We Are Maroon and Gold: Recent Episodes
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Conversation between Chandler Elsbecker and Aaron Williams about sports and whatever else they fancy.
We draft musical artists whose next albums we want to produce.
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The Timberwolves-Mavericks series and Aaron's interview with Don Was.
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Aaron's trip to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and checking in on the Timberwolves.
(We recorded this before Game 1, but the Internet Archive, where the episodes are hosted, was not cooperating Saturday morning.)
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Previewing the men's Final Four and catching up with Gopher basketball.
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The 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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Aaron and Chandler select their "dream" Beatles setlists. You can view the final products as Spotify playlists on the episode page.
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How the Twins look after trading Jorge Polanco for pitching and prospect depth and some of the interviews Aaron's been doing, including with jazz drummer Kendrick Scott.
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The albums Chandler listened to in 2023.
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The first National Signing Day and previewing the Motor City Bowl.
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Catching up on Gopher football news from the last couple weeks, previewing the weekend in college football, and giving our early thoughts on Minnesota men's basketball.
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Where the Gophers stand after a loss to Wisconsin and some key transfers, plus championship weekend.
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Week 13 of the college football season, including most prominently the 133rd Minnesota-Wisconsin game.
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Aaron and Chandler get bogged down in a discussion about legacy artists before talking about the state of the Gophers after their loss to Illinois and about the dangers presented by Purdue.
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The 2024 Big Ten schedule, Minnesota's win over Michigan State, and previewing Illinois.
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Looking back at Minnesota's win over Iowa and looking ahead to the Michigan State game.
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Previewing another precarious (but winnable) game in Iowa City for the Gophers.
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Minnesota's unsurprising disaster against Michigan, what we'll be watching with no Gopher game, and how we feel about the Twins after their playoff exit.
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The immense challenge that the Gophers face in the Little Brown Jug game.
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Some final venting about the letdown at Northwestern before a scouting report on UL-Lafayette.
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Reviewing a reality check at North Carolina and previewing what should be a bounceback game at Northwestern.
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Discussing the Eastern Michigan game and the challenges posed by North Carolina.
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Final thoughts on Nebraska and previewing Eastern Michigan and the big Week 2 slate.
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Our fourth and final Gophers preview question: What will the 2023 Golden Gophers' record be? We also preview the Nebraska game and the rest of Week 1.
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Our third Gophers preview question: What most concerns us entering the 2023 season? Plus a quick run through the Week 0 schedule.
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Our second Gophers preview question — who are 2023's potential breakout players? — and the grandstand acts at the Minnesota State Fair.
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Concerts (mainly Bon Iver) and our first Gophers preseason question: What position needs to improve the most this season?
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Barbenheimer and whatever we can think of to talk about in our last summer goof-off session. Recorded before Wednesday's story on P.J. Fleck was posted, and before Colorado's departure from the Pac-12 broke. Football will be a main topic next time.
Chandler apologizes for getting the lyrics to "Holocene" wrong, something he only noticed in editing. The word is "magnificent," not "significant."
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The music-related stuff we've been doing over the last few weeks and the next decades of Gopher football.
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Picking our all-21st century NBA teams. The rules:
1. Teams must consist of five starters and three bench players2. No players are allowed who have won Most Valuable Player3. Players must be at least 30 years old or inactive4. Players must be "primarily" of the 21st century — a subjective requirement, but based roughly on how much of a player's peak in performance and impact on the sport occurred within the 21st century5. Teams must make basketball sense
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The Big Ten schedule announcement, Teemu Pukki potentially joining Minnesota United, and Aaron's trip to the Riverbend Festival in Tennessee.
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Hypothetically renaming the Gophers stadium, and naming what we like about summer.
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Looking again at Gopher football after the spring game, a few NFL Draft thoughts, and just how miserable the Timberwolves are making Aaron.
Note: This podcast contains the first of what will be many instances of Chandler mixing up Elijah Spencer's name with that of Eylijah Stephens. We're working on that.
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A Frozen Four postmortem and the position battles we'll be watching in Minnesota's spring game.
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Reviewing the Final Four and previewing the Gophers' Frozen Four opponent, Boston University.
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Previewing the Final Four and touching on some more Gophers news.
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Continued discussion of the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, as well as a smattering of Gophers topics across sports.
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The 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
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Touching on Gopher basketball (both men's and women's teams), Aaron's experience seeing Bruce Springsteen, and Chandler's trip to Allen Fieldhouse.
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A quick Gopher football check-in and Chandler's trip to see Big Thief twice in four days.
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The NBA trade deadline and spitballing.
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The appropriate level of concern to have over Gopher men's basketball, plus the list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees for 2023.
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The 32 albums Chandler listened to in 2022.
A note: We recorded this on Thursday, before the death of David Crosby. This is only relevant information to roughly 10 seconds at the end of the episode that would have felt excessive to cut. Just know that this is a pro-David Crosby podcast.
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Wrapping up the college football season and some Gophers staff changes.
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More bowl season and Gophers news items.
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Recapping the Pinstripe Bowl, offering a note on every departing senior on the Gophers, and catching up on other program news from December.
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A roundup of Gophers news items: their bid to the Pinstripe Bowl, P.J. Fleck's contract extension, and transfers. Plus, a look at the bowl schedule.
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Minnesota beat Wisconsin. Again!
Plus, previewing the offseason and this weekend in college football.
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Minnesota lost to Iowa. Again.
Plus, previewing Wisconsin.
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The Gophers' dominant win over Northwestern and the upcoming glacier fight against Iowa.
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Minnesota's win over Rutgers and their upcoming matchup with Nebraska.
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The continuation of Minnesota's losing streak and the chance to end it against Rutgers.
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Where things stand after Minnesota's loss to Illinois and going into their game at Penn State.
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Minnesota's loss to Purdue and an early preview of Illinois.
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The Gophers' surprise blowout win at Michigan State and their upcoming game against Purdue.
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Minnesota's win over Colorado, the Chris Autman-Bell injury, and previewing Michigan State.
At the time of recording on Sunday, we didn't know Autman-Bell's status and were hoping for, at the very least, not the worst. We now know.
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The week that was in college football, including Minnesota's blowout win over Western Illinois, and the week that will be, including Minnesota's upcoming game against Colorado.
One note of correction: In the span of about 10 seconds, Chandler identifies Jake Dickert as a "Madison native" (he's from a completely different part of Wisconsin) and says his team, Washington State, beat Washington this weekend (they beat Wisconsin, obviously). We didn't catch those errors until editing the podcast, and there was no way around them, so they're still in there. Chandler knew what the actual facts were coming in, but by Wednesday evening, his brain was clearly a bit fried. Apologies.
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The Gophers' season-opening win over New Mexico State and a preview of Western Illinois.
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Our last Gophers preview question: What will the Gophers' record be? Also, a preview of New Mexico State and what other games you should watch this weekend.
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A two-pack of Gophers preview questions this week: First, What game or stretch of games will be the most pivotal? Plus: Who are some potential breakout players? We also run through the Week 0 slate of games.
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Continuing our Gopher football preview with our second preseason question: Philosophically, what improvements need to occur?
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Beginning our Gopher football preview with our first preseason question: Which position or position group most needs to improve for 2022 to be a successful year?
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Various Gophers notes and reviewing everything that's happened since the 2021 football season.
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Trampled by Turtles in Duluth and previewing the bands who will play the Minnesota State Fair.
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Big Ten realignment and where the Wolves stand after the Rudy Gobert trade.
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Parker Fox's injury and the NBA Draft.
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The Who and Roy Orbison's film career.
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Gophers news items and a weekend check.
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What the Big Ten scrapping divisions might mean for Minnesota, and Timberwolves news.
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Timberwolves postmortem, Gophers spring football observations, and Big Thief.
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The Timberwolves and Dawson Garcia transferring to Minnesota.
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Spring football thoughts and the Timberwolves.
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The NCAA Tournament.
The previews of Thursday's Sweet Sixteen games begin at 23:16, with particular focus on Duke-Texas Tech. The previews of Friday's games begin at 50:35.
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Basketball and Chandler's trip to Atlanta.
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Recapping the Gopher men's basketball season a couple of weeks early.
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Predicting future Super Bowl halftime shows and offering some Vikings offseason thoughts.
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The 2000s and watching Texas Tech beat Texas in Lubbock.
A disclaimer: Our usual remote recording method wasn't available to us tonight, so we had to improvise at the expense of the audio quality.
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College basketball and the Courtney Barnett show in St. Paul.
For the record, here's the Steven Hyden piece casting a new version of the Traveling Wilburys. Chandler misremembered it slightly.
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The albums Chandler listened to in 2021.
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Gophers notes and changes with the Vikings. We recorded Thursday, before Minnesota hired Brick Haley as defensive line coach.
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Cleaning up a week after the bowl win over West Virginia, with a few Gophers roster notes.
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Gophers news, mostly pertaining to National Signing Day.
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Minnesota's win over Wisconsin and big-picture Gophers notes, including the potential of a Kirk Ciarrocca reunion.
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Some Minnesota notes and previewing Wisconsin.
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Some last thoughts on missed opportunities at Iowa, plus previewing Indiana.
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Unpacking Minnesota's unexpected loss to Illinois, previewing Iowa, and looking at the rest of the college football slate this weekend.
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Some big-picture Gophers talk after a blowout win over Northwestern and P.J. Fleck's extension, plus a preview of Illinois.
A note we missed: Artur Sitkowski is out for the season.
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The Rolling Stones, Minnesota's 34-16 win over Maryland, and what to expect from a poor Northwestern team on Saturday.
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Thoughts on Minnesota's win over Nebraska and the misfortunes and flaws of Maryland.
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Gophers news items, previewing a scary Nebraska team, and finding just one good football game to watch Saturday night.
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Taking a look around the Big Ten and thoughts on the Gophers' win at Purdue.
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The mess that was the Bowling Green game and previewing Purdue.
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Dead & Company at Wrigley Field, Minnesota's successful trip to Boulder, as much attention as Bowling Green deserves, and the other games worth watching this weekend.
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Waxahatchee at First Avenue, the Gophers' flawed win over Miami (OH), and what to expect from the Colorado Buffaloes.
A correction: Chandler says that one of the "significant" opponents Colorado did not play last year due to cancellations was Colorado. He meant to say USC.
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Checking the college football scoreboard from Week 1, reviewing the Gophers' loss to Ohio State, and previewing their (likely) win versus Miami (OH).
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The Big Ten East, the Ohio State game, and our final Gophers preview question: What will the Gophers' record be?
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The Big Ten East and this week's Gophers preview question: What football-adjacent thing are you most looking forward to this season?
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Technology and isolation, the Chris Autman-Bell injury, and this week's Gophers preview question: What does a disaster season look like?
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Checking our feelings on Gopher men's basketball, Woodstock '99, and this week's Gophers preview question: For the Gophers to win 10 or more games, who needs to step up?
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The NBA Draft and this week's Gophers preview question: Who is the most intriguing player on the team entering this season?
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