Trailblazers focused podcast with Co-hosts Christian Gmelin and Austin Kaphammer. Available on iTunes, Google Podcast, Spotify, Anchor FM and more!
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Two dudes talking, beer, life, exercise and anything else we feel like
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Our Stolen Episode, The Injury Bug, and A Belated Look Ahead To Chicago
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RipCity are you listening?! Ryan "Witty" Whitledge of the Blazertag Podcast commandeers the show this week, leaving Christian and Austin to guest on their own show? Madness ensues... The trio discusses the injury-riddled Portland Trail Blazers and attempts to assign reason for the comeback losses or near losses, as of late. Post recording: The Port…
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Thoughts and Prayers for Nurk, a Sluggish Defensive Start, and Press Conference Critique
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Ripcity, are you listening?! The peeps in plaid, Christian and Austin, chat about the Trail Blazers defensive woes, some less than impressive media dynamics from Blazers player leadership, and the unfortunate loss of Jusuf Nurkic due to his fractured wrist. The duo also take some time to expand on the blockbuster James Harden to Brooklyn trade. All…
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A Disappointing Season Debut, Harden Trade Rumors, and CJ’s Meteoric Night Beyond the Arc
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Ripcity are you listening?! 🎧 👂 Christian and Austin bring you a post-Christmas catch up. The pair discuss recent trade rumors surrounding James Harden expanding his request to include Portland, whether losing CJ would be worth the former MVP, as well as reviewing the first two games of the season. Will the Trail Blazers make an even bigger move, a…
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Conference Standing Projections & Our First Show with Two Guests
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#RipCity are you listening?! Christian and Austin are joined by previous guests, Matt Eldredge (expert friend and blazers fan) and Keith Feltner-Smith (also, expert friend and host of @TrailCasters). Both guests and hosts discuss off-season moves, provide their Eastern and Western Conference top ten seeds, and make some bold predictions. Check out …
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Season 3 Premier: A Successful “Offseason”
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RipCity are you listening?! Cohosts Christian Gmelin and Austin Kaphammer are BACK in their season 3 debut to discuss more 2020 craziness, as well as the acquisition of Robert Covington, Derrick Jones Jr, and Enes Kanter. Other moves around the league are also touched on, while the hopes for a top seeding Blazers in the west soar. Christian also pr…
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The Blazers finished the last 5 games 4-1 to go 6-2 in the seeding games and just barely make it to the play in with the 8 seed! Damian Lillard is setting records and tying his career high of 61 to somehow squeak out wins and will his team to the play-in against the Memphis Grizzlies! Tara Bowen-Biggs joins us as we discuss how stressful and intens…
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The NBA Bubble in Orlando is heating up! After defeating the Houston Rockets, the Trail Blazers made it to a game and a half behind the Grizzlies, but by the time this episode got pushed out the Grizzlies lost to the Jazz making it just 1 game! We discuss the three games the Blazers have played in the bubble, which players have been showing up *cou…
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The NBA is back! Austin and Christian are stoked and you better be! What the heck is going on? What is it going to take for the Blazers to make the playoffs? We explain, while also discussing the recent scrimmage games, which players will not be playing in the NBA bubble, which teams have a real shot at the championship and more! What questions do …
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The NBA Season is suspended due to Coronavirus!
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Lillardless / The Elam Ending / Listener Q&A
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Quiet Deadline, Injured Dame and Whitty Wisdom
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Lil Trav, Noah & Marcus
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its been a minute, here's a short little episode to let you know what's going on.
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Rodney Hood tore his achilles tendon and will miss the rest of the season, AND Terry Stotts got ejected in a losing effort to the Lakers last Friday. The rest of the week wasn't much better, though they did have their first blowout win of the season against the Knicks.The Blazers are now 10-16 but are only a game and a half outside of 8th place. Ch…
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After a 2-week break, we discuss the recent success of the Trail Blazers including Carmelo winning Western Conference Player of the Week and Hassan Whiteside’s improved play.How has the season outlook changed? Who would be willing Hassan Whiteside trade partners? How do we feel about Carmelo on the Blazers now? What is going on in the rest of the l…
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The Trail Blazers added 10x All-Star and former scoring champion Carmelo Anthony, waived Pau Gasol due to injury recovery and lost 3 of 4 in the last week including a loss to the depleted New Orleans Pelicans without Dame in Carmelo's first game in over a year. Christian rants and Austin gets in a few words too, while avoiding discussion on the hea…
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making music, drinking beer, top 5 breweries and just funny shit
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The Trail Blazers lost 4 of 5 in the last week including a loss to the Nets in which Dame scored a Trail Blazers record 60 points. The rest of the team needs to step it up, but what is going wrong? Jordan Lenard and Trevor Jasinsky join Austin and bring a player’s perspective as they discuss their thoughts from this past week and more in Season 2 E…
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THE TRAIL BLAZERS LOST BIG THIS WEEK! Losing on a buzzer beater after leading by 21 was rough against the 76ers. Losing to a bunch of rookies and role players for the Warriors to get their first win at Chase Center is rougher. Losing Zach Collins for at least 4 months might be the roughest of all. Austin and Christian discuss their thoughts from th…
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THE TRAIL BLAZERS WENT 3-1 IN THEIR FIRST ROAD TRIP! Despite Zach Collins going down with a dislocated shoulder the Blazers finished the road trip well and have just 2 games coming up in the next week. Austin and Christian discuss their thoughts from the road trip and more in Season 2 Episode 10 of the Peeps in Plaid Podcast! Steph Curry broke his …
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Episode 12: Blazers talk (A peeps in Plaid Collaboration)
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Our friend and fellow podcaster Austin Kaphammer from Peeps in Plaid comes on the show and gives the scoop on all things Blazers. We talk what to expect from the team and the new members, the wild western conference, and the future of Peeps in Plaid.
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Episode 11: iiiso "I just make music and draw"
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We had the pleasure of sitting down with Christian (iiiso) and Jordan (goblins.garden) to talk about music, turning passions into professions, and the importance of fossil fuel divestment as a means to transition to cleaner energy.
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Game 1 of 2019-2020 Regular Season, Paul Allen’s Legacy, and Games to Come
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THE NBA SEASON HAS BEGUN! The Home Opener win streak is over as the Trail Blazers lost a close one to the hungry Nuggets 108-100. Austin and Christian discuss their thoughts from the game and more in Season 2 Episode 9 of the Peeps in Plaid Podcast!Hassan Whiteside had a huge game, Damian Lillard led both teams in points and Bazemore had 5 steals b…
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Episode 10: Fantasy Football, How to run a marathon without training, and muchos cervezas and Nacho Cheese Doritos
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Our bud Connor comes on the podcast and talks about his recent marathon that he won, fantasy football woes and other planetary jazz!!
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Tara Bowen-Biggs joins us for the LAST Preseason Episode!
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THE FINAL EPISODE OF NBA PRESEASON! Tara Bowen-Biggs, Co-host of @Blazersedge and Women’s Hoops and Talks (W.H.A.T.) @hoopsandtalks podcasts joins us for Peeps in Plaid, Season 2 Episode 8, thank you for joining us Tara! The Blazers have won 18 STRAIGHT Home Openers, the longest such streak in NBA History! Will the streak continue this season? Our …
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NBA PRESEASON HAS BEGUN! How much weight do we put on what’s happened so far? Our thoughts on Hezonja, Bazemore, Whiteside, Simons, and more! What are our predictions for end of season awards and do any blazers have a chance at claiming MVP or any other accolades? And what the heck is going on with the NBA and china!?!Christian and Austin keep the …
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Sitting down with an old buddy
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Drinking beers, getting real and drinking some beer
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Do the Blazers Have a Shot at Winning the Championship? (First Video Recorded Episode)
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Christian and Austin dive into media day recap, wing depth, and games around the corner. Will Bazemore and Rodney hold a torch to Moe and Chief? How will the Blazers fair in their first couple games? Is a championship in the cards this year? Find out and listen on Google Podcast, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on Anchor.fm. Also, we recently released …
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Beer review, bullshitting, we’re drunk
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ESPN Top 100, Anfernee or Zach, Best Backcourt in the League?
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In this weeks episode of Peeps in Plaid, Christian and Austin cover the recently released ESPN Top 100 placement of CJ, Dame and CJ being deemed the top backcourt in the league, and who might develop faster - Anfernee Simons or Zach Collins. Please excuse the technical difficulties as the Peeps in Plaid team prepares for their weekly contribution t…
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Listen to us talk to an experienced mushroom user. Please enjoy
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Talking about life, drinking some shitty beer. It’s life
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Ryan Whitty Whitledge Returns, Fan Fest Discussed, and Expectations for Anfernee
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Christian and Austin bring back their first return guest, Ryan "Whitty" Whitledge, Co-host of the BlazerTag Podcast, @BlazerTagPDX, and Blazer writer for Off The Glass, @otgbasketball. Fan fest experiences, or lack there of, are discussed along with CJ's induction to the LeHigh hall of fame. Tired of the Kevin love rumors? Well Christian is tired o…
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NBA & Blazers All-Decade Teams and NFL to NBA Comparisons
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In this weeks episode of Peeps in Plaid, Christian and Austin cover an ENTIRE decade's worth of greats, both Blazer and non-Blazer. Who is on your all-decade squad? As for NFL comparisons, does Damian Lillard even have an NFL equivalent? With so many apples and so many oranges, Christian delivers and Austin fumbles. Shout out to the new tunes from …
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Episode 4 - Gym talk, Beer, Future episodes
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Noah and Marcus sit down and just talk about what’s going on in life with them.
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Waking up early, taking souls, lifting weights and just drinking and bullshitting
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Christian and Austin kick off their first guest appearance of season two with 503forthefans host, Noah Patterson. The trio discuss Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum's contract extensions, the new "2-star league", the grit of the PNW division, and the new sexy Blazers retro jerseys. Stay tuned for guest streaming challenges once 2k20 is released 09/06/…
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New season Episode 2. We sit down with John founder an owner of Ecliptic brewing in Oregon and have a good chat.
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In their first episode of their second season, Christian and Austin recapture the last couple months in Blazers off season moves. Is Hasan Whiteside in Portland to stay, or will he fall by...the way side. What was your biggest offseason move? Also, keep an eye out for PIP 2k streaming updates along with suggesting artist and guest for future episod…
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Catching up with an old friend for crazy childhood stories, drinking beer and whiskey. Marcus, Noah & Max.
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The End of the Beginning, NBA Finals thru Game 5, Offseason Buzz
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Christian and Austin wrap up what has been a rewarding first season by recapping the Blazer-less (sadness intensifies) NBA finals and discuss potential offseason moves ahead. Is the Kawhi hype real? Should KD have played? How much room do the Blazers really have to make a splash in their relatively stagnant lineups? To our fans, thank you for all t…
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Reviewing the 2018-2019 Season, an Anti-climatic WCF Appearance, and All-NBA selections
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In the 20th episode of their inaugural season, Christian and Austin review the swift 4 losses of the Western Conference Finals, favorite moments from the season, All-NBA selections and more. The 2018-2019 season was one for the books, including "the shot", Anfernee Simons going for nearly 40 pts, as well as Nurk's 20x20 5x5 game. Where might the Bl…
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Closing a Ridiculous Game 7 On The Road & Facing the Reigning Champs
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In episode 19 of the craziest first season either of them expected, Christian and Austin reflect on a hard fought 7-game series against the Denver Nuggets along with the up and coming Western Conference Finals match up with the Golden State Warriors. It is likely Kevin Durant is going to miss games 1 and 2, will the Blazers be able to capitalize? W…
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4 OT's?! Rodney follows up Dame's clutch 3 in style (Games 1-3 vs The Nuggets in WCSF)
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Christian and Austin try to make sense of the first quadruple overtime since 1953 as the Blazers grab game 3 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Rodney Hood makes a couple clutch baskets in the 4th OT, CJ goes the distance, and Jokic is exhausted. It is said that 74% of game 3 winners go on to win the series in the history of the NBA playoffs. Wi…
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