Former Green Bay Packers star Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila was a stand-up guy in the Green Bay community after he retired from his football career. But in December 2019, his reputation changed when two of his friends were arrested at a Christmas program at his children’s school because they trespassed and carried guns without a license, and Kabeer was the one who sent them. The incident was all over the news. But how did this happen to such a respected figure? What does he believe now? And how many other ex-NFL players have gone down the same spiral?

Former Green Bay Packers star Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila was a stand-up guy in the Green Bay community after he retired from his football career. But in December 2019, his reputation changed when two of his friends were arrested at a Christmas program at his children’s school because they trespassed and carried guns without a license, and Kabeer was the one who sent them. The incident was all over the news. But how did this happen to such a respected figure? What does he believe now? And how many other ex-NFL players have gone down the same spiral?

Spiraled

Introducing: Spiraled

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Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Robert Mathis, Daniel Muir and T.J. Clemmings were all searching for something after their NFL careers, and they chose to follow Pastor Charles Dowell. We talked to other former NFL players about their lives after the game, and their own search for meaning when their all-consuming sport was finished. Many NFL careers end before the player has even turned 30, and players have to figure out, what’s next? 

Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Robert Mathis, Daniel Muir and T.J. Clemmings were all searching for something after their NFL careers, and they chose to follow Pastor Charles Dowell. We talked to other former NFL players about their lives after the game, and their own search for meaning when their all-consuming sport was finished. Many NFL careers end before the player has even turned 30, and players have to figure out, what’s next?

Bonus Episode:Life After Football

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Reporter Kalyn Kahler talks to producer Buffy Gorrilla about the twists and turns of reporting her Sports Illustrated story, Pray for Kabeer and the challenges of doing more investigating and turning old and new information into a podcast. What happens when your main character refuses to go on the record? And what does Kalyn think is next for Straitway Truth Ministry?

Reporter Kalyn Kahler talks to producer Buffy Gorrilla about the twists and turns of reporting her Sports Illustrated story, Pray for Kabeer and the challenges of doing more investigating and turning old and new information into a podcast. What happens when your main character refuses to go on the record? And what does Kalyn think is next for Straitway Truth Ministry?

Bonus Episode: Behind the Reporting: The Making of Spiraled

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What happened after two of Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila’s ‘brothers’ were arrested? Kalyn ties up the loose ends in this final episode. She also tries to answer some of the unanswerable questions about Straitway Truth Ministry. Plus, she finds out how Eileen Noyes (formerly Gbaja-Biamila) and Christiana Cooke  (formerly Clemmings) are doing today.

What happened after two of Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila’s ‘brothers’ were arrested? Kalyn ties up the loose ends in this final episode. She also tries to answer some of the unanswerable questions about Straitway Truth Ministry. Plus, she finds out how Eileen Noyes (formerly Gbaja-Biamila) and Christiana Cooke  (formerly Clemmings) are doing today.

Man to Man

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