McMinnville Yacht Club
The McMinnville Yacht Club podcast is hosted by Ossie Bladine and Chelsey Nichol. Fourth generation McMinnville siblings share their memories, opinions and love for their home town.Listen and connect with us as we try and figure out how to hold on and let go of the town we love at the same time.
Episodes
62 episodes
The Fireman and The Dance
What better way to celebrate the hottest day of the year so far but with a new episode and even a new season of the podcast! We've been missing for a few months, but that doesn't mean we haven't been thinking of you all. We have been busy livin...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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1:04:06
The Try Zone
That's what we're all doing anyways right...trying? We loved this week's Episode 57: The Try Zone because not only did we learn about a sport we weren't super familiar with, rugby, but we also learned a lot of fun new sports terms. We had a gre...
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Season 2
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Episode 57
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1:09:49
Townie Talk - 2
What do you expect from us when the sun comes out? We are distracted, outside, just being busy bees! So we think this light episode with two of our friends perfectly fits the season. On this week's Episode 56: Townie Talk - 2 we chat with our g...
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Season 2
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Episode 56
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1:03:23
You Want It Or Not?
That is ultimately the question, right? Do we want and value locally owned, high quality restaurants to enjoy, or do we get distracted and not realize that if we don't show up they may not always be there? We are lucky to talk to two of our fri...
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Season 2
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Episode 55
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1:19:41
Townie Talk
It's always a good time when you get to spend an hour chatting with fellow locals. It's even more fun when you're chatting with townies, and sharing memories about growing up in Mac. On this week's Episode 54: Townie Talk, we had a chance to ca...
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Season 2
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Episode 54
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1:10:19
A Delight Of Emilys
Sit back friends and grab your favorite book, because this episode is going to inspire you to read books by local authors. On this week's Episode 53: A Delight of Emilys we talk with two local authors, Emily Strelow and Emily Grosvenor Diesberg...
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Season 2
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Episode 53
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1:03:33
Just The Two Of Us - Updates and Headlines
Tap tap tap ... are folks still out there? We've taken a long winter nap and are back on the microphone ready to talk! This week's Episode 52: Episode 52 is a bit of an update on what's going on with us and some of the headlines we've been read...
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Season 2
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Episode 52
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26:25
Holidays At The Moon - Part 2
We're ending the year in our favorite place, The Blue Moon. For Episode 51 - Holidays At The Moon - Part 2 we finish up our recent visit to McMinnville's favorite gathering place. We've been working hard this year to keep bringing you new conte...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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1:07:04
Holidays At The Moon - Part 1
What better way to kick off our second 50 episodes than by going back to one of our favorite places in McMinnville?! For Episode 51: Holidays At The Moon we took the show on the road again and went back to see who we could talk to at The Blue M...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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1:12:31
Podcast Spouses
Horray! We've officially created and published 50 episodes of the Yacht Club! And for this milestone we brought in the people that know us the best, our spouses. So for this week's Episode 50: Podcast Spouses features Ossie's wife Lacy Bladine,...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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1:23:00
Just The Two Of Us - Shop Local
We are carrying on the holiday tradition of promoting our dad Jeb's annual "Shop Local" message he prints in the newspaper each year. We've recorded another Just The Two Of Us and for this week's Episode 49: Shop Local we are highlighting a few...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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52:56
How Mac Came To Be
You probably haven't spent a lot of time thinking about the origin story of McMinnville. Who founded this town we love so much? What were the first businesses and buildings were built that anchored the growth of this community? Like many towns,...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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1:22:20
Downtown Girls
Is it too early to play Christmas music? Ok, maybe... we will hold off a few more weeks. But that's not going to stop us from getting exciting about the upcoming holiday season! One of our favorite things is downtown McMinnville during the holi...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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1:13:51
A Perfect Pairing
What goes better with a great wine than great friends? You would be hard pressed to find a more perfect pairing than our guests on this week's Episode 46: A Perfect Pairing. Grant Coulter and Renee Saint-Amour of Hundred Suns Wine have made McM...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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1:10:02
McMedicine
It's time for our annual check-up! So we made an appointment with two of our favorite medical professionals so we can see how we're holding up. On this week's informative Episode 45: McMedicine, we talk with Dr. Ashley Hyder with West Hills Hea...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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1:29:50
Gridiron Guys
It's Tuesday Night Footballlllllll! And we've got two star players on this week's Episode 44: Gridiron Guys. We had a great time talking with DJ Alexander, a former NFL Player for the Kansas City Chiefs and others, and local football star and n...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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1:16:31
At The Gym
We're great at multi-tasking around the yacht club and so we combined our daily workout sesh with a podcast recording. This week we laced up our tennies and hung out at MVP Performance Training on Episode 43: At The Gym. Over the last few month...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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1:28:20
Growing Pains
Nothing hurts more than growing pains. But when you live in a community like McMinnville you can be sure that there will be a lot of folks doing their best to try and preserve what makes “McMinnville” the McMinnville we are proud of. On this we...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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1:02:45
Changing Seasons
And we're back! And we decided it was a good time to start Season 2 of the podcast, so we're here with Episode 41: Changing Seasons to chat about the last few weeks of summer and what we're looking forward to this fall.
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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24:24
Meet Your Grocer
Kids are going back to school next week and we hope you've taken a trip to the store to get everything for their lunches! Or, you've probably stopped in to your favorite grocery store to pickup your dinners for the week, or went in to check out...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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1:10:39
Sustainable Summer
Welcome to the summer of sustainability! We were inspired by a past episode to continue learning more about what is going on locally to encourage recycling and sustainability. So for Episode 39: Sustainable Summer, we invited Beth Rankin, one o...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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45:34
The University
This episode will get you thinking. In the best possible way. You may be reminiscing about your college experience or feeling pride for your home town school after listening to this week's Episode 38: The University. We've known we would have a...
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Season 1
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Episode 38
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1:21:45
Just The Two Of Us - News and Blues
Summertime blues around here ... While we had to pivot from this week's planned episode we thought we would sit and console each other about what's got us down in the world. There's always a lot of change happening in McMinnville, and sometimes...
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Season 1
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Episode 37
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41:02
Don't Tell The Tourists - Part 2
Nothing is better than sitting around shooting the breeze with friends you grew up with. And this week's Episode 36: Don't Tell The Tourists - Part 2 feels a lot like that. We grabbed locals Todd Hyder and Robin VanBuren and asked the question ...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:09:50