Rayquan Anderson is a college basketball player who sews his own clothes in his dorm room, travels to New York alone for the day, draws cartoon characters nobody knows about, and is quietly building a fashion brand from the ground up all while playing Division III ball.

This conversation is about what it actually looks like to be a creative person who doesn't fit into one box. Ray breaks down how music shapes what he makes, why expression through physical art hits different than any other medium, and what separates someone grinding with thrift store fabric from someone running a full-time clothing brand at 22.

We also get into Nietzsche's idea that suffering is the raw material of great art, the psychology of standing out, and why the best athletes and the best artists are doing the exact same thing.

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Time Stamps:

0:00 – Intro & Welcome
1:24 – High School Career: From 2 PPG to 18 & 12
2:39 – Freshman Season at Elms
5:07 – FDU Camp & Coach Hack Stories
7:29 – Fashion, Style & Making Clothes
11:57 – How It All Started: Grandma's Sewing Machine
13:52 – Nietzsche, Art & Fashion as Self-Expression
19:20 – Fashion Mentor & The Road to Going Full-Time
27:45 – Picknelly Park Intramural Ball
33:03 – StratSim & The Car Company Chaos

Aden Goffe is back on Shipped Across the Border and a lot has changed since the last time he sat down with us.

He started the season as one of the top scorers in all of D3 basketball, then tore his MCL and watched the rest of the year from the sideline. In this episode, Aden breaks down how he got to that level, what he picked up watching games from the bench, and where his head is at heading into next year.

We also get into his run in the Beyond All Odds 1v1 tournament, his plans to open a sports complex, picking up DJing during his recovery, and the real reason he plays the game even when it gets hard.

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Timestamps;

0:00 — Intro & Welcome Back to Aden Goffe
1:42 — MCL Tear & Leading D3 in Scoring
3:03 — Off-Season Work: What Aden Actually Focused On
4:53 — Going Pro? Overseas Ball & The Sports Complex Dream
7:32 — Breaking Down the Sports Complex Business (Hoop Dome, Spooky Nook)
9:47 — Small Town Canada & The Legendary After Prom Party
11:46 — Beyond All Odds 1v1 Tournament Breakdown
15:16 — How the 1v1 Rules Work (4 Dribbles, Up to 30, 8-Second Clock)
19:39 — Picking Up DJing During Injury Recovery
22:47 — Life Without Basketball: Managing Free Time & Boredom
26:45 — Calisthenics, Muscle-Ups & Trying Something New
30:04 — The Specialization Theory: You Can Only Be Great at 1–3 Things
38:19 — Strength Training Goals, Body Composition & Diet Deep Dive
48:24 — Picknelly Park 3v3 League: How It Started
53:37 — Coach Parks' First-Half Explosion & SATB's Comeback Win
1:00:34 — Aden's Full College Career Reflection (Year by Year)
1:07:39 — Mental Blocks: Being Too Analytical & Boxing Yourself In
1:13:39 — Spotlight Syndrome: Why He Needs a Crowd to Play His Best
1:16:07 — Playing for the Legacy: What His Kids Will See One Day

In this episode, we crack open Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy and ask why the hell making stuff (music, memes, paintings, podcasts) actually makes life feel worth living. We get into chaos, suffering, and that weird rush of creating something out of the mess, and argue that art might be the most human way to redeem all the nonsense we go through. If you've ever wondered why you feel better after making anything, this one's for you

In this episode of Shipped Across The Border, we sit down with Jamie Lawson Jr. to break down what our first college basketball season at Elms really felt like, from adjusting to the competition and expectations to getting through a year defined by constant lineup changes and injuries. We recap the 10 win season as a big program milestone while also being real about the frustration of missing the playoffs when we were right on the edge.

From there, we get into what it actually takes to level up. We talk about how winning programs build continuity, why basketball IQ separates top teams, and how Jamie wants to train this offseason by tracking workouts and shooting so the improvement is measurable and not just a feeling. In the back half, we pivot into a surprisingly deep debate on when kids should get phones, how social media and child fame can mess with development, and why parents have to build structure so talent does not get swallowed by hype.

We close with next year plans, our schedule philosophy, record goals, and what it would mean for Elms to start earning real postseason recognition and performance based awards.

Topics we cover:

• Freshman season reality check, team growth, and the playoff miss

  
  

• Injuries, depth, and constantly changing lineups

  
  

• Program building and continuity

  
  

• Offseason development plan, tracking, shooting work, getting quicker and stronger

  
  

• Kids and phones, TikTok and child star fame, and why hype can ruin talent

  
  

• Next year goals, scheduling, conference expectations, postseason recognition

  
  

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  00:26 – Full intro, Jamie’s first college season and expectations

  07:02 – Building a program, St. Joe’s Maine continuity and winning over years

  13:40 – Offseason plan: IQ, quickness, physicality, and tracking shots

  20:56 – Life after hoops: structure, screen time, needing a new video game

  23:43 – Phone debate: what age should kids get phones

  29:04 – Kids, content, and money: early phones, TikTok, and viral child creators

  32:34 – Child stars vs TikTok fame: Bieber, Baby Gronk, Disney kids

  35:54 – Psychological cost of fame, parents’ responsibility, “getting treated different”

  38:15 – Julian Newman example and what happens when validation disappears

  39:41 – Transition point toward getting back on hoops / future focus

  41:05 – Pivot back to basketball, offseason routine (open gym, lifting)

  42:06 – Spring break plans and LA talk (In-N-Out, Venice Beach, Roscoe’s)

  44:40 – Screen time limiters, “fiending,” and why Facebook becomes rock bottom

  48:42 – Childhood screen time restrictions, going outside, and how parenting flipped

  52:21 – Back to hoops: Northeast vs North Carolina style of play differences

  55:03 – Individual + team goals for next year (awards, shooting, playoffs, Final Four talk)

  59:17 – Non-conference scheduling debate: tougher teams vs easier wins

  59:46 – Balance take: need confidence-building wins and “learn from losses” games

  01:00:16 – Next year schedule philosophy: tougher teams vs easier wins (continued)

  01:01:43 – Ideal record talk: 16–9 overall, 10–6 in conference

  01:02:43 – Shout out Mary Turco, all-conference awards, program profile

  01:03:36 – Final words, closing prompt

The whistle blew. The season ended. Now What? This week on Shipped Across the Border, Chris and Max get raw about life after college basketball, what it means to walk away from something you poured 15+ years into, how your body and mind shift when the grind is finally over, and why the hardest part wasn't the ending itself, but realizing how much mental weight you were carrying the whole time.

Max opens up about spotlight syndrome the belief that your performance defined how everyone around you saw you and why it took the end of his career to finally take those glasses off. They also get into calisthenics as a new pursuit, the one-to-one input/output ratio that basketball never gave, and a wild philosophical tangent courtesy of Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy.

We close it out with another debate: is it consistency or intensity that separates the ones who make it from the ones who don't?

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Time Stamps:

00:00 – Intro / Season's Over
Setting up the episode — end of the season, life after college basketball.

01:13 – No Regrets
15+ years of basketball, zero regrets, and what the journey gave him as a person.

04:28 – The Physical Toll
Ankle injuries, back issues, sickness — and how it all mentally prepared him for the end.

06:23 – Sudden vs. Gradual Endings
Chris and Max compare their two very different ways of walking away from the game.

12:03 – What Would've Made Him Want More?
His NBA 2K starting attributes, his ceiling, and why he's at peace with the level he reached.

17:42 – Calisthenics: Bandaid or New Purpose?
Why bodybuilding was just filling a hole, and why calisthenics hits differently.

31:01 – Spotlight Syndrome
The biggest lesson from basketball being over — he was projecting his intensity onto everyone else's perception of him.

38:29 – Bright Lights & Getting Out of Your Head
Performance anxiety, "big moment" psychology, and the Mike Tyson effect.

48:33 – Nietzsche & the 10-Page Inquiry
A deep philosophical rabbit hole inspired by Nietzsche's Birth of Tragedy — teased for a future episode.

51:22 – Consistency vs. Intensity
Which archetype actually wins in basketball and in life?

In this episode, we sit down with maxes dad, Mark Rolnick, to talk about feeling lost in your 20s, what fatherhood actually does to you, and the life lessons you only learn by making mistakes

We talk about:

• Feeling lost in your 20s (and 50s)

• How basketball helped shape my discipline and balance

• The anger issues I had growing up and how I channeled them

• What it's really like to become a father

• Parenting through chaos: going from "man-to-man to zone defense"

• Marriage advice after 25+ years together

• Career mistakes, missed opportunities, and what he'd do differently

• What makes life meaningful at 52

  
  

This episode gets real about fatherhood, finding your path, and the messy process of growing up. Whether you're navigating your 20s or thinking about what comes next, there's something here for you.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 - Intro & Senior Day Celebration
02:03 - Mark at Max's Age: College Basketball Dreams
05:03 - Feeling Lost in Your 20s
07:31 - First Real Failures and Missed Opportunities
09:34 - Wishing He Played College Sports
12:34 - Basketball Helps Maintain Balance
16:26 - Senior Day Reflections and Growth
19:38 - Worrying About Max: Therapy and Development
22:26 - Anger Issues and Growth Through Basketball
26:32 - The Left Hand Layup Fight
30:24 - "Were You Ready to Be a Father?"
35:25 - Man-to-Man Defense to Zone Defense
38:37 - Surrounding Yourself with the Right People
44:01 - Hardest Age to Parent
48:27 - The Secret to a Long Marriage
52:25 - Mistakes from Your 20s
56:58 - Advice That Gets Ignored
01:00:21 - What to Keep: Competitiveness and Caring
01:06:07 - The Medai Signing: A Proud Father Moment
01:10:05 - What Makes Life Meaningful?
01:15:10 - Staying in Shape at 52
01:20:14 - What Still Scares You?
01:22:39 - "When Did You Feel Like a Man?"
01:25:29 - Final Wisdom: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

For the first time in Shoots Across the Border history… we had to censor an episode.

This week we’ve got Arik Dagan new Elms transfer, and this might be the most unhinged hour we’ve ever recorded.

In this episode we get into:

-Winning a conference championship and transferring to Elms

-Running a mobile detailing business as a college hooper

-Why video games are mid and “eating dirt” builds character

-AI making money useless, “optimal socialism,” and whether anyone would still grind

-Drugs, creatine, status, and if being jacked from a pill is cheating

-Canada slander, Hebrew, and pure locker-room chaos

⚠️ This is the edited version for YouTube/Spotify.

For the fully uncensored, raw episode (farts, offensive jokes, and everything we couldn’t leave in), hit the link below.

Fully Uncensored Podcast: https://youtu.be/fydT7FiuTB0

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In this episode, Chris and Max dive into the chaos of winter break and post-college life. Chris recounts casino trips gone wrong, a shattered rear windshield from extreme temperature swings, and spamming 175 job applications in a week-and-a-half sprint, landing a creative social media role with a small Massachusetts company where he'll film crews, edit content, and build their brand from the ground up. We swap stories of dodging campus scams like fake giveaway emails for iPhones and MacBooks that nearly tricked teammates into wiring "shipping" fees and a wild remote job hustle that sounded too good to be true. Off the court, we reflect on balancing burnout, family time, calisthenics goals like muscle-ups, dreams of Japan trips, and building skills now to chase bigger adventures later without getting stuck.

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00:00 – Intro, winter break, setting the tone
07:00 – Injuries, sickness, being shorthanded
16:00 – Comeback game, big three, playoff implications
21:00 – Job search, interviews, post-grad plans
31:00 – Content creation job opportunity & future vision
34:00 – Campus scam emails & AI fraud talk
42:30 – Mental grind of winter break as an athlete
59:00 – Life balance, burnout, relying on one pillar
1:10:00 – Business ideas, money math, closing thoughts

In this episode, we sit down with Donel Kabongo-Mutombo, one of the program’s true freshmen, to talk honestly about what freshman year of college basketball really looks like behind the scenes. From open runs and early expectations to injuries, limited minutes, and learning the mental side of the game, Donel breaks down the adjustment from high school to college hoops.

We get into the realities of earning trust instead of minutes, how injuries can derail momentum, and why maturity, emotional control, and understanding your role matter just as much as raw talent. Donel also shares what he’s learned from watching games on the sidelines, navigating a season-ending injury, and preparing for surgery with the goal of coming back stronger next year.

This episode is a candid look at the humbling process of freshman year, the mental side of development, and what it really takes to grow as a college athlete.

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• 00:00 – Intro, who Donel is, why he’s on, freshman-year context​

• 05:00 – Early runs, ISO D nickname, dunk on Sam, realizing college physicality​

• 10:00 – Competing at the 4/5, expectations vs reality, moving from the five to the four​

• 15:00 – Post work, sealing, why good post play is rare, battling stronger bigs like Adam​

• 20:00 – Donel’s shoulder/labrum injury, Max’s tibia fracture, mistakes rushing back​

• 25:00 – Offseason goals, becoming more of a threat, defensive versatility, learning team defense​

• 30:00 – Freshman-year humility, older teammates, being reset on the totem pole

• 35:00 – Role acceptance, carving out a niche, doing what helps the team win​

• 40:00 – Practice culture and intensity, drill expectations, consequences for repeated mistakes​

• 45:00 – High school vs college: IQ, plays, speed, level of scouting and preparation​

• 50:00 – Game stories and specific matchups, playing against bigger/stronger opponents​

• 55:00 – Balancing academics and basketball, grades impacting playing time​

• 1:00:00 – Confidence, mindset when minutes are low, staying engaged from the bench​

• 1:05:00 – Leadership from vets, what good older guys do for freshmen​

• 1:10:00 – Lessons from injury: seeing the game from the sideline, perspective shifts​

• 1:15:00 – Looking ahead: next season goals, advice for incoming freshmen, closing thoughts

This episode is exactly what happens when basketball players are given microphones and too much time.

Jack is back on the pod, and what starts as a casual “chop it up” turns into a full-blown debate about shooting streaks, confidence, opportunity, and how early-season performance can define an entire year for unproven players.

We dive deep into:

- Whether it’s better to start hot or finish hot as a shooter

- How perception shapes minutes, roles, and trust

- Why early opportunity matters more than raw percentages

- DJ Watkins’ breakout and the snowball effect of confidence

- Injury setbacks and earning your runway back

- Isolation defense, help defense, and what actually wins games

- And finally… a dangerous NBA comparison argument that absolutely did not need to happen.

Basketball psychology, locker-room logic, and borderline-unhinged hypotheticals collide in one of the most honest conversations about opportunity, variance, and proving yourself at the college level.

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00:00 – Intro, podcast energy immediately derails

02:00 – Jack returns, recent games, early-season context

02:45 – Shooting percentages debate begins (make-first vs make-last dilemma)

05:00 – Hot streak vs cold streak psychology and confidence

08:15 – Opportunity, perception, and why early makes matter for unproven player

12:45 – First three games hypothetical and season-start leverage

15:30 – Bench roles, minutes, and how opportunity actually disappears

18:00 – DJ Watkins discussion and early-season breakout impact

22:00 – “If the season restarted 100 times” simulation talk

24:30 – Women’s team praise and elite player shoutouts

25:15 – Jack’s injury explanation and return timeline

27:30 – Confidence, proving yourself post-injury, and shot selection

29:00 – Isolation defense debate begins

33:00 – Help defense vs island defense breakdown

38:00 – Defensive statistics, hypotheticals, and film arguments

44:00 – NBA player comparison spiral (dangerous territory)

47:00 – Scalabrine/McClung/Jokic gap argument

49:00 – Closing thoughts and wrap-up

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