It's Pretty OK

This week, the gang gets together to discuss whether the sports rivalry is still alive and well, particularly in professional sports in the U.S. How much of the seeming fade of these bitter rivalries is due to changing attitudes among new generations, and how much is dumb stuff like fantasy football and the ubiquity of legal sports gambling? And why do the greatest sports rivalries often have so little to do with sports themselves?

MUSIC: “TV Will Always Make Me Cry” – Alien Boy

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This week, the gang talks about putting (or not putting) a TV in your bedroom. What goes into that momentous decision? Also, Sean gets irrationally angry about an audiobook he listened to, and as always, Pierce apologizes.

MUSIC: “Hurricanes and Hand Grenades” – Jason Isbell

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This week, the Sports Bois™ convene to talk about the phenomenon of pregame shows, particularly for football. Two important notes:

1) This was recorded before College GameDay actually went to Boone, NC, which produced (among other things) this phenomenal intro video voiced by Wright Thompson.

2) Thanks to frustrating Skype connection stuff, the crosstalk/awkward pause conundrum is worse than usual!

MUSIC: “Let Us Die“ – King Princess

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This week, the gang gets together to talk about the ways that the sports industry is changing, especially the introduction of Saudi oil money in the form of the new LIV Golf tour. And we get the most harrowing edition of “Pierce Is Sorry” yet.

MUSIC: “9 to 5” – Dolly Parton

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This week, the gang gets together to talk about a phenomenon they’ve all experienced in the last two years: the remote house tour.

MUSIC: “Hangover Song” – MJ Lenderman

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Because everything is cyclical, this week, the gang is talking about tipping. The pandemic has changed our relationship with the practice, and it’s time to discuss it again — especially now that more places are starting to phase tipping out in favor of added service fees and the like.

MUSIC: “Exhibit C“ – Jay Electronica

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This week, Max, Pierce and Sean talk about the act of cultivating a home workspace — something so many of us have had to do in the last two years — and some of the ways that that process can maybe go wrong. Does Sean figure out in real time that he ought to rearrange a couple things in his apartment? Maybe!

MUSIC: “Gimmie Shelter” – Merry Clayton

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You’ve never heard that before, right? Apologies if the audio is glitchier than usual.

MUSIC: “Kawasaki Backflip” – Dogleg

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This week, the gang gets together to talk about the foods that they ate frequently in their youth that they’ve had to grapple with as they’ve gotten older and started cooking for themselves. Spaghetti comes up a few times, as do the low-fat craze of the late ’80s and early ’90s and the fear of trichinosis that led every parent for multiple generations to cook pork way too long.

MUSIC: “(I’m) Screwed” – Titus Andronicus

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This week, the It’s Pretty OK Sports Brain Trust™️ convenes to talk about the Juan Soto situation. He’s turned down a contract from the Nationals that looks huge on paper but is not nearly as good as it might appear, and now the team is expected to trade him. Where does that leave Pierce, who has been clinging to his Nats fandom even after leaving the D.C. area, specifically because of Soto?

MUSIC: “Worth It” – beabadoobee

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