Deep Look: Ultiworld's Weekly Podcast

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss a Twitter thread from Claire Chastain that opens a conversation about club ultimate costs and potential solutions for reducing them before turning to a dive into USA Ultimate's new return-to-play guidelines and what some organizers are doing to bring ultimate back where it's allowed. (22:38)

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the cancellation of the 2020 club regular season before turning to Molly Brown's announcement that they won't compete this year (16:37). They also talk about the Color of Ultimate discussion panel, share some audio from Jasmine Childress and Amel Awadelkarim, and discuss race in ultimate (33:56).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor open this week's episode with a discussion about George Floyd, the protests around the world, and ultimate's place in the conversation. Later, WFDF VP Brian Gisel stops by to talk about rescheduling Worlds, cancelling Junior Worlds, the 2021 calendar, returning to play, and more (20:54). They close the show with a discussion about a mainstream view of ultimate fr...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the potential of a rescheduled 2021 World Championships before discussing whether or not the AUDL can realistically have a season (9:32). Later in the show, the guys discuss the Callahan Award winners, the format of the announcement and the future of the award, and who might win in 2021 (28:55).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the Last Dance documentary and USA Ultimate's club season cancellations before previewing tonight's Callahan Award ceremonies (29:19).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in USA Ultimate CEO Tom Crawford on this week's show (7:52) before touching on a variety of topics in their Small Ball segment (38:44).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss USA Ultimate's new membership drive and Wildwood's decision to start registering teams before discussing their top ranked college players and argue about who should be #1 (20:55). Later: should Club Nationals move to holding finals at night...and how? (49:12).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in USA Ultimate Managing Director of Competition Will Deaver and Manager of Competition for the College Division Tom Manewitz to discuss the latest on college and club ultimate and the coronavirus impact. Later in the show, the guys play Small Ball with USA National Team jerseys, AUDL ratings, and the Rowan McDonnell toe tap clip (42:43).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk NFL/USWNT redux, extended eligibility, regionalism, the Challengers Cup, and more on a super small ball episode!

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Hall of Famer Bill Rodriguez, whose blog on COVID-19 has been essential reading. Rodriguez is an infectious disease specialist and the Managing Director of the DRK Foundation, as well as the former Chief Medical Officer for the Clinton Foundation, CEO at Daktari Diagnostics, and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Later in the show, the guys...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the 2020 All-American 1st and 2nd teams -- and the snubs! Later in the show, the guys take some questions from Khalif El-Salaam's hot takes thread and from Instagram (42:04).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor hosted their first-ever live YouTube show, featuring plenty of mailbag questions from the live chat and a host of topics.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the latest on the coronavirus shutdown of ultimate, including the postponement or cancellation of all the 2020 world championship events. WFDF Vice President Brian Gisel stops by for an interview (14:16) to talk about what might happen with the events and what's next on the international calendar. Later, the guys discuss hypothetical USA National Team v....

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss the widening impact of the coronavirus on ultimate, including the cancellation of College Regionals, the likelihood of College Nationals getting cancelled, the risk to the club season, and the potential of Worlds being postponed. Later, the guys talk with AUDL VP of Marketing Tim DeByl about the league's plan moving forward (26:16) before breaking down th...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor open the show by discussing the rapidly shifting ultimate landscape due to coronavirus and the increasing risk of disruption of major tournaments, including the College Championships. Then they turn their attention to the women's division of the Stanford Invite (17:59) and chat with Carleton junior Nariah-Belle Sims (37:34) before talking about the men's division...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the potential impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak on ultimate before diving into a discussion of this weekend's major college tournaments, the Stanford Invite and Smoky Mountain Invite. Later in the show, they discuss the Premier Ultimate League's successful jersey fundraiser (46:31) and the Savage/Five/Aria merger into XII Brands. (1:07:12)

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor discuss Commonwealth Cup, including Pittsburgh's big weekend. Then they welcome in Ultiworld reporter Daniel Prentice to talk about the USA National Team East Coast tryouts (15:11). They close out the show with a great Small Ball segment (31:27).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor talk about the huge college weekend, starting with Warm Up before looking at the Presidents' Day Invite women's division (27:18). Then they welcome in Stanford fifth year Hallie Dunham for an interview (41:05) before discussing the men's division of Prez Day (59:38). They close out the show with Small Ball and some picks for Commonwealth Cup.

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Graham Gerhart to talk about the West Coast tryouts for the USA National Team (2:19), talk QCTU and Oklahoma Christian (25:08), interview Brown captain John Randolph after his super 2019 (45:22), and preview Warm Up and Presidents' Day Invite (1:03:10).

Keith Raynor and Charlie Eisenhood discuss the Super Bowl, the commercials, and the halftime show before looking ahead to the Queen City Tune Up (13:33). Later, they're joined by BYU junior and 2019 2nd-Team All American Jordan Kerr (31:41) for an interview. To close out the show, a discussion of the new reduced club tournament roster limit of 26 players (1:00:27).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in Ultiworld senior staff reporter Graham Gerhart to discuss the 2020 Santa Barbara Invite (0:57) before talking about the AUDL's new TV deal, notable player signings in the Premier Ultimate League, Carolina Kickoff, the first two weeks of picks, and the Super Bowl (32:36).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor welcome in senior staff reporter Daniel Prentice to discuss the Florida Winter Classic and make picks for the Santa Barbara Invite and Carolina Kickoff. Later in the show, Oregon fifth year Will Lohre stops in for an interview (33:13).

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor dive into a region-by-region breakdown of both the College women's (3:39) and men's (44:22) divisions before the start of the competitive season. UNC fifth year star Anne Worth stops by for an interview (25:47) to discuss her final year of college eligibility. And the guys make their first selections of the year in the 2020 College Picks contest (plus a Color of...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor kick off the new year with a fresh episode of Deep Look. First up, a discussion of Beach of Dreams, what it was all about, and whether it worked. Then the guys dive into a discussion about the U20 teams, geographic diversity concerns, and how the team should get built (23:55). To close out the show, a brand new edition of Small Ball, featuring Olympics chatter, a...

Charlie Eisenhood and Keith Raynor are joined by Miranda Roth Knowles and Bryan Jones to look back on the decade that was and the one about to start in the second and final installment of Deep Look's Decade in Review series.