The Fred Opie Show

Simple strategies improve your GPA from a college professor who shares secrets of the profession and the inside scoop on what professors like and don't like. Learn how to dress for success, time management, and more. Fred has been a college professor for almost 2 decades and he was a student athlete at Syracuse University. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitt...

The Cake Walk, an interview from the defunct show the Chef's Table on NPR station WHYY in Philadelphia. First aired on A Chef's Table, WHYY, July 11, 2011 Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on You Tube, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and p...

This is an excerpt of a talk I gave at the Institute for Advance Study in Princeton, New Jersey on The similarities between African cooking and Jazz. Improvisation is creating as you go along. Jazz musicians play by ear and from printed music, and then they improvise or give solos. Similarly, so do cooks particularly those of West and Central African heritage on the continent and throughout the Am...

The following is an excerpt of an ArtScience talk on New England Foodways held in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Leah Mennies, Senior Food Editor at Boston Magazine organized and hosted the event which consisted of a Panel discussion. Panelist included Babson Food Historian Fred Opie, Irene Li, chef/owner of Mei Mei, and Marc Sheehan, chef/owner of Loyal Nine. Both are Cambridge based restaurants. The...

Today's show is different in that Babson students on the last day of a Summer 2019 course interview me. I interview each of my students to help them get to know each other during the semester. This is a great team building exercise that I learned from reading Jon Gordon’s book The Power of Positive Team for creating a positive team culture. I do interviews with my U14 Girls team and college studen...

DR. FRED OPIE, AUTHOR, PROFESSOR, AND PARENT. Tips on understanding how your teen thinks and why parents need to be involved in school selection decisions and more. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on You Tube, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and s...

DR. FRED OPIE, ATHLETE TURNED AUTHOR, PRODUCER, PROFESSOR, AND EDITOR. It took me a long time to recover from the stupid grad school decision I made. Learn from my experience so if you need to go grad school it will be easier because you have a budget to pay cash for it and backup plan should the funded you receive drys up. I talk about ways to know if you need a grad to degree and how to get a de...

As a food historian when I think of sugar I think of slavery in places such as Louisiana, Florida, Cuba, and Brazil to name a few regions of the Americas. The demand for sugar led to massive demographic changes in Africa and the Americas. In the book Hog and Hominy, I in part look at the question what role does food play in the Atlantic slave trade? Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred s...

Cornell Alum and Hall of Famer Bob Rule is Native of Natick Massachusetts. Bob Rule left Massachusetts for Manhasset, New York as a high school sophomore where began playing lacrosse in 1964. He went on to play collegiate lacrosse at Cornell University for Hall Famer Richie Moreland then new Big Red Head Coach. Rule is the only player in Division I history to win national championships in two spor...

Marcus Samuelsson is a Chef, Entrepreneur, author, and media personality. Samuelsson owns and operates several restaurants in the United States and abroad. He resides in Harlem in close proximity to his restaurant The Red Rooster. Samuelsson is the host the PBS series No Passport Required. He talks about his training, mentors, and the importance of relationships. Follow the Fred Opie show and the...

This is rebroadcast of Henniger lacrosse alum Tim Clark's remarkable story of how he and three others rookies played on the 1980 New York State class A boys lacrosse championship team for Coach Tom Acee with just four months of lacrosse under their belts. Clark also talks about his official visits and playing for Hall of Famer Dave Urick at Hobart College. He also shares how his own experience has...

Part 2 of Joint Genius, Darrell Jones talks about culinary techniques, prison chefs, food purveyors, inventors, electricians, fix-it folks, tinkerers, and the food and moonshine made in a prisons underground economy and pop up kitchens. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on You Tube, iTunes, Stitcher, and Sou...

In part one of Joint Genius Darrell Jones talks about what he describes as a famous prison meals, the nacho meal and Tuna fish sandwiches. Learn more about the history of nachos and check out other prison stories using the links below. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on You Tube, iTunes, Stitcher, and Soun...

DEC 14 Navy Coach Aly Messenger & Strength Coach Rob Kirkland Aly Messenger going to the hoop. Aly Messenger going to the hoop. Coach Rob Kirkland in the back row in one of his strength and conditioning high school classes. Coach Rob Kirkland in the back row in one of his strength and conditioning high school classes. Today on the Fred Opie show we have two guest: Navy Assistant Lacrosse Aly Messi...

Today's show is a celebration of the end of the spring semester at Babson College. Professor Opie interviewed students during the semester. The interviews served as a way of getting to know each other better and the students say they became a memorable part of the course along with the life lessons. On the last day of class, students interviewed Professor Opie about his childhood, Syracuse student...

Mac Ford earned All American honors at the Gilman School in Maryland before attending UNC where won a national championship in 1982. Is individual honors include the 1985 ACC Player of the Year, North/South All-Star Game MVP in 1985, All Club honors, 1990 US national team selection and Best Attackman at the 1990 games. Mac has also made an outstanding contribution to game as the Head Girl’s lacros...

(Remixed abridged interview-Check out the longer interview in the podcast archives)The Thompson brothers share the lacrosse traditions they grew up with and why the game of lacrosse is sacred to their people and why they consider it both entertainment and medicine. They talk about educational struggles and victories, activism, and hostilities while playing in away games. All the brothers are marri...

Cortland State University Alum and Hall of Famer Jimmy Burke is a native of Huntington, New York. Burke helped Cortland State win a 1975 national championship. His individual honors include three time collegiate All-American and all club selection with Long Island Lacrosse club which one six championships during his tenure with the team. Burke is a 3 x national team selection in 1982, 1986 and 199...

Johns Hopkins Alum and Hall of Famer Brendan Schneck A native of Syosset, New York, Brendan Scheck earned All American honors at two positions, attack and midfield and at two schools, Navy and Hopkins. He also played on two U.S. national teams in the 1980s. Many consider Schneck one of the greatest players of all time. He was named to the NCAA's 25th anniversary team in 1985. We unpack his lacross...

This week’s show is an excerpt from a talk I (Host Fred Opie) delivered at the McDonogh school in Baltimore. School officials invited me to speak to the schools FCA group, a history class, varsity lacrosse teams, and the school’s Sankofa Club (an organization that supports the concerns of the school's African-American students but it's not restricted to black students). The topics you will hear in...

Host Fred Opie interviews West Point Alum and All-American Dan Williams. Williams talks about playing lacrosse at Hempstead High School on Long Island, dealing with haters on and off the field and his decision to attend West Point. Williams also talk about his son who dealt concussion as a college football play at Washington State University. In the final segment, Williams describes his ideal coll...

At Native of Ithaca, New York, Brooks Sweet earned All American honors at UMass. He played on two US national teams in 1982 and 1986. Sweet earned best attackman at the 1982 world championships. He shares a diabetes oral history from a athletes prospective. His reflection begin from learning he had diabetes as a high school senior in the 1970s. His stories are educational, inspiring and instructiv...

Part 1 A native of Victoria, British Columbia, Hall of Famer Kevin Alexander (AKA Alexander the Great), has been called the greatest goal-scorer in Canadian lacrosse history. He played the majority of his pro-indoor career with the Victoria Shamrocks of the Western Lacrosse Association. He led his club to Mann Cup (Canadian indoor championships) in 1979 and 1983. In addition, he helped the Buffalo...

(Reboot of an earlier Interview) A native of Needham, Massachusetts, Hall of Famer Margie Anderson led UMASS to an NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship in 1982. She was an exceptional soccer player at UMASS. She played on two US National teams and served as the head coach of the University of New Hampshire’s Women’s Soccer and Lacrosse Teams. Both the Women’s Soccer and Lacrosse Teams at UNH won ECA...

(Rebooted and abridged version of an earlier interview) Hempstead Alum Reggie Terry excelled in football but lacrosse had been his first love. Terry played linebacker at Syracuse University before working in football administration at Syracuse, the Arizona Cardinals, and Boston College. His younger brother Tim also played lacrosse before playing linebacker at Temple University and in the NFL. Tim...