Alrighty, here we are. A Duneful Dinner Table of Mindfulness to kick us off (1:43) and then it's into some 1332 Hot Takes (5:46). We've got Steven Adams' Grizzlies fit - compared to Jonas Valanciunas on the Pellies (not to be confused with Nikola Vucevic who is... also a basketballer) - as well as the Warriors rounding a few corners late in the season. Then Vitamin Stats where the Kiwi NRL debutant class of 2021 keeps expanding and Charlisse Leger Walker is out here dominating the NZ league (18:43), before we go Deep in the Mangroves with Flying Kiwis Transfer Season and some Lydia Ko perseverence/excellence (25:30). Question Time offers up some more Leger-Walker chat and a Kiwi NRL debutant vs Kiwis on Aussie NBL rosters comparison (36:40)... then some musical Jams to polish things off with Fat Freddy's Drop plus Troy Kingi & Delaney Davidson popping up (48:09). Yeah, go on then.

Been a minute since we last talked Blackcaps so you can imagine this one went overtime. Dose of Mindfulness to begin (1:34), then some Post Olympic Buzz (3:16) and a bit of Kiwi NRL (3:16) to whet the appetite some more. Chuck in a little Flying Kiwis and Welly Nix football chat (6:41) and then mate it's all in on the cricket (23:47). Three squads, lots of names. We chat Todd Astle and Tim Seifert's selections, preferred World T20 XIs, breakout dudes from the second tier squad, and more.

The Olympics are over but still gotta keep the Tokyo 2020 themed 1332 Hot Takes going so chuck in some love for NZ Teamers peaking with PBs even without medals and then big ups to Lydia Ko who went hundies for a glittering bronze (6:45). There are Vitamin Stats about the Aotearoa medal haul and Adam Milne's short-form form (12:51) and trips Deep in the Mangroves about Flying Kiwis Transfer Season and a new UFC recruit from the CKB whanau in Mike 'Blood' Diamond (18:54). Then Question Time with post Olympic footballers and post Olympic work (32:45), a quick yarn about the Breakers & Phoenix (42:25), and then musical Jams with Diggy Dupe and Ty Segall (46:18). Oh and it starts with a head-belter of a Fruit Bowl of Mindfulness (2:16). Dig in.

It's all Olympics today. Nothing but Olympics. Starting with a Jungle/Desert of Mindfulness about greatness (1:36) and then talking through the Aotearoa women leading the way in Tokyo from Valerie Adams and Lisa Carrington to Laurel Hubbard (3:56), new events like sport climbing and surfing settling in perfectly and the historical context of all that (27:53), and whatever else happened to come up during an enjoyably loose convo.

As you might be able to guess, we're feeling very Olympic today. Following some Clouds of Mindfulness (1:03) it's straight into some Olympic Hot Takes as OlyWhites pride and kiwi medalist personalities get the spotlight (2:39) before Vitamin Stats serves up some Valerie Adams excellence to go with Aotearoa Women's Sevens dominance (12:25). It's Deep In The Mangroves with some crazy yarns regarding New Zealand's original pre-NZ medallists and then back to the present day with three more Kiwi NRL debutants (19:18)... with Question Time offering our favourite non-NZ moments of Tokyo 2020 so far (31:54) and then gotta finish with some fine musical Jams (38:01). Go for gold.

It's Olympic season, so we've shaken up the formula to start with an Olympic Idea first of all (3:20) - with the concept of the Great Olympic Moment getting a buzz as well as a celebration of the spectacle of cycling. Then it's Deep In The Mangroves time where, would you look at this, a hot-off-the-press Steven Adams trade gets the breakdown as well as Roger Tuivasa-Sheck rugby union scouting (11:13)... and then Question Time serves up some more RTS and a little Will Somerville (21:10). Chuck some Jams on top of that toast and away we go.

We're already doing a specialist Olympics pod for our Patreon crew so this one's all about non-Olympics stuff... like the NBA Finals and Giannis Antetokounmpo (3:00), like our various workloads parallel to Tokyo 2020 (11:34), like the continuing trend of kiwi basketballers in the Aussie NBL (20:50), like the state of the NRL season (30:24), and like an extended comparison between the Breakers and the Warriors and their disappointing/challenging seasons (39:25). Dig.

Bit of a treat for ya here, it's a bonus edition of our new Patreon Almost Daily podcast series, covering the Tokyo Olympics. Sign up at http://www.patreon.com/elnichecache for a minimum pledge of $1/month (or more if you're generous, por favor) to get access to the rest of them but here's a kiwi preview for free-skees. Starting with a Gust of Mindfulness (3:03) and then a quick detour to talk about The Warriors Curse (7:25) and then we basically just rip through a heap of different sports talking about the medal hopes of the Aotearoa reps within. From water sports prowess (16:36) to rugby sevens (29:43) to Lydia Ko in the golf (44:47) to the football and hockey teams (48:15) and more.

Support The Niche Cache on Patreon so that we can keep on serving up the goodness... and a huge shout out to those of you who already do - don't forget to hit us up with your questions/comments on Patreon and we'll talk about them on the next Almost Daily later in the week.

Chock-a-block right here. There's a cheeky Motorway of Mindfulness courtesy of the Ancient Greeks (1:36) to get us started then a few ideas on Olympic Basketball follow on (5:13). There's combat sports chat after that with Israel Adesanya and Joseph Parker featuring prominently (18:37) and then the Kiwi NRL debutants keep on coming in our final segment (39:36). Fire away.

Variety time folks, and since it's winter gotta start with a Heater of Mindfulness (2:28) which happens to spin off into some chat about outdated sports punditry as a hot take appetiser. Then comes the real 1332 Hot Takes (8:47) as Breakers recruitment, Dustin Poirier's hero status, and the tv guide clash of Country Calendar vs the Warriors all get nudges. Vitamin Stats offers up Olympic medal benchmarks and T20 Blast efforts (19:25), before Deep In The Mangroves meets an unusually grumpy Tom Sermanni and a bit of Joey Manu positional class (25:56)... with Questions serving up Tokyo gold medal hopes and a Kiwi NRL lead MVP trio (36:46). A few musical Jams to finish (46:21) and there we go.