In a Pickle with Kat & Jamie

We sat down with PPA Pros Ben Newell and Yana Grechkina to talk pickleball, marketing, and...marriage?!?

In this episode, recorded back at the APP St. Louis tournament in May, our original plans fell through. So we asked Andrea Koop to dinner. She said yes. And she invited Zane Navratil to go with us. Then we invited Maggie Remynse to go too. Everyone said yes. So we ate and drank and were merry. Cheers!

We're baaaack!! And wow, is our timing perfect or what? We sat down with Jack Oxler, pickleball pro at the original Chicken & Pickle. We interviewed him just before his fantastic run in men's doubles with Ben Newell at the PPA Austin tournament.

When we first asked Jack to sit and chat with us, he was...trepidatious, to say the least. But once we got going, we think you'll find him knowledgeable, delightful, and eager about the state and future of pickleball.

Hear the second half of Lauren McLaughlin's interview with Katherine & Jamie. Learn all about the APP and why you (yes, YOU!) should play tournament pickleball with the APP.

For December, we present our first two-part interview with whom we consider to be THE VOICE of pickleball, Ms. Lauren McLaughlin. Hear her take on the changing game of pickleball, where the sport may be headed for pros, and her endearing take on children ( orrrr...not).

Katherine sits down with local (to Kansas City) pickleball celebrities Zack Taylor & Jake Triplett. Zack is rising fast in the pickleball ranks, winning multiple medals at 5.0 in 2021. And Jake is one of the funniest guys you will ever meet. Ever.

Jamie takes this episode off while Katherine tries to make it through the episode without water shooting our her nose. Give this podcast a listen!

Without a studio for Episode 5, we invited Lindsey and Riley Newman to the dining room table for a pickleball conversation. After picking our jaws up from the floor when they said, "Sure!," we had what we think is the most fun interview to date. Though they are ALL business on the court, they can kick back and relax with the best of us. Thanks for listening!

Pat Smith has a cool nickname, The Winter Soldier. But is he winter cool?? We will let you decide...

Katherine and Jamie sit down with KaSandra Gehrke and talk pickleball, pandemic, and pending nuptials. Tune in to this one...we dare you.

Kat & Jamie are back at it, interviewing doubles partners, Lauren Stratman and Lea Jansen. We laugh a lot, discuss what happened (or didn't happen!) with the women's events at the Pickleball World's, and dive deep into hard-hitting topics such as nicknames and our guests' love for all things Star Wars. 🤨