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Podcasts

Fixing Tanking By Making Everything More Confusing, With Tom Ley

Funbag

How Do I Get My Lazy Teen To Pick A College?

How Do I Be Nice To A Jesus Freak?

A Wawa kisok displaying The Saquon sandwich

Jamboroo

Wawa: The Defector Review

Advice

The Real Highlight Of The Super Bowl Was Josh McDaniels Eating Shit

People Of America, It Is Cocktail Hour

The NFL Doesn’t Have To Pretend It’s Not An Old Boys’ Club Anymore

Owner Zygi Wilf, left, and general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, of the Minnesota Vikings talk on the sideline prior to an NFL football game sideline prior an NFL football game on November 27, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Vikings Wait Until Worst Possible Moment To Implode

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Sam Darnold #14 of the Seattle Seahawks celebrates after defeating the Los Angeles Rams an NFC Championship NFL football game at Lumen Field on January 25, 2026 in Seattle, Washington.

This Season Belongs To Sam Darnold

Owner Terry Pegula of the Buffalo Bills looks on prior to the NFL 2025 game between New Orleans Saints and Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York.

Terry Pegula Is A Big Disgrace And An Even Bigger Fucking Loser

TV crews set up microphones at the House Tringale before the start of the press conference with comedian Jon Stewart on Monday, March 5, 2018, to call on OMB Director Mick Mulvaney to withdraw his proposal to separate the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) from National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) direction.

Who Wants To Be A Hero?

Aaron Rodgers #8 of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks on at the line of scrimmage during the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on December 21, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.

Fuck The Fourth-Down Bluff

Three characters in the Stranger Things finale

A Belated Review Of ‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 (Which Sucked A Fat One)

Airplane cabin with in flight entertainment screens lit up, jetblue, New York.

After The Redeye

US President Barack Obama holds up a jar of salsa while shopping at the Golden Fig food store in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 26, 2014. The store offers Minnesota produced foods and gifts. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN

Can I Use Salsa As A Salad Dressing?

Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal

Hater's Guide

The 2025 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog

The Apple Mail application icon is seen on an iPhone home screen in Warsaw, Poland on March 3, 2021.

Push Notifications Were Made To Imprison You

Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills takes on the Cincinnati Bengals during the NFL 2025 game between Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on December 7, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York.

Now We Must All Become Bills Fans

Pat McAfee Is Intolerable

Photo by Tim Leedy 1/1/09Pork and Sauerkraut on New Year's day.Paul and Sara Wixon of Muhlenberg twp have a family dinner at Wegman's restaurant in Muhlenberg Twp.

Eat Dinner Early

A spectator attempts to complete a newspaper crossword during the Vitality County Championship match between Gloucestershire and Glamorgan at College Ground on July 01, 2024 in Cheltenham, England.

Oh Shit, I’m A Crossword Dork Now

View of American media mogul and businesswoman Martha Stewart, in a blue, striped apron, as she works in her kitchen, Westport, Connecticut, August 1976.