DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• WRUW, pinball, fried chicken and Mike dancing with sheer joy for all three until the wee hours of the night. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• We are living in the age of "Dorsey Dayz" in Cleveland, and the Browns can do no wrong anymore in the eyes of the fans... Even if they draft a kicker in the 5th round, apparently.
• The now entirely made for television overwrought and overproduced yearly docudrama called the NFL Draft has officially jumped the shark. Again.
• Needing an app to calculate a tip is fucking ridiculous, and eating peanuts, shell and all can be as dangerous going in as it is coming out. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:00:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Night Terror” (begins at the 1:13:00 mark)
• The Defend Cleveland 2019 Cleveland Browns Draft grade, the only complete draft review that's based in cold, hard, honest reality you'll ever need to hear.
• A really great way to put into perspective just how great the City of Cleveland is. In case you sometimes need a reminder, that is. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:43:00 mark)
• Getting to play in the NFL is absolutely not a privilege, it is definitely for an elite class of athlete and only the rarest of the rare possess such an ability and dedication, but it is no way a privilege. The only truly privileged people at NFL games definitely don't sit on the sidelines. 
• Week 3 of Mollie’s 2019 Minor League Baseball Report: "The Cowboy Monkey Rodeo" (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:31:00 mark)
• Looking in the mirror of the hard reality of NFL athletes and the select few who are accused of crimes yet ultimately allowed to keep playing.
• Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 6

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation, "Sacred Dreams", available on Rocket Recordings.

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• The irony of doing a sports show that appeals to people who don't listen to sports shows, but if you do listen to sports shows then this isn't a sports show for you. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• The 2019 NFL Draft turning into Good Morning America is going to be awful, you just know it.
• How Christianity doesn't hold up to critical thinking and sound reasoning, not to mention all the things that this religion has totally been wrong about throughout its existence... But, hey, Happy Easter.
• Browns median ticket prices have literally doubled since last season to a price that last year would have been the second most expensive ticket in all the NFL. No matter how you look at it, this is total bullshit.
• If you act like an over-entitled asshole then you should be treating like one; and other frustrations. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:01:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Collinwood Famous” (begins at the 1:19:00 mark)
• The NFL is betting on the Browns by granting them 4 nationally televised games, but the fact that 3 of those games all happen in the first 5 weeks of the season means the NFL is still making the safest bet here.
• The show "Building The Browns" loves to tell you it won an Emmy, but after watching an episode it's obvious that all Emmy's are clearly not created equal.
• Go figure, erring on the side of sensitivity is something wholly insensitive people clearly struggle with these days.
• Week 2 of Mollie’s 2019 Minor League Baseball: The sad story of "Waste Man" (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:24:00 mark)
• You got to love it when a gross pervert gets beat up by an MMA fighter who he thought was just a hot chick in a bikini.
• Let's see how far outer-rim-jobs are willing to take this newfound civic pride fad.
• Why you should never answer the phone if you don't recognize the number. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 3:12:00 mark)
• Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 5
• Corey Kluber is having a real problem doing one thing in particular, and it's one of the worst kind of problems to have.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Aldous Harding due out this week on 4AD entitled "Designer"

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• No smelly lover could ever be a lover of mine, how many hammers do you really need, and there's still time to donate to WRUW's 2019 Telethon by clicking here. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• How can a 43 dude after having 4 spinal surgeries end up winning the biggest tournament in the sport? The golf conversations no one else is having after Tiger Woods won his 5th Masters.
• When Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City has an Iron Throne on its concourse for Royals fans to sit on and pose for pictures, this Game Of Thrones phenomenon has officially gotten out of hand.
• If Bob Dylan is such a genius then how come he hasn't written a song that anybody has heard of in 40 years?(Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:04:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Accident Prone” (begins at the 1:19:00 mark)
• Unless a tornado was spotted within a few miles of wherever you are, tell the dim witted local meteorologist to stop trying to unnecessarily scare people and let me watch the basketball game!
• There's now Kidforce Pinball at Melt Bar & Grilled in Cleveland Heights! And Mollie really wants to sit down inside a claw machine... (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:45:00 mark)
• The group Of Montreal is the Carl Jr's of Elephant 6 bands.
• Weed doesn't make you paranoid and stupid, it's just pointing out that you are already paranoid and stupid because it doesn't like hanging out with people who aren't cool.
• Mollie's first Minor League Baseball report of 2019! (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:26:00 mark)
• Brad Miller after being cut said it's "obvious" the Cleveland Indians aren't interested in keeping the best players on the roster. Yep, objective fans of the team have known that for a while now.
• Tom Hamilton too often reminds us he's only good at calling the game of baseball and that we shouldn't listen to him as soon as he's start to talk about anything else.
• Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 4
• If you live near a bunch of dollar stores you live in a poor and depressed neighborhood, and if you live near a vape store you clearly live in a suburb and are neighbors to a bunch of boring people.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is the Power Of Zeus and their 1970 Rare Earth Records release, "The Gospel According To Zeus"

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Memories of Tribe Home Opener's, but blaming Cleveland for its relatively small market and get a deal done with Lindor! (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Chief Wahoo is finally gone! It just won't seem like it's gone in the stands for many seasons to come because racism is hard to stamp out among those who are woefully ignorant and feverishly entitled.
• Knowing a little bit about art seems to say a lot about who you are.
• How long before we go full throttle on our Minor League baseball reports? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:06:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Little League Of Horrors” (begins at the 1:14:00 mark)
• Just because you don't yet know what something is doesn't mean you should start with hating it.
• Why did Bryce Harper get voted the most overrated player in baseball? Because he's the most overrated player in baseball, that's why. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:50:00 mark)
• Sure it was only his first start of the season for Carrasco, but there was definitely something about it that was definitely worrying.
• (Part 4 of the Podcast only content was lost due to technical difficulties... We apologize for the issue)
• There's a lot of really bad food being served in MLB stadiums all around the country this year, but none worse than what's being served in Arizona. 
• Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 2
• Matt Underwood clearly doesn't understand baseball's newer trends, even if those trends have been a part of the game longer than he's been a full time broadcaster.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is Karl Hector & The Malcouns' new album "Non Ex Orbis" available via Now And Again Records.

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Lessons learned from one of the jedi masters of pinball, and why you should never use the term "millennial" to describe someone or something, even if it's an accurate description. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Your 2019 Cleveland Indians season begins this week... Down with the Dolans, Defend Frankie Lindor forever!
• If Indians President Chris Antonetti is literally losing sleep from trying to win the World Series here, just imagine how bad he's going to look a couple of years from now.
• There are still some seedy porn stores around and Mollie visited one last week to get some "art supplies"... (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Creepin on ah Come Up” (begins at the 1:30:00 mark)
• Making some bold 2019 Cleveland baseball predictions, including one we're most sure of that Trevor Bauer begin to only refer to himself in the third person.
• Liberty College and how it tricks people (along with hundreds of millions of federal dollars) into enrolling in their crazed religious beliefs.
• Smoking weed doesn't make you dumb and/or paranoid, it just prefers to only hang out with cool people is all... (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:01:00 mark)
• "Morality in the Media" and the never ending crusade against sexuality, and how the religious zealots who've always led this charge have begun to disguise these well funded insidious efforts.
• Speaking of insidious and gross, let's talk about the very real dangers of SSBs. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:44:00 mark)
• Taking a look at the NCOSE's 2018 "Dirty Dozen" list, its "contenders" and "victories", only to illustrate just how fucking stupid and wholly impractical this organization's beliefs are.
• We've seen pro stars under the age of 18 in baseball, tennis, golf, soccer, and in so many other sports, but Zion Williamson has to be 19 before he can play in the NBA. Seems like the billions of dollars the NCAA Tourney makes annually might have something to do with that rule.
• Week 1 of your Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities, and your official DC season prediction for the 2019 Cleveland Indians.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is Twin Temples and their album "Twin Temple (Bring You Their Signature Sound.... Satanic Doo-Wop)" available via Rise Above Records.

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Home remedies, the right kind of syrups, and you better have oral sex on the menu even if you're a vegan. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• The legend of "Big Mamma", Mollie's "musical choices" and how sometimes things are not what they appear to be on this show.
• We were away for one week and all of a sudden the Browns are Super Bowl favorites?! Everything that actually matters about the Odell Beckham trade.
• There is Stadium Mustard which is flavorful and spicy, and then there is the outer rim and yellow mustard. If you say you live in Cleveland then you should always offer Stadium mustard as an option, period.
• Making up for some of the lost segments we missed out on last week from being sick (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:06:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Walking Wounded” (begins at the 1:21:00 mark)
• After 40 years of actively avoiding it in every way possible, Mike finally does something he'd thought he would never, ever do... He went and saw KISS live in concert. 
• Giving love to pinball and our sponsors, after first talking about wanting to kick a baby... (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:56:00 mark)
• Explaining how the seeding in the NCAA Tournament works, and then talking about Euro futbol instead because the systemically racist and morally corrupt system of big business United States "amateur athletics" is unacceptably awful.
• What's up with cute animals running a billboard campaign to "Save The Humans"? (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:38:00 mark)
• "Diaper Party", it's a whole thing. 

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is the Idles and their 2018 album, "Joy As An Act Of Resistance", available via Partisan Records.

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Cartoon childhoods all grown up, and the one last worst thing Dan Gilbert has left to accomplish this year as owner of the woeful Cavaliers (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Literally killing some one on terrestrial radio is a joy, especially when it was a long overdue mercy killing. Now who can we kill next?
• It's okay to talk trash, and J.R. Smith is far and away my MVP for the 2018-2019 season.
• Any fan who is clamoring on about who the Browns will select in the draft is an idiot, and watching the NFL Combine, in so many very real and easy to understand ways, is officially far better than college football.
• This week the 5th season of one of the coolest things in Cleveland begins! And speaking of coolest things in Cleveland, we also reflect on this past weekend's huge 19th year anniversary celebration of the Beachland Ballroom (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:04:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Cleveland's Angriest Door Guy” (begins at the 1:21:00 mark)
• So if Bryce Harper is worth 13 years and $330 million dollars, does that mean Francisco Lindor is worth almost twice that since he's been nearly twice as good as Harper over the last three seasons? 
• The real reason why we decided to start the show today by killing someone, and why we'll continue to do so going forward. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:59:00 mark)
• Last week we eviscerated all the bad films celebrated and awarded on the Oscars, but this week we acknowledge what is so unique and undeniably great about the Oscars.
• Makeup accessories, pinball is a sport, and 8,000 is more than 5,000... #JealousAsAMotherFucker (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:30:00 mark)
• The main reason why the vast majority of corporate music sucks so bad. Yes, we're looking directly at you Universal, Sony, and Warner, everything sounds the same and it's all bad. Step up your game!
• Having a local dish named after you because you sort of look like a popular TV actor is kind of fun.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is the new EP by Future Punx "The World Is A Mess" available via Dull Tools.

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Did you hear that ESPN is going to broadcast a pinball tournament this summer featuring some of the best players in the world? Twitch game! (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Green Book is a bullshit Hollywood movie replete with more than its far share of lies and inaccuracies, and it's also exactly the kind of saccharine pandering garbage the Academy loves to celebrate every year instead of truly great cinema.
• Having a conversation with Mollie's butt, and congrats to Regina King for winning an Oscar (aka, the voice behind both Huey and Riley Freeman).
• Tristan Thompson was the single most Google'd pro athlete in the world in 2018... Seriously, fuck the Kardashians and anything and everything to do with them.
• What did we learn this week during the NFL's offseason? That prostitution definitely needs to be legalized. Duh. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “I'm Going To Hell” (begins at the 1:33:00 mark)
• The greatest single wardrobe malfunction in sports history happened last week and it just happened to be the only thing on TV that night. And the fallout was immediate.
• Where prostitution is legal around the world, how its rules vary from country to country -- with a couple first hand experiences thrown in for the sake of authenticity -- (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:04:00 mark)
• Just when you think Christian rock can't possibly suck any more than it already inherently sucks; it of course finds a way.
• The Kraft video will be the one video evidence the NFL actually does obtain, and using syrup to make that pancake ass taste better. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:33:00 mark)
• There was only one truly game changing honest revelation in Trevor Bauer's Sports Illustrated feature story (and it's a real DOOSY!), but apparently since it wasn't as purposefully salacious and headline grabbing as his "3 rules of dating" are, no one seems to care.
• Apparently Mike Clevinger doesn't know that humans are not the only species on the planet that possess opposable thumbs.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Sunwatchers, "Illegal Moves", available via Trouble In Mind Records.

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• The good kind of laughter, and big swinging library dick. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• For a week of sports that annually only has NASCAR and the NBA All Star Weekend as its big scheduled features, we sure did end up having one really busy week well beyond that.
• On this Presidents Day we try to remember a time when we weren't the laughing embarrassment we are currently are as a nation.
• Travis Bauer still appears to be generally surprised and frustrated when there are consequences for his actions.
• Taco Bell delivery? Take that paper and put it in the bottom of the bird cage! (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Late Fees” (begins at the 1:24:00 mark)
• Jimmy Haslam deciding to cutting ties with ESPN is just another example of how billionaires push back against journalism that's critical of them, even when those criticism are wholly accurate and necessary.
• A Valentine's Day article about squirting was not only a great day for it to run, it's also a great read, and an even better discussion about how most pornography is just fantasy and definitely not sex education. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:00:00 mark)
• Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid reached a non-disclosure settlement which at this point was the only option left for the NFL because things were about to get much, much more worse for the league had the case continued.
• Going to the deep outer rim to buy pants, and then having to go two times. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 3:01:00 mark)
• Not selling a particular brand because of your feverish patriotic beliefs even though it's the top selling brand in America is apparently bad for business.
• Kareem Hunt being signed by the Browns is undeniably gross, but what's interesting is how our society routinely holds the NFL and its players to a much higher standard than we do our own legal system.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Cleveland's own Queen Of Hell, "Queen Of Hell II" (aka, upside down cross - upside down cross). Bow before your Queen!

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• How come the Grammys swing and misses on so many genre defining albums all the time? And if Mrs. Smith has "the dryness" maybe she should have one of her creampies?  (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Are you so starved for football you're already engaging in NFL Draft talk? Well, CBS, Bill Polian and the MGM Grand are hoping to feed that hanger with something that almost looks good enough to be bad preseason football called the AAF.
• How live sports coverage is frequently ruined by baseless community standards applied to a so-called national standard. Fuck that.
• Seinfeld references are ruining all TV show references, meanwhile, whatever happened to sitcoms with theme songs centered around cool bass lines? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Speech Impediment” (begins at the 1:24:00 mark)
• Filtering out what was the best about the 2019 Grammys from the worst, Part 1.
• You have to be careful giving people gifts if they didn't get you anything, and Valentine candy is the worst of the holiday candies. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:58:00 mark)
• The 2019 Grammys, Part 2.
• One of the coolest things to see in Cleveland that doesn't happen anywhere else is coming back this spring, and we can't wait!  (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:40:00 mark)
• The 2019 Grammys, Part 3.
• Speaking of music, one of the best live bands on the planet right now is from Columbus, Ohio, they frequently play in Cleveland, and they play a style of rock this city is very well known for celebrating, and yet, hardly anyone has heard of them and it's largely because they aren't a cover band. 
• Getting "funstrated" over fans reacting to MLB's potential rule changes.

All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~

Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’!

Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.

Your recommended listening for the week is Sharon Van Etten's latest full length "Remind Me Tomorrow" available via Jagjaguwar, which is sure to be on the 2019 year end list for best music.

The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.