The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players
By John McAllister
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Episodes: 109
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The Setting Trick features conversations with world class bridge players, and lovers of the card game bridge from all over the world.
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Ep: 108: Luc Bellicaud on Building Lia, the Bridge Robot Beating Humans at Their Own Game
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Ep: 107: Adam Parrish on Leveling Up, Writing Bridge Books and What It Takes to Win at the Nationals
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Ep. 106: Avery Silverstein on Junior World Championships, Family Bridge Mentorship, and Chasing Gold
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Ep. 105: Teaching Bridge to a New Generation with Maya Jonas-Silver
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Ep. 104: From Water Polo to World Championships with Ethan Derman
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Ep. 103: Antonio Palma Finally Breaks Through After Seven Straight Finals Losses
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Ep. 102: Ella & Julie – Denmark's Rising Stars in Women's Bridge
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 101: Emanuel Unge – All in for Bridge, Building the Premier Bridge Practice Tool
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 100: Christina Lund Madsen – Bridge's Master Mixer
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 99: Eat Like Gold: David Gold on Bridge, Food, and Playing with Legends
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 98: From Control Room to Card Table: Tracy Brines' Unique Journey in Bridge and Nuclear Power
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 97: From Hearts to Champion: John McAllister's Personal Bridge Odyssey
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 96: From Underdogs to USA-1: Inside Adam Grossack's Epic Bridge Victory
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May 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 95: Cheating, Convictions, and Compassion: Inside the American Contract Bridge League's Recorder's Office with Jeff Edelstein
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May 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 94: From Iceland to Delray: Svenni Eiriksson on Friendship, Risk, and Reinvention
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May 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 93: John's Jumbled Auction |It's Your Call!|
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 92: Lynn Castoldi – Winning with Joy, Scarves & Spades
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May 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 91: Dennis Bilde – The Danish Ace
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 90: Adrienne Carter: Shifting Your Mindset
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 89 Stefan Scorchev: Getting IntoBridge
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep 88: Ami Zamir – From Fishbein Glory to Fatherhood
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 87 Tuva Nilsmark: BridgeQueen
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 86 Drew Cavalier: From Nervous to National Bridge Champ
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Ep. 85 Jason Hackett AKA Prime Mutton
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 84 Boye Brogeland: Bridge at the Edge and In Person
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 83 Brian Reynolds - Fancies himself as a Bridge Outlier
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 82 Richard Zeckhauser: Making Better Decisions in the Card Game Bridge
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Episode 81: Owen Lien Does It All In Bridge
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep 80 Matthew Granovetter: Bridge Mystic
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 79: Boss Ladies of Bridge – Ladawna Parham and Bronia Jenkins
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 78 - Gavin Wolpert is committed to making you the best bridge player you can be!
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 77 - You Want Aaron "Silversetin" to Be Your Bridge Mentor
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 76: Simon de Wijs – Bridge's Vault Keeps all Secrets
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May 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 75 - Brian Platnick - Can Tell You if You're a World Class Bridge Player
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May 20, 2024 |
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Ep 74: Event Review with Sophia Baldysz
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep 73 Rise and Fly! Lamont Jones and The Gist of Bid Whist
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Ep 72: John Got Hired!
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Ep 71 Morten Bilde: Introducing the Card Game Bridge to Young People
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ep 70 Matthew Brown: High Compatibility in the Card Game Bridge
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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69 John Solo - This is the Song About Bridge
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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68 Game On – The Card Game Bridge Needs More People Like Steve Raine
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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67 Bonnie Gellas - The Beginners Bridge Teacher
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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66 Alex Kolesnik: Bridge Dad +
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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65 Nathan Gong - A Junior Ambassador for New Bridge Players
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Amber Lin - Bridge's Wonder Woman Part 2
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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64 Amber Lin - Bridge's Wonder Woman
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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63 Katie Sullivan is not pumping the brakes
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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62 Patty Tucker: Youthful Enthusiast
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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61 Sartaj Hans Keeps Getting Better at Bridge
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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60 The-Setting-Trick---Tom-Hanlon---Irish-Swordsman---MIXED
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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59 Tracey Bauer - In Support of Junior Bridge
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Episode 58: Olivia Schireson - Next Gen
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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57. Selena Pepić is addicted - Part 2
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May 11, 2023 |
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56. Selena Pepić is addicted - Part 1
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May 11, 2023 |
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55. Greg Humphreys - Charlottesville's Best - Part 2
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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54. Greg Humphreys - Charlottesville's Best - Part 1
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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53. Olin Hubert - Not Just a Director!
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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52. Interview with TST Host John McAllister
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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50. Kevin Rosenberg - Dream Partner
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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49. John Kranyak - Better Late than Never
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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48. Kitty Cooper - Loves a Good Hand
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Joe Grue
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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47. Susan Morse - Bridge Writer Extraordinaire
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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46. Milan Macura - Streaming Bridge
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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45. Jenni Carmichael - Director!
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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44. Ola and Mikael Rimstedt - Twins that Win
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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43. Susan Bricken - Dedicated to Growing the Game
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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42. Shan Huang - Is Better than You!
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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41. Robert Todd - Adventures in Teaching
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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40. Jacek Kalita - The Gentle Killer
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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39. Andrew Rowberg and Danning Lu - Collegiate Bowl Champs
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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38. Mike Levine - Hires the Best!
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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37. Youngest Life Masters: Bill, David, & Doug Hsieh - Passing the Baton
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May 15, 2021 |
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36. Michael Xu - Asks a Lot of Questions
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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35. YLM: Joel Wooldridge, Sam & Dan Hirschman, and Steve Cochran
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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34. Andrew Robson - The Formidable Englishman
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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33. Albert Bender - Taking the Game to Kids
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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32. Greg Hinze - This Dude Abides
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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31. Youngest Life Master: Adam Kaplan and Richard Jeng
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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30. YLM: Andrew Chen - The Current Titleholder
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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29. Ron Smith - Has More Stories
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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28. Ron Smith - Is Funny!
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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27. Scott Hoffer - World's Best Bridge Learning App
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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26. Nabil Edgtton - Tall, Dark and Handsome
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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25. Walt Schafer - The Place to Play Online
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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24. Tom Carmichael - Captains the Juniors
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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23. Chris Willenken - Next Level Bridge Thinking
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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22. Jacob Freeman and Finn Kolesnik - Teens that Win
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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21. Phil Clayton - Online Champion
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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20. Jack Zhao - Laughs his Face off
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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19. Kim Frazer - Represents her Country
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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18. Best of : The Setting Trick Seasons One and Two
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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17. Anam Tebha - Mixed Champion
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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16. Geoff Hampson - Best in the World
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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15. Steve Weinstein - Relentless to Win
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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14. Jeff Meckstroth - All-time Great
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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13. Kåre Gjaldbæk - Talks Danish Coffees
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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12. Bart Bramley - Master Storyteller
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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11. Amaresh Deshpande - The Future of Bridge
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Nov 03, 2019 |
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10. James Holzhauer - Jeopardy Champion
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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9. Michael Rosenberg - Plays a Different Game
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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8. Dave Caprera - Sleeps on the Couch
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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7. Samantha Punch - Champions Bridge
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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6. Adam Grossack - Sees the Angles + Mojo
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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5. Adam Wildavsky - Listener to Guest + Zia discusses a bidding problem
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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4. Zach Grossack - Bridge Star
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May 09, 2018 |
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3. Migry Zur Campanile - My First World Championship Partner
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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2. Bob Hamman - The GOAT
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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1. Gavin Wolpert - Bridge Life
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Jan 18, 2018 |