Participation Trophy Podcast

Homeroom (1:30)

- The kids go back to school
- Testing the housing market
- Neil does Vegas
- The Afghan diaspora and the refugee crisis

Open Gym (33:25)

- NFL preview
- Most-anticipated games
- Season hot takes
- Week 1 predictions
- Early Super Bowl predictions (33:25)

Theater (1:17:21)
- Remembering Michael K. Williams
- Donda vs. Certified Lover Boy

Detention (1:47:13)
- 50 Cent
- Bishop Sycamore
- The entire state of Texas

Homeroom - Abdullah’s daughter becomes a star, Neil’s Chicago trip recap (3:58)

Open Gym - Wizards and the post-Westbrook era, NBA free agency, draft recap, offseason Participation Trophies (20:45)

Theater - Lox vs. Dipset Verzuz (1:26:29)

Detention - Andrew Cuomo, Matt Damon, Pastor Greg Locke(1:36:41)

Homeroom - Sweet heat sauce and tequila (2:26)

Open Gym - Wizards and Bradley Beal’s future, other trade activity, NBA Draft, NFL & COVID, Deshaun Watson rumors, Aaron Rodgers’ last Green Bay contract (7:45)

Theater - Ozark, celebrity couples we miss (1:10:45)

Detention - DaBaby, Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis, public dumps, Kanye West, bad Airbnb hosts, U.S. Olympic team (1:27:14)

Open Gym - Wizards hire Wes Unseld, Jr., NBA Finals, Team USA basketball, NFL (4:58)

Theater - Space Jam 2, R.I.P. Biz Markie, upcoming Lox vs. Dipset Verzuz (1:06:35)

Homeroom - Zain’s Cancun adventures (1:40:20)

Detention - Fox MLB All-Star Game ad, Kamiah Adams, Megyn Kelly (1:54:49)

Homeroom - 4th of July recap, Sha’Carri Richardson (1:02)

Open Gym - NBA Finals Game 1 participation trophies, Rachel Nichols, Lebron vs. CP3, Sasa Doncic vs. Brian Windhorst, Nate McMillan’s new contract, McGregor vs. Poirier preview (33:25)

Theater - Tenet, Fallen, Nas' It Was Written 25th Anniverary, Juvenile’s vax song (1:25:05)

Detention - Bill Cosby and his defenders (1:41:48)

Homeroom - Interview with guest Eric Parsons (3:05)

Open Gym - NBA Playoff participation trophies and predictions, Billups and Kidd hire controversies, KD vs. Pippen, weekend boxing recaps (1:01:27)

Theater - F9, Listener questions - “F10” and biopics we’d like to see (1:41:05)

Detention - Jay Williams, Pooh Shiesty (1:59:00)

Homeroom - Father’s Day recap, Jamal returns to work, Juneteenth (2:45)

Open Gym - NBA participation trophies, NBA draft lottery, Neil goes to an Orioles game (27:25)

Theater - Amadeus, T-Pain opens up, Trick Daddy (1:11:50)

Detention - John Stockton & Cole Beasley, Nick Cannon (1:38:20)

Homeroom - Hasbulla Magomedov, Jamal speaks on his memes, Neil visits Kansas City, Karen classes (2:40)

Open Gym - Wizards updates, NBA Playoff participation trophies, NFL news, fight recaps and upcoming matches (30:07)

Theater - Arbitrage, Kevin Hart’s Twitter rant, our personal top 5 comedians (1:13:08)

Detention - Barstool Sports, Chrissy Teigen, Big Baby Davis (1:42:30)

Homeroom - Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre, cicadas (3:10)

Open Gym - Wizards (participation trophies, superlatives, possible head coach candidates), NBA participation trophies, Mayweather vs. Paul and other fight updates (35:05)

Theater - Watchmen, HBO series top 5 rankings (1:32:00)

Homeroom - Jamal’s Memorial Day recap; Abdullah’s baldy (2:20)

Open Gym - Wizards escape elimination & Game 5 predictions; NBA playoff participation trophies; Julio Jones on the move?; Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul preview; Jake Paul vs. Tyson Woodley preview  (20:32)

Theater - High on the Hog; Mare of Easttown finale; Friends reunion (1:07:47)

Detention - Piers Morgan; City of Miami; dine-and-dashers (1:37:44)