Unafraid of the big moment… unafraid to take the big shot… and unafraid to ask the big questions. A 7-time NBA champion, Robert Horry performed his best when the stakes were the highest. Now he’s taking a look into greatness from all walks of life, from athletes and celebrities to the families in our neighborhoods. Learning who superstars are behind their celebrity from all cross sections of sports and culture. And find out who inspires greatness amongst their family and community.
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The big city small town podcast, hosted by Bob Rivard, is dedicated to telling the stories of San Antonians working to make the city a more sustainable, better educated, equitable and prosperous city. We want San Antonio to become a destination city for talented and creative people, and a city where young people born or raised here want to build their futures here. We embrace diversity, multiculturalism, and every individual’s right to realize their full potential without fear of oppression. ...
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Most people never give themselves permission or know how to chase their big ambitions. Our framework helps you discover, declare, and realize yours so you can have a fulfilling life and impact the world for good. If you've noticed we haven't been posting an episode every week here, that's because we just launched a new podcast called the Writing Room with my friend, Kimberly Stuart. Check it out here. We'll be alternating each week!
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The Big Brown Gadfly is hosted by Dr Bobby Lopez. This show approaches difficult issues from many different professional perspectives and religious viewpoints. thegk.substack.com
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 186 – Laurence Fishburne Passing a Kidney Stone
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Rob is live from Houston as the Rockets celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1994-95 NBA Championship, which breaks into a conversation about what teams are beholden to their last championship and need to find a way past it. And of course we open with the wild conversation about the Dwyane Wade statue – as we all think it was really bad, but it …
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JC Clapsaddle: An American in the Ukraine
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This week’s guest is JC Clapsaddle, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and medical administration officer with a background in Pentagon assignments involving human rights and humanitarian efforts. Listen as JC discusses his multiple missions to aid Ukraine in its defense against Valdimir Putin and Russia, whose forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, eight y…
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Empowering Others with Danielle Strickland
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It’s always a delight to have Danielle Strickland join me on the Dream Big Podcast. Today we cover topics of empowerment, community engagement, and the importance of hope amidst cynicism. She also discusses her background with the Salvation Army, her work with marginalized communities, and her new book 'Need to Know,' which compiles insights from v…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 69 – Lick My Shoes Robert Horry
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We open the bonus show this week with ESPN’s ranking of the Top 25 players in the NBA as we tip off the season… and Rob is already knee-deep in controversy for not putting Luca Doncic in his Top 10 this week. Plus we see if Rob and B-Dog can guess the Top 10 without seeing the list, and they struggle with one superstar who could be in the MVP conve…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 185 – The Last White Man in Detroit
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The NBA season tips off TONIGHT! And Rob is back to work at Spectrum – not for the home opener – but he will be in the building for the Timberwolves and Lakers as they tip off the season. We take a look around the league at the get-in prices for the NBA home openers, and the Celtics and Knicks at the Garden leads the way with the most expensive tic…
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76. Jessica Conrad on San Antonio's Housing Market
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This week’s guest is Jessica Conrad, a San Antonio realtor, Air Force veteran, and now, the emcee of the semi-annual PechaKucha creative presentations, the latest edition of which was recently staged at the Carver Cultural Center. Listen as Jessica discusses how she works to help first-time home buyers and others find their dream homes in San Anton…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 68 – Look at the Baby
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Listeners want to know if Zach LaVine is back for the Bulls after a monster preseason performance, but Rob doesn’t have any for Zach because it all depends on his health. Plus a question comes to the show on whether the Bulls should retire Derrick Rose’s number, and what it takes to reach that achievement, because none of us think he’s done enough …
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Big Shot Bob - Ep 184 - Where's the Baby Oil?
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Rob is in Vegas for the Lakers and Warriors, doing an event with Rob Pelinka, and gets right into the rumors about the Lakers hunting for a center and wonders what teams even have an impactful center today. Rob also crossed paths with Draymond Green and talks about how well they got along, and Rob was surprised how short he was when they met. And w…
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75. Grant Pinkerton Talks BBQ
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This week’s guest is Grant Pinkerton, the man, the chef, the impresario behind Pinkerton’s BBQ, located right in the heart of downtown San Antonio on Legacy Park across from Frost Tower. Listen as Grant discusses his choice to expand to San Antonio instead of Austin, how he got started in BBQ, and more.…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 67 – A Robert Horry Autographed Baseball
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We open this week’s bonus show with one of the wilder basketball card stories we’ve ever heard! In the wake of the Menendez brothers show on Netflix, it has surfaced that both brothers were photographed in the background of a Mark Jackson 1990-91 NBA Hoops card and people are asking them to sign it. It stems into a conversation about the strangest …
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 183 – Who He Coach For?
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With B-Dog running late as we start the big show, Rob jokes about how a Raisin truck wrecked and took him out one week on his way home, which seems like the most implausible excuse ever. Oh and basketball is BACK and Rob is already working back in the studio, and we get right into whether Bronny is ready for the show or not. We all seem to agree th…
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74. Lisa Campos: Leading UTSA Sports
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This week’s guest is Dr. Lisa Campos, the Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and Athletic Director, at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a position she has held since Nov. 17, 2017. Listen as she discusses the extraordinary growth of UTSA Athletics since 2017 and looks forward to what's ahead.…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 66 – Shams Bombs
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The bonus show kicks off this week with discussion of Joel Embiid, who reportedly lost 25-30 pounds over the summer. Listeners want to know if Rob likes his big men lean or muscular, and Rob feels like Embiid was heavy and needed to lose it. We also saw the official retirement of Derrick Rose this week, which spawns a conversation about guys we tho…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 182 – A Salute to Consistency
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We are back from a week off which we forgot to tell the audience about! Blame that one on Jenners who took his kid to Universal Studios, and we learned that Rob is terrified of roller coasters. Rob also updates us on his family in the Carolinas after dealing with all the flooding from Hurricane Helene, and thankfully they are all okay. Plus Rob lan…
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73. Monika Maeckle + Ashley Bird: 9th Annual Monarch Butterfly & Pollinator Festival
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This week’s guests are part of the bigcitysmalltown family. First, Monika Maeckle, founder of the San Antonio Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival, and the author of the newly released book, “The Monarch Butterfly Migration, Its Rise and Fall,” published in August by the University of Oklahoma Press; and Ashley Bird, who now serves as the fest…
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72. Ray Cantu: AI-Simulated Training at SIMMIE
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This week’s guest is Ray Cantu, founder of a company called SIMMIE that until recently was known as ColdCALR. By either name Cantu, the consummate salesman, says his company is revolutionizing the world of sales with what he describes as an “AI-powered platform designed to train sales professionals faster, smarter, and more effectively.”…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 65 – Went Back for Seconds on the Horse
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The bonus show is here, opening with a question about Dwyane Wade’s coming statue in Miami – as we ask Rob what player deserves a statue that doesn’t have one, and if he were ever to get a statue what it would look like. We also break down Kevin Durant’s “perfect starting lineup” and Rob disagrees with MOST of it. Plus Shaq said this week that Cait…
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Remaining Present and True to You with Taylor Hughes
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Today I'm joined by my good buddy, Taylor Hughes. Taylor has been an incredibly influential voice in my life throughout the years and he is one of the most talented people I know. In this conversation, we chat a bit about the practical steps we take in order to remain present and true to ourselves amidst the craziness of our busy lives. Connect wit…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 181 – It Sho Is Good
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Rob opens the show this week live from Manila in the Philippines, as he is traveling for another NBA event and repping American hoops overseas. And Harper comes in on a high after the Falcons beat the Eagles in Philadelphia on Monday night! We also jump into Steve Kerr’s comments about how much Boston fans are going to come for him this season afte…
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71. Trish DeBerry: The Future of Downtown San Antonio and Park(ing) Day
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This week we welcome a returning guest: Trish DeBerry, CEO and president of Centro San Antonio, the nonprofit organization dedicated to building and maintaining a better downtown for locals, businesses and visitors. Trish was a bigcitysmalltown guest last December, and in this episode she offers an update on exciting projects on the drawing board, …
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Big Shot Bob - Shoot Around Ep 64 - Matching Onesies for Christmas
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Rob opens the show with a Happy Birthday to his wife Candace, even though they didn't go dancing this year, which was an annual birthday tradition. And we dive right into listener questions about Rudy Gobert training with MMA fighters, and the wild idea that he continues to get Defensive Player of the Year Awards even though he's a defensive liabil…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 180 – Says The Man on an NBA Podcast
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Rob had a rough experience at a rental place with some dated furniture and no A/C, which got us all thinking about the things that remind us of our childhoods… everything from cars with no seatbelts to plastic on the furniture! And we immediately dive into one of the biggest stories of the week after Tyreek Hill got detained before the Dolphins gam…
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70. Michael Blair + Jose Herrera: NukuDo's Paid Cybersecurity Training
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Have you heard of NukuDo, the cybersecurity training program located at Geekdom? Today’s guest is Michael Blair, an entrepreneur and NukuDo’s Managing Director. NukuDo pays its enrolled students $4,000 a month during their half year or so of training. Blair is joined by Jose Herrera, a member of NukuDo's first cohort. Listen as we discuss how NukuD…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 63 – Technically Anyone Can Win 50 Games
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It’s a loaded bonus show this week, as we dive right into Kevin Garnett’s statement that the Phoenix Suns can win more than 47 games this year and Booker and Beal could be MVPs. Rob does not agree, but Harp and Jenners both think they can pull 50 wins. Listener questions this week come to B-Dog, about how much longer he thinks Trae Young will last …
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 179 – You Go Where He Goes
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It’s a weird start to the show this week as everyone seems to be having some sort of insurance issue – which goes to prove that anyone from radio guys to former NBA stars, all have to deal with the same tiny issues in life. Of course we need to know if Rob thinks the Clippers stabbed Paul George in the back, as his father claimed this week… and Rob…
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Nurturing the Next Generation with Newt Crenshaw
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Today I get to chat with the President of Young Life, Newt Crenshaw. Newt and his team have done an incredible job of building intentional, faith-driven relationships with young people. Young Life has inspired and empowered countless people over the years, Sweet Maria and myself included. So I hope you'll listen in and enjoy this conversation as mu…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 62 – Amazon Sent Me G-League Games
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We open the bonus show by gauging Rob’s excitement and trepidation as the Crimson Tide kick off their first college football season without Nick Saban in a long time, and Rob is remaining optimistic about their playoff chances. And as the NBA asks to have the Warner Brothers Discovery lawsuit to be thrown out, B-Dog feels like this is a long play f…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 178 – See Ya At The Car
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We are BACK from our break – after taking a week off for Rob’s 54th birthday (where he restaurant hopped and drank too much), and Rob’s NBA trip to China for youth basketball camps. We get all the recaps of Rob’s escapades, before we dive into the insane rumor of the week, that the Lakers are already angling for a way to get Luka Doncic after LeBro…
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69. PechaKucha San Antonio with Vicki Yuan and Libby Morris
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This week’s guests are Vicki Yuan, an architect with Lake/Flato, and Libby Morris, a leader in San Antonio’s design community and the principal of Morris Design. Vicki and Libby are with us to talk about their roles as leading organizers of PechaKucha San Antonio, the local chapter of a global entertainment and education stage production that was s…
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Letting Curiosity Lead to Impactful Ambitions with Mike Thakur
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In today’s episode, I am joined by my friend Mike Thakur. Mike is a great example of how faith and business can work hand in hand to create something truly impactful. We discuss our own pursuits of professional opportunities, and how we’ve come to embrace the adventure with curiosity and confidence. I hope you’ll tune in and find something of value…
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Big Shot Bob - Shoot Around 61 - Stormed into LeBron's Office
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We open the bonus show this week with audio of Stephen Adams - who appeared on a podcast this week and admitted he claimed to not speak English to avoid Kevin Garnett's trash talk. Rob talks about getting into it with KG on the floor but it was actually Charles Barkley who talked the most trash to him. Plus with Nike releasing Michael Jordan's eye-…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 177 – Let Me Get One Spaghetto
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We open a huge show this week with Rob having missed all the closing ceremonies, the idea of renting his house out for the Olympics in LA, and how he was taunting us from the front row of a Dodgers game last week. And of course we get into a huge breakdown of Team uSA, who won the gold but not without a lot of drama. Rob sounds off on the leaded au…
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68. Dawn White-Fosdick: Christian Assistance Ministry's Walk-In Support Services
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This week’s guest is Dawn White-Fosdick, the longtime president and CEO of Christian Assistance Ministry, widely known as CAM, which serves both the city's homeless as well as families who have housing but are experiencing crisis in their lives. For the month of August, the Wade Richmond Foundation is matching every dollar raised up to $100,000, so…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 60 – Off The Record
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We open the bonus show with some of the hilarious Connor Stallions texts to Michigan staffers, just for a laugh, and getting B-Dog to read them with sexy music is all the better! Plus we dive into Snoop Dogg’s format attire at the Olympics, and how Rob owns a LOT of tuxedos and suits, while Jenners doesn’t even own one. And after a French pole vaul…
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Living Life Intentionally with Hudson and Emily
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Today I’m with my new friends Hudson and Emily. They have spent the last eight years traveling to every country in the world, a journey sparked by the passing of Hudson's father that inspired them to live with greater intentionality. Along the way, they've discovered the beauty in diversity and been touched by the kindness and hospitality they've e…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 176 – Cookies and a Colonoscopy
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We have lots more Team USA Basketball to talk about as we roll into the final week of Olympic play, and Rob is getting tired of Steve Kerr manipulating the starting line-up so much. He feels like you should be able to fine tune your best line-up and go dominate teams and show them you aren’t scared of match-ups. And when you have guys who are respe…
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67. Krissy Salinas on Let's Go Texas
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This week’s guest is Krissy Salinas, the director of Let’s Go Texas, a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities in South Texas and the San Antonio metro area find gainful employment. Let’s Go Texas partners with the Texas Workforce Vocational Programs, and also has launched innovative programs in area public high schools where Krissy and her t…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 59 – Excited to Meet the Hulk
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Right out the gate we jump into Snoop Dogg calling Badminton at the Summer Olympics in Paris, and everyone feels like we need to hear him do a full quarter of a Lakers game! Plus Shaq made some noise this week by trolling Rudy Gobert, and everyone feels like he’s set everyone up to pick on him by performing so poorly after his Defensive Player of t…
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Big Shot Bob - Ep 175 - You Need Your Butt
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We open this week’s show on the Summer Olympics, with Rob watching a lot of fencing, volleyball and of course hoops. We immediately dive into the story of the week surrounding Jayson Tatum’s lack of playing time in Game 1, and while Harper thinks it’s a non-story, Rob disagrees because Derrick White got minutes and he’s not even better than Tatum o…
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66. Naphtali Bryant + Raylynn Hampton: United Way's Childcare Scholarship
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This week’s guests are Naphtali Bryant, the Childcare Scholarship Coordinator at United Way of San Antonio, and Raylynn Hampton, a United Way Scholarship recipient. Raylynn is a 27-year-old student pursuing an online undergraduate degree in education at Southern New Hampshire University with the goal of becoming a teacher and starting her own nonpr…
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Big Shot Bob – Shoot Around Ep 58 – The Chlorine Will Kill It
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We tip off the bonus show this week by talking about Kobe’s old locker from Staples Center going up for auction, as it could go for upwards of $1 million. Rob lets us know that Kobe and Shaq actually had TWO lockers because the lockers were small, and Rob says it was Portland that started the trend of bigger fancy lockers and recalls Denver had the…
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Finding Purpose in Fostering with Peter Mutabazi
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In this episode of the Dream Big Podcast, I sit down with Peter Mutabazi as he shares his journey from being a street kid in Uganda to becoming a foster parent to over 41 kids in the United States. His story is a powerful testament to the impact of love, compassion, and community support in transforming lives. Learn more about Peter and his mission…
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Big Shot Bob – Ep 174 – No Laces on a Basketball
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We’re back in the regular routine this week – and we open the show with some talk about Team USA as the Olympics start this week. LeBron James gets the honor of carrying the flag for the USA during the Opening Ceremonies, and justly so as he’s been the best player on the floor for Team USA so far. And with LeBron and AD playing at this level, Rob t…
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65. Lea Rosenauer: Strong, Smart and Bold at Girls, Inc.
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This week’s guest is Lea Rosenauer, president and CEO of Girls Inc. of San Antonio, an affiliate of the national Girls Incorporated organization that was established locally 20 years ago this November. Its mission is to inspire all girls ages 6-18 to be strong, smart, and bold, and to overcome barriers that prohibit them from achieving their person…
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