SHIT2GRIT

SHIT2GRIT

By Marshall Zweig and David HughesSportsFootball
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SHIT2GRIT episodes

  • "I want it all"

    Part 2 of 2. The day after the Detroit Lions clinched their first-ever NFC North title, Marshall talks about feeling relief, but not celebration, regarding the team's accomplishment. David and Marshall also finish our conversation about Lionel Richie's "Hello" video (18:27), referencing the Netflix movie May/December starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. We wrap up with Marshall getting clear on what he's looking for from this Lions season (29:42). Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)" | Our thanks for the transition music to FreeGroove and Coma-Media on Pixabay

    39 min
  • "Too many memories, too many ghosts"

    Part 1 of 2. A day before the Detroit Lions clinched their first NFC North title ever, David and Marshall explore why we don't feel as confident about the Lions as we believe we ought to. Along the way, we're surprised by our discomfort when we happen to bring up Lionel Richie's 1984 music video "Hello" (15:26). Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"


    36 min
  • "Never trust a longtime Lions fan to make a prediction"

    Just before the Detroit Lions demolished the red-hot Denver Broncos, all but assuring they'll win the NFC North for the first time ever, David and Marshall asked ourselves: after five straight questionable performances, do we believe in this Lions team or not? We find our answers to be a fascinating window into the psyche of futile fandom, an uncomfortable illustration of how the gut punches of a lifetime of losing can deeply impact perception. Fortunately, at the end of the episode, we get to celebrate something we've never seen: a Lions team that finally, to our great relief, kicked the doors in. Theme song: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)" | A NOTE TO OUR LISTENERS: This episode was briefly titled "You'd better have finished your dinner." Since then, we redid the intro, and added a new ending (31:25)


    37 min
  • "I'm uneasy"

    A tale of two uneasy Detroit Lions games: David and Marshall discuss the sinking feeling we had during both the Lions' victory over the New Orleans Saints, and their loss to the Chicago Bears. Is our uneasiness merely a remnant of past Lions pain? Or is this team, like so many Lions teams of our memories, destined to greet the playoffs with a whimper instead of a roar? Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)" | Thank you to FreeGroove on Pixabay for the transition music


    30 min
  • "Throw deep"
    David and Marshall wonder who's the emotional leader of this Detroit Lions team, as we recall the 1980 "Another One Bites the Dust" Lions season of our childhoods, and worry about how un-ready these Lions look for the playoffs. Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"
    32 min
  • “I'm gonna Barry that podcast if it's the last thing I do"
    Part 3 of 3. For us, Amazon Prime's Bye Bye Barry was like Al Capone's vault—or as David puts it in this episode, "a nothing burger." Quite simply, Bye Bye Barry failed to provide the new information it so dramatically promised us. We're left with one glaring question: why in the heck did they make this movie? | A NOTE TO OUR LISTENERS: This episode was briefly titled "It was just hard for me to go back there." Since then, we added six minutes of content, including this behind-the-scenes moment (25:48) that gave us the episode's new title. We apologize for any confusion | Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"
    28 min
  • GRITBITS, Week 12: 'The turkey'
    David and Marshall are surprised to discover we actually have a few things we'll remember from this forgettable Thanksgiving rematch with the Green Bay Packers. We recall: Jameson Williams being in the huddle snap after snap in crunch time; Kalif Raymond always quietly making plays no matter the game situation; Jared Goff struggling while under constant pressure—the well-known formula for rattling him—for the second straight game. Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"
    8 min
  • GRITBITS, Week 11: 'The comeback'
    David, Heather and Marshall discuss the moments we'll remember from the Lions' coolheaded, composed comeback victory over the Chicago Bears. We recall: watching the Bears snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in signature same-old-Lions style; Hutchinson's strip-fumble-shove play that caused a safety; Jameson Williams starting to put things together; Jared Goff "at least doing laundry"—a phrase that describes finding a way to accomplish something on a difficult day. Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"
    20 min
  • "The second one is me"
    Part 2 of 3. In anticipation of "Bye Bye Barry," the Amazon Prime documentary that will finally explain why legendary Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders abruptly and mysteriously walked away from football, David and Marshall have been speculating as to what reason Barry will give. In this episode, we find additional information that makes us wonder just how troubled Barry's father William might have been | "The second one is me" (05:31) | "Barry can come too" (10:02) | "Don't be scared to make mistakes" (15:08) | Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"
    29 min
  • "I want to introduce you to the third-best running back who ever lived"
    Part 1 of 3. "Bye Bye Barry," the Amazon Prime documentary about why legendary Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders walked away from football, premieres on November 20. In it, Sanders finally reveals the reason he abruptly and mysteriously left the game, at the height of his skill and within a season of becoming the NFL's all-time rushing yards leader. David and Marshall try to predict what Barry's explanation is going to be, by reading between the lines of quotes from Barry's Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony (02:05), and from his decision to turn pro after his junior year at Oklahoma State (32:43). Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"
    46 min

About SHIT2GRIT

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We're master relationship coach Marshall Zweig and commercial artist David Hughes: longtime friends, and long-suffering fans of the Detroit Lions—a team synonymous our entire lives with losing.