TrapDraw Podcast – No Laying Up
No Laying Up
The TrapDraw is No Laying Up’s podcast playground for all topics beyond the world of golf. Episode formats vary week to week and usually include Chop Sessions (where hosts TC & Randy explore their many eclectic interests), The Booth (where Neil & Cody interrogate each other), Interviews (with subject-matter experts from a wide swath of society), and Perfect Clubs (in-depth examinations of pop culture phenomenons). Through the TrapDraw members of No Laying Up are able to share glimpses into their daily lives with their most ardent, engaged audience.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 1h 29min
388: Seamsters Union - 2026 Season Draft
Opening Day hype and spring training fatigue collide with late-night West Coast ballpark plans. A win-total draft sparks spirited debates, duck-race draft order antics, and a mix of heart and analytics-driven picks. Division winner bets and World Series predictions close out a lively, baseball-celebratory conversation.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 15min
387: Chop Session
They banter through bracket chatter and a surprising mid-major Cinderella watch. Baseball drama and a disputed World Baseball Classic finish get hot takes. Oscars reactions and a music moment about Young Jeezy pop up. NFL free agency moves, quirky viral news, and weird local scandals round out the wide-ranging conversation.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 4h 1min
386: The Oscars
Timothy Simons, actor and podcaster known for TV and the Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This, joins to preview the Oscars and debate the year in film. Short takes on standout and overlooked movies. Rapid-fire ranking of the ten Best Picture nominees with spirited defenses and critiques. Lively chats on Best Actor and Best Actress contenders and memorable theater moments.
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Mar 5, 2026 • 1h 49min
385: Chop Session - The Return of Big
New dad life stories and middle-of-the-night routines after a newborn arrives. A tech disaster involving 190 lost Safari tabs and iMessage chaos. A roundup of global hotspots and odd viral military photos. Deep dive into Miami RedHawks basketball surge, arena approval, and coach controversies. Quick takes on food lawsuits, airline gripes, and assorted quirky sports headlines.
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Feb 26, 2026 • 1h 23min
384: Movie Recs with Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey, writer and podcaster at The Ringer known for Rewatchables and film shows, shares rapid-fire movie recommendations. He covers perfect films for flights, horror for non-horror fans, movies to crank the sound on, titles that grew on him, visuals you can watch on mute, underrated recent gems, foreign-language entry points, and pairing ideas across genres.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 1h 18min
383: Chop Session with DJ Pie
DJ Pie, frequent TrapDraw regular and baseball/media personality, pops in from vacation with travel tales and sports banter. They trade airline horror stories, minor-league hat talk, odd news items and fishing dreams. Conversations jump to MLB roster moves, antitrust headlines, geopolitical flashpoints, and a quirky Things That Are Sick list. Fast-paced, anecdote-driven, and wide-ranging.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 1h 10min
382: The BallKnowers
Quick Winter Olympics talk and critiques of judging transparency. A lively debate about AI music as tool versus threat. Super Bowl recap centered on Drake Maye, turnovers, and coaching impacts. Deep dive into NFL offseason ripple effects: trades, QB movement, coaching carousel, and team buy/sell arguments.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 24min
381: Chop Session with DJ Pie
Dennis Pihowski (DJ Pie), media contributor and pop culture commentator, chats about parenting hacks for winter, indoor family activities and youth sports routines. They riff on baseball hot-stove moves, NFL coaching drama and quirky global news bites. Expect food shoutouts, travel annoyances and offbeat human-interest stories.
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Jan 29, 2026 • 1h 39min
380: The BallKnowers
They roast preseason picks and tally the BallKnowers leaderboard with brutal honesty. They debate coaching hires and how strategic moves reshape team identities. They dissect key playoff matchups, injuries and odd substation theories. Quick takes on buy-or-sell team futures, must-see games for next season, and prospects to watch in the draft.
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Jan 23, 2026 • 1h 11min
379: The Booth Vol. 24
Neil and Cody dive into the challenges of home ownership during winter storms and share their grocery shopping adventures. Neil recounts a bizarre grocery trip where his cart disappeared, while they compare differing shopping systems. The duo also celebrates conquering cardboard recycling, discusses parenting struggles, and shares reading recommendations including a biography of Hamilton. They explore snow shoveling as a meditative task and suggest a business idea for effective cardboard disposal, all wrapped in humor and light-hearted banter.
