .

Host: Bill Martin (Mississippi State 1975)  Guest: Memme Onwudiwe (Ohio Wesleyan 2015)  In this episode, Memme Onwudiwe shares his experience as a member of Phi Gamma Delta from his time as an undergraduate at Ohio Wesleyan, to a law student at Harvard Law, and now as a leader of a tech start-up, Evisort.  Additionally, Memme won the Fraternity's 2015 Wilkinson Award as the most outstanding senior...

Host: Bill Martin (Mississippi State 1975) Guest: Jim McCloskey (Bucknell 1964) In this episode, Bill Martin interviews Jim McCloskey about his new book, When Truth Is All You Have , and his life’s work exonerating innocent people who were wrongly convicted and received life or death sentences. Jim is the Founder of Centurion Ministries, and he retired in 2015. For more information about Centurion...

Host: Doug Draper (Kansas 1992) Guests: Dean Plager (Iowa State 1964) & Rob Wilkes (Iowa State 1964) In this episode, Iowa State brothers Dean Plager and Rob Wilkes share their story when they reunited with fellow pledge brothers to explore the banks of the Sweetwater River. The full back story about their reunion and journey to the Sweetwater River can be found at www.phigam.org/Sweetwater .

Hosts Doug Draper (Kansas 1992) and Bill Martin (Mississippi State 1975) welcome brothers to Phi Gamma Delta's new podcast, On the Banks.  On the Banks is a six-part podcast series, where we will meet brothers through interview and storytelling. On the Banks pays homage to the chance meeting of John Templeton McCarty (Jefferson 1848) and Bolivar G. Krepps (Jefferson 1849) on the banks of the Sweet...