Back In This Place: Recent Episodes
Nate & Johnson
Welcome to Back In This Place. Old friends catching up about life, sports and everything in between.
It's game day in the city of champions and the electricity is palpable. The guys dish on game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final which starts at 6pm MST. Our Lady Peace is performing before the game and everyone will be dialed in on the downtown tailgate.
The conversation quickly swifts to evolution and creation discussion with some Sherwood Park history.
Buckle up because this one is a doozie.
With episode 41 sounding like we recorded in a tin can, the guys go over some of last weeks episode with a major twist...the Edmonton Oilers are going to the STANLEY CUP FINALS!!!
Nate was lucky enough to be in the Rog Mahal for game 6.
Johnson sums up his first half marathon.
All of this with one of the best Seachange beers consumed on the podcast.
The guys are back after a small hiatus mainly due to Nate's crazy work and social schedule.
With a revamp of the podcast they begin a new structured style.
Segments include
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Life Hacks
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Science with Steve
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Summer drinks ranked.
Andrew Lennox is a lover of all things golf, and he just returned from the PGA tours Waste Management Open. He comes in to dish about all the details of this wild party that doubles as a golf tournament, including watching from the stands of the famous 16th hole. The tournament had an unprecedented rainfall to start and uncontrolled crowds led to the rowdiest events yet to date. This is not one to miss!
The first podcast of the new year. Nate is already starting some renovations in the new house, which begs the question...what kind of tool brand will he buy?
Johnson has a photo finish while doing some winter running. The Super Bowl is coming up and the guys are fired up to start placing sportsbets.
ROTH: Swimming Against The Currant - Trial and Ale
A very Christmas episode!
Nate's in the middle of a moving, right before the holidays.
The guys discuss all things Christmas including a very festive edition of the hamster wheel.
We also have the highest rated ROTH to ever be on the podcast.
The boys attempt an entire podcast without swearing. Johnson and his new girlfriend go to Uccelinos for dinner. Nate attends an Oilers game and finishes fire school.
***This is an older episode with a NEW EPISODE COMING NEXT WEEK.
Nate's smack dap in the middle of firefighter training and just finished survival week. Johnson hairs are starting to grey and he gets an ultrasound after a tummy ache.
ROTH and Hamster Wheel continue as always.
Nate is deep into firefighter recruit training but still finding time for bachelor parties and NFL football. Johnson tags along for the ride this week while being in a bad way after lifting a few too many the night before.
Featuring our first home brew from Limitless Brewing.
Nate gets Lasik eye surgery, Johnson runs a (half)marathon. The hamster wheel segment makes another appearance and a real rodent makes an appearance at Johnsons work.
We welcome to the podcast a dream team comprised of Calgarian triathlete Chris Scott and golfing pro Tara Wulff. They assembled 24 hours after to wrap up a fun summer weekend.
When is the right time to go to Costco?
Johnson recaps his week long golf trip in beautiful British Columbia.
Finally a beer review for ROTH that isn't a sour.
Nate explains what happens to his body when he drinks too much milk.
The beginning of a brand new segment called Hamster wheel.
Two ROTH condensed into one episode. Reminiscing on THE weekend of the summer including Blink-182, tailgating the Riverhawks and hangover golf. Nate's getting Lasik eye surgery and Johnson's going on a week long golf trip.
This one was recorded a ways back just as they found the TITAN submersible. It's summer and the boys have solid stories and more content coming in the following weeks.
Fresh off his round at a private course Nate is fired up to talk golf. Johnson attends the Luke Combs concert and rides in a tesla.
What's the best bottled water in the game? Johnson causes a disruption in public and contemplates the best bottled water. Nate compares K-Days to Calgary Stampede and other summer events. Laser eye surgery and much more this week!
Recorded before their round of golf the guys get deep into food talk including lunches and burgers. Johnson is still hung up on space and science while Nate talks about life as a recruit firefighter.
****Disclaimer this episode was recorded before the Oilers were eliminated from the playoffs.
Nate's vacation is coming to an end, so the guys wrap up his last two weeks of fun including a trip to Calgary and Banff, and lot's of Oilers playoff hockey.
Johnson is ecstatic that the golf season is underway and after shooting 79 yesterday is looking to improve at Cougar Creek today on a back to back golf day. Lots of the usual banter but without any Right Off The Hop because we recorded at 9am.
Apples is a firefighter/paramedic who placed 136th(last place) in the Canadian Death Race with a time of 23:57:56. This story is made incredible by the fact that he completed the race with zero training, zero equipment and was entirely unprepared.
canadiandeathrace #BITP #backinthisplace
Ripe off a very important business meeting the guys are excited to talk Easter, Oilers, The Masters. What is the perfect temperature to wear shorts outside?
All the usual shenanigans with and one of the worst ROTH we've ever had.
Johnson came prepared with notes for the first time since week 3, and he's running the show! The Oilers are back in the playoffs, and the preparation for playoff parties begins. Nate attends the Home and Garden show, despite not owning a home nor a garden. Johnson gets sciencey with a Canadian going to space, but was the moon landing fake?
The ROTH was so unremarkable we refuse to advertise
Nate comes flying out of the gate and his motor-mouth runs the episode. Computers are taking over the world and the guys are chatting all about different artificial intelligence. St. Patricks day and green beer is the theme as the new ROTH favourite is revealed. Nate has trouble filling up his craft beer growler at the local Co-op and Johnson, well Johnson just sits back and let's the big Dawg eat. Strap-in because this one has some energy!
Nate has some exciting news to share with everyone!!! Johnson is still picking up the pieces from last weekend after lifting a few too many. Do you recline your seat on an airplane? Should larger clothes have higher prices? The boys dive deep on their first experiences drinking alcohol and the trouble they got themselves into, guess some things never change! Trade deadline wraps up sports talk and Johnson meets Lenard the Bernedoodle.
After a month hiatus, the boys are back atcha!
Nate explains why the podcast has been on hold and Johnson talks new year new him for 2023. Featuring Nate's 31st birthday, new golf clubs, new ink, Johnson's mountain adventures- hold the brokeback, a heated debate of Lebron vs Jordan, and Superbowl predictions!
Trigger warning: suicide, mental health
The boys are back from break to recap their Christmas and New Years. Nate travels to AZ for a very football Christmas. Johnson turns 30, eats seafood, and drinks champagne, . Lots to recap on this action packed pod.
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!!!!!!!! With Christmas right around the corner, the guys discuss their plans for the festive season and reminisce of years past. Johnson plans his 30th birthday, Nate eats too many perogies at a family dinner. It's the holidays and they're packing it in for the year.
THE HERITAGE CLASSIC IS RETURNING TO EDMONTON and It's -30 degrees outside, that gets Nate reminiscing on the last time he attended the outdoor hockey game in 2003. BITP crashed a diaper party, and the guys question if they're gamers.
Both the boys visit their friend Roger's Place. Nate attends PBR while Johnson gets free tickets to the Oilers Sportsnet lounge. Fifa world cup is in full swing and team Canada is already eliminated from the tournament. How should you behave at a work Christmas party? Who has better teeth? What to do for Johnson's 30th birthday. Metallica is coming to town, so naturally they discuss the one and only Taylor Swift.
The first snowfall brings a new podcast!
Checking back in the boys recap their halloween costumes, parties and festive vandalism. Nate struggles with adjusting to getting a new iPhone including how to properly communicate with A.I.
Right Off The Hop: Phillips Dino-sour grapefruit
Nate sprints across the sober September finish line just in time for the busy Thanksgiving weekend. The staples that should be on your holiday plate including the best pies. Nate's TV breaks and Johnson is angry at a former sponsor.
Right Off The Hop: The Troubled Monk - Golden Gaetz
After a 2 hour delay and 1 broken microphone, Nate and Johnson catch up with local producer and DJ Lucas Liguori. Everyones favourite ginger dishes on the the Edmonton dance music scene, producing music, which music festivals to avoid, surviving the ICU.
BITP is proud to debut his new track Dreams (1:15:53) for the very first time!
**PSA: Still working through microphone issues #prayforBITP
Absolute chaos with volumes as the the guys try and manage their new microphones. Johnson is no longer sober in September and no sleep Nate tries to eat every seasonal pumpkin spice product on the market.
Be patient and keep your volume low! It's going to be bumpy ride.
Sober September is officially underway and the guys are already dreaming of their next Bud Light. Johnson talks non-stop work and improving his golf game, while Nate contemplates applying for a new line of work.
The fellas dish about Nate's vacation to the USA where he sees wildlife, hits Krispy Kreme, and drives the famed "Going to the Sun Road". Strange border crossings and items you can't take over the border. The wedding of the decade and how Johnson couldn't figure out the Rasputin dance.
Right Off The Hop - Juiced Blueberry Sour from Bias Brewing in Kalispell, MT
Big thank you to The Mash for sponsoring the episode. Visit them online at themasheats.ca for the best slice in St. Albert.
Nate and Johnson have a very special guest. Their friend, and Digital Content Producer for the Edmonton Oilers, Jamie Umbach. They go over everything from the personal life of an Oilers employee, to nights out in Montreal after the NHL draft. Jamie shares some Oilers superlatives, how he got into the industry and some of his favourite parts of being on the Oilers payroll. Some mandatory golf talk is involved, as well some good camaraderie and of course a few cracked cans!
Wrapping up a busy July schedule the fellas get down to business on bachelor parties, weddings, camping trips and 80km death races. Johnson schools Nate on astrological black holes and taking golf lessons.
Right Off The Hop - Grapefruit High Noon Seltzer
This week the guys talk sunshine, local baseball, kicking nicotine and celery juice. Johnson breaks a carseat. Learning about galaxies, evolution and the formation of the earth.
Right Off The Hop - See Ya Next Tuesday from XhAle Brew co.
Your favourite podcasters are back baby!!!!! This week the boys are talking , Canada day (past and present), Stranger Things, golf, and quitting a beer league hockey team.
Big thanks to The Mash for sponsoring today's episode. Go to www.masheats.ca for delivery or sit down, use BITP15 for 15% off your next order.
Right Off The Hop - NOMO F.O.M.O. from SYC brewing
Nate got engaged on Saturday so we have special guest Cayleigh (Nate's fiancee) here for a retelling of all the details of the proposal this past weekend, while Johnson waits patiently to talk.
Right Off The Hop - Honey cream ale from Siding 14
Thanks to The Mash for sponsoring this episode, go to www.masheats.ca and say BITP15 for 15% your order of pizza and beer.
Nate goes on a chill bachelor party. Johnson visits Jasper and interacts with the wildlife. Lots of catching up for the boys who haven't talked in over a week, so strap-in or strap-on it's a fun one. Big thank you to The Mash for sponsoring today's episode, go to www.masheats.ca for delivery or sit down. Say BITP15 for 15% off your next order of pizza and beer.
Right Off The Hop - The Mangolorian Mango Ale
The fellas have their first guest on the podcast! They reminisce on how they met, their high school jobs, Scoobs education, and the Oilers being bounced from the playoffs.
Right Off The Hop - Buck Tooth Belgian White from Troubled Monk
It's been almost two weeks since the boys last checked in and they come out firing with some INSANE news to share! The Oilers pummel the flames in round 2 of the playoffs as they now prepare for the conference final against the Colorado Avalanche. Fan fights, toilet talk and nearly shitting themselves, it's a wild one this week don't miss out.
The boys are faced with their first playoff battle of Alberta, game 1 happening mere hours after recording this very podcast. Recapping the NHL playoffs round 1, and the downtown vs. bar playoff game debate. The ongoing Rogers Place bathroom fiasco. Johnson thinks Krispy Kreme is overrated, and how 7-Eleven has stepped up their game.
Right Off The Hop - Mountain Mule from The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company
The day after the Oilers game 5 loss the boys try and grapple with their hangovers and disappointment. The pros and cons of Ford Hall. Johnson lets Nate "use" his driver shaft during their first round of golf season, and the fist fight that almost happened on the 15th hole.
Right Off The Hop - Pineapple F.O.M.O from SYC brewing
***Sportscast
Oilers, in the playoffs???
We can't contain ourselves, listen for our 2022 NHL round 1 playoff predictions amidst looming hangovers and microphone troubles.
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