Halftimes & Harmonies

After a brief hiatus due to winter break, Hope is back to talk about a major genre in the US during the 60s-80s: funk! Also in this episode, Hope provides context for the new professional women's basketball league: Unrivaled.

The new emerging genre of afrobeat is taking over the world and Hope dives into the history and some of the popular artists in the genre. With this episode airing the week before Thanksgiving, there is also a history lesson on how the annual Thanksgiving football games came to be.

Down to Brazil we go and talk about the exciting genre of Samba! With the unretirement of Lindsey Vonn, Hope also explains the history and rules of Alpine Skiing.

This episode was recorded on Halloween and both topics were all about October 31st and November 1st related events. For the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, Hope talks about the genre of folklorico and for Halloween, she dives into some spooky superstitions and other wacky sports facts.

Join Hope as she takes a trip to the Dominican Republic to talk about the up-tempo genre of merengue! She also dives into the game of rugby with its the rules and regulations and also the emerging superstar of Ilona Maher.

This week, we dive into the fusion genre of Baroque Pop! This combines the pasttimes of the Baroque Era in Western Europe with 1960s rock in England. This week we also got to hear from two of the four captains of the TCU Equestrian team and their journeys as athletes!

This week we take a trip to India and deep dive into the music featured in Hindi films and their most popular sport of cricket.

Welcome back to another special edition of Halftimes & Harmonies! This week I interviewed Seven Castain, a forward for the TCU Women's Soccer Team! We talked about her start to the sport, playing BYU in her home state of Utah, and also a fun lightning round at the end. I had some technical difficulties with my microphone but I hope you are still able to capture the essence of the interview! (This was also recorded prior to their trip to Lubbock this past weekend)

Carrie Underwood has been the face of NBC's Sunday Night Football anthem for 11 straight seasons and today I am taking a deep dive into the evolution of the song with the special help of my guitar!

What a week in the world of sports! I break down all of the highlights (and lowlights) of the crazy week in collegiate and professional sports.