Join Matt Oakes, Rachel Nash, and Alex Curley as they take you behind the scenes of the first basketball game of the regular season against the Oakland Golden Grizzlies and chat with some interesting people along the way.

Featured music this week from Chapel Hill artists Topiq the Smooth Prophet and SkyBlew.

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