The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

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The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast episodes:

July 19, 2025Struggling to get to Notre Dame Football season
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have FINALLY made it back to the pod machine after a summer hiatus (which won’t be the last one — sorry, not sorry) to talk about anything and everything surrounding Notre Dame Football (before the media blitz happened in New York).
In this episode:
Hello!

Don’t cheat on your spouse ever — especially at a lame Coldplay concert.

The impact of the Charles Jagusah injury to the Irish offensive line and to the season.

The Battle of the McRib.

Riley Leonard vs Everett Golson.

Defending Manti Te’o.

Shane Gillis at the ESPY’s and his impact on Notre Dame fandom.

The Blue-Chip ratio got ratio’d.

Brendan makes a case to get rid of the FCS.

Revenge games.

Parenting is hard.

Do your job Jude.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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1h 59min
June 30, 2025Notre Dame Football Villains X
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are happily back together to breakdown the latest Notre Dame Football news as the most professional pros in all of the Notre Dame world. In this episode:
HELLO!

The breakfast hack that triggers all of the fast food emotions.

Notre Dame football recruiting is on an absolute heater right now, and we take this moment to kick the Kansas State Wildcats while they’re down.

Of course we were right about stuffing James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions in a locker.

Does the math, math?

What ranking will this Irish recruiting class end up with?

Notre Dame football villains... the dawn of a new age.

REVIEWS!

Can Carson Beck (Miami Hurricanes) surprise us?

Jude gets a scolding.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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2h 55min
June 20, 2025Marcus Freeman is stuffing James Franklin in a locker (again)
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are ready for the summer heat wave — which is also another name for the current state of Notre Dame football recruiting. The boys are primed and ready for a good chat. In this episode:
HELLO!

An entirely different take on the Star Wars sequels.

Let’s talk about Notre Dame Football recruiting.

The Elite 11.

Marcus Freeman VS James Franklin is the gift that keeps giving.

Preseason rankings and lists.

Let’s throw some baseball stuff in here.

Songs for 90 in a 35.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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2h 35min
June 13, 2025 Answering all of the Notre Dame Football questions very professionally
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have a lot of answering to do this week — but how much of it really concerns Notre Dame Football? We promise you that it’s a lot more than you might be thinking, and it’s done very professionally.
No other show notes are needed this week.
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2h 43min
June 04, 2025 Let's talk about a shirtless Marcus Freeman
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are ready to venture into PODCAST AFTER DARK territory as they try to deal with this particular Notre Dame Football offseason.
It's a NO NOTES kind of a week because we don't want to spoil all of the surprises on this week's episode (or we're just incredibly lazy and getting used to a new way of recording the pod - you decide).
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1h 57min
May 29, 2025The Lost Flavors of Notre Dame Football
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are frsh off of a Memorial Day week long bender and ready to talk about only the most important things concerning the Notre Dame football program. In this episode:
Hello!

The Detroit Tigers.

More baseball talk because the baseball is good.

The lost flavors of our life.

The symbiotic relationship between milk and cereal (no Big Grain donations were accepted by this podcast).

Notre Dame VS USC.

Let’s keep hammering home just how cowardly Southern cal and Lincoln Riley are being right now — Pete Carroll is ashamed of this nonsense.

The college football playoff and Notre Dame’s position.

Sports Media opinions.

Reviews!

The episode kind of ends abruptly.
Plus much more weaved in and out of the show.
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2h 27min
May 14, 2025USC and Lincoln Riley are scared to death of Notre Dame
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back for another tri-conversation about Notre Dame football and they TRY hard to make sense out of the most recent college football news.
In this episode:
HELLO!

The Flying Dutchmen?

Does the Irish baseball team have a chance of making a regional?

Notre Dame has three night games on their home football schedule.

Is Joshua changing his tune about Notre Dame vs Navy or is it something else?

The Peacock switcheroo.

USC and Lincoln Riley are rumored to be cowardly cowards — and it doesn’t surprise anyone.

Southern Cal fans should be up in arms.

REVIEWS!

Will the Irish offense be different for Kenny Minchey and CJ Carr?

Youth baseball bats.

Pete Rose.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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2h 2min
May 08, 2025We willed a rivalry between Notre Dame and Clemson into existence
Joshua and Brendan are ready to talk about Notre Dame football while holding down the fort as Jude takes up shop inside the Vatican waiting for the results from the conclave and the naming of a new Pope.
Kind of.
In this episode:
HELLO!

The case against wallets in 2025.

The Michigan Wolverines are in serious trouble, and we don’t feel bad about it.

Will the NCAA drop the hammer on Sherrone Moore?

The future of the Big 10.

We do a victory lap (or two) about the latest Notre Dame football schedule agreement with the Clemson Tigers.

This podcast WILLED the rivalry into existence and we won’t take a back seat to anyone’s late opinion.

Can we get the trophy plans to Dabo?

What does the Clemson series mean for the Clemson game?

The future of Notre Dame and USC.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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2h 1min
April 30, 2025The Notre Dame NFL Draft AFTERPARTY
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back from NFL Draft weekend with a hop in their step and a glass full of gin. Notre Dame Football had a good weekend, and they want to spin it the right way. In this episode:
HELLO!

It’s real spring now and things are happening.

Let’s get into the NFL Draft and Notre Dame’s pretty good weekend.

Shedeur Sanders and his incredible baggage and drama and whatever else you want to call it.

The transfer portal?

Notre Dame’s very good run of seasons.

Andy Staples has the Irish as the preseason #2 team in the country — so let’s talk about it.

Coaching youth baseball... a discussion for the soul of America.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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2h 9min
April 24, 2025Lots of Notre Dame Football Things
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are fresh out of all of the Easter candy that they stole from their children, and are ready to talk about Notre Dame Football and a maybe a couple of other things. It’s fun.

In this episode:
HELLO!
A Star Wars Easter Egg.
A certain quarterback hit the transfer portal and found a new home... and we’re going to talk about it.
Could there still be more transfer portal additions — like at running back?
The NFL Draft is here and we have some things to say about it.
Joshua takes a moment to diss The Shirt one more time.
Marcus Freeman’s final spring presser has us bored (which is great).
REVIEWS!
Let’s have a conversation about Notre Dame coaches as Roman Emperors.

And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.

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2h 21min

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