ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The Locker Room is a podcast for former athletes navigating the confusing and often painful transition from a life centered around sports to a life outside of the game. For many athletes, walking away from sports is more than the end of a season. It can feel like losing purpose, community, and even a piece of who you are. One day, your life is built around competition and performance. Then suddenly, it's not. No schedule. No team. No clear version of who you are supposed to become next. This podcast explores the emotional weight of that transition: the identity crisis, the anxiety, the depression, the feeling of being lost, and the pressure to “move on” before you have fully processed what you left behind. Through honest conversations, personal reflection, and relatable stories, The Locker Room creates space for former athletes to feel seen, understood, and reminded that they are not alone. Life after sports is not just about finding a new career or routine. It is about rediscovering purpose, rebuilding identity, and learning that who you are has always been bigger than what you did.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
46 minutes
English
United States
16 episodes
since May 21, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
In this episode of The Locker Room, I tell my full story from freshman year to senior year and reflect on the ups, downs, mistakes, lessons, and turning points that shaped my athletic journey. This conversation explores my freshman year of college at the University of Charleston, starting off on th…
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of The Locker Room Podcast.
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
In this episode of The Locker Room, I interview myself and reflect on the biggest lessons I’ve learned from this season’s conversations. This episode explores what could have put me in a better position to succeed as an athlete, including relationships, maturity, confidence, self-advocacy, versatil…
In this episode of The Locker Room, we talk about what it means to stay the course when your athletic career does not move as fast as you expected. This conversation explores redshirting, earning trust, changing positions, building relationships with coaches, studying the game, and learning how to …
In this episode of The Locker Room, we talk about what happens when talented athletes never receive the opportunities, resources, or support needed to fully develop. This conversation explores how finances, family circumstances, coaching changes, access to club sports, exposure, and specialized tra…
In this episode of The Locker Room, we talk about what it means to get it out the mud as an athlete navigating the recruiting process. This conversation explores how talent is only part of the equation, while exposure, eligibility, relationships, and advocacy all impact which opportunities open or …
In this episode of The Locker Room, we talk about the recruiting process and whether getting recruited is really just about talent. This conversation explores how exposure, eligibility, relationships, advocacy, timing, coachability, and fit can all impact the opportunities athletes receive, especia…
In Episode 10 of The Locker Room, we talk about athletic regret and how former athletes can make peace with the parts of their careers they wish had gone differently. This conversation explores the difference between what actually happened and what we know we could have done differently, while unpa…
In this episode of The Locker Room, we talk about why athlete injuries should be viewed as more than physical setbacks. This conversation explores how injuries can affect an athlete’s identity, mental health, emotional outlet, and connection to the team, while questioning why long-term well-being i…
In Episode 8 of The Locker Room, I close out Season 1 by reflecting on the journey from losing sports to rebuilding life with more purpose, structure, and hope. This episode explores healing, community, support, and what it means to keep growing when the game changes but your story is still being w…
In Episode 7 of The Locker Room, I talk about the 9-to-5 adjustment after sports. This episode explores the shift from chasing clear goals, recognition, and the next level to navigating work, adulthood, slower progress, and learning how to find purpose in ordinary life.
The Locker Room is a podca…
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jalen Ridges, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,821,947 podcasts and 195,431,717 episodes by people, places, or topics.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest, so I listen to podcasts.
‐ Benjamin "Llamacorn" Franklin
SEARCH PAST EPISODES
Search past episodes of The Locker Room Podcast.
CLAIM THIS PODCAST
Why to claim podcasts?
If you are a podcaster, the best way to manage your podcasts on Listen Notes is by claiming your Listen Notes
podcast pages.
It is a great, free way to engage the podcast community and increase the visibility of your podcasts.
After claiming your Listen Notes podcast pages, you will be able to:
✓
Manually refresh the RSS feed to sync up
✓
Get a verified badge (
✓
) alongside with your podcast name on Listen Notes
✓
Post classified ads for sponsorship,
guests, co-hosts,
cross-promotion...
✓
Respond to listener comments on Listen Notes
✓
Use speech-to-text techniques to transcribe your show and
edit transcripts
✓
Improve the presence of your podcasts, e.g., self-service
podcaster interview...
✓
If you share your Listen Notes page and at-mention @ListenNotes
on X (formerly Twitter),
our official X (formerly Twitter) account will retweet to promote
your show to our followers.
Coming soon:
◯ Self-service promotion on Listen Notes
◯ Track your podcast stats on Listen
Notes, e.g., listens, page
views...
◯ Manage episodes
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
