Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman

The Spaniard Show

The Spaniard Show blends real-life updates, lessons learned, and stories from a lifetime of fighting, teaching, coaching and speaking — all designed to help you navigate pressure, setbacks, growth, performance and life's challenges in your own world. Hosted by former UFC fighter and teacher Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman.*There are 2307 previous episodes prior to starting fresh with a new format.

Author

Charlie "The Spaniard" Brenneman

Category

Education

Podcast website

charliespaniard.com

Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

AMX19 Wanna Know the Magic Phrase? 30.11.2016

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AMX18 Flip the Script - Pull a 180 30.11.2016

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AMX17 Back Off Just a Bit 30.11.2016

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AMX 16 Shut Up and Listen! 30.11.2016

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AMX15 You Might Be Wrong 30.11.2016

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AMX14 The Pointlessness of Arguing 30.11.2016

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AMX13 What Other People Want to Talk About 30.11.2016
AMX12 Just Listen! 30.11.2016

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AMX11 What Can You Do Today to Win People Over? 30.11.2016

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#37 Beyond Eager Listening Comes ... 29.11.2016

There is hearing, then there is doing. The Spaniard gets a special charge from especially receptive listeners, such as two basketball coaches who recently engaged him to help their players reach a new level of preparation. He also recently spoke to students who reminded him of himself twenty years ago. But beyond being heard is the satisfaction of seeing Fighters fight, actively applying principle...

AM Excellence 10 The Cheapest and Easiest Way to Brighten Someone's Day 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 9 NEWSFLASH-Sincere Interest Wins 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 8 Do You Have the I Disease? 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 7 STAY - Stop Thinking About Yourself 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 6 Why You Should Be Nice 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 5 This One Skill Earned Charles Schwab $1m 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 4 How to Judge a Great Man 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 3 Why You Shouldn't Criticize 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 2 The Most Important Skill You Can Ever Develop 28.11.2016

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AM Excellence 1 Sweep the Floor 28.11.2016

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An Introduction to AM Excellence 28.11.2016

Listen in as The Spaniard introduces a new element to A Fighter's Mindset - The Spaniard Podcast. The daily series, AM Excellence, serves as your daily dose of morning inspiration. Taken from his daily readings, as well as personal insight and perspective, The Spaniard delivers these short, insightful messages with the intent to instill an excellence mindset in all who listen. Follow along LIVE at...

#36 (Part 2) My Big Brother & CHief ADvisor 24.11.2016

Here is the conclusion of the rich discussion between The Spaniard, his brother Ben "ChAd" Brenneman and Dread. As a scholastic athletic director, Ben shares the four aims that he impresses on coaches so that winning will take care of itself. Both brothers reflect on how relationship choices intersect with pursuit of goals and how a turning point in The Spaniard's career contributed to friction be...

#35 (Part 1) My Big Brother & CHief ADvisor 22.11.2016

He is famous on Twitter as @no1joes (220 followers!) and as ChAd ("Chief Advisor") in The Spaniard's book "Driven." It's Ben Brenneman, big brother of The Spaniard! In the first half of a packed discussion in Dread's kitchen, you'll hear how Ben helped watch out for his kid brother as they both pursued wrestling through Division 1 programs and then on into The Spaniard's pro fighting career. In be...

#34 Go Listen to Rob Dyrdek 17.11.2016

Here's a podcast episode about a podcast episode. That's how much benefit The Spaniard and Dread got from a recent interview of Rob Dyrdek on another podcast. The Spaniard relates highly to Dyrdek's story of small-town-athlete-turned-inspiring-businessman, and Dread learned a lot as well. They discuss just a few of Dyrdek's Ten Do or Die Principles: Being Obsessively Curious, Relentless Consistent...

#33 Surprise! You Are a FIGHTER 15.11.2016

Me? A Fighter? Yes, you. The Spaniard and Dread urge you to adopt this title as you reach for goals that matter to you. They point to the ancient Fight or Flight response and to shining examples of fighters in sports, entertainment and public service. They discuss how two types of fighting—Reactive and Creative—figure into history and into inspiring lives. Need some time to come to identify yourse...

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