The field is set, the games begin soon, so grab a bracket and let's pick a winner for the 2023 NCAA men's basketball tournament. Joining Randy to break down the teams, players and bracket is ESPN college basketball analyst, Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops on twitter). Coach is back this year with his insights and expertise to help you fill out your bracket (hint: he loves Alabama). Enjoy the pod, enjoy Coach, and enjoy the madness! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 14, 2023•40 min•Ep. 230
It's time for the 4th-annual Oscars extravaganza!! DJ Pie and Randy are joined once again by special guest (and Hollywood big-shot) Timothy Simons (@timothycsimons on twitter) to get you ready for the show Sunday night. The first hour of the episode is a wide-ranging discussion of the year in movies, including favorite actors and actresses, worst movies of the year, and a few movies that should have received a Best Picture nomination. Beginning at 1:03:00, the guys reveal their personal Best Pic...
Mar 06, 2023•4 hr 6 min•Ep. 229
A TrapDraw tradition is back! TC sits down with each member of NLU to discuss their air travel over the last twelve months including best and worst experiences, favorite new airport they've visited, our experiences with various airlines, airport dining recs and a ton more. We considered clipping the best bits of each section but decided to release the complete unabridged version for all of you air travel sickos. Our lineup for the pod: Randy Cody (34:30)Soly (56:00)KVV (1:28:45)DJ (2:07:15)Ben (...
Mar 05, 2023•4 hr 4 min•Ep. 228
TC& Randy are back to bring you the most important news of the day. They begin with mea culpas, housekeeping items, and listener voicemails. Next, it's a robust monitoring list capped off with some various sports takes. Finally, in the last ~35 minutes they welcome on Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel on twitter) who penned an article last month for The Atlantic entitled, "Tipping is Weird Now." The guys have an open, frank discussion about the state of tipping in America. Enjoy! TrapDraw Listener Li...
Feb 23, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 227
In light of recent events, TC and Cody fire up a special edition of the TrapDraw to cover the train derailment in Ohio, the Chinese spy balloon and a robust agenda of updates from all over the globe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 226
Cody and Neil return for a second installment of The Booth. After a brief journey through the pitfalls of home ownership, the guys go one on one with questions for each other covering a variety of topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 225
TC & Randy are back this week to discuss, and hopefully solve, the world's issues. They play voicemails, go over several housekeeping items, and get into a robust agenda. Enjoy! TrapDraw Listener Line: 1-833-330-8725 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 224
This week's episode is an NFL Roundtable with TC, Randy, KVV, and Micah Pueschel aka Mr. Poosh (of the band Iration). They eulogize the Niners and Bengals, look ahead to the Super Bowl in a couple weeks, and then close out the episode with a robust discussion of the ten best QBs in the league. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2023•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 223
Chop Session time! TC & Randy unpack their recent adventures, share some voicemails, react to the NFL weekend, and run down the most important news stories from across the globe. Enjoy! TrapDraw Listener Line: 1-(833)-330-8725 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 222
Lots of new things percolating on the TrapDraw this year, and one such thing we're very excited about is welcoming Sarge and the Merch Czar each month for 'In the Booth' episodes. These episodes are honest, open, wide-ranging discussions between Neil Schuster and Cody McBride all about life, work, interests, and anything and everything in-between. Enjoy! If you want to react to anything you've heard feel free to drop us a line on the TrapDraw Listener Line: 1-833-330-8725! Learn more about your ...
Jan 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 221
TC and Randy are here for the first chop session of 2023. They have a host of stories to catch up on, look ahead to the NFL playoffs, and unveil the much-anticipated Listener Line! The Listener Line is for anybody so inclined to hit us up and offer insight into a story we've touched upon or a tip on something to look out for. The number is (833)-330-8725. We'll take our favorite messages and work them into future episodes, so give us a shout! Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...
Jan 09, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 220
It's time for one of our favorite traditions--our annual Goals episode! Randy, TC, Soly, DJ and Neil assign a label to the new year, go through their respective 2022 goals, and reveal their new goals for the new year. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 30, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 219
2022 comes to a close on the TrapDraw in fitting style with a chop session featuring TC & Randy. They attempt to work through a robust agenda of only the most important news items from across the globe, including some sports sprinkled in towards the back half. Plus, we'd be remiss not to offer a heartfelt 'thank you' to everyone for listening to the show this year. We'll be back the first week of January with our annual Goals Pod, plus some cool, listener-involved features we're hoping to in...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 218
Today's show is a conversation with writer Stephen Proctor (@SProctorGolf on twitter) about his new book, "The Long Golden Afternoon: Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914." This book is an expertly-researched, easy-to-read look into a half-century of the game which sets the stage for the modern age while at the same time dealing with a lot of issues still at the heart of golf today (eg. technology). Stephen shines light on forgotten champions such as John Ball, John Henry Taylor, and many more. It's a...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 217
This week's show is all about football. Joining TC & Randy are two familiar faces, Micah Pueschel (front-man for the band Iration) and Kevin Van Valkenburg (writer for ESPN). The show kicks off with a bit of college football discussion, notably Deion to Boulder, Hugh Freeze to Auburn, and Buck Tech to the playoff. Then they dive into a robust NFL discussion--who's winning the season-long NFL team draft, what's up with the Niners, Ravens, and Bengals; and of course so, so much more (including...
Dec 08, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 216
On this week's episode Randy talks with Golfweek's Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) about the 2022 LPGA season. They begin by examining the strong words of CME Group's Terry Duffy ahead of the Tour Championship and what that says about current leadership and things to come. Next, they dive into the biggest players and events of the season, including a rousing game of Success Or Failure. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 215
This week Randy is talking college hoops with Brendan Quinn of The Athletic. In addition to his writing at The Athletic, Brendan is on twitter @BFQuinn and co-hosts 'The Moving Screen' podcast. He and Randy talk about the best players in college ball this season, some of the most intriguing newcomers, and preview the power conferences along with a few 'mid-majors.' Hopefully everybody stateside has a safe, relaxing Thanksgiving, and be sure to watch some Feast Week college basketball. Enjoy! Dra...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 214
It's a bonus episode! TC & Randy invited any questions last week and dutifully answer said queries here--enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2022•22 min
TC and Randy are back this week to talk about the happenings of the world. Randy debriefs on his retreat up to the monastery, the two clean-up some loose ends from last week, drop a few important sports takes, and touch on the stories around the world they're monitoring. At the end of the show college friend and soccer hooligan, THG, calls in for an in-depth preview of the World Cup in Qatar beginning next week. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 213
Another week, another chop session with TC & Randy. And to spice things up they get some pet peeves off their chests while also discussing world events, sports, and so much more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 212
TC & Randy are back for another chop session this week as there is simply too much to get to! They hit on a few news items before diving into the world of NFL, NBA, CFB, and more. Enjoy! DraftKings Note: If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/LA/MI/NJ/TN/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/KS/NH), 888-789-7777/visit ccpg.org (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 877-8-HOP...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 211
So much to talk about this week as TC & Randy reunite to discuss the state of the world. Tron is back from Korea where Lil Kimmy stood him up on their planned summit, Randy is back from some boondoggles across the country, including whipping Mr. P in golf, and well, folks, the agenda is robust. They dig into all the most important stories from around the globe. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 210
Today's show is a conversation between Randy and Jim Hartsell about Jim's new book, "When Revelation Comes". The book is available now through Back9 Press and is Jim's second book. Besides his full-length writing, Jim writes at his website, jhartsellgolf.com, and contributes to a number of places, including The Golfer's Journal, Links Diary, and our own NLU website. "When Revelation Comes" is about a trip Jim took to Scotland in August of 2021 in the aftermath of losing his youngest son, Jordan,...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 209
Baseball in October is a beautiful thing, nothing beats the pressure of playoff baseball. With all four Division Series beginning today, the TrapDraw has you covered. On today's episode Randy is joined by Dominic Cotroneo (@Dom_Cotroneo on twitter) to preview each series, hand out regular season awards, and a lot more. Dom is a fascinating guy--he'll be working behind the scenes for TBS this postseason as a stats researcher, he hosts a Brewers post-game show throughout the regular season in Milw...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 208
It's a chop session this week with TC & Randy. They have some sincere apologies to make for last week's audio, get into all the cheating scandals around the world of sports, and catch-up on both sports and non-sports stories alike. Lots of things to monitor! Enjoy. Draft Kings Disclaimer: If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/LA/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXTSTEP (AZ), 1-800-522...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 207
TC & Randy have been long overdue to catch up with The Sarge, Cody McBride, and ask him what is going on in the world. The trio discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, protests in Iran, the rumored coup in China, and the Italian elections--along with many tangents along the way. Enjoy, and check out Cody's Downrange podcast anywhere you get your podcasts! DraftKings Disclaimer: If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1...
Sep 29, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 206
What a treat when the Merch Czar, Neil Schuster, drops by the show! He joins TC & Randy to discuss current events before detailing his recent ascent of Mt. Rainier. From the pre-climb training to whether he's now a full-blown mountaineer, he shares thoughts from the adventure. Enjoy! Draft Kings Note: If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXTSTEP (AZ),...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 205
TC & Randy have a ton to run through in this week's show. They begin with some critical mea culpas, pay tribute to the passing of the Queen, debrief on the week in Cincy at the LPGA tournament, check-in on numerous stories around the world in which they are closely monitoring, and finally analyze week 1 of the NFL. Enjoy! DraftKings Note: If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 204
In this week's episode Tron and Randy welcome in Golfweek senior writer Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) to discuss all things LPGA tour. From Brooke Henderson's major triumph at the Evian to Lexi's near-miss at Congressional, they catch up on the biggest stories in the women's game, including looking ahead to the 2023 tour schedule. Enjoy! DraftKings Note: If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-80...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 203
Today's show is an NFL season preview of sorts. Tron, Randy, Kevin Van Valkenburg (ESPN) and Micah Pueschel (Iration) will be going through the entire league drafting eight teams each for a season-long competition based on the following scoring system: 1 point for each regular season win (0.5 points for a tie) 2 points for making the playoffs 2 points for making the Divisional round 3 points for making the Conference championship 4 points for making the Super Bowl 2 points for winning the Super ...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 202
