Sooo Stignatious!

Episodes

1. 14

   David Lombardi: Writing His Way

   David Lombardi is a journalist writing for the popular internet sports publication The Athletic. David covers the 49ers and other Bay Area sports. David speaks on his favorite stories to have covered, the recent success of the 49ers, The Athletic succeeding as a subscription based sports media...

   Apr 7, 2020

   48m
2. 13

   Austin Aaron: From the Field to the Screen

   Austin Aaron is a former football player at Cal that quit football because of the mental stresses it was putting on his life. Austin opens up about that tough time on his life and how he transitioned into modeling and acting. Austin quickly found his competitive, athletic mindset helped him...

   Apr 7, 2020

   51m
3. 12

   Hakeem Valles: NFL to Real Estate

   Hakeem Valles is a professional football player turned real estate investor. Hakeem made the most out of his time in the NFL by leveraging his position as an NFL player to learn everything he could about real estate. Listen to Hakeem talk about doubling down in your passions and making the most…

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   Apr 5, 2020

   47m
4. 11

   Kate Scott: Trailblazing

   Kate Scott has the first woman to do a numerous amount of thing within the sports broadcasting industry, but that was never the intention. Kate has always had an innocent love of sports and that passion just happened to take her many places no woman had gone before. Though being a female role…

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   Apr 4, 2020

   59m
5. 10

   Bobby Thompson: Director of Student Athlete Development

   If you are student athlete at Cal and you want to further your professional development Bobby Thompson is the man to talk to! Bobby has a wealth of knowledge and helps run all the student athlete lead clubs on campus. Bobby has learned to persevere through trial and error, failures and successes.…

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   Apr 3, 2020

   1h 16m
6. 9

   Julie Cottineau: Branding with a Twist

   Julie Cottineau has known she has wanted to work in branding and marketing since she was a little girl. It is no surprise that her drive has risen her to the top of the discipline. Julie’s journey in marketing has taken her out of the country, to becoming the VP of Brand for Virgin (overseeing...

   Mar 4, 2020

   1h 00m
7. 8

   Ken Montgomery: Purveyor of Positivity and Public Relations

   Ken Montgomery has had no run-of-the-mill life. Ken grew up in Bay Area and found his way to Tulane for a year of college before the price sent him back to the Bay Area. After some junior college and work experience, Ken enrolled at UC Berkeley. Once again, Ken dropped out (in good standing) to...

   Feb 26, 2020

   1h 12m
8. 7

   Isaac Serwanga: Networking

   Isaac Serwanga was a 3 sport athlete at Princeton University that was well ingrained in both athletics and the campus communities. However, upon graduation, Isaac did not know what he wanted to do professionally. With help from a friend he got a job with Princeton admissions and did a bunch of...

   Aug 21, 2019

   58m
9. 6

   Michael Pratt: Music and Business

   On today's show I have a friend I grew up with, from elementary school through high school. His name is Michael Pratt and he is one of the more impressive people I know. In addition to just being admitted to the undergraduate business degree here at Cal, Mike has been producing and selling hip…

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   Aug 14, 2019

   1h 07m
10. 5

    Erik Robertson: Football, Firefighting, and Music

    Erik Robertson is a former Cal offensive lineman that played for Jeff Tedford in Cal's 2000's glory days. While in college he was a "Berkeley guy", meaning he had interests that laid outside of football and Berkeley was a place he could nourish those interests. Erik loves football, and after a 5...

    Aug 11, 2019

    1h 10m
11. 4

    Mark Brilliant: Teaching is Priceless

    Mark Brilliant is an Associate Professor of American Studies and History at UC Berkeley. Prior to being at Berkeley, Brilliant was a swimmer at Brown University. After researching K-12 education in his undergraduate studies, he taught for the organization Teach for America in its early stages in...

    Jul 30, 2019

    1h 02m
12. 3

    Yogi Roth: Uncovering the Humanity in Sports

    Yogi Roth is a former college football player turned renaissance man. Yogi knew he wanted to work within sport, and after a brief stint in coaching decided to find his own avenues, and he hasn't looked back. Yogi has a podcast, multiple books, broadcasts for PAC-12 networks, makes documentaries,...

    Jul 23, 2019

    47m
13. 2

    Jacob Kaplan: Laughing through History

    This episode is an interview with my good friend, Jacob Kaplan. As soon as I met him, I knew he was one of the funniest people I'd ever met. I grew up going to summer camp with Jacob and as the years went on, we became closer and closer, so close that we decided to pull a prank on the whole camp...

    Jul 23, 2019

    1h 03m
14. 1

    Patrick Laird: Reading for Good

    Welcome to Episode 1 of Sooo Stignatious!, the podcast where the name is made up, but the people are real. In this episode I talk to my former teammate Patrick Laird. Pat walked on at Cal and then earned a scholarship right before his breakout season in 2017. Amongst other things, Pat has a…

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    Jul 23, 2019

    55m