{"podcast":{"title":"Catholic Sports Radio","slug":"catholic-sports-radio-79242","podcast_index_feed_id":79242,"rss_url":"https://catholicsportsradio.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.catholicsportsradio.net","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/e/9/9/3e991b3cef142f22/FINAL_CSR_iTunes_1400x1400.jpg","author":"Bruce Wawrzyniak","episode_count":389,"summary":"Helping listeners find the right balance and priority when it comes to their faith life versus their sports life, interviews are done with guests who are Catholics in sports - current or former athletes, coaches, officials, clergy, administrators, and more, from the pro, amateur, and scholastic ranks. Whether you're an athlete or a fan, youth or adult, Catholic or not, this show will deliver content that speaks to you and provides opportunities for ongoing reflection for your daily life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T14:17:55.657681+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-sports-radio-79242"},"episode":{"title":"CSR 376 Sam Goodwin","slug":"csr-376-sam-goodwin","published_at":"2026-04-20T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-sports-radio-79242/csr-376-sam-goodwin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-sports-radio-79242","url":"https://www.catholicsportsradio.net/csr-376-sam-goodwin","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicsportsradio/CSR_376_Sam_Goodwin_Revised.mp3?dest-id=1049645","summary":"He played hockey growing up and then went on to not only play junior hockey in Dallas for the Texas Tornado, but from there earned a D1 athletic scholarship to Niagara University. During his freshman year at Niagara, he and two teammates set an NCAA record and made number 2 on SportsCenter's Top 10 when they scored three shorthanded goals on one penalty, in 69 seconds. He still today plays in a weekly men's league hockey game. He is the author of the best-selling memoir, \"Saving Sam,\" about his having been taken hostage and wrongfully imprisoned while in Syria, as part of his travels to every country in the world - all 193 United Nations Sovereign States, having attended Mass in 65 countries and visited Catholic churches in approximately 115. Listen as he mentions having even coached hockey in North Korea!","meta_description":"He played hockey growing up and then went on to not only play junior hockey in Dallas for the Texas Tornado, but from there earned a D1 athletic scholarsh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1909,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/catholic-sports-radio-79242/episodes/csr-376-sam-goodwin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/catholic-sports-radio-79242/csr-376-sam-goodwin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}