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October 21, 2026 · 2 hr 21 min

Is youth baseball developing better players—or just better highlight reels? Mike Vilardo welcomes Jason Ferber, Bobby Minor, and former Wake Forest and Penn State standout Adam Cecere for the first-ever On The Subject baseball…
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October 14, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

Should you play college baseball or go straight to the pros? Baseball creator Marc Luino, better known as Giraffe Neck Marc, joins Mike Vilardo to break down the paths to the MLB, share his picks for the best college baseball programs, and…
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October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

What does it actually take to get recruited by Brown baseball—and is a 4.0 GPA enough? Brown head baseball coach Frank Holbrook joins Mike Vilardo on On The Subject to break down Ivy League recruiting, from grades, test scores, and course…
The Baseball Recruiting Mistakes That Cost Families Thousands with Bobby Minor [VIDEO]

September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

Is travel baseball helping your kid or just draining your wallet? On this episode of On The Subject, Mike Vilardo sits down with Bobby Minor, the voice behind Chasing Baseball Dreams, for an honest conversation about youth baseball…
How To Get Recruited to D1 Ivy League Hockey with Brown Head Coach [VIDEO]

September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

What does it really take to play Division I hockey at an Ivy League school? Brown University head coach Thomas Upton joins Mike Vilardo to break down the path from youth hockey to juniors to college recruiting. He explains what coaches…

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Former D1 Forward Todd Goehring Reveals the Real Cost of Youth Hockey [VIDEO]

September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

Former D1 Forward Todd Goehring joins Mike Vilardo to reveal what it really costs to raise a hockey player and chase the dream of playing professionally. Todd left home at 16, lived with billet families, played more than 100 junior games…
#91 - How to Get Recruited by MIT Basketball with Head Coach B.J. Dunne [VIDEO]

September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

Eleven months into the job he calls a homecoming, MIT men's basketball head coach BJ Dunn sits down with Subject co-founder and CEO Michael Vilardo in Cambridge to talk about building a program where the recruiting pitch isn't a…
#90 - Minor League Baseball or Savannah Bananas? Eric Jones Jr. Has Played Both [VIDEO]

September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

Eric Jones Jr. is the Savannah Bananas' all-time home run leader, a former MLB bullpen catcher, and a veteran of affiliated and indy ball. He's played every version of this sport, so we asked him the question the next generation is…
#89 - Hockey’s Daniel Amesbury on WHY “Diamond Hands” Is Back After 8 Years [VIDEO]

August 26, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Daniel “Diamond Hands” Amesbury walked away from professional hockey at 23 and spent eight years away from the game—including years working on tugboats in British Columbia. Then, at 31, he entered the first-ever Ice Wars fighting…
#88 - A Conversation with Gary Roberts, the Man Who Trains McDavid, Stamkos, and 200+ NHL Draft Picks [VIDEO]

August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

Gary Roberts Performance is the most quietly influential address in hockey — the Toronto program where the best players in the world spend their summers, and where more than 200 NHL-drafted players have trained in the last decade alone. In…
#87 - How DSARM Built One of Baseball’s Biggest Creator Brands

August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min

In this episode of On the Subject, DSARM sits down with Mike Vilardo to talk about the decision to bet on content, how he found his lane in a crowded baseball world, and what it actually takes to turn videos into a career. Dan Sarmiento…
# 86 - How to Master Your Mind with Pro Fighter Ariel "Tarzan" Sexton

August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

This week, Mike sits down with Ariel "Tarzan" Sexton—ONE Championship veteran, The Ultimate Fighter competitor, and one of the pioneers of MMA in Costa Rica. From moving to Costa Rica with nothing but a suitcase to competing against some…

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About the show

Mike Vilardo knows the student-athlete journey from every angle. After competing with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program (USNTDP) and earning All-Ivy League and Academic All-Big Ten honors in baseball, he now serves as Co-founder & CEO of Subject.com, one of the nation's leading providers of accredited online education for student-athletes and schools. On On The Subject, Mike brings together professional athletes, coaches, recruiters, founders, and sports leaders for candid conversations about youth sports, college athletics, recruiting, NIL, leadership, and life after the game. Honest stories. Practical advice. New episodes every week. Follow along: @mikefromsubject • @onthesubjectpodcast • @trysubject