Breaking the cheerleader mold with firefighter Aric Rodriguez

For Aric Rodriguez, a big, burly high school powerlifter, cheerleading started off as a joke. Then it stole his heart. Going on to cheer at Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, the sport ended up forever changing his life. Now, Aric is a firefighter. What’s it like to say goodbye to a sport as uniquely finite, aesthetic, team-centric and physically-demanding as cheerleading? Oh, and what’s it like when Netflix produces a wildly popular docuseries on your alma mater? Listen now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.