Nate and Ben discuss the surprising cancellation of the 2016 World Series and surprisingly active Cardinal offseason.

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Talking About Birds is a podcast mostly about the St. Louis Cardinals. Released every Monday, hosts Nate Heininger and Ben Simorka recap the series, discuss upcoming games, Matt Holiday's inability to smile, and Yadier Molina's disappointing neck tattoos.

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Nate, Ben, and special guest Daniel Shoptaw (@C70) discuss the pitiful state of the NL Central, the Cardinals as buyers and sellers, C3P0, CarMar, bad hair takes, and much much more!

Trade Deadline/All Star Break! (w/ Daniel Shoptaw)

Nate and Ben discuss a soggy, soggy week of baseball.

Week 4: Blue Jays, Reds

Nate and Ben make up for a missed episode with an extra special, extra long episode! They discuss LUIS ROBERT (plz plz plz), Holliday (miss u), the series SWEEP against the Pirates, low-key racism, the bullpen, the rotation, Ben's everlasting love for Mike Leake, and the series win against the Brewers.

Week 3: Pirates, @Brewers

Nate and Ben discuss the offseason extensions, Trevor Rosenthal, Matt Adams, the series against the Cubs, an obnoxious person (no, not Joe Maddon), and the series against the Reds.

Week 1: Cubs, Reds

*There are a few weird audio glitches throughout the episode. It's not your headphones. Sorry!*

Nate and Ben answer questions from this years UCB Roundtable (About a month late) and get SUPER HYPED about the start of the season.

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