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Great conversation with Mike Pesca in which I, unfortunately, regressed to my old ways of pronouncing Chuck Klosterman’s name incorrectly. This is possibly our most controversial and free associative podcast yet.
* Was Alec Baldwin’s best Trump imitation actually Jack Donaghy?
* “Seinfeld sucks and isn’t funny”?
* Mike disagrees with certain Minnesota ICE takes from my podcast with Kat Rosenfield
* Berkeley made me biased against protestors
* We discuss Brian Phillips’ belief that Trump era chaos is all a devious strategy
* The oddness of initially not knowing whether the 2nd Alex Pretti video was AI
* Should the new Pretti vs. police video have any influence on how one feels about the possibly unrelated deadly encounter 11 days later?
* We aren’t conquering Canada and also, adding Alberta would look so stupid on the map
* Mike weighs in on whether the NFL should All 22 itself
* Most people agree that a man’s morality shouldn’t influence his NFL Hall of Fame case, but nobody will make the Hall of Fame case for serial rapist Darren Sharper
* Is Robert Saleh good or just good at playing the media game?

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Kat Rosenfield has, as she often does, written brilliantly of late. I especially enjoyed her nuanced takes on the Minnesota shootings. We discussed intrusive thoughts on recent political events, millennials seeking meaning, the adultery based cancellation of Jay Asher, and whether James Franco was morally wrong to LARP as a college student so as to pick up college women. A great pod imo.

The House of Strauss SportsPredict playoff contest continues, so make some picks for this weekend. For the championship round, the prize is a $500 DICK’S gift certificate, plus, of course, bragging rights. So join in.
In this episode our friend Tyler Dunne from Go Long is here to discuss NFL. We also get a Glasspiegel cameo at the start of this episode which is, admittedly, HEAVY FOOTBALL. Topics!
* Why was the Sean McDermott firing controversial?
* Why did Ryan Glasspiegel want Matt LeFleur FIRED?
* Are young defensive coaches the next wave?
* Tyler’s take on that whole Jaguars journalism controversy
* Is football great because it’s hidden from us?
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First, congratulations to Kevin Turner for winning NFL Playoffs Week 1 of our Sports Predict contest. He receives a $250 Ticketmaster prize, and I have it on good authority that there’s more money to be won (by Kevin or whoever) this week. I’d encourage all of you to join for the Divisional Round and beyond, given that the contest is free of charge and it’s a lot of fun.
This podcast was initiated by our man Tom Haberstroh breaking a story on a drastic dive in NBA offense, attributed by many in the league to a sudden secret shift in referee practice. What’s going on with this? Why is it happening?
Many a great topic in this discussion, such as:
* Is Rich Paul correct to lobby for Austin Reaves getting traded?
* Is it close minded to say an out of shape Luka can’t be the best player on a title team?
* Is it crazy to consider dealing Luka instead of Reaves?
* Is Deni Avdija getting unfairly accused of being a foul grifter?
* My dislike of the great (and necessary) Victor Wembanyama
* Is a substation is getting 49ers injured.
Enjoy!

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I spent much of Monday listening to Spike on the WIP livestream as Philly digested the Eagles playoff loss to the 49ers. What I encountered did not necessarily fit Philadelphia’s reputation for brutality but it did validate its stereotype for sports passion. I was spellbound and needed to converse with Mr. Eskin.
In this pod, Spike Eskin and I discuss the Eagles disaster, head coach Nick Sirianni as Tim Robinson character, the media controversy stemming from that nice Jacksonville reporter’s question of Liam Coen, and, of course, LeBron James’ commemorative 23 jersey patch. Enjoy!