Deep Look: Ultiworld's Weekly Podcast

Keith Raynor and Charlie Eisenhood tackle a big bag of mail with questions ranging from game theory to the coming college double peak to the club season to the AUDL.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss USA Ultimate's proposed new 4-v-4 rules and potential for more future "Ultimate 4's" events before interviewing Elevate Ultimate's Danie Proby and Ari Nitikman about their youth ultimate venture in Vancouver and beyond. They close out the show with the news about the UK's new club ultimate structure for 2021, which eschews tournaments in favor of a league...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Tom Manewitz's coming departure from USA Ultimate and the new Richmond Cup, featuring a $10,000 purse, before welcoming in Chicago Machine and Union player (and Team USA selection) Pawel Janas for an interview.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor react to the news about the fall College Series that's set to start in October before turning to a discussion of potential radical rules changes for the sport.

Keith Raynor and Charlie Eisenhood talk about the potential for a fall College Championships and what it might look like before welcoming in UNC Pleiades captains Alex Barnett and Sydney Rehder to talk about their newly announced 2021 roster, how they've navigated the pandemic, and their process for getting back on the field.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the 2021 scheduling update from USA Ultimate and the potential for a summer club season before welcoming in the AUDL's Tim DeByl to discuss the league's plan to begin its season on June 5th.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by USA Ultimate Director of Competition and Athlete Programs Will Deaver to discuss ultimate's return to play, what the summer could look like, USAU's pandemic response, and the future of the sport.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss ideas for radical overhauls of ultimate's off-the-field operations, from "ultibucks" to ascendant semi-pro leagues to going all in on 4v4.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Tiina Booth for a wide-ranging conversation about college ultimate, UMass, youth, NUTC, return to play, and more.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Super Bowl before welcoming in ultimate hall of famer Dominique Fontenette to discuss her 26-year career, her thoughts on today's elite game, and why she's retiring.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the Super Bowl before interviewing GRADA President Tanya Beiswenger about the organization’s decision to hold summer and fall leagues in 2020, what they learned, and how they’re moving forward (12:51). Charlie and Keith share their thoughts as well (48:26). Check out the new video version of the show on the Ultiworld YouTube channel!

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the GameStop stock explosion that has been the talk of the financial world before welcoming in Joel Prushan, a professional ethicist, to discuss ultimate's return-to-play considerations (12:06). Plus: some small ball!

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the cancellation or postponement of all 2021 WFDF events as well as the decision to award World Games bids based on 2016 WUGC results. Later, they're joined by Western Ultimate League co-founder and Executive Director Felicia Yang to discuss the latest from the league (16:34). They close out the show by asking some questions about when ultimate can realis...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Ravi Vasudevan to talk about the latest on the 2021 World Ultimate Championships and what's next. Later in the show, the guys talk about the AUDL's plan to return to play and what the PUL and WUL have said about their plans so far (32:40). They close out the show with some Small Ball.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor give some bold ultimate predictions for 2021.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the latest on Worlds 2021 and the USAU Board election results before doing a draft of the biggest news stories of 2020 in a year in review episode.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the USA Ultimate website before giving their 2020 roses, thorns, and buds and then hearing from some Ultiworld staff and subscribers with theirs.

Charlie Eisenhood talks with USA Ultimate board candidate Isaiah "Izzy" Bryant.

Charlie Eisenhood talks with USA Ultimate board candidate Ernest Toney.

Charlie Eisenhood talks with USA Ultimate board candidate Henry Thorne.

Charlie Eisenhood talks with USA Ultimate board candidate DeAnna Ball.

Charlie Eisenhood talks with USA Ultimate board candidate Paul Sandoval.

Charlie Eisenhood talks with USA Ultimate board candidate Matt Bishop.

Charlie Eisenhood talks with elite athlete USA Ultimate board candidate (and current board President) Robyn Fennig.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the big northeast snowstorm and preview the mini-episodes with each of the USA Ultimate Board candidates.