Description

The 25th inaugural episode of Set Hike celebrates a quarter-century of podcasting the only way this show knows how: by starting with dead goldfish, betta-fish gang warfare, and a heated debate over what a group of Krimpets should be called. The crew then spirals through Memorial Day guilt, PGA Championship chaos, Rory McIlroy's apparent war on patriotic hecklers, robot referees with legal rights, and an Eagles schedule breakdown that somehow includes Andy Reid walrus metaphors and AJ Brown trade anxiety. Stat Boy returns from whatever underground statistics bunker he inhabits, armed with enough random facts to power a small municipality. By the end, the boys have predicted the Eagles season, declared Cooper DeJean the key to the greatest defensive backfield in NFL history (per Dr. TAT's "May Take '26"), and discover that female betta fish apparently belong to a sorority. 

Key Topics Discussed

03:00 — Businesses of Ferrets & Animal Group Names

05:35 — Memorial Day Amnesia

07:30 — Mailbag Overflow & Podcast Logistics

08:30 — PGA Championship Recap

13:20 — Rory McIlroy vs. America

16:45 — TastyKake Naming Convention Committee

24:00 — NBA Playoffs & The Robot Ref Revolution

31:00 — Football Rules Nobody Understands

36:30 — Eagles Schedule Release Begins

40:30 — AJ Brown Anxiety & OTA News

43:00 — Reek Woolen Hype Train

45:45 — Dr. TAT's May Take

48:30 — Game-by-Game Eagles Predictions

01:15:00 — Mailbag, Animal Follow-Ups & Northern Illinois Quarterbacks

01:24:00 — Andy Reid Walrus Theory & Closing Thoughts

Statistics & Facts

• Rai's signature quirks: wears two gloves and puts iron covers on his clubs — which his father bought him on a tight budget.
• Eagles' strength of schedule ranks 23rd, making them the 10th easiest in the NFL for the upcoming season.
• The last time an NFC team won 3+ consecutive NFC titles: the Eagles went 4 consecutive seasons from 2001–2004.
• The quote "Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles" was actually said by British comedian Jasper Carrot in 1983 — not by a Beatle.
• Group of ferrets = a business
• Group of pandas = an embarrassment
• Group of elephants = a memory
• Group of giraffes = a tower
• Group of butterflies = a kaleidoscope

Memorable Quotes

"Last time I checked, this was America." - Dr. TAT

" I think they're going to lose that tie." - Panda Dan

"Shout out to Andy Reid's Hawaiian shirts as well." - Stat Boy

"Many animals don't live that long, so we could have missed the lifetime of, I don't know, a moth." - Dr. TAT

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