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You know Chris Williams from Cyclone Fanatic and Iowa Everywhere, but in this interview-based program Chris brings your favorite sidebar content in a different light. With his guests, Chris will deep dive into his many eclectic passions, including business, leadership, family, small-town soul, sports, and more.

12/23/2025

CW Pod: 2025 Festivus Airing of Grievances

Chris Williams has a lot of problems with society...and now you're gonna hear about it. Hear all of CW's grievances with college football, halftime shows, the tipping problem, and more. Courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

39 min
12/19/2025

CW Pod: Picking the 2025 College Football Playoff First Round

Chris Williams makes his picks for the 2025 College Football Playoff, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

24 min
12/16/2025

CW Pod with Ben Bruns: Navigating the transition from Matt Campbell to Jimmy Rogers

Chris Williams welcomes Ben Bruns to discuss everything that has happened in this transitional period between Matt Campbell and Jimmy Rogers at Iowa State. What's next for the Cyclones? All of their thoughts and more presented by Steeple Ridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

55 min
12/02/2025

CW Pod with Keith Murphy: Behind the scenes of “Fanatic: Stories from 20 Years Inside Iowa State.”

Chris Williams is joined and interviewed by his longtime mentor, Keith Murphy, regarding the release of his new book: “Fanatic: Stories from 20 Years Inside Iowa State.” The two discuss the process of writing and researching the book, what Chris hopes the audience gets from it, highlights from the last 20 years, and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 22m
11/18/2025

CW Pod: Dillingham talks local NIL, YouTube TV beat the bully, and more

Chris Williams dissects Kenny Dillingham's comments about local communities. Does he have a point? YouTube TV pushed back against ESPN and came out on top - while also looking out for the fans. Celebrating the death of the BCS and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

39 min
11/10/2025

CW Pod: Weekend reaction to Iowa State and Iowa, hoops started to pick up

Chris Williams reacts and delivers his thoughts on Iowa's last-second loss to Oregon. Can Iowa get to the next level? Iowa State finally gets back in the win column. Touching on hoops and more presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

36 min
11/04/2025

CW Pod: Disney is not a victim

Chris Williams breaks down the big dispute between Disney and Google regarding ESPN and YouTubeTV. It’s another example of how only the fans get screwed. Also, did Nebraska really need to increase Matt Rhule’s contract buyout to $71 million last week? A lot of sports business this week on the CW Pod, courtesy of Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31 min
10/28/2025

CW Pod: Spooky Season Special with Mackenzie Eddie

Chris Williams welcomes Overthinking's Mackenzie Eddie to talk about the paranormal. There's no way everything is a coincidence, right? Diving into Halloween, life, and more. Presented by Steeple Ridge Bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h 8m

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You know Chris Williams from Cyclone Fanatic and Iowa Everywhere, but in this interview-based program Chris brings your favorite sidebar content in a different light. With his guests, Chris will deep dive into his many eclectic passions, including business, leadership, family, small-town soul, sports, and more.