Plain talk about courage under pressure.
Cowboys not Eggheads is a blunt, values-driven interview show built around courage, resilience, and ownership. Its conversations move from CrossFit gyms and rural Nebraska to combat service, pain, real estate, family legacy, and the search for truth.
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Cowboys not Eggheads is a character-first interview show built around courage, discipline, faith, and the practical work of becoming harder to knock down. It is plainspoken by design. The conversations often begin with a person under pressure: a medical crisis, a painful injury, a major weight loss, a combat-to-civilian transition, a career pivot, or the uneasy inheritance of family and place. From there, the show looks for the decision point. What did fear stop? What did pain teach? What standard had to be accepted before anything changed? Recent episodes make the pattern clear. Tiffani Zeleny talks through a frightening eye diagnosis, treatment, family, and the example she wanted to set for her daughters. Scott Anderson’s conversation links training, accountability, real estate, and the early lessons that carry across different lives. Jeremy Stalnecker brings military service, veteran trauma work, biblical perspective, and the March or Die idea of forward movement when stopping feels easier. Colby Coash brings rural Nebraska, authorship, and family legacy into the frame. Tanner Spencer’s story turns on weight loss, firefighting, CrossFit, faith, humility, and purpose. Dr. Devan Sedlacek’s episode treats healing as ownership, not passivity. Even a repeat episode on The Truman Show becomes a way to talk about fear, media, trust, truth, and the courage to leave a familiar world. The show can be funny and rough-edged, but the center is sincere. Its interviews are less about celebrity polish than about standards, stories, and the moral language people use when life gets difficult. The recurring contrast between cowboys and eggheads is not only cultural branding; it is a shorthand for action, responsibility, and lived wisdom. The show suits listeners who like faith-inflected conversations about resilience without a soft-focus finish.
Made for: For listeners drawn to faith, discipline, rural Nebraska values, CrossFit culture, recovery stories, and interviews about responsibility under strain. It especially fits people who prefer direct conversation over polished lifestyle advice.
What sets it apart: The show mixes Christian living themes with cowboy-coded self-reliance, gym-floor accountability, rural Nebraska memory, and guests who have lived through pressure. It feels more like a hard conversation after training or work than a studio-crafted self-improvement program.
I visit with guests about topics like loyalty, honesty, authenticity, courage, integrity and resilience. I come from a cowboy raised and egghead educated background. I’ve saddled and rode a horse, been on multiple cattle drives, fed cattle in 40 below temperatures, worked cattle in a corral, put up hay in 100 degree temperatures, fixed fence …. you name it … I attended high school at a prestigious private school. I got a College degree. I spent 31 years as a national politic operative, owned my own business and spent 13 years as a police officer. My interesting life has lead me to the conclusion that the worl...
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose, honest discussion of fear, truth, and the pull of comfort.
Cowboys, Not Eggheads looks at The Truman Show through fear, truth, media, trust, and the pull of comfort over what is real. The conversation stays loose and unscripted, with three different voices letting the ideas unfold at their own pace.
A plainspoken survival story about pain, family, and the way community holds.
This conversation follows Sam Fisher and Tiffany Zeleny through a sudden eye problem that starts as irritation and turns into urgent care. What stays with the listener is Tiffany's plain account of the diagnosis, the pick line, the daily infusions, the pain, and the effort to…
A blunt sobriety roundtable that treats recovery as daily work, not a victory lap.
Cowboys, Not Eggheads turns a sobriety milestone into a blunt, unvarnished roundtable about what changes after the last drink. On May 16, 2024, Sam Fisher marks one year without alcohol by bringing in sober friends Jeff Nemechek, Barry Rubin, and Rod Edwards, and the…
Pastoral sermons for healing, faith, and release.
Faithful steps for God-shaped dreams.
Christian marriage counsel with prayerful accountability.
Christian steadiness for unsettled news and cultural life.
Sam Fisher brings Bree Seagert, Jillian Watts, and Brandy Preston together to share memories of September 11, 2001, and their work as helpers.
Sam Fisher interviews 77-year-old Three Bar Ranch resident John Ravenscroft about his family’s move from Iowa to the Nebraska Sandhills in the early 1930s.
Sam Fisher hosts Jillian Watts, Brandi Preston, and Bree Siegert for five “cowboy observations,” including “your brain is not your soul” and “hope is not a strategy.” Watts separates logistical thinking from spiritual or intuitive judgment, while Preston applies the brain-and-soul distinction to prenatal genetics, Nebraska’s 12-week abortion ban, and trisomy 13 or 18.
Sam Fisher brings back Jeremy Aspin after 18 months and adds Tom Becker, a 30-year Omaha TV and radio personality from Fox 42, KPTM, for a conversation built around The Truman Show.
Tiffany Zeleny says a left-eye problem that began at the end of June turned into acanthamoeba keratitis, a fungal infection, and shingles, with the first ophthalmologist visit on June 30th and a July 5th diagnosis in Omaha.
Sam Fisher interviews Scott Anderson about transitions, trust, and the fundamentals that carry over when changing career paths.
Interview with a former Marine about veteran trauma, resilience, and leadership from a biblical perspective.
Sam Fisher interviews former state senator Kobe Kowash about his memoir exploring rural Nebraska family legacy and the pursuit of purpose.
Sam Fisher interviews a young firefighter and CrossFit athlete about his weight loss journey, faith, and finding purpose through discipline.
Sam Fisher interviews Dr.
Sam Fisher interviews his cousin Jack McHenry, an 'egghead' with advanced degrees, exploring their shared family history and contrasting worldviews.
The host discusses his concerns about AI with two guests, exploring the implications of artificial intelligence.
Sam Fisher interviews Sheila Barden about her work at EndurElite, discussing manufacturing challenges of hydration products.
Sam Fisher interviews Dorinda Beerhoff, a former Republican National Committee staffer, about her career and conservative values.
Host Sam Fisher interviews former Congressman Hal Dobb about his political career and leadership.
Barry Rubin describes a 0.386 blood alcohol level, an ICU stay, and a doctor warning he might not live past 35.