It's Never Just A Game
NJ Pesci and Greg Pesci are two brothers with more than 50 years of experience between them working to build and grow teams in some of the best-known global organizations. As lifelong sports fans, they’re now taking their business expertise and applying it to their biggest passion. With special guests and inspiring segments, the Pesci brothers will remind us that It’s Never Just a Game.
Episodes
162 episodes
What Is Age Anyway? & Happy New Year!
NJ and Greg wish you a Happy New Year! They welcome in 2024 with a conversation about age and how old is too old? From actors to authors, surgeons to NFL quarterbacks, you would be surprised at how many people are still doing what t...
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Season 4
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Episode 162
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39:14
Comedy & Sports, The Perfect Combination!
Greg and NJ take time with Mike in Middle America to talk comedy and Sports. How comedians today can beat cancel culture if they own their own material and distribution. Shane Gillis is the perfect example of this. And then th...
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Season 4
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Episode 161
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45:04
Dr. Timothy Williams, PhD Shares His Journey
NJ and Greg have an old friend on the show, Dr. Tim Williams! Tim is a friend and colleague from way back in the P&G Ivorydale Plant days. Tim shares his career journey; the lessons he learned along the way and the best advice h...
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Season 4
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Episode 160
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50:33
Sports and the Gnome, WHY NOT?!
Greg and NJ cover the latest in sports including the J-E-T-S, J-E-T-S, J-E-T-S imploding again and BYU Women’s soccer team pulling off the most unlikely comeback to make it to the final 4! And then the conversation turns to the gnome and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 159
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48:19
Sports, Politics and let it Rip!
The brothers are all in this week as they cover the sports world with some honest unfiltered assessments. And then, things turn to politics and perspective. It was a no-holds-barred conversation, and it still wasn’t like the “lost” ...
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Season 4
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Episode 158
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53:05
WeWork loses $46.5 billion in value, Going back to work and lawsuits, Incentives to come back to work
Greg and NJ discuss what happens when you lose $46.5 billion in value like they have at WeWork, and who loses that money. Employees are filing lawsuits over being asked to come back to work and companies are coming up with creative ways t...
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Season 4
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Episode 157
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43:27
Publishing Executive, Budge Wallis
The brothers had a wonderful guest in the studio with them this week. Budge Wallis, former publishing executive and long-time fan of the show. Budge shares his career journey from working at a local newspaper to P&G to the highe...
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Season 4
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Episode 156
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59:29
Scammers and AI!
The brothers explore the new methods scammers are using to trick unsuspecting victims and how these scammers use AI to make everything seem even more real. Scammers are using your pictures on social media, your voice from videos you post ...
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Season 4
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Episode 155
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40:40
The Potential Impact of Fear and Greed
Greg and NJ discuss some of the consequences that can follow fear and greed. Often, we are afraid to make a change and we are stuck with a less-than perfect situation. And there are moments when greed motivates people to the point w...
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Season 4
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Episode 154
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36:30
Stewardship by Peter Block
The brothers cover a number of things from the Jets being snake bit to the Yankees not making it to the playoffs for the first time since 2016. But the main topic for today’s podcast is the concept of Stewardship and serving other’s interests a...
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Season 4
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Episode 153
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37:38
College Football is back, and so are the Yankees?
The brothers take a moment to celebrate the return of College Football and the sudden resurgence of the New York Yankees! College football starts with some fantastic stories like Colorado upsetting TCU and Neon Deon keeping receipts. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 152
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39:26
Casey Cavell, Entrepreneur, Executive Business Advisor, Host of The Dugout CEO Podcast
NJ and Greg had a wonderful guest on the program, Casey Cavell. An entrepreneur, an executive business advisor and the host of his own Podcast, The Dugout CEO!Casey helps business leaders and owners focus on what is most important.&nb...
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Season 4
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Episode 151
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45:02
Tips on how to get out of debt and Snow White to Joseph Stalin
The brothers share some of the tips they found for how to out of debt and then they cover a number of topics from the silliness of the new Snow-White movie to the parallels between Stalin’s inner circle and climbing the corporate ladder. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 150
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49:06
KLM Airlines Is A Joke! Both The USWNT and The Pac 12 Should Be Ashamed
The brothers are getting it all off their chests this week! First, KLM laying a customer service egg on a trip to Scotland and tips on how to pack for international travel. Then it is on to the mighty Pac 12, the conference of champ...
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Season 4
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Episode 149
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54:55
Positive Mental Attitude, And That’s How You Win The British Open
Greg and NJ take time to discuss the characteristics of a positive mental attitude (PMA), what are some of things you need to do and focus on to maintain that positive approach. What are some of the things that try to take the posit...
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Season 4
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Episode 148
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38:36
It’s 1984 All Over Again
NJ and Greg discuss Orwell’s 1984 and some of the parallels to today’s world. And the book, The Origins of Totalitarianism and how some things never seem to change.
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Season 4
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Episode 147
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35:37
Voice of the BYU Cougars, Greg Wrubell
Greg and NJ take some time to catch up with one of their most frequent guests, Greg Wrubell, voice of the BYU Cougars. Greg shares his realistic thoughts on how the Cougars will do in both football and basketball as well as in all other s...
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Season 4
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Episode 146
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51:37
USMNT and Mexico MADNESS, 'ON' Shoes, Disney is Down, & Music Time
The brothers recap the USMNT crushing of Mexico 3-0 and the red cards that followed that match. ON shoes is discussed and how they built their business, including having Roger Federer join ON. Disney’s business is off and why. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 145
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47:46
The LIV Tour and the PGA Make a Deal, Messi Says "NO" to the Saudis, & My Kingdom for a Private Jet!
Greg and NJ discuss the shocking news of the LIV Tour and The PGA coming together to form a new tour. Greg Norman is out as CEO of LIV and players on both sides of the deal were kept in the dark. Not sure how it will all come togeth...
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Season 4
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Episode 144
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32:56
Cam Anderson: Owner of Blacktail Studio
NJ and Greg have a guest this week. Listen in as Cam Anderson tells his story about how he went from helicopter pilot, to woodworker, to YouTube star. Cam and Blacktail studios do fantastic woodwork and the videos they make for YouT...
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Season 4
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Episode 143
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36:21
Your CEO and His Golf Game
Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! The brothers cover several things from Target losing $9 billion in market cap to the potential for deflation as more M2 money is taken out of circulation. But the center piece of the show is abou...
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Season 4
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Episode 142
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41:48
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) & The Power It Has In Organizations
NJ and Greg take time to talk about EQ, again! But this time the focus is on how having high EQ can positively impact an organization. High EQ can increase productivity, drive teamwork and collaboration, spur innovation and even inc...
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Season 4
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Episode 141
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52:01
The Start Of Season 4 From Across The Pond!
The first episode of Season 4, thank you all for listening! Greg is in the UK, so INJAG had its first broadcast from an international location. The brothers cover Bud Light and Fox News taking huge hits, is Artificial Intelligence b...
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Season 4
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Episode 140
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44:46
The new movie Air, and that one bad dream we all seem to have!
NJ and Greg talk about the new Michael Jordan movie, Air. The discussion focuses on the business aspects of the movie. How MJ’s mother made sure her son would have a piece of the growth of the brand and how much that was worth and i...
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Season 3
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Episode 139
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36:32
Taxes, The Masters, & Artificial Intelligence
Greg and NJ are glad to be back. Taxes are the main subject this week. Listen in as they share some data on who pays what, why, and how much, for US taxes, you might be surprised by the numbers. The Masters visit is covered an...
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Season 3
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Episode 138
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50:09