The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players
Summary: Hi, my name is John McAllister. I have spent the past six years playing bridge all around the world. My goal is to win a world championship. Doing so requires getting into the minds of the world's best players. I can not think of a better, more fun way to do so, than to interview great bridge players and share their insights in podcast format.
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Podcasts:
Anam Tebha, Mixed Tape
Geoff Hampson
Meet Steve Weinstein
Nabil Edgtton Wants to Be Great
Episode 14: Meck
Episode 13: Kåre Gjaldbæk Used to Play Bridge
Bart Bramley: Master Storyteller
Bart Bramley: Master Storyteller
Amaresh Deshpande, the Future of Bridge
A Conversation with Jeopardy Champion James Holzhauer
A Conversation with Michael Rosenberg
Dave Caprera is the author of the recently published bridge book, Sleeping on the Couch. Dave's regular partner is his wife of 42 years Anne Brenner. For all those non-bridge players who are thinking of taking up the game with your, spouse listen to this episode.
Samantha Punch started playing bridge as she finished up her PhD in Sociology. Now she is on the Scottish Women's bridge team. Placing 7th in the 54th European Team Championships, allowed her team to qualify for the Venice Cup for the first time. Sam is a sociologist at the University of Stirling and is helping them to start the academic study of the Sociology of Bridge.
On the phone with Adam Grossack this May, we started talking about the regional tournaments he plays with Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. I started asking Adam questions about what system he plays with each of them and he told me, "let's save this for my podcast episode!" The second half of this episode is a conversation with Morris Jones, aka Mojo. Mojo moonlights as a bridge teacher/director for newcomers two nights a week on top of his full-time job as an engineer for Dreamworks Animation!
Adam Wildavsky is recognized as a Grand Life Master by the American Contract Bridge League. He has represented the United States finishing as high as third in the Bermuda Bowl and won the Reisinger Board a Match teams partnering Doug Doub with whom he had not even planned on initially playing the event. In addition to my conversation with Adam we have bridge superstar Zia Mahmood discussing a bidding problem shared with me from my friend Anindra Sarkar.
