Chute The Sh*t

This week we talk with Katherine Crawford and Benjamin Wasserman from Radio Club, about their integral role in making rolls and raceday happen, explain what a radio safety net is, how ham radio works, how you recruit for radio club, and share some wacky stories they've managed to collect from being behind the scenes of raceday. Produced by: Rachael Schmitt Hosted by: Will Weiner

This week we're joined by 3 former flaggers (in 3 countries!) as they talk about the lost art of flagging (ok maybe that is an exaggeration). We dive in to what made them love this task that seemingly is tossed to random pledges, but is so integral to a successful race, why its one of the best views on the course, crazy stories of camaraderie and chute chaos and much more. Guests are: Aileen Dinin...

Current Sweepstakes chair Tishya Girdhar and safety chair Bethany Bauer join to discuss what it has been like leading through this prolonged pandemic and the monumental effort to get rolls approved. What hurdles they had to go through to get buggy off the ground amidst state and school regulations, social distancing for a very social sport, and what they are hoping to do this year in lieu of a nor...

Will is joined by 4 women from with legendary buggy legacies from across the decades, having accomplished many "first ever"s, records, wins, and more. We get into those legacies, what it has meant to be a woman in Buggy, how that and the sport has evolved over time, reflections on lessons learned, and of course wacky buggy stories. Guests are: Chari Heim, Mindy Ross, Janice Schneekloth, and Jess T...

Not too long ago the only official footage of a given raceday was recorded on two handheld cameras, one in the lead truck and one in the follow truck. Will sits down with the two men who did all that filming, Matt Adler and Chris Stengle, as they they share some wild stories of the chaos of trying to capture the event while standing in the back of a moving truck, rule review controversy, the evolu...

When you show someone buggy for the first time, one of the standard responses is, "Is there really a person inside that?" Usually there is, unless they're looking at something from Robobuggy, a team who is working to build an autonomous self driving buggy. We hear about the history of their organization, how they broke into the buggy community and became a beloved meme, some absurd technical chall...

Over the past decade no team has dominated the Buggy scene like SDC, winning a record 8 years in a row on the men's side and 10 of the last 13 on the women's. Many see them as the "New York Yankees" of buggy, but it wasn't so long ago they were the underdogs fighting to take down a PiKA dynasty. We talk to SDC alumni from those teams that battled in 2008 and finally broke through with a course rec...

This week we sit down with two multi-generational buggy families, the Clay's and the the Zapanta's. We talk about what it's like growing up in a buggy household, seeing your kid take up the sport you loved, how sharing that experience can strengthen family ties, as well as the heartbreaking sense of betrayal that comes from learning your daughter has decided to drive for PiKA.

We're joined by 4 of the original members of the Spirit Buggy team, who share the incredible underdog story of how they went from a brand new buggy team, to four years later setting a course record that shocked campus and would last 20 years. They share the challenges of starting from nothing, making it up as they went along, and trying to enter a very established traditional sport as an African A...

We sit down with current and past members of the BAA to hear how it evolved from a prank trying to poke at PiKA's proclivity to prevent photography, to a key platform documenting the history of the sport, to actively bringing us raceday enhancements like Jumbotrons, as well as current initiatives such as providing mentorship to new organizations. Sam Swift, Aiton Goldman, Michael Darcy and Ben Mat...

The 5 Senior Buggy Chairs* joined us to reflect on the most unusual raceday 2020: they share stories of their preparations for the year, their reactions to the news of the cancellation and reflections on their time as a part of this sport. Oh and of course some fun arguments over still sore spots from recent racedays. It's amazing to hear the bonds built between these frenemies in confronting the...

This episode features 3 of the most recent Buggy Advisors, Rowshan Lang, Kaycee Palko and Lifetime Spirit of Buggy recipient Anne Witchner, as we get the staff perspective on what it is like working with generations of buggy obsessed students to help make raceday happen. They share plenty of stories from the decades of races they've seen, as well as details on the vital behind the scenes work they...

This week we're joined by Mark Estes and Andy Bordick, two of the most outspoken characters in the buggy world. They have been bringing their hot takes to the yearly buggy broadcast for about 15 years and now have an unfiltered platform to share from their trove of buggy knowledge and opinions: we go over their history with a broadcast, their time as students, theories on what makes greatness in t...

In our premier episode Will sits down with Tom Wood, the Buggy Historian. Tom has been involved with the sport for over 50 years and played a major hand in its history. Tom shared stories from how he got his start in buggy all the way up til now as well as reflections on what it means for the sport to be entering it's 100th year