Best Joe Knapp Podcasts (2025)

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#335 Chuck Aksland 29:49

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13d ago29:49

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MotoAmerica COO Chuck Aksland joins us on this episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice from the season finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park to talk about the recently completed 2025 MotoAmerica Championship, making the Daytona 200 a points-paying race, Superbike and Superbike Cup rules, the 2026 schedule and much more. Support the show…

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Howie Liu: Building Airtable to Feel Magical 46:05

19d ago46:05

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Spreadsheets were originally designed for finance people. But when Howie Liu and his co-founders started Airtable in 2012, they had a deeper insight that a spreadsheet-database hybrid could be used by anyone for just about anything, including project management, content calendars, recipes, and even travel itineraries. Now the company is valued at …

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#334 James Rispoli 32:29

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It would have taken a brave person to bet money on James Rispoli winning the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship after the first two rounds of the series at Daytona International Speedway and Road Atlanta. Rispoli was third and fifth in the two races at Daytona and those were a highlight as the two races at Road Atlanta ended with zero poi…

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Art Hunter 30:28

29d ago30:28

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The one, the only Art Hunter joins Coach Rapczynski on Philly Sports Rap to talk the Eagles game, Delco CYO, high school and college basketball. A legendary Bonner and St. Francis (PA) basketball player, coach and sportscaster, Art shares his basketball expertise and stories of coming up in the terrific golden age of Philadelphia basketball. Find o…

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Episode 82: What to Expect When You're Expecting a Service Trip 32:40

1M ago32:40

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3TC talked with Meggie Cross of Idaho Servant Adventures about the ins and outs of planning and leading a Servant Event Trip and what she hoped for from leaders and youth, before, during and after a trip. To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network or to become a Network+ member, visit our website today! Music provided by and licensed via w…

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Joe Liemandt: The AI-Powered School Rewriting the Future of Education 42:33

1M ago42:33

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Long before he attended Stanford, founded software giant Trilogy, or became the youngest member of the Forbes 400, Joe Liemandt wrote a high school paper about the potential for a futuristic technology called Artificial Intelligence. Four decades later Liemandt sits in the principal’s chair at Alpha School, an AI-powered private school founded in A…

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#333 Dennis Noyes 1:05:26

1M ago1:05:26

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Based on what he's accomplished, it's hard to believe that Dennis Noyes isn't a lifelong motorcyclist. But it's true as he didn't discover the sport until he was in his 20s, with a visit to the Spanish Grand Prix in 1968. That was all it took as he was immediately hooked. Noyes started riding and that quickly turned into racing. Then came the perfe…

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#332 Gard Hollinger - ARCH Motorcycle 37:00

2M ago37:00

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ARCH co-founder Gard Hollinger doesn’t want to be referred to as an “engineer” or a “designer” out of respect for those in the field who have a formal degree. But whether he likes it not, Hollinger is a bit of both. He’s also actor Keanu Reeves’ partner in ARCH Motorcycle, and the pair, along with their race team, recently completed their first yea…

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Mårten Mickos: Essential Lessons From A Legendary Tech CEO 41:24

2M ago41:24

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Mårten Mickos isn't the kind of CEO who tries to dream up world-changing ideas or invent brand new markets. Perhaps best known for leading MySQL to becoming a $1 billion success story that powered Facebook, Google, and YouTube, Mickos also led teams at Eucalyptus and HackerOne and has consistently shown an ability to convert the potential energy of…

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Bill Zwaan 30:33

2M ago30:33

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Just in time for college football season, legendary West Chester University football and baseball coach and University of Delaware alum Bill Zwaan visits with Coach Rapczynski to talk Philly sports and the impacts coaches can have on athlete's life. Coach Zwaan helped more than 4,000 student athletes through the course of his career, with a winning…

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#331 Taylor Knapp 35:14

2M ago35:14

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Dunlop tire tester/part-time road racer Taylor Knapp wears many hats. This weekend he's wearing his racer hat and will do battle in the MotoAmerica Stock 1000 class on the PS² Racing Aprilia RSV4 1100 Factory as a fill-in rider for the injured Cory Ventura. Never one (or two) to miss an opportunity to chat with Knapp, we cornered the soft-spoken ra…

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Episode 81: Churchwide Has a Fever.... and the Only Prescription is More Youth and Young Adults! 37:30

2M ago37:30

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Alex is freshly back from churchwide assembly and the panel is ready to talk about it AND what his experiences will mean for youth and young adults moving forward. Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com. To learn more about the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, visit our website today!By The ELCA Youth Ministry Network

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Pat Knapp 28:52

2M ago28:52

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Coach Rapczynski talks with legendary coach Pat Knapp about the changing face of college basketball. Both coaches grew up in the Philadelphia Catholic League coaching ranks, coming from North Catholic and McDevitt respectively. They talk about the legendary North-McDevitt playoff game in 1968 where the North JV beat the McDevitt Varsity in the Cath…

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Eric Schmidt: The Implications of Superintelligence 40:35

2M ago40:35

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Best known as the CEO who helped transform Google from a promising startup into one of the best businesses in human history, Eric Schmidt has recently become one of the most important voices in the global conversation about artificial intelligence. He’s co-written two books on the subject including the New York Times bestseller Genesis: Artificial…

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#330 Jeremy Taubman & Shanea Makinson 1:02:24

3M ago1:02:24

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Jeremy Taubman is one of the riders in the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship Powered By Harley-Davidson. Together with Shanea Makinson, they are co-founders of the Remix Racing Project, which encompasses two of Jeremy's and Shanea's greatest passions: motorcycles and mental health. In this episode of "Off Track With Carruthers And Bice,"…

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Mike Spatola 36:28

3M ago36:28

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Coach Spatola and Coach Rapczynski compare notes about growing up in Long Island and Philadelphia and their legendary coaching careers and what it's like to learn from legendary coaches like Duke's Coach K. About Mike Spatola Mike Spatola coached basketball, baseball, and football and taught history, geography, and physical education at Trinity Pre…

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Episode 80: Jesus Follower or Fan of Jesus? 34:48

3M ago34:48

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Our 3TC hosts discuss what does it mean in our ministry to be fan or follower of Jesus. Our theology informs the ministry we lead and help to create. Join the conversation! Learn more about the Network by visiting our website today. Music provided by and licensed via www.pond5.com.By ELCA Youth Ministry Network

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#329 JD Beach 45:04

3M ago45:04

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Real Steel Honda rider JD Beach is in his happy place, and it's not just at the racetrack. He's on a team with his brother Hayden Gillim, he's an uncle to Gillim's two kids, as well as other Gillim brother Frankie Lee's two kids, and he's continuing to do what he's always done and what he does best: racing motorcycles. For this episode of Off Track…

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Dan Burke 32:02

3M ago32:02

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Coach Rapczynski speaks this week with Wilmington University Head Men's Basketball Coach Dan Burke, who in 10 years at WilmU, has taken his team to the CACC playoffs 8 of 9 years - a tremendous accomplishment. He talks about the rise of AAU, the transfer portal, and its impact on the game of basketball. Listen in on these two ball coaches connect. …

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#328 Sam Moses 57:31

4M ago57:31

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Sam Moses worked for Sports Illustrated for 18 years, the majority of which as its motorsports writer, covering events like the Indy 500, the Daytona 500 and the Long Beach Grand Prix back when it was a round of the Formula One World Championship. But his first love was motorcycles, and motorcycle racing, so Moses pitched those stories to Sports Il…

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Pedro Franceschi: Lessons from an Evolving Entrepreneur, from Hacking iPhones to Building Brex 43:19

4M ago43:19

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At just 13 years of age, Pedro Franceschi was one of the first to jailbreak the iPhone. By the time he was 15 he had co-founded a payments company that would process over a billion in transactions. And by the time he was in his early 20s, helped transform a last minute YC pivot into Brex, one of the most iconic fintech breakout stories of the decad…

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#327 Tim Estenson 1:07:18

4M ago1:07:18

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From fighting alcoholism as a young man who actually did hit rock bottom, to building a start-up trucking company into a $360 million success story with 3000 employees, Tim Estenson has most definitely lived. Having sold Estenson Logistics in 2017, Estenson is now "retired," and focusing his efforts on Estenson Racing, which encompasses the highly …

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Episode 79: Ministry with Parents with Rev. Janelle Rozek Hooper 34:00

4M ago34:00

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This month, a conversation with Pastor Janelle Rozek Hooper, recorded at the Extravaganza earlier this year. She serves as the program manager for Ministry with Children for the ELCA AND directs the new grant and research initiative discussed in this episode. She shares with us some helpful insight about parents and faith in new research that was r…

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Mitchell Hashimoto: How Solving His Own Problem Sparked HashiCorp 39:27

4M ago39:27

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The most successful founders don't usually chase startup ideas. Instead, they're pulled toward problems they can't ignore. Back in 2009, Mitchell Hashimoto set out to fix what frustrated him by hacking nights and weekends, open sourcing the tools he wished had existed for over a year. His quiet persistence and commitment to fixing the problem ign…

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Mike Archer 25:34

4M ago25:34

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In this special Father's Day edition of Philly Sports Rap, Coach Rapczynski speaks with legendary local news executive Mike Archer, who spent more than 40 years in TV news, including 30 years in Philadelphia. Why Father's Day edition? Well, Coach Rapczynski's daughter Beth is married to Mike's son, Terence. They share two granddaughers, who they lo…

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#326 Joe Karvonen 41:11

4M ago41:11

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Motorcycle companies aren’t normally owned by engineers, but maybe they should be. Joe Karvonen is the owner of Krämer Motorcycles U.S.A. and he’s an engineer who learned his trade at the Motorcycle Mechanics Institute. He’s also a club racer and a track-day rider. A perfect fit for a company that manufactures track-day and race bikes, including th…

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#325 Cameron Beaubier & Josh Hayes 1:02:29

5M ago1:02:29

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Five-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier and four-time champion Josh Hayes are tied at the top of the all-time AMA road race win list with 89 wins apiece. That’s a combined total of 178 career wins between the two former rivals and fast friends. We wrangled both of them to join us on this week's episode of the Off Track With Carrut…

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Dave Pauley 31:44

5M ago31:44

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"One of the best coaches timeout to timeout in Philadelphia history" Dave Pauley joins Coach Rap for this episode of Philly Sports Rap where two passionate coaches discuss the evolution of youth sports, which feeds into high school and collegiate sports. And of course, it wouldn't be a Philly Sports Rap without a few North Catholic and Markward Clu…

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Episode 78: Confirmation not Graduation 39:00

5M ago39:00

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In this month's conversation, the team talks about confirmation ministry. We've all thought about it, and maybe we've even said, 'It needs to be confirmation not graduation from church!' We think this could be a great starting point for a conversation by all of our listeners and the Network. So let's have a discussion in the Network Facebook Group …

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#324 John Ewert 46:57

5M ago46:57

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It's hard to argue against Road America being one of the best racing facilities in the world. The track itself is long, it's fast, and it always produces close races. As for the rest of it... well, you'd have to look long and hard to find even a blade of grass that's out of place. A favorite of MotoAmerica's racers, teams and fans, the series is ex…

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#323 Dr. Carl Price 49:57

5M ago49:57

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It would be difficult to find a more suited MotoAmerica Chief Medical Officer than Dr. Carl Price. Who better to assist an injured motorcycle racer than a doctor who has been riding and racing motorcycles since his childhood? We got the chance to chat with the personable Dr. Price on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice to talk…

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Bob Clark 29:07

6M ago29:07

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Legendary basketball coach Bob Clark joins Coach Rapczynski to discuss his journey from the Philadelphia Catholic League to the NCAA. He shares valuable insights on what it takes to work your way up the ranks.By Joe Rapczynski

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Jake Knapp: The Founder’s Guide to Product-Market Fit 41:10

6M ago41:10

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For startups in the zero to one phase, finding product-market fit isn't everything. It’s the only thing. And there are few people in the entrepreneurial world better at solving the product-market fit puzzle than Jake Knapp, who helped build Microsoft Encarta and Gmail, co-founded Google Meet, and has advised teams at Miro, Slack, LEGO and NASA on p…

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#322 Bradley Smith 39:46

6M ago39:46

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Thom Schumosic 21:38

6M ago21:38

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Coach Rapczynski talks to long-time friend, University of Delaware alumnus, and 1991 Delaware High School State Basketball Championship Coach at the Sanford School Thom Schumosic ... They connect over the changes to college basketball including the influence of the NIL ... and what it takes to grow as a coach.…

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#321 Dominic Doyle 43:44

6M ago43:44

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Laid-back South African Dominic Doyle, who now calls Columbus, Indiana, home, is a bonafide championship contender in the 2025 MotoAmerica SC-Project Twins Cup Championship. With two rounds and four races in the bank, Doyle is third in the championship with three podiums out of the four races. Unfortunately, mechanical issues kept him from scoring …

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#320 Mallory Dobbs 46:28

6M ago46:28

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Mallory Dobbs is living the dream. Despite getting a late start to motorcycling and ultimately motorcycle racing at the age of 22, Dobbs is most definitely making up for lost time. In 2023, Dobbs raced in both MotoAmerica Supersport and the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship. And the next thing you know, she's off racing in Europe in the …

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Amjad Masad: Resolve, Persistence, and the Rise of Replit 39:28

6M ago39:28

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Amjad Masad's journey is defined by relentless persistence. Born and raised in Jordan, he borrowed computers to teach himself coding, and then earned money building software for local internet cafes. He applied to Y Combinator again and again, finally gaining acceptance on his fourth try. His constant drive fueled continuous improvement, culminatin…

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Episode 77: Is AI Okay for Ministry? 32:55

6M ago32:55

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In this month's episode, we are releasing a recording that was created in Louisville, KY during the ELCA Youth Ministry Extravaganza. Pastor Michael Jannette is one of our Lutheran experts on AI and the use of technology and his response to how to use AI in ministry may surprise you. Join the panel for a FUN and laughter filled episode to find out …

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#319 Peter Clifford 32:51

6M ago32:51

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Peter Clifford is the director of rider development and media for the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, or, as he refers to it, the "Headmaster." Prior to being the man in charge of the Rookies Cup program, Clifford was a motojournalist who covered MotoGP before it was called MotoGP. He was also the team manager for Bob MacLean's World Championship Moto…

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Mo Howard, Philly Basketball Legend 31:11

6M ago31:11

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Legendary St. Joe's Prep, University of Maryland, and NBA basketball player ... and most importantly, all-around wonderful and kind community contributor Mo Howard joins the Philly Sports Rap to talk hoops with longtime friend and host Joe Rapczynski. Mo dives into transferring from Roman to St. Joe's Prep where he went from playing for legend Spee…

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#318 Roger Hayden - 2025 Superbike Preview 42:26

7M ago42:26

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The 2025 MotoAmerica Superbike Championship gets started this week with two races at Barber Motorsports Park, April 4-6, so who better to talk to than MotoAmerica Live+ lead analyst Roger Hayden to see what he thinks about the coming season. To listen in and see what Hayden, Paul Carruthers, and Sean Bice have to say, watch and/or listen to this we…

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Aaron Levie: The Restless Founder Plotting the Future of Cloud Storage and AI 40:49

7M ago40:49

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When the team behind Box first went looking for funding back in 2005, they tried just about every trick in the book. They sent Bill Gates a fax. They dropped a prospectus off at Paul Allen’s house in Seattle. And they took a shot at convincing Mark Cuban to join two ambitious college kids with a hunch the way businesses stored and collaborated aro…

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Talking Philly baseball with Jeff Manto 28:12

7M ago28:12

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Just in time for baseball's opening day, Bristol and Temple graduates and Phillies alum Jeff Manto joins host Joe Rapczynski as two multi-hall of famers talk about what's its like to make it to the Big Leagues, play internationally and coach professionally ... and what traits are most important to get to the next level of sports.…

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#317 Kenny Roberts 32:51

7M ago32:51

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The statement "needs no introduction" is somewhat overused. But in the case of this week's guest on Off Track With Carruthers And Bice, it's accurate. Three-time AMA Grand National Champion and three-time 500cc GP World Champion Kenny Roberts truly needs no introduction. We were fortunate enough to catch up with Roberts at Circuit of The Americas w…

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Talking the Catholic League, CYO and March Madness 35:10

7M ago35:10

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Welcome to the Philly Sports Rap, hosted by Philadelphia's own Joe Rapczynski. This episode dives into history of CYO, North Catholic and the Catholic League, along with who Coach Rapczynski has picked for March Madness.By Joe Rapczynski

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#316 Chase Black 53:46

7M ago53:46

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In a class that's sure to be full of surprises in its debut season, Chase Black threw the first Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul curveball when he came out on top of the timesheets in the two-day Dunlop preseason test at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, Texas, this week. Black and his Chase Black Racing Krämer APX-350 MA led the way on both days and…

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Episode 76: Mission Trips for the Win 39:43

7M ago39:43

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Have you taken a group on a mission trip? Are you thinking about it? In this month's episode, the panel discusses their experiences and offers some ideas for how to make these trips "stick" for participants and for your congregation at home. To learn more about 3TC and the ELCA Youth Ministry Network, please visit our website today. Music provided …

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Guillermo Rauch: The Product Visionary Fueling Vercel and Millions of Developers 39:36

7M ago39:36

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Guillermo Rauch didn’t find success by accident. He began working on computers as a kid growing up in Argentina and was hooked immediately, eventually falling in love with programming and open source before moving to Silicon Valley. Since then his blend of technical foresight, audacious ambition and obsessive attention to detail in products has mad…

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#315 Jake Lewis 46:09

7M ago46:09

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Jake Lewis's 2024 MotoAmerica season was what you could call sneaky good. Until you look at the results, you probably don't know that Lewis ended the season ranked fourth in Supersport (with four podiums and a win), third in the Mission Super Hooligan National Championship (with a win), and seventh in the Mission King Of The Baggers title chase. An…