Two dispiriting performances by the Vikings have us asking... Are the Vikings cooked? And a mixed bag of early Wolves season returns have us asking... Are the Wolves cooking? Come for the takes, stay for the culinary-inspired puns.

• Vikings: 2:30
• Wolves: 26:35
• Quick Hitters (Wild, LOOONS, Gophers, Twins): 51:14

Is that a faint stench of hope we smell for the Vikings? And what do we make of the 3-3 Wolves six games into this young NBA season? The boys break it all down and then some in this week's pod.

• Vikings - 3:12
• Wolves - 34:38
• Quick Hitters (Wild, LOONS, Gophers, Twins) - 1:00:02

The boys take a look back at the Vikings' last two games before going DEEP on a much-anticipated Wolves season coming off their second-straight Western Conference Finals run.

• Vikings - 4:10
• Quick Hitters (Loons, Gophers, Wild, Twins) - 39:33
• WOLVES SEASON PREVIEW - 51:50

It was a rough couple weeks for the Vikings and Lynx, but in better news the Land of 10,000 Hot Takes is venturing into true SPORTS JOURNALISM with an exclusive interview between our own Harsha Kodali and Minnesota Twins Chairman Joe Pohlad. You won't want to miss it!

• Vikings - 4:05
• Lynx - 37:15
• Twins (EXCLUSIVE JOE POHLAD INTERVIEW) - 55:40
• Quick Hitters (Wolves, Loons, Wild, Gophers) - 1:06:50

The boys take a look back at the Vikings first two regular season games and bust out the concern-o-meter around four key areas: QB, Playcalling, Injuries, and the Defense. Plus we dive into the Lynx's first-round playoff matchup with the Golden State Valkyries and look ahead at their chances to win it all.

• Vikings - 3:20
• Lynx - 42:13
• Quick Hitters (Twins, Wolves, Wild, Loons, Gophers) - 52:38

It's been a full year of podding and Season 2 starts right back where we started with A VIKINGS SEASON PREVIEW POD! Come for a few quick hitters and stay for a DEEP dive on everything from ownership, general manager, coaching, through every spot on the roster. Plus a quick preview of the NFC North and a full schedule breakdown.

• Quick Hitters (Lynx, Twins, Loons, Gophers FB) - 2:40
• Vikings - 20:40

The takes get decidedly feisty as the boys pull out all the stops on Twins ownership after pulling the plug on a once-promising roster.

• Twins - 3:30
• Lynx - 18:30
• Vikings - 26:36
• Wolves - 35:55
• Quick Hitters (Wild, United FC) - 47:15

We're in dog days of summer territory but that doesn't mean the takes are any less piping hot. If you can just make it past our breakdown of the Twins, it's all positive from there.

• Twins - 2:27
• Wolves - 13:50
• Lynx - 49:22
• Quick Hitters (Vikings, Wild, United FC) - 52:57

Sigh… It's happened again. Another promising Minnesota team collapses in the playoffs. The boys are back with a therapy session to break it all down, recap the Wolves season, and profess their fervent distaste for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

• Wolves - 0:02:00
• Twins - 1:11:59
• Quick Hitters (Lynx, Vikings, United FC, FROST!!!!) - 1:17:00

The boys have gone dark the past few weeks just as our Minnesota teams have seemingly forgotten how to lose. Well, just like the WOLVES, they're BACK with a backlog of juicy hot takes to quench your insatiable thirsts. Come for the long-winded deep dive on your SURGING Minnesota Timberwolves, stay for a whole SHLOAD of mostly positive quick hitters.

• Wolves - 2:25
• Wild - 45:07
• Twins - 48:38
• Lynx - 54:05
• Vikings - 57:23
• United FC - 1:02:44
• Frost - 1:05:48