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The Sage Steele Show

The Sage Steele Show

Sage Steele Productions 120 Episodes Oct 14, 2026

The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, she has deep-dive, one-on-one conversations with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians. The discussions aim to enlighten, entertain, and engage, covering a wide range of topics beyond just sports. Sage brings her journalistic experience to explore the bigger picture of her guests' lives and perspectives.

Episodes

Tony Dungy on His NBC Exit, Super Bowl Heartbreak & Standing Firm in His Faith | Sage Steele Show
Tony Dungy on His NBC Exit, Super Bowl Heartbreak & Standing Firm in His Faith | Sage Steele Show Oct 14, 2026 01:46:05 Tony Dungy joins Sage Steele for 100 minutes, nearly three decades after she first covered his Buccaneers as a young reporter in Tampa. He explains what happened at the end of his 17 years at NBC Sports, why he never asked permission before speaking at the March for Life, and what the network told him afterward. He also says plainly what he does and does not know about why the run ended. Along the
Emily Austin Held A Hostile Campus For Six Hours | Sage Steele Show EP 126
Emily Austin Held A Hostile Campus For Six Hours | Sage Steele Show EP 126 Oct 7, 2026 01:53:00 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
Bruce Pearl: We Screwed Up College Sports
Bruce Pearl: We Screwed Up College Sports Sep 30, 2026 01:36:17 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 mea
What Actually Changed Jillian Michaels' Mind About The Left | Sage Steele Show EP 124
What Actually Changed Jillian Michaels' Mind About The Left | Sage Steele Show EP 124 Sep 23, 2026 01:21:01 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
Byron Donalds: Why Florida Got So Expensive
Byron Donalds: Why Florida Got So Expensive Sep 16, 2026 46:43 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 hi
Colonel Allen West Remembers 9/11, 25 Years Later
Colonel Allen West Remembers 9/11, 25 Years Later Sep 9, 2026 01:15:57 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 un
How an Amish Grandma Built a Pretzel Empire | The Sage Steele Show EP 121
How an Amish Grandma Built a Pretzel Empire | The Sage Steele Show EP 121 Sep 2, 2026 01:45:21 Sage Steele sits down with Anne Beiler, the founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels, for the remarkable story behind one of the most beloved brands in America. Raised Amish with an eighth-grade education and married at 19, Anne never dreamed of building a business, yet what began as a single farmers-market stand in Pennsylvania, started with $6,000 from her father, grew into roughly 2,100 stores across
How Caliendo Builds a Voice From Scratch | Sage Steele Show EP 120
How Caliendo Builds a Voice From Scratch | Sage Steele Show EP 120 Aug 26, 2026 02:14:30 Sage Steele sits down with legendary impressionist and comedian Frank Caliendo for two hours of laughs, stories, and dead-on impressions. Frank breaks down how he actually builds a voice from scratch, starting with Muppet voices and working his way to John Madden, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Charles Barkley, Morgan Freeman, and Patrick Mahomes, and reveals the "pizza slice" face theory behind every c
How Fame Nearly Cost Brian Urlacher Everything | Sage Steele Show EP 119
How Fame Nearly Cost Brian Urlacher Everything | Sage Steele Show EP 119 Aug 19, 2026 01:31:29 Sage Steele sits down with Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher for a wide-ranging and unfiltered conversation that goes far beyond football. Brian explains why he started speaking up on the issues he calls common sense, from protecting women's sports to the treatment of Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark in the WNBA, and why he believes so many wealthy male athletes stay silent when they know
Bernie Kosar Was Given 5 Years to Live | Sage Steele Show EP 118
Bernie Kosar Was Given 5 Years to Live | Sage Steele Show EP 118 Aug 12, 2026 01:35:04 Bernie Kosar sits down with Sage Steele for one of the most emotional and inspiring conversations in the show's history. The Cleveland Browns legend opens up about the decade since he and Sage first met at Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, a stretch that took him through a 96-hour coma, cirrhosis, early-onset dementia, a Parkinson's diagnosis, and a liver transplant that nearly did not happen. Bern
Why Dinesh Says Mamdani Is Worse Than Obama | Sage Steele Show
Why Dinesh Says Mamdani Is Worse Than Obama | Sage Steele Show Aug 5, 2026 01:19:53 Dinesh D'Souza joins me for an unfiltered conversation about America's future, election integrity, media manipulation, Trump's foreign policy, the divide over Israel, Anthony Fauci, and the strategies conservatives need to challenge bad ideas more effectively. Sponsors: Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code SAGE at https://www.cowboycolostrum.com/SAGE. Visit https://GoodRanchers.com/SAGE to get $
The Bob Knight Story Dakich Never Told | Sage Steele Show
The Bob Knight Story Dakich Never Told | Sage Steele Show Jul 29, 2026 01:18:50 Sage Steele sits down with Dan Dakich, the former Indiana Hoosier, longtime ESPN college basketball analyst, and host of Don't At Me on Outkick, for one of the most candid conversations she has had on the show. Dakich tells the Bob Knight story he has kept private for 40 years, including the night in the locker room that nearly ended his career, and reflects on 16 complicated years with the legend

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