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Embattled President Rallies Supporters With Awful Noises From Inside Hermetically Sealed Car

Just Donald Trump making weird sounds inside his SUV after golfing.

Talking Defective Visionaries And The Tebow Renaissance, With Reeves Wiedeman

Billionaire Who Broke The World: LOL Oops

Charles Koch, a billionaire menace to society, speaks to his co-author Brian Hooks

Things Are Not Going Well For Tiger Woods At The Masters

The moment in Sunday's round when things got very bad for Tiger Woods is circled in red.

Washington-Oregon State Delivered 13 Seconds Of Avant-Garde Football

College Football

Chasing a football 20 yards is not ordinarily what a punter does on a punt play.

Talking About The Daryl Morey Legacy And The Unripe Fruit Lifestyle, With Isaac Chotiner

James Harden tells a referee what seems like a very interesting story.

Are We Having Fun Yet?

Some C-Span TV monitors waiting for something to report.

There Is No Alternative

A bike cop stands outside B1G Ten headquarters in Illinois during a small protest by parents demanding a football season, in April.

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Brad Hand Is A Bad Omen

Brad Hand walks off after getting the last out of an exhibition game in Pittsburgh, in July.

Very Good Baseball And Exceedingly Bad Times, With Justin Ellis

Justin Turner grimaces after nearly hitting a home run in Game 6 of the World Series, while aware he'd tested positive for Covid-19.

Talking Van Life And The Conspiracy Theory Singularity With Anna Merlan

A wild horse's skull sitting on federal land. It's a whole thing, don't worry about it.

Getting Everything Right May Not Be Enough

Mike Zunino congratulates Peter Fairbanks, one of the Rays' 23 excellent relievers.

Considering The Pug, With Megan Greenwell

This is a photo of a dog named Doug The Pug at a Country Music Television event. Delightful!

We’re On To Cincinnati

Donald Trump Making A Silly Face

When Teddy Higuera Was King, And Other Guys To Remember

Let's Remember Some Guys

Remembering guys

Talking Bruce Leroy, Puppies, And Allen Iverson’s Lost Album, With The Lox

The Lox, seen here performing onstage, and not on a podcast.

Think Of How Easy It Would’ve Been For Donald Trump To Not Catch The Coronavirus

Donald Trump, seen here heading to a fundraiser where he might've exposed 100 people to the virus he has.

Talking Catharsis, Crisis, And Pro Wrestling With Bob Mould

Bob Mould, pictured here not appearing on this podcast but rather performing at Coachella.

James Dolan To Rep. Max Rose: Keep My Team’s Humiliating Failure Out Of Your Mouth

James Dolan, in a velvet blazer and a dumb hat, singing his heart out.

Salvador Perez Is Putting Up The Performance This Dumb Season Deserves

Salvador Perez congratulates his teammates, all of whom are somehow much smaller than him.