Chute The Sh*t

This week we're joined by a trio of AEPi Buggy Chairs: Jay Kirschenbaum, Josh Schmieder, and Brian Humbarger as they discuss the ups and downs of AEPi's buggy legacy and the differences in the team and on the course between 1988, 2005, and 2013.

This week we are joined by members of the Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity to talk about their surprising rise to success in the early 70s to break up the PiKA / Beta Dynasties that had lasted a decade prior. What put their buggy Streak above the rest, how buggy has changed since that time, memories and hijinks you could get away with back in the day, and why the secret to their team culture was being a bunch of car guys!

Guests: David Hillard, Dave Gamret, Gary Shushnar, Evan Hutchison, Wray Paul

Hosted by: Will Weiner

Produced by: Rachael Schmitt

A production of the CMU Buggy Alumni Association

Intro Music: Jack Adkins - Motorik III from the Free Music Archive

Bryan Arsham and Jeremy Tuttle join to talk about the monumental research project they undertook to put together the History of Buggy for Buggy 100. Beyond sharing some of the most fascinating stories in the sport's history, they discuss how they managed to learn what happened in races in the 1920s, the hours of triangulation identifying buggies in old photos, and the nature of truth and memory itself!

If anyone has old pictures or old stories they want to share with Bryan, Jeremy, and BAA, please email [email protected]Link to history database and Buggy 100 blog series mentioned: https://cmubuggy.org/history

Check your CMU emails to sign up for Tom Wood's History of Buggy talk this carnival to learn even more about buggy history!

Clown photo mentioned: https://cmubuggy.smugmug.com/Buggy-History/History-of-Buggy/i-TM9rSW4

Hosted By: Will Weiner, Produced by: Rachael Schmitt. A project of the Buggy Alumni Association

Intro Music: Jack Adkins - Motorik III from the Free Music Archive

We sit down with 3 CMU EMS Alumni to talk about their role in buggy, how they keep competitors safe, and end up having a fascinating, wide ranging chat covering all kinds of topics related to EMS and look at some of the parallels of their organization and Sweepstakes.

Trigger warnings: Brief mention of medical research on animals. To avoid, skip forward a minute after Gabe mentions it becoming an evidence based medicine podcast around 16:00

Brief mention of gun violence. To avoid, skip forward a minute after Blaise talks about low frequency calls becoming high frequency, around 51:00 The crash testing research mentioned can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13TpVrNyUv5xLWj2Ax_wFdr68hNWGK2_b/view

The guests had officer positions in CMU EMS that weren't mentioned in introductions but are below.Gabe: Training Director, QA Specialist

Laura: Crew Advocate, Chief

Blaise: Personnel Officer, Chief, Captain

This week love is in the air, as we talk with 3 couples who all met as teammates in CIA and ended up getting married! We talk about their stories, the dangers of love and buggy, and ultimately get into talking about CIA's resurgence in the late Aughts, as it turns out the best way to bring two people together is apparently by running a buggy team.

Guests are Alex & Kellen Chow, Alex & Erin May, and Brennen & Maria Sellner

Producer: Rachael Schmitt Host: Will Weiner

This week we talk with Katherine Crawford and Benjamin Wasserman from Radio Club, about their integral role in making rolls and raceday happen, explain what a radio safety net is, how ham radio works, how you recruit for radio club, and share some wacky stories they've managed to collect from being behind the scenes of raceday.

Produced by: Rachael Schmitt Hosted by: Will Weiner

This week we're joined by 3 former flaggers (in 3 countries!) as they talk about the lost art of flagging (ok maybe that is an exaggeration). We dive in to what made them love this task that seemingly is tossed to random pledges, but is so integral to a successful race, why its one of the best views on the course, crazy stories of camaraderie and chute chaos and much more. Guests are: Aileen Dinin, Amanda Diienno, Jasio Santillan

Hosted by: Will Weiner Produced: by Rachael Schmitt

Current Sweepstakes chair Tishya Girdhar and safety chair Bethany Bauer join to discuss what it has been like leading through this prolonged pandemic and the monumental effort to get rolls approved. What hurdles they had to go through to get buggy off the ground amidst state and school regulations, social distancing for a very social sport, and what they are hoping to do this year in lieu of a normal raceday

Will is joined by 4 women from with legendary buggy legacies from across the decades, having accomplished many "first ever"s, records, wins, and more. We get into those legacies, what it has meant to be a woman in Buggy, how that and the sport has evolved over time, reflections on lessons learned, and of course wacky buggy stories. Guests are: Chari Heim, Mindy Ross, Janice Schneekloth, and Jess Thurston

Not too long ago the only official footage of a given raceday was recorded on two handheld cameras, one in the lead truck and one in the follow truck. Will sits down with the two men who did all that filming, Matt Adler and Chris Stengle, as they they share some wild stories of the chaos of trying to capture the event while standing in the back of a moving truck, rule review controversy, the evolution of the sport and more on the season 2 debut of Chute the Shit!