The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

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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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2 hr 25 min
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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1 hr 59 min
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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Go Irish!

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1 hr 59 min
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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Go Irish!

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2 hr 7 min
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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Go Irish!

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2 hr 18 min
April 14, 2025Notre Dame Football Celebrity QB Deathmatch
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have sprung into action to talk about Notre Dame Football’s annual Blue-Gold Game. In this episode:
HELLO!
Our bad you guys.
Val Kilmer is a legend.
The spring game format.
Are you watching for game entertainment or to see practice development?
Jude hates everything.
The dangers of knowing too much.
Debating Peacock.
The main event is a juicy discussion about Notre Dame’s quarterback situation between Steve Angeli, Kenny Minchey, and CJ Carr.
The beauty of Karson Hobbs.
We put our toes in the cool waters of Notre Dame Football recruiting.
REVIEWS!
All the hurdles.
Probably the best Easter candy is _____ .
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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2 hr 23 min
April 12, 2025 Notre Dame Football and the Great Naming of Names
It's spring and there is Notre Dame Football so that means THE GREAT NAMING OF NAMES still needs to happen. The annual tradition gets a last minute save via Dylan, so you can thank him later.

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Go Irish!

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27 min
March 25, 2025Notre Dame spring football, a sword school, and King Arthur’s Court
Joshua and Brendan were given a charge this week — and that was to make the treacherous journey of talking about Notre Dame Football without their beloved Jude. It’s spring football... so of course they jumped right in.
In this episode:
Hello!
The inner workings of youth baseball in March.
Let’s talk about Steve Angeli, CJ Carr, and Kenny Minchey some more.
An alternative Notre Dame quarterback theory.
Will 2025 Notre Dame look like the 2023 Michigan Wolverines — as blasphemous as that sounds?
The Jeremiyah Love Heisman campaign.
That’s an insane running back room in South Bend.
Big boy talk and the greatness of Quenton Nelson.
How much juice is in the 2025 Notre Dame football schedule?
The Louisville Cardinals as a villain.
The best depictions of King Arthur.
And plenty more weaved in and out of the show.
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2 hr 1 min
March 10, 2025 Notre Dame’s quarterback battle VS quarterback situation

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2 hr 6 min
February 25, 2025 February’s quest to get to Notre Dame football
Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are finally back... kind of. After an extended break due to illness and, well, a bunch of nothingness when it comes to Notre Dame football — the trio made their way to the pod machine.

No show notes this week. If we had to make this journey a success without a single note in front of us... so should you. It’s good for the soul.

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2 hr 28 min