The Dead Pair Podcast
What every sporting clay shooter wants to hear! The Dead Pair project is a family oriented, informative and entertaining podcast aimed at providing valuable “real-world” information for both recreational and competitive clay shooters. Our content will benefit all skill levels, featuring discussions from some of the sport’s best shooters and coaches, as well as product and service specialists. Sporting clays, Trap, Skeet, FITASC, COMPAC, Ball Trap, Clay target, Clay sports, NSCA, NSSA, CPSA, ATA, SCTP.
Episodes
246 episodes
248, USA Shooting w/Trap Talk, Kelly Reisdorf, & Cole Cushman!
Trap Talk from the Back Fence with Zach Nannini and Richard Marshall Jr host this episode in conjunction with the Dead Pair Podcast, With guests Kelly Reisdorf, the CEO of USA Shooting and Cole Cushman of Gun & Trophy insurance! ...
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Season 6
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Episode 248
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1:23:05
247, The MidwayUSA Foundation's Pete Eisentrager!
Back in 2022, we had Sarah Hall, Project and events manager of The MidwayUSA Foundation, on to discuss who they are, and the amazing support they give to the youth shooting sports. If you have not heard that episode, we highly encourage you to ...
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Season 6
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Episode 247
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1:03:08
246, The Breakin' Clays app w/Matthew Burlingame!
It seems nowadays that there a lot of coaches coming out with their own app. But what about an app that anyone, including coaches, can use with their students? What if someone just wanted to do their own journaling, record ...
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Season 6
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Episode 246
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49:55
245, Classifying non-US citizens in NSCA events + recent FITASC news.
Full round table discussion with Brett Seibert, Neil Chadwick, Don Brunt, RAD Chad Roberts, and of course, Jason and Sean. Recently at a large shoot, there were a number of non-US citizens that competed, in what some feel, t...
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Season 6
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Episode 245
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1:38:11
244 The ClayMaster app w/Kevin DeMichiel & Scott Winstead!
It's hard to believe how much technology is coming into sporting clays, or the clay target sports in general, for that matter. Now, for 2026, another app has been developed for sporting clays. Leading the charge on this one, is Kev...
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Season 6
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Episode 244
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45:18
243 New HYPERSHOT by Ranger Performance Eyewear!
Ranger Performance Eyewear has always strived to be on the leading edge of technology when it comes to eyewear and the new Hypershot frame and lenses are a perfect example! The features this lens and frame offer are superior to anyt...
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Season 6
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Episode 243
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58:09
242 New Defender Outdoors + TX State preview w/Travis Mears!
Our co-host for this week's episode is Ben McAnally. Being a former President of the Texas Sporting Clays Association, Ben was the perfect person to join us for this conversation with Travis Mears. We discussed the upcoming Texas State S...
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Season 6
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Episode 242
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53:51
241 Updates from Atlas Traps w/Scott Manspeaker!
Tracy Wright co-hosts this episode as we welcome Scott Manspeaker of Atlas traps to give us the updates and news from Atlas Traps. Atlas was included in the National Sporting Clays Championship this year as the trap provider for the 5 stand and...
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Season 6
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Episode 241
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52:28
240, East vs West Dead Pair Blast Showdown!
Jun Vegara, general manager of LA Clays and Jake Spengler, general manager of Rocky Creek Sporting Clays join us this week to give you the details of the 2 Dead Pair Blasts for 2026! The sponsors have stepped up in a huge way and the pay...
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Season 6
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Episode 240
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37:11
239, Part 2 of 2, Q4C w/Grace Callahan, Chad Roberts, & Abel Spire!
Questions for the coaches Part 2 of 2. This week we are joined by Grace Callahan, RAD Chad Roberts, and Abel Spire! We finish off our past 6 questions, with each coach getting 2 of your questions that were sent to us. This week was...
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Season 6
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Episode 239
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1:19:03
238, Q4C Pt 1 of 2, w/ Tracey Wright, Cory Kruse, and David Radulovich!
Welcome to the start of another great year with the Dead Pair Podcast! We kick things off this year with a 2 part Questions For The Coaches with Tracey Wright, Cory Kruse, and David Radulovich! Tracey will actually be helping with ...
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Season 6
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Episode 238
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1:32:38
237 Year End Review, w/Neil Chadwick!
Neil Chadwick of the NSCA executive council joins is to give us all the nitty gritty stats from the 2025 National Championship. Neil has not only broken down the statistics from Nationals itself, but also in comparison to regionals ...
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Season 6
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Episode 237
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1:06:25
236 The NSSF Plus ONE program!
The NSSF, National Shooting Sports Foundation, has created programs that not only encourage safe firearm ownership, but also encourage mentorship for introducing new people to shooting sports. The PlusONE program does just that! As you k...
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Season 6
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Episode 236
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1:06:07
235, New Scorechaser tech + Announcements
Scorechaser changed the game, when it comes to registration! But they did not stop there! We are joined by the lovely Casey Chase and her tech guru Josh from JTech to discuss the new technology and features that Scorechaser h...
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Season 6
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Episode 235
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1:05:05
234, PART 2 Anthony Matarese UNLEASHED!
PART 2 0F 2. Ever wanted a 4 hour lesson with Anthony Matarese Jr, but either couldn't afford it, or couldn't get on the schedule? Well here is your chance to get a 4 hours lesson, for FREE! Matt Miller, student and AIM shoot...
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Season 5
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Episode 234
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55:04
233, Anthony Matarese UNLEASHED, Part 1
PART 1 0F 2. Ever wanted a 4 hour lesson with Anthony Matarese Jr, but either couldn't afford it, or couldn't get on the schedule? Well here is your chance to get a 4 hours lesson, for FREE! Matt Miller, student and AIM shooti...
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Season 5
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Episode 233
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1:06:59
232, Down Under Clays w/Jason Solomons!
Through all the emails that we get, some of the most entertaining, as well as humbling emails, have came from the Australians. This year, a group of them came to the United States to travel and visit as many venues as possible, and shoot...
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Season 5
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Episode 232
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53:03
231 SCOOPS National Champions w/Mike Wilgus & Dr. David Dalu!
We are joined LIVE on a SCOOPS episode, by newly crowned, 2025 National Champion Mike Wilgus and overall FTASC champion Dr David Dalu to discuss their victories and the Nationals as a whole. Both are veterans, which is quite possibly the first ...
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Season 5
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Episode 231
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1:08:58
230, Lots of kicks, w/Cameron Hicks!
Cameron Hicks is an aspiring young shooter originally from Virginia, but now calls North Carolina home. A special forces veteran with a love of hunting and smashing clay targets, Cameron has been coached and mentored by some of the...
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Season 5
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Episode 230
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1:14:28
229 Cyrus & Ashleigh Hafley Alexander !
If you are a relatively new shooter, you may recognize the names Cyrus and/or Ashleigh Alexander from Shotgun Gear Trap rentals, as they are often at large events across the country helping organize events, as well as providing equipment and se...
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Season 5
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Episode 229
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46:23
228, Team USA's Dr. David Dalu !
Sometimes great competitors fly under the radar and out of the limelight. Dr. David Dalu is just that person. Yes, you read that right, Doctor! David was an ER surgeon and has now taken the less dramatic road into sporting c...
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Season 5
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Episode 228
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1:03:59
227, A conversation w/Travis Mears!
Travis Mears is an extremely talented shooter. Not only does he compete at the highest level of the game, Travis is also the owner of Defender Outdoors Clay Sports Ranch in Fort Worth TX, does a trick shooting shows around the globe, coa...
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Season 5
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Episode 227
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1:03:22
226 New Survey Results w/Joe Bartozzi (NSSF)
The NSSF, National Shooting Sports Foundation, conducts surveys for research to determine how many people actively go shooting, and compete in shooting sports, as well as which disciplines they compete in. We are joined by NSSF President...
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Season 5
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Episode 226
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48:43
225, Things to Ponder + Q4C w/Kevin DeMichiel!
We have received a lot of emails suggesting that we cover some of the basics when it comes to gear. Even though we have addressed this in bits and pieces through several other episodes, we thought we would put it together all in one.&nbs...
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Season 5
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Episode 225
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1:05:02
224, Mentoring Champions, w/Rick Webb!
Ever wondered what it's like for a top pro, from a third party perspective? Someone that's with that person in day to day life, in and out of the tournament? What are they thinking? What are their struggles? What are their c...
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Season 5
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Episode 224
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1:08:28
