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    <description>The daily DCI podcast from DCI Forge. Reed Callahan and Coop read the sheets so you don't have to: every 2026 Drum Corps International show recapped with scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections. Every number comes straight off the sheets. An independent fan project — not affiliated with Drum Corps International.</description>
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        <title>The Year Nobody Talks About</title>
        <itunes:title>The Year Nobody Talks About</itunes:title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Twenty twenty five was the closest Finals in the archive and nobody talks about it. Gus and Reed argue about why, and about which of the two races on a Finals field anyone remembers.]]></description>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 21: Six Hires in Three Days</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Inside Phantom Regiment's rebuild.

JD Shaw retired from Phantom Regiment's brass staff after 17 years and two rings. Regiment did not promote from within. Their headline hire came from outside the organization: Vince Oliver, off Bluecoats' music design staff.

Then they kept going. Five more hires landed in the same week. Four of those five came straight out of Santa Clara Vanguard. Two more came out of Mandarins.

Six hires in three days is not a caption fix. It is a design-staff transplant, and it landed on two corps sitting at very different points in their own rebuilds.

Also in this episode: how Santa Clara Vanguard are backfilling the seats that raid created, why Mandarins are the stranger case, what we can actually confirm about the Blue Devils percussion moves when reports differ, and the one corps that will not field in 2027.

Every claim here is checkable. The staff tracker and the talent-flow chart are at https://dciforge.com/staff - which is the point of doing this in September rather than waiting for June.

Gus Halladay and Reed Callahan. The Recap is the podcast of DCI Forge.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Inside Phantom Regiment's rebuild.

JD Shaw retired from Phantom Regiment's brass staff after 17 years and two rings. Regiment did not promote from within. Their headline hire came from outside the organization: Vince Oliver, off Bluecoats' music design staff.

Then they kept going. Five more hires landed in the same week. Four of those five came straight out of Santa Clara Vanguard. Two more came out of Mandarins.

Six hires in three days is not a caption fix. It is a design-staff transplant, and it landed on two corps sitting at very different points in their own rebuilds.

Also in this episode: how Santa Clara Vanguard are backfilling the seats that raid created, why Mandarins are the stranger case, what we can actually confirm about the Blue Devils percussion moves when reports differ, and the one corps that will not field in 2027.

Every claim here is checkable. The staff tracker and the talent-flow chart are at https://dciforge.com/staff - which is the point of doing this in September rather than waiting for June.

Gus Halladay and Reed Callahan. The Recap is the podcast of DCI Forge.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Inside Phantom Regiment's rebuild.

JD Shaw retired from Phantom Regiment's brass staff after 17 years and two rings. Regiment did not promote from within. Their headline hire came from outside the organization: Vince Oliver, off Bluecoats' music design staff.

Then they kept going. Five more hires landed in the same week. Four of those five came straight out of Santa Clara Vanguard. Two more came out of Mandarins.

Six hires in three days is not a caption fix. It is a design-staff transplant, and it landed on two corps sitting at very different points in their own rebuilds.

Also in this episode: how Santa Clara Vanguard are backfilling the seats that raid created, why Mandarins are the stranger case, what we can actually confirm about the Blue Devils percussion moves when reports differ, and the one corps that will not field in 2027.

Every claim here is checkable. The staff tracker and the talent-flow chart are at https://dciforge.com/staff - which is the point of doing this in September rather than waiting for June.

Gus Halladay and Reed Callahan. The Recap is the podcast of DCI Forge.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 20 - 2026-08-30</title>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 19 - 2026-08-24</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 19 - 2026-08-24</itunes:title>
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                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 19 - 2026-08-24. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 17: Season Finale</title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-17-season-finale/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:27:18 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 17: Season Finale. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 16: Semifinals Night</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 16: Semifinals Night</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-16-semifinals-night/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 02:08:13 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Semifinals night in Indianapolis, and the one where this desk says, respectfully, that we think the panel got two of these wrong. Blue Stars finished ahead of Phantom Regiment while losing the six craft captions. Boston Crusaders beat Santa Clara Vanguard after the effect sheets came back a coin flip. Plus: the cut line from both sides, where Pacific Crest and Madison Scouts each won the effect book and went home anyway; a deep dive on the percussion caption and what really happened to the Blue Devils drumline; ScoJo's return after fifty years; and the Finals preview. Full caption breakdowns at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Semifinals night in Indianapolis, and the one where this desk says, respectfully, that we think the panel got two of these wrong. Blue Stars finished ahead of Phantom Regiment while losing the six craft captions. Boston Crusaders beat Santa Clara Vanguard after the effect sheets came back a coin flip. Plus: the cut line from both sides, where Pacific Crest and Madison Scouts each won the effect book and went home anyway; a deep dive on the percussion caption and what really happened to the Blue Devils drumline; ScoJo's return after fifty years; and the Finals preview. Full caption breakdowns at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Semifinals night in Indianapolis, and the one where this desk says, respectfully, that we think the panel got two of these wrong. Blue Stars finished ahead of Phantom Regiment while losing the six craft captions. Boston Crusaders beat Santa Clara Vanguard after the effect sheets came back a coin flip. Plus: the cut line from both sides, where Pacific Crest and Madison Scouts each won the effect book and went home anyway; a deep dive on the percussion caption and what really happened to the Blue Devils drumline; ScoJo's return after fifty years; and the Finals preview. Full caption breakdowns at dciforge.com.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 15: Prelims Night</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 15: Prelims Night</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-15-prelims-night/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:44:57 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 15: Prelims Night. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 15: Prelims Night. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 14: Five What-If Scenarios for Prelims Night</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 14: Five What-If Scenarios for Prelims Night</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-14-five-what-if-scenarios-for-prelims-night/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:12:32 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 14: Five What-If Scenarios for Prelims Night. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 14: Five What-If Scenarios for Prelims Night. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 14: Five What-If Scenarios for Prelims Night. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 13: The Calm Before Prelims</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 13: The Calm Before Prelims</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-13-the-calm-before-prelims/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:45:08 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 13: The Calm Before Prelims. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 13: The Calm Before Prelims. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 13: The Calm Before Prelims. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 12: Three Corps Cross 96</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 12: Three Corps Cross 96</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-12-three-corps-cross-96/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-12-three-corps-cross-96/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:06:00 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 12: Three Corps Cross 96. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 12: Three Corps Cross 96. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 12: Three Corps Cross 96. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 11 - 2026-08-03</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 11 - 2026-08-03</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-11-2026-08-03/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-11-2026-08-03/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:28:57 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 11 - 2026-08-03. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 11 - 2026-08-03. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>Episode 10: Crown Take Allentown</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Carolina Crown take Allentown Night Two at 95.275, a season high and 1.55 behind the Bluecoats. Boston Crusaders' historic three-week climb, Crown's low-brass feature, Phantom Regiment holding fourth, the Cavaliers' surge, and a look ahead to Finals week. From the DCI Forge desk.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Carolina Crown take Allentown Night Two at 95.275, a season high and 1.55 behind the Bluecoats. Boston Crusaders' historic three-week climb, Crown's low-brass feature, Phantom Regiment holding fourth, the Cavaliers' surge, and a look ahead to Finals week. From the DCI Forge desk.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 9: Record Night in Allentown</title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-9-record-night-in-allentown/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:18:49 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 9: Record Night in Allentown. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 9: Record Night in Allentown. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 8: The What-If Episode: Phantom’s Case and Crown’s Math</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 8: The What-If Episode: Phantom’s Case and Crown’s Math</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-8-the-what-if-episode-phantom-s-case-and-crown-s-math/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-8-the-what-if-episode-phantom-s-case-and-crown-s-math/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:37:32 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The What-If Episode. The model gives Phantom Regiment a 4% chance of finishing top six — and Reed and Coop think it's wrong. Inside: Phantom Regiment's case for a late-season surge, the projection gap a damped model misses, and a head-to-head debate — Reed argues Carolina Crown for gold, Coop argues Phantom for fifth. Run the scenarios yourself in the What-If Machine, with Phantom-at-fourth pre-loaded: https://dciforge.com/analysis/what-if?corps=phantom-regiment&amp;pos=4 — Full analysis: https://dciforge.com/analysis/the-math-of-august]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The What-If Episode. The model gives Phantom Regiment a 4% chance of finishing top six — and Reed and Coop think it's wrong. Inside: Phantom Regiment's case for a late-season surge, the projection gap a damped model misses, and a head-to-head debate — Reed argues Carolina Crown for gold, Coop argues Phantom for fifth. Run the scenarios yourself in the What-If Machine, with Phantom-at-fourth pre-loaded: https://dciforge.com/analysis/what-if?corps=phantom-regiment&amp;pos=4 — Full analysis: https://dciforge.com/analysis/the-math-of-august]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The What-If Episode. The model gives Phantom Regiment a 4% chance of finishing top six — and Reed and Coop think it's wrong. Inside: Phantom Regiment's case for a late-season surge, the projection gap a damped model misses, and a head-to-head debate — Reed argues Carolina Crown for gold, Coop argues Phantom for fifth. Run the scenarios yourself in the What-If Machine, with Phantom-at-fourth pre-loaded: https://dciforge.com/analysis/what-if?corps=phantom-regiment&amp;pos=4 — Full analysis: https://dciforge.com/analysis/the-math-of-august]]></itunes:summary>
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        <itunes:duration>448</itunes:duration>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 7 - 2026-07-31</title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-7-2026-07-31/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:20:17 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 7 - 2026-07-31. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 7 - 2026-07-31. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>322</itunes:duration>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 6: Crown Closes on Bluecoats</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 6: Crown Closes on Bluecoats</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-6-crown-closes-on-bluecoats/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-6-crown-closes-on-bluecoats/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:21:05 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 6: Crown Closes on Bluecoats. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 6: Crown Closes on Bluecoats. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 6: Crown Closes on Bluecoats. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>143</itunes:duration>
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        <title>The Recap — Episode 5: Crown Hits 93.3 as Annapolis Washes Out</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap — Episode 5: Crown Hits 93.3 as Annapolis Washes Out</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-%e2%80%94-episode-5-crown-hits-933-as-annapolis-washes-out/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-%e2%80%94-episode-5-crown-hits-933-as-annapolis-washes-out/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:18:06 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Crown posts a season-high 93.3 at Brass at the Beach. Blue Stars cross 90 for the first time. Annapolis cancelled due to weather — seven corps miss a show 11 days before Finals.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Crown posts a season-high 93.3 at Brass at the Beach. Blue Stars cross 90 for the first time. Annapolis cancelled due to weather — seven corps miss a show 11 days before Finals.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>321</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 4 - 2026-07-27</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 4 - 2026-07-27</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-4-2026-07-27/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-4-2026-07-27/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:43:20 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 4 - 2026-07-27. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 4 - 2026-07-27. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 4 - 2026-07-27. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>DCI Forge</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>340</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 3 - 2026-07-26</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 3 - 2026-07-26</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-3-2026-07-26/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-3-2026-07-26/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:22:40 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 3 - 2026-07-26. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 3 - 2026-07-26. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Recap - Episode 3 - 2026-07-26. Scores, caption-level movement, and 10,000-run Monte Carlo Finals projections from the DCI Forge desk. Full analysis at dciforge.com.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>DCI Forge</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>336</itunes:duration>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 2</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 2</itunes:title>
        <link>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-2/</link>
                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-2/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:19:45 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Bluecoats slam the door in Murfreesboro — a two-point statement in what was a one-tenth race. Blue Devils and Boston Crusaders finish dead even, settled on the GE tiebreaker, and Boston's caption paradox — elite percussion, lagging brass — is on full display. Carolina Crown land one tenth from the podium and keep climbing: is the model underrating them? Plus tonight's DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta. Every number straight off the sheets.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Bluecoats slam the door in Murfreesboro — a two-point statement in what was a one-tenth race. Blue Devils and Boston Crusaders finish dead even, settled on the GE tiebreaker, and Boston's caption paradox — elite percussion, lagging brass — is on full display. Carolina Crown land one tenth from the podium and keep climbing: is the model underrating them? Plus tonight's DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta. Every number straight off the sheets.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
        <enclosure url="https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/06lgnakma8szx6no/The_Recap_-_Episode_2_-_2026-07-25.mp3" length="4995777" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bluecoats slam the door in Murfreesboro — a two-point statement in what was a one-tenth race. Blue Devils and Boston Crusaders finish dead even, settled on the GE tiebreaker, and Boston's caption paradox — elite percussion, lagging brass — is on full display. Carolina Crown land one tenth from the podium and keep climbing: is the model underrating them? Plus tonight's DCI Southeastern Championship in Atlanta. Every number straight off the sheets.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>DCI Forge</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
        <itunes:duration>312</itunes:duration>
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        <title>The Recap - Episode 1</title>
        <itunes:title>The Recap - Episode 1</itunes:title>
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                    <comments>https://wklovell.podbean.com/e/the-recap-episode-1/#comments</comments>        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:00:00 -0300</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Sixteen days from Finals, the gap at the top of DCI is one tenth of a point. Reed Callahan and Coop break down Southern Mississippi and Drums on the Ohio, the Blue Devils' guard-powered charge at Bluecoats, Vanguard the Shadow Contender, and the three-corps fight at the cut line. Every number straight off the sheets.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sixteen days from Finals, the gap at the top of DCI is one tenth of a point. Reed Callahan and Coop break down Southern Mississippi and Drums on the Ohio, the Blue Devils' guard-powered charge at Bluecoats, Vanguard the Shadow Contender, and the three-corps fight at the cut line. Every number straight off the sheets.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sixteen days from Finals, the gap at the top of DCI is one tenth of a point. Reed Callahan and Coop break down Southern Mississippi and Drums on the Ohio, the Blue Devils' guard-powered charge at Bluecoats, Vanguard the Shadow Contender, and the three-corps fight at the cut line. Every number straight off the sheets.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:author>DCI Forge</itunes:author>
        <itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
        <itunes:block>No</itunes:block>
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