Episodes

  • Watching the Dallas Cowboys on Death Row: Our Visit to a Supermax Prison

    Watching the Dallas Cowboys on Death Row: Our Visit to a Supermax Prison
    Nov 14 2024
    As depressing as the American system of capital punishment remains, a staggering number of prisoners use their last words... to root on their favorite sports team. Correspondent David Fleming travels to see Charles Flores, who has maintained his innocence while living in solitary confinement — 23 hours a day, for 25 years and counting, as Inmate No. 999299 at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. Turns out, you can still play fantasy football and cook enchiladas on game day. Even while fighting his case and awaiting his fate, Flores finds beauty in the mundane — and a mental escape in shouting out, "How 'bout them Cowboys?!" Learn more: https://www.freecharlesflores.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • Our Election-Free Share & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne

    Our Election-Free Share & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
    Nov 12 2024
    The national vibes are... fraught. So, Pablo asks: What do you watch to make yourself feel better? Plus: athshletes, Uncrustables, the world's largest kaleidoscope, thicc televisions, and Understanding It Now. Further soothing content: Björk talking about her TV Zombie Kid Likes Turtles The CEO of Corn Grape Lady falls Eve of Saint Crispin's Day SHOOTING GUMMIE BEARS INTO A WATER BOTTLE We Couldn't Be Derailed in Brooklyn LeBron James Rides the New York City Subway Wait, NFL players eat how many Uncrustables? (Jayson Jenks) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • "America's Biggest Failure": Share & Election & Tell with Wyatt Cenac and Tim Miller

    "America's Biggest Failure": Share & Election & Tell with Wyatt Cenac and Tim Miller
    Nov 8 2024
    After lint-rolling through post-election coverage, Pablo tries to makes peace with Trump 2.0, with a little help from the future president of Grenada and the host of The Bulwark Podcast: Have Joe Rogan and the manosphere become the new fourth estate? How did a Suicide Squad of psychopaths become Washington's starting lineup? And how much is Elon Musk’s science fiction really fictional anymore? Plus: Grumpcoin, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Stephen A. Smith 2028, and Canon Curry 2052. Further reading: About That Press Conference (Tim Miller) Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket (Jill Lepore) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • The News Anchor America Needed

    The News Anchor America Needed
    Nov 7 2024
    Turning on the news right now feels utterly surreal. But it didn’t always have to be this way. Because Connie Chung — tenacious TV broadcaster and author of a new memoir — set a gold standard in the pre-internet era. For being unafraid of powerful men. For getting scoops at the bar. For trash-talking. For calling out Donald Trump’s childishness to his face. For withstanding the boorish behavior of Bobby Knight and unearthing the inner pain of Michael Jordan. And, yes, for shutting down the richest man on Earth... even after he jumped over a chair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • How 'Veep' Predicted the Election, with the Real-Life Jonah Ryan

    How 'Veep' Predicted the Election, with the Real-Life Jonah Ryan
    Nov 5 2024
    It's Election Day. And if there is anyone who saw this entire mess coming, it's the prophets behind the HBO series Veep — a 17-time Emmy-award-winning satire that feels, with each passing day, like a political documentary. So, today, we invite none other than actor Timothy Simons to join us, in studio, to relive what it was like to play Jonah Ryan: the Jolly Green Jizz Face, himself. Also: Draft Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • The Secret Life of the Greatest Mascot in Sports

    The Secret Life of the Greatest Mascot in Sports
    Nov 1 2024
    For 33 years, he was paid by the Denver Nuggets not to speak but to entertain — with unparalleled vitality and virality — as Rocky the Mountain Lion. Now, Kenn Solomon breaks his silence, on the bloody, back-breaking work of a very private profession. Plus: Rocky's flu game, his beef with Russell Westbrook... and what it feels like to get knocked unconscious by Charles Barkley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • We Stayed at the NBA's "Haunted" Hotel — and Discovered Something New

    We Stayed at the NBA's "Haunted" Hotel — and Discovered Something New
    Oct 31 2024
    It is a century-old legend wrapped in a basketball conspiracy: The Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City was the visiting team's resting place of choice. Except the 10th floor was also (allegedly) home to a housekeeper who's been spooking all-stars for more than a decade. In a crossover Halloween spook-tacular, Pablo sends Oddball hosts Amin Elhassan and Charlotte Wilder on a ghost-hunting sleepover to investigate the foremost paranormal story in sports. They returned with data from the hardcourt to the toilet seat, plus a feisty Paul Pierce... and one gigantic inflatable horse costume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL

    Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
    Oct 29 2024
    Pablo travels to Minneapolis to spend a weekend with the player responsible for the best celebrations in the NFL: Vikings safety Cam Bynum, a rising star — and proud Filipino-American — whose story is about love at first sight, the value of patience and connecting two countries on opposite sides of our planet. Also: lumpia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 mins