Americarnage

Nat, Mike and Dan are trendsetters, pacemakers and serial word-abusers. This week they're trying to start a whole new Santorum thing with the aid of 4th-time Americarnage hitter Ben Isaacs who's going to be running the guys through the upcoming NCAA season amongst other things...

In other news: Spike Lee catches bats; Mike talks books; the All-Star game comes up again; big contracts in the NFL; crazy contracts in the NHL; the grand return of Twit of Twat; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; obscene amounts of references and much, much more...

Mike and Dan make their glorious return to the studio in lovely Camden Town but find that the host's chair is empty as Nat's taking his turn in the Americarnage isolation hut for a week of nihilistic shouting along the lines of 'Tebow for President'. Meanwhile, back in reality, the guys are joined by friend of the show, ex-pat Canadian and the man who will bring you the Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics, Erik Janssen. Hurrah!

In other news: The Tree of Life is a contentious film; Dan loves The Walking Dead; in the MLB it's the All-Star game and by the time you read/listen to this all excitement will have faded; the final 3 players have been picked for the Dream Team at the Olympics; Steve Nash has been traded to the Lakers; the Phoenix Coyotes are in trouble again, the midwest love-affair with hockey is still in question; the Wild pick up Sutter in a bit of a coup, making them contenders all of a sudden; other things happen, they're exciting; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; 80's movie theme tune game leaves Carlson pissed off and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan value their time together but, like every disfunctional proto-three-way-affair masquerading as a podcast, they need some time apart. This week Mike and Dan have taken their turns in the isolation huts but, as a proper treat, Nat is joined by the incomperable Marek Larood and King of BBQ Andre Blais.

In other news: Chipper Jones is in his last All-Star game and Carlson will be covering while Nat's away next week; Nat's got a new column on ESPN, the guys haven't read it; Marek hits balls a long way; they discuss the best quarterbacks for next seasson; Brodeur sticks with the Devils for nine mil so he doesn’t have to meet a new team for the first time in his career; Torres’ concussing of Hossa to be worth four less games than Brendan Shanahan reckoned after an appeal; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; what bands would the guys like to see reform, and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan can be a little picky about who they have around them, especially when they're talking sports and their blood's up. Luckily for this week's guest he's about as cool as they come and regularly produces them on other shows (wait, they do other shows...? - HdP) it's Phil 'The Producer' Spooner.

In other news: Kevin Youkilis has moved from Boston to the Chicago White Sox; Obama the White Sox fan makes a gag in Boston which goes down like a dose of cholera; happy birthday Derek Jeater - 38 yesterday; the NHL draft has happened and the Oilers got the first pick, going for Nail Yakupov the nippy winger from Tatarstan; the bulk of the draft are so young it's their first time away from home; in the NBA, 400,000 turn out for the Miami victory parade; Dwayne Wade has hinted that he might not join the Dream Team in London for the Olympics; Dan names his cake shop; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; a serious literary discussionand much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan respect honesty, they respect integrity but they respect pure old generosity more. Last time she was on the show First Lady of Americarnage, Kelly-Anne Lyons, said she'd make them cupcakes if the Devils won the cup. They didn't but she still made delicious cakey treats for the them, hurrah!

In other news: Kelly does the NHL round-up and and it's a Devils special; The NHL season rounds off on Wednesday with the NHL Awards; The Hart Award for team MVP is down to New York’s Henrik Lundquist; at the time of recording, we’re three games into the 2012 NBA Championship game and there ain’t much to choose between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder; the MLB headline act this week is the Giants Matt Cain has thrown what many people consider one of the greatest games ever - he struck out 14 in San Frans 10-0 win over Houston - first hurler since Sandy Koufax to do that in a no-hitter; in the NFL, Ladainian Tomlinson has decided he wants to retire at the Chargers. He has decided to retire while playing one last season;Hunter Smith, former punter with the Colts has written a book! Course he has! Dan gets abuse from Radio London listeners; the guys talk Bad Endings and compete to see who can work out what pop song is being played by NHL organists...

Nat, Mike and Dan are well known for their pulsing sporting grey matter but this week they turn it to more macbre uses: death, obituaries and zombies...

In other news: Mike writes obituaries and has a quick go at Dan's; Dan sums up Euro 2012 in the shortest time ever and the guys then forget about it; the LA Kings are your Stanley Cup winners, the franchise have won their first ever goblet, but damnit it wasn’t as easy as we predicted in the last show; in the NBA, it is, as predicted some months ago on Americarnage, a Miami Oklahoma final; OKC ran out 107-94 winning their first conference championship as the Thunder; NFL-wise, Chad Ochocinco leaves the Patriots for the Miami Dolphins – a move dictated by lifestyle factors than anything else; Michael Vick is distressed by his low placing on the top 100 NFL players: "Yeah, it's joke," Vick said; in the stickball, Jose Valverde is causing a storm - the Tigers closer was seen apparently spitting into his glove while on the mound - and the whole controversy has re-ignited the whole dirty stinking cheating pitchers debate; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; the gang decidewhich films would be made better by the addition of zombies and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan may not have the most Monarchist tendencies but they do have some good ideas for what should have happened over the long weekend we've just had here in the UK, along with some great ideas for last meals. Are the two linked inany but the most tenuous of ways? Listen to find out...

In other news: Dan likes drive-bys; Nat likes NYPD Blue; Mike likes French Cheese; Harry the Producer likes your liver with fava beans and a nice chianti; in the Stanley Cup finals the Kings keep putting the hammer down on the Devils; in the NBA the curse of Americarnage strikes as the OKC go from 21 straight wins to 3 straight losses; in the East, the Miami lead is gone – Boston have pulled back to 2-2; It was tied up the other night in a CLASSIC, the Celtics were pushed into overtime, Lebron was fouled out late on, allowing the Celtics to take the lead and D-Wade to miss an open 3 as time expired; first no hitter in Mets history - congrats to Mr Johann Santana - that's 50+ seasons and 8019 games; Nelson Cruz - remember him? 8 RBI's in a game last week - now he's hit the longest home run in the majors so far this season, a two-run shot estimated at 484 feet, in a 7-3 win for the Rangers over the Angels; listener questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; Dan invites trolling on the back of this week's questions; Death Row Dinners and much, much more...

Mike is back from the States and, along with his usual zesty in-your-faceattitude, he's brought a box of tricks which Nat, Dan and Harry want to kill him for learn to love.

In other news: The Stanley Cup Finals are underway and Last time we checked in the LA Kings we 3-1 up in the Conference Finals on Phoenix and New York New Jersey were tied at two each; since then LA finished off Phoenix in a hot and heavy game five. LA kept scraping back in a game the home team seemed to be dominated; the NBA Conference Finals have started and Boston did finish off Philadelphia; Miami did overcome a resilient Pacers team; while the Spurs and Thunder were already there when we last spoke; since that day Miami won game 1 against the Celtics, before Rajan Rondo pushed the Celts into a 15 point lead on the way to his own career high 44 points; another week in baseball another hamstring pull for Matt Kemp - the Dodgers ace gets an MRI thursday; the Mets Jeremy Hefner becomes first pitcher since 2002 to hit first homer during first win; 8 RBI's - count em - for the Rangers Nelson Cruz; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; with Prometheus out the guys talk favourite aliens and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan take the show on the road and straight to Bodeans Tower Hill for fun and frolics. They're joined by best friend of the show Marek Larwood, Harry the Producer and an audience of seriously high quality folks for fun, games and prizes, all taken care of by the lovely lot at Bodeans and Coors Light.

Mike takes a week to do some serious stateside things so Nat and Dan invite writer, broadcaster and all-round sports supremo Gab Marcotti to fill the hole in their souls and together they make a spirited attempt to get the show sponsored by Slingbox...

In other news: We’re into the later half of the Conference finals of the Stanley Cup. In the West it’s LA and Phoenix, in the east it’s New York New Jersey; LA looked to be on the verge of their first ever Stanley Cup Final, cheered on by an ever growing throng of minor celebs, until Phoenix finally showed some life in game 4 to shut them out and win a tight game 2-0.; in the NBA, the Western Conference Final will be Oklahoma City Thunder against San Antonio; San Antonio turned over the ailing upstart LA Clippers in 4; looks like Brandon Weeden will be getting the nod as the browns starter; Kellen Winslow is a seahawk - lucky him - the bucs traded him for a 7th round pick; jersey worn by babe ruth has been auctioned for 4.4 million dollars; listener questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; another cracking game from Hollywood, and much, much more...