ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Guard the Yard with Yeardley Smith is a sports interview show that goes beyond the game.
In a world where winning is everything and everyone is watching, Yeardley sits down with professional athletes to find out how they personally measure success, and who they are when the uniform comes off.
These are warm, wide-ranging conversations with professional athletes about the careers that shaped them, the lives they’ve built beyond their sport, and the experiences, passions, quirks, and questions that make them who they are. Then, before time runs out, each guest faces a rapid-fire round inspired by the clock in their game.
Every player, in every sport, in every position, has a story. Guard the Yard wants to hear it.
Brought to you by Audio 99, the award-winning team behind the hit true crime podcast Small Town Dicks.
In a world where winning is everything and everyone is watching, Yeardley sits down with professional athletes to find out how they personally measure success, and who they are when the uniform comes off.
These are warm, wide-ranging conversations with professional athletes about the careers that shaped them, the lives they’ve built beyond their sport, and the experiences, passions, quirks, and questions that make them who they are. Then, before time runs out, each guest faces a rapid-fire round inspired by the clock in their game.
Every player, in every sport, in every position, has a story. Guard the Yard wants to hear it.
Brought to you by Audio 99, the award-winning team behind the hit true crime podcast Small Town Dicks.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
61 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
6 episodes
since July 22, 2026
episodic
IN THIS PODCAST 🔗
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Drey Jameson joins Yeardley Smith for a candid conversation about competition, resilience, and what it takes to keep believing in yourself when the path forward gets complicated.
Drey looks back on growing up in the small town of Greenfield, Indiana, where playing agai…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Akil Baddoo joins Yeardley Smith for a candid and joyful conversation about confidence, resilience, and learning how to stay grounded through the inevitable highs and lows of professional baseball.
Akil traces his love of the game back to hitting baseballs with his dad…
Los Angeles Chargers fullback Alec Ingold joins Yeardley Smith for a candid conversation about embracing change, finding purpose in adversity, and what happens when the path forward looks nothing like the one you planned.
Just before their original interview date, Alec was released by the Miami Do…
Tampa Bay Rays utility player Richie Palacios joins Yeardley Smith for a candid conversation about defying expectations, embracing his personality, and finding joy in the game of baseball.
Richie talks about growing up in a New York baseball family, training alongside his brother Josh, and being t…
Arizona Cardinals offensive lineman Will Hernandez joins Yeardley Smith for a candid conversation about the long road that took him from a difficult childhood in Las Vegas to the NFL.
Will shares what it was like living with his family in his uncle’s backyard shed, leaving football to help his par…
You know the athlete. Now meet the person.
On Guard the Yard, Yeardley Smith sits down with professional athletes for candid, wide-ranging conversations that go far beyond the game.
They’ll talk about the careers that shaped them, the lives they’ve built outside their sport, and the passions, pre…
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