The Nest Podcast - No Laying Up http://nolayingup.com en 2019 Podcasts created specifically for The Nest, NLU's golf society. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0728a708-eddf-11ed-952e-239ce2ab1d8b/image/main.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress The Nest Podcast - No Laying Up http://nolayingup.com yes episodic No Laying Up Podcasts created specifically for The Nest, NLU's golf society. Yes Yes No Laying Up nolayingup@gmail.com Episode 89: Greebs and the Great English Golf Trip TC welcomes Refuge member, and Northern California Roost captain, Greebs to the pod to discuss a recent golf trip to England full of great golf and great community with other Nest members. Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0000 full 89 No Laying Up TC welcomes Refuge member, and Northern California Roost captain, Greebs to the pod to discuss a recent golf trip to England full of great golf and great community with other Nest members. TC welcomes Refuge member, and Northern California Roost captain, Greebs to the pod to discuss a recent golf trip to England full of great golf and great community with other Nest members.

]]> 3489 Episode 88: Pete Dye Deep Dive - Deleted Scenes After a two-part podcast covering the life and career of Pete Dye that lasted over five and a half hours, you might be surprised to learn we still left a lot of material on the cutting room floor. DJ and Charles Van Kirk debrief on the processing of putting the pods together before listening back to some of the interview material that was left out of the final project. Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full 88 No Laying Up After a two-part podcast covering the life and career of Pete Dye that lasted over five and a half hours, you might be surprised to learn we still left a lot of material on the cutting room floor. DJ and Charles Van Kirk debrief on the processing of putting the pods together before listening back to some of the interview material that was left out of the final project. After a two-part podcast covering the life and career of Pete Dye that lasted over five and a half hours, you might be surprised to learn we still left a lot of material on the cutting room floor. DJ and Charles Van Kirk debrief on the processing of putting the pods together before listening back to some of the interview material that was left out of the final project.

]]> 4637 Episode 87: Micah Pueschel Micah Pueschel, aka Mr. Poosh from the band Iration, joins TC and Randy to talk life on the road, playing golf while on tour, his favorite courses and a ton more. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full 87 No Laying Up Micah Pueschel, aka Mr. Poosh from the band Iration, joins TC and Randy to talk life on the road, playing golf while on tour, his favorite courses and a ton more. Micah Pueschel, aka Mr. Poosh from the band Iration, joins TC and Randy to talk life on the road, playing golf while on tour, his favorite courses and a ton more.

]]> 4569 Episode 86: Life and "Hitting Cups" with Hueber Justin Hueber joins DJ and Neil for a look back at his life as a collegiate and pro golfer and the process that led to his decision to step away from his professional career. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full 86 No Laying Up Justin Hueber joins DJ and Neil for a look back at his life as a collegiate and pro golfer and the process that led to his decision to step away from his professional career. Justin Hueber joins DJ and Neil for a look back at his life as a collegiate and pro golfer and the process that led to his decision to step away from his professional career.

]]> 4831 Episode 85: Meet Our Evans Scholar For this Nest pod episode, DJ and Neil recap NLU's involvement with the Evans Scholars Foundation and chat with Abby Boyer, the first recipient of our NLU Endowed Evans Scholarship. Abby attends Miami University and tells us about getting her start as a caddie, the experience of applying for the scholarship, and her future plans after college. Thu, 21 May 2026 20:00:00 -0000 full 85 No Laying Up For this Nest pod episode, DJ and Neil recap NLU's involvement with the Evans Scholars Foundation and chat with Abby Boyer, the first recipient of our NLU Endowed Evans Scholarship. Abby attends Miami University and tells us about getting her start as a caddie, the experience of applying for the scholarship, and her future plans after college. For this Nest pod episode, DJ and Neil recap NLU's involvement with the Evans Scholars Foundation and chat with Abby Boyer, the first recipient of our NLU Endowed Evans Scholarship. Abby attends Miami University and tells us about getting her start as a caddie, the experience of applying for the scholarship, and her future plans after college.

]]> 2604 Episode 84: Live Q&A in Philly Soly, TC and Neil ventured to Philly this week to host another NLU Live as we talk about the week ahead at Aronimink, settle some cheesesteak discourse and debate from recent TrapDraw episodes, and answer questions from the listeners that joined us at Liberty Point Thu, 14 May 2026 16:00:00 -0000 full 84 No Laying Up Soly, TC and Neil ventured to Philly this week to host another NLU Live as we talk about the week ahead at Aronimink, settle some cheesesteak discourse and debate from recent TrapDraw episodes, and answer questions from the listeners that joined us at Liberty Point Soly, TC and Neil ventured to Philly this week to host another NLU Live as we talk about the week ahead at Aronimink, settle some cheesesteak discourse and debate from recent TrapDraw episodes, and answer questions from the listeners that joined us at Liberty Point

]]> 4305 Episode 83: Drafting the Best Public US Golf Courses (Non-Top-100) We're getting deeper into the drafting game as Soly, Tron, Neil DJ and Randy all gather for a draft amongst our favorite public courses in the US that don't appear on any of the major top-100 lists. For this draft - each guy had to pick a course to fill out one of five categories: A Trip Anchor, a Capital G Golf Course Best Walk Best Hang (total environment) Fun To Play A Course for the Sickos Tue, 12 May 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full 83 No Laying Up We're getting deeper into the drafting game as Soly, Tron, Neil DJ and Randy all gather for a draft amongst our favorite public courses in the US that don't appear on any of the major top-100 lists. For this draft - each guy had to pick a course to fill out one of five categories: A Trip Anchor, a Capital G Golf Course Best Walk Best Hang (total environment) Fun To Play A Course for the Sickos We're getting deeper into the drafting game as Soly, Tron, Neil DJ and Randy all gather for a draft amongst our favorite public courses in the US that don't appear on any of the major top-100 lists. For this draft - each guy had to pick a course to fill out one of five categories:

  1. A Trip Anchor, a Capital G Golf Course
  2. Best Walk
  3. Best Hang (total environment)
  4. Fun To Play
  5. A Course for the Sickos
]]> 3810 Episode 82: Playing Competitive Golf DJ chats with Soly, Ben and Neil on their competitive golf history, the highs and lows of tournament play, their motivations for gravitating towards competitive play and more. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full 82 No Laying Up DJ chats with Soly, Ben and Neil on their competitive golf history, the highs and lows of tournament play, their motivations for gravitating towards competitive play and more. DJ chats with Soly, Ben and Neil on their competitive golf history, the highs and lows of tournament play, their motivations for gravitating towards competitive play and more.

]]> 4369 Episode 81: Casa de Campo Production Review SPOILER WARNING: this pod spoils the ending of our videos this week early in the recording so check out the videos if you haven't already: (⁠Part 1⁠ / ⁠Part 2⁠) DJ, TC, Ben and Cody go behind the scenes of our Casa De Campo edition of Wild World of Golf that premiered on our YouTube channel this week. We detail our thoughts on each course, the origins of the bits on the show - shoutout to Top Chef, Cody's history at Casa De Campo, future WWOG content plans, and more. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full 81 No Laying Up SPOILER WARNING: this pod spoils the ending of our videos this week early in the recording so check out the videos if you haven't already: (⁠Part 1⁠ / ⁠Part 2⁠) DJ, TC, Ben and Cody go behind the scenes of our Casa De Campo edition of Wild World of Golf that premiered on our YouTube channel this week. We detail our thoughts on each course, the origins of the bits on the show - shoutout to Top Chef, Cody's history at Casa De Campo, future WWOG content plans, and more. SPOILER WARNING: this pod spoils the ending of our videos this week early in the recording so check out the videos if you haven't already: (⁠Part 1⁠ / ⁠Part 2⁠)

DJ, TC, Ben and Cody go behind the scenes of our Casa De Campo edition of Wild World of Golf that premiered on our YouTube channel this week. We detail our thoughts on each course, the origins of the bits on the show - shoutout to Top Chef, Cody's history at Casa De Campo, future WWOG content plans, and more.

]]> 5197 Episode 80: Drew Pond Joins the Team Neil visits with the newest member of Team NLU, Drew Pond, to discuss his entry into NLU content, his work at Stone Creek Coffee, his goals for the Nest community, and a ton more. Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:00:00 -0000 full 80 No Laying Up Neil visits with the newest member of Team NLU, Drew Pond, to discuss his entry into NLU content, his work at Stone Creek Coffee, his goals for the Nest community, and a ton more. Neil visits with the newest member of Team NLU, Drew Pond, to discuss his entry into NLU content, his work at Stone Creek Coffee, his goals for the Nest community, and a ton more.

]]> 4113 Episode 79: DJ Pie AMA DJ steps into the batters box as Neil brings the heat with some Refuge submitted questions for the Pie Man covering music, baseball, NLU content, business strategy and more. Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0000 full 79 No Laying Up DJ steps into the batters box as Neil brings the heat with some Refuge submitted questions for the Pie Man covering music, baseball, NLU content, business strategy and more. DJ steps into the batters box as Neil brings the heat with some Refuge submitted questions for the Pie Man covering music, baseball, NLU content, business strategy and more.

]]> 5639 Episode 78: TC and Maverick McNealy For this Nest Exclusive podcast, TC had a short chat with Maverick McNealy after we shot our aviation video as they go into more detail about Mav's background in flying, the intricacies of his flights, other PGA Tour aviation geeks and more. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:00:00 -0000 full 78 No Laying Up For this Nest Exclusive podcast, TC had a short chat with Maverick McNealy after we shot our aviation video as they go into more detail about Mav's background in flying, the intricacies of his flights, other PGA Tour aviation geeks and more. For this Nest Exclusive podcast, TC had a short chat with Maverick McNealy after we shot our aviation video as they go into more detail about Mav's background in flying, the intricacies of his flights, other PGA Tour aviation geeks and more.

]]> 1450 Episode 77: DJ and Timothy Simons On this bonus Nest pod for the month of February, we get a player-caddie debrief as Timothy Simons and DJ recap their week in Orlando at the LPGA Tournament of Champions and their trip to the movies to see Sam Raimi's Send Help Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0000 full 77 No Laying Up On this bonus Nest pod for the month of February, we get a player-caddie debrief as Timothy Simons and DJ recap their week in Orlando at the LPGA Tournament of Champions and their trip to the movies to see Sam Raimi's Send Help On this bonus Nest pod for the month of February, we get a player-caddie debrief as Timothy Simons and DJ recap their week in Orlando at the LPGA Tournament of Champions and their trip to the movies to see Sam Raimi's Send Help

]]> 3188 Episode 76: Nick and Haley from East Sands Golf Co. TC catches up with Nest Members Nick and Haley Hnatiw, the founders of East Sands Golf Co., for a chat about their journey into starting their own golf travel business, the wide variety of locations around the world they've sent their clients, some of the biggest misconceptions in golf travel and a ton more. A reminder that all Nest members can visit their website https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu to save $500 per person on their next booking! Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0000 full 76 No Laying Up TC catches up with Nest Members Nick and Haley Hnatiw, the founders of East Sands Golf Co., for a chat about their journey into starting their own golf travel business, the wide variety of locations around the world they've sent their clients, some of the biggest misconceptions in golf travel and a ton more. A reminder that all Nest members can visit their website https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu to save $500 per person on their next booking! TC catches up with Nest Members Nick and Haley Hnatiw, the founders of East Sands Golf Co., for a chat about their journey into starting their own golf travel business, the wide variety of locations around the world they've sent their clients, some of the biggest misconceptions in golf travel and a ton more.

A reminder that all Nest members can visit their website https://www.eastsandsgolf.co/nlu to save $500 per person on their next booking!

]]> 6436 Episode 75: January 2026 Cody, Casey, Ben, Jordan and Matt react to the TrapDraw goals pod and review their own 2025 goals and set their own goals for 2026. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:58:00 -0000 full 75 No Laying Up Cody, Casey, Ben, Jordan and Matt react to the TrapDraw goals pod and review their own 2025 goals and set their own goals for 2026. Cody, Casey, Ben, Jordan and Matt react to the TrapDraw goals pod and review their own 2025 goals and set their own goals for 2026.

]]> 9765 Episode 74: December 2025 Neil, Soly, TC and DJ review the 2025 NLU Census and the feedback from the community on all things NLU. Reminder - check your profiles to confirm an up to date shipping address for the member gift, which goes out in January. Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:30:00 -0000 full 74 No Laying Up Neil, Soly, TC and DJ review the 2025 NLU Census and the feedback from the community on all things NLU. Reminder - check your profiles to confirm an up to date shipping address for the member gift, which goes out in January. Neil, Soly, TC and DJ review the 2025 NLU Census and the feedback from the community on all things NLU.

Reminder - check your profiles to confirm an up to date shipping address for the member gift, which goes out in January.

]]> 6147 Episode 73: November 2025 Introducing the 2025 Nest Invitational Champion LaneRock19! Join us as Cody, Casey, and Matt run down some announcements and get to know our new Champion Lane. If you are interested in starting a Roost, now is your time! More info can be found on The Refuge. And it is time - please update your address! Wed, 26 Nov 2025 20:45:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Introducing the 2025 Nest Invitational Champion LaneRock19! Join us as Cody, Casey, and Matt run down some announcements and get to know our new Champion Lane. If you are interested in starting a Roost, now is your time! More info can be found on The Refuge. And it is time - please update your address! Introducing the 2025 Nest Invitational Champion LaneRock19!


Join us as Cody, Casey, and Matt run down some announcements and get to know our new Champion Lane. If you are interested in starting a Roost, now is your time! More info can be found on The Refuge. And it is time - please update your address!


]]> 4418 Episode 72: October 2025 Neil and Randy empty the mailbag in this AMA edition of the Nest Pod. New codes are being added to your Nest Profiles. And it is almost that time of year—please update your address! Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:38:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil and Randy empty the mailbag in this AMA edition of the Nest Pod. New codes are being added to your Nest Profiles. And it is almost that time of year—please update your address! Neil and Randy empty the mailbag in this AMA edition of the Nest Pod. New codes are being added to your Nest Profiles. And it is almost that time of year—please update your address!


]]> 5462 Episode 71: September 2025 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up 3339 Episode 70: August 2025 For this month's nest pod, DJ and Neil recount the unique backstory of the 2023 Team USA Walker Cup film which premiered on the NLU YouTube page this week. Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:00:00 -0000 full 70 No Laying Up For this month's nest pod, DJ and Neil recount the unique backstory of the 2023 Team USA Walker Cup film which premiered on the NLU YouTube page this week. For this month's nest pod, DJ and Neil recount the unique backstory of the 2023 Team USA Walker Cup film which premiered on the NLU YouTube page this week.

]]> 4689 Episode 69: July 2025 TC catches up with @NoLayovers (Marcus Motes) on this month's edition of the nest pod to talk through his work with development of Cabot Citrus Farms and all things air travel. Links! Head to ⁠⁠nolayingup.com/ring⁠⁠  to register for these monthly contests and keep an eye on the leaderboards Go to ⁠⁠events.nolayingup.com⁠⁠ for the list of remaining Roost majors this summer. Roost updates and photos from majors, etc.. in an upcoming No Laying Up Friday Newsletter - make sure you are subscribed at ⁠⁠newsletter.nolayingup.com Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:40:00 -0000 full 69 No Laying Up TC catches up with @NoLayovers (Marcus Motes) on this month's edition of the nest pod to talk through his work with development of Cabot Citrus Farms and all things air travel. Links! Head to ⁠⁠nolayingup.com/ring⁠⁠  to register for these monthly contests and keep an eye on the leaderboards Go to ⁠⁠events.nolayingup.com⁠⁠ for the list of remaining Roost majors this summer. Roost updates and photos from majors, etc.. in an upcoming No Laying Up Friday Newsletter - make sure you are subscribed at ⁠⁠newsletter.nolayingup.com TC catches up with @NoLayovers (Marcus Motes) on this month's edition of the nest pod to talk through his work with development of Cabot Citrus Farms and all things air travel.

Links!


]]> 4338 Episode 68: June 2025 Neil, Casey, and Cody are joined this month by No Laying Up's newest employee, Mr. Matt Mramer. Matt joined the squad at the beginning of the year, coming over from the PGA Tour. The team delves into his upbringing, life before NLU, his current activities, and more. Thank you to all who got involved and sent in questions for the episode. Links! Head to ⁠nolayingup.com/ring⁠  to register for these monthly contests and keep an eye on the leaderboards Go to ⁠events.nolayingup.com⁠ for the list of remaining Roost majors this summer. Roost updates and photos from majors, etc.. in an upcoming No Laying Up Friday Newsletter - make sure you are subscribed at ⁠newsletter.nolayingup.com Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:41:00 -0000 full 68 No Laying Up Neil, Casey, and Cody are joined this month by No Laying Up's newest employee, Mr. Matt Mramer. Matt joined the squad at the beginning of the year, coming over from the PGA Tour. The team delves into his upbringing, life before NLU, his current activities, and more. Thank you to all who got involved and sent in questions for the episode. Links! Head to ⁠nolayingup.com/ring⁠  to register for these monthly contests and keep an eye on the leaderboards Go to ⁠events.nolayingup.com⁠ for the list of remaining Roost majors this summer. Roost updates and photos from majors, etc.. in an upcoming No Laying Up Friday Newsletter - make sure you are subscribed at ⁠newsletter.nolayingup.com Neil, Casey, and Cody are joined this month by No Laying Up's newest employee, Mr. Matt Mramer. Matt joined the squad at the beginning of the year, coming over from the PGA Tour. The team delves into his upbringing, life before NLU, his current activities, and more. Thank you to all who got involved and sent in questions for the episode.


Links!

]]> 3549 Episode 67: May 2025 It's Strapped Season, baby! We're back this month with D.J., The Big Guy, and Neil to discuss Season 12 and all things Strapped. Thank you to all who got involved and sent in questions for the episode. Links! Head to nolayingup.com/ring  to register for these monthly contests and keep an eye on the leaderboards Go to events.nolayingup.com for the list of remaining Roost majors this summer. Roost updates and photos from majors, etc.. in an upcoming No Laying Up Friday Newsletter - make sure you are subscribed at newsletter.nolayingup.com Thu, 22 May 2025 16:16:00 -0000 full No Laying Up It's Strapped Season, baby! We're back this month with D.J., The Big Guy, and Neil to discuss Season 12 and all things Strapped. Thank you to all who got involved and sent in questions for the episode. Links! Head to nolayingup.com/ring  to register for these monthly contests and keep an eye on the leaderboards Go to events.nolayingup.com for the list of remaining Roost majors this summer. Roost updates and photos from majors, etc.. in an upcoming No Laying Up Friday Newsletter - make sure you are subscribed at newsletter.nolayingup.com It's Strapped Season, baby! We're back this month with D.J., The Big Guy, and Neil to discuss Season 12 and all things Strapped. Thank you to all who got involved and sent in questions for the episode.


Links!

  • Head to nolayingup.com/ring  to register for these monthly contests and keep an eye on the leaderboards
  • Go to events.nolayingup.com for the list of remaining Roost majors this summer.
  • Roost updates and photos from majors, etc.. in an upcoming No Laying Up Friday Newsletter - make sure you are subscribed at newsletter.nolayingup.com
]]> 3932 Episode 66: April 2025 On this month's Nest pod we run through some Roost event updates before a Q&A from the Refuge for KVV, Soly and Neil on their experience at the Masters and NLU's "Sounds of the Masters" pod that we released last week. Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:03:00 -0000 full 66 No Laying Up On this month's Nest pod we run through some Roost event updates before a Q&A from the Refuge for KVV, Soly and Neil on their experience at the Masters and NLU's "Sounds of the Masters" pod that we released last week. On this month's Nest pod we run through some Roost event updates before a Q&A from the Refuge for KVV, Soly and Neil on their experience at the Masters and NLU's "Sounds of the Masters" pod that we released last week.

]]> 4079 Episode 65: March 2025 For this month's Nest pod we hit the slopes to talk all things skiing and snowboarding. In part one, TC is joined by Neil and Randy. For part two, TC catches up with Nest member, and professional snowboarder, Alex Diebold (1:02:10) on his career which includes a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Thu, 27 Mar 2025 01:00:00 -0000 full 65 No Laying Up For this month's Nest pod we hit the slopes to talk all things skiing and snowboarding. In part one, TC is joined by Neil and Randy. For part two, TC catches up with Nest member, and professional snowboarder, Alex Diebold (1:02:10) on his career which includes a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. For this month's Nest pod we hit the slopes to talk all things skiing and snowboarding. In part one, TC is joined by Neil and Randy. For part two, TC catches up with Nest member, and professional snowboarder, Alex Diebold (1:02:10) on his career which includes a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

]]> 8729 Episode 64: February 2025 It is the official "Year in Review" review with special guest John Minnium. Neil and Cody sit down to talk with John about the origins of his yearly publication, his best experiences, life and more. Don’t forget to check your member profile for exclusive discount codes that are available to all members. Until next time. Cheers! Thu, 27 Feb 2025 22:03:00 -0000 full No Laying Up It is the official "Year in Review" review with special guest John Minnium. Neil and Cody sit down to talk with John about the origins of his yearly publication, his best experiences, life and more. Don’t forget to check your member profile for exclusive discount codes that are available to all members. Until next time. Cheers! It is the official "Year in Review" review with special guest John Minnium. Neil and Cody sit down to talk with John about the origins of his yearly publication, his best experiences, life and more.


Don’t forget to check your member profile for exclusive discount codes that are available to all members.


Until next time. Cheers!

]]> 3359 Episode 63: January 2025 NEST Gift Season is here! This month, Neil and Cody are joined by D.J. Pie for a wide-ranging Ask Me Anything episode. We tackle a variety of topics, answering questions submitted by the community on The Refuge. Big thanks to everyone who contributed—D.J. even promised to get to the rest! We’d also love to hear your thoughts on this year’s member gift. Plus, don’t forget to check your member profile for exclusive discount codes available to all members. Until next time, cheers! Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:32:00 -0000 full No Laying Up NEST Gift Season is here! This month, Neil and Cody are joined by D.J. Pie for a wide-ranging Ask Me Anything episode. We tackle a variety of topics, answering questions submitted by the community on The Refuge. Big thanks to everyone who contributed—D.J. even promised to get to the rest! We’d also love to hear your thoughts on this year’s member gift. Plus, don’t forget to check your member profile for exclusive discount codes available to all members. Until next time, cheers! NEST Gift Season is here!


This month, Neil and Cody are joined by D.J. Pie for a wide-ranging Ask Me Anything episode. We tackle a variety of topics, answering questions submitted by the community on The Refuge. Big thanks to everyone who contributed—D.J. even promised to get to the rest!


We’d also love to hear your thoughts on this year’s member gift. Plus, don’t forget to check your member profile for exclusive discount codes available to all members.

Until next time, cheers!

]]> 4651 Episode 62: December 2024 Everyone deserves a few days.........right? We hope everyone had a great Holiday season and enjoyed some time off with family and friends. Your December Nest Podcast is here! Get into your Nest Profile and ENSURE your address is current. You do not want to miss out on your Nest gift! Goals season: Cody gathered the rest of the NLU team to react to the TrapDraw Goals episode, run down their 2024 results, and what we want to accomplish in 2025. Get on the Refuge and lay out your goals for the year so we can all hold each other accountable. Cheers - and onto 2025! Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:43:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Everyone deserves a few days.........right? We hope everyone had a great Holiday season and enjoyed some time off with family and friends. Your December Nest Podcast is here! Get into your Nest Profile and ENSURE your address is current. You do not want to miss out on your Nest gift! Goals season: Cody gathered the rest of the NLU team to react to the TrapDraw Goals episode, run down their 2024 results, and what we want to accomplish in 2025. Get on the Refuge and lay out your goals for the year so we can all hold each other accountable. Cheers - and onto 2025! Everyone deserves a few days.........right?


We hope everyone had a great Holiday season and enjoyed some time off with family and friends. Your December Nest Podcast is here! Get into your Nest Profile and ENSURE your address is current. You do not want to miss out on your Nest gift!


Goals season: Cody gathered the rest of the NLU team to react to the TrapDraw Goals episode, run down their 2024 results, and what we want to accomplish in 2025. Get on the Refuge and lay out your goals for the year so we can all hold each other accountable.


Cheers - and onto 2025!



]]> 7056 Episode 61: November 2024 Neil, Tron, Cody and Casey team up to share some quick Nest Member updates before reviewing the results of the 2024 NLU Census. Show links: Friendly reminder to visit your Nest Member profile to update your address and grab the Nest Laundry bag discount code. 2024 NLU Census Responses Slideshow 2025 Roost Application Form 2024 State of The Nest Nest Video Podcast Tue, 26 Nov 2024 02:28:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil, Tron, Cody and Casey team up to share some quick Nest Member updates before reviewing the results of the 2024 NLU Census. Show links: Friendly reminder to visit your Nest Member profile to update your address and grab the Nest Laundry bag discount code. 2024 NLU Census Responses Slideshow 2025 Roost Application Form 2024 State of The Nest Nest Video Podcast Neil, Tron, Cody and Casey team up to share some quick Nest Member updates before reviewing the results of the 2024 NLU Census.



Show links:


Friendly reminder to visit your Nest Member profile to update your address and grab the Nest Laundry bag discount code.


]]> 5808 Episode 60: October 2024 Neil and Cody welcome our 2024 NIT Champion Reinben on this month's podcast. We recap the 2024 NIT at Dobson Ranch before getting into Ben's story and what led to his win. Our 2024 census is out! Please take the time to fill it out so Randy has to do another silly dance. And the Donnybrook is back! Show links: Lucas, Director of Magic at Liberty National GC 2024 Nest Invitational Tournament: Reinben Reigns Supreme Jeff Marsh, 2024 NIT Official photos Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:19:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil and Cody welcome our 2024 NIT Champion Reinben on this month's podcast. We recap the 2024 NIT at Dobson Ranch before getting into Ben's story and what led to his win. Our 2024 census is out! Please take the time to fill it out so Randy has to do another silly dance. And the Donnybrook is back! Show links: Lucas, Director of Magic at Liberty National GC 2024 Nest Invitational Tournament: Reinben Reigns Supreme Jeff Marsh, 2024 NIT Official photos Neil and Cody welcome our 2024 NIT Champion Reinben on this month's podcast. We recap the 2024 NIT at Dobson Ranch before getting into Ben's story and what led to his win. Our 2024 census is out! Please take the time to fill it out so Randy has to do another silly dance. And the Donnybrook is back!


Show links:

Lucas, Director of Magic at Liberty National GC

2024 Nest Invitational Tournament: Reinben Reigns Supreme

Jeff Marsh, 2024 NIT Official photos

]]> 3522 Episode 59: September 2024 Hand up! We missed the end of the month by a couple of days. But we are excited to bring this interview with NEST Member Connor Belcastro. Connor graduated from Princeton University last Spring with a major in Philosophy while playing on the men's golf team. Since graduation, he has relocated to St. Simons Island, GA, to practice full-time in pursuit of his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. In his free time, Connor writes about the game he loves. His latest piece for the website can be found at: https://nolayingup.com/blog/connor-belcastro-a-q-school-diary Check out his other work here: https://nolayingup.com/blog/lets-stay-together https://nolayingup.com/blog/the-eye-test-manifesto https://nolayingup.com/blog/how-i-found-scottie-scheffler Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:24:00 -0000 full 59 No Laying Up Hand up! We missed the end of the month by a couple of days. But we are excited to bring this interview with NEST Member Connor Belcastro. Connor graduated from Princeton University last Spring with a major in Philosophy while playing on the men's golf team. Since graduation, he has relocated to St. Simons Island, GA, to practice full-time in pursuit of his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. In his free time, Connor writes about the game he loves. His latest piece for the website can be found at: https://nolayingup.com/blog/connor-belcastro-a-q-school-diary Check out his other work here: https://nolayingup.com/blog/lets-stay-together https://nolayingup.com/blog/the-eye-test-manifesto https://nolayingup.com/blog/how-i-found-scottie-scheffler Hand up! We missed the end of the month by a couple of days. But we are excited to bring this interview with NEST Member Connor Belcastro. Connor graduated from Princeton University last Spring with a major in Philosophy while playing on the men's golf team. Since graduation, he has relocated to St. Simons Island, GA, to practice full-time in pursuit of his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. In his free time, Connor writes about the game he loves.


His latest piece for the website can be found at: https://nolayingup.com/blog/connor-belcastro-a-q-school-diary


Check out his other work here:

https://nolayingup.com/blog/lets-stay-together

https://nolayingup.com/blog/the-eye-test-manifesto

https://nolayingup.com/blog/how-i-found-scottie-scheffler

]]> 3997 Episode 58: August 2024 Neil opens this month's Nest pod with some updates on the Roost Club Championship and the squads that have qualified in recent weeks. Then (19:50) TC visits with John Pond to relive Lauren Coughlin's road from surviving week to week as a young professional to her recent run of success winning both the Canadian and Scottish opens and qualifying for her first Solheim Cup. We also get into John's career change and becoming a regular caddie on the LPGA tour. Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:17:00 -0000 full 58 No Laying Up Neil opens this month's Nest pod with some updates on the Roost Club Championship and the squads that have qualified in recent weeks. Then (19:50) TC visits with John Pond to relive Lauren Coughlin's road from surviving week to week as a young professional to her recent run of success winning both the Canadian and Scottish opens and qualifying for her first Solheim Cup. We also get into John's career change and becoming a regular caddie on the LPGA tour. Neil opens this month's Nest pod with some updates on the Roost Club Championship and the squads that have qualified in recent weeks. Then (19:50) TC visits with John Pond to relive Lauren Coughlin's road from surviving week to week as a young professional to her recent run of success winning both the Canadian and Scottish opens and qualifying for her first Solheim Cup. We also get into John's career change and becoming a regular caddie on the LPGA tour.

]]> 9438 Episode 57: July 2024 For this month's Nest pod, Cody and Neil. are joined by KVV to discuss the ins and outs of Big J's stuff. We dig deep into the Hovland and Shanks projects before we have some fun and make him do voice impressions. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 04:48:00 -0000 full 57 No Laying Up For this month's Nest pod, Cody and Neil. are joined by KVV to discuss the ins and outs of Big J's stuff. We dig deep into the Hovland and Shanks projects before we have some fun and make him do voice impressions. For this month's Nest pod, Cody and Neil. are joined by KVV to discuss the ins and outs of Big J's stuff. We dig deep into the Hovland and Shanks projects before we have some fun and make him do voice impressions.

]]> 3977 Episode 56: June 2024 For this month's Nest pod Cody and Neil are joined by Titleist Tour Rep JJ Van Wezenbeeck to talk through the ins and outs of getting fit for the best golf clubs for your game and JJ's observations from working with some of the best players in the world. Nest Exclusive: https://nolayingup.com/blog/nest-member-exclusive-titleist-gt-fitting-events Thu, 27 Jun 2024 01:00:00 -0000 full 56 No Laying Up For this month's Nest pod Cody and Neil are joined by Titleist Tour Rep JJ Van Wezenbeeck to talk through the ins and outs of getting fit for the best golf clubs for your game and JJ's observations from working with some of the best players in the world. Nest Exclusive: https://nolayingup.com/blog/nest-member-exclusive-titleist-gt-fitting-events For this month's Nest pod Cody and Neil are joined by Titleist Tour Rep JJ Van Wezenbeeck to talk through the ins and outs of getting fit for the best golf clubs for your game and JJ's observations from working with some of the best players in the world.


Nest Exclusive: https://nolayingup.com/blog/nest-member-exclusive-titleist-gt-fitting-events

]]> 3772 Episode 55: May 2024 TC and Cody go deep into all things Tourist Sauce on this month's Nest podcast answering Refuge questions about this season's episodes from Australia and the series in general. Fri, 31 May 2024 16:00:00 -0000 full 55 No Laying Up TC and Cody go deep into all things Tourist Sauce on this month's Nest podcast answering Refuge questions about this season's episodes from Australia and the series in general. TC and Cody go deep into all things Tourist Sauce on this month's Nest podcast answering Refuge questions about this season's episodes from Australia and the series in general.

]]> 5755 Episode 54: April 2024 Neil calls in Soly, TC, Randy and Cody for this month's Nest pod. After a quick check-in on our events and other announcements we explore the term "menace" which has become ubiquitous across NLU content. We identify some of our favorite people who definitely earned the title from their appearances on our podcasts, videos, events and the Refuge and we close by picking a first and second "All Menace Team". Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:15:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil calls in Soly, TC, Randy and Cody for this month's Nest pod. After a quick check-in on our events and other announcements we explore the term "menace" which has become ubiquitous across NLU content. We identify some of our favorite people who definitely earned the title from their appearances on our podcasts, videos, events and the Refuge and we close by picking a first and second "All Menace Team". Neil calls in Soly, TC, Randy and Cody for this month's Nest pod. After a quick check-in on our events and other announcements we explore the term "menace" which has become ubiquitous across NLU content. We identify some of our favorite people who definitely earned the title from their appearances on our podcasts, videos, events and the Refuge and we close by picking a first and second "All Menace Team".

]]> 5099 Episode 53: March 2024 KVV, Casey and Cody bring you this months announcements before jumping into the first LIVE airing of Nest Trivia. Thank you to the members who volunteered to jump on and have some fun! Find this podcast in video form along with other exclusive Nest content on our website: https://nolayingup.com/categories/nest Thu, 28 Mar 2024 02:39:00 -0000 full No Laying Up KVV, Casey and Cody bring you this months announcements before jumping into the first LIVE airing of Nest Trivia. Thank you to the members who volunteered to jump on and have some fun! Find this podcast in video form along with other exclusive Nest content on our website: https://nolayingup.com/categories/nest KVV, Casey and Cody bring you this months announcements before jumping into the first LIVE airing of Nest Trivia. Thank you to the members who volunteered to jump on and have some fun!

Find this podcast in video form along with other exclusive Nest content on our website: https://nolayingup.com/categories/nest

]]> 3774 Episode 52: February 2024 Neil and Cody kick off this month's Nest pod with a look at upcoming NLU content and events before we restart our Refuge member spotlight interview segment as we chat with Pete Couhig, the CFO of Wycombe Wanderers - an English football team currently in League One of the EFL system. Pete talks us through the process of his family becoming owners of the club, the reception he's received as part of an American ownership group, the financials of the different tiers of English football and a ton more. Find this podcast in video form along with other exclusive Nest content on our website: https://nolayingup.com/categories/nest Sat, 24 Feb 2024 03:04:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil and Cody kick off this month's Nest pod with a look at upcoming NLU content and events before we restart our Refuge member spotlight interview segment as we chat with Pete Couhig, the CFO of Wycombe Wanderers - an English football team currently in League One of the EFL system. Pete talks us through the process of his family becoming owners of the club, the reception he's received as part of an American ownership group, the financials of the different tiers of English football and a ton more. Find this podcast in video form along with other exclusive Nest content on our website: https://nolayingup.com/categories/nest Neil and Cody kick off this month's Nest pod with a look at upcoming NLU content and events before we restart our Refuge member spotlight interview segment as we chat with Pete Couhig, the CFO of Wycombe Wanderers - an English football team currently in League One of the EFL system.

Pete talks us through the process of his family becoming owners of the club, the reception he's received as part of an American ownership group, the financials of the different tiers of English football and a ton more.

Find this podcast in video form along with other exclusive Nest content on our website: https://nolayingup.com/categories/nest

]]> 4712 Episode 51: January 2024 Cody leads this month's Nest pod with Ben, KVV and Casey as we welcome the newest member of NLU to the Nest pod. We then look at the Roost lineup with some new chapters joining the family and the events schedule for the upcoming year. After that we dive into the 2024 Trap Draw Goals podcast with some critiques and observations from the goals the guys put forward (29:40) before unveiling our own personal goals for the year ahead. Ben: Process Based goals Maintain + Handicap Maintain top golfer at NLU Top 10 at Kansas Mid-Am Win an event Play Sand Hills Hit 190 ball speed Stay below 180 pounds all year  Decision Goals 7 full days this year without my phone Facilitate 3 friends group hang out sessions Casey: GOLF GOALS Handicap down to 15 (currently 18.1) - stretch goal 14 - super stretch 13 50 birdies (had 29 in 2023) Find a coach to see regularly once moved (anyone have any Vegas coach recomendations that are not Butch Harmon?) Bring scoring average of posted rounds down to 90 - in 2022 scoring average was 98.6 over 73 posted rounds, 2023 average was 95 over 80 posted rounds. Looking for 100 posted rounds in 2024 with the move to a year round golf area. Do short game practice at least 30 times (30 minutes) Play in at least 2 non-NLU/refuge competitions Win my NIT flight BODY GOALS Eat less meat/dairy - aiming for 800 plant based/vegan meals (approx 73%) Strength training average 1 x a week (52 workouts) Yoga average once a week (52 sessions) Cardio 3 x a week - walking golf counts! - (150 workouts) MIND GOALS Make/Craft something every month (12 things) Continue my DuoLingo streak (sitting at 49 days right now in Italian) Read 6 books this year (I tend to just read a bunch of articles - need to get back into some long form reading) KVV: Get down to 2017 weight (243) 10 five-day streaks of Peloton Break 80 ten times Take 10 golf lessons Play in three tournaments at my club Five new golf courses in Maryland 10 new golf courses overall (five outside Maryland) Read 10 books Charge my phone on a different floor than sleeping at least 5 nights a week Spend two hours per month with Molly and Sophie Don’t read the comments as much Plan/take one trip with my wife to new city Cody: GOLF Play 50 rounds of golf 6 hours a week of practice Play with more new people 10 + rounds with no doubles or worse Get back to 0.0. But realistically be low enough to qual for US Am LIFE 24 in 24. And maintain it! 24 Dates with Yari Coach the Pink Panthers to the league title Run 500 miles Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:18:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Cody leads this month's Nest pod with Ben, KVV and Casey as we welcome the newest member of NLU to the Nest pod. We then look at the Roost lineup with some new chapters joining the family and the events schedule for the upcoming year. After that we dive into the 2024 Trap Draw Goals podcast with some critiques and observations from the goals the guys put forward (29:40) before unveiling our own personal goals for the year ahead. Ben: Process Based goals Maintain + Handicap Maintain top golfer at NLU Top 10 at Kansas Mid-Am Win an event Play Sand Hills Hit 190 ball speed Stay below 180 pounds all year  Decision Goals 7 full days this year without my phone Facilitate 3 friends group hang out sessions Casey: GOLF GOALS Handicap down to 15 (currently 18.1) - stretch goal 14 - super stretch 13 50 birdies (had 29 in 2023) Find a coach to see regularly once moved (anyone have any Vegas coach recomendations that are not Butch Harmon?) Bring scoring average of posted rounds down to 90 - in 2022 scoring average was 98.6 over 73 posted rounds, 2023 average was 95 over 80 posted rounds. Looking for 100 posted rounds in 2024 with the move to a year round golf area. Do short game practice at least 30 times (30 minutes) Play in at least 2 non-NLU/refuge competitions Win my NIT flight BODY GOALS Eat less meat/dairy - aiming for 800 plant based/vegan meals (approx 73%) Strength training average 1 x a week (52 workouts) Yoga average once a week (52 sessions) Cardio 3 x a week - walking golf counts! - (150 workouts) MIND GOALS Make/Craft something every month (12 things) Continue my DuoLingo streak (sitting at 49 days right now in Italian) Read 6 books this year (I tend to just read a bunch of articles - need to get back into some long form reading) KVV: Get down to 2017 weight (243) 10 five-day streaks of Peloton Break 80 ten times Take 10 golf lessons Play in three tournaments at my club Five new golf courses in Maryland 10 new golf courses overall (five outside Maryland) Read 10 books Charge my phone on a different floor than sleeping at least 5 nights a week Spend two hours per month with Molly and Sophie Don’t read the comments as much Plan/take one trip with my wife to new city Cody: GOLF Play 50 rounds of golf 6 hours a week of practice Play with more new people 10 + rounds with no doubles or worse Get back to 0.0. But realistically be low enough to qual for US Am LIFE 24 in 24. And maintain it! 24 Dates with Yari Coach the Pink Panthers to the league title Run 500 miles Cody leads this month's Nest pod with Ben, KVV and Casey as we welcome the newest member of NLU to the Nest pod.

We then look at the Roost lineup with some new chapters joining the family and the events schedule for the upcoming year. After that we dive into the 2024 Trap Draw Goals podcast with some critiques and observations from the goals the guys put forward (29:40) before unveiling our own personal goals for the year ahead.


Ben:

Process Based goals

  • Maintain + Handicap
  • Maintain top golfer at NLU
  • Top 10 at Kansas Mid-Am
  • Win an event
  • Play Sand Hills
  • Hit 190 ball speed
  • Stay below 180 pounds all year 

Decision Goals

  • 7 full days this year without my phone
  • Facilitate 3 friends group hang out sessions


Casey:

GOLF GOALS

  • Handicap down to 15 (currently 18.1) - stretch goal 14 - super stretch 13
  • 50 birdies (had 29 in 2023)
  • Find a coach to see regularly once moved (anyone have any Vegas coach recomendations that are not Butch Harmon?)
  • Bring scoring average of posted rounds down to 90 - in 2022 scoring average was 98.6 over 73 posted rounds, 2023 average was 95 over 80 posted rounds. Looking for 100 posted rounds in 2024 with the move to a year round golf area.
  • Do short game practice at least 30 times (30 minutes)
  • Play in at least 2 non-NLU/refuge competitions
  • Win my NIT flight

BODY GOALS

  • Eat less meat/dairy - aiming for 800 plant based/vegan meals (approx 73%)
  • Strength training average 1 x a week (52 workouts)
  • Yoga average once a week (52 sessions)
  • Cardio 3 x a week - walking golf counts! - (150 workouts)

MIND GOALS

  • Make/Craft something every month (12 things)
  • Continue my DuoLingo streak (sitting at 49 days right now in Italian)
  • Read 6 books this year (I tend to just read a bunch of articles - need to get back into some long form reading)


KVV:

  • Get down to 2017 weight (243)
  • 10 five-day streaks of Peloton
  • Break 80 ten times
  • Take 10 golf lessons
  • Play in three tournaments at my club
  • Five new golf courses in Maryland
  • 10 new golf courses overall (five outside Maryland)
  • Read 10 books
  • Charge my phone on a different floor than sleeping at least 5 nights a week
  • Spend two hours per month with Molly and Sophie
  • Don’t read the comments as much
  • Plan/take one trip with my wife to new city


Cody:

GOLF

  • Play 50 rounds of golf
  • 6 hours a week of practice
  • Play with more new people
  • 10 + rounds with no doubles or worse
  • Get back to 0.0. But realistically be low enough to qual for US Am

LIFE

  • 24 in 24. And maintain it!
  • 24 Dates with Yari
  • Coach the Pink Panthers to the league title
  • Run 500 miles
]]> 7962 Episode 50: December 2023 We close out the year with the December Nest pod featuring some spirited dental care discussion before a look back at some of our favorite trips, events, creations, rounds and more from 2023 plus a look at what we're #monitoring for 2024. Reading List: https://www.amazon.com/MANIAC-Benjamin-Labatut/dp/0593654471 https://www.amazon.com/Korean-American-Food-That-Tastes/dp/0593233492 https://www.amazon.com/Four-Foundations-Golf-Build-Lifetime/dp/B0B3RYB7ZF/ref=sr_1_1[…]1&keywords=the+four+foundations+of+golf&qid=1703792375&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Ocean-Journeys-Untamed-Frontier/dp/0451492943 https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Bullfrog-Leadership-Made-Simple/dp/1538707942/ref=sr_1[…]books&sprefix=wisdom+of+the+bullfrog%2Cstripbooks%2C89&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Vengeance-Survival-Vintage-Departures/dp/0307389049/ref[…]1703792456&s=books&sprefix=the+tiger%2Cstripbooks%2C99&sr=1-1 TC's Tomatoes! https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023349-juicy-tomatoes-with-parmesan-olive-bread-crumbs Sun, 31 Dec 2023 04:25:12 -0000 full No Laying Up We close out the year with the December Nest pod featuring some spirited dental care discussion before a look back at some of our favorite trips, events, creations, rounds and more from 2023 plus a look at what we're #monitoring for 2024. Reading List: https://www.amazon.com/MANIAC-Benjamin-Labatut/dp/0593654471 https://www.amazon.com/Korean-American-Food-That-Tastes/dp/0593233492 https://www.amazon.com/Four-Foundations-Golf-Build-Lifetime/dp/B0B3RYB7ZF/ref=sr_1_1[…]1&keywords=the+four+foundations+of+golf&qid=1703792375&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Ocean-Journeys-Untamed-Frontier/dp/0451492943 https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Bullfrog-Leadership-Made-Simple/dp/1538707942/ref=sr_1[…]books&sprefix=wisdom+of+the+bullfrog%2Cstripbooks%2C89&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Vengeance-Survival-Vintage-Departures/dp/0307389049/ref[…]1703792456&s=books&sprefix=the+tiger%2Cstripbooks%2C99&sr=1-1 TC's Tomatoes! https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023349-juicy-tomatoes-with-parmesan-olive-bread-crumbs We close out the year with the December Nest pod featuring some spirited dental care discussion before a look back at some of our favorite trips, events, creations, rounds and more from 2023 plus a look at what we're #monitoring for 2024.


Reading List:

https://www.amazon.com/MANIAC-Benjamin-Labatut/dp/0593654471

https://www.amazon.com/Korean-American-Food-That-Tastes/dp/0593233492

https://www.amazon.com/Four-Foundations-Golf-Build-Lifetime/dp/B0B3RYB7ZF/ref=sr_1_1[…]1&keywords=the+four+foundations+of+golf&qid=1703792375&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Ocean-Journeys-Untamed-Frontier/dp/0451492943

https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Bullfrog-Leadership-Made-Simple/dp/1538707942/ref=sr_1[…]books&sprefix=wisdom+of+the+bullfrog%2Cstripbooks%2C89&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/Tiger-Vengeance-Survival-Vintage-Departures/dp/0307389049/ref[…]1703792456&s=books&sprefix=the+tiger%2Cstripbooks%2C99&sr=1-1


TC's Tomatoes!

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023349-juicy-tomatoes-with-parmesan-olive-bread-crumbs

]]> 5879 Episode 49: November 2023 This month's Nest pod features Cody, Neil and KVV as we recap the NIT, provide an update on the future of the Killhouse, and a look ahead to navigating the holidays with young children. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:22:56 -0000 full No Laying Up This month's Nest pod features Cody, Neil and KVV as we recap the NIT, provide an update on the future of the Killhouse, and a look ahead to navigating the holidays with young children. This month's Nest pod features Cody, Neil and KVV as we recap the NIT, provide an update on the future of the Killhouse, and a look ahead to navigating the holidays with young children.

]]> 5858 Episode 48: October 2023 It's time to review the NLU Census for 2023 as Randy, Casey, Cody and Neil handle the October edition of the Nest Podcast. Before the breakdown of the census we look at the upcoming NIT and a call to update your member profiles before the Nest member gift gets sent out. We start our review of the census (12:30) with some thoughts on its structure and participation numbers. Then each of us weigh in on the following topics: (14:15) - Biggest surprises (32:50) - Most useful feedback (48:10) - Dumbest response (53:45) - Demographics breakdown + equipment, gear and travel preferences and feedback on NLU content Then it's Funktank time for Casey (1:30:30) to close us out with "Dead or Alive" and some hot seat questions. Sat, 28 Oct 2023 03:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up It's time to review the NLU Census for 2023 as Randy, Casey, Cody and Neil handle the October edition of the Nest Podcast. Before the breakdown of the census we look at the upcoming NIT and a call to update your member profiles before the Nest member gift gets sent out. We start our review of the census (12:30) with some thoughts on its structure and participation numbers. Then each of us weigh in on the following topics: (14:15) - Biggest surprises (32:50) - Most useful feedback (48:10) - Dumbest response (53:45) - Demographics breakdown + equipment, gear and travel preferences and feedback on NLU content Then it's Funktank time for Casey (1:30:30) to close us out with "Dead or Alive" and some hot seat questions. It's time to review the NLU Census for 2023 as Randy, Casey, Cody and Neil handle the October edition of the Nest Podcast. Before the breakdown of the census we look at the upcoming NIT and a call to update your member profiles before the Nest member gift gets sent out.

We start our review of the census (12:30) with some thoughts on its structure and participation numbers. Then each of us weigh in on the following topics:

(14:15) - Biggest surprises

(32:50) - Most useful feedback

(48:10) - Dumbest response

(53:45) - Demographics breakdown + equipment, gear and travel preferences and feedback on NLU content

Then it's Funktank time for Casey (1:30:30) to close us out with "Dead or Alive" and some hot seat questions.



]]> 6558 Episode 47: September 2023 Ben, Cody, Tron and Neil are up for this month's Nest pod with some debriefs on travel home from the Solheim and some encounters with various golf dignitaries during our trips back from Spain. Then it's on to a look at upcoming content projects, monthly awards and some Roost trivia ahead of the Roost Club Championship. We close with our father to be (Ben) stepping into the funktank. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:44:12 -0000 full No Laying Up Ben, Cody, Tron and Neil are up for this month's Nest pod with some debriefs on travel home from the Solheim and some encounters with various golf dignitaries during our trips back from Spain. Then it's on to a look at upcoming content projects, monthly awards and some Roost trivia ahead of the Roost Club Championship. We close with our father to be (Ben) stepping into the funktank. Ben, Cody, Tron and Neil are up for this month's Nest pod with some debriefs on travel home from the Solheim and some encounters with various golf dignitaries during our trips back from Spain. Then it's on to a look at upcoming content projects, monthly awards and some Roost trivia ahead of the Roost Club Championship. We close with our father to be (Ben) stepping into the funktank.

]]> 4430 Episode 46: August 2023 Cody and Neil are back with this month's Nest pod featuring NLU Young Hitter Lauren Coughlin. We kick off the episode with some event updates and Refuge awards before brining LC on board (16:15) to discuss her recent top ten finish in Vancouver, her progress and improvements on various aspects of her game and, as custom, a trip into the Funk Tank for some grab bag questions. Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Cody and Neil are back with this month's Nest pod featuring NLU Young Hitter Lauren Coughlin. We kick off the episode with some event updates and Refuge awards before brining LC on board (16:15) to discuss her recent top ten finish in Vancouver, her progress and improvements on various aspects of her game and, as custom, a trip into the Funk Tank for some grab bag questions. Cody and Neil are back with this month's Nest pod featuring NLU Young Hitter Lauren Coughlin. We kick off the episode with some event updates and Refuge awards before brining LC on board (16:15) to discuss her recent top ten finish in Vancouver, her progress and improvements on various aspects of her game and, as custom, a trip into the Funk Tank for some grab bag questions.

]]> 3039 Episode 45: July 2023 With most of NLU on vacation this week Neil calls in Mr. ChickPhilA, a.k.a Jon Landman, for this month's Nest podcast. After a quick events/awards update, Jon takes us through all aspects of his work in the business side of the music industry as well as the changes he's seen over the course of his career. We close with music themed editions of "over, under or properly rated" and the "dead or alive" game. Fri, 28 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up With most of NLU on vacation this week Neil calls in Mr. ChickPhilA, a.k.a Jon Landman, for this month's Nest podcast. After a quick events/awards update, Jon takes us through all aspects of his work in the business side of the music industry as well as the changes he's seen over the course of his career. We close with music themed editions of "over, under or properly rated" and the "dead or alive" game. With most of NLU on vacation this week Neil calls in Mr. ChickPhilA, a.k.a Jon Landman, for this month's Nest podcast. After a quick events/awards update, Jon takes us through all aspects of his work in the business side of the music industry as well as the changes he's seen over the course of his career. We close with music themed editions of "over, under or properly rated" and the "dead or alive" game.

]]> 4804 Episode 44: June 2023 DJ and Randy join Neil and Cody for this month's edition of the Nest pod. After some initial events and awards discussion, the majority of the episode covers the return of Strapped - from the decision to restart the series around spring training in Arizona to the evolution of the show's format and our reaction to Shane Ryan's piece in Golf Digest - we hope this pod proves to be a nice supplement to the premiere of season eleven. We close with Randy hopping in the funk tank as we learn about the big guy's least favorite athletes of all-time, his favorite refuge threads and then it's his turn at our "dead or alive" game. Fri, 30 Jun 2023 01:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up DJ and Randy join Neil and Cody for this month's edition of the Nest pod. After some initial events and awards discussion, the majority of the episode covers the return of Strapped - from the decision to restart the series around spring training in Arizona to the evolution of the show's format and our reaction to Shane Ryan's piece in Golf Digest - we hope this pod proves to be a nice supplement to the premiere of season eleven. We close with Randy hopping in the funk tank as we learn about the big guy's least favorite athletes of all-time, his favorite refuge threads and then it's his turn at our "dead or alive" game. DJ and Randy join Neil and Cody for this month's edition of the Nest pod. After some initial events and awards discussion, the majority of the episode covers the return of Strapped - from the decision to restart the series around spring training in Arizona to the evolution of the show's format and our reaction to Shane Ryan's piece in Golf Digest - we hope this pod proves to be a nice supplement to the premiere of season eleven.

We close with Randy hopping in the funk tank as we learn about the big guy's least favorite athletes of all-time, his favorite refuge threads and then it's his turn at our "dead or alive" game.

]]> 5783 Episode 43: May 2023 Cody, Neil and TC bring this month's Nest pod with a quick unexpected detour into injuries and surgeries before our monthly awards and a quick update on Roost events. Then, we debrief on Cody's recent TrapDraw appearance as well as NLU's ESPN plus broadcasts during the PGA Championship. We close with TC taking his turn in the funk tank for the latest on his recent travels to Scotland, upcoming content around the trip and our "dead or alive" game. Wed, 31 May 2023 17:12:22 -0000 full No Laying Up Cody, Neil and TC bring this month's Nest pod with a quick unexpected detour into injuries and surgeries before our monthly awards and a quick update on Roost events. Then, we debrief on Cody's recent TrapDraw appearance as well as NLU's ESPN plus broadcasts during the PGA Championship. We close with TC taking his turn in the funk tank for the latest on his recent travels to Scotland, upcoming content around the trip and our "dead or alive" game. Cody, Neil and TC bring this month's Nest pod with a quick unexpected detour into injuries and surgeries before our monthly awards and a quick update on Roost events. Then, we debrief on Cody's recent TrapDraw appearance as well as NLU's ESPN plus broadcasts during the PGA Championship. We close with TC taking his turn in the funk tank for the latest on his recent travels to Scotland, upcoming content around the trip and our "dead or alive" game.

]]> 5019 Episode 42: April 2023 On this month's Nest pod Cody and Neil welcome Soly to discuss the upcoming NIT qualifying events, some nightmare pet stories and then it's time for Soly to dive into the funk tank as he prepares to gain the #perspective of becoming a dad for the first time. Plus some home ownership talk and reflections on how NLU and covering golf has evolved in recent years plus our Dead or Alive game.   Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:35:00 -0000 full No Laying Up On this month's Nest pod Cody and Neil welcome Soly to discuss the upcoming NIT qualifying events, some nightmare pet stories and then it's time for Soly to dive into the funk tank as he prepares to gain the #perspective of becoming a dad for the first time. Plus some home ownership talk and reflections on how NLU and covering golf has evolved in recent years plus our Dead or Alive game.   6404 no Episode 41: March 2023 Neil, Cody and Ben are joined by Matt McClure (aka McShvantz) on this month's Nest Pod. After our monthly awards and event updates we get a thorough download with Matt on the inner workings of the Refuge and some current trends in coding and computer programming. We close with a few random questions and our "Are they dead or alive?" game.   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil, Cody and Ben are joined by Matt McClure (aka McShvantz) on this month's Nest Pod. After our monthly awards and event updates we get a thorough download with Matt on the inner workings of the Refuge and some current trends in coding and computer programming. We close with a few random questions and our "Are they dead or alive?" game.   3955 no Episode 40: February 2023 Neil is joined by Cody and KVV for this month's Nest Pod for some Year of the Blade discussion, the Are They Still Alive game, KVV's turn in the Funk tank, and Neil quizzing the two Montana natives with some trivia about their home state. Plus the latest Refuge awards and Roost events updates. Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil is joined by Cody and KVV for this month's Nest Pod for some Year of the Blade discussion, the Are They Still Alive game, KVV's turn in the Funk tank, and Neil quizzing the two Montana natives with some trivia about their home state. Plus the latest Refuge awards and Roost events updates. 5129 no Episode 39: January 2023 Neil, Ben and DJ open up the first Nest podcast of 2023 with a preview of the Roost events to come this year, the highly anticipated and much discussed Nest gift, monthly Refuge awards, our plans for the Nest pod in the year ahead including our new "Funk Tank" segment. Then it's on to our Refuge member questions. Sat, 21 Jan 2023 04:35:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil, Ben and DJ open up the first Nest podcast of 2023 with a preview of the Roost events to come this year, the highly anticipated and much discussed Nest gift, monthly Refuge awards, our plans for the Nest pod in the year ahead including our new "Funk Tank" segment. Then it's on to our Refuge member questions. 4355 no Episode 38: December 2022 Our final Nest pod of 2022 brings Soly, Tron, Randy, Neil and DJ together for a more detailed breakdown of recent NLU announcements on the main pod's 2023 season preview episode. We also hand out our monthly Refuge awards and preview what's to come in the next year in podcasting, video content, merch, Roost events and, more. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 15:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Our final Nest pod of 2022 brings Soly, Tron, Randy, Neil and DJ together for a more detailed breakdown of recent NLU announcements on the main pod's 2023 season preview episode. We also hand out our monthly Refuge awards and preview what's to come in the next year in podcasting, video content, merch, Roost events and, more. 3568 no Episode 37: November 2022 It's Neil, Ben and Casey on this month's Nest pod. After some quick holiday cooking and baking discussion we're on to the monthly awards and a quick preview of the 2023 Roost calendar. Then it's Q and A time as we answer your wide ranging questions from the Refuge.  Fri, 09 Dec 2022 21:15:00 -0000 full No Laying Up It's Neil, Ben and Casey on this month's Nest pod. After some quick holiday cooking and baking discussion we're on to the monthly awards and a quick preview of the 2023 Roost calendar. Then it's Q and A time as we answer your wide ranging questions from the Refuge.  It's Neil, Ben and Casey on this month's Nest pod. After some quick holiday cooking and baking discussion we're on to the monthly awards and a quick preview of the 2023 Roost calendar. Then it's Q and A time as we answer your wide ranging questions from the Refuge. 

]]> 3933 no Episode 36: October 2022 Ahead of next week's NIT the boys gather for a preview of the tournament as well as our monthly Refuge awards and some quick reactions to the first episode of Tourist Sauce Scandinavia before closing the pod with some assorted roundtable Q and A topics.  Sat, 29 Oct 2022 01:45:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Ahead of next week's NIT the boys gather for a preview of the tournament as well as our monthly Refuge awards and some quick reactions to the first episode of Tourist Sauce Scandinavia before closing the pod with some assorted roundtable Q and A topics.  4268 no Episode 35: September 2022 This month's Nest podcast features Casey and Ben who join Neil and Tron= for an extended review of our first Roost Club Championship including some superlatives and impressions of east Roost. We also get into the latest on the merch front, tease some upcoming releases and hand out our monthly Refuge awards. Fri, 30 Sep 2022 19:57:00 -0000 full No Laying Up This month's Nest podcast features Casey and Ben who join Neil and Tron= for an extended review of our first Roost Club Championship including some superlatives and impressions of east Roost. We also get into the latest on the merch front, tease some upcoming releases and hand out our monthly Refuge awards. 4393 no Episode 34: August 2022 It's time to review the NLU Census as DJ, Neil and Ben fire up this month's Nest podcast. First though - some quick life updates from DJ and Neil on their recent moves, Neil's experience climbing Mt Rainier and our monthly Refuge awards. Then it's on to our annual deep dive into our census for a look at the responses to this year's survey as well as some notable shifts from last year. Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:49:00 -0000 full No Laying Up It's time to review the NLU Census as DJ, Neil and Ben fire up this month's Nest podcast. First though - some quick life updates from DJ and Neil on their recent moves, Neil's experience climbing Mt Rainier and our monthly Refuge awards. Then it's on to our annual deep dive into our census for a look at the responses to this year's survey as well as some notable shifts from last year. 7686 no Episode 33: July 2022 Tron and Ben bring the latest episode of the Nest pod with our monthly awards, updates from the NLU content schedule and expand on the reaction to the Justin Thomas pod and JT's comments on LIV. Then it's on to the latest with our Roosts as we visit with Gremlingolfer of RACDG NorCal and Big RanDeer of Splash of OJ as we count down to our first Roost Club Championship. Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:39:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Tron and Ben bring the latest episode of the Nest pod with our monthly awards, updates from the NLU content schedule and expand on the reaction to the Justin Thomas pod and JT's comments on LIV. Then it's on to the latest with our Roosts as we visit with Gremlingolfer of RACDG NorCal and Big RanDeer of Splash of OJ as we count down to our first Roost Club Championship. 2587 no Episode 32: June 2022 It's Ben and Tron on this month's Nest pod as we preview the upcoming Roost Club Championship in Kansas City. We also dive into the upcoming Roost Regional Championships, merch updates, monthly awards and our upcoming NLU events.  Sat, 25 Jun 2022 03:16:00 -0000 full No Laying Up It's Ben and Tron on this month's Nest pod as we preview the upcoming Roost Club Championship in Kansas City. We also dive into the upcoming Roost Regional Championships, merch updates, monthly awards and our upcoming NLU events.  3366 no Episode 31: May 2022 The real May Nest pod is here! In this episode Neil, DJ & Randy go through awards from April, give some event updates, and then discuss Strapped. They begin by recapping the most recent season in South Carolina and then turn towards the future of the show. Finally, marking ten seasons completed, they run through superlatives from across all ten seasons. Enjoy! Mon, 23 May 2022 08:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up The real May Nest pod is here! In this episode Neil, DJ & Randy go through awards from April, give some event updates, and then discuss Strapped. They begin by recapping the most recent season in South Carolina and then turn towards the future of the show. Finally, marking ten seasons completed, they run through superlatives from across all ten seasons. Enjoy! 4613 yes Episode 30: April 2022 Apologies for the belated April pod, but we hope it'll be worth the wait. In this episode Randy, DJ and Ben discuss the Stanford Women's Golf Week in the Life video which premiered on YouTube May 18th. The trio discuss how the project came to be, some of the challenges involved in capturing the team dynamic, entertaining off-camera anecdotes, and more. Enjoy! Thu, 19 May 2022 14:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Apologies for the belated April pod, but we hope it'll be worth the wait. In this episode Randy, DJ and Ben discuss the Stanford Women's Golf Week in the Life video which premiered on YouTube May 18th. The trio discuss how the project came to be, some of the challenges involved in capturing the team dynamic, entertaining off-camera anecdotes, and more. Enjoy! 5284 yes Episode 29: March 2022 Neil and Soly make their return to the Nest Pod along with Ben Hollywood? Hotaling with updates on the upcoming Nest and Roost events, the latest edition of the monthly Refuge awards before getting into a wide range of entertaining listener questions.  Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:27:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Neil and Soly make their return to the Nest Pod along with Ben Hollywood? Hotaling with updates on the upcoming Nest and Roost events, the latest edition of the monthly Refuge awards before getting into a wide range of entertaining listener questions.  4574 no Episode 28: February 2022 The February 2022 edition of the Nest Podcast features Neil and TC running through the monthly Refuge awards and some updates from upcoming NLU events before the guys take a deep dive through TC's career in the hotel industry.  Weird rider requests, generous and ungenerous guests, night shift shenanigans, NFL owners, the Dalai Lama - this pod went in a lot of different directions! Tue, 01 Mar 2022 01:40:00 -0000 full No Laying Up The February 2022 edition of the Nest Podcast features Neil and TC running through the monthly Refuge awards and some updates from upcoming NLU events before the guys take a deep dive through TC's career in the hotel industry.  Weird rider requests, generous and ungenerous guests, night shift shenanigans, NFL owners, the Dalai Lama - this pod went in a lot of different directions! 6109 no Episode 27: January 2022 Happy 2022, Nesticles! Neil, Randy and Ben pass out Refuge awards, give updates on Nest gift + Events, and then dive into your questions. Enjoy! Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:24:38 -0000 full No Laying Up Happy 2022, Nesticles! Neil, Randy and Ben pass out Refuge awards, give updates on Nest gift + Events, and then dive into your questions. Enjoy! 5310 no Episode 26: December 2021 It's the final Nest Pod of 2021 as Neil, Big Randy and Soly hand out our monthly Refuge awards and offer the latest updates on the NLU Roosts and unveil the regions and clubs for our 2022 competitions. Then we get into some Q and A from the full NLU crew on a variety of topics from a memorable 2021. Wed, 22 Dec 2021 01:45:00 -0000 full No Laying Up It's the final Nest Pod of 2021 as Neil, Big Randy and Soly hand out our monthly Refuge awards and offer the latest updates on the NLU Roosts and unveil the regions and clubs for our 2022 competitions. Then we get into some Q and A from the full NLU crew on a variety of topics from a memorable 2021. 4843 no Episode 25: November 2021 Gobble, gobble! We hope Nesticles have a wonderful Thanksgiving. This month's episode is a two-parter--in part one, Tron, Neil and Randy hand out October awards and then go into detail about the coming Refuge Roosts. What are they? How do you join? What's the plan for 2022? All that and more is discussed, plus, see the Refuge for a detailed post with all pertinent information. In the second part of the episode, Randy interviews 2021 NIT Champion, @LPondGolf, and her caddie, @DJPie, about their triumph at Jax Beach.  Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:06:14 -0000 full No Laying Up Gobble, gobble! We hope Nesticles have a wonderful Thanksgiving. This month's episode is a two-parter--in part one, Tron, Neil and Randy hand out October awards and then go into detail about the coming Refuge Roosts. What are they? How do you join? What's the plan for 2022? All that and more is discussed, plus, see the Refuge for a detailed post with all pertinent information. In the second part of the episode, Randy interviews 2021 NIT Champion, @LPondGolf, and her caddie, @DJPie, about their triumph at Jax Beach.  5068 yes Episode 24: October 2021 Happy Halloween, Nesticles! The October pod is with Randy, Neil, and Ben (@sundaybag). To lead things off, Neil and Ben talk about their recent competitive golf experiences. Then the guys hand out monthly awards. They discuss November events, as well as some preliminary thoughts on 2022 events (and new ideas in the pipline). Finally, they go around the rooms talking about favorite things they're watching, reading, using, etc. Enjoy! Sat, 30 Oct 2021 12:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Happy Halloween, Nesticles! The October pod is with Randy, Neil, and Ben (@sundaybag). To lead things off, Neil and Ben talk about their recent competitive golf experiences. Then the guys hand out monthly awards. They discuss November events, as well as some preliminary thoughts on 2022 events (and new ideas in the pipline). Finally, they go around the rooms talking about favorite things they're watching, reading, using, etc. Enjoy! 4677 yes Episode 23: September 2021 Autumn is here! Hope everybody is swinging into fall and had a great end to their summer (or winter for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere). This month's podcast is a Q&A with Cody McBride. Cody has joined NLU after many years in the military. If you want to learn more of his story please check out our video on YouTube channel. Additionally, Cody is hosting his own podcast, "Downrange", which is excellent. Please seek that out and subscribe post haste. Many thanks to al Nesticles who submitted great questions. Enjoy! Thu, 30 Sep 2021 23:35:19 -0000 full No Laying Up Autumn is here! Hope everybody is swinging into fall and had a great end to their summer (or winter for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere). This month's podcast is a Q&A with Cody McBride. Cody has joined NLU after many years in the military. If you want to learn more of his story please check out our video on YouTube channel. Additionally, Cody is hosting his own podcast, "Downrange", which is excellent. Please seek that out and subscribe post haste. Many thanks to al Nesticles who submitted great questions. Enjoy! 5264 yes Episode 22: August 2021 Nesticles! Welcome to the dog days of summer for most of you, and good luck with back to school time for many as well. We have a wonderful episode this month--two of our Young Hitters, Lakareber Abe and Lauren Coughlin, stop by to answer your questions about life on the Symetra Tour and much more. We appreciate all those who submitted questions. Enjoy! Thu, 19 Aug 2021 03:30:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Nesticles! Welcome to the dog days of summer for most of you, and good luck with back to school time for many as well. We have a wonderful episode this month--two of our Young Hitters, Lakareber Abe and Lauren Coughlin, stop by to answer your questions about life on the Symetra Tour and much more. We appreciate all those who submitted questions. Enjoy! 4219 yes Episode 21: July 2021 As the guys prepare to embark on the 7th installment of Tourist Sauce, DJ and Tron answer your questions on the series and drop some details on the plans for the upcoming season.  Wed, 21 Jul 2021 01:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up As the guys prepare to embark on the 7th installment of Tourist Sauce, DJ and Tron answer your questions on the series and drop some details on the plans for the upcoming season.  5092 yes Episode 20: June 2021 Nesticles: It's time to talk merch.  Tron, Ben and Cody are here for the latest Nest Podcast to hand out our monthly awards and answer a few miscellaneous questions before a deep dive into all things related to NLU merchandise and the shop. Fri, 02 Jul 2021 03:04:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Nesticles: It's time to talk merch.  Tron, Ben and Cody are here for the latest Nest Podcast to hand out our monthly awards and answer a few miscellaneous questions before a deep dive into all things related to NLU merchandise and the shop. 5826 yes Episode 19: May 2021 Mayday, mayday, mayday! We're coming in with the May Nest podcast. We want to thank everybody who took the time to respond to the annual NLU census over the last several weeks. In this episode Neil and Randy go through the results, touching on the key takeaways and findings. Please note that the Census results (in anonymized form) have been aggregated and published on the Refuge, so if you want to dig deeper and see what the NLU community is all about, please do so!  Fri, 28 May 2021 14:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Mayday, mayday, mayday! We're coming in with the May Nest podcast. We want to thank everybody who took the time to respond to the annual NLU census over the last several weeks. In this episode Neil and Randy go through the results, touching on the key takeaways and findings. Please note that the Census results (in anonymized form) have been aggregated and published on the Refuge, so if you want to dig deeper and see what the NLU community is all about, please do so!  5829 yes Episode 18: April 2021 Hello Nesticles! The April 2021 edition of the podcast kicks off with some awards and updates from Neil, Soly and DJ on plans for the 2021 NLU Census and upcoming Refuge events. Then it's on to your questions. For Part 2 (1:01:00), Randy embraces the phenomenon that is the Year of the Blade with @xthrubyx in the third installment of our community spotlight.  Thu, 29 Apr 2021 02:09:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Hello Nesticles! The April 2021 edition of the podcast kicks off with some awards and updates from Neil, Soly and DJ on plans for the 2021 NLU Census and upcoming Refuge events. Then it's on to your questions. For Part 2 (1:01:00), Randy embraces the phenomenon that is the Year of the Blade with @xthrubyx in the third installment of our community spotlight.  Hello Nesticles! The April 2021 edition of the podcast kicks off with some awards and updates from Neil, Soly and DJ on plans for the 2021 NLU Census and upcoming Refuge events. Then it's on to your questions. For Part 2 (1:01:00), Randy embraces the phenomenon that is the Year of the Blade with @xthrubyx in the third installment of our community spotlight. 

]]> 6862 yes Episode 17: March 2021 Welcome back, Nesticles! Great show for you this month. In Part 1, Neil, DJ and Tron discuss the best and worst #activations we have been a part of (and some we have not). In Part 2 (at the 47:28 mark), Randy talks to @holeout for the second installment of the Community Spotlight. Enjoy! If you don't want to miss any Nest-specific news items, including the latest Event information, sign up for Nest-related emails here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/nest Finally, here are two YouTube videos to accompany discussion in Part 1:  Chateau Elon Grape Lady Video Rickie Fowler Takes on Psychedelic Golf Challenge Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Welcome back, Nesticles! Great show for you this month. In Part 1, Neil, DJ and Tron discuss the best and worst #activations we have been a part of (and some we have not). In Part 2 (at the 47:28 mark), Randy talks to @holeout for the second installment of the Community Spotlight. Enjoy! If you don't want to miss any Nest-specific news items, including the latest Event information, sign up for Nest-related emails here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/nest Finally, here are two YouTube videos to accompany discussion in Part 1:  Chateau Elon Grape Lady Video Rickie Fowler Takes on Psychedelic Golf Challenge Welcome back, Nesticles! Great show for you this month. In Part 1, Neil, DJ and Tron discuss the best and worst #activations we have been a part of (and some we have not). In Part 2 (at the 47:28 mark), Randy talks to @holeout for the second installment of the Community Spotlight. Enjoy!

If you don't want to miss any Nest-specific news items, including the latest Event information, sign up for Nest-related emails here: https://newsletter.nolayingup.com/nest

Finally, here are two YouTube videos to accompany discussion in Part 1: 

Chateau Elon Grape Lady Video

Rickie Fowler Takes on Psychedelic Golf Challenge

]]> 5785 yes Episode 16: February 2021 The Nest podcast returns with DJ, Neil and Randy answering questions from the Refuge on the Strapped series.  Then, in the debut of our new community spotlight segment, Randy catches up with 2020 Refuge Post of the Year winner @Sarah.  Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up The Nest podcast returns with DJ, Neil and Randy answering questions from the Refuge on the Strapped series.  Then, in the debut of our new community spotlight segment, Randy catches up with 2020 Refuge Post of the Year winner @Sarah.  6234 yes Episode 15: January 2021 #2 Welcome (again) to 2021! In our first podcast of the year we go through important Nest announcements before getting into some our top moments from the beginning of NLU that may or may not have ever made it into other podcast or videos before. Or, they could be things you've forgotten about (because we forgot about a couple of them lol). Thanks for your support in the Nest and hope you enjoy! Tue, 26 Jan 2021 03:20:30 -0000 full No Laying Up Welcome (again) to 2021! In our first podcast of the year we go through important Nest announcements before getting into some our top moments from the beginning of NLU that may or may not have ever made it into other podcast or videos before. Or, they could be things you've forgotten about (because we forgot about a couple of them lol). Thanks for your support in the Nest and hope you enjoy! 4987 yes Episode 14: January 2021 #1 Happy New Year, Nesticles! We have a fun episode for you. Neil and Randy interview 2020 NIT Champion @JCO, and his caddie Harry the Lurker, about their triumph at the inaugural NIT back in November. Many of you submitted questions which we pose directly to the Champ and his Bag Man. The first ~10 minutes of this episode is Randy and Neil making some Nest announcements (2020 Member gift details, Events update, and the coming release of the Member Directory). Enjoy! Fri, 08 Jan 2021 06:30:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Happy New Year, Nesticles! We have a fun episode for you. Neil and Randy interview 2020 NIT Champion @JCO, and his caddie Harry the Lurker, about their triumph at the inaugural NIT back in November. Many of you submitted questions which we pose directly to the Champ and his Bag Man. The first ~10 minutes of this episode is Randy and Neil making some Nest announcements (2020 Member gift details, Events update, and the coming release of the Member Directory). Enjoy! 4614 yes Episode 13: November 2020 November pod has some important news about the future of the Refuge and the Nest. Please give it a listen! Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0000 full No Laying Up November pod has some important news about the future of the Refuge and the Nest. Please give it a listen! 3894 yes Episode 12: October 2020 Tron, Neil and Randy discuss the Nest membership, NIT precautions, Hamsterdam, and answer a bunch of questions! Fri, 30 Oct 2020 20:53:48 -0000 full No Laying Up Tron, Neil and Randy discuss the Nest membership, NIT precautions, Hamsterdam, and answer a bunch of questions! 5033 yes Episode 11: September 2020 Tron and Neil recap the latest developments with NIT and Refuge events, preview the upcoming season of Tourist Sauce, and answer questions from the Refuge.  Fri, 02 Oct 2020 03:25:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Tron and Neil recap the latest developments with NIT and Refuge events, preview the upcoming season of Tourist Sauce, and answer questions from the Refuge.  9220 yes Episode 10: August 2020 Tron, DJ and Randy touch on the remaining NIT qualifiers, preview upcoming Strapped and Tourist Sauce releases, and then answer Refuge-submitted inquires.  Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:14:24 -0000 full No Laying Up Tron, DJ and Randy touch on the remaining NIT qualifiers, preview upcoming Strapped and Tourist Sauce releases, and then answer Refuge-submitted inquires.  4524 yes Episode 9: July Listener Questions We fire up listener questions, lash back at some bad takes from the Refuge, talk about how sponsorships work, Tron's lefty quest, our most embarrassing golf moments, balancing real life and golf, what videos we'd love to redo, and so much more.  Thu, 30 Jul 2020 07:37:00 -0000 full No Laying Up We fire up listener questions, lash back at some bad takes from the Refuge, talk about how sponsorships work, Tron's lefty quest, our most embarrassing golf moments, balancing real life and golf, what videos we'd love to redo, and so much more.  5713 no Episode 8: Presidential Election + State of the NLU Union First, we catch people up on the state of NLU. Specifically, the new website, the Birdhouse at Sweetens, events, and merchandise. Then we talk with the two Refuge Presidential candidates, Double Bogey Dave and aannddyy00 (Andy). They explain their respective thoughts and platforms. We encourage everybody to vote in the Refuge before polls close at 11:59pm EST on June 5th.  Wed, 03 Jun 2020 17:19:29 -0000 full No Laying Up First, we catch people up on the state of NLU. Specifically, the new website, the Birdhouse at Sweetens, events, and merchandise. Then we talk with the two Refuge Presidential candidates, Double Bogey Dave and aannddyy00 (Andy). They explain their respective thoughts and platforms. We encourage everybody to vote in the Refuge before polls close at 11:59pm EST on June 5th.  3727 yes Episode 7: April Q&A Another April bonus episode, as we go through a bunch of listener questions, tell some college stories, and continue to give insight to all things NLU. Fri, 01 May 2020 03:58:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Another April bonus episode, as we go through a bunch of listener questions, tell some college stories, and continue to give insight to all things NLU. 5229 no Episode 6: The NLU Census We asked for your feedback, and you gave it. In this month's episode, we go through the results in great detail, share some of our favorite bits, and discuss the NLU landscape as a whole. Thanks to everyone that contributed towards Neil going full skullet.  Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:54:52 -0000 full No Laying Up We asked for your feedback, and you gave it. In this month's episode, we go through the results in great detail, share some of our favorite bits, and discuss the NLU landscape as a whole. Thanks to everyone that contributed towards Neil going full skullet.  6586 yes BONUS Episode: Big News for The Nest + Randy and Rickie Bury the Hatchet?!? We have some special news to share with the Nestians that can't wait for our regular mid-month cadence. We think this will have a great impact on your Nest experience, and hopefully your real life. Plus, huge development, Randy and Rickie finally meet--listen to hear the mutual admiration society between the two! Stay safe, be smart, we love you. Enjoy! Wed, 01 Apr 2020 07:01:00 -0000 full No Laying Up We have some special news to share with the Nestians that can't wait for our regular mid-month cadence. We think this will have a great impact on your Nest experience, and hopefully your real life. Plus, huge development, Randy and Rickie finally meet--listen to hear the mutual admiration society between the two! Stay safe, be smart, we love you. Enjoy! 4105 yes Episode 5: NIT Updates + Mailbag The guys update the status of the NIT Qualifiers and other NLU events in light of the coronavirus, hand out some monthly Refuge awards, and clean out the mailbag.   Thu, 19 Mar 2020 03:01:00 -0000 full No Laying Up The guys update the status of the NIT Qualifiers and other NLU events in light of the coronavirus, hand out some monthly Refuge awards, and clean out the mailbag.   6067 yes Episode 4: First NIT Qualifiers + Mailbag DJ and Tron recap the first NIT Local Qualifier from Rustic Canyon + answer a bunch of member questions. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 18:09:47 -0000 full No Laying Up DJ and Tron recap the first NIT Local Qualifier from Rustic Canyon + answer a bunch of member questions. 4527 yes Episode 3: The NIT is Coming Get your calendars out, we overview the road to the NIT! Also, member questions. Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:20:01 -0000 full No Laying Up Get your calendars out, we overview the road to the NIT! Also, member questions. 4630 yes Episode 2: December Mailbag The first monthly mailbag episode is here, and we get to as many questions as physically possible, including the gory details behind the phone call on the latest Strapped episode, how content comes together, how our perspectives on golf have changed, bridges we've burned, most challenging interviews, our lowest rounds ever, and so much more. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions, and we look forward to even more next month. Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:45:15 -0000 full No Laying Up The Nest Member Mailbag The first monthly mailbag episode is here, and we get to as many questions as physically possible, including the gory details behind the phone call on the latest Strapped episode, how content comes together, how our perspectives on golf have changed, bridges we've burned, most challenging interviews, our lowest rounds ever, and so much more. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions, and we look forward to even more next month. 8048 no Episode 1: Are We in The Nest? Welcome to The Nest Podcast. All future episodes will be driven by questions and topics from Nest members, but for the first one, we wanted to clue you in on a few of our backstories and inside jokes. Godspeed and thanks for joining us. Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:21:00 -0000 full No Laying Up Welcome to The Nest Podcast. All future episodes will be driven by questions and topics from Nest members, but for the first one, we wanted to clue you in on a few of our backstories and inside jokes. Godspeed and thanks for joining us. 5872 no