Missouri State basketball season is around the corner. This week's Wyatt's World Podcast features News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler and legendary Missouri State play-by-play voice Art Hains previewing the season ahead for the men's basketball team. The two go over what they learned from the Bears' media day appearances, the expectations for the team and some phrases that have tripped them up on the radio. You also hear Missouri State head coach Dana Ford's entire press conference from his availability during the Bears' media day at Great Southern Bank Arena.

News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler is back with a Wyatt's World Podcast episode after feeling under the weather for the last few weeks. In this week's episode, Wheeler reports from Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball media day in St. Louis. In the episode, Wheeler attempts to hunt down the one person who voted Missouri State as the league's preseason favorite (it wasn't him). He talks to fellow Valley beat writers including Paul Oren (Valparaiso, The Victory Bell), Jeff Bidwell (Murray State play-by-play), Anthony Kristensen (Evansville, Courier Press) and Randy Reinhardt (Illinois State, The Pantagraph). Wheeler also put together a useless sound montage full of cliches and the repetitive things coaches and players said at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis on Tuesday. You also hear Missouri State's media portion which featured head coach Dana Ford along with players Alston Mason and Chance Moore.

News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler visits with Missouri State play-by-play voice Art Hains following his return to the booth. The two talk about Hains' first game back along with their takeaways from Missouri State's first win of the season.

Wyatt quickly goes through the biggest games going on around the Ozarks this week while saying who needs to step up and put on big performances. He also goes through a few predictions in his first high school football preview show. 

Wyatt wasn't feeling his best but he accidentally turned on the replay of the Missouri State and UT Martin game and decided he needed somewhere to talk about it. How much trouble is Missouri State football in after losing to UT Martin? It might be a long year.

We're still reacting to Missouri State football's loss to Kansas to kick off the 2023 season. Wyatt Wheeler is joined by well-known area broadcaster Corey Riggs who was the color analyst during the Bears' 48-17 loss to the Jayhawks. The two talk about what surprised them during the game, what they still want to see heading into future weeks and the major storylines heading into Saturday's trip to UT Martin. You also hear from Missouri State head coach Ryan Beard, linebacker Tahj Chambers and tight end Lance Mason.

Wyatt promised a postgame episode and he kept his word by recording a podcast at 2:30 in the morning. Here were his early-morning thoughts in the hours after Missouri State's season-opening loss at Kansas.

Art and Wyatt sit down to talk about expectations for the upcoming Missouri State football season and its game on Friday night at Kansas. Wyatt also sits down with JayhawkSlant.com football beat reporter Jon Kirby to talk about Kansas football. You also hear Missouri State's Monday press conference with Ryan Beard and players.

Wyatt pays tribute to former Missouri State basketball standout and area basketball coach Rob Yanders after he passed away on Aug. 21 at the age of 44. Wyatt shares a few of his memories and interactions with Yanders while also playing clips from a few of the athletes whom Yanders had influenced over the last decade.

The second episode of the Wyatt's World Podcast features a long-form interview with Nixa head football coach John Perry as he heads into his fourth season in charge of the Eagles. Plugging his new podcast "Never Stop Getting Better," Perry goes over his the biggest influences on his career and how he built Nixa into a winning program that kids want to play for.