DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Finding a sequential calendar in our midst, and it's even got the equivalent of "The Diff", too! Game changer. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• When Baker Mayfield goes off script he still says interesting and insightful shit, a quality as rare in professional athletes as finding a franchise QB for the Browns has been.
• The Cavs have done something we were beginning to think was impossible for them this year, looking like a half decent basketball team.
• Realizing you might have made a wrong turn in Albuquerque (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:08:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Bologna Summer” (begins at the 1:23:00 mark)
• The bad shopping mall experience of flying in this country, and what's the deal with "Christ Chicken"?
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 10: The PuhFooFuh coin ridiculousness runs deep and wide, and social media is a weird thing so it's only right PuhFooFuh social media accounts are even weirder. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:04:00 mark)
• Seriously, what is the deal with "Christ Chicken"?!
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 11: “Jimbo, aka Ding-A-Ling” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:41:00 mark)
• "The Development": Explaining the base level background of villainy of Dan Gilbert, and also why all basketball related decisions he makes for the Cavs should be considered highly suspect. Hey, somebody not under his influence here has to point out the facts of this situation.
• "I'm Not Surprised By This" news of the week: OSU soundly beats Michigan and according to the way Gus Johnson called the game apparently it's cool to start hero worshiping Urban Meyer again.
• MLB is more profitable than it's ever been; explaining how the national ratings are down but paying for the rights to broadcast those games is only getting more and more expensive.
• Black Friday Death Count - A Defend Cleveland Show Thanksgiving tradition as great as the turkey parade and pumpkin pie.

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Mike James, Lachlan MacKinnon and Greg Miller with a special Browns Bye Week  organization assessment, "The Browns State Of The Union" (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• 6 simple rules for Thanksgiving, i.e., how to make a great turkey and how not to do something just plain stupid.
• With one season in the books, turns out Mollie is addicted to pinball now, too. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:18:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Fuck Michigan” (begins at the 2:38:00 mark)
• Welcome to Guitar Cleveland. You must Guitar, this is Guitar Land
• “I’m Not Surprised By This” news of the week: Hoodies, Southern Malls, and the difference between how black youths are treated contrasted with middle aged white women.
• The 2018 Cavaliers City Unis are just another example of how terrible this organization is when it's just Dan Gilbert with no LeBron.
• Giving thanks to the greatest of all holidays to be thankful for, Thanksgiving.

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Why is the best holiday being skipped over?! And if you like a damn good hot wing, there's a new place in the area that might just be the best of all. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• "Waking up dangerous" and doing something this show has never done in 10 years of being on radio: Talking about a Browns win after the team excelled in every facet of the game. 
• Baker Mayfield, Chubb, and that defense, appear to all be legit game changing talent.
• Fulfilling a lifelong dream to be "Radio Desirable", and questioning why it is capably powerful and smart women often date douchebags.
• That point when it was obvious that Mollie is now a big fan of pinball. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Hearing Impaired” (begins at the 1:26:00 mark)
• “I’m Not Surprised By This” news of the week: John Schnatter is an asshole and his Papa John's pizza is still shitty pizza whether he's the CEO or not.
• Explaining how voting in this country is nothing more than an act of faith that our system still (mostly). works. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:01:00 mark)
• We already talked about shitty franchise pizza run by shitty people, so let's talk about some of the best local pizza (even if some of it is pretty shitty, too).
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 9: “The Fan-bulance” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:38:00 mark)
• Recognizing Veteran's Day and all the military holidays while asking for at least one more holiday for those people in this country who were forced to make the greatest sacrifice of all.
• Bob James, analytics baseball Hall Of Fame worthy genius, and how his recent comments on social media further proved some opinions and discussions are definitely not appropriate for social media.
• "The Development": Why being excited about the additions of a two-way contract player is far from a good 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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Putting up your best score doesn't necessarily mean you're having the most fun doing it. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Time changes are just plain dumb, and you know times are desperate when it's openly acceptable to cheer for Tennessee and Texas.
• It's all about the nicknames, i.e, being surprisingly inspired by an otherwise uninspiring UFC 230
• It was a bad week for both the Browns and the Cavs and things are only going to get even worse.
• Working third shift, recognizing your own circadian rhythm, and being a shitty person in the morning because morning's suck. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:10:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Night Shift” (begins at the 1:26:00 mark)
• Explaining just how bad the Cavs ownership and front office were this past week in ways everyone here can easily understand.
• "Left Foot Soreness"
• If you met your parents and they weren't your parents, they were total strangers, do you think you would get along with them? (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:01:00 mark)
• No subject is too taboo for comedy, it just better be funny, is all.
• What's the length of rope given to someone who is a totally gross human, but who also has an obvious mental illness?
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 8: “Arrow Man” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:35:00 mark)
• The best ways to eat oysters, and yet another lesson in hillbilly behavior.
• What nicknames have you had, and what would you want your nickname to be if you were an MMA fighter?
• Introducing a new Cavs segment for the show called "The Development".
• "I'm Not Surprised By This" headline of the week.
• How this winter's MLB Hot Stove will tell us just how much Francisco Lindor is currently worth, and why it's a figure the Cleveland Indians, if they're truly trying to win, need to make happen.

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Browns fire Hue Jackson ("Fucking off Cleveland head coaches")! (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• The Cavs firing of Lue, and how drama candy rots your brain.
• Chanting "Yankees Suck" after beating the Dodgers to win the World Series is really all the proof you need that Boston fans are the worst.
• Cringing at the mere idea of sports talk radio shows while hosting a show that talk sports on the radio, often finds Mike in awkward social positions. 
• Mollie offers strong advice on how to get what you want at a grocery store. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:17:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Never Forget The Golden State Warriors Blew It” (begins at the 1:29:00 mark)
• "Chubb-a-lubba-dub-dub"? Ugh.
• Finding perspective in just how great Cleveland is, by leaving Cleveland.
• "Shit" and "Fuck", remembering Rutger Hauer, and being sure to clean butt finger. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:11:00 mark)
• Inappropriately named businesses are the best.
• When you're not a local the only option is to be a tourist until you figure that shit out for yourself: Two different perspectives about a recent trip to NYC.
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 7: "Steeler Man", and yet another reason to be envious of Pittsburgh fans and all that winning. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:40:00 mark)
• Philip Glass at 81 ones old is still way cooler than you.
• Since it's Halloween, talking about movies that scare the most shit out of you.

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Mike may have some legit issues with all the aged classic rock bands on tour this year, but he's also quite possibly a total hypocrite. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Browns are officially Brownsy again, but who would have thought the Cavs would be so Brownsy, too?
• What's your all-time favorite Halloween costume? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark) 
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Pumpkin Head” (begins at the 1:23:00 mark)
• After three losses to begin the season it's already time to make serious revisions to our Cavs 2018-19, i.e., it's bad, people, and much worse than we could have imagined.
• "Florida Man" headlines and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:51:00 mark)
• Q: When is it past time for classic rock bands to not tour anymore? A: When any of the original member's kids are now in the band. (A game we play called, "Of this shitty list of tired, old Rock Hall legacy bands playing Quickens Loans Arena, which one is the least worst?)
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 6: “Big Nasty”, lap band surgery, and Mike's experiment to see if Premier League is better than Division 1 Football continues (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:29:00 mark)
• Collin Sexton is probably not the prospect the Cavs are hoping (and selling) him to be.
• Breaking down the total lack of parody when it comes to the World Series, and how over 1/3rd of the League has no chance of winning it all because spending more always wins in the end.

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Wondering aloud in your 40's for fear of regrets. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Remember just last week when Browns fans were openly having winning expectations?
• The difference between appropriate hillbilly behavior and inappropriate hillbilly behavior.
• Accepting the situation by learning to not give a fuck if you're going to be a little late somewhere. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Science Project” (begins at the 1:19:00 mark)
• Parents, don't let your babies grow up to be Browns fans.
• After one great post-fight interview and brawl, the UFC is back to being uninteresting and dumb again.
• Who cares if Greg Williams eats roadkill when it's clear his defense hasn't learned basic object permanence yet.
• Poor planning and execution can only be blamed on inexperience so many times before Mike calls "bullshit!", and the Cavs better suck this year... The strangest and most accurate Cavs 2018-19 season prediction you'll hear anywhere. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:50:00 mark)
• Terry "Tito" Franco, aka Bald Baseball Santa, ain't going nowhere unless he wants to, and anyone calling for him to be gone is a dope.
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 5: "Boltman" is not only a fan hobo, he's also kind of a dick. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:35:00 mark)
• The only way to give the Cleveland Indians a chance to win the World Series is to do something most fans, the team and ownership, will likely find too hard to do.
• Men with mustaches can generally be hard to trust, politicians are much, much harder to trust, and outer rim targeted political ads are the absolute fucking worst.

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Derek Lewis may have stole the show at an epic UFC 229. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Browns finally get a win on a Sunday, and even more importantly, they may have finally drafted their franchise QB in Baker Mayfield.
• Wedding cakes can be art, apparently, but how many do really need? And the idea of the Food Network anointing anyone a "Celebrity Chef" is just plain stupid. 
• Browns defense is elite, and they even did something this week we didn't think at all possible for them.
• Nick Saban is a total dickhole, and another damn good reason to choose to turn off college football and turn on something better. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Alias” (begins at the 1:25:00 mark)
• Houston's pitching appears to be significantly better than Cleveland's, just like their hitting and defense has been too, but who would have thought A.J. Hinch would be totally outclassing Tito with in-game decisions as much as he has as well?
• MLB's popular postseason promo addressing the "unwritten rules" of baseball is actually nothing more than a long overdue public service announcement on tolerance.
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 4: Purple Dame and the insanity (and beauty?) of PFUFA love and marriage. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:57:00 mark)
• The best coverage and crew of the 2018 MLB postseason only worked one game and won't work another until 2019. The whole thing is one big stat tease.
• You are free to choose to do what you want but sometimes you just have to admit what you're doing doesn't make any sense. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:36:00 mark)
• Khabib Nurmagomedov whooped McGregor's ass just as expected and the criminal assault bedlam that ensued afterwards will probably end up more of a good thing for the UFC promotion than a bad thing, because it is, after all, the fight game.
• Christopher Columbus viewed through a 21st century perspective is largely horrific, yet many of his actions were viewed to be just as horrific back then as they are now. 

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Mollie's first forays into the world of competitive pinball. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Browns lost to the Raiders for more reasons than the mere lack of "irrefutable evidence" being used in replay to overturn that first down that would have ended the game with Cleveland victorious.
• Terrence Mitchell's broken wrist could be the fallen domino that turns this promising team full of talent into a bad team with not enough talent.
• Baker Mayfield might need to learn how to throw a more catchable pass, and the Browns still haven't had a winning record after 4 games since 2001.
• Taking a closer look at the Mole Skin notebook Mollie bought for Mike. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “TV Party” (begins at the 1:18:00 mark)
• Mollie asks if Shambles qualifies as a fan hobo and almost gets bitten by Shambles for saying it...
• The Cleveland Indians are about to begin their postseason run! ...Finally.
• Sexy form fitting team Chelsea underwear is fine because they're meant to fit under athletic shorts, but if you go to high school in Hamilton County, Tennessee you're not even allowed to wear athletic shorts, and you can "blame the girls" for why that is, apparently. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:56:00 mark)
• Corey Kluber's strikout rate caused alarm all year but it's recently been off the charts great again, and his timing for this return to form couldn't be better. 
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 3: The Oakland Raiders crazed fans in general are all fan hobos, but Dr. Death's level of crazy even stands out in this sea of crazy. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:47:00 mark)
• Counting some of the ways you can measure your Cleveland Indians, unlike last season when they streaked to end the regular season and ran out of gas, are set up this time around to peak now in the postseason.
• Mike decides to watch Premier League soccer instead of Division 1 NCAA football on Saturday afternoons, now all he has to do is find a team to root for and it could prove to be a much harder decision than you might think.

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.

DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• Some people drank free Bud Light, others got to work making Rally Possum shirts, and even more just generally were delighted by the Browns finally winning a game. Meanwhile, Mollie spent the whole time in Vegas... (Part 1 of the Podcast only content)
• Browns win and the future actually, truly, legitimately looks brighter.
• Baker Mayfield might just be as advertised and it has Mike using a word he never thought he'd utter publicly in 2018.
• Reno call girl trading cards makes a lot more sense than sex doll brothels do.
• Say what you will about shitty beer and the people that drink it, the Victory Fridge idea was brilliant.
• Explaining what "5 Tools" means, in regards to baseball and Father John Misty. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:08:00 mark)
• Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Driver's Education” (begins at the 1:24:00 mark)
• If only pinball could kill gambling the way gambling killed pinball... twice! i.e., Mike really doesn't like slot machines or Vegas, but he's definitely cool with legalizing weed and prostitution.
• The Browns may or may not have been aided in their victory by a "Rally Possum", "Attack Possum", or even "Opossum", but what we know for sure is that possums are far more interesting than we expected, and they apparently taste like pork.
• Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 2: The troublesome history of "Fireman Ed" and the murky origins of the "J-E-T-S" chant.  (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:55:00 mark)
• Yes, we were really impressed with Baker Mayfield, how can we not be? (this segment of the podcast contains many usages of the "P" word, listener discretion advised)
• Taking on a persona in "white person" world because being yourself simply doesn't work. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:30:00 mark)
• Why it's called "Deadman's Curve". Spoiler Alert: It's literal
• Explaining why wRC+ is the best catch-all hitting stat out there, and using it to put into better perspective just how bad José Ramirez has been the last 30 days.
• Texas likely has the heaviest concentrated "white person" problem in the country, and former Texas school superintendent Lynn Redden is a classic example of this very real and very serious issue we face as a nation.

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.

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