Ep. 868 - Catching up with Carp on his new book, Illini hoops & football

Illini Inquirer Podcast: An Illinois Fighting Illini athletics podcast

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4.9 • 576 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner catches up with The 200 Level's Mike Carpenter, who wrote a new book on his life as an Illini basketball fan. Carpenter discusses his inspiration behind the book, his process and what he learned about his connection with Illini basketball. Then the guys discuss the outlook for the 2024-25 Illini basketball team and a 4-1 start for the Illini football team.

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0:00.0	300 years of expertise in every twining sleep blend.
0:06.0	100 hours of craft in every cup.
0:10.0	Eight natural ingredients in every sip.
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.
0:49.0	Music Today on the Alana Inquirer podcast, I catch up with a friend, a longtime friend, Michael Carpenter.
0:51.3	You know him from the 200-level podcast.
0:54.1	You may remember him from the Tane J Show, Tay and Carp show, but now, of course, he does
0:55.6	the 200 level podcast.
0:57.1	And now he is an author.
0:59.5	Michael Carpenter grew up in the area, a townie, as he likes to say.
1:03.9	He has written a book about his experience as an Aligni basketball fan.
1:08.2	So I caught up with Carp as the book goes on sale this week about what went
1:14.0	into this book. What was the inspiration behind? What was the process behind it? And what did he discover
1:19.0	about himself and this fan base as he went through his years as an Illinois basketball fan and the
1:24.2	roller coaster that has been his life as an Illinois basketball fan.
1:27.6	We also just get in to talk about Illinois basketball.
1:30.3	What he thinks about the upcoming season is Big Ten Media Days is right around the corner.
1:34.6	And we also talk about Illinois football and the hot four in one start and how he feels about that program.
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