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30 minutes
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14 tập
kể từ Ngày 21 tháng 8 năm 2026
episodic

TẬP MỚI NHẤT 🔗

Sometimes moving forward is harder than it sounds. In this special edition of Playbook Optional, I share a few thoughts from my morning walk about losing a job I loved, dealing with resentment, and trying to understand where life is taking me. The past couple of years have brought unexpected career…

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Tìm kiếm các tập trước của Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera.

TẬP TRƯỚC

Northwestern's new Ryan Field is an architectural masterpiece. But after attending homecoming, I walked away wondering something I never expected: What happened to the Northwestern I grew up loving? In this episode of Playbook Optional, I return to Evanston for my 20th college reunion and my dad's …
The Texans finally have something to celebrate! After an 0-4 start, Houston takes care of business against Tennessee, and Daniel breaks down C.J. Stroud's performance, the defense's resurgence, and the addition of Marvin Harrison Jr. But while the Texans are giving him hope, the Chicago White Sox …
Texans fall to the Cowboys 34-30 despite CJ Stroud throwing for 347 yards and two touchdowns. The offense finally showed some life, Nico Collins was back making plays, but the defense once again couldn't finish the job. In Episode 10 of Playbook Optional, Daniel breaks down what's gone wrong with…
October baseball is here, and somehow Daniel's Chicago White Sox are once again matched up with the Houston Astros. For a lifelong Sox fan who lives in Houston, this is pretty much the one playoff matchup he never wants to see. 😂 The history is there — the 2005 World Series, the 2021 ALDS and now a…
The Houston Texans are 0–3. Again. After a 19–17 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Daniel Gotera tries to figure out how a team with this much talent has found itself in the exact same hole for the second straight season. Is C.J. Stroud really the problem? Is the offensive line holding everything bac…

Texans Lose & Panic Attacks Suck

In Episode 7 of Playbook Optional, Daniel Gotera starts with football — breaking down the Texans’ 36–31 loss to Buffalo, the reaction surrounding C.J. Stroud, what went wrong and why he’s not ready to panic about the season just yet. Then the episode takes a very different turn. While driving bac…
The conversation has changed with the Texans. Winning the AFC South isn't enough anymore. The Texans have assembled a roster capable of competing with anyone in the AFC — and now the question is whether they can finally break through and make a legitimate Super Bowl run. In Episode 6 of Playbook Op…
In Episode 5 of Playbook Optional, Daniel Gotera sits down with Ben Miller, a former Stratford High School football player whose life changed in an instant when he suffered a stroke during a game as a teenager. Ben survived the stroke and began fighting his way back — believing football was still w…

Episode 4: When My Health Fell Apart

I thought I was healthy. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, everything started to fall apart. In Episode 4 of Playbook Optional, I tell the most personal part of my story so far — my health journey. It started with physical stress I couldn't explain. Then came an AFib episode that landed me in the hos…
Tuyên bố miễn trừ trách nhiệm: Podcast và tác phẩm nghệ thuật được nhúng trên trang này là của Daniel Gotera, là tài sản của chủ sở hữu và không được liên kết hoặc xác nhận bởi Listen Notes, Inc.