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Pod Gave Rock'N Roll To YouCan't Hardly Wait/Sneaky SkaTwitter: @podgaverockInsta: @podgaverockSpecial Guest Host: Aaron RennerThe Replacements “Can't Hardly Wait" from the 1987 album "Pleased to Meet Me" released on Sire. Written by Paul Westerberg and produced Jim Dickinson.Personel:Paul Westerberg – lead and background vocals, six-string bass, harmonicaTommy Stinson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar and guitar fillsChris Mars – drums, background vocals,Jim Dickinson (credited as East Memphis Slim) – keyboardsAlex Chilton – guitar fillsMax Huls – stringsThe Memphis Horns: Andrew Love - tenor sax/Ben Cauley - trumpetCover:Performed by Josh BondIntro Music:"Shithouse" 20...2023-09-1945 min
Cinemanimals NightsCINEMANIMALS : NIGHTS - episode 8 "Devil Dog: Hound From Hell"We watched DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL, a 1978 TV movie in which the devil takes the form of a German Shepard who very gently possesses a man’s family, making them sleepy and murderous. The version on Tubi has a weird noise on it, so if you want to watch DEVIL DOG: HOUND OF HELL, just ask Simon for a Blue-ray, he probably has more than one. What’s this movie about? It’s about the devil, which is right there in the title. Kim Richards—who went on to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fame and whose boyfriend...2023-05-0250 minCinemanimals NightsDog GoneWe watched DONE GONE, the new Netflix movie with Rob Lowe in it. After years of watching terrible animal movies, we finally found one we all agree is great and might even win an Oscar. After watching it, all three of us realigned our life goals. You could even say DOG GONE changed what we think life is and what is it for. We are honored that you are coming with us on this journey. We hope you like the episode. Never email us.2023-02-2643 minCinemanimals NightsVicky and her MysteryTHE BOYS ARE BACK with an absolute scorcher of an episode. We watched VICKY AND HER MYSTERY, a 2021 film about a girl who relocates with her father to the French countryside after her mother dies, where a mountain man gifts her a dog that turns out to be a wolf that cures the girl of her sadness but maybe is eating too many sheep. We offer 100% accurate opinions about this film, talk about an exciting but shameful new technique for watching animal movies, and MIkal revolutionizes the Cinemanimals universe by introducing a rating system we have a little trouble w...2022-12-0558 minCinemanimals NightsVicky and her MysteryTHE BOYS ARE BACK with an absolute scorcher of an episode. We watched VICKY AND HER MYSTERY, a 2021 film about a girl who relocates with her father to the French countryside after her mother dies, where a mountain man gifts her a dog that turns out to be a wolf that cures the girl of her sadness but maybe is eating too many sheep. We offer 100% accurate opinions about this film, talk about an exciting but shameful new technique for watching animal movies, and MIkal revolutionizes the Cinemanimals universe by introducing a rating system we have a little trouble w...2022-12-0558 minCinemanimals NightsCINEMANIMALS : NIGHTS - episode 5 "REX"We watched REX: A DINOSAUR’S MOVIE, and were joined by the brilliant and hilarious Justin Decloux of The Important Cinema Club and No Such Thing as a Bad Movie. The upshot of Justin’s visit was Simon finally had someone knowledgeable about movies to talk with. REX: A DINOSAUR’S MOVIE is about . . . the pain of motherhood and the grotesquerie of peppers, but mainly it is about a girl trying to raise a dinosaur as best she can, until, after a snowmobile chase and a Christmas pageant, she has to ask herself whether humans and dinosaurs are really meant...2022-04-151h 10Cinemanimals NightsThe Doberman GangWe watched THE DOBERMAN GANG, one of the many 1970s movies about a gang of Dobermans who rob a bank under the direction of a bad man in a turtleneck who beds a waitress and wields color-coded dog whistles. At the end of the episode, we share an important extracurricucritters that is also a public service announcement about a truck of monkeys that crashed on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.Don’t email us, we’ll email you: cinemanimals@gmail.com2022-03-0757 minCinemanimals NightsWild BeastsFor this episode of CINEMANIMALS NIGHTS, which continues to bear no legal relationship to our former podcast (“CINEMANIMALS,”) but is a *new* podcast about animal movies, we watched the 1984 horror movie WILD BEASTS, in which someone puts PCP in the water supply of a German zoo. WILD BEASTS has rats getting flamethrowered, a Mercedes crashing through a chandelier store, and tigers eating horseheads. According to my notes there is one boob in it, but I don’t remember. This is CINEMANIMALS NIGHTS: nothing matters, and nothing will ever change. Email us! cinemanimals@gmail.com2022-01-2554 minCinemanimals NightsThe UncannyFor its second episode, Cinemanimals Nights (as a reminder, this podcast is different from Cinemanimals) reviews the 1977 anthology cat horror movie THE UNCANNY, a three-parter in which Peter Cushing explains a book about how cats control the world by murdering people to a potential publisher in front of a fireplace. It takes us a while to get past the plots of each tale, but Cinemanimals Nights is a *free* podcast (however, we are exploring options for ex-post billing for all streams and downloads of the original Cinemanimals). Tune in to this episode of Cinemanimals Nights (free) to find out...2021-12-241h 05Cinemanimals NightsTanya's IslandWelcome to CINEMANIMALS: NIGHTS, a new hit from the team that brought you CINEMANIMALS. Unlike CINEMANIMALS, CINEMANIMALS: NIGHTS is recorded AT NIGHT. Here in episode one, we watched the 1980 film TANYA'S ISLAND, about a woman who either fantasizes about or actually travels to an island where she either metaphorically or physically encounters her abusive boyfriend and an ape who she kind of falls in love with, or who is trapped in a cage later, or who she later traps in a cage. The ape costume is one of the most realistic we've ever seen. We had to buy this m...2021-11-2545 min
Make Room For SportsEpisode 803: Prunes<p>Only Simon and Mikal show up for the episode and it's unclear if they cover Sports News or not. They do discuss prunes and O.J. Simpson.</p>
<p>Don't bother emailing us.</p>2018-05-0641 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 802: Yo La Grayson AllenAfter a brief, unnecessary discussion of Jordan Peterson, we offer the definitive word on Mikal and Simon's trip to the Spurs/Clippers game, what happened to Joel Embiid, why Markelle Fultz is a tragic hero, the Connor McGregor UFC 223 thing, and Kevin Shiflett, America's premier chin balancer. We explain our new feelings about the kiss cam for 2018, which differ from our feelings on it from 2017. Mikal again confronts his Gatorade addiction but misspells his name. Trigger Warning: at the end of the episode, we make the terrible mistake of opening up the MRFS phone line and we receive a truly h...2018-04-1641 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 801 - Tom Brady Interview brought to you by www.send-a-message-to-a-pager.net and Same Adams Old Patriotism Ale<p>The first episode of 2018 in which all four of the MRFS guys manage to show up. And they really regret it. After a few months sabbatical, the sports groove is gone. Too bad since Simon managed to set up an interview with Tom Brady, who talks way too much about Giselle and some other semi-offensive stuff, while the MRFS guys are mysteriously quiet. The episode also features brief commentary on Duke's loss, which can be blamed on Grayson Allen. The guys honor Sports Day, the beginning of the sports year, which everyone knows is every March 25th. Mikal...2018-04-0141 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 755: Super Bowl PreviewAt America's behest, we preview the big game in all its glory. We enumerate all the major story lines, including why the Eagles are so fun and why the Patriots are the absolute worst. Then Mike fields a bunch of questions about Philadelphia sports history, Mikal premiers a new segment about SUPER BOWL SNACK FACTS, and Dave drops some NBA knowledge right at the buzzer.
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<p...2018-01-1141 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 754: Touching KneesSimon is out this week getting his braces fixed. As a result, we offer a powerful reading of Kobe Bryant's epistolary masterwork "Dear Basketball," which raises meaningful questions about contemporary poetry, split-screens, socks, kenpark, and, eventually, Jose Canseco. Then Dave reports on the Magic Johnson/Isaiah Thomas friendship summit, updates us on how we should feel about Russell Westbrook, and drops some sincere knowledge about NBA scoring trends and analytics. Mike then floats his self-loathing theory that WHITE NERDS are the worst kind of fan, and finally Mikal tries to avoid a thoroughly problematic conversation about gender roles wh...2017-12-2300 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 753: Raise the Daryl Takahasi Clock Cat<p>We recorded this episode MERE MINUTES after God smote the knee of Carson Wentz, and as result, Mike's emotional state is so compromised that his weird vibe settled on the whole crew, resulting in our most PROBLEMATIC and DEPRESSING episode ever. Simon regales us with his story about the clock malfunction at the Clippers/Wizards game he recently attended, we re-break the news of the time M. Night Shyamalan compelled Bryan Cranston to spank Tony Parker, and bumble through a segment on the Daryl Takahashi cat saga. Then Mikal finds a website about NBA cats and uses...2017-12-1341 minMake Room For SportsPhil From Hong Kong<p>Our mysterious fan from Hong Kong emerges with a guest spot on today's episode and teaches us about Chinese sports, Canadian sports, Badminton, the Grey Cup, and watching the NFL in China. To our delight, he surprises us with his sports knowledge, shares some childhood details, and talks about brushing his teeth. Simon accidentally stumbles upon an idea for a great movie premise, Mikal is only vaguely problematic once or twice, Demarcus "Boogie" Cousins is mentioned exactly once, and we field a Chinese Dragon Racing team.</p>
<p>Help us help...2017-12-0641 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 751: Team of Virgins<p>Another week, another epic episode of sports news delivered by the only people left who understand sports. Simon comes out strong as we discuss Eli Manning being euthanized, old school colognes like Drakkar Noir, the flammability of Brut, the sadness of watching the Sixers blow a strong lead, the possibility of Joel Embiid's top-notch shit talking actually being a sign of some deep-seeded insecurity, Mikal hearing a beeping sound no one else hears, TJ McConnell being worth it, what the coach said to Giannis Antetokounmpo that made him say the F-word, how virginity affects sports play, and t...2017-11-3041 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 750: Mini Pizza, Arnold Palmer, Grayson Allen<p class="MsoNormal">The Sixers swelled and then punctured America's heart in their loss to known ISIS supporters the Golden State Warriors, but that's okay because our despair is zinger-friendly. Mikal gives a Gatorade addiction update, we talk about microphones for some reason, and then, around the halfway point, things heat up: we figure out the LiAngelo Ball thing, Dave provides a few consumer safety reports (it's likely you've consumed glass), and we spend, unbelievably, more than ten minutes distinguishing between Jusef Nurkic and Nikola Jokic. At the end, with nowhere to turn, we see who...2017-11-2241 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 749: Her Ball, Her Choice<p class="MsoNormal">We return to two long-overlooked corners of the show: MIKAL'S DROPS and TOP PLAYS OF THE WEEK. We also blabber about whether the Sixers are too fun, and why Thursday Night Football is dumb, and how popular we were at our friend's wedding. Dave has a story about meeting the Islanders' chef, Simon explains the Keurig coffee controversy, and we still dislike Bill Simmons and Malcolm Gladwell.</p>
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<p>https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/11/08/liangelo-ball-and-ucla-teammates-could-face-3-10-years-in-prison-if-convicted-of-shoplifting/23270456/</p>2017-11-1041 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 747: Mouth Full of Ants<p class="MsoNormal">We venture deep, deep into the forest of our love for YOU, THE LISTENER, and return with MAXIMUM ZINGERS PER MINUTE about the odds of Colin Kaepernick getting indicted by Robert Mueller, a timely primer on DORF DOES GOLF, and the best NFL theme songs. Because of the particular conditions of our parole, we're obligated to explain what we think football coaches should wear in the rain, but with that business out of the way, we are free to serve PIPING HOT KNOWLEDGE ENTREES to satiate what most hungers you: What's up with...2017-11-0241 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 746: Never Celebrate<p class="MsoNormal">Without rhyme or reason, we deliver unto you: a spirited roundtable of World Series talk (it'll be hot, or something); a rough sketch of the Eastern Conference's imminent rise to power, with a special focus on Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo; and more talk than is, strictly speaking, necessary about the following: a yelp review of a supermarket in Couer d'Alene, Idaho; a sad eyes contest between Andre Drummond and Anthony Davis; who knows what about whether or not Markelle Fultz has the yips or a bad shoulder; and, believe it or not...2017-10-2741 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 745: All We Are Saying Is Give Dave a Chance<p class="MsoNormal">America's only podcast delivers correct opinions on the Roger Federer/Klay Thompson ping pong match, the First Annual WHO IS THE NBA KING OF MAKE ROOM FOR SPORTS Gambling Challenge, and NFL Week Six updates, including celebration sub-updates. Most importantly, we introduce the new NBA season, so of course we can't stop ourselves from talking about Andrew Bogut and Zaza Pachulia for ten minutes, but lucky for you we also offer in-depth predictions for the Warriors, Thunder, Rockets, Sixers, Brook Lopezes, and Pelicans.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> &l...2017-10-1900 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 744: Tongue Work<p class="MsoNormal">Don't worry, America, we're back with another week of correct opinions on what matters most: Christian Pulisic's savior status, Steve Bartman and this week's near-Bartman incident, Jeremy Lin's dreadlocks, a goalie whose helmet has an image of the Iverson stepover, Yasiel Puig's sexy antics and Sports Kink in general, and Kevin McHale's James Harden appraisal. We also form actual English sentences about things done or said by Enes Kantor, Carmello Anthony, the 49ers, and the WNBA finals. Plus: Mike Pence takes in some gridiron action, Mikal has anger issues, and much, much more...2017-10-1000 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 743: NFL Week Four<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Week Four of the NFL is in the can, and America's most celebrated sports bros bring you the final word on what happened, including live updates from Dave throughout the episode. We also cover Jason Peters signing a prosthetic leg, the NFL guy whose wife claims he was tricked into protesting, Juju Smith-Schuster's touchdown celebration, the hockey league that time forgot, Carlos Ruiz shouting names of animals to get amped before games, watching sports on Amazon, game three of the WNBA finals, Lonzo Ball doing something or other, and Mikal's recipe for moonshine...2017-10-0300 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 742: NFL Week Three/Elliott Jake Elliot<p class="MsoNormal">We flap our gums about the national anthem protests that swept through the league on Sunday, and the counter protests, and Trump's pro-concussion stance. Then we get into Aaron Hernandez's CTE diagnosis and his daughter's forthcoming lawsuit against the NFL, Odell Beckham Jr.'s piss dance, PLAYS OF THE WEEK, Week Three's installment of America's favorite new segment Guess Who Won?, and the Kevin Durant burner Twitter account fiasco. On a sad note, Mikal breaks some upsetting Andrew Bogut news to Simon.</p>
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<p>@makeroom4sports on Twitter</p>2017-09-2200 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 740: Kung Fu Debacle<p class="MsoNormal">Simon's entwined in yet another web of lies in "San Antonio," but the remaining bros BRING THEIR A+ GAME and cover the Rockets sale to Tilmon Fertitta (not, as we'd hoped, Beyonce). Mike reminisces about going to church with Tshitenge Mutumbo and growing up watching Manute Bol, and then doubles down on his Tall Persons Die First theory; we introduce a new segment called WEIGHT UPDATE; Mikal shares the story of Hailey Dawson, who wants to be the first person with a 3-D printed hand to throw out the first pitch...2017-09-2000 minMake Room For SportsMicro Bonus: Rondo & Boogie Pt 2 (not featuring Rick Fox)<p>Choosing service over self, Mikal continues his fan fiction about the misadventures of Rajon Rondo and DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins.</p>2017-09-1400 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 739: DeMarco Murray's Sneakers (feat. Jess Holloway)<p class="MsoNormal">We welcome our friend and Dallas Cowboys Superfan Jess Holloway, who despite our incredulity convinces us of the existence of something called Jerry World, a location in Texas where an oilman has entombed a big TV and some art. Then we talk about fantasy football, which confuses and frightens us, and sexy touchdown celebrations, and finally, we get updates on Ezekiel Elliott, Colin Kaepernick, sad Jets fans from Hoboken, and the Cleveland Police, who are, like, protesting.</p>
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<p class=&q...2017-09-1200 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 738: All My Regrets Are About Dancing Too Sexy (not featuring Rick Fox)<p>In our first of two half-hour episodes this week, we try to figure out what happened to Episode 737, which requires us to increase our CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS, develop a HEALTHY and SHARED META-NARRATIVE, and achieve EMOTIONAL and BEHAVIORAL RESOLUTION. Then we give America WHAT IT NEEDS: Simon's deep reportage on watching the Mayweather/McGregor fight at a movie theater with his father, his uncle's triumph at the Ironman Coeur d'Alene, an ESPN story about the NFL's CTE research project about jockeys, and the economic and gustatory disappointment of whiskey tastings. PLUS: Mike continues his desperate search for...2017-09-0500 minMake Room For SportsMicro Bonus 2: Rondo & Boogie Pt 1 (not featuring Rick Fox)After lingering in pre-production for months, Dave's encouragement that Mikal write fan fiction about his two favorite b-ball bosom buddies, DeMarcus "Boogie" Cousins and Rajon Rondo, became a no-brainer when the friends reunited on the New Orleans Pelicans this summer. The result is Part 1 of the untitled Rondo & Boogie fan fiction project, originally appearing at the end of MRFS Episode 736, but posted here as it's own stunning excerpt. To be continued...2017-09-0200 minMake Room For SportsMicro Bonus 1: The Bieber Tweets (not featuring Rick Fox)In this micro-bonus episode, the MRFS team endorses Justin Bieber's Twitter, the Internet's second-ranked wellspring of uninformed sports musing.
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@makeroom4sports on Twitter2017-09-0100 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 736: Farm League (feat. Eero)This week Simon is in the PENALTY BOX, so we replace him with Mike's nephew Eero, who considers the ethics of football, the politics of OJ Simpson's return to civilian life, and what's for dinner. Then, THE LAST BROS STANDING get into TOP PLAYS OF THE WEEK, claim squatter's rights in SIMON'S RESEARCH CORNER, and parse the Chandlers. Plus: despite the recommendations of our fans and doctors, we spend ten minutes googling the names of professional athletes who attended the University of Florida, announce some astounding news about a forthcoming secret guest (Rick Fox), Mikal clarifies some clinical terminology, Mike's...2017-08-2400 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 735: Nut Up (feat. Allison Miller)Mike and Dave are OUT OF BOUNDS this week, but the gentle sports bros fight the war of attrition by enlisting expert Allison Miller. Basking in the BRIGHT LIGHTS of her knowledge, we journey deep into the woods of what matters most: How big is a soccer field? Are we allowed to enjoy the NFL? What is a tie? What's the deal with Sepp Blatter? Then, in our ONGOING DESPERATE ATTEMPT to avoid baseball, we inveigle Allison into giving us a bluffer's guide to soccer, which guide includes brief appendices on Eddie Murphy, The Spice Girls, the Britney Spears film...2017-08-1700 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 734: I Think Our Second Baseman Is Drunk (feat. Hilary Plum)Dave returns triumphantly to America, Mike is behind a dumpster on an island near Seattle, and most importantly, we're joined by Hilary Plum, who drops TEN TONS OF KNOWLEDGE BOMBS. We cover literally every issue that matters: the physical difficulties of wiffle ball, the approximate length of a soccer match, the ethics of competing against your friend's mom, whether or not sports riots are fun, Kelsey Plum, Steph Curry's golf game, Kevin Durant's wardrobe, and Michael Jackson. We also GET SERIOUS about playground bullies, flops of many varieties, Ted Bundy, faking your own death, cartwheeling goalies, and the awfulness of...2017-08-1000 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 733: We Struggle to Continue (not featuring Rick Fox)<p>Mike's gone this week so I have to write the episode summary and I can't remember what we talked about. Dave's in an Icelandic hostel, Mikal's driving around his neighborhood for some reason and I'm just in my apartment, like always. We definitely talked about sumo wrestling for awhile and the Legends Football League and we became gradually more curious about tennis and soccer. Probably not one of our better episodes; I'm not going to try to oversell it.</p>2017-08-0400 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 732: Simon Spilled Beans in the ClubThis week, we flub and glug our way through the tall grass of the week in sports, but we also get to the BARE BOTTOM of some emotional trauma: Mikal and Dave mend fences in the wake of an argument about Malcolm Gladwell, Simon explains why he scrubbed us from social media, and we cover an important Mayweather/McGregor correction and regret from last week. Then we tilt our ears to the ground, the better to hear the Kyrie Irving trade rumblings, and we lose ourselves in the LEBRON QUESTION, the KAEPERNICK QUESTION, and the BOOGIE/RONDO question. At the...2017-07-2600 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 731: The Grunt-O-MeterDave is drinking Finland's biggest Negroni, Mikal is waylaid in Costco, and Mike and Simon are more or less regular. FOR NO GOOD REASON we critique academic residencies from the right and ourselves from the left, but as is GOOD AND PURE we can only be ourselves, so we pass the time CRAPPING OUR PANTS about underwater welding, coral reef poetry, curling, and Mölkky, which means we are BOUND BY LAW to reflect on the relationship between DEEP PERSONAL SHAME and FROZEN YOGURT. After that--and only because of some TRULY DRACONIAN LABOR LAWS--we grin and bear it through the t...2017-07-1800 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 730: Dreamboat on the Court, Shipwreck in the StreetsMikal is in his car and doesn't know where he is, but he knows WHERE HE'S GOING. Simon is back in LA (!), Dave is whispering in Finland, and the MRFS gang is MORE SERIOUS THAN EVER about flying insects at Wimbleton, tennis tantrums, Chris Paul's 2015 interaction with referee Lauren Holtkamp, and Dave's tiny Danish nemesis. We don't even CARE WHY but we press on towards a bunch of junk and stuff that orients us toward a endless horizon of TENNIS GOSSIP and laundry talk, which FORCES us to STRAP IN to a TOO-LONG chat about washer/dryer rights, Lonzo Ball's...2017-07-1400 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 729: Our Parents Never High-FivedWhile Simon serves a one-week suspension, the rest of us shit talk him and eventually ENTER OUR SUSPSIONS about his identity as a Hollywood fimmaker INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD. We talk NBA free agency, which, frankly, is a bit of a snooze, but eventually we get our SEA LEGS under us and deliver the STRAIGHT DOPE about tennis dreamboats, which of us has the best voice, the history of the high-five, Mikal's Gatorade sobriety, and how Mikal should feel about Colin Kaepernick.
Mike's shower curtain: https://www.amazon.com/Galaxy-Animal-Design-Polyester-Curtain/dp/B00Y2IDS96/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1499367999...2017-07-0700 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 728: Mikal FoucaultAfter six months of SWEET ANTICIPATION, Mikal finally has cause to bring up Brook and Robin Lopez, the NBA's most famous set of twins. Mike wants to know if Mikal's friend liked his Lonzo Ball joke, Simon gets compared to Jimmy Butler and wants to know if that's praise or defamation, and we illuminate upcoming Connor McGregor/Floyd Mayweather fight. Then, at America's behest, we CRANK UP our SPORTS EXPERTISE to LEVEL 11 in order to bring you STRAIGHT DOPE on the way tennis matches are scored, which leads to a series of BONUS THESES about tennis grunts, ball boys, Steph...2017-06-3000 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 727: It Doesn't Matter, No One Notices, You Can Do AnythingDave texts us some vibes in absentia but is otherwise ON SPORTS HIATUS AGAIN in the Nordic woods, so the original sports pals grit our teeth and serve up another JAM-PACKED hour of topical sports analysis: Mikal eats burritos on the beach, THE BOOK OF HENRY gave Simon a hangover, Rafael Nadal is the best on Klay Thompson, it's unethical to ask NBA players to stop throwing things in baskets during the offseason, LeBron James: Bladder Analysis, WIMBLEDON IS COMING UP and we know how to spell Wimbledon and Wimbledon does or does not include a free breakfast, and we...2017-06-2100 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 726: Whomp . . . There It IsThe three founding SPORTS BROS convene a meeting of the original MRFS triumvirate and go WHOLE HOG on the week in "sports" "news": Steph Curry's air dump! The male stripper and chihuahua who performed at halftime at the Oracle Arena this week! And other junk! Then we spend ten minutes falling in love with Justin Bieber's sports tweets, permitting their obscure beauty to shine a light onto our own OFFICIAL PODCAST MISSION STATEMENT. Due to a complicated legal situation, we spend about ten minutes TALKIN' NHL HOCKEY, which, in a sinister twist, leads to an exchange...2017-06-1400 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 725: Emergency Game 4 ReactionsWe gather around the Skype-glow in the cold light of Saturday morning to recap Game 4 of Calves/Boringers and chat about Dwayne Wade's outfit, the Warriors' PB&J situation, LeBron James' self-pass, Steph Curry's air dump, Draymond Green's phantom technical foul, and Zaza Pachulia's general terribleness. We also come up with a bunch of new nicknames for Iman Shumpert that are likely to shake you to your very core.
Help us help you: makeroomforsports@gmail.com2017-06-1100 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 724: G-Spot as a VerbThe gang tracks down Dave, who calls in from Finland while on SPORTS ASSIGNMENT, and we get distracted for the first twenty minutes jibber-jabbering about Salibandyliiga (a.k.a. floorball) (a.k.a. we don't know what it is), curling, jai alai, eSports, and the USA Rock Paper Scissors League, the end result of which is our DEFINITIVE SETTLING of the issue of popular and unpopular sports whose participants have or do not have a sense of humor about the sports themselves. In the second half of the show, Mikal offers a heartfelt (?) admission that he is addicted to Gatorade...2017-06-0700 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 723: Tiny Little GravestonesThis week, Mikal is OUT RIDING FENCES, Simon is not sleeping well, Mike's headphones won't cooperate, and Dave has wifi problems: STRAP IN, AMERICA. Throughout this horrifying hour we pull the thread of America's SPORTS SWEATER and offer the final word on all the sports issues keeping you up at night: single-payer healthcare, LaVar Ball's brilliant hijinks, the Clinton campaign's downfall, the beards of the NBA finals, and President Erdogan of Turkey. Because of a court mandate, we also do TOP PLAYS OF THE WEEK, LET'S GET PERSONAL, GUT FEELINGS, THAT'S FRIENDSHIP, and LITERALLY thousands of other segments.
Help us...2017-05-3100 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 722: Factory Resealed BracesThis week, Dave completes his METEROIC RISE from guest all the way to host because Simon is on sports sabbatical. The remaining GENTLE BROS wade through the shallow waters of the world's most pressing sports news and carry those matters through their own psychological fogs, the end result of which is a JAM-PACKED romp including many of your favorite segments: LET'S ANALYZE IT, LET'S GET PERSONAL, THAT'S FRIENDSHIP, and, of course, TOP PLAYS OF THE WEEK. We spend half of the episode talking about Kevin Love and the other half Googling the names of hockey players. Also, this week features...2017-05-2600 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 721: Soothing White Noise (feat. Norith Soth)We welcome our friend Norith Soth, who offers a taxonomy of lovable losers and helps us theorize what in the world happened to James Harden in Game 6. Then we ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES and educate ourselves about back surgery, Simon and Mikal's live WNBA experience, free throws in general, a whole bunch of other junk, and the week's TOP PLAYS. On the bright side, Mikal records while driving through a loud rainstorm, so this is by far our most relaxing and sleepable episode yet.
Help us help you: makeroomforsports@gmail.com2017-05-1700 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 720: DildosListeners: this is a strange episode. Mikal, who called out sick with the barfs, is guilted into calling in after we started, but his call causes Skype to splinter into several different conversations between or among random combinations of the four of us. Somehow, Simon managed to record a̶l̶l̶ some of them, and we've since spent what a pilot makes in a year in order to edit them into one dimension-busting hour of DEEPLY INFORMED "sports" "analysis," i.e. fifty-five minutes of HOOPS BLABBER that gives way to Simon's report on his night at a M...2017-05-1100 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 719: Between the BracketsMike berates the NFL draft LIVE FROM PHILADELPHIA: there's a zip line, and the draftees like helping kids, and the traffic was bad. We learn the difference between the films DRAFT DAY and BACKDRAFT, shit talk Malcolm Gladwell, and then decide to talk about quarterbacks for fifteen minutes even though football season is five months away. But eventually–mercifully–we roll up our sleeves and get to the TOP PLAYS OF THE WEEK. Then we decide to learn a thing or two (but no more than two) about tennis, and we help Mikal brainstorm for his new song about the NBA...2017-05-0200 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 718: Young in the TeethOur last episode was so replete with errors and misgivings that we spend about twenty minutes this week making amends with America and the world. Then we crack into the HOTTEST SPORTS NEWS of the week: Grayson Allen is returning for one more year of trips and giggles, Blake Griffin has Blake Griffin'd his big toe, what's up with Rondo?, and lots of gum flapping about Houston/OKC. Things take a problematic turn into the world of gangs and sex, but we get back on track with some TOP PLAYS OF THE WEEK.
Do it to it: makeroomforsports@gmail.com2017-04-2600 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 717: I Don't Think We Can Move On (feat. Albro Lundy)We are joined by the suspiciously knowledgeable and charming sports expert Albro Lundy, who puts us through the paces and brings our various ineptitudes into stark relief. After exhausting our baseball knowledge talking about the Marlins' celebrity feral cat, most of the episode is Albro and Dave going full HOOP NERD together in what is, hopefully not for worse, our most professional-seeming episode yet.
Help us help you: makeroomforsports@gmail.com2017-04-1900 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 716: Eventually Everything Will HappenBaby Dash is back on the scene! We have a totally gauche conversation about how much money everyone makes before moving on to the TOP SPORTS NEWS of the week, mainly: Yadier Molina or Tom Brady eats glass or gets a baseball stuck to him, or neither, or something. For some reason, Simon and Mikal role play a patient/therapist scenario, during which the SPORTS BROS get up to date on the best practices in handling panic attacks. After that, things get hard to describe, but for the record: Mikal can't stop thinking about animals that die on the field...2017-04-1100 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 715: Never Been Less AmpedWithout any regard for our own emotional wellness or audience preference, in what is surely a WORLD HISTORICAL RECORD, we offer a SECOND EPISODE this week: Mike and Mikal pitch a HOOPS MOVIE to Simon, Dave and Simon square off to see who can name more sports in a minute, Simon and Mikal preview the WNBA season, Dave disambiguates the NBA MVP race, and we settle some long-standing feuds and slights. We end up where we always do: talking about the facial hair of the Golden State Warriors and accusing each other of various degrees of political incorrectness.
Stand up...2017-04-0800 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 714: Boots PoffenbergerIt's April Fools' day, but Mikal is wearing compression pants FOR REAL. Mike wins the TOP PLAY OF THE WEEK CONTEST in an apiological tour de force, we talk--yet again--about the difference between Warren and Jimmy Buffett, update America about MARCH MADNESS, and articulate our despair about how long and potentially boring baseball season might be. Plus: Simon lectures his friends about how to chew tobacco and develops his theory of no-pants baseball, Dave improves the show exponentially by keeping a shot clock, and (we're sorry) MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!
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Mikal's full NCAA song "Don't Drop the Ball...2017-04-0400 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 713: Streakin'This is one of our thirteen all-time worst episodes, the lone bright spot of which is the debut of Mikal's new March Madness theme song, "Don't Drop the Ball." Later, Dave scouts the 2017 NBA draft, we meander through the week's "TOP" "PLAYS," talk about punching yet again, and lament our brackets, which are the worst brackets in the world. At the end of the show, Mikal unveils his new segment TOP TALK TOP THREE HOT TODDY, which is worth sticking around for.
America has spoken: makeroomforsports@gmail.com2017-03-2900 minMake Room For SportsEpisode 712: Four HuskiesThis week on the show, the sports fellows bring their agonizing brilliance to bear on the first two rounds of MARCH MADNESS. Among all the sweet hoops riffs, they manage to MAKE ROOM FOR the all week's hottest sports junk: Mikal's fever dream about the ritualistic cutting of nets, the preponderance of John Turturro haircuts in this year's tournament, the flat Earth: Shaq edition, another round of TOP PLAYS, and reports on the sports movie classics GUS and THE AIR UP THERE as well as popular Japanese anime series KOROKO NO BASKET.
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