Shoot Your Shot

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! In our much-anticipated Thanksgiving show we celebrate what we're thankful for including: our sister cities, Governor Gavin Newsom's winery, Mayor Robert Garcia's hair stylist, and the 7/11 rewards program to name a few.

ONE WEEK TIL THANKSGIVING! We called up David Leonard, the executive director of New Hope Grief Support, to talk about dealing with tragedy, grief, and loneliness especially during the holidays (18:11-42:23).

The Chosen One is rich after his trip to Vegas and The Boss Man is back to playing shows on Friday Night (1:03-18:11). The Chosen One is still beefing with Mayor Robert Garcia, while Governor Gavin Newsom shuts California down completely, again. Our funeral planner and the best in the business, Michele K, wants us to talk about why Mookie Betts didn’t win National League MVP. And a turf field might be going into El Dorado Park off of Studebaker and Stearns (42:23-1:14:34).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is Peyton Watson of Poly High School (1:14:34-1:19:00).

IT’S WINDYYYYY! We called up Dr. Debi Bober, a 5th grade teacher at Cubberley, to talk about how she’s adapting to virtual learning and how she claimed the title of “Teacher of the Year” in Long Beach and Los Angeles County (23:22-44:14).

We’re ticked off! The Boss Man and The Chosen One share their displeasure with “traffic heroes” (1:02-23:20). A half-naked man throwing rocks is tased in Belmont Shore and the boys discuss why it’s important not to shame nudity. An effort to recall Mayor Robert Garcia is called off, while he has a decent path to become California’s next senator. And what’s the difference between learning hub’s put on by parks and rec and in-person learning with a teacher? We try to uncover it (44:19-1:13:40).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is JP Crawford of the Seattle Mariners (1:13:40-1:23:49).

Election Day 2020! The Boss Man is on the road, while he and The Chosen One break down the 2020 Election in unique fashion. The Boss Man crushes his Halloween performance and he gives us an update on this year’s Turtleneck Party (1:03-42:30).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is JuJu Smith-Schuster of the Pittsburgh Steelers (42:31-49:41).

The Boss Man’s Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champs! We called up our good friends Chris Hubbard and Casey Casper who were at the championship clinching game 6. They break down the memorable experience (25:03-44:48).

The Boss Man discusses the ups and downs of being a Dodger fan and explains the ecstasy of finally becoming a champion (1:03-25:03).

As the official time podcast of Long Beach we explain how Daylight Savings works. There’s a mysterious yacht parked along the Long Beach coast, which can only mean our listeners bought us a Christmas present. And we discuss the mystery of kidney stones. What are they and why do we get them? (44:51-1:01:50).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is Justin Tuner of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1:01:50-1:02:55).

RonaV Week 32 in Long Beach! We called up our good friend Rahshaun Haylock and talked about his new role as a sports reporter for KTLA 5. He shares some fun stories reporting on the Rams, Chargers, and UCLA basketball (20:05-47:53).

The Chosen One is going on a business trip to Temecula as the Ambassador of Long Beach Sister City Relations aka he is going wine tasting. The Boss Man is fully confident in his Dodgers this World Series (1:03-20:05).

What’s happening in Long Beach? We want to go to Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, but Gavin Newsom won’t let us. We have a few 908 Ideas including a Soup/Salad Bar to replace the giant hole left by Souplantation’s shutdown. And we have a 908 Update on the giant monitor lizards that were stolen exactly a year ago (48:00-1:08:06).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is John Ross III of the Cincinnati Bengals…for now (1:08:06-1:17:24).

RonaV Week 31 in Long Beach! We called up the sports director of the Los Altos YMCA Rafi Howard to chat about some of the new programs he’s putting together for kids in Long Beach (28:51-50:14).

How’d we do last weekend? The Chosen One got a new car and The Boss Man got his car broken into because Mayor Robert Garcia has a hit out on Shoot Your Shot (allegedly) (1:03-28:51).

What’s happening in Long Beach? Long Beach has 7.3 Rona infections per 100,000 residents and can’t open up until that number is under seven. We discuss. The Queen Mary is back to its sketchy ways. A couple has yet to be given their $20,000 wedding deposit back because it’s probably being spent in Singapore right now (50:15-1:12:15).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is JuJu Smith-Schuster of the Pittsburgh Steelers (1:12:15-1:13:57).

RonaV Week 30 in Long Beach! We called up our good friend and mentor Dan Gooch to talk quarantine and the Long Beach Century Club (23:32-52:34).

What’s happening in Long Beach? The Long Beach Unified School District is named a top-5 employer according to Forbes and the only reason is because of our good friend Chill Baker. Directors of the Queen Mary are arrested in Singapore, which makes the Queen Mary the sketchiest place in the city. And we reveal the official list of Long Beach’s sister cities (53:39-1:12:49).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is Travis d’Arnaud of the Atlanta Braves (1:12:49-1:18:59).

RonaV Week 29 in Long Beach it’s our (just in case) Funeral Episode! The Chosen One and The Boss Man prerecord one final podcast to be played at their joint funeral (49:03-1:16:41).

What’s happening in Long Beach? There’s obviously a RonaV outbreak at Long Beach State after multiple off-campus parties. We’ve finally solved the mystery of what’s replacing the Albertson’s off of Spring & Palo Verde. And breweries and wineries are finally opening in Long Beach because Governor Gavin Newsom was losing money on the winery he owns (allegedly) (1:01-45:24).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is Marcedes Lewis of the Green Bay Packers (45:24-49:03).

RonaV Week 28 in Long Beach! Has this been the worst week of all time? The Boss Man has the flu, but is NEGATIVE for the Rona. The Chosen One almost gets his car stolen AGAIN and thinks Mayor Bobby Garcia is out to get him (1:03-21:13).

The Library foundation raises $3.3 million towards the Billie Jean King Library and the boys can name 3.3 million better ways to spend that money (21:13-31:16). Governor Gavin Newsom moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Will it hold up? (31:16-36:02).

As always we ended the show with the 908 Athlete of the Week. This week is Jurrell Casey of the Denver Broncos (36:02-39:17).