
GivBk Sports Podcast
Competition breeds excellence. Charity breeds community. Sports inspires action.
Episodes
20 episodes
Episode 20 - Hayley Wickenheiser - "Go Mom!"
Notes & Highlights01:15 Did you know Hayley is becoming a doctor?!04: 15 In a small town when you need bodies on the ice, girls have no trouble getting ice time. When you get older and you’re taking ice time away from boys...
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Episode 20
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38:12

Episode 19 - Nicole Woodie - Small change and small actions make a world of difference
Notes & Highlights1:30 Hoops2o is growing, and UVA played host to their coming out party06:00 Nicole’s mom was an ‘activist’ and a single mom that believed in the power of people working together9:00 Small change an...
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Episode 19
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51:37

Episode 18 - Brad & Zach Gilbert - Nobody Beats Father Time
Notes & Highlights10:00 Both Gilbert guys showed poise in 199013:00 If Andre Agassi is a sports car, Brad Gilbert is a Chevy truck. Brad doesn’t have a secret coaching sauce, but he thinks it’s important to go to dinner w...
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Episode 18
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1:02:40

Episode 17 - Dedan Brozino - Leaves changing remind you of humble roots
Notes & Highlights03:20 when you come from a small town, you learn how to like people05:55 Dedan’s professional and personal philosophy is “get better every day and use that improvement to impact the people you surround...
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Episode 17
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1:05:36

Episode 16 - Steve Bandura - We stand out. Not just because of our pigment, but because of how we play the game as a team.
Notes & Highlights03:45 Steve worked at a sales and marketing firm. He had a company car and a secretary, and he hated every minute of it. He really felt that it was meaningless.11:15 In 1993 Steve intentionally went on u...
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Episode 16
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1:07:24

Episode 15 - Valorie Kondos Field - Everything you do in life is a choice
Notes & Highlights02:15 But oh my gosh, I loved to dance!07:00 It proved that you didn't have to be perfect, you just had to be human, honest, raw, and real.11:00 Miss Val began her illustrious career playing the f...
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Episode 15
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57:12

Episode 14 - Phaethon Bolton - If you’re doing good things, people will notice
Notes & Highlights06:15 Playing in the ACC will teach you things about the game that don’t show up on stat sheets – that’s why Bolt 30 camps and clinics were created10:30 This kid refuses to give up – af...
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Episode 14
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55:01

Episode 13 - Dr. Ashleigh Huffman - If we’re not growing, we’re not living right
Notes & Highlights03:15 That’s the beauty of sport, it’s a great teacher of life07:00 Every little girl deserves a male champion11:15 There’s more to humanity that unites us than divides us16:00 When you have the ...
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Episode 13
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55:36

Episode 12 - Marty Posch - The Hoosier Humanitarian
My guest today is the President of the FinishLine Youth Foundation, a Board Member of the Special Olympics of Indiana and a Board Member of the Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis. I’ve had a great time getting to this guy. He’s got a ton of ...
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Episode 12
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51:40

Episode 11 - Zoë Lepage - Namaste, make a choice for yourself
My guest today is the founder of Exhale to Inhale, a yoga foundation that employs movement, breath work, mindfulness, and relaxation techniques to empower survivors of abuse to heal. She has devoted ...
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Episode 11
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54:55

Episode 10 - Brandon Steiner - You don’t have to wait until you’re a millionaire to be benevolent
My guest today is one of the more famous entrepreneurs in the last quarter century, a staple in Yankees fans vocabularies, the alleged creator of the everything bagel, a founding member of the David B. Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics...
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Episode 10
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53:51

Episode 9 - Curt Yagi - R.O.C.K. n’ Roll Vibes
My guest today is the Executive Director of Real Options for City Kids in San Francisco’s Visitation Valley, the 2008 Best of the Bay Singer Songwriter, and RAW San Francisco’s Musician of the Year.The G...
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Episode 9
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57:17

Episode 8 - Craig Hanson - A Growth Story
My guest today is a mentor of mine, a two-sport collegiate varsity letterman, one of the more impressive sports philanthropists that Pennsylvania has to offer and a 12-year veteran head coach of the Dickinson College Red Devils baseball program...
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Episode 8
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1:03:31

Episode 7 - Todd Smith - Not all superheroes wear capes, some wear jerseys
My guest today is the Director of Business Development at one of my favorite organizations called Pledge It. He was the Managing Director of the Weinstein Carnegie Philanthropic Group, Co-Director of the Sports Philanthropy Executive Certificat...
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Episode 7
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52:03

Episode 6 - Matt Stover - A candle loses nothing by lighting another flame
My guest today is a 2x NFL Super Bowl winner, an NFL Pro Bowler, a Baltimore Ravens Ring of Honor Inductee, Founder of The Matt Stover Foundation & the Stover Family Foundation as well as Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of The Player...
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Episode 6
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1:03:42

Episode 5 - Kirk Goldstein - “Whatever the game is, keeping playing it. You’ll meet good people along the way.”
My guest today is a local legend. I’m surprised he hasn’t run for public office yet. I can’t wait for you to get to know this guy as intimately as I have over the last couple years. He’s the commissioner of Santa Monica Little League in souther...
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Episode 5
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54:25

Episode 4 - Alisha Greenberg - Coach Alisha, The Sports Philanthropy Pioneer
I was humbled to speak with a former a Founding Executive Director of Justin Verlander’s Wins for Warriors Foundation, FIFA Women’s World Cup DC host teammate, founder of the Rounding Third initiative, Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Founda...
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Episode 4
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51:59

Episode 3 - Arielle Moyal - You never know who needs you. Good energy is contagious.
My guest today is the north star for some of the largest athletes in the world. I mean that both culturally and physically. I am so pumped to introduce a UCLA Young Alumni Rep and Merit Scholar evaluator, a Cal State Long Beach guest lecturer, ...
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Episode 3
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57:49

Episode 2 - Scott Carpenter - 3:19:59
My guest today is a friend of over a decade who lets his actions speak louder than his words. It gives me great pride to introduce a fellow Dickinson Red Devil varsity athlete, a leading Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Heading Home Inc philant...
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Episode 2
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1:12:28

Episode 1 - Michael Jan Friedman - A Role Model
Welcome to the FIRST episode of the GivBk Sports Podcast. I’m your host, Brett Friedman. As we will today and in all future GivBk episodes, we’ll learn about how our guests have parlayed athletic accolades or influence within the world of sport...
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Episode 1
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