We are joined by playwright, writer, and former Instagram admin Max Wolf Friedlich to talk about knicks fandom, hating shai because you actually love him, sidetalkification of new york, and how LA brings out the Knicks sicko in him (much like the British in Northern Ireland). We also talk about his great piece in ID magazine about running the Instagram account for Lil Mequella.

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Max's Essay about Lil Mequella

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We are joined by my NBR WNBA correspondent Maitreyi Anantharaman to break down the end of the Lynx season, Aces vs Fever, and Alyssa Thomas' evil (complementary) style. We also discuss the Liberty's disappointing season, Maitreyi investing in Lorde tickets too early, and who we'd want to be coached by in the W.

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Maitreyi's recent blogs on the Lynx & Sami Whitcomb

Patrick's recent blog on Sandy Brondello's firing

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We are joined by author, urbanist, and certified bucket Ben Schneider to talk about stadiums from an urbanist perspective. We discuss how stadiums play a role in what Mike Davis once dubbed “the infinite game” of metropolitan development projects. We also get into why Urbanist Twitter and NBA Twitter feel strangely similar, why basketball stadiums tend to work better for cities than football stadiums, and whether Steph Curry is secretly the youngest NIMBY alive.

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Pre-order Ben's book, The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution

Chris Thompson's recent piece for Defector about the terrible DC stadium deal

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We are joined by writer, researcher, journalist, and co-creator of BLOWBACK, Noah Kulwin, for a mega episode recorded in person at Harry's apartment. We talk about the Aspiration story, how it’s been received and what that says about where power lies in sports media, and a larger conversation about Pablo Torre's investigative work with PTFO. We also talk to Noah about what it’s like working on The Adam Friedland Show, and what it was like being in the room for the Richie Torres interview. Finally, Noah tells us a little bit about Blowback Season 6, which comes out SEPTEMBER 22!!!!!!

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Pablo Torre's Initial Report on Aspiration and Kawhi

Richie Torres on The Adam Friedland Show

Bruce Arthur's Further Reporting on Kawhi in the Toronto Star

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We are joined by Defector staff writer Maitreyi Anantharaman to preview the WNBA playoffs. We've got something for everyone – fans locking into the playoffs, fans already locked into this season, and fans locked the f**k into their specific team’s playoff domination. We also talk who won the Plum x Aces divorce, if Caitlin Clark is the victim of racism (she's not), and what playoff outcome would be the most narratively fruitful for Maitreyi's book. Also, Harry addresses his anonymous comments in The Cut.

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We are joined by Alex Bazeley and Bobby Wagner of the Tipping Pitches Podcast for a special Home and Home Mega Two Parter Episode (a concept we invented). We ranked every Jersey patch sponsor from least evil to most evil. On this feed we did the Western Conference. Over on the Tipping Pitches feed we did the Eastern Conference.

Listen to the Eastern Conference episode here on the Tipping Pitches Feed! (Apple) (Spotify)

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We are joined by Maya Goldberg-Safir, writer, journalist, podcaster, and creator of the excellent WNBA-focused substack Rough Notes. We get a little meta at the top and talk about Maya's journey into WNBA media, then she bravely explains the Stud Buds to us. We also get into Maya's awesome reporting on the WBL and the Bay Area's First Women's Pro Basketball Team, and who should really be sitting courtside at Valks games.

Editor Notes: We had a sli iiiight audio issue, and you may hear 3 or 4 instances of a light echo when we're talking over each other

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Maya's Substack Rough Notes

Maya's recent piece about a google doc called LESBIANS

A great Pod Maya did about The Pioneers

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The Defector Era of Nothing But Respect is officially here! To welcome in this new era we talk to Defector writers Maitreyi Anantharaman and David Roth about what's made the Dream so good this year, how league depth has made it a good time to be a WNBA expansion team (for now) and a little bit about green d*lido gate. We also discuss Michael Porter Jr's incredible string of media appearances, and whether Wemby is actually real.

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Maitreyi on The Dream

Patrick on MPJ

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This is a special bonus episode. Harry talks to SanFranPreps.com creator Jeremy Balan about the very special website he founded to cover high school sports in the early 2010s.

Important note: If you are coming here from Defector and this is the first episode you’re listening to– this is not a typical episode! Normally, Patrick is on them, and they are about the NBA / WNBA / larger world of basketball. The official Defector Era of NBR starts in August!

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BIG NEWS!!!! Nothing But Respect is officially part of Defector Media!! Wooohoo!! We’re both really excited about this. So what does all this mean? The biggest thing is Defector’s own Maitreyi Anantharaman is now our official correspondent for all things WNBA, but she really already was….. Also, i guess we’re a Mets podcast now?

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