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Live from West End is the Vanderbilt Hustler's official sports podcast. Hosted weekly by Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman, the podcast is the number one destination for all things Vanderbilt Sports. In addition to covering a wide breadth of Vanderbilt Athletic topics, Henry and Tristan host numerous guests, including Hustler Alumni, current Hustler editors, local media workers and social media personalities. Produced by: Tristan Rutman

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Season 4, Episode 9: Refueled and Ready

    On this week’s episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman recap a bye week for Vanderbilt Football ahead of a highly-anticipated home stand against No. 10 LSU. After previewing this matchup, they transition to soccer, where Courtney Jones registered a brace in a 2-0 victory over Missouri at home. The Commodores will travel to Starkville, MS, to face No. 17 Mississippi State on Thursday before returning home to take on No. 4 Tennessee. They move to recap two road losses for the volleyball team, and look forward to two home matches against LSU and Ole Miss on Friday and Sunday, respectively. To finish off the episode, the duo gives some insight into each of their perceptions on the current state of SEC football with a set of good, old-fashioned power rankings.

    52 min

  2. 6 OCT

    Season 4, Episode 8: After the Storm

    On this week’s episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman bring in Deputy Sports Editor Dylan Tovitz to break down a chaotic week of fall sports for Vanderbilt. The team begins by discussing a heartbreaking road loss to Alabama in football and looks ahead to what the upcoming bye week will bring for the Commodores. They move into soccer, where Sydney Watts paved the way to back-to-back victories at home against Auburn and on the road in Lexington, KY, before previewing this week's home stand against Missouri on Friday Night. Vanderbilt Volleyball suffers defeat to Oklahoma but is able to bounce back and pick up its first SEC win against Arkansas! They will look to keep this momentum rolling when they visit Auburn and Florida later this week. The trio wraps up the episode with another competitive trivia end segment — newly rebranded to "Tristan's Two-Minute Drill" — between Henry and Dylan on all-time CFB record-holders.

    46 min

  3. 29 SEPT

    Season 4, Episode 7: Wake Up, It's (College) GameDay

    On this week’s episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman welcome Lead Sports Analyst Eli Landers into the studio to talk about Vanderbilt Football's continued undefeated start, which has now been extended to five games. The trio previews the team's road trip to Tuscaloosa for a rematch with Alabama, where they will be featured on ESPN's College GameDay for the first time since 2008. After wrapping up football, they move on to discuss an unexpected loss in soccer to an unranked Texas team and look ahead to a matchup at home against Auburn on Thursday, as well as a short detour to Kentucky on Sunday. They then transition into Vanderbilt Volleyball, where an unsuccessful Texas road trip led to two 3-0 losses, but the team returns home for contests against Oklahoma and Arkansas this week. Tristan's end segment of the week was a historic Vanderbilt Football trivia battle between Eli and Henry — tune in to see who came out on top.

    51 min

  4. 24 SEPT

    Season 4, Episode 6: Rising and Shining

    On this week’s episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman get things started by talking about then-No. 20 Vanderbilt Football's 70-21 thrashing of Georgia State before moving to preview the team's final nonconference game against Utah State. They also go through the newly released SEC slate for the next four seasons and analyze the rise to No. 18 in the Week 4 AP Poll. The two hosts then move to discussing the Commodores' first SEC victory in soccer against No. 24 Oklahoma, and the team's jump from No. 17 to No. 13 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. After previewing a matchup with Texas on Friday night, the duo transitions to the state of affairs in the volleyball world, where the team was victorious against UC Irvine this past weekend, as they prepare to travel to Texas for a two-game road trip against two top-15-ranked teams. They wrap up the episode with a new segment called "Who Said That?", pulling some historic quotes from all-time figures in Vanderbilt Athletics, and trying to identify who said them.

    46 min

  5. 19 SEPT

    Season 4, Episode 5: Familiar Faces and Familiar Foes

    On this week’s episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman bring in a familiar guest, former Sports Editor Aiden Rutman, to talk about the current state of Vanderbilt Sports. The trio begins by breaking down a dominant 31-7 victory against then-No. 11-ranked South Carolina for the No. 20-ranked Commodores in football before moving to preview a repeat of last year's matchup against Georgia State. They discuss No. 17 Vanderbilt's lukewarm start to conference play in soccer with two scoreless draws against LSU and No. 10 Arkansas before transitioning to preview a home matchup with No. 24 Oklahoma. The three progress into talking about Vanderbilt Volleyball's losses during a California road trip and look ahead to hosting UC Irvine back in Memorial Gymnasium. To commemorate the episode's significance, they wrap up with a segment called "Mount Commodore" to crown the most influential moments and figures in the history of Vanderbilt Athletics.

    1 hr

  6. 8 SEPT

    Season 4, Episode 4: Comeback, Conquer and Prevail

    On this week’s episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman welcome Managing Editor Vincent Xu to highlight Vanderbilt's comeback victory on the road over Virginia Tech in football. The trio then looks ahead to next week's road matchup with No. 11 South Carolina before shifting to soccer and volleyball to cover the victories, losses, and draws from the past weekend. They move on to discuss the Commodores' first game of SEC play against LSU in soccer, and they preview Vanderbilt Volleyball's road trip to California for the team's next two contests. The episode comes to a close as the three take a look back at the first week of NFL action and make some overreactions from games and performances around the league.

    50 min

  7. 3 SEPT

    Season 4, Episode 3: First Signs of Fall

    On this week’s episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman go through some of the standout performances from Vanderbilt's 45-3 rout of Charleston Southern in football. The duo then moves to discuss Vanderbilt Soccer's victory over Yale on Senior Night and looming matchups against Georgetown and Middle Tennessee State to wrap up non-conference play. They transition to Vanderbilt Volleyball, where the Commodores went 1-1 over the weekend with a win over Belmont on Wyatt Lawn and a loss to Illinois at Bridgestone Arena ahead of two contests with Lipscomb and Minnesota to wrap up the week. They close with a brand new segment called "Mascot Mayhem," where they analyze college football matchups if the two teams' mascots were to duke it out.

    45 min

  8. 25 AUG

    Season 4, Episode 2: The Revival of Football Season

    On this week's episode of Live From West End, Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman are joined by Deputy Sports Editor David Hernandez. The trio talks about Vanderbilt Football’s upcoming matchup with Charleston Southern and what to look out for. They then transition to Vanderbilt Soccer's first loss of the season at Memphis and look ahead to a home stand against Yale, before moving on to discuss Vanderbilt Volleyball's first game in 45 years. They wrap things up with an SEC Football draft with the best players from around the conference.

    43 min
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Live from West End is the Vanderbilt Hustler's official sports podcast. Hosted weekly by Sports Editor Henry Oelhafen and Sports Podcast Producer Tristan Rutman, the podcast is the number one destination for all things Vanderbilt Sports. In addition to covering a wide breadth of Vanderbilt Athletic topics, Henry and Tristan host numerous guests, including Hustler Alumni, current Hustler editors, local media workers and social media personalities. Produced by: Tristan Rutman

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  • Creator
    Hustler Sports
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
    118
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Hustler Sports
  • Show Website
    Live From West End

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