In this episode, Phil West is joined by special guest Hernán González of We Are Austin TV to talk about We Are Austin TV's dominance in the Austin FC Media Cup game, the long-awaited roster decisions that see Julio Cascante and Diego Rubio departing the club, speculation about other roster moves happening during the season, Brandon Vázquez's physical rehab, and Myrto Uzuni's confidence rehab. They also share their love for Paul Rothrock and muse on whether Cristian Espinoza would fit on Austin FC if available.

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West discuss the earlier-than-usual MLS schedule drop for 2026, including Phil's three best and three worst things about the schedule for Austin FC, with the best including a special focus on Verde coming April 4, and the worst including some disappointing news about the East away trips and the San Diego away trip. They also get into how the 2026 schedule gives us clues as to how the schedule shift in 2027-28 might go, try to figure out how Leagues Cup and the playoffs will fit into a year that has a two-month break for the World Cup in the middle of it, and muse on the fortunes on northern teams and how the schedule changes might actually benefit them.

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West start with a very Emergency Tangent-esque contemplation of Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter bringing us the most famous of Beckett plays, then they dive into all the MLS news that broke on Thursday, including the schedule change and the reported move from conferences to divisions and a single league table, and they muse on the future of the Apple TV deal, a possible players' strike, and why expanding the playoffs to 20 teams could be a lot of fun.

In this episode, Phil West is joined by special guest Lincoln Rose again to talk about Lincoln's 85-year-old woman alter ego, what it's like to call four LAFC goals on a radio broadcast documenting the end of the 2025 Austin FC season, predictions for the five Game 3 matchups in the playoffs, how to manage Verde's option-year decisions, what to do about Myrto Uzuni and his recent PK woes, and reasons to be optimistic about the 2026 season.

Also, take the MLS fan survey with some Austin FC questions that Phil asked.

In this episode, Phil West talks to Justin Ruderman about how lucky LAFC fans are to have gotten the two most likable Tottenham Hotspur players, how Game 1 of the playoff series between Austin FC and LAFC went from their Verde-centric and LAFC-centric perspectives, what to expect in Game 2, if they think it will go to a third game, and should LAFC advance, how far they'll go and might that be an MLS Cup final against Inter Miami. They then speculate on new LAFC coaching candidates and muse on which sports team has the City of Angels' attention right now.

In this Emergency Tangent episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West talk about baseball fandom, their baseball origin stories, enduring games that go well past nine innings, enduring games inside a stadium with a dome Phil likened to a "gray grapefruit squeezer," and the time that Moisés got Stan Lee to hold a Blue Jays hat for a photo that ended up in a Toronto newspaper.

In this episode, Phil West is joined by special guest Lincoln Rose to play a word association game with all 16 remaining playoff teams, rate the watchability for all eight first-round best-of-three series, talk about the players they're most excited to see, and make some MLS Cup projections. There's also a tangent about playoff baseball, John Candy, and how some '80s movies just don't age well, as well as lore about Minnesota's iron skillet.

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West record while keeping an eye on their opposing teams in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (which Phil would influence after recording by employing an eighth-inning rally cap), discuss the upcoming matchup with San Jose and why Austin FC will be getting the best that San Jose can muster, touch on the 81 different possibilities that will lead to Verde getting their first-round opponent, celebrate Ilie Sánchez and Diego Rubio, and ponder the East playoff picture, which could provide us a Nashville vs. Columbus play-in game.

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West talk about a great game that was not a great soccer game, touch on a horrible week that was capped off by Austin FC head coach Nico Estévez saying, "It was a horrible week for us," look ahead to Sunday night's matchup against LAFC, do some playoff math and Wooden Spoon math (with Moisés making a musical reference that cracks Phil up), and finish off talking about ACL (the music festival) and Hozier hoziering.

In this episode, Moisés Chiullán and Phil West discuss what we should learn from Wednesday night's Open Cup final, preview Saturday night's match against St. Louis City SC, review the playoff-making scenarios for Austin FC this weekend, register a record number of Emergency Podcast bleeps while being happy about the culture being created by the club, look briefly ahead to what the first round of the playoffs might bring, and touch on the new Taylor Swift album (as podcasters are contractually obligated to this week).