The Viral Volley Podcast

Episode 116: Mega Olympic Indoor Volleyball Recap with the CVW Crew, 8/11/21

Dan Friend of Lewis University, Jay Hosack of George Mason, Dave Hunt of Pepperdine discuss the USA Men's and Women's Indoor teams' performance in Tokyo.

Episode 115: UCLA Beach's Lexy Denaburg, 8/10/21

It's after the Olympics and we've got a College Volleyball Weekly, or "CVW Beach Edition Episode!" This week: UCLA Beach AVCA 2x All-American Lexy Denaburg!

Lexy sits down with Rob Espero for USAV Beach Olympic women's breakdown and thoughts on what we saw with former and current NCAA phenoms on the world's biggest stage in Tokyo. We then jump into an overview of her 2021 season with topics ranging from regular season to the championships at Gulf Shores. We then venture into what she's been doing since finals finished at UCLA.

And finally, the big news of the week: Lexy is partnering up with AVP superstar, Maria Salgado for AVP ATL!

Episode 114: USA MNT VNL Recap/Olympic Preview, 7/11/21: Taylor Sander

USA MNT Team Captain comes back into the Viral Volley Podcast to look back at his Polish PlusLiga season with PGE Skra and Volleyball Nations League during this pandemic season.

The BYU alumnus then discusses playing alongside “little bro," Brenden during VNL, the new faces of USA Volleyball like TJ DeFalco, Josh Tuaniga  and Kyle Ensing, a little about USA's Tokyo roster and potential starting lineups.

Episode 113: USA WNT VNL Finals Round Recap, 6/29/21: Jordan Larson

After 5 intensely competitive weeks of FIVB Volleyball Nations League (VNL), USA Women's National Team Captain and 3x Olympian OH, Jordan Larson reflects on preliminary round play, the finals and winning the THIRD consecutive VNL gold. Jordan discusses some of the key performers, but acknowledges that everyone within the 23-person roster has played the largest part in the USA's success. Jordan briefly discusses the next 3 weeks as the Olympics quickly approach.

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Episode 112: USA WNT VNL Week 4 Recap, 6/16/21 w/ Chiaka Ogbogu & Justine Wong-Orantes

In our Preliminary Round 4 (Week 4) update we bring the new faces to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics roster, Chiaka Ogbogu (Texas | Coppell, TX) and Justine Wong-Orantes (Nebraska | Cypress, CA) to break down the USA Women's National Team's performance, their play as the "rookies" and the upcoming week's matchup vs. Russia, Poland and China! 

Episode 111: USA MNT, David Smith - 2021 Tokyo Roster is Out, 6/14/21

In this special episode of the Viral Volley Podcast, the now-3x Olympian, David Smith, who was named to his 3rd Olympic roster this morning, shares his thoughts on the roster, the coaching staffs' decision-making challenges and the youngsters who were named. 

Episode 110: USA WNT VNL Week 3 Recap, 6/10/21 w/Jordan Larson & Kelsey Robinson

Big news items this week on the USA Volleyball Women's National Team/Volleyball Nations League Update: With Head Coach Karch Kiraly naming the 12-person roster for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Jordan and Kelsey share their thoughts on being repeat Olympians, the roster and the newcomers to start off this week's episode.

As the VNL competition continued the USA WNT has amassed a 9-0 start in dominating fashion. KRob and The Gov discuss the USA's success but also mention that there is still a lot of work to be done. There are still tough matches ahead as rosters update, change and rotate for other teams as we love closer to the "knockout stages" and have the Olympics in sight.

Episode 109: USAMNT VNL Week 2 Recap, 6/8/21 w/ Kyle Ensing, Josh Tuaniga & TJ DeFalco

Former Long Beach St. back-to-back National Champions and All-Americans, Kyle Ensing, Josh Tuaniga and TJ DeFalco playing for the USA Men's National Team in Rimini, Italy for FIVB Volleyball Nations League discuss their time in the "Rimini Bubble" and their experience playing with some of the biggest names in the game. 

Episode 108: USAMNT VNL Week 1 Recap, 6/1/21 w/ Micah Christenson & David Smith

2016 Olympic Bronze Medalists Micah Christenson and David Smith jump on to this mini-sode of the Viral Volley Podcast to talk about quarantining in Rimini, Italy, Week 1 of VNL and give some insight to some of their Week 2 opponents. Featured interview (primary content) is located on VolleyballMag.com and should be posted by 6/2/21!

Episode 107: USAWNT VNL Week 1 Recap, 5/28/21

In our Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Week 1 recap former Nebraska "Huskers" Kelsey Robinson and Jordan Larson tag-team on sharing what it's like in the "Rimini Bubble" in Italy for Volleyball Nations League. We then delve into the 3-0 start by the USA, it's new faces and combination of lineups. We even chat about the big news for the week: Foluke Akinradewo-Gunderson's first time back on the playing court since 2018! 

We end by discussing the Week 2 matchups of VNL!