Episodes
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Engel Angle | The original Jerry Jones & Donald Trump
Mac talks to longtime New York Post sports columnist Mike Vaccaro, who has been in the New York sports scene for more than 20 years. Mike has a new book out, "The Bosses of the Bronx," which covers the long tenure of New York Yankees owner, the late George Steinbrenner. Since George died in 2010,...
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Engel Angle: My first triathlon was an s-show disaster that I should have won
Having run a few marathons before, Mac never thought he could complete a triathlon. Not a strong swimmer. On Sunday in Keller, Texas, Mac completed the St. Patrick's Day triathlon - 400 meter swim, 14.5 mile bike ride, 3.1 mile run - that was a total disaster. He also shares his thoughts about…
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Engel Angle: Leaving a good media job to create your own media company
Former NFL Network host, and morning anchor at ABC's station in Dallas, WFAA, Marc Istook joined Mac to talk about his career, the state of news media today, and his decision to take the leap to create his own media company. Plus, Mac has some concerns after attending the Lady Gaga concert.
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Engel Angle: Honor Them While They’re Here
In this solo episode of Engel Angle, Mac reflects on legacy — who gets remembered, who gets overlooked, and why timing matters. Mac opens with a tribute to Academy Award–winning actor Robert Duvall, revisiting Lonesome Dove, The Godfather, and Apocalypse Now, and sharing a deeply personal story...
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Engel Angle: The Other Lindsay Graham: History, Hollywood & the Voice of America’s Past
Lindsay Graham's story of becoming an unofficial historian as one of the top history podcasters in America is as amazing as it is inspiring and charming. In short time, Graham became the voice of some of the most popular podcasts, including American History Tellers, History Daily, American…
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Engel Angle: "Melania" suffers from Lance Dance-itis
Mac went to the movie theater to see the hyped new documentary, "Melania," the film about the first lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump. The movie has the same issues as an increasing number of other documentary films, led by "The Last Dance."
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Engel Angle: Remember the Past to Protect the Future
Mac's guest is Dr. Alex Kor, whose parents are Holocaust survivors. The late Mickey and Eva Kor survived separate camps until they were liberated; Eva was one of the "Mengele Twins," patients who were used as human experiments conducted by infamous Nazi Dr. Josef Mengela. Dr. Kor has made it a...
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Engel Angle: When Amateurism Finally Collapsed
The insane state of college sports has its roots in the Olympic games The Winter Olympics is almost here, an ideal time to provide an update of how "we got here" in the highest levels of amateur sports. NCAA football and basketball looks nothing like what built it, and while change is inevitable...
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Engel Angle: The Eighth Wonder That Time Passed By
Houston's beloved Astrodome needs a solution, and its counter to what should have been done because it's not the American way The city of Houston is once again wrestling with what to do with one of its, and America's, most influential buildings - the Astrodome. It was closed in 2008, and sits…
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Engel Angle: A Conversation Thought Lost: Sebastian Junger
Mac brings back something he thought he had lost - an interview with best-selling author Sebastian Junger. In 2024, Junger's book, "In My Time of Dying," which covered his near death experience. There was one part to Mac's interview with Junger that stuck out, and it should resonate with all of…
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Engel Angle: Standing Next to Greatness and Not Knowing It
The classic film "Rocky" turns 50 here in 2026, and Mac has an anecdote about meeting a figure from the famous movie that is consistent with some of his other chance meetings with some famous people that he had no clue who they were until later.
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Engel Angle: Steroids users are Baseball Hall of Famers, too
Mac became eligible to vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame a few years ago, and on this latest ballot he changed his mind about the people who are linked to steroid use.
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Engel Angle: Emmanuel Acho predicted the expensive state of college sports
Mac pulls out "an oldie" for this episode. In 2022, he interviewed former Texas Longhorns linebacker and Philadelphia Eagle player Emmanuel Acho about a variety of topics, including the changes that were coming in major college sports. Acho's forecast was accurate. Acho has made a nice career for...
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College Football is NOT broken | Engel Angle
After the release of the college football playoff bracket, fans (and Notre Dame) threw a fit. Mac discusses the actual state of the second most popular game in America, right after he remembers a significant figure in the development of North Texas, Tom Hicks. Hicks died over the weekend in…
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Engel Angle: Golf is More "Thrilling" than Boxing
Olympic gold medalist and long time prize fight champion Oscar De La Hoya talked to Mac about the state of the sport, why people can't quit a sport as dangerous as boxing, and the thrill he found to replace the high that comes with it.
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Engel Angle: Mac Still Can't Believe The Mavericks Traded Luka Doncic
The Dallas Mavericks trading Luka Doncic still bothers Mac. Because it's awful. On this episode, Mac lists the worst trades in the history of the Dallas sports franchises - the Stars, Texas Rangers, Cowboys and the Mavericks.
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Engel Angle: Navigating the "N-Word" writing Tupac Shakur's biography
Best-selling author Jeff Pearlman joins Mac to talk about his new book "Only God Can Judge Me," about late hip hop artist, Tupac Shakur. Jeff's background is in sports, but he wanted to write a book about Tupac. Pearlman interviewed nearly 700 people for this book, which included a funny anecdote...
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Engel Angle: A Fantasy Football Story Worth Hearing
No one wants to hear about your fantasy team, or your kids athletic exploits in select sports. However - Mac tried something different to see what would happen. Can a fantasy football team full of nothing but white dudes win a game?
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Engel Angle: She inspired Journey, passed on Playboy & that's not the most interesting part about Tane McClure
Mac talked to singer/actress, director, writer, editor Tane McClure about her fascinating career and life. A music career that started when she was 17 morphed into movies, TV, Legally Blonde, Cinemax After Dark, Days of Our Lives and seemingly everything in entertainment. She did it all.
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Engel Angle: Another reason to be mad at your parents
Mac was born in Cincinnati, and fell into supporting one of the worst teams in pro sports, the Bengals. Just so much pain. And hurt. Misery. The pain prompted him to come up with the Top 10 Worst Sports Franchise To Be Born Into as a Fan
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Engel Angle: It's OK for Mitt Romney to watch Dua Lipa in concert
For this latest episode of The Engel Angle, Mac faces hard truths about getting older. Home projects are zero fun. Playing basketball is more hazardous to his health than a 6-pack of beer. He looks like a failed Presidential candidate. And there should be no shame in jamming out at the Dua Lipa...
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Engel Angle: Is Miss America Dead?
Mac talks to former beauty pageant contestant, and current beauty pageant consultant, Jamie Kelton. Having competed in many Miss Georgia pageants, she is well versed in the realities of this career path. She spoke candidly about the eating, the clothes, the "parents," the beauty pageant fans, and...
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Engel Angle: How a female CPA from Australia who lives in Canada became a sports betting expert
Mac talks to Jo Madden, a resident of Calgary who has a unique story of leaving the world of accounting to become an expert in sports wagering. She sets betting lines, and picks games of all shapes and sizes. You can find her at WagerTalk, BettingPros, and her own YouTube channel. Plus, she and…
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Engel Angle: College football's inexplicably always-expanding bowl season
College football is here, and while the sport is awash in problems it's popularity remains almost unchanged. It's the second most popular sport in America, behind only professional football. Mac's guest is Nick Carparelli, the executive director of Bowl Season. If it has anything to do with…
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Engel Angle: A podcast 30 years in the making between 3 high school friends who "made it" in sports journalism: Part II
Mac continues his conversation with high school friends Adam Alexander and Jake Query. Adam is currently the most prominent TV play-by-play voice for NASCAR, and Jake calls IndyCar racing and hosts his own sports radio talk show in his native Indianapolis.
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Engel Angle: A podcast 30 years in the making between 3 high school friends who "made it" in sports journalism
Mac is joined by Adam Alexander and Jake Query for the first of two episodes. Adam is currently the most prominent TV play-by-play voice in NASCAR. Jake hosts his own radio sports talk show in Indianapolis. The connection? Mac, Jake and Adam graduated from Indianapolis North Central high school…
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Engel Angle: Can a middle aged white man do Livvy Dunne's ab workout?
Rather than take time off in the summer, Mac returns to try something else in his bid to fight the waistline. Mac believes in the power of exercise, and setting attainable goals while you go. On this episode, he tries former LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne's ab routine. Will he live or die? (FYI: This...
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: One of the most influential people in college athletics
At Big 12 Media Days, Mac chats with Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark to discuss the state of major college football, the future of the college football playoff, and the best advice he ever received.
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle:
Award-winning and best selling author Mark Kriegel joins Mac to discuss his new book, "Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson."
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Should the media be "fans" of the games they watch and cover?
With the NBA Finals starting, Mac jumps into a topic that has changed over the last two decades: Cheering in the press box. He grew up a Pacers fan, and he's not afraid to say he has "Pacer Pride." This sort of thing has been taboo in sports journalism, but we need to stop kidding ourselves.
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Why I'd Fail at Being a Blackjack dealer in Vegas
Mac was recently a card dealer at a faux Choctaw casino inside a party tent at the Charles Schwab Challenge PGA Tour event in Fort Worth last week. It did not go without incident. Mac has enjoyed a lot of odd experiences just like this, mostly because he doesn't know how to say "No," isn't afraid...
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Ron Thulin
Ron Thulin has been in sports broadcasting for more than 60 years. He has called Olympics, baseball games in Cuba, major college football but he's most known for calling the NBA on TNT. When media mogul Ted Turner created TNT in the late '80s, Thulin was hired as a play by play voice. Ron talked…
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Mission Impossible 8 is good but here's the problem with Tom Cruise
Mac watched an advance screener for the 2025 summer blockbuster movie, "Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning." And while his experience in the theater was a mess, thanks to the person sitting next to him, he enjoyed the movie. What he doesn't like is one particular part about Tom Cruise. And it's...
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: How Do You Know if Someone is "Washed"
After attending the AC/DC concert in Arlington, Texas with his 16-year-old daughter, Mac got to thinking about what it means to be "washed up." There are ages and stages to this moving target that all of us can't avoid.
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Being shushed by Master's champion Rory McIlroy
Now that Rory McIlroy has won the biggest golf tournament on the planet, The Masters, Mac is compelled to share a funny story about his "time" with the golf great. This "run in" happened during the PGA Tour event amid the fun that was the time of COVID, in June of 2020, when things were just a…
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: The Boy Wonder by Tim MacMahon
ESPN NBA reporter Tim MacMahon has his new book on NBA All Star Luka Doncic done and finished. It was printed, and then he received a phone call that the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka to the L.A. Lakers. A new chapter was added, and now Tim has the timeliest book of the year on shelves, "Luka…
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Explaining the growing success that is "Meow Wolf"
Mike Kopelman is the CFO of one of the growing sensation that is "Meow Wolf" and he talks to Mac about this odd phenomena. What started out as a unique tourist destination in Santa Fe, New Mexico is blossoming into an interactive entertainment option with spots in Denver, Las Vegas, Houston,...
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Your Sports Bucket List
If you are planning a trip, here are the sporting events that you need to attend, and you don't need to be a fan of either team to enjoy the experience. Mac lists his favorite "bucket list" sporting event destinations.
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: The Real Reality of being an NFL "WAG"
Kim Alexander was married to, and had two kids with, former NFL player, Elijah Alexander. She had "the fairytale" life. And then reality hit her family when Elijah was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer that took his life, in 2010. She talked to Mac about the realities of being married to an NFL...
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Engel Angle Bonus: Valentine's Day From Hell
On this episode of The Engel Angle, Mac recounts an especially brutal Valentine's Day from his youth, when he looked like THIS.
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Engel Angle: John Isner on Dirk, the match he can't avoid, & hitting a serve 157 m.p.h.
With the Dallas Open this week in Frisco, retired American tennis pro John Isner talked to Mac about his long, fascinating career that may never have happened had he pursued what people his height normally do - play basketball.
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: The women's golfer who hopes to play with the men on the Legend's Tour
LPGA Tour veteran Angela Stanford retired from the game last year, and she joins The Engel Angle to talk about her more than 20 year career. A graduate of TCU, she has the distinction of having been in a sorority in college, something that likely would never happen today with a top tier NCAA...
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Don't kid yourself, the Dallas Cowboys are still "The Big Room."
In the latest edition of The Engel Angle, Mac does a throughline of the Dallas Cowboys head coaching job, which is now open after Mike McCarthy and team owner Jerry Jones could not come to an agreement about much of anything. Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman said on ESPN that he does not...
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[PREVIEW] Engel Angle: Concussions & the top 10 Christmas movies
For this latest episode of The Engel Angle, Mac discusses the reality of having a concussion. It's not fun. Because it's Christmas season, he lists his favorite Christmas movies.
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Engel Angle: Thaddeus Matula
The SMU alum and Dallas resident unknowingly became one of the key figures in the return of the Mustangs' football program to national relevance. In 2010, Matula directed the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, "Pony Excess," the story of the SMU football team's infamous Death Penalty. SMU is currently…
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Engel Angle: Dana Benbow
Dana Benbow had never written a book before but was handpicked by Jeanette Lee, "The Black Widow" to write her memoir. The long time sports journalist at the Indianapolis Star worked on the book with Lee, while she was in the hospital receiving chemo treatments. The book is out now, and Benbow...
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Engel Angle: Deion Sanders
On the latest episode of The Engel Angle, Mac weighs in on a topic that is the rage of college football: Deion Sanders. Props to the second year coach at the University of Colorado for making that once dead program thrive. Also, let's not kid ourselves about Deion. Nearly every single big time...
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Engel Angle: Anna Bright - Pickleball Pro
Pickleball is a thing, and it's thriving. The Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) comes to Dallas for its world championships this week, and the little game created in 1965 is pushing tennis off the court. Literally. Former Cal tennis player Anna Bright gave up the sport after college, and...
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Engel Angle - Jeanette Lee
She will never get the credit but Jeanette Lee was before her time. Known all over as The Black Widow, Lee became a sensation in sports before Instagram, TikTok or any social media app. The woman who became one of the top pool players in the world has a story you may not believe. Lee appeared on...
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The Engel Angle: Halloween
This is Spooooookyyyyy
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