The Sage Steele Show

Emily Austin is 25 years old, hosts her own sports show, judged Miss Universe, and after October 7th she says she lost nearly every brand deal she had. On this episode of the Sage Steele Show she tells me what happened the day after the attack, why she thinks the adults are the problem and not her generation, what Bobby Kennedy Jr. told her over dinner about who knew about the Holocaust, and what her grandfather learned in Bulgaria about his own neighbor.
She also gets into the campus panel where protesters pulled keffiyehs and drums out of their backpacks, the six hours she spent handing them the microphone, why she argues against a two state solution, what Zionism actually means to her, and the Saudi man who hated Jews and is now one of her closest friends.
Then the conversation turns to work. Emily explains why Miss Universe, Puma, and Sports Illustrated all stopped calling, what a network executive told her agent about how she voted, what the networks quietly edit out of postgame interviews, and why she thinks men in sports media stayed silent. She closes with the story of her mother's ultimatum, the night Jim Gray showed her a pile of a hundred rejection letters, and the one yes that started her career.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:24 - Meet Emily Austin
02:50 - October 7th & The Moment Everything Changed
11:16 - Gen Z, College Campuses & The Rise of Antisemitism
21:55 - Why Emily Refuses to Be Afraid to Speak Up
28:20 - Why Emily Is Worried About Gen Z
30:40 - Education, Indoctrination & Where Values Really Come From
36:54 - Motherhood, Discipline & Raising Kids in Today's Culture
43:26 - Gender Ideology, Schools & Parental Responsibility
48:48 - Empathy vs. Accountability
52:18 - Israel, Zionism & When Criticism Becomes Antisemitism
57:16 - Influencers, Charlie Kirk & Why Real Conversations Matter
01:01:07 - Would Emily Austin Ever Run for Office?
01:02:35 - How Emily Got Access to Trump, Rubio & Other Political Leaders
01:06:28 - Private Conversations With World Leaders & The Future of Gaza
01:11:12 - Has Speaking Out Hurt Emily's Sports Broadcasting Career?
01:17:28 - Women's Sports & Why So Many Athletes Stay Silent
01:28:01 - Billie Eilish, ICE & Celebrity Hypocrisy
01:35:18 - Social Media, Celebrity Obsession & Bad Parenting
01:40:21 - How Faith Guides Emily's Life
01:44:21 - Pretty Privilege, Rejection & Breaking Into Sports Media
01:47:25 - The Jim Gray Conversation That Changed Emily's Career
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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Bruce Pearl joins Sage Steele for ninety minutes on the fall almost nobody remembers correctly. In 2011 he was fired at Tennessee after admitting he lied to the NCAA. He lost an $11 million contract, went through a divorce, and took a job putting product into convenience stores while doing overnight radio. He tells Sage what his daughter Leah said to him during that stretch, and why he says it meant more than any championship.
He also tells the story of how Auburn happened, including the trick his wife played on him the night before the interview that changed everything. Eleven years later he retired as the winningest coach in Auburn basketball history and handed the program to his own son.
The second half goes wider. Bruce Pearl on why he believes coaches and administrators, himself included, blew the NIL era, and what a $4 million roster becoming a $30 million roster does to college sports. On growing up Jewish in 1960s Boston, the grandfather who refused to evict his tenants, and why black recruits and their families kept saying yes to him. And on why he walked away from coaching to speak publicly about Israel, faith, and the country he wants his grandchildren to inherit.
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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Sage Steele sits down with fitness icon Jillian Michaels for a wide-ranging conversation that starts where her career began: health and fitness. Jillian explains why the explosion of online fitness advice has made it harder, not easier, to know what actually works, and gives her honest, nuanced take on the rise of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and why she only cautiously recommends them to close friends under very specific circumstances. She breaks down practical, affordable grocery guidance using the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen lists, and shares the personal story behind her own transformation, from a childhood shaped by her parents' divorce and food as a coping mechanism, to her mother enrolling her in martial arts at 12, the decision that changed the course of her life. Jillian and Sage also touch on how public conversations have grown more difficult and personal in recent years. A candid conversation about health, resilience, and speaking your mind on The Sage Steele Show. New episodes every week. The views expressed are the guest's own.
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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Sage Steele calls in for an in-depth conversation with Congressman Byron Donalds, currently running for Florida's next governor, just 49 days before election day. Byron opens up about growing up poor in Brooklyn, the sacrifices his mother made to keep him in school even while the family relied on food stamps, and the moment at 20 years old, after being arrested a second time, that he says saved his life: looking himself in the mirror and deciding to change. He shares how his now-wife Erica brought him to church, how he gave his life to Christ at 21, and what he tells his three sons about the mistakes he made as a young man. Byron and Sage also discuss what it means to be a black conservative in today's political climate, his affordability plan for Florida's rising insurance, housing, and healthcare costs, his approach to AI data centers, and his vision for the state if elected. A candid, wide-ranging conversation on The Sage Steele Show. New episodes every week. The views and claims expressed are the candidate's own.
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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Sage Steele sits down with Colonel Allen West, combat veteran, former congressman, and one of the most principled leaders in America, for a powerful conversation on the 25th anniversary of September 11th. West takes us back to that morning, from watching the second tower fall in a Marine operations center, to the aircraft striking the Pentagon wing where a close friend survived, to driving home under a silent sky with no aircraft and knowing this was the Pearl Harbor of his generation. He shares what it meant to lead nearly 500 soldiers into Iraq when only two of them had ever seen combat, the moment he told a frightened young soldier that his own greatest fear was letting his men down, and the interrogation decision that ended his military career because protecting his troops mattered more to him than his own rank. West also reflects on faith, his father's charge to always take care of his troops, the family military legacy he shares with Sage, and why he still believes America's greatest days are ahead. A moving conversation about service, sacrifice, and leadership on The Sage Steele Show. New episodes every week. The views expressed are the guest's own.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:24 - Colonel West Remembers September 11, 2001
07:00 - Why 9/11 Changed America Forever
12:02 - The Controversy Surrounding New York's 9/11 Memorial
18:04 - The Soldier Colonel West Trained Who Helped Lead America's Response
21:02 - How America Went From United to Deeply Divided
23:21 - The Muslim Brotherhood's 1991 Plan for America
30:17 - Trump, Immigration & Confronting Threats From Within
40:45 - Getting the Call to Lead His Troops Into Iraq
49:00 - Why Colonel West Believed in the Iraq War Mission
51:02 - The Gulf War, Saddam Hussein & Leaving the Job Unfinished
53:04 - What Young Americans Don't Understand About Socialism
56:03 - The Decision to Protect His Soldiers That Cost Him His Military Career
01:04:00 - Why Colonel West Never Stopped Serving
01:07:39 - What Gives Colonel West Hope for America
01:10:00 - Faith, Conviction & Fighting for the Next Generation
01:15:37 - Final Thoughts
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
#sagesteelepodcast #sagesteele #podcast
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