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Vox's Unexplainable Presents: Jumping the Gun
24 juli 2025 · 31 min
Sprinter TyNia Gaither was disqualified for a false start... after the gun went off... for running faster than humanly possible. Was that even true? Do sporting officials really understand how the body works? Or do we simply not understand how to define — and record — a race? Lees meer
(This episode originally aired September 21, 2022.)
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The Billionaire, the Billboards and the Star of the Worst Ad in Sports History (PTFO Vault)
22 juli 2025 · 49 min
The viral commercial has a mysteriously simple message: sportsmanship. The child actor has gotten dunked on by NBA Twitter for more than a decade. Correspondent Zach Schwartz untangles a web from Madison Avenue to the Supreme Court to Damian Lillard, in search of a boy named Alex — and the meaning of perseverance. Lees meer
(This episode originally aired January 7, 2025.)
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Share & Pardon & Tell with Michael Wilbon and Dan Le Batard
18 juli 2025 · 51 min
Can rockstar sportswriters be friends with superstar athletes? How do you measure a good episode of sports TV? And what's so great about being an old dad? Plus: playing the human jukebox, brokering the Jordan-Barkley peace, writing about Holyfield's ear on deadline... and the word "podcast" as a racial slur. Lees meer
Further content:
• "Ear Today, Gone Tomorrow" (1997)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/06/29/ear-today-gone-tomorrow/3f93d30d-2606-4adc-aeb4-1bf26c9b9bb9/
• "Mission Impossible: African-Americans & Analytics" (2016)
https://andscape.com/features/mission-impossible-african-americans-analytics/
• South Beach Sessions: Michael Wilbon (2023)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdUV2FxatwQ
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PTFO Exclusive: We Sparked an NFL Union Crisis. Here's the Sequel.
17 juli 2025 · 56 min
If you thought Pablo and Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio set the NFL world on fire last month, wait until you get a load of the "diabolical genius" behind the cover-up... to the cover-up... to the cover-up: Fake injuries, encouraged by one union boss, only to be litigated by the league. Private-equity side hustles, cashed in on by another, only to be selectively edited on social media. And smoke. Lots of smoke. Lees meer
• Read our newly obtained NFL document on Pablo's subscribers-only newsletter:
https://www.pablo.show/subscribe
• Pre-order "Big Shield" by Mike Florio
https://www.amazon.com/Big-Shield-Mike-Florio-ebook/dp/B0FGH43V6D
• Previously on PTFO: The NFL's Secret Collusion Case, Revealed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42Wq3fmTYg
• Sources: NFLPA, NFL agreed to keep collusion findings secret (Don Van Natta Jr. and Kalyn Kahler)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45703132/nflpa-nfl-agreed-keep-collusion-findings-secret
• NFLPA head also works for firm approved to invest in NFL (Van Natta and Kahler)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45705432/nflpa-head-works-firm-approved-invest-nfl
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Moose, the Money and a Garbage-Time God: A PTFO Investigation
15 juli 2025 · 1 uur 12 min
How did a seemingly random super-fan on NBA Twitter know about a federal gambling investigation... before the NBA did? And how does he connect to Carmelo Anthony, Nicolas Cage, Larsa Pippen, Jontay Porter, a legless woman, Malik Beasley, "Madea's Family Reunion," meme coins, and perhaps the greatest play in modern Knicks history? Correspondents Tom Haberstroh and Amin Elhassan join Pablo to run the numbers, grind the tape, and uncover a secret world of penthouse poker games and deleted accounts. Lees meer
• Subscribe to The Finder with Tom Haberstroh for more on this story
http://tomthefinder.com/p/who-the-f-is-moose
• Subscribe to Cinephobe with Amin Elhassan
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• Subscribe to Basketball Illuminati
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLImO7ahoFX0g7GMLy5r7zGezv-0ixnDkU
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Share & Bang & Tell with Dan Soder and Katie Nolan
11 juli 2025 · 47 min
Does anyone win in a fight between a hockey enforcer and a golfer? Will A.I. impressions ruin comedy? And how many tabs is too many tabs? Lees meer
For more human-grade impressions: DanSoder.com/tour
Subscribe to Casuals: https://www.youtube.com/katienolan
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Who the F*** Is Wayne Federman?
10 juli 2025 · 51 min
He is literally That Guy from "Knocked Up," "Step Brothers," "The Larry Sanders Show" and, of course, "Curb Your Enthusiasm." But he's also a professor of stand-up, and his multiverse contains multitudes: Larry David's breaking point (and unaired film for Apple); Gary Shandling's secret pickup basketball game (with Bob Costas and David Duchovny); and the cinematic life (and death) of Pistol Pete Maravich. He may never have become the Newman of "Curb," but stay close to The Theory of Federman, and you might just learn the meaning of genius. Lees meer
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World War Tree: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Competitive Bird-Watching
8 juli 2025 · 52 min
Parties. Orgasms. Adventure. Transcendence. Is there a sexier "sport" on planet Earth than birding? Correspondent Mickey Duzyj introduces Pablo to a nemesis, to the GOAT, to Jesus... and to David Attenborough (sorta). Lees meer
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We Blind Smell-Tested the Best (and Worst) Celebrity and Athlete Fragrances (PTFO Vault)
4 juli 2025 · 51 min
Pablo, Katie Nolan and Throwing Fits co-host Lawrence Schlossman enter the PTFO lab for a pungent public service. The winner of our 11 mystery bottles, from Jordan and Brady's colognes to Taylor Swift and Britney's perfumes — plus, yes, Trump — may surprise you. Lees meer
(This episode originally aired January 14, 2025.)
• Subscribe to Casuals with Katie Nolan
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-casuals-with-katie-nolan-255227604/
• Subscribe to Throwing Fits with Lawrence Schlossman and James Harris
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• Pablo Torre Finds Out Substack
www.pablo.show
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Tom Brady's Real Origin Story: The 25-Year Mystery, Solved (PTFO Vault)
3 juli 2025 · 46 min
You may think you know how the Patriots landed the greatest quarterback of all time: with the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft. How they got to make that pick in the first place, however, involves an arcane formula... and a mystery man who changed sports history forever. Lees meer
(This episode originally aired September 12, 2024.)
-Pablo Torre Finds Out Substack
www.pablo.show
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Tearin' Up My Charts: How MTV's "Total Request Live" Got Rigged (PTFO Vault)
1 juli 2025 · 50 min
The "TRL" countdown was America's high-school cafeteria — a daily election of cool. Until one fateful day, when a chain letter set off a movement to hack the vote. Correspondent Yourgo Artsitas helps us investigate whether MTV's shadow government was protecting the sanctity of our culture... with a lie. Lees meer
(This episode originally aired on March 12, 2024.)
• TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, Total Request Live and The Chain Letter That Changed the Internet
https://trolldoc.com/
• Pablo Torre Finds Out Substack
www.pablo.show
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Share & Tell & Somethingburgers with Domonique Foxworth and David Samson
27 juni 2025 · 49 min
What does Pablo's release of the secret NFL collusion report say about labor rights in America? Can workers ever trust the humans of the management class? And what are the nuclear buttons available to both sides? Plus: priority stacks, a plethora of panoplies, the case for a somethingburger... and The Menudo Effect. Lees meer
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The Undercover Life of J.P. Lehman
26 juni 2025 · 47 min
He's a 41-year-old investment banker with a dad bod. He's also a sh*t-talking, drop-kicking, tooth-spitting caricature of himself, as one of the hottest minor-league pro wrestlers in America. Is Hub Orr's real-life heel turn an act of bravery, stupidity or the inspiring in-between? And can we all still find in ourselves... what the WWE saw in him? Lees meer
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PTFO Exclusive: The NFL's Secret Collusion Case, Revealed
24 juni 2025 · 1 uur 3 min
Pablo got his hands on the explosive 61-page document that billionaire NFL owners and union execs alike don't want anyone to see. It involves a coalition of competitors, a stunning cover-up, a secret slideshow, a shadow election, an MVP's broken phone, text messages between billionaires... and Footnote No. 25. Lees meer
• Read the document (and get a first look at new subscriber benefits) on Pablo's Substack
https://www.pablo.show/
• Subscribe to PFT Live with Mike Florio
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/pft-live
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"The Rehearsal" Is a Sports Profile, with Mina Kimes
20 juni 2025 · 43 min
Mina joins Pablo after he finally watches "The Rehearsal" to discuss the thin line between fact and fiction, Nathan Fielder's enviable HBO budget, reverse-engineering plot twists, social awkwardness — and what goes into writing a great sports profile. Lees meer
• Subscribe to the Mina Kimes YouTube Channel
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Share & F*ck Around & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Katie Nolan
19 juni 2025 · 44 min
Did Pablo "win" his "beef" with Bill Simmons? Why are baseball broadcasts so dick-centric? How bad is it to touch the Stanley Cup? And how good can you get at an instrument in a week? Plus: Zoogle, Skyrizi, Gary Peyoteon, redding-wing eczema, Bouilliabaise Mode and a sick kitten to a hot brick. Lees meer
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• Listen to "Sorry for Your Loss" by Michael Cruz Kayne
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sorry-for-Your-Loss-Audiobook/B0CGJSXSPF
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Meet the Most Feared Person in Silicon Valley
17 juni 2025 · 50 min
Lina Khan has inspired an unusually bipartisan coalition of allies — and antagonists. As chair of the Federal Trade Commission, she became known as the most hated regulator on Wall Street. As too principled for Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Too bold for Ticketmaster and the NCAA. But Khan isn't done taking on the corporate class — or finding strange bedfellows like Steve Bannon and Michael Jordan. Can her alleged "hipster anti-trust" movement inspire a "standing army" for the people? And could she be our next Supreme Court justice? Lees meer
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The Sporting Class: Welcome to the Spinoff Era
13 juni 2025 · 51 min
Who's to blame for the conscious uncoupling of Warner Bros. Discovery? How would Disney survive without ESPN? And when did so many 20-something grifters come to stand in for spineless management? David Samson and John Skipper are back to discuss this month's biggest sports-business stories — and their credit scores. Lees meer
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We Found the Secret Album That the NBA's Best Executive Doesn't Want You to Hear
12 juni 2025 · 57 min
How did the shadowy general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Sam Presti, become an urban legend? In a special NBA Finals edition of Share & Tell, Pablo unearths a treasure buried by its own elaborate design… then dances into The Jazz Rabbit Hole with Wyatt Cenac and a special mystery guest. Lees meer
• Make a gift to the Extraordinary Needs Fund at Boston Children's Hospital
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• Listen to Branford Marsalis
https://www.branfordmarsalis.com/discography/jazz
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Why Golf Yalta Explains Donald Trump
10 juni 2025 · 51 min
America's golfer-in-chief trades on exclusivity, but he still can't buy a green jacket. Are the Saudis using Donald Trump's obsession to disrupt even more than a super-league? Ahead of the U.S. Open, veteran golf reporter and author Alan Shipnuck takes Pablo behind the Shakespearean curtain. Lees meer
• Read "LIV and Let Die" by Alan Shipnuck
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/LIV-and-Let-Die/Alan-Shipnuck/9781668020012
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The Last Bromance: How Wrestling Corrupted the NBA Finals
6 juni 2025 · 57 min
Did Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone blow the 1998 NBA Finals by promoting their pro-wrestling match... on the court?! Should there be an asterisk?! Is it time for Michael Jordan to relinquish the throne?! Correspondent Neil Punsalan enters a sports marketing wormhole to present Pablo with a box full of evidence, grill eyewitnesses, and put to rest — once and for all — if The Mailman always rings twice. Lees meer
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Mr. President’s Mind: How Shane Battier Learned to Lead (and Shut the F*** Up)
5 juni 2025 · 45 min
LeBron called him the smartest hooper alive. Coach K called him an alien. Obama called him for a Hall-of-Fame pickup game (and a historic BBQ). But two-time NBA champion Shane Battier has been measuring the immeasurable inflection points of his career all along — from growing up "mixed, tall and poor"; to puking at Duke, guarding Kobe and witnessing LeBron's GOAT-defining game; to failing at ESPN and building a cabinet of relationships… including his therapist. Pablo cracks open the brain of the legend known as Lego, to find out if he really is human after all. Plus: Patrennessy, Laptop magazine and karaoke. Lots of karaoke. Lees meer
• Subscribe to "Glue Guys" with Shane Battier & Alex Smith
https://www.youtube.com/@GlueGuysPodcast
• The No-Stats All-Star (Michael Lewis)
https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html
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Share & Tell & Age with Domonique Foxworth and David Samson
3 juni 2025 · 50 min
How often are male friends sincere? Can you work your way into fighting shape? Should parents let their kids get on the juice? What makes a nerd? And how do you do a threesome? Plus: burgling, maquettes, hotel phones, the recognizability of a cursive Z... and The Adventures of Lil' David Samson, prosperity gospel panderer. Lees meer
• Help David Samson raise $50,000 for Parkinson's research
https://give.michaeljfox.org/fundraiser/6398662
• Subscribe to "Nothing Personal with David Samson"
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• Subscribe to "The Domonique Foxworth Show"
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-domonique-foxworth-show/id1642566714
Previously on PTFO:
• Is Russell Wilson an Undercover Alien Running for President of the United States?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO5EWTs6GyQ
• The Hard Truth About Orgasms in Sports, with Domonique Foxworth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wifyyrtuKDk
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Share & Cool & Tell with David Dennis Jr. and Mina Kimes
30 mei 2025 · 47 min
Are athletes trying too hard to generate “aura”? Is Aaron Judge too big to be cool? Is a decidedly unc wardrobe an asset or liability for Jalen Hurts? The inaugural PTFO Coolest Athlete Draft reveals all. Lees meer
Further content:
• Toward a Unified Theory of Uncool (Ock Sportello)
https://www.neverhungover.club/p/toward-a-unified-theory-of-uncool
• Subscribe to the Mina Kimes YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@minakimes
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Dangerous Minds: How Stephen Glover Baffled Hollywood
29 mei 2025 · 42 min
We're starving for things that make us think and make us laugh. And so we welcome back the multi-hyphenate co-creator of Atlanta, Stephen Glover, who takes Pablo on a behind-the-scenes Hollywood tour in which we encounter Liam Neeson, Goofy, Coolio and Dan Le Batard. Not to mention the bizarre Atlanta cameos that worked out (from Black Justin Bieber to the time Stephen's older brother, Donald Glover, raced Michael Vick) and the ones that almost did (from Steve Harvey to Stephen A. Smith). Lees meer
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One Yard at a Time: A Mystery
27 mei 2025 · 46 min
Under-recruited running back from a collapsed American city — with a single mom and a dream — wins the Super Bowl. Sounds familiar, right? But NFL coach Deland McCullough’s story, as told through his new book with Sarah Spain, has a twist all its own. (Thanks to a little help from Sir Mix-a-Lot.) Lees meer
P.S. One correction, at the 17:50 mark: Deland McCullough’s senior year of college was 1995, not 2005.
• Read "Runs in the Family":
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Runs-in-the-Family/Sarah-Spain/9781668036280
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The Belichick Ring Mystery, Solved: How Pablo's Investigation Just Got Weirder
23 mei 2025 · 45 min
After his reporting about 24-year-old Jordon Hudson went viral, Pablo re-opens the door on Bill Belichick's personal and professional scandals, presenting Michael Cruz Kayne and Katie Nolan with more clues to unbox — including, but not limited to: the Avengers of geo-guessing, multiple (exclusive) Ring camera videos, two worried homeowners, a smoking gun, a sheer curtain, a man bag... and a five-star review. Lees meer
• Subscribe to "Casuals with Katie Nolan"
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-casuals-with-katie-nolan-255227604/
• Listen to "Sorry for Your Loss" by Michael Cruz Kayne
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sorry-for-Your-Loss-Audiobook/B0CGJSXSPF
• Previously on PTFO: The Jordon Rules
https://www.pablo.show/p/how-we-investigated-jordon
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The Show, the Voice and Grandpa: A PTFO Surprise
22 mei 2025 · 40 min
He became the internet's favorite sports grandfather for playing at least 162 games a year as the Yankees on MLB The Show, for two decades — and keeping score, by hand. What 86-year-old Kim Soriano didn't know, when he sat down to play with Pablo in our studio, is that Jon "Boog" Sciambi — the video game's announcer and the best voice in baseball — was doing the play-by-play, live. And what happened next will make you fall in love with the game all over again... into the great beyond. Lees meer
• Previously on PTFO: The Best Voice in Sports Goes Deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMdaTnTrXco
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The Long Goodbye: Tony Reali and the End of “Around The Horn”
20 mei 2025 · 47 min
He has hosted the same television show nearly 5,000 times — every weekday, at 5 p.m. Eastern, for more than two decades. (More than Oprah or Letterman ever did.) But now, counting down to Friday's series finale, Tony Reali is feeling the love... and revving up with all the gas left in his tank. Pablo says thank you, with a celebration of an endlessly likeable, familial and deeply weird pipeline of sports journalism — plus a special look back at when Stat Boy first took control of the mute button. Lees meer
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The Sporting Class: Worldwide Leaders, Killer Apps, and Michael Jordan's Special Contribution
16 mei 2025 · 50 min
Can ESPN launch a streaming app built to last? Is Trump already sports-washing his shiny new Air Force One? And what the hell is the GOAT gonna do for the NBA on NBC? Pablo travels back inside the C-suite of sports business with John Skipper and David Samson. Lees meer
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Blood Empty: How a Beloved Team Made a Deal with the Devil
15 mei 2025 · 50 min
What do Vladimir Putin, David Hasselhoff and a shadowy businessman named The Meat Baron have in common? The remains of a fan-owned German football club that sold its soul, got stuck in the middle of a war, then woke up from a $200 million nightmare... to the basement of the standings. Correspondent Bradley Campbell travels to Gelsenkirchen, a mining town where soccer never stopped — and salvation was always a piece of merch away. Lees meer
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Watching the Dallas Cowboys on Death Row (PTFO Peabody Award Finalist)
13 mei 2025 · 51 min
This episode was recently honored as a unanimous finalist for the prestigious Peabody Awards. But it's been 26 years since he was sentenced to death, and Charles Flores still maintains his innocence — while talking trash, playing fantasy football and making enchiladas on game day. Last fall, correspondent David Fleming visited Inmate No. 999299 at a notorious supermax prison in Texas, to learn about life when there isn't always next year. Lees meer
• Learn more about the case of Charles Flores
https://www.freecharlesflores.com/
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The Jordon Rules: An Exclusive PTFO Investigation
9 mei 2025 · 50 min
The real story of Bill Belichick's 24-year-old girlfriend is even weirder than it seemed on the viral CBS interview: Pablo spoke to 11 sources who've dealt with Jordon Hudson directly — and there is deep concern that she is destroying the legacy and reputation of the greatest football coach ever. Plus: Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne reveal our reporting from Hudson's hometown and her ex-boyfriend's (gulp) unsavory past. That... and the story of the yellow polka-dot bikini. Lees meer
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Will Forte Commits to the Bit
8 mei 2025 · 50 min
Will Forte is responsible for some of the most idiosyncratically bizarre characters in comedy history — and the funniest movie Pablo has ever seen. But to understand Forte's legend, you must peer behind the scenes of "MacGruber" and "SNL" (his mythical audition, included). With a little help from their mutual friends, Pablo goes inside the making of a cult classic... and that time Val Kilmer moved in. Lees meer
• Watch "The Four Seasons" on Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/title/81750702
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The Fake Sports Scandal Taking Over Fox News
6 mei 2025 · 49 min
There's a big DOGE hearing on Capitol Hill tomorrow, after a month of yelling from Fox News and threats of a criminal investigation from Trump's cabinet. The cause: an elite female fencer who got punished for taking a knee, in protest of her transgender opponent at an Olympic qualifier. The problem? That story isn't true. Andrew Fischl, PTFO's fencing expert and whistleblower, tells us the real story — and the bizarre scandal in his sport that you should know about. Lees meer
• Previously: Match-Fixing, the Oligarch and the Ivy League — Inside the Most Corrupt Sport at the Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGWZ13gxTxc
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Share & Swear & Tell with Jessica Smetana and Kevin Clark
2 mei 2025 · 43 min
Why the f*ck is Formula One cracking down on profanity? Is swearing a performance-enhancing drug? And what if you hosted The Paul Finebaum Show — only to be bullied for loving the Orlando Magic? Plus: a foul-mouthed grandma, an insurance adjuster on meth, an ass in the jackpot, a potentially pierced penis... and the Chalamet of it all. Lees meer
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The Goalie Who Disappeared
1 mei 2025 · 50 min
Jerce Reyes Barrios was a pro soccer player in Venezuela — an underdog living a sports-movie dream. Then he became an immigrant to Trump's America: The administration accused Jerce of being a gang member. ICE flew him to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. And his family hasn't spoken to him since. All of this... for a tattoo about his favorite football club. Paola Ramos reports on how Jerce escaped one dictator, only to be trapped by another, thanks to the very collapse of American democracy itself. Lees meer
• Read Paola Ramos' book, "Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America"
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741645/defectors-by-paola-ramos/
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The Sporting Class: Welcome to Football Coachella
29 april 2025 · 50 min
The NFL Draft is such a tediously fascinating test of power that it's near impossible to turn off. John Skipper and David Samson help Pablo find the entertainment magic in the gathering — and examine the collusion theory of Shedeur Sanders' fall (especially now that the White House is taking credit for stopping it). Plus: the case for a neutral-site World Series, table integrity, kowtowing, apricity, Sweet on the Road... and OnlyGoys. Lees meer
Further content:
• Subscribe to Nothing Personal with David Samson
https://www.youtube.com/@NPDS
• Shedeur Sanders' NFL Draft fall wasn't a surprise. Teams never saw QB as first-round talent (Jeff Howe)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6307646/2025/04/25/nfl-draft-shedeur-sanders-fall-not-surprise/
• Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? (Mike Tollin)https://www.netflix.com/title/70135734
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Share & Tell & Twins with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
25 april 2025 · 41 min
Why were Detectives Benson and Stabler holding hands courtside at the Knicks game? How will these world-famous sisters save the birds in unison? And what's the best pope name? Plus: embracing the bait, diagnosing the kink, Jeopardy! feuds, burses... and twins. Lees meer
Further content:
• "The greatest news interview of all time. Nothing can prepare you for what happens 20 seconds into this clip."
https://x.com/malonebarry/status/1914426038504886428
• Subscribe to "Casuals with Katie Nolan"
https://www.youtube.com/katienolan
• Listen to "Sorry for Your Loss" by Michael Cruz Kayne
https://www.audible.com/pd/Sorry-for-Your-Loss-Audiobook/B0CGJSXSPF
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Fowl Shots: We Investigated an NBA Conspiracy
24 april 2025 · 45 min
The most brilliant promotion in sports seems simple: If a visiting NBA player misses two straight free throws in the fourth quarter, every fan in the arena gets free chicken. But the untold story of Brickin' for Chicken is a tale of psychology, philanthropy and unintended consequences — and nobody wants to admit the truth. So we teamed up with Oddball's Amin Elhassan to reveal hidden evidence, pointing to a new theory about this quid-pro-bird. And then we (literally) chased down The Robin Hood of Wings: no less than Giannis Antetokounmpo himself. Lees meer
• Subscribe to Oddball with Amin Elhassan and Izzy Gutierrez
https://www.youtube.com/@OddballHoops
• Subscribe to Thanalysis
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This (Independent) Senator Has a Warning. Who Will Listen?
22 april 2025 · 43 min
Angus King, the U.S. Senator from Maine (and former quarterback), is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. So we should listen very closely as he takes PTFO inside what he deems an unprecedented constitutional crisis — from tariffs and mass deportations to trans athletes and DOGE — by way of the ancient Romans, a vegetable slicer and Bill Belichick. And he explains exactly why his colleagues in Congress must stop handing their power to Donald Trump... before it's too late. Lees meer
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Share & Jeopardy! & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard
18 april 2025 · 42 min
Mina Kimes’s Celebrity Jeopardy! semi-final featured a Guardian of the Galaxy from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a tech millionaire podcaster. How did Mina do? The answer: NOT a Daily Double. Lees meer
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The Great Once
17 april 2025 · 50 min
As history was made this month, The Great One sat in a luxury box with the NHL commissioner and... the conspiracy-theorist director of the FBI. Has Wayne Gretzky become a political Mr. Magoo? Or legitimate friends with an American president who's trying to make the GOAT’s homeland his 51st state? Bruce Arthur, the Toronto Star columnist and conscience of Canada, says our neighbors are "incandescently angry.” And we investigate the world of Kash Patel and the Congressional Hockey Caucus. Lees meer
Further reading:
Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's unbreakable record, but his greatness is only part of the story
https://www.thestar.com/sports/nhl/alex-ovechkin-breaks-wayne-gretzkys-unbreakable-record-but-his-greatness-is-only-part-of-the/article_aadfb162-f387-4289-b144-ebe18e4c3002.html
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Jaw & Order: The Case of the Stolen Dinosaur Bones (and Nicolas Cage)
15 april 2025 · 42 min
How did a federal prosecutor named Martin Bell end up suing a 70-million-year-old tyrannosaurus, looted from the rocky sands of the Gobi Desert? By teaming up with The Babe Ruth of Forfeiture and a personal injury lawyer representing the president of Mongolia, naturally. What followed was a matter of international diplomacy and Florida men — of a narc at the museum and a conspicuous crate, all leading to Pablo's high school, The Graveyard of the Oviraptor... and, of course, Nicolas Cage. Lees meer
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The Power Brokers and Palace Intrigue of Trump's Rollercoaster Week, with Stephanie Ruhle
11 april 2025 · 43 min
The Dow Jones looks like an EKG chart. The world economy feels like the Cuban Missile Crisis. And the sycophantic administration's policy is more volatile than the Denver Nuggets' front office. But to Stephanie Ruhle — the former banker turned host of MSNBC's The 11th Hour, receiving frantic calls from investors and C-suite execs — the real problem underneath America's tariff turbulence is more fundamental: trust that was gained in droplets is now lost in buckets. Who's suffering the consequences of the art of the deal while Trump and his cronies profiteer from golf tournaments? Probably you. Plus: the dark heart of a Twitter warrior, Stephen A. Smith's tariff strategy...and a basement taco joint with A-Rod and J-Lo. Lees meer
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House Call: Why the World's Best Pitchers and Quarterbacks Seek This Man's Advice
10 april 2025 · 42 min
He got the Sandy Koufax seal of approval, then re-trained Nolan Ryan in his forties. He upgraded Drew Brees into one of the most accurate passers of all time, then went tête-à-tête with Tom Brady. He even tried turning Michael Jordan and Tim Tebow into baseball players. But for legendary pitching coach Dr. Tom House, the science of throwing is all in the mind, from performance anxiety to the human nerve bank. And now, at 77, he's looking into a future without Shohei Ohtani on the mound — and a 118-mile-an-hour fastball coming for your head. Lees meer
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A New Roadmap for Actual Human Connection, with Roy Wood Jr.
8 april 2025 · 43 min
The promise of the internet has failed us. Our politics are breaking us. But the sports world, even in a state of group-hate, provides lessons for a fundamental human need that is currently all too absent: connection. Roy Wood Jr., one of the most prolific road comics in our country, has a million miles of experience at kicking the tires on The Real America. And his rules of the road will surprise you, because they exist less with Obama at the batting cage and somewhere more between Ted Cruz on the sidelines...and the porn gun range. Also: NASCAR, Mr. Wizard, and Sammy Sosa. Lees meer
• Watch Roy Wood's new special, "Lonely Flowers"
https://www.hulu.com/movie/0bdefff9-def5-4e22-96d9-94fd899f0f83
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We Fact-Checked Stephen A.'s LeBron and Kobe Story — and Polled 1,000+ Voters on His Presidential Campaign
4 april 2025 · 50 min
Did LeBron attend Kobe's memorial in 2020? Pablo reports on claims renewed by Stephen A. Smith. And should Stephen A. actually run in 2028? We commissioned Rasmussen Reports to conduct a legitimate political survey, then presented the results to Wyatt Cenac and Tim Miller. Lees meer
• See the full results of the exclusive PTFO/Rasmussen poll
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/
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• Subscribe to The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller
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The Sporting Class: How the NBA's Masters of the Universe Box Each Other Out
3 april 2025 · 49 min
Franchise valuations are going up, up, up — and the first $10 billion team can't be far away. But inside the owners' meetings, though, generational warfare is underway: Can A-Rod snag the Timberwolves from the iron grip of an 83-year-old billionaire? Will the Celtics make private equity sexy? And how long until every NBA game is on national TV? Pablo Torre & The Expiring Assets (aka John Skipper and David Samson with a cold) are back to appraise Gollum's ring and stare into James Dolan's all-seeing Eye of Seventh Avenue. Lees meer
• Previously: How the Billion-Dollar War to Own the Timberwolves Went Nuclear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOkcQwZ-s8
• Subscribe to Nothing Personal with David Samson
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Brilliant Disguise: How to Find Your Voice, with Hank Azaria
1 april 2025 · 44 min
Hank Azaria created more than 100 voices for The Simpsons, including Moe the Bartender, Chief Wiggum and (formerly) Apu. So why is the single most talented voice actor of his generation, at 60 years old, suddenly the lead singer of a Springsteen tribute band? Because — in recovery from the fear that helped originate his superpower, the failure that forced him to embrace "character acting," the cancellation that became a case study, and the threat of A.I. — he was overtaken by Bruce Juice. And today, inside PTFO's studio, he takes the stage. Lees meer
• Catch Hank Azaria and the EZ Street Band on Tour
https://www.ezstreetnyc.com/
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