Need Inspiration Tied into a Sports Metaphor? Check out the Hilarious “D&K in the Lab”

Kurt Lee

Some of the best podcasts you find are the best because you can connect with the hosts and their conversation. Relating to the content is a big part of getting to be a fan of the show. Entertainment, humor, relatability, interest, and notoriety are big parts of what make a podcast enjoyable and popular and "D&K in the Lab" is one of those types of podcasts.

From the minds of Dex G and Kurt Lee comes the relatable and encouraging podcast, "D&K in the Lab". Their natural humor, charm, witty banter, and instinct to educate their audience sets them apart from others in the genre. The focus is on Division 1 basketball and Dex's first-hand experience playing in basketball without the support. "There is a lot of inspiration and motivation in the episodes of discussion. While the topic is centered around basketball, it becomes something for everyone when it comes to my personal experience while playing at that level," Dex explains. "I was fighting a lot personally and professionally to be able to play and I had to get into the right mindset otherwise I was going to fail. I had to overcome failure to be able to succeed and this is what we talk about on our show."

Dex didn't have the support that he needed when he first started playing. "I always knew what I wanted, but my friends and family had doubted me. I had to believe in what I wanted and put in the work to make it happen. It was a journey that made me a lot stronger." He went after it all right and began playing at Suffern High School in New York.

That journey continued in college. "After I graduated from Marist College, I went on to Montclair State and joined their basketball club. Can you imagine how exciting it was to help them go 7-0? That was my first semester there, and all I could think was how fantastic it was to be playing on this level," Dex remembers. "It gave me so much confidence that I kept playing even while I was taking classes at different schools to become a medical records professional."

Going on to play for SUNY Ulster Community College's division 2 NJCAA team was a time Dex will never forget. "I felt proud to be one of the four players who made it to the next level. I actually committed to playing at County College of Morris after Montclair, but after a month and a half of being on the team, I transferred to SUNY Ulster and walked on the team later on in the season. I also played semi-pro for the East Carolina Cardinals."

The quarantine took Dex's passion for basketball in a new direction. "It was terrible not being able to play because of the pandemic," Dex sighs. "But then Kurt came up with this great idea of making a podcast. In the beginning, it really was just a way to pass the time, but as we explored it and brainstormed ideas, we realized we had something unique."

"What makes our podcast so different is that we really get into what's needed to get to play on Division 1 teams," Kurt says. "Getting to that level isn't easy. You've got hundreds, probably thousands, of high school players across the country who want to get onto a team, but the sheer dedication you need to do it is incredible. Our discussions of this will help anyone pursue their dreams, basketball fan or not."

Dex interviewed Ahmad Clark, who plays for Albany University, and Chris Galbreath, who plays for Sam Houston State, for his podcast. "They get real about how hard you must work to make it to that level, how you have to eat, and how brutal the training really is." That's one of the messages Dex would like to get across to high school players: the importance of changing their mentalities so that they can play at the Division 1 level.

The duo operates well together; their cohesion is what brings them together on a lot of topics. "We want to educate, encourage, and just talk about basketball. It's what we do and we're really glad that we get to do this together and have an audience for it," Dex says.