Set Hike!

The 44th inaugural episode of Set Hike! celebrates Guy Fawkes Night by taking the most logical possible detour through ECW wrestling, Lexus commercials, and Dr. TAT's unsolicited psychiatric evaluation of Winnie the Pooh. Stat Boy admits to surgically deveining Snickers bars, reveals that his household rabbits are named after Philadelphia athletes, and somehow becomes a central figure in the search for Panda Dan's increasingly narrow path to an Eagles Super Bowl. With Joe Milton III appointed quarterback and potential orange-throwing messiah, the crew debates whether his sudden promotion represents a spark, Jeffrey Lurie's financial desperation, or a coaching staff that has simply run out of ideas—before Dr. TAT declares the LeBron-led Sixers a basketball dynasty and accuses his cohosts of being fundamentally aura-less. Listener mail brings a franchise-quarterback existential crisis, an all-time Eagles fantasy draft with absolutely no simulation, and a bitter constitutional dispute over when Christmas lights can legally be displayed. By the end, a post-Thanksgiving bowel movement has become official holiday policy, Winnie the Pooh's name has been traced to a swan and a $20 Canadian bear, and the future of Philadelphia football rests on one man finding a path that nobody can actually locate.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 — Remember, Remember the 5th of November: Guy Fawkes, ECW & Lexus

02:36 — The Holiday Dead Zone: Thanksgiving, Halloween Candy & the TAT Family Cats

05:10 — Winnie the Pooh's Psychological Disorders, Honey Addiction & Missing Pants

08:15 — Stat Boy's Snickers Surgery: Deveining Candy, Shrimp & Childhood Trauma

13:31 — The Panda Path Narrows: Joe Milton III Arrives to Save the Eagles

16:38 — Chasing Florida Rabbits & Stat Boy's Nick Foles-Inspired Pets

21:30 — Spark, Money or Desperation? The Great Joe Milton Quarterback Debate

31:31 — Joe Milton's NFL Résumé, Seven Siblings & the Must-Win Bye Week

35:08 — Fire Sirianni? A Broken Eagles Defense & the Search for the Super Bowl Path

38:44 — The 8–1 Sixers: LeBron James, Generational Greatness & Missing Aura

54:47 — Sixers Championship Hopes & Eagles-Giants Game Predictions

01:02:18 — Listener Mail: Can NFL Teams Survive Without a Franchise Quarterback?

01:10:23 — Building the Ultimate Eagles Roster Against the 2000 Ravens Defense

01:16:37 — Christmas Light Controversy: The Post-Thanksgiving Poop Rule

01:22:18 — Stat Boy's Corrections: Winnie the Pooh, Joe Milton's Orange Cannon & the Final Pandetta

Statistics & Facts

• 421 Years of Guy Fawkes: The 44th inaugural episode celebrates the anniversary of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
• 5 Pounds of Shrimp: Stat Boy deveins approximately five pounds of shrimp every Christmas—and apparently Snickers bars aren't safe either.
• Football Family Ties: Joe Milton III is Anquan Boldin's first cousin and the oldest of seven children.
• The Patriots' Accidental Victory: Milton threw for 241 yards in a 23–16 win over Buffalo in 2024, reportedly costing New England the No. 1 draft pick.
• Comeback Kings: The Sixers are 8–1, with seven comeback victories and a reported 29-point comeback against Cleveland.
• The Human Produce Launcher: Joe Milton reportedly threw an orange 100 yards and once celebrated an 81-yard Tennessee touchdown with a standing backflip.

Memorable Quotes

"Good news about the path is there's still a path. " - Panda Dan

"I think you guys are just aura-less. I'm just talking to a bunch of non-aura folks." - Dr. TAT

"It’s like wearing your pajamas at dinner and saying, you know, I’m just getting ready for bed." - Panda Dan

"Rabbit’s kind of a dick." - Dr. TAT

"You might not ever experience a de-veined item in your life." - Stat Boy

"Just throw an orange for a touchdown every game." - Stat Boy

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The 43rd inaugural episode of Set Hike! arrives just in time for Halloween, and the scariest thing in Philadelphia isn't Michael Myers—it's the Eagles' defense. After witnessing a Monday night disaster against Dallas, Dr. TAT announces the death of the Eagles' golden era and unveils a Bird Box-inspired parenting strategy to teach Tiger TAT the sacred Philadelphia art of booing, while Panda Dan desperately searches for a mathematical path to the playoffs and Stat Boy begins preparing for another 3–13-esque season. The crew introduces an emotionally unstable 610 WIP caller segment, transforms Sesame Street characters into NBA legends, investigates the mysterious smells of elderly trick-or-treating houses, and nearly dissolves the podcast after Stat Boy reveals his deeply disturbing method of surgically de-veining Snickers bars. With listener questions about Georgia Bulldogs, Ernie Johnson, and Villanova abandoning the Big 5, plus a statistically horrifying autopsy of the 1998 Eagles, this Halloween special proves that the real nightmare on Broad Street isn't losing football—it's realizing Panda Dan still thinks there's a path to the playoffs.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 – The 43rd Inaugural: The Eagles' Golden Era Is Dead

09:27 – Bird Boxing Tiger Tat Into a Lifetime of Eagles Misery

16:13 – Pandiani's Path to the Playoffs: Hope Is a Dangerous Drug

20:52 – Injuries, Coaching, and the Eagles' $100 Million Haunted House

24:49 – The Art of Booing: A Philadelphia Childhood Tradition

31:31 – Jalen Carter, Angry Eagles Fans & the 610 WIP Meltdown Hotline

40:16 – Losing Builds Character: Dr. TAT's Football Psychology Masterclass

44:36 – Sesame Street's NBA Mount Rushmore & the Cookie Monster Cinematic Universe

50:18 – Halloween Costumes, Candy Logistics & the Pillowcase Doctrine

55:48 – Reese's Gambling, Candy Economics & Ethel's Creepy Halloween House

01:03:18 – The Snickers De-Veining Scandal: Stat Boy Needs Professional Help

01:07:04 – Turtle's Georgia Bulldogs, Draft Prospects & the Jordan Seaton Prophecy

01:11:10 – Ernie Johnson, Broadcaster Mount Rushmore & SportsCenter Nostalgia

01:19:43 – Villanova Abandons the Big Five: A Philadelphia Basketball Betrayal

01:22:22 – The 1998 Eagles Autopsy: 3–13, Historical Misery & Happy Halloween!

Statistics & Facts

• 1998 Eagles: 3–13, with a −183 point differential. One of the most miserable seasons in franchise history, averaging approximately 10 points per game.
• The 1998 Eagles were shut out THREE times. Even worse, they scored three or fewer points in five separate games. That's nearly one-third of their season spent functionally allergic to the end zone.
• All three Eagles victories in 1998 came by a combined NINE points. They beat Washington by five, Detroit by one, and St. Louis by three. They also finished 0–8 on the road.
• Three historically bad Eagles seasons produced three franchise cornerstones. After going 3–13 in 1998, they drafted Donovan McNabb; after 4–12 in 2012, Lane Johnson; and after 4–11–1 in 2020, DeVonta Smith. Stat Boy identifies a possible upside to another disastrous season.
• The Eagles also started 2–5 in 2021. Panda Dan uses this historical coincidence to justify his current playoff optimism. Dr. TAT dismisses the comparison as “fortune cookie BS.”

Memorable Quotes

"The Philadelphia sports fan hates themselves and it's finally back." - Dr. TAT

"Big Bird's like the Michael Jordan of Sesame Street." - Panda Dan

"Do you ever de-vein your Snickers? " - Stat Boy

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Stat Boy returns from a classified Texas infinity summit under a freshly negotiated 40-episode Macy’s sponsorship, immediately demands his red stapler, and discovers an Eagles season that apparently needs both a medical specialist and an exorcist. An actual Doc joins the show to explain Jalen Hurts’ blood-clot situation, while Dr. TAT contributes groundbreaking fake medical theories involving British cuisine, the Tush Push, and Johnny Munt’s impact on the pulmonary vasculature of the Eagles' running game. With Hurts sidelined, Lane Johnson retired, and Tanner McKee holding the keys to a malfunctioning offense, the crew puts Sean Mannion on trial, debates whether the Eagles are disgraced CEOs or hungry bums, and prepares for a Monday night showdown fueled by meat pies and potentially actionable Philadelphia sports journalism. Listener mail somehow escalates into Aaron Donald retirement conspiracies, Philadelphia's most hated franchises, the domestic complications of GTA VI, and a mysterious Science Guy armed with a ladder joke. In the end, Doc prescribes blocking, Stat Boy prescribes patience, and Dr. TAT gives the Mannion Man exactly one more game before the entire organization catches fire.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 – The Undertaker Returns: Stat Boy's Macy's-Sponsored Comeback

03:09 – Jalen Hurts' Blood Clots: Paging an Actual Doc

10:08 – Chris Bosh, the Mormon Missile & Doc's Prescription for the Eagles

20:54 – Medical Misinformation, British Healthcare & the Tush Push Conspiracy

26:26 – Panda Dan's Jersey Curse, Offensive-Line Surgery & Brainstorming

33:23 – Mannion's Conviction, Locker Room Morale & the Ghost of 2017

38:49 – Playoff Math, the Trade Deadline & Howie's Potential Fire Sale

42:39 – Manni(on) Fire: The Great Offensive Scheme Civil War

51:12 – Meat Pie Scouting, Big Al & the Eagles' Emergency Center Search

53:51 – Panda Dan vs. the Philadelphia Inquirer: My Uncle Vinny's Legal Advice

57:21 – Cowboys–Eagles Preview: The Stoppable Force Meets the Movable Object

01:07:51 – Listener Mail: Aaron Donald's Comeback & the Retirement Roulette Conspiracy

01:11:45 – Philadelphia's Most Hated Teams: The Official Grudge Rankings

01:15:41 – GTA VI: Destroying NFL Careers, Marriages & Adult Productivity

01:19:47 – The Mysterious Science Guy, Stat Boy's Corrections & Mannion's Final Countdown

Statistics & Facts

• 10–25% of superficial clots can move into a deep vein, and a deep-vein clot can reach the lungs. He calls it known but uncommon. 
• A “provoked” clot (injury, flight, immobility) with no lingering risk factors usually means good to go after three months.
• Teams starting 2-7 have a roughly 0.5–1% chance of making playoffs.
• The only one to make it was 2020 Washington (5-2 over final 7 games, finished 7-9).
• Winning one of the next three gets the Eagles to about 12% – 16% of making playoffs.

Memorable Quotes

"Johnny Munt’s blocking has been a thrombosis in the you know vasculature of this running running offense." - Dr. TAT

"How big is Big Al? People want to know. " - Stat Boy

"The Mormon missile is not St. Nick." - Doc

"My stage for all things football is a gentleman named Mr. H." - Doc 

"We only look for the most world-class docs around the world." - Panda Dan

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The 41st inaugural episode of Set Hike! begins with Stat Boy's contract being unceremoniously terminated, his responsibilities outsourced to StatGPT, and the podcast's financial future hanging by a thread—which somehow makes it the second-most depressing story of the week. Dr. TAT and Panda Dan relive the Eagles' catastrophic London collapse against the Jaguars, turning eight seconds of football into a graduate seminar on existential dread, kickoff strategy, slasher films, William Shatner's face, and whether the Eagles are a good bad team or a bad good team. Just as optimism returns, Jalen Hurts' blood clot launches Dr. TAT into a suspiciously elaborate fake medical lecture involving Virchow's triad, Philadelphia traffic patterns, and the possibility of the entire city dying if I-676 gets blocked. With Tanner “Danny Tanner” McKee suddenly holding the franchise's future in his presumably clot-free hands, the crew previews the Panthers, ranks NFL fan bases, discovers Carolina's musical talent, debates a national soccer coach's five-cologne routine, and ultimately concludes that when life gives you blood clots, you send in the Mormon quarterback. Go Birds. Please remain medically intact.

Key Topics Discussed

00:21 – Stat Boy Fired! The 41st Inaugural Episode Begins

04:36 – Eight Seconds from Glory: Eagles' London Meltdown

12:30 – Squib Kicks, Sirianni & StatGPT's Football Math

20:35 – Eagles Football: A Real-Life Horror Movie

25:54 – The Eagles' Identity Crisis: Good Bad or Bad Good?

30:37 – The Descent into Despair: Jalen Hurts' Blood Clot

34:15 – Dr. TAT's Fake Medical School Is Now in Session

40:14 – Blood Clots, Vine Street & the I-676 Medical Emergency

49:19 – Jalen Hurts' Prognosis: Ten Days or a Lifetime?

57:16 – Ranking NFL Fan Bases & Dallas Cockroaches

1:00:41 – Panthers Preview: Bryce Young, Derrick Brown & Willie Lampkin

1:03:44 – Carolina's Musical Masterpieces & $150,000 Dreams

1:07:44 – In Danny Tanner McKee We Trust!

1:12:22 – Eagles vs. Panthers: Predictions & the Positivity Rabbit

1:14:36 – Five Colognes, a Squib Correction & Mormon Salvation

Statistics & Facts

• Cam Little’s career long is 70 yards (preseason) and 68 in the regular season (NFL record) 
• Michael Myers’s mask is William Shatner.  Shatner is 95.
• Mr. Feeney is 99 and turns 100 on March 31, 2027 (born 1927). Winnie the Pooh turned 100 “yesterday.”
• Per Turtle, the USMNT head coach wears five different colognes on match day. 

Memorable Quotes

"I’m not gonna fire you, Panda. You’re the heart of the podcast. If you get fired, there is no podcast." - Dr. TAT

"The TV in my dining room is actually faster than the TV in my living room." - Panda Dan

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The 40th inaugural episode begins as an emergency Lane Johnson memorial, with Dr. TAT delivering an alarmingly sincere tribute to one of the greatest Eagles ever before the crew realizes Philadelphia will effectively awaken without its thumb and may soon be protecting Jalen Hurts with large Johnsons with instead several small Willies. From there, the offensive-line crisis somehow evolves into waterproof Jameis Winston cologne, an unsolicited masterclass in sunscreen application, a Salute Your Shorts recall, cereal-milk order psychopathology, and a serious legal debate over whether Carson Steele’s pet alligator, Crocky-J, can suit up in London this week. The Eagles are battered, seven-point underdogs to Jacksonville, and so depleted that “Blue Steel” and “Free Willie Lampkin” become legitimate sources of hope. By the end, Wawa's beta-phase sushi has already been condemned, Stat Boy turned 40 at least once in his life (recommended), and Dr. TAT transforms The Dark Knight, Michael Jackson, and a backup center into a closing sermon of football resurrection: Free Willie. In Willie We Must Trust.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 — Goodbye, 65: Lane Johnson Calls It a Career

06:45 — Stat Boy Opens the Lane Johnson Record Book

10:25 — The Eagles Wake Up Without a Thumb

15:37 — Free Willie: Little Willies, Markel Bell & the New O-Line

23:52 — Salute Your Shorts & the Great ’90s TV Detour

31:12 — Move the Bye Week: Just Don’t Go to London

34:01 — Jaguars Preview: Their Defense Is Unfortunately Good

40:24 — Trotter, Turnovers & the Death of the Tush Push

44:42 — Blue Steel, Crocky-J & “Show Me the Rule Book”

49:25 — 9:30 A.M. Football & the Milk-Before-Cereal Crisis

54:27 — Eagles–Jaguars Predictions

57:29 — London Games, NFL Overload & Turtle’s 2–0 Prediction

01:06:52 — Retire 65: Eagles Number-Retirement Debate

01:12:03 — Stat Boy Turns 40 & Fratty

01:15:40 — In Willie We Must Trust

Eagles' Lane Johnson Statistics & Facts

• Longest sack-free streak by an offensive tackle: 1,405 consecutive pass-block snaps (Week 11, 2020 through Week 9, 2023) 
• Longest sackless streak: 29 games / 794 days
• Tackle record for consecutive snaps with no sack or QB hit: 961 (Week 7, 2021 through Week 1, 2023) 
• Through the first four games of 2026: league-best pass-block win rate of 97.2%.

Memorable Quotes

"You always want your surgeries and your airplane flights to be boring. And that was Lane Johnson." - Dr. TAT

"It's where Westminster Abbey is and the London Bridge and Big Ben. It's awesome." - Panda Dan enlightening the crew on London, UK

"I highly recommend everyone turn 40 at least once in their life." - Stat Boy

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A huge Stat Boy shout-out to Mercedes from Merce Designs Jewelry for making a custom friendship bracelet for his 40th birthday! Because apparently turning 40 means you're officially old enough to receive handcrafted jewelry commemorating your own podcast nonsense. The bracelet came out awesome and Stat Boy greatly appreciate Mercedes helping make "40 and Fratty" just a little more stylish!

Check out her work at Mercedes Designs Jewelry on Etsy!

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The 39th inaugural episode begins with Dr. TAT formally apologizing to the entire Midwest for his Chicago accent and somehow gets worse from there, as the crew records live during a Phillies elimination game while periodically trying to sacrifice Red October to improve Vic Fangio’s Rams game plan. International correspondent Roy Hobbs calls in live from IHOP to review blueberry pancakes, recommend Cleveland as an exotic vacation destination, break down European cycling despite the hosts knowing absolutely nothing about it, and demand Breeders’ Cup analysis. Somewhere between actual Eagles offensive-line discussion, a theory that wide receivers should barely understand how wheels work, beard maintenance, Pokémon Go surveillance, and a constitutional crisis over whether Jay-Z was allowed to reject the nickname “Jazzy,” the Phillies briefly score a run. By the end, Stat Boy has produced legitimate Case Keenum statistics, everyone has become emotionally dependent on Gloria Gaynor, and Set Hike! reaches the only conclusion available: we will survive. Probably.

Key Topics Discussed

00:23 — Chicago Apology & Eagles Damage Control

03:18 — Phillies Playoff Panic & The Nola Bomb

06:45 — Braves vs. Phillies: Mascot Death Match

12:17 — Roy Hobbs Calls From IHOP

22:15 — Pancakes Somehow Become Football

24:12 — What Went Wrong Against Chicago?

27:25 — The Official Football Intelligence Hierarchy

34:17 — Eagles Defensive Communication & Injuries

36:23 — Sacrifice the Phillies to Save the Eagles?

45:06 — “I Will Survive” & Live Phillies Chaos

52:21 — Beards, Sunday Gravy & Backup QB Trauma

57:21 — Pokémon Go Surveillance & Rams Preview

01:05:11 — Prediction Review & Eagles–Rams Picks

01:13:15 — Case Keenum Stats, Jay-Z Becomes Jazzy & Final Red October Prayer

Statistics & Facts

• Dr. TAT's NFL offensive position theory (smartest, least athletic at center, geologists at guard, flat-earthers at tackle, receivers who question whether there is an Earth). Defense simply requires juiced-up toddlers. 
• Andy Dalton threw an interception in his first Eagles appearance. A spotter took his helmet away on the sideline. 
• No home games for the Phillies in the series, and Braves fans' beer wall was growing.
• John Elway was clocked at 93 mph as a pitcher.
• Joe Montana has no recorded baseball velocity. As a football thrower he was measured at 50–55, and Elway at 70.
• Jay-Z's mentor was Jaz-O (Jay-A-Z-O, formerly "Big Jazz"). Jaz-O called Sean Carter "Jazzy," and he tweaked it to "Jay-Z." They were raised in the same projects. 

Memorable Quotes

"Ohio has the most amount of people who have left planet Earth. And I wonder if that's correlated at all." - Dr. TAT

"Battery versus Tomahawk." " - Dr. TAT NLWC mascot preview

"No, I never got it...I know like Pikachu and all that." - the extent of Panda Dan's encyclopedia-worthy of Pokémon knowledge 

"If you have Aaron Nola throwing the triple A, then we might not be as effective." - Stat Boy analysis of a Phillies' weapon of choice effectiveness vs. the Braves

"I'm always gonna go for the home team...I'm gonna go with the Phillies." - Roy Hobbs officially predicts the away team winning the NLWC.

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The 38th inaugural episode begins with an allegedly invisible guest, an Eagles team sitting at 2–0, and Dr. TAT opening a completely unlicensed medical school to explain Saquon Barkley’s stinger before the Mystery Guest executes a pro-wrestling run-in worthy of a steel chair. The crew dissects Jalen Hurts’ late-game heroics, the Giants’ rapidly expanding injury ward, Caleb Williams’ dramatic cart ride, the existential difference between Case and Chase Keenum, Detroit-style pizza, and why Michigan apparently becomes Set Hike!’s headquarters after the collapse of civilization. Then the Mystery Guest unveils a newest business venture—Mystery Guest’s Luxurious Cello—by introducing a suspicious yellow bottle with the reassuring sales pitch, “This is not a bottle of piss,” before everyone tastes a four-week Everclear experiment that Dr. TAT describes as lemon rind mixed with motor oil. Somehow nobody goes blind, the drink becomes the unofficial, official alcoholic beverage of Set Hike!, and the show immediately transitions into Chicago accents, investigates an alleged Penn State onion injury, and Computer Scott forcing four grown children to determine whether competitive sign-spinning is a sport, a statistic, or simply shenanigans. By the closing minutes, Stat Boy is fact-checking Zach Ertz marriage history and Eagles receiving records, the Mystery Guest has helped establish a future robot-resistant colony on Set Hike! Island, and the crew reaches perhaps its most defensible conclusion yet: October is a top-12 month of the year.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 — The Invisible Mystery Guest & Eagles 2–0

08:43 — Dr. TAT’s Fake Medical School: Saquon’s Stinger

10:20 — Stinger to Stunner: The Mystery Guest Arrives

13:19 — Giants Injuries & Going Full Winston

18:42 — Caleb’s Cart & The Case vs. Chase Keenum Debate

24:19 — Jalen Hurts Levels Up & Tennessee’s Game-Saving Plays

32:06 — Phillies Panic, Chicago & Detroit Pizza

37:51 — The Michigan Apocalypse & Seth Island

40:39 — Midlife Crises, Jerry Pallotta & 100 Followers

45:40 — Stone Cold Limoncello: The Mystery Guest’s Cello

53:53 — Da Bears, Da Accent & Eagles-Bears Predictions

01:03:28 — College Football, Onion Injuries & Ground Beef

01:07:20 — Sports, Stats or Shenanigans: Robot Olympics & Cup Stacking

01:18:12 — Stat Boy’s Corrections & October Is Top-12

Statistics & Facts

• Zach Ertz: currently 579 career catches, 10 behind Harold Carmichael's Eagles all-time record of 589. Went to Stanford (not Cincinnati as first guessed). Married Julie Ertz (soccer player) in 2017; they met in 2012 at a baseball game — she actually attended Santa Clara, not Stanford. 
• Saquon Barkley suffered a stinger (brachial plexus injury) and wore a neck collar to prevent hyperextension. 
• Giants D-line: 1 total sack through 2 games — 31st of 32 NFL teams (Dolphins are 32nd with zero); Bengals lead the NFL in sacks (Dexter Lawrence mentioned, traded from Giants to Cincinnati). 
• Only NFL player with first name "Case" is Case Keenum; 4 other players have had the last name Case, including Pete Case, an Eagles guard (1962–1970)

Memorable Quotes

"We went from stinger to stunner, and here it is, folks." - Dr. TAT

"This guy's like Michael Jordan of Animal Battle." - Panda Dan

"You can't make an omelet unless you break some eggs, right?" - Stat Boy

"So this is not a bottle of piss. It is a bottle of Limoncello." - Mystery Guest

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The 37th inaugural episode celebrates the Eagles’ fast 1–0 start by, you guessed it, conducting a much needed vegetable intervention with Lizzie Streit from It’s a Veg World After All, as three grown children repeatedly steer sweet potatoes, pickled onions, and sports nutrition toward barbecue, meat pies, and Australian espionage. After Lizzie escapes, Dr. TAT conducts an unsolicited graduate seminar on the Eagles’ offensive line shuffle while the crew is anointed as "Sons of Dicker." Chaos ensues with a Quarterback-Center exchanges become a courtship ritual and Tennessee’s supposedly fearsome Greek "Titan" is exposed as an energetic trash panda named T-Rac—naturally leading to animal intelligence rankings and an Oregon Trail gopher massacre. For Week 2, Slayer gets sent to Nashville with Set Hike! assignments involving Dolly Parton, Elvis, and financially irresponsible roulette; an anonymous listener launches an investigation into Jameis Winston apparently fumigating the Giants’ locker room with cologne; and the show establishes a completely unnecessary new fragrance measurement system ranging from a "quarter-Winston" to the medically inadvisable "full-Winston". Stat Boy closes by fact-checking the Minnesota State Fair, historically efficient negative yardage, and—most devastatingly—the discovery that roulette wheels do not have a 37, ruining the crew’s beautifully conceived 37th-episode gambling strategy (back to 31!). The lesson is simple: eat your vegetables, protect your quarterback-center relationship, and never, for the love of everyone within a ten-foot radius, never go full Winston.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 — Eagles 1–0 & Spitgate Returns

03:57 — Lizzie Streit: It’s a Veg World After All

05:41 — Vegetable Mount Rushmore & Sweet Potato Brownies

07:07 — Flexitarians, Food Creativity & SEO

10:55 — Getting Kids to Actually Eat Vegetables

13:52 — Nashville Tailgate Food & Stat Boy’s Pickled-Onion Manifesto

17:12 — Nutrition, GLP-1s & Sports Science

21:31 — Operation Trojan Meat Pie

26:18 — Eagles Week 1 Recap & Panda’s Return to the Linc

34:45 — Tom Brady’s Sore-Legged Butterfly & Offensive-Line Therapy

44:09 — Dating Your Quarterback & The Sons of Dicker

53:31 — Eagles–Titans Preview & T-Rac the Trash Panda

59:34 — Oregon Trail Gopher Massacre & Week 2 Predictions

01:04:28 — Slayer’s Nashville Assignments

01:10:13 — The Jameis Winston Cologne Investigation

Statistics & Facts

• Zack Baun: 12 total tackles (7 solo), 1 tackle for loss, 2 passes defensed — named NFC Defensive Player of the Week. 
• Makai Lemon is on pace for 51 catches for negative 85 receiving yards this season.
• Titans' mascot is T-Rac, an energetic raccoon (not a Titan) — mascot has been in place since the franchise's 1999 rebrand from the Houston Oilers.
• Minnesota State Fair stats she cited: ~200,000 attendance one day (this year's total attendance was actually 1.9 million; the all-time record was 2.1 million in 2019; this year's opening-day record was 155,000; the single-day record was 270,000).
• Minnesota State Fair apple fries wait at 8:30am was 35 minutes; by mid-afternoon the wait was estimated to be 2.5 hours.
• Set Hike!'s official "Winston" unit of cologne measurement — Panda Dan defines a "half Winston" (arms + neck) while Stat Boy establishes a "quarter Winston" (chest/upper area only)

Memorable Quotes

"This is princess applesauce, you know." " - Lizzie on getting her daughters to eat beets

"I'll say you have to get a picture with a look-alike or a statue of Elvis Presley" - Panda Dan on Slayer's Set Hike! assignment

"I try to get it closer to the nose area so you know it's easier to smell instantly." - Stat Boy establishing a "quarter-Winston"

"The real ones would." - Dr. TAT on putting beets on a Mount Rushmore of vegetables 

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A massive thank you to Lizzie Streit from It’s a Veg World After All for joining Set Hike! and somehow keeping three flexitarian focused on vegetables for more than 20 minutes. Lizzie shared her Philly roots, nutrition expertise, and some genuinely great foodie ideas—from sweet potato brownies to buffalo chickpeas to Stat Boy-approved pickled onions done the right way.

Check out many more recipes at https://itsavegworldafterall.com/ and follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/vegworld_recipes/.

Thanks again, Lizzie, for proving that Philly sports and vegetables can co-exist and, most importantly, it really is a Veg World After All.

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The 36th inaugural episode of Set Hike! celebrates the return of NFL football by spending the opening fifteen minutes debating how Australian pronunciation, whether time is a social construct, and if Michigan keeps a secret DraftKings-sponsored clock in a drawer specifically for manufacturing extra seconds. Things briefly become alarmingly professional when legendary Philadelphia sportswriter Les Bowen joins the show and casually unloads 40 years of Eagles knowledge from memory, explains why Sean Mannion should hide safely in the booth, questions whether Jeff Stoutland’s departure could break the offensive line, and somehow says “Willie Lampkin” without realizing he has just activated Dr. TAT’s Pee-wee Herman secret word. Once Les escapes, the crew immediately destroys whatever journalistic credibility he left behind by investigating Panda Dan’s white Johnson, selecting French game-day cologne, debating whether smoked wallaby belongs inside a meat pie, predicting an Eagles massacre of the Washington Clarendons, and imagining Vic Fangio being physically carried into the coaching booth like an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. Finally, Stat Boy attempts to correct the fundamental physics of time replacing Cesium-133 with Hydrogen-1's isotopes which naturally segues into confirming Landon Dickerson’s 40-yard dash time before revealing the Set Hike! R&D Department has apparently been employing Rob, not Randy, this entire time—which is perfect, because after an offseason featuring horse racing, Uruguay, Baltimore slander and whatever the hell else this show became, football is finally back and nobody needs to pretend any of this made sense.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 — NFL Week 1 Has Arrived: Melbourne, Time & International Football

09:40 — Michigan’s Secret Clock & the Missing Second

15:01 — AJ Brown, Hate-Watching New England

22:45 — Les Bowen Joins Set Hike! (!!!!!!!!)

25:35 — Sean Mannion, Andy Reid & the Eagles’ New Offense

30:28 — Jeff Stoutland, Outside Zone & the Willie Lampkin Alarm

35:18 — Who Replaces AJ Brown?

39:06 — Jalyx Hunt, Trent Cole & the Eagles Defense

41:48 — Les Bowen on Old-School Eagles Misery & the Lurie Era

46:40 — Booth vs. Sideline & Battery-Resistant Windows

50:22 — Les Bowen on Sportswriting, Access & Beating the Robots

55:12 — Eagles–Clarendons Preview, Panda’s White Johnson & Game-Day Cologne

01:01:54 — Smoked Wallaby, Meat Pies & Week 1 Predictions

01:10:05 — Macy’s Predictions, Slayer Sound-Off & Zulu Nation Forever

01:15:55 — Stat Boy Corrections: #IsotropesTalk, Missing Birthdays & R&D Identity Crisis

Statistics & Facts

• A "jiffy" is a real (informal) unit of time — one-hundredth of a second. 
• A second is officially defined as the duration of a set number of vibrations of the cesium-133 atom.
• Eagles won NFL championships in 1948 and 1949 — and the team was sold in between those two seasons.
• Owner Leonard Tose once nearly moved the team to Arizona.
• Sean Mannion is calling plays from the coaching booth (not the sideline) in Week 1.
• The buckeye is a tree in the soapberry family, Ohio's official state tree; its nut is a glossy brown nut with a light tan patch.
• New items this year: Tush-Push Tater (loaded baked potato), Kool-Aid glazed chicken wings, South Philly Special cheesesteak. 

Memorable Quotes

"The LA Rams are cramming for the test. The Niners are studying." - Dr. TAT

"Lane Johnson is a unicorn. He can do anything... he's the best offensive lineman ever." - Les Bowen

"40 years ago, if you told an Eagles fan they were going to win 11 games in a season, they would have been ecstatic." - Les Bowen

"The thing that I learned is you can't see a damn thing" - Pro-Booth Les Bowen on coving games from the sideline

"I disagree with what you just said. I love the world, I love to travel the world " - Panda Dan

"What's the over-under on the amount of times the announcers blame jet lag for false starts tonight?" - Stat Boy

"This is when the cologne goes on, the Johnson stand tall, and we are here and ready, boys." - Dr. TAT

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A HUGE thank you to Les Bowen for taking the time to join Set Hike! and help us kick off the upcoming NFL season. For decades, Les was one of the unmistakable voices of Philadelphia sports journalism, covering the Flyers, Eagles, and some of the most memorable eras in the city’s sports history with the knowledge, humor, and perspective that made generations of Philly fans feel like they knew their teams a little better.

Getting the chance to talk Eagles history, the 2026 team, and the evolution of sports media was genuinely special for all of us. More than anything, we’re incredibly appreciative of the body of work Les produced throughout his career at the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer, and the role it played in shaping how so many of us followed Philadelphia sports growing up.

Thank you again, Les, for your time, your stories, your sense of humor, and a career worth celebrating.

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The 35th inaugural episode becomes a full-blown Slay Day as Slayer celebrates her actual August 27 birthday in studio, where a normal birthday interview immediately mutates into LeBron fan anthropology, quiet-car jurisprudence, and a hard-line debate over wearing the wrong Philadelphia jersey to the wrong Philadelphia sporting event. From there, the crew discovers Willie Lampkin may be a lost citizen of Oz, debates whether Dr. TAT is legally permitted to boo his own Bengals-loving child, turns Joe Burrow into Macaulay Culkin, and spends an irresponsible amount on craps mechanics, upside-down puzzles, and tactical sandwich concealment from increasingly militant Jersey Shore seagulls. Slayer then delivers what is immediately declared the greatest duck joke in podcast history before revealing the secret economy of Wrangler ducking, hidden Jeep symbols, and why Panda Dan has apparently been waving at people who were never obligated to wave back. Stat Boy attempts to restore sports by introducing the Phillies’ “lame duck” manager situation, only for the episode to unveil an alternate Set Hike! Red October fanfest coined "Set Strike!", react to an IHOP-based Spanish cycling correspondent, and then host a live intervention over Panda Dan’s Minute Maid intake. Finally, Slayer brings everyone cookies, Dr. TAT eats the cookie she actually wanted, the room performs a duck-infested “Happy Birthday" and the Corrections department delivers the ultimate birthday gift: Slayer missed sharing August 28 with Shania Twain and Marv from Home Alone by roughly eleven minutes. Let Slay eat cake? Sure. Just apparently not her own cookie.

Key Topics Discussed

00:21 — Happy Birthday, Slayer! 

06:29 — World Cup Commutes & the LeBron Takeover 

10:37 — Quiet Cars, Concerts & Slayer’s 31-Book Quest 

13:33 — Red October & the Sports Jersey Fashion Police 

17:14 — Eagles Camp: No LeBron, No Lemons 

21:22 — Willie Lampkin, Wizard of Oz & Three Philly Championships 

27:00 — Can Dr. TAT Boo His Own Son? 

29:01 — Joe Burrow, Home Alone & Super Bowl Halftime Shows 

33:41 — Atlantic City, Roulette & Stat Boy’s Dice Technique 

38:29 — Yahtzee, Card Games & Upside-Down Puzzles 

43:55 — Seagull Survival & the Greatest Duck Joke Yet 

49:14 — Slayer Corrects Set Hike! on Jeep Duck Culture 

54:42 — Pauly D, Lame Ducks & the Phillies Manager Debate 

01:01:57 — Fan Mail, Set Strike & Voicemail Chaos 

01:10:03 — Pancakes, Panda’s Sugar Intervention & Let Slay Eat Cake 

01:19:32 — Birthday Corrections & the Final Whistle

Birthday Slayer Statistics & Facts

• Slayer was born August 27, around 11:49 p.m.
• Slayer's zodiac sign is Virgo.
• Slayer's on her 14th book of the year, with a Goodreads reading-challenge goal of 31 books.
• Slayer has an Eagles tattoo.
• Slayer shares a birthday with Aaron Paul and Jim Thome.
• Celebrities born the next day (Aug 28) include Jack Black, Jennifer Coolidge, Shania Twain, and Daniel Stern (Marv from Home Alone). 

Memorable Quotes

"Rummy's a good beach game, actually. " - Panda Dan

"I don't think there's a better gift than corrections." - Stat Boy

"Just sending all the bad vibes." - Slayer after Dr. TAT threatens to wear a LeBron James Flyers jersey to an Eagles game

"That is one of the finest, one of the greatest gobblers I've ever met." - Dr. TAT

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