Charles went out to Chicago to watch the Saints play their worst game of the year as they lost 26-14 to the Bears and fell to 1-6. At least he was there with friends. Two of his old buddies from Hostile Witness - Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel - were able to join Charles at the game and in the "studio" with Ron as well to look back at the game and try to figure out where it all went wrong.

Patrick's latest album, Future National Sports, is available on Bandcamp (with the rest of his albums) at https://patrickcosmos.bandcamp.com/album/future-national-sports. Eric doesn't do that sort of thing. Everyone's on Bluesky, though!

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Another depressing loss for the Saints, this time for the Patriots, but at least L. Ron and Charles get to welcome in the charming Josh Gondelman. Skooks is a breath of fresh air as the Man in the Dome, refusing to let losing get in the way of watching a young team develop in a fun way.

Josh is everywhere, including his newsletter, That's Marvelous (https://www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/) and his most recent comedy special, Positive Reinforcement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvNlgpdKKo). Plus, he cohosts the comedy shows Frankenstein's Baby (https://www.instagram.com/frankenbabynyc/?hl=en) and 'Sup Bro at Union Hall in Park Slope.

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The Saints finally get a W (26-14 over the Giants) and David Roth joins Charles to talk about, well, not the game exactly, but game-adjacent things. L. Ron wasn't able to join the main chat but he was available to talk to Charles and Skooks, our Man in the Dome. And even though he couldn't join the chat, Ron managed to Get Dave's Ass. Plus, Charles lets his bar buddy Alex vent a little. There's a lot of Skattebo going on.

You can listen to Dave at The Distraction (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast/id1525039108) or It's Christmastown (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849) and read his shizz at Defector.com.

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A trip to Buffalo went better than expected but in the end it was still a 31-19 loss for our heros. Joining L. Ron and Charles on the pod is Buffalo native and lifelong Bills fan Victoria Zeller, author of the YA novel One of the Boys.

Find Victoria's work - including book links at https://victoria.monster/

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L. Ron and Charles welcome Spike Friedman to the pod after the Seahawks' dominant 44-13 win over the Saints. Nobody had fun, except for Spike, who is enjoying a golden year of Seattle sports.

The Saints lose another one they had in their hands and Truthdig's Jeb Lund joins us to Get Our Ass. Skooks is back as our Man in the Dome as the Saints fall to 0-2 and Who Dat Nation loses control of the Dome to 49ers fans who don't like waiting to pee.

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Ron had a rough week but Charles was joined by Will Leitch to talk about the Saints 20-13 loss. Ron returned for Man in the Dome with Skooks.

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Charles and L. Ron are joined by Zach Sims from the podcats My New Thing to discuss the upcoming season without spiraling.

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We Have Fun is at Young Ethel's (506 Fifth Ave. in Park Slope) every Wednesday at 7:30

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L. Ron and Charles are joined by Charles McDonald of the Football 301 podcast and Yahoo! Sports to talk about the Saints draft, the end of the Carr era, Shedeur's tumble and the still-wretched NFC South. Who Dat is back for another season, and this year? Fuck it, we're doing it live.

Listen to Football 301 at https://sports.yahoo.com/videos/shows/football301/

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A sad season comes to an inglorious end. Charles and Ron sigh their way through a hopeless future and talk about as much about the game as it deserves. Finally, the season is over. The darkness envelops us.

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