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Pre-Zero Sports Talk
Pre-Zero Sports Talk is built on real conversations beyond the game.
Hosted by Sid Bensalah, with over 30 years of global sports industry experience, the podcast explores sport as a platform for deeper conversations about leadership, faith, performance, purpose, identity, community, and impact.
This is not only a podcast about sport. It is about what sport reveals about people, how we lead, how we handle pressure, how we pursue meaning, and how we build lives, teams, and communities with purpose.
Through honest, long-form conversations with athletes, coaches, leaders, founders, innovators, and changemakers, Pre-Zero Sports Talk explores the deeper why behind performance, success, resilience, clean progress, human potential, and the future of sport.
Topics include sports leadership, coaching culture, athlete well-being, faith and purpose, human performance, community impact, clean progress, sustainability, innovation and technology, governance, and sports business.
No filter. No bias. Straight talk.
Subscribe and join real conversations on sport, leadership, faith, performance, purpose, and life beyond the game.
Episodes
105 episodes
The Ripple Effect: Leadership, Purpose & the Cost of Self | David Petrash
What happens when pressure strips everything down to who you really are?In Episode #105, Sid Bensalah sits down with Da...
Success on Paper, Empty Inside | Nicole Anderson on Burnout, Leadership & Parenthood
What happens when you achieve everything you thought you wanted… but still feel exhausted, disconnected, and empty inside?In this raw and deeply honest conversation, leadership coach and burnout expert
AI Won’t Replace Humans — But Bad Leadership Might | Stephanie Sylvestre
In Episode 103, Sid Bensalah sits down with Stephanie Sylvestre, CEO and Co-Founder of Ava...
Leadership Beyond the Leader with Björn Vikard
Episode #102 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk features leadership advisor and former COO Björn Vikard in a raw, honest, and deeply insightful conversation on leadership, succession, trust, systems t...
Grace, Grit & Humility: What Sports Teach You About Life and Pressure
In Episode 101 of the Pre-Zero Sports Talk Podcast, Sid Bensalah sits down with Jonathan K. Osborne, a former Division I basketb...
I Spent My Life Trying to Prove Myself — Until I Found What Really Matters
On the milestone Episode 100 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Dr. Jack G...
Why U.S. Soccer Fails: Pay-to-Play, Money, and the Truth About Football
In this episode, 99, Sid Bensalah talks with Alex Lubyansky, Founder of Detroit Metro FC ...
Play From Your Heart | Scott Martin on Losing His Hands and Rebuilding Through Sport
In Episode 98, Sid Bensalah sits down with Scott Martin, an award-winning soccer coach, educator, and author of Play F...
The Dyslexic Advantage: From First-Grade Reading to a Better Learning System
What if dyslexia is not a disability, but a different method of processing information that schools still do not understand? In this detailed episode, Sid Bensalah interviews <...
Josephina Oji: The Outsider Advantage in Sport, Sustainability, Leadership, and Impact
In Episode 96 of the Pre-Zero Sports Talk Podcast, host Sid Bensalah interviews Josephina Oji, Global Director of Impact, Sustainab...
Modern Masculinity Crisis: How Men Reclaim Purpose and Self-Leadership | Maxim Shapiro
Are men facing a modern masculinity crisis?In Episode 95 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with
Your Body Is the Business Plan, Training Leaders Like Athletes
In Episode 94 of the Pre-Zero Sports Talk Podcast, Sid Bensalah sits down with performance coach
Angela Lewis on Coaching, Equity, and Leading the Future of Women’s Sports
Angela R. Lewis, a former Division I basketball player, championship-winning coach, author, and leadership consultant, joins host Sid Be...
Rethinking Restrooms: David Sauers on Innovation, Leadership, and Event Experience
David Sauers is the co-founder of Royal Restrooms, a visionary entrepreneur and master at turning overlooked problems into meaningful business solu...
Fix Your Putting Game with Bob Labbe
In this raw, honest, and wide-ranging conversation, host Sid Bensalah sits down with Bob Labbe, retired engineer and author of Putting by the Number...
Dr. Matthew Kutz on Resilience, Faith & Leadership Through Cancer
Dr. Matthew Kutz, a global leadership expert, scholar, and prostate cancer survivor, joins Sid Bensalah for a powerful and candid conv...
From Setback to CEO: Kandace Kalin’s Playbook for Rebuilding After Loss
In this inspiring episode, host Sid Bensalah speaks with Kandace Kalin, a former elite synchronized swimmer and founder of
How Storytelling Drives Purpose in Sport – With Radha Balani of Think Beyond
In this episode, Sid Bensalah welcomes Radha Balani, Partner and Director of Strategy at Think B...
More Than a Meal: How the Kitchen Teaches Leadership, Legacy, and Love
In this heartfelt episode, Janet Irizarry, founder of My Mindful Kitchen, joins host
How Cities Can Cool Themselves: Climate Design with Joshua Harrison
In this powerful episode, host Sid Bensalah is joined by Joshua Harrison, co-founder of Le...
Searching for Father: Faith, Legacy & Leadership with Mark Motsenbocker
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Sid Bensalah sits down with Mark Motsenbocker, a seasoned executive, mentor, and ...
The Pickleball Boom: How Miles Reynolds Is Building More Than Courts
Miles Reynolds, a sports entrepreneur, founder, and president of Legendary Sports Construction, host of the Pickleball Bu...
No Ordinary Risk: Chris Baron on Storytelling, Survival & Leading in the Unknown
Chris Baron is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, Series Producer for National Geographic and the BBC, and host of the No O...
