TrapDraw Podcast – No Laying Up

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The TrapDraw is No Laying Up’s podcast playground for all topics beyond the world of golf. Episode formats vary week to week and usually include Chop Sessions (where hosts TC & Randy explore their many eclectic interests), The Booth (where Neil & Cody interrogate each other), Interviews (with subject-matter experts from a wide swath of society), and Perfect Clubs (in-depth examinations of pop culture phenomenons). Through the TrapDraw members of No Laying Up are able to share glimpses into their daily lives with their most ardent, engaged audience.

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Episode 241: Succession Sea...

05.30.2023

Our final Succession pod is here. Tron, D.J., Neil and KVV are joined by TrapDraw contributors Rory McIlroy and Timothy Simons to discuss the finale, the final season and a bunch of stupid, unanswerable questions about the Waystar Royco universe. ...

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05.30.2023 Episode 241: Succession Season 4 Recap Our final Succession pod is here. Tron, D.J., Neil and KVV are joined by TrapDraw contributors Rory McIlroy and Timothy Simons to discuss the finale, the final season and a bunch of stupid, unanswerable questions about the Waystar Royco universe. ...
05.24.2023 Episode 240: The Booth Vol. 5 with Neil & Cody Neil and Cody are back in the Booth for a fifth installment to recap Cody's San Fransisco adventures, Neil's Making Media podcast appearance, some good gifting ideas and more. Then, (45:45) the guys break down Cody's wild month and the ...
05.17.2023 Episode 239: NFL Off-Season Discussion It's been a minute since Tron, Randy, KVV, and Micah Pueschel (aka Mr. Poosh) have chatted, so that ends today. The four hit a little news of the day before diving into the NFL. They recap the draft, touch a ...
05.10.2023 Episode 238: TC & Randy Chop Session TC & Randy are back to chop it up this week! They have a whole bunch of items to catch up on, including the arrest of Jackson Mahomes, extravagant toddler birthday parties in Los Angeles, and giant seaweed clumps possibly ...
05.02.2023 Episode 237: NFL Owners Series pt. 1 On this week's Trap Draw Neil, Tron and KVV take a deep dive into the lives of two owners, and a soon to be former owner, of NFL franchises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.27.2023 Episode 236: The Booth Vol. 4 with Neil, Cody and KVV Neil and Cody are back in the Booth for a fourth installment to recap Neil's recent half marathon. Then, (32:45) we welcome in KVV to review his experience reporting and crafting his recent, and final, piece for ESPN on the ...
04.20.2023 Episode 235: TC Chop Session with Charlie Warzel With Randy out on vacation, TC welcomes Charlie Warzel back to the TrapDraw to follow up on the reaction to his article in the Atlantic on the state of tipping and a chop session covering cooking, airlines, recent AI advancements, ...
04.12.2023 Episode 234: Talking The Association w/ Bob Sturm We're talking NBA basketball this week! Randy is joined by Bob Sturm (@SportsSturm on twitter) to discuss the joy of sitting court-side, the mess developing in Dallas, All-NBA teams, and the most interesting playoff matchups. You can check out all ...
04.05.2023 Episode 233: TC & Randy Chop Session TC & Randy return to chop it up this week! They run down the biggest, most important stories from around the world. Enjoy! TrapDraw Listener Line: 1-(833)-330-8725 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
03.29.2023 Episode 232: The Booth Vol. 3 with Neil & Cody It's Neil and Cody this week on the Trap Draw with another edition of The Booth. First up, some observations from our time at the Match Play last week in Austin. After a brief detour into sub shops and mobile ...
03.22.2023 Episode 231: "Succession" Perfect Club with Rory McIlroy DJ, KVV and Neil are joined by - yes you read the title correctly - Rory McIlroy for a review of the first three seasons of HBO's "Succession". As the fourth and final season premieres in a few days we ...
03.14.2023 Episode 230: March Madness Bracketology with ESPN's Seth Greenberg The field is set, the games begin soon, so grab a bracket and let's pick a winner for the 2023 NCAA men's basketball tournament. Joining Randy to break down the teams, players and bracket is ESPN college basketball analyst, Seth ...
03.06.2023 Episode 229: 4th Annual Oscars Extravaganza It's time for the 4th-annual Oscars extravaganza!! DJ Pie and Randy are joined once again by special guest (and Hollywood big-shot) Timothy Simons (@timothycsimons on twitter) to get you ready for the show Sunday night. The first hour of the ...
03.05.2023 Episode 228: Airports 3.0! A TrapDraw tradition is back! TC sits down with each member of NLU to discuss their air travel over the last twelve months including best and worst experiences, favorite new airport they've visited, our experiences with various airlines, airport dining ...
02.23.2023 Episode 227: TC & Randy Chop Session + Charlie Warzel on the State of Tipping TC& Randy are back to bring you the most important news of the day. They begin with mea culpas, housekeeping items, and listener voicemails. Next, it's a robust monitoring list capped off with some various sports takes. Finally, in the ...
02.17.2023 Episode 226: TrapDraw Special Report In light of recent events, TC and Cody fire up a special edition of the TrapDraw to cover the train derailment in Ohio, the Chinese spy balloon and a robust agenda of updates from all over the globe. Learn more ...
02.14.2023 Episode 225: The Booth Vol. 2 with Neil & Cody Cody and Neil return for a second installment of The Booth. After a brief journey through the pitfalls of home ownership, the guys go one on one with questions for each other covering a variety of topics. Learn more about ...
02.08.2023 Episode 224: TC & Randy Chop Session TC & Randy are back this week to discuss, and hopefully solve, the world's issues. They play voicemails, go over several housekeeping items, and get into a robust agenda. Enjoy! TrapDraw Listener Line: 1-833-330-8725 Learn more about your ad choices. ...
02.02.2023 Episode 223: NFL Roundtable This week's episode is an NFL Roundtable with TC, Randy, KVV, and Micah Pueschel aka Mr. Poosh (of the band Iration). They eulogize the Niners and Bengals, look ahead to the Super Bowl in a couple weeks, and then close ...
01.26.2023 Episode 222: TC & Randy Chop Session Chop Session time! TC & Randy unpack their recent adventures, share some voicemails, react to the NFL weekend, and run down the most important news stories from across the globe. Enjoy! TrapDraw Listener Line: 1-(833)-330-8725 Learn more about your ad ...
01.19.2023 Episode 221: The Booth! (w/ Neil & Cody) Lots of new things percolating on the TrapDraw this year, and one such thing we're very excited about is welcoming Sarge and the Merch Czar each month for 'In the Booth' episodes. These episodes are honest, open, wide-ranging discussions between ...
01.09.2023 Episode 220: TC & Randy Chop Session TC and Randy are here for the first chop session of 2023. They have a host of stories to catch up on, look ahead to the NFL playoffs, and unveil the much-anticipated Listener Line! The Listener Line is for anybody ...
12.30.2022 Episode 219: 2023 Goals! It's time for one of our favorite traditions--our annual Goals episode! Randy, TC, Soly, DJ and Neil assign a label to the new year, go through their respective 2022 goals, and reveal their new goals for the new year. Enjoy! ...
12.21.2022 Episode 218: TC & Randy Chop Session 2022 comes to a close on the TrapDraw in fitting style with a chop session featuring TC & Randy. They attempt to work through a robust agenda of only the most important news items from across the globe, including some ...
12.13.2022 Episode 217: "The Long Golden Afternoon" by Stephen Proctor Today's show is a conversation with writer Stephen Proctor (@SProctorGolf on twitter) about his new book, "The Long Golden Afternoon: Golf's Age of Glory, 1864-1914." This book is an expertly-researched, easy-to-read look into a half-century of the game which sets ...
12.08.2022 Episode 216: Football Chop Session This week's show is all about football. Joining TC & Randy are two familiar faces, Micah Pueschel (front-man for the band Iration) and Kevin Van Valkenburg (writer for ESPN). The show kicks off with a bit of college football discussion, ...
11.30.2022 Episode 215: Wrapping Up the 2022 LPGA Season with Beth Ann Nichols On this week's episode Randy talks with Golfweek's Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) about the 2022 LPGA season. They begin by examining the strong words of CME Group's Terry Duffy ahead of the Tour Championship and what that says about current ...
11.21.2022 Episode 214: 2022-2023 College Basketball Preview (ft. The Athletic's Brendan Quinn) This week Randy is talking college hoops with Brendan Quinn of The Athletic. In addition to his writing at The Athletic, Brendan is on twitter @BFQuinn and co-hosts 'The Moving Screen' podcast. He and Randy talk about the best players ...
11.17.2022 BONUS Episode: Q&A with TC & Randy It's a bonus episode! TC & Randy invited any questions last week and dutifully answer said queries here--enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11.17.2022 Episode 213: TC & Randy Chop Session PLUS 2022 World Cup Preview ft. THG TC and Randy are back this week to talk about the happenings of the world. Randy debriefs on his retreat up to the monastery, the two clean-up some loose ends from last week, drop a few important sports takes, and ...
11.09.2022 Episode 212: TC & Randy Chop Session Another week, another chop session with TC & Randy. And to spice things up they get some pet peeves off their chests while also discussing world events, sports, and so much more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
11.01.2022 Episode 211: TC & Randy Chop Session TC & Randy are back for another chop session this week as there is simply too much to get to! They hit on a few news items before diving into the world of NFL, NBA, CFB, and more. Enjoy! DraftKings ...
10.27.2022 Episode 210: TC & Randy Chop Session So much to talk about this week as TC & Randy reunite to discuss the state of the world. Tron is back from Korea where Lil Kimmy stood him up on their planned summit, Randy is back from some boondoggles ...
10.19.2022 Episode 209: "When Revelation Comes" by Jim Hartsell Today's show is a conversation between Randy and Jim Hartsell about Jim's new book, "When Revelation Comes". The book is available now through Back9 Press and is Jim's second book. Besides his full-length writing, Jim writes at his website, jhartsellgolf.com, ...
10.11.2022 Episode 208: MLB Playoff Preview (w/ Dom Cotroneo) Baseball in October is a beautiful thing, nothing beats the pressure of playoff baseball. With all four Division Series beginning today, the TrapDraw has you covered. On today's episode Randy is joined by Dominic Cotroneo (@Dom_Cotroneo on twitter) to preview ...
10.05.2022 Episode 207: TC & Randy Chop Session It's a chop session this week with TC & Randy. They have some sincere apologies to make for last week's audio, get into all the cheating scandals around the world of sports, and catch-up on both sports and non-sports stories ...
09.29.2022 Episode 206: What's Going On in the World (with The Sarge) TC & Randy have been long overdue to catch up with The Sarge, Cody McBride, and ask him what is going on in the world. The trio discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, protests in Iran, the rumored coup in ...
09.22.2022 Episode 205: Catching Up With The Merch Czar What a treat when the Merch Czar, Neil Schuster, drops by the show! He joins TC & Randy to discuss current events before detailing his recent ascent of Mt. Rainier. From the pre-climb training to whether he's now a full-blown ...
09.14.2022 Episode 204: TC & Randy Chop Session TC & Randy have a ton to run through in this week's show. They begin with some critical mea culpas, pay tribute to the passing of the Queen, debrief on the week in Cincy at the LPGA tournament, check-in on ...
09.07.2022 Episode 203: LPGA Tour Talk w/ Beth Ann Nichols In this week's episode Tron and Randy welcome in Golfweek senior writer Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) to discuss all things LPGA tour. From Brooke Henderson's major triumph at the Evian to Lexi's near-miss at Congressional, they catch up on the ...
09.02.2022 Episode 202: NFL Team Draft Today's show is an NFL season preview of sorts. Tron, Randy, Kevin Van Valkenburg (ESPN) and Micah Pueschel (Iration) will be going through the entire league drafting eight teams each for a season-long competition based on the following scoring system: ...
08.24.2022 Episode 201: TC & Randy Chop Session Tron and Randy are back this week with some unfinished business. They correct some mistakes from last week, unpack TC's trip to Delaware, highlight reading and listening subjects of note, and then get into the most important news stories from ...
08.18.2022 Episode 200: TC & Randy Chop Session Two hundred episodes! What a world. On today's show Tron and Randy catch up on a bunch of news and items of interest, including recent airline experiences, Randy's trip to Iowa at the Field of Dreams, and so much more. ...
08.13.2022 Episode 199: The Universe On this week's Trap Draw Tron is joined by Chris Dupuis - aka Astrodupes - to take a deep, deep dive into the world of astrophysics and astronomy. Chris helps us understand his research into galaxies as well as dark ...
08.03.2022 Episode 198: "The Bear" Perfect Club On this week's Trap Draw - DJ, Tron, and Kevin Van Valkenburg bring you another Perfect Club deep dive into all aspects of one of our new favorite shows "The Bear". The show profiles a young chef (Jeremy Allen White) ...
07.26.2022 Episode 197: Alaska In honor of the USGA's US Senior Women's Amateur taking place in Anchorage, Alaska, Tron and Randy are bringing back the city preview. Today's guest is Nate Carr. Nate is a friend of the pod, an Alaskan by birth, and ...
07.19.2022 Episode 196: Chris Welsh, Reds Broadcaster, Talks Baseball & Golf We've arrived at the All-Star break of the baseball season so it's a perfect time to chat a little baseball and golf with Chris Welsh, Cincinnati Reds broadcast analyst. Chris is a former major league pitcher and has been broadcasting ...
07.12.2022 Episode 195: TC & Randy Chop Session (Again) Tron and Randy are back to cover a wide range of topics in this week's episode. They start with things they've been reading, watching, and eating. Next, they dabble in a bit of airline talk (spoiler: bad stuff happening!), and ...
07.07.2022 Episode 194: TC& Randy Chop Session Tron and Randy catch-up on all the most important news of the day in this episode. They discuss the going-ons at Wimbledon, early stories from the Tour de France, recap a wild NBA draft + free agency period, before moving ...
06.27.2022 Episode 193: Wimbledon Preview w/ David Law Did you know Wimbledon starts today? Well now you do, and the TrapDraw is previewing the men's and women's action with David Law, co-host of The Tennis Podcast. David has been involved in the game for over twenty years as ...

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