Episodes
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
How Do You Talk A Q Supporter Off A Ledge
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Since election day the Q folks have taken a big hit. Tough days when you're global conspiracy world view starts to crack and your leader can't seem to get it done. So we role play some strategies for dealing with the sad Q person in your life
Monday Nov 23, 2020
Monday Nov 23, 2020
A discussion of free market sports economics, NBA free agency update, Derek Jeter gets on our good side, and petty billionaire team owners who make us laugh and cry . Plus Jeff has a potential lucrative job opportunity for Roman.
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
COVID Update & Space Stuff
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
The pandemic explodes (again!). How will Americans deal with this surge, and is there any hope on the horizon? Plus some spaceships.
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
The Where Do Things Stand Edition
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
November 3rd, 2020 is a few days away. Roman gets some news.
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
On the 19th anniversary of September 11th, FYWYH discusses NY Times' columnist Paul Krugman's controversial twitter thread about US domestic response to the attack. We also talk about some of the correlations between America's 9/11 response, COVID, and the up coming 2020 presidential election. Plus the NFL season is underway, and we get into some NBA Playoff talk to try and lighten the mood on a Friday night.
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
IT'S UKI WEEK!
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
So it's Uki Week, and Roman laments a show of support for Trump at the annual Ukrainian American Festival. But he also shares some good news about anti-Trump sentiment in the community as well. The Bucks walk out on the NBA playoffs and it shuts the whole thing down for 72 hours. Finally the Wisconsin shooter seems to have the support of the Trump base. Can a Ukrainian and paratrooper save the world?
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Will Nate Silver save us, this time?
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Roman reacts to @becca_oneal's tweet asking if Nate Silver's work is nothing more than astrology for white men, while Jeff explains (with much disgust) why he sees Trump's 2020 reelection as inevitable. Plus we discuss the salacious new piece in Vanity Fair about Stephen Miller and his wife Katie, who "found love in a hateful place."
*Florida has 67 counties
*Bush won Ohio in 2004 by 118,00o votes. For more on OH voting controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_election_voting_controversies
* Evgenia Peretz was the author of the Vanity Fair piece on Stephen & Katie Miller
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Play Sports in a Bubble AND Oppose Authoritarians
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Three things to remember about this podcast: Play sports in a bubble, oppose authoritarians, and support refugees.
Friday Jul 24, 2020
DEPRESSED
Friday Jul 24, 2020
Friday Jul 24, 2020
FYWYH is on a shitshow emotional roller coaster ride of depressing thoughts. Roman sees Q-spiracies and pandemic deniers in every post he comes across, while Jeff wonders if our media bubbles are so comfortable that we can't see the Tr*mp reelection staring us in our privileged fucking faces. Oh, and professional sports are back.
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Ten Years Since "I'm Taking My Talents To South Beach"
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
It's been 10 years since Lebron proclaimed "I'm Taking My Talents To South Beach." FYWYH looks back on how one super awkward tv special changed the NBA and the game. Was it for better and for always?