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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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01:34:25

WHAT Vibe Check

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

2025/11/03

SO much going on in #RipCity! 4:00 The Portland Trail Blazers are so competent!8:00 Player's seem happy 12:00 Did you hear? Coach got arrested!22:00 Beating the Gooooooooolden Warriors24:00 We love having Jrue Holiday on the team33:30 The Blake Wesley experience (may it continue soon!)42:00 Kris "The Competent" Murray51:30 Jerami Grant we hardly knew you!1:08:00 Donovan Clingan's hands1:28:00 Takes!

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01:34:36

WHAT A 2025-26 Playlist with Chris Burkhardt

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

2025/10/19

We were joined by the hardest working man on the Blazers beat, Chris Burkhardt of RipCity Radio and the 19:77 Podcast, to talk Trail Blazer's pre-season, our hopes for Yang Hansen and co., and to kick off the 2025-26 playlist. We think you'll think its a banger!00:01 :00 Intro, catch up, Blazer preseason00:22:00 Mark Mason appreciation00:25:00 Play list00:55:00 Coaching - has Chauncy improved as a coach? 1:20:00 TakesCutest intro/outro music ever by @shoozumoops

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01:39:34

WHAT About Jrue Holiday

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

2025/10/12

Today We Had A Talk about Jrue Holiday, Portland Trail Blazers' most experienced player. He's got a huge list of accomplishments, a ton of experience, a fierce love of family and community and we could not be more excited for him to be a Portland Trail Blazer. 00:00 Intro9:30 Preseason recap (so far) 30:00 All about Jrue Holiday31:00 Family and early life49:00 College, meeting his wife, Lauren Chaney58:00 Draft and rookie season, 76ers team, journey through the NBA1:05:00 Reflections on what

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01:24:36

WHAT Is On Your Mind?

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

2025/10/06

We had a lot of great listener questions and we have a question for you: what should we call listeners of the We Have A Take Podcast? Get you ideas in by telling us on Bluesky: @wehaveatake @tcbbiggs and @roselharding Cutest intro/outro music ever by @shoozumoops‪Team Mom‬ ‪@tcbbiggs.bsky.social‬: Which Blazer cutie will you miss the most? - Anonymous‪The Tortured Florist Department 🍉🍎🌺⛓️⏰‬ ‪@paintnpdx.bsky.social‬ - Stream of consciousness: Which Blazer is most into Halloween? Nate Bjorkgren

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01:12:43

WHAT Are We Watching for in 2025-26

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

2025/09/08

Tara and Rose catch up on the Kawhi Leonard news, the enshrinement of Carmelo Anthony and the 2008 Redeem Team in the Basketball Hall of Fame, plus, who was on the Blazers 2019-20 Roster (it never stops surprising us) and this season is brought to us by Deandre Ayton!1:00 Kawhi Leonard and who else is getting sweet deals? 13:00 Basketball Hall of Fame, Carmelo Anthony and the Team That Set The Conditions For the Redeem Team (long live the 2004 Olympic team)31:00 What we'll be watching for this

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01:28:00

WHAT About the Top Stories of the Summer of '25

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

2025/08/17

Lots of exciting things happened this summer and we're talking about our favorites5:35 Chalk Talk part 2Lots of mentions of Jerami GrantScoot will be ScootCoaches on Suits - not going to happen 32:00 Top stories of 202500:35:00 Damian Lillard returns00:38:Damian Lillard gets a no trade clause00:39:00 Team has been sold and we can get on with our lives00:51:30 Drafting Yang Hansen is going to have a big marketing impact1:01:10 Tiago Splitter joining the coaching staff1:11:50 Duop Reath got a

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01:20:38

Damian Lillard is Coming Home

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

2025/07/20

We could not be happier to be talking about the biggest free agent pick up the Blazers have ever signed. He picked us. He could have gone 28 different places, but Damian Lillard wanted to come home. We also talk first impression of Yang Hansen and how things are going with summer league, Portland has an WNBA team and we answer listener questions. Thank you to Jason, Basketball Jones, Project Hansen and Gavi HaCohen Cult Expert‬ for your great questions!@shoozumoops.bsky.social‬)

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01:35:24

2025 WHAT Awards Announced

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

2025/06/23

We're back to announce the winners of the 2025 WHAT Awards! Get all caught up with us and find out who won the Most Prestigious Awards In All The Land!5:25 Did the Blazers inspire the Pacers to make it all the way to the finals? 14:23 Why do weird things always happen with the Lakers? 16:15 Rose has thoughts about Love Island21:30 Listener questions53:45 WHAT Award Announcements: Best Accessorizer58:00 Most Improved Blazer1:04:00 Most Valuable Blazers1:08:00 Social Media Play of the Year1:10:00

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01:39:42

2025 WHAT Award Nominees

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

2025/04/14

Its the episode everyone in the locker room has been waiting to drop! Announcing our 2025 WHAT Award Nominees! We will follow up soon with info on how to vote!1:00 Coach extension6:00 Teams firing their coaches late9:00 At least we’re not [insert unlucky franchise here]17:30 Controlling what we can control22:00 Best Accessorizer:Deande AytonScoot HendersonJerami GrantJabari Walker34:00 Most Improved PlayerToumani CamaraShaedon SharpeDeni AvdijaScoot Henderson59:00 Most Valuable BlazerDeni AvdijaMike

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01:26:52

We Have A Talk with Chris Burkhardt of Rip City Radio

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

2025/03/31

This week we were joined by one of the busiest people we know, Rip City Radio's Chris Burkhardt. You probably know him as producer and host of Blazer's Game Day, Courtside Mondays, The 5th Quarter and the 19:77 Podcast. He also co-hosts the Trailcasters if - when!- they ever put out a new episode! We heard his basketball origin story, stories from being on the road with the team, thoughts on signs of improvement and so much more!2:00 Icebreaker: What are we rooting for in the Playoffs?

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01:18:12

We Had A (Chalk) Talk With Blazers Assistant GMs

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

2025/03/24

This week we are recapping a special event we were invited to! With a few other Trail Blazers fans, we got to meet and talk to Assistant GMs Andrae Patterson and Mike Schmitz. Both were a delight of course! We’re not reporting, we’re just vibin’ about what we heard, how we interpreted it, and what stuck with us. Topics include team building, player improvement, and leadership. We also ate Ranch Pizza in the club level and we might never go back to our regular seats. Plus! We answer listener

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01:17:52

We Have A Talk with Chef Alli

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

2025/03/10

NBA Chef Alli (@chefalli in Instagram) joined us to tell us all about what her life is like as an NBA chef! We had so much fun learning about how she got her job, how she works with her clients and what its like being trusted to feel players and their families. 1:00 Ice breaker: What is your jersey number? 5:00 Alli's basketball origin story11: 00 Alli's chef origin story13:00 (Game) day in the life of an NBA Chef16:30 What happens when a player is traded19:00 Nutrition and cookies27:00

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01:27:57

WHAT Blazer Cuties draft

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

2025/03/03

We're not saying we're goofing off or slacking for the rest of the season, it just seemed like the right time to draft Former Blazer Cuties. Who are Blazer cuties? We're glad you asked! Tune in to find out and then tell us what Blazer Cuties would you draft for your Blazer cutie dream team? 3:00 Catching up on the last week, beating bad teams, Suns have big problems and it wasn’t Jusuf Nurkic, is Jusuf Nurkic going to have an acting career? Gooooolden warriors are a zombie team that is

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01:14:02

WHAT About Signs of Development

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

2025/02/23

1:00 Sweatshirt takes, or, what to order online at 4am10:00 Lakers game: could be worse!17:00 Charlotte Game: most relaxing viewing in memory25:00 Sidebar where we wonder who is the best former Charlotte Hornets player?30:00 What signs of development are we seeing? 35:00 We have a talk about Shaedon and who are the Blazer's guards of the future? 54:00 Who was the last Blazer center who regularly got the block and the ball? 1:05:00 Takes - some requests for media and Matisse Thybulle and post

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01:10:12

We Have A Talk with Tom Haberstroh

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

2025/02/23

Ever wonder about that guy who jumps into the middle of a Trail Blazers game to give us stats and chop it up with the rest of the broadcasting crew? We did too! So we reached out and Tara got to talk to Tom Haberstroh (https://bsky.app/profile/tomhaberstroh.bsky.social) - about his basketball journey, how he got into covering sports, what kinds of things he's learned about Rip City since he started covering the Blazers and which Portland restaurant won him over . . .All this and so much

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01:29:06

WHAT Are We Looking Forward To with Brander Goldner...

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

2025/02/17

Brandon Goldner Mullen of We Like the Blazers and Blazer's Edge joined us to talk about what we are looking forward to for the rest of the season. :24 Introduction with Brandon2:00 Icebreaker: If you could have something named after you, what would it be? 10:00 Brandon's background and relationship to basketball19:00 How he started writing and talking about the Blazers28:00 Thoughts on season so far31:00 Things we're looking forward to: Cling Kong35:00 Weird lineups38:00 Looking forward

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01:24:53

WHAT Happened to the Development Express?

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

2025/02/10

It's Superb Owl Sunday and we’re talking trade memories, Blazer Cuties who were traded at the deadline, Blazers making no moves at the trade deadline and then ask ourselves, WHAT about the Development Express? All this and more including:Chocolate soufflesChandler Parsons Yoga matWorking definition of Blazer CutiesDeandre Ayton's chemistry with the guards0:00 Superbowl Sunday plans3:45 Arena anthems (ops if you are listening to us, drop us a DM)8:30 Rip City Runs Deep revisited10:00 Trades

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01:11:04

We Have A Talk with Mike Richman of Locked on Blazers

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

2025/01/31

We had a great time learning about Mike Richman's history of covering the Blazers. So many good stories from the Playoff series against the Spurs in 2014 to what Shaedon Sharpe said about the dunk contest on Tuesday night. 1:00 Icebreaker: What is your favorite arena food? 8:00 Get know Mike and his basketball story 11:30 Covering the team when there were multiple people on the Blazer beat 24:45 Transition into podcasting 28:30 Favorite tidbit that didn’t make it into the story 35:00 General

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01:36:06

We Have A Talk with Conor Bergin of Blazer's Edge

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

2025/01/26

Conor Bergin of Blazer’s Edge joined us to talk about his journey to covering the Blazers, how he’s adjusting to media access and the unique challenges of covering the team this season. He also adds two brilliant songs to the 2024-25 play list and gives us his thoughts on some potential WHAT award candidates. All this and more! 2:00 Icebreaker - if you could give the blazers a gift, what would it be? 10:00 Getting to know Conor Bergin of Blazers Edge 19:45 Conor’s earliest piece about the Trail

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01:42:59

WHAT About Donovan Clingan

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

2025/01/20

This week’s podcast features highlights from the Season Ticket Holder event earlier this week. We gloss over some rough games and take questions about the trade deadline, definitive things we want to know, the future faces of the franchise and Kris Murray nicknames. If you liked the questions, we’ll do it again via Blue Sky. Thank you Jason (Hecubus01), Linssenp, Keanu_reevebooks, 20000thorns!Then Tara shared what she learned about Donovan Clingan with a special side quest to share more about his

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