Mark Bader sits down with Spey over beverages to have a long conversation about his over 10 years of working at FloSports. We tell the TRUE Bader story, never before revealed to the public. Learn the TRUTH about one of FloSports' longest-tenured employees. It's a great time 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: what are your auto-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 wrestling, 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 had outgrown it’s 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.