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Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

Ep. 1009 - Derek Piper bidding adieu to Illini Inquirer

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

247Sports, Illinois, Illinois Football, Illinois Basketball, Illinois Athletics, College Football, C

Football, Sports

4.9575 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner and Derek Piper discuss Piper leaving Illini Inquirer after nine years, a career and life pivot and his stories from a decade on the Illinois basketball beat.

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0:00.0

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0:14.0

One night of winding down in every drop.

0:18.0

Your moment of serenity.

0:23.8

Brought to you by twining sleep.

0:25.2

Twinings.

0:27.8

Alive in every drop.

0:44.6

Music Welcome into the online inquire podcast.

0:46.6

It is Jeremy Warner and Derek Piper.

0:48.8

And Derek Piper had one last pipe bomb.

0:49.3

Maybe.

0:53.9

Maybe there's another pipe bomb in the next two weeks as you get out to Peach Jam, but Derek, we don't like

0:56.3

being the story, but you are the story today, man, with your announcements that you're leaving

1:01.3

us in Atlanta Enquirer after nine years. I'm just going to give the four to you. We're going to

1:06.1

have fun today. We're going to reminisce, but obviously a big announcement for you. So I'll just let you have the foredarder.

1:12.5

Yeah, and incredibly honored, humbled by the response that I've gotten,

1:17.0

social media, message board, just really, you know, the cap tip that you gave me on the site today,

1:24.7

just overwhelmed with emotions and joy, but appreciation really of what

1:29.5

this has been. And we'll dive all into that. But this has been my career and been doing this

1:35.7

thing for nine years and what we built it to is incredibly special to me and I'm proud of it.

1:41.6

And I'm going to miss it for sure. But as I outlined in my announcement,

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