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We Got To Hang Out

Christopher Stricklen & Freya Rawlins

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We Got To Hang Out is a podcast hosted by Christopher "Cree" Stricklen with a relaxed format and a big message. A goal of the show is to shed light on those who positively impact our community of cycling. WGTHO provides a platform for you to hear stories in a way you likely don't hear in mainstream media. A casual environment breeds authentic storytelling, so let’s hang out!
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Chad Bennett is a cyclist, podcaster and community leader originally from Rochester, NY but now living in New Jersey. Chad and I discussed a gamut of things as we always do here on WGTHO. From podcasting, to creative brand collaborations, to the always daunting topic of the Black experience in cycling. Once again, it feels good to be back sharing c…
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Back from our long hiatus! We spoke with Cody McKay, a Canadian elite cyclist from Ottawa. Cody spoke with us about his journey through cycling and how discovering his Aortic Aneurism has encouraged him to advocate for and educate people on being aware of their heart conditions and knowing the signs. Even with the time off from the show we hit the …
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WE'RE BACK!!! We were able to squeeze one more episode in before the end of the year. For us "squeeze" might not exactly be the most accurate word choice but we recorded an episode and we are making sure that there is a fresh WGTHO episode in your ears heading into 2023. Today, we had a return guest, Caitlin Dumas-Hein. With Caitlin being so immers…
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This episode will forever be near and dear to our hearts and to our WGTHO family. Right before the summer, and a month after this recording, we lost our friend and WGTHO champion, Moriah Wilson. We kept this recording off the air to allow for The Wilson family and those close to her to grive and heal. Now that we are starting our new season we want…
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It’s not every day that WGTHO has a Hall of Fame, Top 50 NBA player of all time on our show… BUT WE DO TODAY! Reggie Miller is all of the aforementioned plus a veteran MTBer. Reggie sits on the Board of Directors at USAC and focuses on diversity initiatives and engagements within the organization. Naturally we touched on that topic, the NBA Finals …
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Rich Lang is a former professional cyclist for Rapha-Condor, Oceania U23 National Champion and now founder of a new training app for cyclists, Spoked AI. As we do on every episode we got to know more about Rich and his background and we really got to dig in on how Rich's personal interests helped influence the development of Spoked. Not to be too s…
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On this VERY SPECIAL episode of WGTHO podcast your two hosts, Freya and Cree, recorded thier first podcast together, in house, at Luft of Los Angeles in Venice, CA. We spoke with Zack Lambert, founder of Luft and Blackheart Bike Co, about his revision of ambassadorship in cycling, how Luft and Blackheart came into existence and some of Zack's goals…
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Oh, do we have a treat for you today! This episode is a walk-off homer to the fantastic year that we have had doing WGTHO this year. Today, we had Doug McClintock and Jon Wolery of The Gravel Lot podcast on the show. Before diving in the way we usually do on the show we switched things up and started off by discussing some of the current events in …
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This episode is the gift that keeps on giving! TODAY we had Isabelle Bryenton hang out with us on the show. Izzy is a professional cyclist originally from Ottawa, Canada who is currently living in Girona while she stands by for the 2022 US racing calendar to commence. While living in Spain she is also working on completing her double major in engin…
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On this special episode we have the first American to win a World Cup in 27 years and NOW, the first ever short track World Champion, Christopher Blevins! Christopher may have had one of the most storybook cycling seasons in recent history. In addition to the accolades mentioned, he has also recently finished school at Cal Poly and produced a docum…
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Today the stars and moons and planets aligned for, “one of the most funs” we have ever have WGTHO Podcast. We had the honor of hosting CJ Williams of L39ION of Los Angeles. Cj is not only a stout athlete on one of the best cycling teams in the US but he is also the man that keeps this ship afloat by handling a bulk of the operations and wrenching f…
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Ciaran O’Grady is a World Tour trainer and personal cycling coach who recently just completed his Ph.D! He is also the fiance of our wonderful host, Freya. This episode was recorded right after Paris Roubaix Femmes so we recapped that along with discussing the inner workings of world tour training and the business side of bikes. We also, for some r…
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In this special episode of We Got to Hang Out podcast, we sat down with Rahsaan Bahati along with Justin and Cory Williams who are protagonists from the book “Black Champions of Cycling”. This book, written by author, Dr. Marlon Moncrieffe, discusses the history of black cyclists pushing the boundaries of the sport. This episode was our first podca…
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We are officially kicking off the new season with a quick chat and update on what we've been up to over the summer. Rocket is not only preparing for Badlands she is also preparing to become a permaculture farmer??? More on that. Cree is still riding his high from Chicago. In total, all is well within the WGTHO family and we are super excited to get…
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Payson McElveen is a podcaster, cyclist, gravel crusher and world traveler. After many moons of scheduling and chatting Payson and I were finally able to carve out some time to chat about the things going on in his life. His recent trip to Africa in the spring and how Payson plans to prepare himself for the reboot of the cycling season. Payson is o…
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Ginger Boyd is returning for her second round on We Got To Hangout! Since her last visit Ginger has spread her wings as a creative and stepped away from her role at Machines for Freedom. Ginger is still focused on making sure that she is able to tell stories of people from all walks of life. We talked about her decision to take the leap, her abilit…
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