Jake is joined by Tony Ortiz, founder of Current Revolt. CR is a right-leaning publication that primarily covers Texas politics. They discuss a myriad (bingo!) of topics, including: why being compared to TMZ is a good thing, what it's like to be a "political influencer," and Tony's recent meeting with representatives of a foreign government.

Today, we have Texas Rangers TV play-by-play man, Dave Raymond, in studio to hear why $100 million is really hard to live off of and you're not noticing that

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Run sheet:
Open: With Dave Raymond

Sports: Jake’s first pitch

Audio: $10 million is hard to live off of

Life of an MLB TV broadcaster

News: Six Flags new rollercoaster, Tormenta: Rampaging Run

Dave’s trip to the ER

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We've got a weekend check which involves Dan with a weekend by himself and Blake participating in his softball league's home run derby. Jake falls for the swole Dak picture, we investigate this soccer momentum meter, and Dan has a bagful of MLB notes. Plus, if you had to rob a hotel safe and have only one piece of rope, are you bounding their hands or feet?

• (00:00) - Open: Weekend check

Today's free preview is a portion of the June MBR including a Dan fight with his wife and notes from the show

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Run sheet:
Open: With Mike Sirois

Sports: Johnny Manziel mad at Sports Boy Tony

Schotty on a podcast

June MBR

News: Attempted murder over emotional affair

VM birthdays/Today in History with Heart Attack Man

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It's the release date of the college football video game which used to mean a midnight release and a finished product, now it means microtransactions in single player modes. Von Miller stirred up controversy, youth sports could be to blame for the U.S.'s lack of dominance in soccer, and Brett Yormark had too much Monster to handle this question appropriately

• (00:00) - Open: Microtransactions

We review the worst sports podcast out there, besides ours, to hear why LeBron is considering Dallas in free agency. Hint: it's not because of Cooper Flagg, but access to Africa and oil derricks. Plus, turns out Phil Mickelson was more like Tiger Woods than we thought

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Run sheet:
Open: U.S. loses to Belgium

Today in Twitter: Spurs play-by-play guy busted

Dan’s Hawaii story

Sports: LeBron to the Mavs because of oil

Phil Mickelson is horny

Blake’s trip to Milwaukee

News: Marshawn Kneeland had CTE

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We're back with a week full of weekend check material as Jake broadcasts from Hawaii. Dan is mad the Marlins pulled their pitcher after 7 perfect innings, the red card was rescinded and the Belgium coach compared it to April Fools Day, and our biggest takeaways from the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding and Kanye's concert in Military City, USA

• (00:00) - Open: July 4th week check

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We're live from Cane Rosso today for the final time before we celebrate America 250 next week. Julie Dobbs, Mike Sirois, and TC hang with us for some sports, laughs, and an emergency Viewer Mail featuring listening to an episode of IJB from 2018.

• (00:00) - Open: With Mike Sirois and Julie Dobbs

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Team Sweden vs. Team Japan at AT&T Stadium called for one man: Jim Knox. We throw it out to Knoxy on the prowl as fans began to make their way to Texas Live for the match. Then we discuss the Mavs selection in Round 1 of the 2026 NBA Draft: Morez Johnson Jr., who played for new coach, Dusty May, at Michigan. Finally, it's a big Viewer Mail bag and let's call Chappy on his birthday

• (00:00) - Open: With Jim Knox from Texas Live

From Dave Campbell's Texas Football, Greg Tepper and Matt Stepp, are in the Den to reveal the 2026 DCTF Magazine and who was supposed to be on the cover until that whole gambling thing

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Run sheet:

Open: With Greg Tepper and Matt Stepp

Brendan Sorsby was supposed to be on the cover

Sports: Jimmy Haslam trades another star

We say goodbye to Linda Cohn

Baker Mayfield’s upcoming contract

Matt Bruenig: Not a fan of Bitcoin

News: Falsifying a birth certificate