It's Pretty OK

This week, the SPORTS BOIS celebrate the return of the NBA! They head back to the hardwood by picking some teams that they're excited about for the upcoming season.

MUSIC: "Different Than" – A Giant Dog

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Revealed: What Jordan Poole Told Draymond Green Before the Punch Seen Around the World (Pablo Torre Finds Out on YouTube)

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This week, the gang becomes your favorite tech podcast in order to talk about generative AI and how it will affect the process of learning that your half-baked ideas are, in fact, half-baked.

MUSIC: "Going to Die" – Fiddlehead

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: "Why Gen X Dads Can Appreciate Olivia Rodrigo" (The New Yorker)

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This week, on the heels of the Miami Dolphins putting a historic beatdown on the Denver Broncos, the gang has a question...are blowouts good?

MUSIC: "Doubt" – Slow Pulp

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This week, the gang gets together to talk about the act of giving yourself a gift. Is it something that should put a pit in your stomach? What's the right frequency with which to self-gift? Hell, for that matter, what even constitutes a gift to yourself in the first place?

MUSIC: "Megalodon" – Eldridge Rodriguez

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It's a conversation about a cooler — specifically, the Oyster Tempo "performance cooler." But it's not actually a conversation about a cooler. The gang is talking about why it is that we feel like we need to be upgrading stuff all the time.

MUSIC: "Birthmark" – Dizzy

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This week, the gang is talking about a story Pierce read in The New Yorker about what happens to products after consumers return them — a pretty important question, considering that the value of returned products is believed to be close to $1 trillion.

MUSIC: "Through the Sewer" – C.O.F.F.I.N

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison (The New Yorker)

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Football season is back, and believe it or not, the gang has very different relationships with the NFL. Nobody's particularly happy about the way that teams are kicking star players (especially running backs) to the curb — and in a surprising turn that will shock you all, Sean gets extremely agitated about the way that professional sports owners do their business.

MUSIC: "Liked U Better" – Jeff Rosenstock

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Bomani Jones and Michael Smith on Touré Show (Apple Podcasts // YouTube)

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This week, the gang is doing something that is definitely not a blatant rip-off of any other podcasts or anything like that...they're drafting restaurants! Each participant is picking 5 real-life restaurants to build a town around.

MUSIC: "Pleasure Seeker" – Be Your Own Pet

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Hearing Songs for the First Time (playlist by Drumeo on YouTube)

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This week, the full gang is back together for the first time in quite a while, and with Kevin back from a long trip, they're talking about the kinds of souvenirs and other little gifts/collections that you amass when you travel.

MUSIC: "It's Alive!" – Ratboys

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This week, Sean and Pierce are talking about the soccer transfer window — with its many twists, turns and sagas — and wondering how we got to the point where as fans, we're spending more time focusing on signings and trades and such than worrying about the actual games themselves.

MUSIC: "All We Ever" – Chris Farren

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Hanif Abdurraqib (MTV) and Steven Hyden (Uproxx) on The Last Waltz

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