Legends of the Cue
"Legends of the Cue" is a pool history podcast featuring interviews with Pool Hall of Fame members, winners of major championships and other people of influence in and around pocket billiards. We also plan to highlight memorable pool brands, events and venues. Focusing on the positive aspects of the sport, we aim to create and provide an engaging and timeless repository of content that listeners can enjoy now and forever. Co-hosted by WPA and BCA Hall of Fame member Allison Fisher, Mosconi Cup player and captain Mark Wilson, our podcast focuses on telling the life stories of pool's greatest, in their voices. Join Allison, Mark and Mike Gonzalez for “Legends of the Cue.”
Episodes
92 episodes
Justin Bergman - Part 2 (Action Rooms, Road Trips, and Junior Glory)
Part 2 follows Justin Bergman from gifted young player to feared road man, and it is packed with the kind of stories pool fans love. Justin talks about the pros and great players who passed through his orbit while he was still a kid, including ...
Justin Bergman - Part 1 (The Making of the “Iceberg”)
In this first installment with American pool star Justin Bergman, we go all the way back to the beginning. Justin shares what it was like growing up in Fairview Heights, Illinois, just outside St. Louis, in a family where pool quickly became mo...
John Schmidt w/Bob Keller - Part 5 (The Finish at 820: The Near Miss, the Nerve, and the Legacy)
The final episode brings the drama home. With the number climbing, the pressure building, and history within reach, John Schmidt and Bob Keller take us through the closing stages of the 820 run and the decisions that still linger in the mind af...
John Schmidt w/Bob Keller - Part 4 (How 820 Happens: Break Balls, Patterns, and Pure Straight Pool Genius)
In part four, the series shifts into the pure mechanics of greatness. This is where John Schmidt and Bob Keller begin unpacking the actual run in a way straight pool lovers will savor. They discuss break balls, key balls, rack patterns, cue-bal...
John Schmidt w/Bob Keller - Part 3 (The Mind of an 800 Ball Runner)
Part three gets inside John Schmidt’s head, and it may be the most revealing episode of the series. John talks candidly about self-doubt, aging, criticism, pride, and the internal switch he flips when it is time to chase a giant number. He expl...
John Schmidt w/Bob Keller - Part 2 (Inside the Setup: How John Schmidt Built the Perfect Straight Pool Storm)
What does it really take to run 820 balls? In part two, John Schmidt and Bob Keller pull back the curtain on the conditions, equipment, routines, and tiny details that made this historic straight pool run possible. This is the laboratory episod...
John Schmidt w/Bob Keller - Part 1 (The 820 Ball Run: Why He Came Back)
On this special five-part series of Legends of the Cue, we welcome straight pool great John Schmidt back to the show after his stunning 820-ball run, with Bob Keller joining us as the man behind the camera, the rack, and the support sy...
Shaun Murphy - Part 5 (Validation, Vulnerability, and the Legacy Still Being Written)
In the final installment of our five-part conversation with snooker great Shaun Murphy, the story turns deeply personal, powerfully honest, and wonderfully reflective. This is the chapter where victories, setbacks, self-doubt, and resilience al...
Shaun Murphy - Part 4 (The Crucible, the Comeback, and Life Beyond the Spotlight)
In Part 4 of our five-part conversation with snooker great Shaun Murphy, the story reaches one of its most dramatic and defining chapters: the 2005 World Championship. Shaun takes us inside the moment his career—and his life—changed forever, fr...
Shaun Murphy - Part 3 (No Plan B — Turning Pro, Triple Crowns, and the Art of Winning)
In Part 3 of our five-part conversation with snooker great Shaun Murphy, the story moves into the years when talent had to become a profession and ambition had to survive reality. Shaun reflects on the early certainty that snooker was never sim...
Shaun Murphy - Part 2 (The Blueprint — Discipline, Sacrifice, and a Champion’s Mind)
In Part 2 of our five-part conversation with snooker great Shaun Murphy, the story moves from raw ability to the disciplined framework that helped shape one of the game’s true champions. This episode offers a revealing look at the system behind...
Shaun Murphy - Part 1 (Hardship, Hunger, and the First Magic)
In this first installment of our five-part conversation with Shaun Murphy, the snooker great takes us back to the beginning and opens up about the difficult early years that shaped both the man and the champion. Long before becoming a World Cha...
Mary Kenniston - Part 7 (Survivor, Storyteller, and Keeper of Pool’s Memory)
In the final chapter of our seven-part conversation with WPBA Hall of Famer Mary Kenniston, the story comes full circle. Mary reflects on the closing years of her competitive career, the health battle that changed everything, and the determinat...
Mary Kenniston - Part 6 (Cue-Topia, the Wall of Fame, and a Comeback from the Unthinkable)
In Episode 6 of our seven-part conversation with WPBA Hall of Famer Mary Kenniston, the story moves from championship pool to one of the most beloved rooms in the game’s history—and then to a life-altering challenge that few champions ev...
Mary Kenniston - Part 5 (Action, Tournaments, and the Road to Three WPBA Wins)
In Part 5 of the Legends of the Cue conversation with WPBA Hall of Famer Mary Kenniston, the road stories, rivalries, and tournament triumphs keep coming.Mary takes listeners back to the mid-1980s pool scene in Los Angeles, wher...
Mary Kenniston - Part 4 (Action in California, Road Stories, and Life on the Hustle)
In Part 4 of our seven-part conversation with WPBA Hall of Famer Mary Kenniston, the road keeps rolling and the stories keep getting better.Mary takes us deep into the action-heavy pool world of the early 1980s, from Houston to Fayettevi...
Mary Kenniston - Part 3 (Grady, the Road, and the Spot Book)
In Part 3 of our conversation with WPBA Hall of Famer Mary Kenniston, the stories get even richer as she takes us deeper into pool’s road era—when instinct, nerve, and a well-kept spot book could mean the difference between surviving and going ...
Mary Kenniston - Part 2 (On the Road, Into the Action, and Learning from Buddy Hall)
In Part 2 of our conversation with WPBA Hall of Famer Mary Kenniston, the road opens up and the stories get even better.Mary takes us back to the years just after college, when shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and supermarket check...
Mary Kenniston - Part 1 (The Athlete, the Hustle, and Finding Pool)
In this first installment of our conversation with WPBA Hall of Famer Mary Kenniston, we begin at the beginning—Long Island roots, a fiercely competitive childhood, and the natural athletic gifts that made her a standout long before she ...
Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson - Part 4 (Hall of Fame, Family, and Life Beyond the Table)
In the final installment of this four-part conversation on Legends of the Cue, Austrian Hall of Famer Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson reflects on the closing chapters of her competitive career and the deeply personal choices that sha...
Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson - Part 3 (Hustle, Hurricanes, and a Hall of Fame Journey)
In Part 3 of our four-part conversation with Austrian Pool Hall of Famer Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson, the stories are as rich as the accomplishments. Gerda joins Allison Fisher, Mark Wilson, and Mike Gonzalez for a candid and often...
Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson - Part 2 (From Carinthia to California: Gerda's Leap to the WPBA)
In Part 2 of our four-part conversation with Austrian Pool Hall of Famer Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson, Gerda’s story takes a bold turn—across an ocean, into the spotlight, and straight onto the American tour.Gerda recounts how a per...
Gerda Hofstatter-Gregerson - Part 1 (The G-Force: From Austrian Foils to Pool Glory)
In Part 1 of our four-part conversation, we welcome the unstoppable “G-Force”—Austrian legend Gerda Hofstätter-Gregerson—for a deep dive into the roots of a world-class competitor. Before she became a trailblazer in women’s profes...
Mitch Laurance - Part 6 (A Life Well-Lived: Gratitude, Golf Getaways, and the Legacy of Mitch Laurance)
In this moving final chapter of our six-part Legends of the Cue conversation, Mitch Laurance brings his remarkable journey full circle—through gratitude, reflection, and the relationships that have shaped a life squeezed for every ounce of mean...
Mitch Laurance - Part 5 (From Hollywood to the Booth: Mitch Laurance, ESPN, and the Voices of Pool)
In Episode 5 of our six-part life-story series with Mitch Laurance, we pick up where his improbable second act really takes flight—behind the microphone, on the biggest stage pool had at the time: ESPN. Mitch takes us back to that first broadca...
