Season 3 is here, and before jumping into a new round of conversations, I wanted to take a minute to catch you up on what’s ahead and what’s been happening in my own life.
I share a preview of some of the guests coming this season, plus a look behind the scenes of two new chapters for me: working on Game Day Murders, a true crime and sports series executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal, and joining CBS Sports HQ.
But the bigger theme is something I didn’t fully recognize until a life coach pointed it out years ago. Nearly every major career opportunity I’ve taken has involved some kind of risk. The uncertainty terrifies me, but somehow it also lights me up.
What You’ll Hear:
Why Things No One Tells You exists (00:49)
A preview of Season 3 guests (01:26)
Behind the scenes of Game Day Murders (04:15)
Why risk can be both terrifying and energizing (08:12)
This episode is a reminder that we don’t always need to know exactly where a new path leads before we try it. If you’re standing in front of something new and wondering whether you’re ready, this one is a reminder that readiness doesn’t always arrive before the opportunity. Sometimes you simply have to try the thing.
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[00:00:27] But what that means is we've got more than 50 episodes that you can go back and listen to. And I wanted to give you guys a little taste of what's to come, also catch you up to speed on some things in my life, and just what's on my mind in general. But one thing I wanted to start with is, when we started this podcast, the thought was: What is the theme?
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[00:01:08] So the things that they're wanting to share, and I think in the vein of making everybody a little bit better, or sharing that information so that you know about that, and sometimes it's just really interesting stuff, or it's things that people have never said before, and I love that. And sometimes it's really thoughtful information.
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[00:01:53] But I think the thing no one tells you from Jalen's perspective is just a really awesome insight into athletes and the makeup of a professional athlete, especially someone that makes it to the highest level. So that was really cool. Plus, talking to him and his mom together, they finish each other's sentences basically, but that was just a really cool dynamic.
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[00:02:41] And I am flat out there because I've got a middle schooler and an elementary school daughter. But I have taken so much away from that conversation because there are things no one tells you about what really is going on for these kids and how we can be more present as parents. So those are just a couple of the things I'm really excited about.
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[00:03:22] We've got Katherine Legge, who is an IndyCar driver. She did the double this past year at the Indy 500. I've got a lot of IndyCar coming up in my life. This season is ending in just a few weeks, and so I'm excited to share more about what I'll be doing there. But besides that, Jayson Werth, an MLB star, won the World Series, and now he's turned into a horse racing aficionado who has created a company to get professional athletes involved in horse racing, which is awesome.
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[00:04:15] So that's what happened to me this summer, which was such a blessing. I, for any of you out there that love true crime, I, have worked on a series called Game Day Murders that is now on ID, which you can watch, and it is executive produced by Shaq, Shaquille O'Neal, and that has been such an awesome just endeavor to be able to work with him and to be a teammate, so to speak, of his in this process.
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[00:05:20] It really blew my mind. And it was really interesting to take part in that series because my role was more like I was a host, but it was like a host navigator. I was basically in charge of being a voice in this series that is bridging the world of true crime and sports culture. So I was giving the context of what the culture of a sport might look like in the NHL, in college basketball, et cetera.
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[00:06:14] So I've started paying a lot of attention to that because that is one of the themes that has come up. I realized my journey. Actually, I'll just share this with you. I did some life coaching, and this was a few years ago when I had just left ESPN, and there was stuff on the horizon.
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[00:07:02] Her name is AJ Vaden. She's amazing. And she, at the end of it, as I went through this whole story of how I started to do what I was doing professionally, she said, "Lindsay, do you realize every single new job you've ever taken, there has always been a really significant element of risk?" And I thought for a moment, and I was like, "What?"
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[00:07:52] And that path really opened up for me. And then from there, it was, like, all these different doors. There was always someone on the other side, even at SportsCenter before I took that job, who was like, "Listen, we know that we want you for one of these SportsCenters. We cannot tell you what time. We don't know, but just get here, and we know it's gonna be really good."
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[00:08:32] I am wired to be excited at the element of risk and the element of the unknown, of uncertainty. It is both the thing that absolutely terrifies me, but it's the thing that also gets me off my feet, or on my feet. I guess on my feet's the way to say it. Anyway, that's a sidebar, but I just thought that was, it was really interesting to me, and it has been interesting now that I started The Game Day Murders, but also I have begun a new gig with CBS Sports HQ, which is much more like an ESPN-type vibe. We're doing live sports. You're covering all the things. I'm gonna be working a lot on the NFL, but all sports.
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[00:09:32] We are streaming. We are on YouTube. We are on the app, and it's like this is very much where things are going, but it also gives you a lot of flexibility in terms of breaking news and what we're able to really talk about. Anyway, take from that what you will. But I just wanted to say that if you're in a transition phase, or if you're scared about something, or if you're thinking about doing something new, I am right there with you, and I am your person to say, "Just go try the thing."
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[00:10:18] So any questions, any thoughts, any ideas that you have, don't be shy. Let us know. And, until we actually see you, I'm gonna be getting my life in order. I just ordered a Skylight calendar because I've realized that we really have to have all of our stuff in one place, and I'm gonna see if my friends are right and this is easy to use.
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[00:10:57] I also wanted to share that I put some lip plumper on my mouth before I started talking, and I am still feeling the tingling effects. I think that's good, but I'm not sure, Charlotte. Anyway, see you guys soon. Thank you. Stay tuned. We can't wait to share our next season.
