On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• OooooOOoooOOOoOHhhhHh and 13, and counting
• Hello, I'm a Browns fan. I figured I should let you know before we let this go any further
• The fact that you can't trust the Haslams isn't a surprise, but after the hiring of John Dorsey as GM it should definitely come as a surprise whenever you actually agree with them
• Why there should be an 0-16 parade, but there's no way I'm going
• Getting arrested at an Alanis Morissette concert
• The UFC problem, and how their most popular fighter in his prime was a healthy scratch for the entire year of 2017
• The American League just got a whole lot better, and it was already damn good
• Bad pizza and The Vietnam War
• More heavy cream, please
• Cavs franchise tying win streak felt a bit empty, and largely because it was
• Every year Rose has issues... Just like every cowboy sings a sad sad song

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Mainliner" by High Rise taken from the recently reissued compilation 'Tokyo Flashback', one of the most legendary psych rock comps of all time.

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• What's up with your dreams?
• Show me your Oh... and 16 face
• What is a honk, how do you identify one, and other CFP observations
• F@@k Cardi B
• The Browns drama stemming from being so terrible might be better than NBA regular season drama
• 60 Minutes is better than the Grammy's and Rolling Stone, i.e., f@@k Cardi B
• Lots of legit journalists were let go while this dude is left to write about what shoes NBA players are wearing each week?!
• Rapey not rapey
• Stipe's most daunting challenge ahead just knocked out Overeem with one freaking punch
• Your best NBA Drama Candy of the week
• Hugh Jackson apparently loved Carson Wentz but that has little to do with why we now know this
• Josh Gordon will outright lie to you, he'll even admit to it, however, the biggest reason we can't trust him is probably not what you're thinking 
• Synchronicities are important: A story about how Ali is the greatest of all time... And he was pretty funny, too

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Call + Form (Picture)" by Milo from his debut full length, 'Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!' (which is not up for a Grammy, yet Cardi B is)

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

• So, how was your Thanksgiving...?
• The Continued Failure of the Browns has now matched the all-time mark of futility in pro sports, the expansion era Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Hug-gate
• Farm Parks, aka free farming labor
• Cavs rumored to be interested in DeAndre Jordan, but what's in it for the Clips?
• Rivalry Week in College Football always sucks you in, it's like March Madness in November with footballs and leftover pumpkin pie
• Black Friday Death Count
• Tribe Hot Stove is heating up, and lots of free agency and even trade talks are on the menu
• What's the best drama on TV? Twin Peaks? Nope, it's NBA Regular Season Drama Candy, a new weekly addition to Defend Cleveland. This week's story is called, "A Derrick Rose is a Derrick Rose is a Derrick Rose is a Derrick Rose"
• What Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid have to do with Browns fans dreams of a better tomorrow

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Lying With You" by Charlotte Gainsbourg from her latest album, 'Rest' released by Because Music

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

1. No longer pasty face'd, but possibly dead
2. If you're mad about NFL jersey swapping you've forgotten what you're really mad about in the first place, that your Browns suck
3. You can't drink that in here!
4. NFL ownership is a fussing and a feuding but them and their CEO are just like all other big corporate billionaire industry, they don't care about the individual and they're not your friend 
5. Common Sense Spray, available for free at your nearest Defend Cleveland retailer 
6. Should the Cavs fire their coach and other knee jerk reactions that make little sense
7. That's a bobcat skull, duh
8. Corey Kluber is the Cy Young winner again but this time analytics wasn't even half the story
9. Turkey Day, the greatest holiday of them all, and from all of us at Defend Cleveland have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Dark In My Heart" by Alvarius B. from his newest three volume release on Abduction, 'With A Beaker On The Burner And An Otter In The Oven - Vol. 2 A Mark Twain August'

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

1. Thanks for the odor absorbing socks
2. And just when you thought the Browns literally couldn't lose during a bye week, they did
3. Sabataage!
4. Tribe pick up the options for Brantley and Tomlin, and now we're left wondering what it means for their free agents and whether the team will once again spend big this offseason
5. Alexa doesn't know Defend Cleveland yet, but she knows fart noises
6. GSP wins and the UFC needed him to more than anything, but now what? And where's Stipe?!
7. Okay, Halloween is awesome, but Thanksgiving is awesome(er)
8. Short of NASCAR no one pays tribute to the military more than the NFL does, and besides, that's not what we're even talking about here! Or how it is people's brains trick them into believing dumb and dangerous things because your brain mostly still thinks it's saving you from saber-toothed tigers
9. Sam Miller wants to know who left the deer on his front porch on a Sunday
10. Cavs are being called out by their bench? Meanwhile, Wade should probably refrain from referring to LeBron's last year in Miami when discussing this season
11. SABATAAGE!

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

 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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is the new single called "Hot Dogs" from Aesop Rock

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

1. Going into the city for some great hummus and falafel
2. There's 3 kind of people this morning, and even at 1am the 2017 World Series is AWESOME
3. Member Rewards cards at stores are a scam, but I appreciate the attention
4. Browns are decidedly not awesome, how there is no proper way to say Oooooooh and 16 (just have fun with it), and your standard issue jokes about how the team should have stayed in London
5. Translating what Joe Thomas meant when he wrote that he was considering retiring. And translating what Hugh Jackson really meant, and who exactly was being thrown under the bus, when he said the Browns would have to play perfect to win a game
6. Bob McNair, the owner of the Houston Texans, might be a racist, and you can see why folks might be quick to connect the dots in saying so, but he's definitely insensitive and disrespectful, at the very least. Then there's also some guy named Joe Moffitt who's definitely an idiot, and how it is these two totally different people probably share a lot in common
7. Okay, Texas has a few redeeming qualities, we'll admit it
8. The Cavs suck in the regular season, again, but no more than the regular season NBA sucks in general (that's right, bring on the drama candy!)

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Tides" by Automatic Weapons from their newly released debut LP "Young Lovers / Dystopian Future"  (This band is from Cleveland!)

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

1. Browns went from bad to worse to the point you now have to ask what there could possibly be to root for... EXCEPT, going for OOOOhhhh'n 16!
2. One of the worst jobs in the county has to be working for the Browns in their season ticket renewal department
3. DeShone Kizer, a 21 year old millionaire star athlete being out late on a Friday night and NOT in any violation of team curfew or policy, isn't a story if the team was any good. 
4. It's after 10pm during the week...why is nothing open? An obvious difference between the city and the outer rim
5. The Cavaliers look so transformed, different and great, that maybe there's going to be a lot more than just drama candy to tide us over until the postseason, there might even be good basketball to regularly watch
6. Will Derrick Rose ever get the calls he deserves
7. Why they won't be big spending again any time soon for the Tribe who have already lost their pitching coach already with many more changes ahead
8. Are we at a point where rooting for the Yankees is okay? Or is this simply the worst opinion Mike and this show has ever proposed?
9. There's no stripping at strip clubs anymore?! If Larry Flynt were dead he would be spinning in his grave...
10. Is Michael Brantley going to be one of the players CLE keeps, and is it because he might be your new platoon at 1st base and DH with Encarnacion

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Learning To Lose" by Margo Price and featuring Willie Nelson from Margo's newest album 'All American Made'  out on Third Man Records

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

1. The return of Optimo! And may your gods have mercy on us all
2. Horses apparently do not have butt plugs
3. Tito has one big flaw and it's the same thing that makes him so great, his loyalty
4. After coming up short this season and ending the year in bitter disappointment, considering there's a busy offseason ahead what should we expect from the Tribe next season
5. What will the Cavs do with the Brooklyn Nets pick, and how it is the greatest measure of whether or not LeBron is staying or leaving after this season
6. Kyrie Irving is a troll, and how being a dick comes naturally for him 
7. Cavs season previews are as useless and overwrought as the 82 regular season, aka, bring on the drama candy!
8. Why is there so much garbage on the streets of Cleveland
9. The Cleveland Browns are officially the worst franchise in sports over the last three decades, and Kevin Hogan is definitely not a starter
10. Why it's okay all of a sudden to have pro teams in Vegas
11. Seriously, fucking Optimo is back

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

 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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Fear The Future" by St. Vincent from her newest album 'MASSEDUCTION' 

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

1. Killing a chicken
2. The Tribe and how it is they're up 2-1 going into Game 4 against the Yankees, and how it's a series that could be 2-1 Yankees as easily as it could already be over in favor of the Tribe
3. Cavs are the most interesting they've been, possibly ever
4. Canned applesauce, and horses need to poop in their lane
5. Browns, even when they're better than their opponent, still lose
6. Mathew McConaughey is better suited for his Wild Turkey ads than he ever was while in an actual suit selling Lincolns
7. Frank Thomas has to be pissed he's 4th fiddle of FS1's baseball coverage to a couple steroid junkies and a guy who's snorted his way through his career
8. Did Ronde Barber just say white men can't jump? That and other prejudices we all have the capacity for
9. Tito's decisions and Bauer going on short rest. It's crazy how a manager guesses right and he's a genius yet if he guesses wrong people are screaming for their heads
10. Believing in astrology and Santa
11. Mike Pence spent $200,000 for his anthem PR stunt in Indy, meanwhile, safety Eric Reid calls the VPs act one of "systemic oppression" and couldn't be more right

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

 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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "No Man Is Big Enough For My Arms" from their newest album 'Ash' available on XL Recordings

(all music used without permission, so go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)

On Today's episode Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss:

1. Why Cleveland should be talking about baseball right now over anything else in sports (i.e., talking about a last place, three decades of awfulness endured football team, over a first place, just had a freakin' historic top 5 record setting season baseball team, is about as dumb as dumb gets)
2. Cavs season is in its earliest stages of getting under way this week and we're focused on seeing the best Love we've seen so far, a Love playing the elbow again, where he's seen the best days of his career all be before coming to CLE, and why it is he'll be seeing it from a new position in the starting lineup. Now if only he can stay healthy
3. How 10 minute guitar wanking over top classic Black Sabbath songs, even by a well recognized guitar god directly connected to the music, is still just jerking off with a guitar. (Yes, even this topic is better than talking shit Browns!)
4. Shit Browns, beware the horror
5. Viewing legendary Bill Russell as a most proper guide to whether your views on equality are on the right side of history, or the wrong

All this and so much more, Enjoy~

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.

To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017.

The Outro song today is "Dooms Day" by Purple Sun from the newest release on Numero Group, "Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares"

Also played was a segment of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut" from the album 'Vol. 4'

(songs used without permission... go buy all that shit at a good record store nearest you!)