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Bader Show: Joe Rau

Bader Show: Joe Rau

Bader & Kyle Klingman talk with Joe Rau after his controversial loss in the best of three finals at the Olympic Trials.

Apr 28, 2021 by David Bray
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Bader & Kyle Klingman talk with Joe Rau after his controversial loss in the best of three finals at the Olympic Trials.

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Bader & Kyle Klingman talk with Joe Rau after his controversial loss in the best of three finals at the Olympic Trials.

Order of Show

0:00: Larry Bird, Joe Rau, and mustaches.

1:00: Jumping right into the controversy of the Olympic Trials.

4:30: What to do between matches one and two?

6:30: Was the potential loss of the Marine Greco program to blame?

10:30: Something doesn’t feel right.

14:30: Explaining an out-of-body experience. 

19:30: ‘Sometimes I still don’t sleep.’ 

21:30: Matt Lindland lost but won in 2000. 

23:30: ‘I stayed in Texas after the Trials.’

26:30: ‘I consider Jon a good friend.’

28:00: ‘It’s a very complicated process.’

30:00: My Cousin Vinny.

31:00: ‘I have to be ready to win two matches.’

32:30: ‘Putting my shoes on the mat was an angry decision.’

33:30: Win or lose, what’s next?

35:00: Catching Olympic fever when Rulon won in 2000. 

37:00: Winning Fargo as a senior.

42:00: ‘I always knew I was different and crazy.’

45:00 Joe Rau enters the Hot Box.