The Bader Show Mark Bader

Joe Rau competed in his third straight Olympic Trials finals, winning in three matches over Alan Vera and earning his first trip to compete in the Olympic Games.
0:01 - getting hooked
0:05 - first world team
0:06 - 2016 olympic trials champion, no olympics
0:10 - just want to go to olympics
0:14 - Pan Ams and COVID momentum stopped
0:16 - 2021 controversy and retiring
0:19 - Lying to myself about retiring
0:24 - peace heading into 2024 trials
0:28 - Olympic Trials 2024, 2 out of 3
0:40 - Joe's career flashed before his eyes
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The 4x B1G Champion and 4x All-American from Iowa joins the show after announcing his retirement from the sport.
0:01 - Retirement
0:04 - Physical and mental toll
0:06 - Two torn ACLs
0:09 - 2020 & COVID
0:12 - Reflecting on his career
0:16 - The BULL
0:18 - Coaching and a different perspective on the sport
0:22 - Wrestling defining and not defining him
0:27 - Coaching the youth
0:32 - David Taylor
0:39 - Wins and whoopins
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J'den Cox had an illustrious career winning three NCAA titles and two World titles. He announced his retirement at the 2024 Olympic Trials and joins us to talk through his incredible journey through the sport of wrestling.
0:03 - Fall in love with wrestling first
0:05 - Retiring
0:12 - Dreaming big
0:19 - Mike Eierman
0:22 - Moments he will miss the most
0:25 - Who did he like wrestling?
0:28 - 2021 Olympic Trials fiasco
0:33 - 2023 Final X and the emotional fallout
0:45 - What’s next
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NCAA Champion Richie Figueroa joins the show to talk about his up and down season, catching fire at the end and how he gets himself into the zone.
0:01 - Wanting to be an NCAA Champion
0:04 - The Courtney Courtney 
0:06 - Selma
0:09 - Ups and downs of the year
0:12 - Almost quit
0:14 - Confidence through the roof
0:18 - Don’t take it too seriously
0:20 - NCAA Finals match
0:23 - Finding the zone
0:28 - Olympic Trials
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Adaugo Nwachukwu won the 2023-2024 USA Wrestling Women's College Wrestler of the Year award. She was the national champion at 136 and went 21-0 with six pins and 15 tech falls for William Penn University.
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Iowa Hawkeye 3x NCAA Champion Spencer Lee joins the show to talk about his FloWrestling film Spencer & Austin: Wrestletown, USA.
0:01 - Wrestletown, USA
0:03 - Austin’s always been aggressive
0:09 - Wrestling w no ACLs
0:13 - Learning about yourself
0:17 - Post match interviews
0:23 - Austin showed up after his NCAA loss
0:29 - Last time he was this healthy?
0:35 - NCAA’s and being a celebrity
0:37 - Training with Gilman at Iowa
0:40 - Freestyle vs folkstyle
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