This week's "Best Of..." podcast is from your requests:  Dr. Molly Bray from Univ. Texas.  Dr. Bray is a great nutrition and exercise researcher and this is a fun conversation about her work and some of her findings (YES! Bring on the bacon at breakfast!)

This week's news that the Arizona Cardinals had hired a female for a coaching intern position triggered quite a bit of discussion regarding females in football.  So, we've got a "Best Of.." podcast with Lydia Dubuisson from the Texas A&M HLKN department who has both played and coached football.  This is a great podcast with a different perspective than what you may have heard in the news and certainly a perspective that is germane this week!

Football season is almost here!  As we all count down toward the football season, our "Best of..." podcast series is just going back to the spring, when we interviewed former Aggie Football Player Ben Compton.  This is a fun podcast with a great individual - that will give you some insight into what football players are starting to go through at this time of year.  Enjoy! 

Today we're bringing you a recast of a great podcast we did with an intriguing guest - Mr. Charlie Kimball who drives an Indy Car for a living (he placed 3rd in this year's Indy 500 in fact!).  Uniquely, Charlie is the only driver at an elite level who is also a Type 1 Diabetic.  Charlie's story is inspirational and an example of how high performance athletes often have to overcome many hurdles to participate.

In a special joint podcast with Texas A&M's Center for Translational Environmental Health Research (CTEHR.org), we are excited to present Dr. Steve Kleeberger, one of the countries preeminent scientists.  You may think - "wait, this is supposed to be about human performance" - but hang on; we think you'll find what Dr. Kleeberger says to be very applicable to sports medicine (just think about the smog and the Beijing Olympics).

Technology is making sports medicine more effective every day.  Joining us today in the podcast is Mr. Dan Giuliani the CEO of Volt Athletics.  The purpose of Volt Athletics is provide expert, online consultation for Strength Coaches and Athletes who may not have access to the best coaching and newest ideas in resistance training.  This is an interesting application that will help to bring the best knowledge and coaching to athletes across the country.

Joining us today in the podcast is Dr. Brandon Marcello who is an independent performance consultant who most recently was the Director of Sports Performance at Stanford University.  This is an interesting conversation that shows the changing nature of coaching to include nutrition, supplements, and conditioning.

Today in the podcast we've got a great conversation with Dr. Karen Clippinger from Cal State Long Beach.  Our topic today is the use of anatomy and biomechanics to help dancers perform better (and recover from injuries). Dr. Clippinger is brought to us by the TAMU program in Dance Science!

Today in the podcast we've got a great conversation with Dr. Wendy Demark-Wahnefried from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.  Dr. Demark-Wahnefried has been one of the leaders in working to understand the relationship between nutrition and cancer - as well as the use of community gardens as a rehabilitative and preventative tool.  This is a great conversation!

It is well accepted that childhood obesity is a major issue facing our society.  This increase in fatness has been accompanied (some would say 'caused by') a significant limiting of the daily activity of children.  Thus, we are pleased to have Dr. David Dzewaltowski from Kansas State University in the podcast today to talk about ways to help kids be more active - both in school and out of school.