Prim Siripipat speaks with former professional basketball player and SF Gate columnist Rod Benson about his experiences playing in the NBA's minor league and overseas. After a 12-year professional basketball career, Benson offers a detailed account regarding the "mental scars" he acquired during his playing days and how sport influences athletes to act out of character to achieve athletic success.

Prim Siripipat speaks with former professional basketball player and SF Gate columnist Rod Benson about his experiences playing in the NBA's minor league and overseas. After a 12-year professional basketball career, Benson offers a detailed account regarding the "mental scars" he acquired during his playing days and how sport influences athletes to act out of character to achieve athletic success.

Athletes, especially at the elite level, spend their entire lives dedicated to sport. Change is never easy, especially when it means saying goodbye to the one thing they love most. Host Prim Siripipat explores what happens to an athlete as they embark on a new chapter in their lives - one that no longer involves sport.

The Next Chapter With Prim Siripipat

Athletes, especially at the elite level, spend their entire lives dedicated to sport. Change is never easy, especially when it means saying goodbye to the one thing they love most. Former Duke tennis player and award-winning TV/radio personality Prim Siripipat explores how athletes cope with various life transitions throughout their careers, including retirement. Using storytelling, psychology, and compassion, the Ph.D. counseling psychology student expands the conversation about sport as athletes and other performers share intimate details about their experiences as they embark on a new chapter of their lives.

Athletes, especially at the elite level, spend their entire lives dedicated to sport. Change is never easy, especially when it means saying goodbye to the one thing they love most. Former Duke tennis player and award-winning TV/radio personality Prim Siripipat explores how athletes cope with various life transitions throughout their careers, including retirement. Using storytelling, psychology, and compassion, the Ph.D. counseling psychology student expands the conversation about sport as athletes and other performers share intimate details about their experiences as they embark on a new chapter of their lives.

Rod Benson

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Prim Siripipat sits down with former NBA player and 2007 No. 1 overall pick, Greg Oden, to discuss the highs and lows during his athletic career. Greg discusses his childhood and the influential forces that nudged him toward basketball, including his parent’s divorce, moving from New York to Indiana as a child, and his “uncomfortable” height.

Oden speaks candidly about his seven surgeries, the burden of carrying Portland’s expectations, and how he relied on substance use, including alcohol, to numb all his physical and emotional pain.
The typically soft-spoken and private athlete steps forwards to share his story so younger athletes recognize the value of getting help, which he acknowledges comes in all shapes and sizes.

Prim Siripipat sits down with former NBA player and 2007 No. 1 overall pick, Greg Oden, to discuss the highs and lows during his athletic career. Greg discusses his childhood and the influential forces that nudged him toward basketball, including his parent’s divorce, moving from New York to Indiana as a child, and his “uncomfortable” height.
Oden speaks candidly about his seven surgeries, the burden of carrying Portland’s expectations, and how he relied on substance use, including alcohol, to numb all his physical and emotional pain. The typically soft-spoken and private athlete steps forwards to share his story so younger athletes recognize the value of getting help, which he acknowledges comes in all shapes and sizes.

TNC Best Of with Greg Oden

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Prim is joined this week by former NBA top 10 pick and Stanford standout Josh Childress. She talks to Josh about his upbringing, family life and his experiences through college leading up to his time in the NBA and overseas. Childress discusses his personal battles with anxiety and opens up about how he felt stepping on the court dealing with his internal struggles.

Prim is joined this week by former NBA top 10 pick and Stanford standout Josh Childress. She talks to Josh about his upbringing, family life and his experiences through college leading up to his time in the NBA and overseas. Childress discusses his personal battles with anxiety and opens up about how he felt stepping on the court dealing with his internal struggles.

TNC Best Of with Josh Childress

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This week, Prim is joined by volleyball superstar, author, wife, mother, podcast host Gabby Reece to discuss her life in the limelight, how she moved forward following the end of her professional career, athletes struggles with finding their post-career identities and so much more.

This week, Prim is joined by volleyball superstar, author, wife, mother, podcast host Gabby Reece to discuss her life in the limelight, how she moved forward following the end of her professional career, athletes struggles with finding their post-career identities and so much more.

TNC Best Of with Gabby Reece

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