Sports, Screens, and Something Else

Sports, Screens, and Something Else

By Will Dickerson and Trevor PaceSociety & Culture
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Sports, Screens, and Something Else episodes

  • Episode 20

    Happy Calendar Adjustment Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Football predictions (3:45)
    • Why is football popular? (17:30)

    Screens

    • Will James Cameron reset the film industry again? (30:36)
    • Psychology of video games (45:35)

    Something Else

    • How do you recreate? (1:00:21)
    • Why do we buy stuff we never use? (1:13:57)

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 31 min
  • Episode 19

    Happy National Toilet Paper Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Does sports gambling add to the sports viewing experience? (4:53)
    • Hard Cap vs Soft Cap in professional sports (16:04)

    Screens

    • Do trailers actually make the movie experience worse? (26:56)
    • Are there any actual movie stars anymore? (40:55)

    Something Else

    • Genghis Khan: why don’t we talk about him more? (55:36)
    • Car accident stories (1:09:07)

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 25 min
  • Episode 18

    Happy Soft Serve Ice Cream Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Would a new division of college football be more successful? (3:34)
    • MMA popularity (15:17)

    Screens

    • Versions of Batman (24:55)
    • Emotional vs intellectual movies (37:10)

    Something Else

    • Back to school stories (48:26)
    • The disgusting nature of public pools and lakes (58:42)

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 17

    Happy Vinyl Record Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Preseason college football polls (3:21)
    • Should professional leagues have divisions? (14:41)

    Screens

    • Are directors allowed to make movies with their own vision anymore? (25:25)
    • What makes a film a "classic"? (39:21)

    Something Else

    • Dematerialization (52:57)
    • NFTs (1:04:00)


    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 21 min
  • Episode 16

    Happy National Ice Cream Sandwich Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • New NFL rules for the 2021 season (3:24)
    • Best/Worst sports movies (14:11)

    Screens

    • Simultaneous streaming and theatrical releases (26:19)
    • What are some shows that you used to hate and now you love? (38:34)

    Something Else

    • Museums (49:51)
    • Is college a scam? (1:00:16)

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 15

    Happy National Chili Dog Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Simone Biles withdrawing in the Olympics (2:40)
    • Basketball shoes (13:52)

    Screens

    • Is there more negativity in the news lately? (23:25)
    • Future of smartphones (33:12)

    Something Else

    • Physical books vs electronic books (43:41)
    • Most published research is actually wrong (52:21)

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode 14

    Happy Spoonerism Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Olympic sports to get rid of and which sports should replace them (3:35)
    • Video reviews in sports (16:28)

    Screens

    • Paddington 2 lost its perfect Rotten Tomatoes rating (28:36)
    • Netflix has an original show problem (40:19)

    Something Else

    • Cultural changes from COVID-19 (59:07)
    • Vinyl vs digital (1:12:08)

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 29 min
  • Episode 13

    Happy National Respect Canada Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Mic'd up segments are dumb (2:32)
    • Why isn't volleyball more popular as a spectator sport? (12:52)

    Screens

    • Cursing in film/TV (26:30)
    • Black Widow review (42:39)

    Something Else

    • Unpaid Internships should be illegal (58:18)
    • What makes a good pizza? (1:09:00)

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected]

    1 hr 23 min
  • Episode 12

    Happy National Video Games Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • Fan interference
    • Access to live sports viewing is archaic

    Screens

    • Nudity in film/TV
    • What does the future look like for video games?

    Something Else

    • Great men have great flaws
    • Why do people hate country music?

    Thank you for listening! If you want to suggest a topic or get in touch with the show, feel free to email us at [email protected].

    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 11

    Happy National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day! Here are the topics we discuss during this week's episode:

    Sports

    • The NCAA officially allow athletes to make money off of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL).
    • The Matthew Effect

    Screens

    • Violence in film/TV
    • Can documentaries actually be objective?

    Something Else

    • Yard work
    • Why do we get annoyed?

    1 hr 21 min

About Sports, Screens, and Something Else

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Every week, Will and Trevor talk about 3 things: Sports, Screens, and Something Else. We each pick a topic in those three areas, and we discuss about each topic for 10 minutes. Our goal is to start…