We sit down with 3 CMU EMS Alumni to talk about their role in buggy, how they keep competitors safe, and end up having a fascinating, wide ranging chat covering all kinds of topics related to EMS and look at some of the parallels of their organization and Sweepstakes. Trigger warnings: Brief mention of medical research on animals. To avoid, skip forward a minute after Gabe mentions it becoming an evidence based medicine podcast around 16:00Brief mention of gun violence. To avoid, skip forward a minute after Blaise talks about low frequency calls becoming high frequency, around 51:00 The crash testing research mentioned can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13TpVrNyUv5xLWj2Ax_wFdr68hNWGK2_b/viewThe guests had officer positions in CMU EMS that weren't mentioned in introductions but are below.Gabe: Training Director, QA SpecialistLaura: Crew Advocate, ChiefBlaise: Personnel Officer, Chief, Captain

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EMS: Standing By for Safety

This week love is in the air, as we talk with 3 couples who all met as teammates in CIA and ended up getting married! We talk about their stories, the dangers of love and buggy, and ultimately get into talking about CIA's resurgence in the late Aughts, as it turns out the best way to bring two people together is apparently by running a buggy team. Guests are Alex & Kellen Chow, Alex & Erin May, and Brennen & Maria SellnerProducer: Rachael Schmitt Host: Will Weiner

Legacy of Love: Couples of CIA

This week we talk with Katherine Crawford and Benjamin Wasserman from Radio Club, about their integral role in making rolls and raceday happen, explain what a radio safety net is, how ham radio works, how you recruit for radio club, and share some wacky stories they've managed to collect from being behind the scenes of raceday. Produced by: Rachael Schmitt Hosted by: Will Weiner 

Radioclub: Buggy's Safety Net

This week we're joined by 3 former flaggers (in 3 countries!) as they talk about the lost art of flagging (ok maybe that is an exaggeration). We dive in to what made them love this task that seemingly is tossed to random pledges, but is so integral to a successful race, why its one of the best views on the course, crazy stories of camaraderie and chute chaos and much more. Guests are: Aileen Dinin, Amanda Diienno, Jasio SantillanHosted by: Will Weiner Produced: by Rachael Schmitt

The Lost Art of Flagging

Current Sweepstakes chair Tishya Girdhar and safety chair Bethany Bauer join to discuss what it has been like leading through this prolonged pandemic and the monumental effort to get rolls approved. What hurdles they had to go through to get buggy off the ground amidst state and school regulations, social distancing for a very social sport, and what they are hoping to do this year in lieu of a normal raceday 

Keep On Rollin': How the 20-21 Chairs Made Rolls Happen

Will is joined by 4 women from with legendary buggy legacies from across the decades, having accomplished many "first ever"s, records, wins, and more. We get into those legacies, what it has meant to be a woman in Buggy, how that and the sport has evolved over time, reflections on lessons learned, and of course wacky buggy stories. Guests are: Chari Heim, Mindy Ross, Janice Schneekloth, and Jess Thurston

Firsts and Forever's: Talking Legacy with 4 Legendary Women of Buggy

Not too long ago the only official footage of a given raceday was recorded on two handheld cameras, one in the lead truck and one in the follow truck. Will sits down with the two men who did all that filming, Matt Adler and Chris Stengle, as they they share some wild stories of the chaos of trying to capture the event while standing in the back of a moving truck, rule review controversy, the evolution of the sport and more on the season 2 debut of Chute the Shit!

The Best Seats on the Course: Tales from the lead and follow truck cameramen Matt Adler and Chris Stengle

When you show someone buggy for the first time, one of the standard responses is, "Is there really a person inside that?" Usually there is, unless they're looking at something from Robobuggy, a team who is working to build an autonomous self driving buggy. We hear about the history of their organization, how they broke into the buggy community and became a beloved meme, some absurd technical challenges they've had to overcome, exactly how robobuggy works and their thoughts on the future of an autonomous buggy division.Guests: Carl Curran, Danielle Quan, Haley Dalzell, Trevor Decker, Vivaan Bahl and Zach Dawson

Robobuggy: Buggy's Wholesome Meme

Over the past decade no team has dominated the Buggy scene like SDC, winning a record 8 years in a row on the men's side and 10 of the last 13 on the women's. Many see them as the "New York Yankees" of buggy, but it wasn't so long ago they were the underdogs fighting to take down a PiKA dynasty. We talk to SDC alumni from those teams that battled in 2008 and finally broke through with a course record in 2009, about what it took to make it to the top, and then contrast that with more recent alums who set course records in 2017 to see how the culture has grown to allow for such consistent excellence. We ask them how they deal with the pressure of so much success, what it's like being 'the bad guys' and how they see the future of buggy changing, or whether they will win indefinitely until the end of time.

SDC - Empire of Malice

This week we sit down with two multi-generational buggy families, the Clay's and the the Zapanta's. We talk about what it's like growing up in a buggy household, seeing your kid take up the sport you loved, how sharing that experience can strengthen family ties, as well as the heartbreaking sense of betrayal that comes from learning your daughter has decided to drive for PiKA. 

Family Tradition

We're joined by 4 of the original members of the Spirit Buggy team, who share the incredible underdog story of how they went from a brand new buggy team, to four years later setting a course record that shocked campus and would last 20 years. They share the challenges of starting from nothing, making it up as they went along, and trying to enter a very established traditional sport as an African American interest group who was seeking to integrate more strongly with the campus at large. A can't miss episode this is not just a great buggy story, but a great sports story. Featuring Robert Bowie, Tom Felmley, Dave Sowers and Matt Wagner

A Quantum Leap - The Birth of Spirit Buggy

We sit down with current and past members of the BAA to hear how it evolved from a prank trying to poke at PiKA's proclivity to prevent photography, to a key platform documenting the history of the sport, to actively bringing us raceday enhancements like Jumbotrons, as well as current initiatives such as providing mentorship to new organizations. Sam Swift, Aiton Goldman, Michael Darcy and Ben Matzke are featured sharing their experiences and stories. 

From a Prank to Platform - The story behind the BAA

The 5 Senior Buggy Chairs* joined us to reflect on the most unusual raceday 2020: they share stories of their preparations for the year, their reactions to the news of the cancellation and reflections on their time as a part of this sport. Oh and of course some fun arguments over still sore spots from recent racedays. It's amazing to hear the bonds built between these frenemies in confronting the raceday that wasn't

We're all in this together- 2020 Senior Buggy Chairs

This episode features 3 of the most recent Buggy Advisors, Rowshan Lang, Kaycee Palko and Lifetime Spirit of Buggy recipient Anne Witchner, as we get the staff perspective on what it is like working with generations of buggy obsessed students to help make raceday happen. They share plenty of stories from the decades of races they've seen, as well as details on the vital behind the scenes work they do, perspective on how buggy compares to other student organizations, what it's like advocating for buggy to the upper administration, the city and our neighbors and the challenges and rewards of working with us buggy maniacs.

Witchner, Lang and Palko, Buggy Advisors: The things they've seen behind the scenes

This week we're joined by Mark Estes and Andy Bordick, two of the most outspoken characters in the buggy world. They have been bringing their hot takes to the yearly buggy broadcast for about 15 years and now have an unfiltered platform to share from their trove of buggy knowledge and opinions: we go over their history with a broadcast, their time as students, theories on what makes greatness in the sport and where they think everything is heading. And of course all of this is with none of the FCC regulations they're usually subjected to during raceday. Enjoy!

Bordick and Estes: Unfiltered

inspired by the 100th year of Buggy, we set out to interview characters and collect some of the best stories from the sport's 100 years. Hosted by Will Weiner, we speak to a range of alumni from all sorts of teams, staff, BAA and more. This podcast is produced by Rachel Schmitt, as a part of the Buggy Alumni Association. The intro music is used from the Free Music Archive and is the song Hotshot by Scott Holmes

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