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Silvery Gold, Level-Headedness, and Heat Culture- Jackson Johnson For our first people focused episode of the new series, we had the pleasure of speaking with Jackson Johnson. Fresh off the back of winning his first national title with Texas Hill Country Heat, Jackson tells us about his quidditch career in which he has become one of the best beaters in the game. From Texas State, to Lone Star, to Austin Outlaws in MLQ and the US National Team, Jackson has worked his way up through the ranks, achieving a lot (including 3 MLQ titles and a World Cup) while also dealing with disappointment along the way with 4 silver medals at US Nationals. Jackson gives us an insight into the way he plays the game as well as his thoughts on his career so far, notably the recent championship win with Heat. Listen on Spotify Listen on Anchor Photo Credit- Tess Acosta Thanks to everyone as always for their mailbag submissions, stay tuned for our EQC Division 1 Review coming soon! #LiveTheGame

Boston Strong, Lighting A Fire & Quidditch-Life Balance- Julia Baer & Tyler Trudeau For this episode we have the pleasure of a long chat with quidditch powercouple Julia Baer & Tyler Trudeau. In an entertaining and insightful discussion, the pair of them tell us a series of interesting stories including their college experiences at Richmond & Emerson, meeting each other while playing for the Boston Nightriders (now Boston Forge), their successful run of MLQ & USQ titles with the Riders and QC Boston as well as dealing with a big scare ahead of the 2018 IQA World Cup. We also discuss the impact of their time playing on the Bosnyan Bearsharks and how being a part of the team has helped them maintain a sustainable and healthy relationship with the sport as well as their recent adventures playing and coaching the Washington Admirals in MLQ. A highly enjoyable and motivational episode for our listeners, we hope you enjoy it. Thanks as always to everyone for submitting th...

  Greatness, Accountability and Gratitude- Augie Monroe For our series finale, we had the pleasure of a long chat with Augie Monroe. Widely considered as the greatest quidditch player of all-time, Augie talks us through his most recent MLQ title win with Austin Outlaws, how he spent the last year without quidditch getting invested in a new hobby, his quidditch journey through the University of Texas program and now with his own team (Texas Cavalry). We discuss the broader topics of leadership, tactical innovation and his reputation as the GOAT of quidditch as well as his adventures abroad with the US National team and also when he went to South America to play and coach there.  Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify Click  here to listen to the episode on Anchor Photo Credit- Will Michels Photography Our longest episode to date but one with lots of interesting discussion with arguably the biggest name in the sport. Timestamps for this episode will be made availabl...

  Enthusiasm, Putting on your Game Face and Becoming a Legend- Kody Marshall In our series 2 finale, we speak to none other than THE Kody Marshall- chaser of Texas, Lone Star, Austin Outlaws and USNQT fame. Kody tells us about how he got into the sport, his early years playing at the University of Texas including winning their first national title, his recruiting experiences and methods including how he brought Augie Monroe and Kaci Erwin into the sport, creating the first ever fantasy tournament, playing for and coaching the USA at Global Games 2014, setting up Lone Star and playing UT in that epic USQ World Cup 8 match and also looking to future with the return of Major League Quidditch as Kody joins up with the League City Legends for the upcoming season. Click here to listen on Spotify Click here to listen on Anchor Episode Timestamps-  5:19- Kody's start in quidditch at the University of Texas and his early days with the team 22:29- Recruiting Augie Monroe and Kaci Erwin ...

  In this episode, we speak to the GOAT of quidditch highlight reels- Billy Quach. Billy tells us about his early playing days at the University of Arkansas, how his love of filming and the opportunity to create videos for quidditch led to him changing his major from Engineering to Film and thus changing his career and life in the process. He tells us about his experience of filming quidditch highlight reels, the documentary he made for UVA quidditch and now what he has gone on to do professionally as a videographer in the NFL, notably working with the Kansas City Chiefs during their rise to the top of the sport during which has led to him filming at two Super Bowls. Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify Click here to listen to the episode on Anchor *Warning- there is a noticeable difference in volume between our host and our guest so be wary of that when listening, especially with headphones on.* Photo Credit- Billy Quach Timestamps- 2:40- Start of time playing quidditch ...

Going coast-to-coast, Partying and Creating new opportunities- Lindsey Simpson For Episode 14, we sit down with Lindsey Simpson, captain and co-captain of the Lost Boys QC and LA Aftershock. Lindsey tells us about her early days playing and partying at Emerson College in Boston, heading over to the West coast to play in LA for the Lost Boys, switching from beater to chaser  as well as the various projects she's been involved with such as Western Championship Quidditch, Glorious Bitches Galore and Bitches Analysis Corner.  Following some listener feedback, we've sadly temporarily dropped the theme tune, Shake by Cultures  , although we're working on adding it back into our episodes as soon as possible. We're now also including timestamps for the first time in our episodes. This is so that if you want to listen to specific sections of a certain episode, you can easily find them. They will be posted here on these posts on the main blogger site. Hopefully this will impro...

Adaptability, Unaffiliated and Titanic Warrior Knights- Devin Lee & Lindsay Marella   In our 8th episode we have our first double interview with Devin Lee & Lindsay Marella of the New York Titans and the Warriors. The two of them talk about starting their career at Rutgers, the environment there and the challenges they faced, including a rather hectic last minute road trip from New Jersey to Florida to get to nationals. They also tell us about their experiences playing at the highest level, both in Major League Quidditch and, in Lindsay's case, for the US National Quidditch Team on the world stage. Click here to listen to the episode on Spotify. Photo Credit- TCP Photography As always, thanks to our listeners for following the pod and for sending in your mailbag questions. Make sure you give the Total Quidditch. facebook page a 'like' so you can keep up to date with future episodes. #LiveTheGame

Creativity, Friendship and MLQ- Teddy Costa For episode three, we take a trip across the Atlantic to talk to Teddy Costa, current chaser for the Boston Forge (formerly the Boston Night Riders) and Boston Pandas. Teddy tells us about his college career at RPI where he met now longtime teammate and friend Mario Nasta and they first started brainstorming different creative ways to play the game. We also discuss Teddy's spell down in Texas with the Houston Cosmos, his experience of playing for the US National Quidditch Team at the 2019 IQA Pan American Games and we take a deep dive into Teddy's career playing in Major League Quidditch (MLQ) with Boston and their famous rivalry with the Austin Outlaws. Click here to listen to the episode. Photo Credit- Harry Greenhouse Big thanks to everyone who sent in their mailbag questions, we look forward to receiving more in the episodes to come. To keep up with news on future episodes, make sure you head to the Total Quidditch. facebook page ...

Hello and welcome to Part 2 of the tournament draft review from my 8th Man All-Time fantasy fantasy team.  In part 1, we went through picks 1-7 and in this part, we'll have a look at picks 8-14 and why and how I decided to pick them in this All-time hypothetical fantasy tournament.  Let's get to it! Pick #8- Joshua Andrews Photo Credit- Isabella Gong Photography Position(s)- Seeker/Keeper Notable teams played for- UTSA Quidditch, Texas Cavalry, Austin Outlaws (MLQ Team), USA National Quidditch Team (USNQT) Country- USA With half a roster drafted, I turned my attention towards a seeker. I anticipated that seekers would be on the agenda for the other GMs at this point too so I knew I needed to get in there now before some of the better options disappeared. As was discussed in the draft coverage, seeker wasn't a straightforward selection to make as there have been numerous talented seekers throughout history but very few who have consistently caught snitches to win games acros...

Hi everyone, Happy New Year and welcome to the first article of 2021!  I hope everyone is well during these difficult times. I intended for this to be released several months ago however, life got in the way so here we are. I wanted to write a piece to talk about  The Eighth Man 's Fantasy Fantasy All-Timer Tournament & Draft. A hypothetical fantasy quidditch tournament that took place  from April till July last year in which I was  participating as a General Manager (GM) . As a GM, my aim was to put together a roster of some of the best quidditch players of all time, battling it out against 7 other GMs in order to see who can create the best team. In this scenario, each GM drafts a roster of 14 players to play a tournament under MLQ (Major League Quidditch) and USQ (US Quidditch) rules, including the 4 max gender rule. You can draft any player who has ever played competitive quidditch in any country and select them in their prime (allowing retired and injured...