The Athlete And The Artist w/ Tim Cunningham
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
1M ago
Join Yasi and Steven, along with Athletes and the Arts co-founder Randy Dick, as we talk to the quintessential Athlete and Artist, Tim Cunningham.  He turned down a chance to play in the NFL to pursue a career as a professional jazz musician.  Thirty years later, after recording 8 albums and touring all over the world, he is still going strong.  He talks about the difficulty playing Division 1 football, maintaining his passion for music over the years, and staying healthy while playing the sax. Tim's website: www.timcunninghammusic.com Instagram: @tim.cunninghamsaxophonist Faceb ..read more
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Downward Aria with Leslie Bickle
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
2M ago
Yasi and Steve join Athletes and the Arts Founder Randy Dick in welcoming opera singer Leslie Bickle onto the show.   Leslie discusses her journey from Canada to the UK, performing for the late Queen Elizabeth II, working with performers to overcome performance anxiety, and becoming a yogi and yoga's value in singing and performing. Leslie's website: http://www.lesliebickle.com Athletes and the Arts website: http://www.athletesandthearts.com Bio: Leslie Bickle is an opera singer and Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher specialising in vinyasa, mandala, yin and restorative yoga. She h ..read more
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Get Busy Performing or Get Busy Crying with Anna Dreslinski
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
3M ago
Our topic today is resilience in performance, overcoming obstacles to make it in the performing arts. Tasi and Steven talk with up-and-coming star Anna Dreslinski, a singer/dancer who is currently performing in the opera Ainadamar at the Met in New York. She straddles the worlds of opera and musical theater, performing in shows such as West Side Story, Amadeus, and others, but she’s had to overcome many different issues along the way. This includes hip surgery, injuries keeping her out of rhythmic gymnastics, and abuse at the hands of Dr. Larry Nassar, the imprisoned US Gymnastics physician. H ..read more
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Mascot Sports Medicine: This is Sparty!
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
3M ago
Sparty, the mascot for Michigan State University, is perhaps the most well-know mascot in sports today. To be that famous, you need a whole team to support you. And Michigan State has the first mascot sports medicine program in the country. On our show today is Sue Petrisin, director of the Sparty Mascot Program and Ashley Tripplett, Sparty's research coordinator.  Why does Sparty have a research coordinator? Because Sparty has a sports medicine team around him doing ground-breaking research on the physical demands of the job. Sue and Ashley talk all things Sparty, the good, bad, and just ..read more
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How To Fuel Your Dancer
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
3M ago
Perhaps no field in medicine is fraught with as much misinformation and confusion as nutrition. This directly impacts the dance world, as many restrict the very food elements that fuels a dancer to perform. So Yasi and Steven get into it with two of Yasi's colleagues and mentors from the Sports and Human Performance Nutrition practice group, Michelle Macedonio MS, RDN, LD and Roberta Anding MS, RD/LD, CSSD, CDE. Joining the conversation is former professional dancer and current dietitian-in-training, Astrid Zuluaga-Lopez. For more information about SHPN, go to https://www.shpndpg.org To attend ..read more
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Gaining The Mental Edge
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
3M ago
How do you improve mental performance in sports and the performing arts? Is mental performance and mental illness along the same spectrum? How do you stay healthy in the face of failure and rejection? We talk to a doctor and a performer to find out how. Listen to Yasi and Steven talk with Dr. Stephen Gonzales of the Association of Applied Sports Psychology (AASP) and Brooke DeRosa, film composer and singer with the L.A. Opera. Learn more at the AASP conference October 6-9, 2021 at https://www.appliedsportpsych.org For more information about the Athletes and the Arts coalition, go to https://ww ..read more
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What is Athletes and the Arts about?
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
3M ago
Our guests are Randy Dick and John Snyder, the two co-founders of the Athletes and the Arts initiative. We talk about why this movement is needed, and how they worked to bring sports medicine and performing arts medicine organizations together to better meet the needs of musicians, dancers, vocalists and all performing artists everywhere ..read more
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All Her World's The Stage with Carolyn Anne Miller
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
4M ago
Yasi and Steven talk with actress Carolyn Ann Miller about life on and off the stage. She shares about her ups and downs as a NYC actress, her performances in South Pacific and Titanic, and her creation of Safe Space for actors. Instagram: @carolynannemilleractor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.a.miller.54/ Bio: Carolyn Anne Miller is a born and raised Chicago native. She moved from Chicago to New York City immediately after graduating college in 2015 and would dare to say that after almost 10 years she is now a proud New Yorker. However, Chicago hotdogs will always be better than N ..read more
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The Classically Trained Trainer with Ash Wang
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
5M ago
Join Yasi and Steven as they welcome strength & conditioning coach Ash Wang onto the show. They discuss Ash's career journey through classical violin training, studying neuroscience, making Soulcycle playlists, building a strength and nutrition coaching business, writing her recipe book, and following her intuition all along the way. For Ash's book "Alimentary: A Nutrition and Recipe Companion For the Athlete", go to https://www.ashwang.fit/shop For Ash's website, go to https://www.ashwang.fit Instagram: @ash_lucy_wang Bio: Ash Wang comes with 7 years of professional experience in the heal ..read more
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Hopping Into Hip-Hop: Detroit Version
Athletes and the Arts
by Steven Karageanes
10M ago
How does one take music, rapping, writing, performing and turn that into a career? On our show today is recording artist Derek Demkowicz, aka Demko, and Michael Reiber, head of marketing for Headlights Hip Hop and Derek’s buddy from high school.  We discuss how they started in music, the value of comedy improv training, and the benefits of controlling your own destiny.  Derek and Michael also talk about their hip hop concert they are putting on in Detroit on May 18, 2024. For Demko's Spotify page, go to: https://open.spotify.com/artist/36bOXFMGTOcg3fNGsqVZhi?si=4_X9uuIAShijrEfyKpFHgQ ..read more
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