Miscellaneous
Mark Bader sits down with Spey over beverages to have a long conversation about his over 10 years of working at FloSports. Mark is the longest continuously tenured employee in the content department. That gets discussed, and much much more, in a fun conversation with pals! Show Rundown: 0:00:00 - Welcome to another smooth edition of Spey’s Stupid Podcast. 0:02:35 - We are on the eve of the Ohio State wrestle offs, so let’s discuss the Big Ten Network and FloSports relationship. 0:11:25 - Simone Biles is more impressive than that marathon guy, PLAIN AND SIMPLE, END OF STORY. 0:14:00 - Bonus PASEOS: There is no “Dagestan of the United States’. 0:16:00 - Question for the teeming masses: let’s talk nicknames! 0:23:00 - Mark ‘The Master’ Bader is in the house. We discuss Kazakhstan and the 2019 World Championships. ‘Horse was on the menu.’ 0:29:30 - Mark’s tenure at Flo is discussed. Mark has a lot of tenure. Mark has been traveling to Yakutsk, Russian since 2011. 0:36:05 - Bader begins his origin story, starting in St Mary’s hospital in St Louis county. 0:48:00 - Bader commits to Mizzou then finds out he’ll be coached by new hire Brian Smith by reading the newspaper. 1:07:00 - Bader recruits Ben Askren to Missouri and has a humorous story about Ben’s recruiting visit. 1:09:35 Bader graduates. Now what? How does he stay involved in the sport? By coaching high school, that’s how. 1:13:20 - How did Bader end up at FloSports way back when? 1:29:15 - Bader actually started as the MMA guy at FloSports. 1:39:25 - When did Mark feel like Flo has outgrown its bootstraps? 1:55:30 - Bader describes life as a wrestling media celebrity. 2:03:35 - Spey makes up a bunch of questions for Mark. 2:17:16 - Bader tells some behind the scenes stories about his favorite FloFilm ‘Terry’. 2:30:00 - We’re back with the outro and one last digression about the Holy City Hoops podcast and how the Colonial Athletic Association deal with FloSports came to be.