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We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast

W.H.A.T. Podcast

Two women who love the Portland Trail Blazers talk about the games, players, teams, mascots, fans, uniforms, and history that make Rip City great. With Tara Bowen-Biggs and Rose Harding. Serious fans, fun takes. We have a take and so can you.

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00:49:31

Who Had A Terrific Week? Nas Little Had a Terrific Week!

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/10/29

Tara and Cassidy record their reactions to the Trail Blazers' first week of regular season play, right before the Memphis game. 2:00 Which Blazer had the best week? Nassir Little is averaging 9.3 points per game, 4.7 rebounds, and 1 assist per game. He's also doing non-stat things! 6:00 The distance between the floor and the ceiling this season is a lot. 6:30 What things are different this season? 12:00 Why are they changing the offense (which as we've been told, is great) AND the defense (which

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00:51:12

WHAT 2022 Preseason Awards Predictions?

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/10/21

Tara and Cassidy discuss which awards they will be tracking this season. Who will the the most valuable assistant coach, who will be the leader in...bench celebrations and who will be the Blazers Most Valuable...Pet? All of this and more! 00:52 Who were you cheering for in the WNBA playoffs? 02:10 Bring back the Portland Fire! 04:20 Could Nurkic play more like Brittany Griner 08:00 2021-2022 Awards predictions . . . WHAT style 10:39 M.I.F. Most Improved 'Fit(s)/Drip 13:33 M.I.F. Frontrunners:

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01:11:37

We Have A Playlist: 2022 Edition

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/10/13

Tara and Cassidy called in two of Rip City's most unique podcasters to help them build this year's Trail Blazers play list. Dia Miller (@diandraann) of Blazer's Edge and Dillon Sage (@dasage) of Holy Backboard brought tunes AND takes to help us create our most eclectic play list yet. Join us for a wild ride, with topics ranging from Robert Covington's solid, steady play, to Jusuf Nurkic's mercurial personality, from our own bruised feelings to CJ McCollum's fierce mentality, from Cody Zeller's nose

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00:54:42

We Have a Talk with Brit Robotista

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/10/07

Tara is joined by Brit (@britrobotista) one of the co-hosts of Stepback Sisterhood (@stepbacksisters) to find out how things are going in Houston since Harden took off. Should we declare a cooling off period between Portland and Houston fan bases? 00:00 Catching up with Brit and comparing Roots sports stories 3:30 Icebreaker: Which NBA player would be really great at community theater? Answers: Eric Gordon, Donovan Mitchell 8:45 How are things going in Houston with James Harden gone? Losing 20

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00:57:36

WHAT About Social Justice in the NBA with DeVon Pouncey

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/09/23

DeVon Pouncey, host of the Wake Up And Win podcast, took a break from his very busy life to check in with Tara. They talked about how he's getting ready to call football games this fall, how the Blazer's off season played out and what the NBA and its players are doing to carry on the long-time legacy of social justice in the league. 00:20 Catching up with DeVon Pouncey 5:15 Preparing to call Pacific University football games this fall and Pacific University and PSU basketball this winter 8:45

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00:54:22

WHAT a Wedding!

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/09/06

Because everything is (still) awful, we started off with some real joy, oohing and ahhing over the beautiful celebration that was the Lillard wedding. #ItsAboutDameTime, as they say! Then we deep dive on Larry Nance Jr and stage a dramatic reading of Marquese Chriss’s Wikipedia page. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and hopefully you will learn something new! 00:30 Icebreaker: What would YOU give Mr and Mrs Lillard for a wedding present? 3:20 On watching real joy. 4:55 Spotted at the wedding 8:00 Outfit

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01:13:11

WHAT if NBA Free Agency was more like The Bachelor

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/08/20

Here for the right reasons. With Brandon Earl Smith (@brandonearl_) of Two Bros and a Rose a Bachelor Franchise Podcast (@twobrosandarose). :30 Getting to know Brandon who grew up in Indiana but Hoosiers is not his basketball story. 3:30 If teams had to approach free agency like it was The Bachelor, who would make the best NBA Bachelor? Russell Westbrook, TJ McConnell, Enes Kanter, Jusuf Nurkic? 10:30 Which teams would be best at playing the game and trying to win over the Bachelor? The Heat, (not

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01:03:21

WHAT Happened In Free Agency So Far with Marlow Ferguson

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/08/05

Its been 3 days of free agency chaos and the Blazers did the one thing they had to do - re-sign Norman Powell. They also added new players to the roster so we work out how Cody Zeller, Ben McLemore and Tony Snell might fit in - with or without any more moves. 1:00 Ice Breaker: Favorite Carmelo Anthony moments in Portland 5:15 Melo says farewell 7:45 Zach Collins moves on 11:15 Goodbye Enes Kanter. Summer lovin' had us a blast. 13:00 Norman, Odin, and Apollo Powell are committed to Portland 18:15

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00:59:19

WHAT is the Point of the Lillard Drama? With Aimee...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/07/30

This week we are joined by Aimee Stiegemeyer (@hoopcityhellcat) to discuss the trade that sent Jonas Valančiūnas to New Orleans for Steven Adams. What does it say about the direction of their franchise? What is the relationship like between Memphis fans and the Grizzlies front office? Then we talk about the leagues new rules to reduce fouls on non basketball moves. And the we ask for Aimee's outside perspective on what is going on with Damian Lillard? Why all the drama? And speaking of drama, both

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00:55:46

Catching up with Sage from Holy Backboard

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/07/14

Its been a minute since we caught up with Dillon Sage (@dasage) from Holy Backboard. He shared his reactions to the last few weeks of Rip City nonsense, discussed what a new coach might bring to the team, and speculated about possible off season roster moves. (If your kids are listening there are just a couple of small swears, nothing dramatic) 1:45 Icebreaker: favorite Summer Olympic sport to watch 6:15 Off season reactions, how Charles Lee could have helped the Blazers. 10:00 What could a new

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01:02:34

WHAT a Mess

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/07/09

CW: Sexual assault. Skip to 46:00 for basketball and reality TV topics. If you want to help victims of sexual assault and abuse here are some organizations we suggest you look up: rainn.org Rose Haven Day Shelter for Women and Children Call to Safety Times Up Legal Defense Fund Victim Right's Law Center If you need to talk to someone, call the Call to Safety Crisis Line: 1.888.235.5333 Oh boy do we have a take about the Blazer's coaching situation. If you would like to skip past the talk

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00:50:03

WHAT Will We Remember About the 2020-2021 Regular...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/05/27

00:30 Icebreaker: Which NBA Player do you think you are most like? 04:50 PORvsDEN: the story so far. 10:00 Damian Lillard shot chart for that game was ridiculous. 14:00 WHAT are we going to remember about the 2020-2021 regular season? 14:40 CJ McCollum hot start 16:05 Awkward, empty arenas and teams in the wrong color jerseys. 17:45 Fans becoming armchair epidemiologists 19:20 Finally let Ant dunk, Damian Lillard called “game”, Paul George apologizes. All Star weekend turned out okay. (20:30 Aaron

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01:04:39

We Have A Talk About the Post Season with Kendyl Bennett

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/05/20

1:00 Shout out to Taelor Jae @taelorrrjae for the inspiration for an icebreaker: Favorite sports memories. Kenny Wheaton’s gonna score, and watching Allen Crabbe getting a career high. 5:10 When Dame goes off vs when a bench or role player goes off 7:10 From six weeks ago to now. What happened? 10:00 Coaching rumors 18:00 Having everyone healthy again 19:35 Recapping how some of the individual players have been down the stretch starting with Norman Powell. 22:00 Size matters though, on

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00:56:17

We Rank This Season's Most Important Blazers with...

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/05/13

1:15 If you could be great at one basketball play, what is it? 3:45 Getting to know Marlow Ferguson and how he got started with basketball and writing about basketball. 5:30 2011 The summer of Blazers Fan Fiction 7:15 Rip City Recap Ball movement, where did that come from? 8:30 Energy from fans 13:15 Playoff feel of recent games 14:30 Ranking the 5 most important Trail Blazers this season. 15:30 Number 5: Carmelo Anthony, Norman Powell, Carmelo Anthony 19:00 Number 4: Jusuf Nurkic, Jusuf Nurkic,

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01:20:13

We Have A Talk with Taelor Jae . . . Mostly!

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/05/06

1:30 Ice breaker: If you were in a horror movie situation, which two NBA or WNBA players would you want with you? How did Hassan Whiteside get in here? 8:00 Getting to know Taelor Jae from Sports Talk . . . Mostly! Podcast 12:00 Growing up in a family of referees 19:00 About Sports Talk . . . Mostly! 24:00 Catching up on the Trail Blazers recent play 31:00 Why isn’t Derrick Jones Jr playing? 35:20 Conspiracy and speculation about LeBron James 39:00 What do we want to see the rest of the

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01:18:34

We Have A LaMarcus Aldridge Tribute with Jo Wulffenstein

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/04/21

1:05 If you could have any two NBA players team up to form an interior design duo to makeover your space who would you pick and why? 7:20 Jo’s reaction to hearing that LaMarcus Aldridge was retiring. So can you start us off with your LaMarcus story? 9:45 Jo’s LaMarcus Aldridge story. StayLA, an email, and a personal invitation. “I cannot let LaMarcus think this is what Rip City thinks of him.” 22:00 A collection of Jo’s favorite LaMarcus moments. 26:00 Do you remember where you were when you heard

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00:49:48

We Made A Playlist for Damian Lillard

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/04/14

Find the playlist on Spotify and YouTube. 2:25 Icebreaker Where is your favorite place to turn up the volume and listen to music? 4:45 The Best Tina Turner 7:30 It’s a Long Way To the Top if You Want to Rock and Roll AC/DC 9:00 Ready or Not, The Fugees 10:30 Smooth Operator, Sade 12:00 Hold On (part II), Martha Wash 13:00 How concerned are we about the fact that the Blazers can’t beat teams that are better than them? 16:45 Whatta Man Salt-n-Peppa and En Vogue 19:30 Dionysis, BTS 21:15 24 Karat

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00:51:01

We Have A Chester Connection

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/04/09

1:30 March Madness 3:30 Icebreaker: Where in Portland would you bring a new Trail Blazer? 7:00 Thorns and Roses: Why can’t the Blazers play good defense? At least they are winning the games that they should and they are not really falling for any trap games. 12:00 Really though, how are they so bad on defense? 16:30 Robert Covington is so good! 18:00 If Derrick Jones Jr keeps it up this may become a pro-dunking podcast again. 21:00 Getting to know Norman Powell 28:00 Getting to know Rondae

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00:50:55

We Have A Talk with Dishes and Dimes

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/04/02

We had a beautiful talk with two of the Dishes and Dimes co-hosts, Kelsea and Sandie, about our beautiful fake sons Norman Powell, Gary Trent Jr and Rodney Hood. 1:00 Icebreaker: what is your ideal selfie location? 3:50 Getting to know Sandie and Kelsea and Dishes and Dimes 8:30 The new everlasting bond between Raptors and Blazers fans. 18:25 Norman Powell, Buck Hunter 29:20 Apollo and Odin 34:00 Gary Trent Jr and Rodney Hood memories 42:00 Understanding why the trade happened. Learn more about

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01:01:13

We Have A Talk with BlazersBySagar

We Have A Take: A Portland Trail Blazers Fan Podcast ·

2021/03/24

This week @BlazersbySagar joined the WHAT podcast to talk Blazers needs at the trade deadline and to preview the last 8 weeks of the season. If they can get through Spring Break in Florida there is a beautiful path for Damian Lillard to earn an MVP. Ice Breaker: 1:00 What NBA player would you like to cast in a DC or Marvel movie/series, what would their role be? 4:15 Shawn Bradley appreciation minute 6:00 Get to know Sagar Where did your interest and passion for basketball come from? Favorite

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