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Pre-Zero Sports Talk is a sports leadership podcast exploring high performance, coaching, athlete development, sports business, faith, purpose, innovation, sustainability, clean progress, and life beyond the game. Hosted by Sid Bensalah, with over 30 years of global sports industry experience, the podcast brings honest, long-form conversations with athletes, coaches, leaders, founders, innovators, and changemakers. This is not only a podcast about sport. It is about what sport reveals about people, how we lead, how we handle pressure, how we pursue meaning, and how we build lives, teams, and communities with purpose. Through real conversations beyond the game, Pre-Zero Sports Talk explores leadership, performance, faith and purpose, identity, resilience, human potential, athlete well-being, coaching culture, community impact, sports governance, clean progress, sustainability, technology, innovation, and the future of sport. <b
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Signup to Generate a PitchPre-Zero Sports Talk is a sports leadership podcast exploring high performance, coaching, athlete development, sports business, faith, purpose, innovation, sustainability, clean progress, and life beyond the game. Hosted by Sid Bensalah, with over 30 years of global sports industry experience, the podcast brings honest, long-form conversations with athletes, coaches, leaders, founders, innovators, and changemakers.
Pre-Zero Sports Talk is hosted by Sid Bensalah. The show has published 110 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Repurpose Your Pain: Cecily Lachapelle on Faith, Identity and Healing" (16 October 2026, 107 minutes), "Darren Swanson on Group Flow, Inner Development, and Human Maturity" (25 September 2026, 108 minutes), and "Why Being Pain-Free Doesn't Mean You're Ready to Play" (27 August 2026, 82 minutes).
Pre-Zero Sports Talk publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 86 minutes across 110 episodes.
Booking probability for Pre-Zero Sports Talk is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Pre-Zero Sports Talk requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Pre-Zero Sports Talk's contact route on record: verified email.
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Sid Bensalah hosts Pre-Zero Sports Talk, a sports podcast with 110 episodes published.
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Episode #110
Send us Fan Mail What happens when pain, shame, and a broken identity become part of a greater story? In Episode #110 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, host Sid Bensalah welcomes Cecily Lachapelle , Bible teacher, host of The...
Episode #109
Send us Fan Mail In Episode #109 , Sid Bensalah sits down with Darren Swanson , founder of Novel Futures Corporation , a sustainability and resilience practitioner, strategic foresight expert, author, and former...
Episode #108
Send us Fan Mail What does it really take to return from an injury, and why doesn’t being pain-free mean an athlete is ready to compete? In Episode #108 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk , Sid Bensalah speaks with Peter...
Episode #107
Send us Fan Mail In Episode #107 of the Pre-Zero Sports Talk Podcast, Sid Bensalah sits down with Phil Cohen , Co-Founder and COO of Simplifyber , U.S. Air Force veteran, MIT Sloan MBA, serial entrepreneur, and former...
Episode #106
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Leadership transformation, deliberate practice, human potential, coaching, trust, resilience, and high-performance culture are central to this conversation with Chris Majer.</p><p>What does it...
Episode #105
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Leadership under pressure, faith, purpose, burnout, identity, communication, marriage, and the cost of success are central to this conversation with David Petrash.</p><p>In Episode #105, Sid...
Episode #104
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What happens when you achieve everything you thought you wanted, but still feel exhausted, disconnected, and empty inside?<br/><br/>In Episode #104 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits...
Episode #103
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Will AI replace people, or will poor leadership create the real damage?<br/><br/>In Episode #103 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Stephanie Sylvestre, CEO and Co-Founder of...
Episode #102
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What happens when a team, company, or culture depends too much on one leader?<br/><br/>In Episode #102 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Björn Vikard, leadership advisor and...
Episode #101
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What do sports teach us about leadership, pressure, character, and life beyond the game?<br/><br/>In Episode #101 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Jonathan K. Osborne...
Episode #100
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What happens when success, achievement, and external validation are still not enough?<br/><br/>In Episode #100 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Dr. Jack Groppel, sports...
Episode #99
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Why does U.S. soccer produce so many players, yet still struggle to build a true performance-driven development system?<br/><br/>In Episode #99 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down...
Episode #98
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>How do you rebuild your life after losing both hands and parts of your feet?<br/><br/>In Episode #98 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Scott Martin, award-winning soccer...
Episode #97
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What if dyslexia is not a disability, but a different method of processing information that schools still do not understand? </p><p>In this detailed episode, Sid Bensalah interviews Russell Van...
Episode #96
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In Episode 96 of the Pre-Zero Sports Talk Podcast, host Sid Bensalah interviews Josephina Oji, Global Director of Impact, Sustainability, and Transformation, for an engaging discussion on...
Episode #95
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Are men facing a modern masculinity crisis?</p><p>In Episode 95 of Pre-Zero Sports Talk, Sid Bensalah sits down with Maxim Shapiro, men’s purpose coach and founder of Forward Motion Coaching...
Episode #94
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In Episode 94 of the Pre-Zero Sports Talk Podcast, Sid Bensalah sits down with performance coach Tom Waite to explore why your body is the real business plan for any leader aiming for clarity...
Episode #93
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Angela R. Lewis, a former Division I basketball player, championship-winning coach, author, and leadership consultant, joins host Sid Bensalah on the Pre-Zero Sports Talk podcast to discuss the...
Episode #92
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>David Sauers is the co-founder of Royal Restrooms, a visionary entrepreneur and master at turning overlooked problems into meaningful business solutions. From a frustrating moment at a...
Episode #91
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this raw, honest, and wide-ranging conversation, host Sid Bensalah sits down with Bob Labbe, retired engineer and author of Putting by the Numbers, to explore how structure, science, and...
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author of “The Power to Transform”, The Human Potential Project
leadership coach, burnout expert, Windsor Essex Economic Development Corporation
technologist, entrepreneur, AI storyteller, Avatar Buddy, LLC
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