Episodes
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Ebenezer Lang and the Ghost of Thanksgiving‘s Past
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Friday Nov 26, 2021
Back after a brief respite, Justin tells a tale of Thanksgiving's Past featuring his Grandfather, Cheap Booze, and some of the finest Adult Films that Larry Flynt could produce. It's unlike anything you've ever heard before.
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Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
The Ballad of Justin Lang (Part 2B)
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
J Lang is back again, this time to discuss the many lows of my second year in Providence. I talk moving pianos, packing up every item in a house, the pitfalls of asking someone to buy you lunch, scouting reports, and other general tom foolery from a season in desperate need of forgetting. You may laugh. You might cry. You will definitely be stunned. Tune in!
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Friday Sep 03, 2021
The Ballad of Justin Lang (Part 2A)
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
J Lang is back again to discuss the highs and lows of my first year in Providence. I talk bars, basketball, and blasphemous buffoonery. Once again, we don't break out the pepper shakers, but you will be entertained. You will laugh. You will cry. You will be left wondering what the hell just happened. Tune in!
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Monday Aug 23, 2021
The Ballad of Justin Lang (Part 1)
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
J Lang is back solo dolo to regale you with tales of my life origin story, and how/why I (foolishly) became a college basketball coach, complete with the trials and tribulations faced by young me, both actually coaching hoops and otherwise. We do not break out the pepper shakers or discuss "culture", but I do use the phrase "blowhard" on several occasions. Tune in!
As always, subscribe, download, rate, review, and share. Follow on Twitter/IG at @jlang20 and @hctbpod. Thanks for listening!
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Malice at the Palace (with Dan & Sopee of The Morse Code Podcast)
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
J Lang is back and joined by Dan Morse (@djmorse126) and Sopee Preap (@Sopee_) of "The Morse Code Podcast" (@themorsecodepod) to discuss the "Malice at the Palace" doc, the Yankees' outdated hair policies, which NBA guys from the 90s would thrive today and vice versa, and who would win a sword fight between Shaq and the Wu-Tang Clan. Plus, we meet our monthly quota of Brennaman-Castellanos talk.
Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share the HCTB Pod as well as The Morse Code Podcast (you can find both wherever you get your podcasts)! Follow the pod on Twitter/IG @hctbpod and Justin at @jlang20. Also, make sure you click over to howcanthisbe.blog for all your reading needs!
Thanks for tuning in!
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Bachelorette Recap & BIP Preview (with Scott Picard)
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
HCTB is back to continue the onslaught of podcasts in your earballs! To kick things off, J Lang is solo-dolo for a little potpourri of topics, including Celebrity Bathing Habits, some Netflix Recommendations, and to share a shocking and hilarious story from the family archives. Then, old friend Scott Picard of "Bachelor Chat with Beauty and the Beast" joins the show to recap the Katie Thurston's season of The Bachelorette and to preview the upcoming season of Bachelor in Paradise. Plus, a little bonus gambling talk!
Make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! Follow the pod on Twitter/IG @hctbpod. Download and listen to "Bachelor Chat with Beauty and the Beast" with Scott Picard and Nicole Smith. Follow their pod on IG at @bachelorchat. Thanks for tuning in!
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Vamanos a la Playa! with @TYTHOMDAGAWD
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Lang is back and joined by @TYTHOMDAGAWD to discuss his music career, running his own independent label (@GODVZN), our 2016 Goodwill Basketball Tour of Spain (spoiler alert: we recommend you visit there someday), The Bachelorette, and his perspective on being an African-American in today's society. It's a really good episode chock full of all sorts of interesting stuff, and a lot of laughs.
Make sure you follow Ty on Twitter and IG at @TYTHOMDAGAWD, follow his label at @GODVZN. Look for his music wherever you get yours (Apple, Spotify, Tidal, etc. He's on all of em.), and subscribe to his Patreon to get exclusive content you won't find anywhere else.
And, as always, make sure you subscribe, download, rate, review, and share! We got a lot of good stuff in this episode that we think you'll really enjoy. Thanks for tuning in, and Vamanos a la Playa!!!
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Hoops, Hip Hop, & Martha Stewart
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Justin is joined by old friend Mike Neal to talk about The LOX & Dipset VERZUZ battle, the Knicks, Martha Stewart, Suge Knight, living in Providence, and the college basketball experience. Plus, we draft our Rapper Hoop Squads.
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Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
An All-Time Bachelorette Meltdown and NBA Free Agency
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Justin is back on a solo episode to discuss Greg's epic meltdown on Monday's Bachelorette, and what his own personal hometown date would look like. We also dig into why you should watch The Handmaid's Tale if you haven't already, and recap the first two days of NBA Free Agency. A little potpourri of goodies to help you get through your Wednesday.
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Friday Jul 30, 2021
Trade Deadline Day
Friday Jul 30, 2021
Friday Jul 30, 2021
This week, Justin is joined by friend of the program George MacLellan to discuss the best and worst Red Sox in-season Trades, the NBA Draft (which was happening live while we recorded), and the MLB Trade Deadline. Plus, since it was Draft Day, we picked our Basketball Teams of Non-Hooper Olympians. An enjoyable listen if there ever was one!
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