As MLB scrambles to figure out its regional sports network revenue, we talk about MLB owners contemplating for Salary cap to control player salaries. We examine how this has stifled in other leagues and the fallacy for parity for billionaire owners.

Intro: AC/DC - You Ain't Got A Hold On Me

Russia and China suddenly starts being loud and we talk about every US President since Jimmy Carter and review who's cap and who's real

Intro: David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

Valentine's Day means Super Bowl LVII review, another shooting in Michigan, and also those Chinese Balloons... Oh and finally, we review the 'toxic phrases' that might signal the end of your relationship according to CNBC Make It

CNBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/13/harvard-trained-psychologist-toxic-phrases-that-can-slowly-destroy-your-relationship-or-marriage.html?&qsearchterm=toxic%20phrases

Intro: Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

As big techs continue their layoffs, you start getting another 'quiet' trend that is really not a trend. What really matters in talent retention and how the HR and really corporate money can be better spent instead of coming up with buzzwords that mean nothing (Forbes). Also briefly talk about Physical 100 and Netflix's Korean Content + winding down on binge watching.

Articles:

- CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/06/how-the-us-labor-market-went-from-quiet-quitting-to-quiet-hiring.html

- Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2023/02/07/amid-the-quiet-culture-some-say-quiet-terms-are-much-ado-about-nothing/?sh=4bebcaaa72a0

- Big Think: https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/emotional-intelligence-at-work/

Intro: Amy Winehouse - You're Wondering Now

Panthers owner says he's hiring women and minorities in "executive" positions, yet he hired Frank Reich as the football onfield executive. So why is he saying he's trying to end "the old boys network" of the NFL?

Sequel to Episode #109, original ESPN article: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35564800/panthers-owner-david-tepper-trying-end-old-boys-network

Intro: Snoop Dogg - Fresh Pair of Panties On

More mass shootings, but some jumped statements and assumptions about Asian people, also a follow-up on the big tech firm layoffs and I ask what they're doing with all that cash they're sitting on and piled up so much since 2017

Intro: Guns N Roses - Paradise City

A spiritual sequel to our episode #137: CEO's = Chief Equality Officers?

As we get into 2023, we are seeing more big tech layoffs - my take on how it's different from 2008-2010, how to tackle it if you are laid off and also... this CEO's apologizing trend after the layoff maneuver.

Intro: Nirvana - All Apologies

*CNBC article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/18/tech-layoffs-microsoft-amazon-meta-others-have-cut-more-than-60000.html

*LA Times article: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-11-11/ceo-apologies-abound-amid-mass-tech-layoffs-and-losses

* Insider article: https://www.businessinsider.com/ceo-apology-make-or-break-moment-how-to-do-right-2023-1?op=1

Skip Bayless isn't just a simple pundit, but rather a sad case of a Sports Caricature who never got out of his own gimmick, and why this also ruined America in the last decade

Intro: Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl

ref: Recode Media podcast https://www.vox.com/2016/10/6/13192970/skip-bayless-fox-sports-recode-media-podcast-transcript

*disclaimer: this was recorded before Monday Night Football on 1/2/23, prayers for Damar Hamlin!

We kick off the new year with Michigan's yet another Bowl Game/Playoff loss to TCU, why it wasn't really an upset and where Jim Harbaugh's old (lack of) in-game adjustments starting showing up again and imagining myself as an NFL Executive interviewing Jim

Intro: Carly Simon - Mockingbird

To wrap up the 2022, we read an article about wrapping up 2022 of "grandiose narcissists" by Joanna Weiss on Politico. The article triggered particular rage online of lumping in Meghan Markle with Trump, Elon, Ye, SBF, and Elizabeth Holmes. Does it make sense? We examine. (Article link: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/26/is-2022-the-year-we-all-finally-got-over-narcissists-00075270)

Intro: Megan Thee Stallion - What's New