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🏃 Things everybody claims to love that we're convinced half of them are lying about.

🛁 Paddle Princess has taken bath time to a level none of us were prepared for.

🚢 Pickleball is entering its private island era. Apparently we're fancy now.

Plus, sports psychologist Dr. Haley Perlis joins us...

She's worked with Olympic athletes, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force. Now she's talking about the mental game of pickleball, and why everything you think you know about pressure might be wrong.

Listen now before Paddle Princess orders another round of appetizers from the bathtub.

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We're diving into:

👀 The things people do in public that turn us into spectators against our will.

😬 Petty shit we're absolutely NOT fine with...even though we pretend we are.

🌎 Whether putting USA on a pickleball team will finally make us watch pro pickleball.

Plus, Alex Aitken joins us from Scotland...

He went from self-described couch potato who'd never played a sport to completely hooked on pickleball, getting fitter after 50 and helping introduce other beginners to the game.

Listen now before somebody starts kickboxing at the gym and we lose the next 20 minutes watching.

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We're diving into:

👏 Social rules we're officially done pretending make sense.

🪂 Things everybody should experience exactly ONCE...and then never do that shit again.

💸 What happens when the pickleball facility gold rush meets actual business.

Plus, Connor Basnight joins us...

He went from zero athletic background to a 5.0 pickleball pro, and somehow the guy who started from scratch might have the best perspective on why we play in the first place.

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We're diving into:

🏆 When your pickleball rating starts becoming your entire personality.

📟 Things we survived 20 years ago that would absolutely send us over the edge now.

🧓 The shit you suddenly realize you're just too old to tolerate anymore.

Plus, Coach Nick Scalise joins us...

Nick came with hot takes about ratings, tournament egos, open play and pickleball clubs that may have seriously underestimated what actually keeps people coming back.

And apparently wellness darties are a thing. We've been doing them every Tuesday. Who knew.

Listen now before somebody invites us somewhere that starts after 9 p.m.

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We’re diving into:

📚 When did simply living your life start requiring a $497 framework?
🏓 What if your pickleball game isn't actually the thing holding you back?
🧠 And why are Gen X GATE kids suddenly comparing notes about mall dreams?

Plus, Dr. Lane Odom, aka Pickleball Chiro, joins us to talk bodies, injuries, recovery, and the stuff pickleball players probably should be doing before something starts hurting.

Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment.

Listen now before we show up in your mall dreams.

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We’re diving into:
🏓 Why pickleball might just be the playground for adults
😂 The absolutely unhinged games we somehow survived as kids
🤡 The MLP clown controversy because apparently that’s a sentence we have to say

Plus, Jake Plummer joins us for Part 2 to talk functional mushrooms, longevity, what he puts in his own body, and why pickleball has become one of the ways he still gets out there and plays. And yes, somehow we end up discussing what a psilocybin pickleball tournament would look like. Because of course we do.

Also this week: grip pressure advice you'll unfortunately never forget, Costco assholes, speakerphone crimes, and why youth sports can turn perfectly normal adults into people nobody wants to sit next to.

Half insight. Half nonsense. 100% entertainment.

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We're coming in hot with:

🔹 We finally watched the pickleball movie and have thoughts.
🔹 One of us learned the hard way what never to volunteer for.
🔹 Back to school shopping might hurt more than you expect this year.

Plus, Jake Plummer, a former NFL quarterback, reflects on ten years in the league and the toll professional sports take on the body and mind. He opens up about trading anti-inflammatories for hemp and functional mushrooms through his brand Umbo — proof that life after football looks nothing like people expect.

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We're coming in hot with:

🔹 One of us confidently guessed Captain Crunch and was very wrong.
🔹 One of us accidentally signed her sister up for a tournament.
🔹 There's apparently an official day just for pickleball now.

Plus, Soren from The Pickleball Agent joins us to explain how a guy in a pickle-hat sport coat and a headless text-message app are stitching together the fragmented pickleball scene across California's Central Coast. Text the agent your availability and rating, and he'll match you into a game — no app download required.

🎧 Listen now before you get recruited by the agent.

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