Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, Robert Mathis, Daniel Muir and T.J. Clemmings were all searching for something after their NFL careers, and they chose to follow Pastor Charles Dowell. We talked to other former NFL players about their lives after the game, and their own search for meaning when their all-consuming sport was finished. Many NFL careers end before the player has even turned 30, and players have to figure out, what’s next?

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Reporter Kalyn Kahler talks to producer Buffy Gorrilla about the twists and turns of reporting her Sports Illustrated story, Pray for Kabeer and the challenges of doing more investigating and turning old and new information into a podcast. What happens when your main character refuses to go on the record? And what does Kalyn think is next for Straitway Truth Ministry?

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What happened after two of Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila’s ‘brothers’ were arrested? Kalyn ties up the loose ends in this final episode. She also tries to answer some of the unanswerable questions about Straitway Truth Ministry. Plus, she finds out how Eileen Noyes (formerly Gbaja-Biamila) and Christiana Cooke (formerly Clemmings) are doing today.

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