The quarantine drags on but one bright spot has been the number of people posting trick shot videos to social media. Our Undisputed Quarantine Trick Shot Champion Ryan Walter joined us for a wellness check to discuss the creative process behind his shots. He also talked about how his downstairs neighbors feel about the whole thing, how his longest shot took seven hours to successfully complete, that he’s running out of wardrobe options, and how House of Highlights shared one of his trick shots but he didn’t get much credit. We also talk about the two times Brad and Ryan have met, one involving an SNL alum and the other an epic beer run story. And there’s bonus footage with Ryan talking about his career as a kid music rocker and how Brad thinks Ryan should incorporate a banjo into an upcoming trick shot. His music is really good! Check him out on Instagram https://instagram.com/ryanwalter86 and SoundCloud http://SoundCloud.com/ryanuncleryan

Another day of quarantine is in the books and Kyle Farnsworth was kind enough to join us for a wellness check. Back in the day, Kyle was a prime target for The Heckler due to his hard-throwing, hard-partying ways. We talk about that (including speculation as to whether his jersey is still on the wall at Tai’s Til 4), how he now looks back at getting traded out of Chicago after the 2004 season, some behind-the-scenes stories about the 2003 Cubs, what went wrong with the 2004 club, what he’s doing now (including playing semipro football where he’s had several major injuries), what it was like to pitch in the Mexican League compared to how it was for Kenny Powers, and we of course talk about the time he beat the ever-loving shit out of Paul Wilson. Follow Kyle’s gym Farnsworth Peak Performance on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/farnsworthpeakperformance/

With the quarantine still going strong, Brad caught up with his good friend Nick Friedell from ESPN. He rose to prominence about a decade ago covering the Derrick Rose-led Bulls and a few years ago moved to the Bay Area to cover the Warriors. Brad and Nick talked about how he is handling quarantine in his penthouse suite at the Ritz Carlton (which might not be true), the surprising way he thinks NBA players are socializing while holed up, how the Rudy Gobert coronavirus diagnosis impacted the league, how long he thinks it’ll take to get the league up and running once the virus is under control, what it was like covering the Bulls during the D-Rose era, if he’s surprised GarPax is still around, Joakim Noah’s broad appeal with the ladies, the player who had surprising groupie game, the best interviews he’s done (one might have involved Michael Jordan), his relationship with guys like Jimmy Butler and Kevin Durant, playing HORSE with Dominque Wilkins, and the MLB player who was his worst interview ever.

Quarantine continues so Brad checked in with Ethan from The Heckler. We talked about the technology problems we’re having today with our botched Facebook Live attempt and how Brad almost forgot to record the podcast. We also talked about NFL Hall of Famer Kurt Warner doing the #1PushUpChallenge, how whirlyball and laser tag are awesome and that we can’t wait to play them once the quarantine is over, the national run on toilet paper, Jamal Murray’s supposed Instagram hack, and much more. Please listen, rate, share, subscribe, and all that stuff.

We’re a week into the quarantine so we figured we’d check in with some friends to see how they’re doing. Brad caught up with our first-ever repeat guest Rick Telander and talked about a ton of stuff. Among the topics: making a Long Island Ice Tea with Dr. Pepper, Joe Pepitone’s wig (with a casual Roger Maris name-drop that Brad totally missed), how Brad mispronounces “nuclear,” how Rick grew up in fear his town of Peoria would get nuked by the Soviets, stock market tips, the 2016 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament game Rick most recently watch, the Christian Laettner 30 for 30, “Mad Men,” and a ton more. Give it a listen and please subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes. Thanks and stay safe out there!

Brad’s friend Nick Davis is the only epidemiologist we know so we invited him on to talk about how much we should be freaking out right now. All our Fans in Cool Places Drinking Beer videos: http://tinyurl.com/FansInCoolPlaces.

Scoop Jackson talks with Brad and Ethan at V's Barbershop in Bucktown about his new book “The Game is Not a Game,” working on the Nike Kaepernick campaign, MLK Day celebrations, why white people should talk more about race amongst themselves, sneaker culture, his time at SLAM magazine, and much much more. Also! A quick recap of The Heckler’s 15th Annual Spring Training trip to Mesa.

Video interview:

https://youtu.be/3N-LIwJ51Do

More info:

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1409-the-game-is-not-a-game

http://theheckler.com

https://vbarbershop.com/location/chicago/

All our Fans in Cool Places Drinking Beer videos:

http://tinyurl.com/FansInCoolPlaces

Rick Telander talks with Brad and Ethan at V's Barbershop in Bucktown about a wide ranging list of topics: riding the rails in his youth, the time Michael Jordan's mom made him pancakes, being drafted by the Chiefs in 1971, writing one of the best sports books of all time, whether the Ricketts family is good for the Cubs, and much much more.

Video interview:

https://youtu.be/KoziT45ti6k

More info:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/rick-telander

http://theheckler.com

https://vbarbershop.com/location/chicago/

All our Fans in Cool Places Drinking Beer videos:

http://tinyurl.com/FansInCoolPlaces

Singer John Vincent talks with us about getting tweeted by Lady Gaga, why he holds the word “FREEEEEEEEE” during the Anthem, his anti-bullying efforts, the time he attempted suicide, hanging out with Mike Ditka and Joe Maddon, and much more. Recorded at The Fifty/50 in the Ukrainian Village. There’s a video of this too if you want to see how pretty we look.

670-AM the Score host Laurence Holmes talks with Brad about how balding white guys can shave their heads and not look like Aryans, seeing an epic Prince press conference, creepy fans, getting his Master’s degree, and much much more.