Chute The Sh*t

You've seen him on the Buggy Broadcast. You've heard him on Chute the Sh!t. Now, for our final episode, the voice of Raceday himself, Will Weiner, takes the hot seat! With over a decade of experience calling the action, Will shares behind-the-scenes stories, insights into his play-by-play approach, and how he mythologizes the buggy teams—turning races into legendary battles of heroes, rivals, and...

On Raceday, the fastest Hill One time in each division earns a special crown. In this episode, we’re shining the spotlight on the reigning royalty of speed—Hill One’s 2024 King, Queen, and Monarch! Ryan Nagle, Erin Magid, and Brendan Clark join us to share their secrets to ‘locking in,’ reflect on their victories from last year, and give us a glimpse of what they’re looking forward to with Pika an...

In this episode, we dive into the essential role of Lead and Follow trucks on Raceday! Our guests—John Hannon, Holly Hippensteel, Joanna Dickert, and Bryan Koval—not only serve the CMU community in their day jobs but also take on the critical responsibility of piloting and co-piloting the trucks that bookend the buggies as they race. They share their firsthand experiences with Raceday operations,...

Step back to 2001 with the champions of Fringe as they relive their historic first victor(ies) in Buggy. Join the team as they dive into how they built a winning team culture, overcame challenges, experienced mishaps, and reflect on their experiences with the gift of time. Featuring James Wade, Sam Swift, Tom Kelleher, Carla Bellisio, Chris Stratis, and Joanna Lovering Hosted by Will Weiner Produc...

Season 6 kicks off strong with an incredible web of buggy connections and stories spanning generations! Peter, Elena, and Carter Harlee join us, along with another family duo, Rick and Michael Crotty. Back in the ’90s, Peter and Rick led Pioneers together, and now Elena and Carter—siblings at CMU—race on different buggy teams. Michael also attended CMU and joined yet another team. When the current...

Last year, for the first time ever, Buggy had 3 divisions and 3 winning drivers from separate teams! Julia "Juju" Nieto, Cynthia Xu, and Lead Restad all won a first place trophy for PiKA, Spirit, and Apex. In the final episode of the season, we go back to Raceday 2023 and hear directly from the phemonomal drivers. We hope everyone enjoys reminising about last year as we gear up for Raceday 2024 in...

For the first time on the podcast, two competing teams - both a Greek and an Independent - come together to chat about Buggy 'back in the day'. Ian McCullough, Raj Virani, Carl Nott, and Abby Sullivan take a fun trip down memory lane and tell us about their respective teams, college schenanigans, and the landscape of Buggy in the late 90s.

This episode is dedicated to Paul Spudich, the driver of LSH's 'Bathtub Buggy' who passed away in 2019. Paul is mentioned often in this episode, and we wanted to take a moment to honor his memory. Every buggy lover has probably seen pictures of the bathtub buggy . Ron Benton, Paul Wittman, and Dale Huffman join us on this episode to detail the incredible build and roll of this iconic buggy, as wel...

Stacie Gardner is the Assistant Director of SLICE. She is also the Sweepstakes Advisor, the role formerly occupied by Kaycee Palko. Stacie joins us on this episode to introduce herself to the Buggy Community, share what it was like to tag-team Raceday advising last year, and how she's brought her own background to the role for the 23-24 academic year. Stacie is already well-known to the students a...

On this episode, we learn about the first live Raceday broadcasts, the early 2000s technology, and how it grew to be the professional level coverage we enjoy each April. Charlie Butcosk, Matt Theisz, Greg Battaglia, and Fred Hopke were integrat to the founding of CMUTV and the inital Buggy Broadcast crew.

Hear the leaders of SDC Buggy walk us through everything that happened in 2023 leading up to their controversial Raceday DQ, the changes they've made since, and where SDC stands today. Thanks to Lewis Rockwell, Matthew Garcia, and Paul Gonzalez for taking us inside the SDC story!

It's time to talk about safety! Linna Grifin, Fritz Langford, Tom Wood, and Rachael Schmitt join to dig into the nuances of safety in our unique sport and share behind the scenes of the Safety Chair position. The crash testing report mentioned can be read here: shorturl.at/xIOY4 and the video can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UM_aiNkpus&t=1s Disclaimer: The opinions in this...

The CIA Officers for Raceday 2023 join the pod this week! Nate Klein, Olivia Ehrman, Leo Nicolussi, and Elliot Frankel share recent stories from the garage and the course. You'll see them giving it their all this coming Raceday.

We're joined by Adam McCue, Nik Bonaddio, and Mike Berendt to discuss the past of KDR buggy, getting the most from college, and their hot takes for the future

The trilogy ends with the introduction of the Buggy Build Book! Available now at https://cmubuggy.org/reference/how-to-build-a-buggy/ Diya Nuxoll, Ethan Gladding, Connor Hayes join the podcast this week (via time travel from 2021). The Buggy Build Book, in collaboration with the BAA, is aimed to help new teams get off the ground. The BAA also offers mentorship, resources, and grants for new teams...

Apex Buggy is about to roll on their 12th Raceday in 2023! Connor Hayes, Jasio Santillan, Andre Marty, Sydney Baker, and Isabel Vala take Will through the entire history of Apex - from founding and growing pains to mishaps, a pandemic, and a few trophies. Learn how Apex went from "those freshman who want to start a buggy team" to an established team on the course, and the lessons learned and frien...

What happens when an entire buggy team is handed to a former CIA chair before being sent to a farm upstate? Pioneers brought chaos to rolls, had the most fun on the course, and contributed to a new birth. We hope you enjoy the first episode of the new season! We're joined by Ethan Gladding, V Zeng, Joshua Wise, and Maija Mednieks for this captivating episode Hosted by Will Weiner Produced by Racha...

SEASON 3 FINALE! Tune in for this exclusive interview with the newest members on the course. Recorded between truck weekend and Carnival 2022, this is a unique snapshot of a team days before their very first Raceday. Guests are Sophie Battaglia, Lindsay Lamberti, and Katy Zapanta. Come watch Delta Gamma race for the first time April 8th and 9th! See cmubuggy.org/raceday for all the information

Tuna in to this episode and sea what the Pike brothers did to prevent their team from floundering in a difficult year. You'll be hooked on this story that sent PiKA Racing reeling before they grouped together to build a pearl in the oyster. Join David Power, Gabe Renna, Charlie Aguilar, and Willy Clark as they share the inside story of one of Buggy's most memorable recent years.

Melissa (Lee) Bruner, Emily Ostrin, and Dave Singh have been showcase/design comp chairs spanning over a decade! They're here to shed some light on what goes into the first Buggy event of Carnival weekend. Join us as they discuss how it complements Raceday, rule changes, and the ins and outs of organizing both the public event and the design competition. Very importantly, Design Showcase is happen...

This week we're joined by a trio of AEPi Buggy Chairs: Jay Kirschenbaum, Josh Schmieder, and Brian Humbarger as they discuss the ups and downs of AEPi's buggy legacy and the differences in the team and on the course between 1988, 2005, and 2013.

This week we are joined by members of the Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity to talk about their surprising rise to success in the early 70s to break up the PiKA / Beta Dynasties that had lasted a decade prior. What put their buggy Streak above the rest, how buggy has changed since that time, memories and hijinks you could get away with back in the day, and why the secret to their team culture was being a...

Bryan Arsham and Jeremy Tuttle join to talk about the monumental research project they undertook to put together the History of Buggy for Buggy 100. Beyond sharing some of the most fascinating stories in the sport's history, they discuss how they managed to learn what happened in races in the 1920s, the hours of triangulation identifying buggies in old photos, and the nature of truth and memory it...

We sit down with 3 CMU EMS Alumni to talk about their role in buggy, how they keep competitors safe, and end up having a fascinating, wide ranging chat covering all kinds of topics related to EMS and look at some of the parallels of their organization and Sweepstakes. Trigger warnings: Brief mention of medical research on animals. To avoid, skip forward a minute after Gabe mentions it becoming an...

This week love is in the air, as we talk with 3 couples who all met as teammates in CIA and ended up getting married! We talk about their stories, the dangers of love and buggy, and ultimately get into talking about CIA's resurgence in the late Aughts, as it turns out the best way to bring two people together is apparently by running a buggy team. Guests are Alex & Kellen Chow, Alex & Erin May, an...