The Up & In Show

Anthony Ranaudo and Jared Mitchell sit down with a former college teammate to catch up with his most recent athletic and business ventures. Beau Didier is a former LSU Baseball player, and budding entrepreneur in the fitness and wellness industry. With an impressive family lineage of athletes , Beau is knows what it takes and is constantly finding ways to improve his human experience. Passionate a...

Quick 25-minute episode recorded outside of the studio. The guys dive into current events that include LeBron's national TV debut 17 years ago, Lamar Jackson and his current MVP run, the LSU boys taking over the college football awards, MLB free agency, and some analytics being implemented at the new Baseball Performance Lab in Baton Rouge. Support the show

Anthony and Jared chop it up for almost an hour, in a style we have been wanting to put out for a while. The two get back to their roots, and let their personality show a little while discussing some relevant topics around sports and media. While we love interviewing others and gaining a unique, outside perspective, the duo will start to do more pieces together, in between interviews. Check out ep...

Ana Couture has spent her life around sports medicine in a variety of different aspects, but over the past five years has found her niche. At Trifecta Sports Therapy in Baton Rouge, Ana provides athletes, weekend warriors, functional movement practitioners, and more with individualized massage and deep tissue therapy. As she builds a relationship with a client she is able to understand how the ind...

Tatiana Suarez has an incredible story. From being a young, female wrestler star starting at the age of three, to UFC stardom. Over the course of her life, Tatiana has always faced adversity, whether that was being a female on her high school wrestling team, or battling a cancer diagnosis while training for the Olympics at a young age. We were fortunate to grab her for an hour out of her busy trai...

Must listen part two with MLB outfielder Mikie Mahtook and Jared Mitchell is back on set after playing the 2019 baseball season himself. In an in-depth conversation, the trio catch up on a myriad of topics and really dissect some of the current events around baseball. Jared and Mikie start the interview with some great analytic hitting conversation, and dove into the the new trend of players hirin...

Over the past decade or so there have been some note-worthy punters around college football and the NFL, but it seems one in particular might have started the trend. Brad Wing punted for the LSU Tiger's football program 2011-2013, and quickly became a fan favorite with his touchdown celebration that was called back after a new celebration rule was implemented in college football. He signed an undr...

Ryan Theriot is know for many things but after listening to this episode you'll quickly realize that there is one element that takes priority: family. Ryan is now an entrepreneur, business leader and sports radio personality; Partner and head of Business Development with Traction Sports in Baton Rouge, LA. After winning a national championship for his hometown LSU Tigers, Ryan continued playing pr...

Jay Manda is a rare breed that combines faith, energy, and a blend of old school brute strength, with new school technology and efficiency. Jay has been around the fitness industry for over 30 years, and most recently has created a buzz around Baton Rouge, LA and Major League Baseball for the training protocol he has implemented around Aaron Nola, one of the major league's best starting pitchers....

Robbie Bolton is the owner, Physical Therapist, and Board Certified Orthopedic Specialist for Evolve Physical Therapy and Sports in Baton Rouge, LA. Robbie has more than 15 years in the industry, and has established himself as one of, if not THE, premier physical therapist and sports mind around Louisiana. Robbie has worked with the highest level NFL, NBA, and MLB players, as well as elite track a...

Micah Gibbs is a former All-American, Team USA, and 3rd Round Draft pick of the Chicago Cubs but is making a name for himself in baseball in a way he might have never imagined. After spending a few short years and developing a Player Development program for the LSU Tigers, Micah is stepping into a new role as Director of Player Performance where he specializes in movement patterns and analytics to...

Mikie Mahtook is a product of LSU and continues to wear the "Tigers" across his chest. Mikie now plays for the Detroit organization and continues to excel in life.  After being selected 31st overall in the 2011 MLB draft, Mikie reached the major leagues in 2015 with the Tampa Bay Rays. After some ups and downs and a trade to the Detroit Tigers, Mikie has been focused on personal growth and becomin...

Antoine Duplantis and Josh Smith join Anthony in a quick episode after the duo finished their 2019 baseball season and were selected in the MLB Amateur draft. The guys were getting ready to venture off into their first taste of professional baseball, so Anthony talks with the guys about their journey to get to LSU, life decisions along the way that paved their career paths, breaking world records,...

The Positive Vibe Movement, started by Matt Bahnick, is a clothing and lifestyle brand promoting positivity, and mental health awareness. Matt's story truly inspires, and the message is authentic and real. Matt, like most of us, played some form of a competitive sport, and most of his mindset was shaped around that. After college however, Matt was lost and didn't know what was next, but leaned on...

Lexie Priessman represented the USA gymnastics team from 2010-2013 and then make the early life decision to attend college versus continuing down the USA/Olympic route. Lexie was forced to make some crazy life decisions, and isn't afraid to open up and tell her story and the challenges it presented. She allows to get into the mind of someone at the top of her sport from such a young age, and how s...

Ryan Verdugo is a former major league baseball player who ventured across the globe to play professional baseball. Currently, Ryan plays in the Taiwanese professional league, where last season, he threw the league's first perfect game in the leagues 40 year history. Ryan has traveled to play ball in three different countries, has played on over 20+ teams including his 10-year career in the states....

Before spring training, we had an opportunity to sit down with MLB pitcher and former LSU stand-out, Kevin Gausman. Kevin was the 4th overall pick by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2012 MLB Amateur draft, and quickly rose to the major leagues by 2013. Kevin sat down and talked about his early baseball career growing up in Colorado and how he eventually ended up in Louisiana. Kevin opens up about the...

In the 2017 MLB Amateur draft, the Chicago Cubs selected Alex Lange with their pick. Alex was the freshman player of the year in college baseball, an All-American, and set multiple pitching records while attending LSU for three years. Alex was a leader on the 2017 LSU Baseball team that came one win short of their seventh National Championship, and Alex doesn't hold back with the stories about his...

Paul Mainieri, Head LSU Baseball coach, sat down with two of his former players and talked the game, the National Championship they won together, and a lot more. Paul is a four-time National Coach of the Year, a College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, and as mentioned earlier, a National Champion.  Mainieri's LSU players have earned First-Team All-America recognition on 13 occasions, and 17 of his...

MLB All-Star and 2017 World Series Champion sits down with Anthony and Jared for their first interview ever. While AJ's episode aired first, Will has a family and actually needed to record first, so you understand the intro. Will has an incredible story and we totally underestimated how much time we needed to hear it all. This offseason we will absolutely follow back with a round two, but this fir...

Professional softball player AJ Andrews sits down with Anthony and Jared for the Up and In Show's first episode. AJ has been making headlines her whole life, but most recently you can catch her stunting at the ESPYs, giving motivational talks, or causally being the first woman to win the Rawlings Gold Glove award given to the best defender at their position. AJ is a women empowerment and gender eq...