Longtime Omaha native Stephen Pedersen of Criteria (formerly Cursive / White Octave) joins me to recall his childhood of basketball, talk about his love of playing the sport, early days of Saddle Creek records, and the new Criteria album due out May 22nd. We also tried a new segment of "Band Name or NBA Player" with... mixed results.

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Lindsay and Mercy from Football Etc. talk all things sports from Rockets and Spurs to womens soccer. They also discuss their re-release of their debut album The Draft and new projects they're working on. And a Build-a-Band like you wouldn't believe.

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Topshelf Records is celebrating their 20th anniversary so founder Kevin Duquette joined me to talk about their history, compare some Topshelf artists to NBA players. Plus we talk Celtics, MVP, and more.

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