Zach Wadas Daily

Zach Wadas (ZWD)
  • 0.0 (0)
  • Society & Culture
  • Daily

Zach Wadas Daily (ZWD) is a podcast built around better questions, deeper conversations, and the pursuit of truth. Each episode explores one important question through research, personal experience, or conversations with people who see the world differently. We talk about identity, ambition, faith, psychology, sports, business, culture, and relationships. The goal isn’t to win arguments. It’s to think deeper, challenge shallow thinking, and have conversations worth remembering.

  1. Sep 22

    Why Jesus Wept Even Though He Knew the Outcome | Josh Hochstedler

    Josh Hochstedler grew up on the mission field in Brazil, later lost both his brother and mother to cancer, and now helps build Christian entrepreneurship through Entrepreneurs for Christ and AI ventures. In this conversation, we talked about faith in suffering, the book of Job, what “Jesus wept” really means, church hurt, community, ambition, AI, and building with purpose. If you’ve ever wrestled with grief, questioned what God is doing, or tried to figure out how faith and ambition fit together, I think you’ll get something from this one.

  2. Aug 20

    What Happens When Baseball Stops Being Your Identity? | Joe Suarez

    What happens when the thing you built your identity around eventually ends? Joe Suarez went from barely seeing the field in high school to playing Division I baseball, then into entrepreneurship, tech, endurance sports, and raising money to fight human trafficking through IJM. We talked about life after baseball, ambition, faith, service, JUCO, accountability, knowing when to push back on a coach, and what it looks like to figure out who you are when sports are no longer the center of your life. This conversation ended up being about a lot more than baseball. If something in it changes the way you think, add your perspective in the comments. 🎧 Listen on Spotify▶️ Watch on YouTube

  3. Aug 18

    I Met a Random Stranger on TikTok… Then the Conversation Got Deep

    I went live with one question and ended up having a completely unexpected conversation about insecurity, money, faith, failure, trust, social media, fear, and what actually makes a meaningful life. No script. No debate. Just two people trying to figure things out in real time. That’s what I want ZWD to become: conversations that start somewhere simple and end somewhere neither person expected. What part of this conversation did you disagree with most? #ZWD #DeepConversation #Podcast #Perspective #LifeQuestions

  4. Aug 16

    I WORKED TOO HARD. AND GOT WORSE.

    I spent years believing the answer was always to work harder. When baseball wasn’t going well, I trained more. When I struggled, I tried to outwork the problem. But eventually I realized that some of the habits I thought were making me more disciplined were actually making me more isolated, more obsessed with my performance, and less free when I played. This is the story of going from TCU to JUCO to LMU—and eventually learning that sometimes getting better requires knowing when to let go. So where’s the line? When does discipline stop helping you and start holding you back? I’d love to hear your perspective in the comments.

  5. Aug 15

    5 Questions That Might Change How You See Yourself

    Five questions. No prepared answers. Today I got into discipline, fitting in, self-reflection, judging other people, faith, and a few contradictions I’m still trying to figure out. The question I keep coming back to: What’s something you’ve worked really hard to become that you’re now trying to unlearn? What’s your answer?

  6. Aug 14

    8 Would You Rather Questions That Get Hard FAST

    $100 million or start life over at 10? Know when you’ll die or how? Meet the love of your life knowing you only get 10 years together? Today’s Five Questions in Five Minutes or Less turned into eight—and some of these were way harder than I expected. Answer the one you struggled with most in the comments. I want to know if I’m thinking about these completely wrong. #WouldYouRather #Questions #Perspective #ZachWadasDaily

  7. Aug 13

    5 Would You Rather Questions With No Good Answer

    Five questions. Five minutes. No easy answers. Would you rather know exactly what everyone thinks about you? Be successful but never feel like you have enough? Be understood by one person but disliked by everyone else? These questions sound simple until you actually have to choose. I give my answers to five difficult Would You Rather questions about success, relationships, memory, self-awareness, and what actually makes a life fulfilling. But I’m more interested in yours. Pick one question from the video and tell me what you’d choose — and why. #WouldYouRather #DeepQuestions #Perspective #ZachWadasDaily

  8. Aug 12

    5 Questions About Human Nature That Made Me Think

    I wanted to try something different today: five questions about psychology and human nature in five minutes or less.We get into why we care about the opinions of people we don’t respect, why losing something hurts so much, whether we’re becoming less patient, why old embarrassing memories still bother us, and whether we’d still chase our biggest goals if nobody ever knew.I don’t have perfect answers to any of these. That’s kind of the point.The goal is to ask better questions, think through them honestly, and hopefully start better conversations.Which question would you want me to investigate more deeply?Subscribe if you want to keep thinking through these with me.#Psychology #HumanNature #SelfImprovement

See All (15)

About

Zach Wadas Daily (ZWD) is a podcast built around better questions, deeper conversations, and the pursuit of truth. Each episode explores one important question through research, personal experience, or conversations with people who see the world differently. We talk about identity, ambition, faith, psychology, sports, business, culture, and relationships. The goal isn’t to win arguments. It’s to think deeper, challenge shallow thinking, and have conversations worth remembering.

Information

  • Creator
    Zach Wadas (ZWD)
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Zach Wadas (ZWD)
  • Show Website
    Zach Wadas Daily