IKE Badgers Podcast

About IKE Badgers Podcast

Coming to you live from the #1 college town in America, this podcast is on a mission to deliver premium Wisconsin Badgers content straight to your ears. Intriguing stats. In depth interviews. Wisconsin football, basketball, alumni, and more. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the IKE Badgers Podcast.

Publisher

IKE Badgers

Category

sports

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Apr 2020

Latest episode

6 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

79 of 215 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   6 Jan 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Badgers THROWING CASH to Start 2026 - College Football Playoff Down to Four (Portal Signees, Basketball Team Falls to Purdue, Steelers get Comeback Playoff Win)

   Happy 2026 everybody and welcome back to the IKE Badgers Podcast! Kicking off the new year, Alex and KJ dive into the latest portal transfers into UW. Who are they and do you buy the hype? Also touching on the College Football Playoff and the basketball team! Dive back in - Welcome back to the IKE Badgers Podcast! Subscribing, leaving a five-star review on the Apple Podcasts, and telling a friend is the #1 way to help the show. Follow IKE Badgers on Twitter for Live-Tweeting of Badgers Football @IKE_Badgers Fan of the music? Stream "IKE Music" on Spotify

2. 

   23 Dec 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Badgers Women Volleyball FALL SHORT in Final 4, Gard and Boyd BEAT in OT by Villanova, College Football Playoff and Free Agency (Agents Getting Involved in NIL)

   Alex and KJ are back with a wide variety of updates. In today's episode, the brothers report on the Wisconsin Volleyball, Basketball, and Football teams. What is the latest with sports programs and the NIL disaster in college sports? Dive back in - Welcome back to the IKE Badgers Podcast! Subscribing, leaving a five-star review on the Apple Podcasts, and telling a friend is the #1 way to help the show. Follow IKE Badgers on Twitter for Live-Tweeting of Badgers Football @IKE_Badgers Fan of the music? Stream "IKE Music" on Spotify

3. 

   9 Dec 2025

   Badgers on FIRE - Indiana Wins Big Ten, Marquette Routed in I-94 Rivalry, College Football Playoff (Teams that are In vs Out, Biggest Differences, Recruiting Update)

   Badgers fans witnessed Indiana knock off Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship and secure the #1 overall seed in the College Football Playoff. Who else is in? Who is out? Alex and KJ catch everyone up on the latest debate and more - Welcome back to the IKE Badgers Podcast! Subscribing, leaving a five-star review on the Apple Podcasts, and telling a friend is the #1 way to help the show. Follow IKE Badgers on Twitter for Live-Tweeting of Badgers Football @IKE_Badgers Fan of the music? Stream "IKE Music" on Spotify

Inside a recent episode

Badgers THROWING CASH to Start 2026 - College Football Playoff Down to Four (Portal Signees, Basketball Team Falls to Purdue, Steelers get Comeback Playoff Win)

Published 6 Jan 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] A lot of times as a jump ball. I'm going to see what he does. He's an intriguing one because of that stat. Yep. Taylor Schaefer. He's a linebacker from Iowa Central Community College. But he was the Community College Conference Defense of Player of the year. So we'll see what he can do. Another tie -down Ryan Schwen demand from Southern Illinois. He had 15 catches and two scores. This past year, we got a safety Carson Van Dinter. He played in 11 games. He's also from Ohio State as a red shirt freshman. He had 18 tackles. That's really the highlights so far. And that's everybody Wisconsin has listed. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,657,709,572

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

305 ratings

Spotify

4.2 / 5

42 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

64

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

89

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