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Saddle Creek Stories & Omaha Hoops (with Stephen Pedersen of Criteria)
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Apr 9, 202655:08
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Longtime Omaha native Stephen Pedersen of Criteria (formerly Cursive / White Octave) joins me to recall his childhood of basketball, talk about his love of playing the sport, early days of Saddle Creek records, and the new Criteria album due out May 22nd. We also tried a new segment of "Band Name or NBA Player" with... mixed results.
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