Joe Towne with Yogi Roth on the Power of a Dream
@mejoetowne @yogiroth
This week I’ll be talking with the always inspiring Yogi Roth. Yogi is a friend. A mentor. A storyteller above all. When we collaborate, I am better because of it.
So who exactly is, Yogi?
Yogi Roth is a storyteller: seeking and uncovering the humanity in sports around the globe. A Pac-12 Networks college football analyst, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Scholar, New York Times Best-Selling Author, accomplished Coach, Motivational Speaker, Media Personality, Host and World-Traveler. Yogi began his storytelling career after coaching football at USC, co-authoring the New York Times best-seller Win Forever with Pete Carroll.
As a media personality, Yogi has been a host/college football analyst for ESPN, Fox and the Pac-12 Network. In 2017, he co-hosted the podcast Season of Sam with current NFL quarterback Sam Darnold. Yogi is the host of a new show titled THE IT FACTORY: Pac-12 Football with Yogi Roth that can be seen on the Pac-12 Networks or listened to on all podcast platforms. He has also hosted the Elite 11 for the last thirteen years.
Yogi, who gave a TEDx Talk at the TEDx Austin Women’s Conference, has spoken around the globe alongside brands such as Nike, World Surf League, USC and the University of Washington. In 2018 Yogi spoke at the SXSW Festival addressing masculinity in sports.
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Yogi went on to receive his master’s degree in Communications Management at the Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism (Magna cum laude) at the University of Southern California.
Content Warning Timecodes: Some graphic detail about the Holocaust, 7:00-11:20.
SOCIAL HANDLES
www.yogiroth.com
IG: Yogiroth
Twitter: @YogiRoth
RESOURCES
Yogi’s Ted Talk @ TEDx Austin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz8B2wV_KU8
Secret Project mentioned during the episode:
THE IT FACTORY - Pac-12 Football with Yogi Roth on www.Pac-12.com/insider and via Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-yogi-roth-show-how-great-is-ball/id1097508442?mt=2
Learn and Remember (Holocaust Website for support and allyship) https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-survivors/resources
The Sixth Stage of Grief (book) https://grief.com/sixth-stage-of-grief/
Screamfree Parenting (book) http://screamfree.com/
Pete Carroll’s Pyramid of Success https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/323062973242910947/
John Wooden UCLA bball coach pyramid (inspired Pete’s pyramid) https://www.thewoodeneffect.com/pyramid-of-success/
'Win Forever' by Pete Carrol https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/306479/win-forever-by-pete-carroll-with-yogi-roth-and-kristoffer-a-garin/
Juju dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTsq3-cyOEY
