Pickleball Bonus Episode

Carl (also now a co-author) celebrates the debut of PICKLEBALL FOR DUMMIES, now Amazon’s #1 best-selling pickleball book. Super fun lead-in with three past guests: comedian Greg Schwem, pickleball aficionado Bob Franceschelli and pickleball author Mike Branon. They muse about their first pickleball experience and their obsession with today’s fastest growing sport in America. Mo Nard (Co-Author) chimes in, totally stoked after stepping off her live television interview on the pickleball court. Chuck Menke of USA Pickleball rounds out the episode with a perspective on the sport’s popularity and what the future looks like!

We’ll return to our normal I Used to be Somebody programming in just two weeks (October 25th).

• More about Pickleball For Dummies: https://pickleballmediahq.com/book
• More about USA Pickleball: https://usapickleball.org

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Carl Landau Author, Podcaster

Carl Landau is co-author of the new book, Pickleball for dummies. He has been an entrepreneur since the age of 26 and now in (un)Retirement is founder of Pickleball Media. He has started and sold three successful media companies, published five magazines (software development, winemaking and craft brewing industries). He currently hosts the popular podcast I Used to be Somebody, inspiring 50-plus-year-olds how to build their (un)retirement good life, including, of course, a little bit about the virtues of the game he loves — pickleball.