Best Drew Harmon Podcasts (2024)

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Ben Katt on Getting Quiet, Midlife, and the Power of Ritual (also, we chat about David Hasselhoff) 1:09:41

3d ago1:09:41

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Ben Katt has worked with On Being, as an ordained minister, an advanced meditation teacher, and author. His first book, The Way Home: Discovering the Hero’s Journey to Wholeness at Midlife is a guidebook and memoir about the inner journey that calls us further in the midst of life’s busyness. Ben is the founder of the WITHIN Prison Meditation Proje…

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Jeffrey Martin on Thank God We Left the Garden, Letters, and Literature 1:22:53

17d ago1:22:53

1:22:53

"[Jeffrey Martin writes] Songs that are stark in their simplicity, yet emotionally rich in a way that can catch your breath in your throat or leave your eyes suddenly damp." — Paste Jeffrey Martin is a musician with a number of albums under his belt. His latest, Thank God We Left the Garden, has been playing on repeat in my house since November of …

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Susan Murphy on Zen Koans for Facing the Climate Crisis, the vast meaning of Country, and Cooling Fires 55:23

1M ago55:23

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“A powerful and important plunge into the reality of the mind and climate.” — Joan Halifax, author of Being with Dying and Standing at the Edge Susan Murphy is an Australian Zen teacher whose passionate feeling of kinship with the natural world began during her early childhood years living near the Great Barrier Reef and the Gondwanaland rainforest…

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Drew Jackson on Touch the Earth, Poetry as a Lifesaver, and the Importance of Lucille Clifton 1:12:12

2M ago1:12:12

1:12:12

"In Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson's poetry offers a word-weary world a new language of engagement, disruption, and insight. As with all great poetry, the words are spare, but the literary images loom large, creating indelible impressions on the reader. Like echoes that reverberate long after the first sound, the poems stay with you, they dance with…

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The Auction Manifesto - Everything You Need to Know In One Episode 1:13:29

2M ago1:13:29

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The summer is drawing to a close for the Auction Brief, but not before your Fantasy Football Lawyer Drew Davenport provides one final call to action in the episode everyone has been waiting for: The Auction Manifesto. Your host weaves a 70 minute tale of every concept and idea that has been discussed this summer into a coherent, chronological walkt…

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Auction Draft Inflection Points; Guest Bob Harris 1:45:15

2M ago1:45:15

1:45:15

In the second-to-last episode of the draft season the Auction Brief gets into the weeds about how the auction draft room shifts as the draft goes on. Your host dives into how to spot the Inflection Points that tell you when and how to act so that you aren't caught unaware during your auction. After Drew breaks down Inflection Points he welcomes gue…

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Tracy Cochran on the Art of Presence, Mistakes as Practice, & the Grief of Awakening 1:03:42

2M ago1:03:42

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Tracy Cochran is a writer, meditation teacher, and editorial director of Parabola, an acclaimed quarterly magazine that draws on the world’s cultural and wisdom traditions to explore the questions that all humans share. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today, O Magazine, and New York Magazine to name a few. Her latest publ…

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7 Winning Auction Moves; Plus Guest Brian Drake from Fantasy Points 1:46:24

2M ago1:46:24

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The Auction Brief is barrelling towards the end of draft season with a foot on the gas. This week Drew Davenport starts the show with all the information you need on Vikings WR Jordan Addison and why you should be paying attention to the latest developments. Then your host drops his 7 Winning Auction Moves that he's pulled together from his 25 year…

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Guest Mike Wright of the Fantasy Footballers; Plus Auction Bidding Strategies 1:45:57

2M ago1:45:57

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The Fantasy Hitman Mike Wright of the Fantasy Footballers joins the Auction Brief this week as the red-hot summer for the show continues. Before Discussions with Drew, your host takes you through some Do's and Don'ts of Bidding in an auction and helps you understand what should drive your bidding thought process. After a thorough walk through biddi…

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Brian McLaren on Life After Doom, Patient Urgency, & Complexifying Hope 1:06:31

2M ago1:06:31

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Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. He is a core faculty member and Dean of Faculty for the Center for Action and Contemplation an…

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Auction Nomination Strategies; Guest Matt Schauf from Draftsharks 1:49:00

3M ago1:49:00

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The Auction Brief continues to hit topics that get you primed and ready for your 2024 Fantasy Football drafts. Your host leads off the show discussing instinct and how you get better at the game of fantasy football and follows that up with an in-depth look at how Nominations in an auction room are critical to success. Drew takes the listener throug…

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How to Prepare for Your Auction; Plus Guest Matt Harmon from Yahoo and Reception Perception 2:01:07

3M ago2:01:07

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The Auction Brief continues to deliver high level fantasy content and conversation as we get to the brink of training camp. Drew Davenport starts the episode with an FF Legal Update on Vikings WR Jordan Addison and what he's facing after his recent DUI arrest. Then, your host takes you inside his head on how he prepares for an auction and gives you…

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Cassidy Hall on Queering Contemplation, Letting Go of Thomas Merton, and Expanding Foundations 1:17:14

3M ago1:17:14

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Cassidy Hall is an author, award-winning filmmaker, podcaster, ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and leading voice in contemplative spirituality. She is the cohost of the Encountering Silence podcast and the host of Contemplating Now and Queering Contemplation podcasts. Her latest book is Queering Contemplation, Finding Queerness in…

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Guest Ian Hartitz from Fantasy Life; Plus The Psychology of Reading Your Auction Room 2:16:08

3M ago2:16:08

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The Auction Brief is in mid-summer form as Episode 6 goes for over 2 hours about important fantasy concepts and player evaluations that are going to help you crush your fantasy football drafts! Your host starts off the show by giving an amateur lesson in reading your opponents in an auction room both through physical tells and through game play dec…

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Top 5 Ways the Fantasy Industry is FAILING Auction Drafters; Plus Guest Scott Pianowski from Yahoo 2:03:44

3M ago2:03:44

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Your host Drew Davenport takes the gloves off in Episode 5 with a 2-hour odyssey through the deepest auction concepts you can imagine. Drew leads off the show with a long awaited update on Rashee Rice, and then launches into Five Ways the Fantasy Industry has Failed Auction Drafters. Your host walks you through the reasons why we need a big paradig…

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Dr. Larry Ward on America's Racial Karma, the Fragrance of Wisdom, and Learning How To Suffer Less 44:31

3M ago44:31

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Dr. Larry Ward is a senior teacher in Buddhist Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village tradition, the author of the book America's Racial Karma, and co-author with his wife, Peggy, of Love's Garden: A Guide To Mindful Relationships. Dr. Ward brings forty years of international experience in organizational change and local community renewal to his…

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Three Foundations of Auction Drafting; Guest Ryan Baas - Listener League Champion 1:19:14

3M ago1:19:14

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The Auction Brief dives into the deep end of auction content in Episode 4 with an entire show devoted to making you better in your auction drafts. First, your host Drew Davenport walks you through the foundations of auction drafting as he builds on the first three backward-looking episodes to start pouring the foundation for your 2024 Auction House…

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Guest J.J. Zachariason; Drew's 7 Fantasy Football Commandments 1:54:42

4M ago1:54:42

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The Auction Brief success continues to build off of two huge episodes to start the summer. Episode 3 is no different as J.J. Zachariason joins the show to share his knowledge with you. But first, your host Drew Davenport starts the show by giving you his 7 Fantasy Football Commandments that you can use to play the game better. The, in Discussions w…

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David James Duncan on the Unintentional Menagerie of Sun House, Friendship, and the Beguines 1:46:49

4M ago1:46:49

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David James Duncan is the author of the classic novels The River Why and The Brothers K, the story collection River Teeth, the nonfiction collection and National Book Award finalist, My Story as Told by Water, the best-selling collection of “churchless sermons," God Laughs & Plays. And lest we forget his latest, and what some have called his magnum…

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Guest Mike Clay from ESPN and 7 Lessons from the 2023 Fantasy Season 1:15:56

4M ago1:15:56

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The Auction Brief is fully underway as Episode 2 dives deeper into what we can expect from some big name players in 2024 and what lessons we should be heeding from 2023. Discussions with Drew welcomes guest Mike Clay from ESPN and the two break down what you should think about the Detroit backfield, the Miami backfield, and whether the prices on Bi…

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Harmonizing In The Empty Fullness 2:07

4M ago2:07

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Season Five Trailer Contemplify.comBy Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler

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Guest Marcas Grant plus Drew's Biggest Hits and Misses from 2023 2:17:22

4M ago2:17:22

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Join your host, Fantasy Football Lawyer Drew Davenport, in the first episode of the summer for the Auction Brief! This episode is jammed full of actionable information to get your draft preparation off to a roaring start. The show begins with your host talking about three essential foundations of draft preparation for the season and how those are n…

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Turn the Morning into Forever 4:44

5M ago4:44

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A musing on time, eternality, and childerenBy Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler

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Reduced to the Scale of Our Competence 4:55

6M ago4:55

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A musing on limitationsBy Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler

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Eat the Wild Thing 5:48

6M ago5:48

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A musing on wild things and ingesting GodBy Paul Swanson | Contemplative Shoveler

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Lo-Fi & Hushed / 2023 Winter Solstice Session / To Know the Dark 32:45

9M ago32:45

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Each solstice and equinox Contemplify offers a public Lo-Fi & Hushed contemplative practice session for both free and supporting subscribers of the Non-Required Reading List. For those interested, go tell it on the mountain… The third week of Advent salted on joy. Not because of the circumstances, but despite them. The work remains to create the co…

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Ep. #150 - Zyzek Barro 2:05:05

10M ago2:05:05

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Zyzek Barro is the man behind Paintball Nerd and has been taking over the paintball content world by storm with not only material that is entertaining but informative as well. Enjoy!By Carl Markowski

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EP. 149 - Tyler Smith 2:17:23

10M ago2:17:23

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Tyler leads the team that is behind Lumi Gummies, Microdose and Endless Paint Club. Residing in Portland, OR he has made a name for himself by helping people get started on their journey with psychoactive substances for health, performance and creativity. Enjoy!By Carl Markowski

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Listen to the Rice, the Rice Will Teach You Everything with Lucien Miller 37:32

11M ago37:32

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"Oshida’s life and legacy is an experience of the spiritual senses knowing the mystical voice. Biblical in sources and Buddhist in form, reading this book took me as a reader to the great pause of silence." — Sister Meg Funk, OSB Lucien Miller received his PhD in comparative literature from Berkely and taught Comparative Literature and Chinese at t…

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EP. 148 - Arturo Andrade 1:24:54

11M ago1:24:54

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Arturo Andrade had a crazy journey getting to where he is now playing for the best team in the world and winning championships. Enjoy!By Carl Markowski

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In Hard Times, In All Times, Eat Sacred Words 33:23

11M ago33:23

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"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves." — 'Wild Geese' by Mary Oliver Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD, is an author, teacher, poet, and award-winning translator of spiritual texts. Today Carmen and I talk …

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EP. 147 - Kyle Spicka 1:47:22

11M ago1:47:22

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Kyle Spicka wears many hats, such as entrepreneur with Tiger wear, Professional Paintball player with AC:Diesel, Cohost of the Spick and Span show, along with being a young and hungry coach. Enjoy!By Carl Markowski

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Kim Haines-Eitzen on Practicing the Cello in the Dark and Sonorous Deserts 58:41

12M ago58:41

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Dr. Kim Haines-Eitzen is a Professor of Religious Studies with specialties in Early Christianity, Early Judaism, and other ancient Mediterranean Religions at Cornell University. Her book Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us explores the dynamic relationships between ambient environmental landsca…

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Lerita Coleman Brown on Waiting for a Word in the Heart 58:06

12M ago58:06

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"I highly recommend What Makes You Come Alive to churches, religious and educational institutions, and spiritual seekers everywhere who are looking for an inward journey that finds its home in the world of nature, people, and things." — Walter Earl Fluker - Editor and Director of the Howard Thurman Papers Project Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown is a retre…

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Ep. #146 - Chaz and Jenn Fulk 1:33:25

1y ago1:33:25

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Chaz and Jenn Fulk have been playing competitive paintball together for a few years now. Between the playing in the WNXL, running Team Underground and playing for team USA they both are heavily involved in the game with lots of interesting insights and perspectives.By Carl Markowski

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Lo-Fi & Hushed Contemplative Practice Session (September 2023 / Autumn Equinox) 31:31

1y ago31:31

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Lo-Fi & Hushed is weekly space for the contemplative practice of lectio divina with poetry. This practice is graceful, transformative, and subdued. Lo-Fi & Hushed is available worldwide, on Riverside livestream, and you can participate from the hallows of your own home. “I do not complain of suffering for love, it becomes me always to submit to her…

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David Shumate on When Words Become Thunder 1:00:59

1y ago1:00:59

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"David Shumate's High Water Mark is absolutely fresh and unpredictable. . . . You will be surprised by your confrontation with the utterly first rate." — Jim Harrison David Shumate is the author of The Floating Bridge and High Water Mark, winner of the 2003 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. His poetry has appeared widely in literary journals and h…

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Douglas E. Christie on Depth Without Resolution 1:03:03

1y ago1:03:03

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Douglas E. Christie, Ph.D., is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is author of The Word in the Desert: Scripture and the Quest for Early Christian Monasticism; The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology; and The Insurmountable Darkness of Love: Mysticism, Loss and the Common Life. He is the fou…

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Everything You Need to Know Before Your Auction In One Episode 1:41:41

1y ago1:41:41

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It's the moment the Auction Brief has been building towards all summer long. The Auction Manifesto: Everything you Need to Know about Auctions before your draft. Drew goes back over all the lessons from Season 3 of the show this summer and walks you step-by-step through an auction from the moment you start preparing to the moment you break it down …

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4 Lessons from an Expert Auction; Guest John Daigle from 4for4 1:45:47

1y ago1:45:47

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The Auction Brief continues to go hard at prepping you for your auction drafts coming soon. Your host Drew Davenport is fresh off the King's Classic Expert Auction and he's got 4 Lessons you need to remember from his experience at the draft. But he doesn't stop there as he tells you his pre-draft strategy, whether he executed his plan, and then win…

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Carmen Acevedo Butcher Follows the Mystical Tugs on the Heart 1:13:48

1y ago1:13:48

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Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD, is an author, teacher, poet, and award-winning translator of spiritual texts. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be Brother Lawrence’s Practice of the Presence. Her dynamic work around the evolution of language and the necessity of just and inclusive language has garnered interest from various media, including the BB…

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How To Choose Your Keepers; Superflex Auction Strategy; Guest Howard Bender 1:46:43

1y ago1:46:43

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The Auction Brief continues to try to get your ready for your auction drafts coming up fast! Your host Drew Davenport takes the Top 3 questions he's getting in his Inbox this time of the year and tackles each one in turn. First up it's a conversation about how he approaches Superflex Auctions, what percentage of his budge he uses, who he's targetin…

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How to Become a Killer in an Auction Room; Guest Matt Schauf from Draftsharks 1:45:43

1y ago1:45:43

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The Auction Brief can't be derailed for long. Your host Drew Davenport returns from illness to drop this week's episode a few days late.You don't want to miss this special 50th Episode of the Auction Brief that tells you how you can become a KILLER in the auction draft room. Drew first takes you through 4 ways you can focus on becoming a killer whe…

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Lisa Wells on Holding a Fierce and Loving Gaze 1:05:19

1y ago1:05:19

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Lisa Wells is an author, poet, and co-founder of a small, nonprofit press based in Seattle, Washington called Letter Machine Editions. Her latest work is Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World. In Believers Lisa locates folks who meet the climate catastrophe with a fierce and loving gaze, with their sights on restoring humanity’s relation…

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9 Auction Concepts from a Mock Auction; Special Guests from the Listener League 1:42:56

1y ago1:42:56

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The last episode for the month of July hammers away at auction strategy with over 100 minutes on theory, concrete examples, and tips for success. Your host starts the show with his 9 Illustrations of Auction Concepts from a real auction draft room. This topic manages to blend the theories you've heard about for 3 years with actual circumstances fro…

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9 Training Camp Eve Draft Targets; Guest John Bosch for a Deep Auction Discussion 1:36:25

1y ago1:36:25

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The Auction Brief marks the eve of training camp with a deep dive into some players that have Asymmetrical Risk right now in drafts. These players are being drafted at or below their floors and have situations that have either remained the same or been improved and yet still aren't being drafted high enough. Your host walks you through 9+ targets h…

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Scott Avett on Being Here for the Feast 1:12:57

1y ago1:12:57

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Scott Avett is a visual artist, musician, and songwriter. No amount of descriptors quite do him justice. Scott’s work was met by my ears before my eyes. His songs slip into the ear stream, reverberate off the rib cage and remind the heart it was born free. Scott’s paintings hold your gaze in absorption, jostle you awake, and drop you off a block la…

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7 Fantasy Draft Season Resolutions; Guest Brian Drake from Fantasy Points 1:41:41

1y ago1:41:41

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Just 2 weeks away from training camp has the Auction Brief in high gear. Drew starts the show by talking about how we tend to make the same mistakes every summer and we don't learn from the poor results. So, he resolves to change that this year by pointing out his 7 Fantasy Draft Season Resolutions and how they can make us better drafters this year…

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Guest Josh Larky talks Best Ball, Plus What 2 AFC teams Can't he Draft Enough of? 1:42:56

1+ y ago1:42:56

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Episode 6 of the Auction Brief begins with your host Drew Davenport opining on the fact that life, and fantasy football, don't always have to be as hard as it seems. He wanders through the idea that often the meta-concepts will take us most of the way in fantasy football and that losing ourselves in the weeds can end up negatively impacting our res…

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Haleh Liza Gafori on Putting Mystery in the Middle 59:00

1+ y ago59:00

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Haleh Liza Gafori is a translator, vocalist, poet, and educator born in New York City of Iranian descent. Her latest work, is a translation of Rumi poems entitled Gold. I first heard one of her translations of Rumi sitting around a campfire on a Sunday morning in Patagonia, Arizona. I was bit by the passion and this conversation does not disappoint…

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