The Fabulous Peltoncast: Seattle Sports and More

By Tristan Carosino and Kevin Pelton

What's The Fabulous Peltoncast: Seattle Sports and More about?

The Fabulous Peltoncast is a weekly podcast where brothers Kevin Pelton and Tristan Carosino discuss Seattle sports from an analytical perspective (with a focus on the Seahawks, UW football, Mariners and Storm) and search for Seattle’s best food.

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The Fabulous Peltoncast: Seattle Sports and More episodes:

04.25.2024
Peltoncast No. 413: NFL Draft Preview with Mike-Shawn Dugar
Recording on the eve of the NFL Draft, a supersized podcast begins by previewing the Seahawks’ options at No. 16 and beyond with the expert help of The Athletic’s Mike-Shawn Dugar. Then we discuss Costco’s new cookie, how the M’s...
04.17.2024
Peltoncast No. 412
After hitting rock bottom on Sunday, the mood around the M’s has turned thanks to the arrival of Jonatan Clase. Can he single-handedly end the Seattle swoon? Plus the Storm drafts a Caitlin Clark stopper and the Seahawks continue to...
04.10.2024
Peltoncast No. 411
The Seattle swoon experienced a false spring over the weekend with the Sounders winning big, but the only consistent winner in the Seattle sports scene is the team that’s already headed to the lottery. We debate again what to make...
04.04.2024
Peltoncast No. 410
A week into the Mariners’ season, the M’s bats are cold and the takes are hotter than ever. We also update the state of UW men’s basketball transact now that we know Will Conroy will no longer be part of...
03.27.2024
Peltoncast No. 409
Before our inaugural hot takes of the 2024 season looking ahead to M’s opening day on Thursday, we discuss the logical fit between UW and new athletic director Pat Chun, changing sides in the Apple Cup rivalry. Then we close...
03.25.2024
Huskies Hire Sprinkle
Despite athletic director Troy Dannen’s departure to take the same job at Nebraska, the Huskies were able to hire Utah State head coach Danny Sprinkle as their new men’s basketball coach hours after Sprinkle’s season ended with a win and...
03.20.2024
Peltoncast No. 408
We’re through the bulk of free agency and the Seahawks more or less executed our plan after signing Leonard Williams, which should result in a haul of compensatory picks in 2025. We grade the offseason, then take our search for...
03.13.2024
Peltoncast No. 407
The opening days of free agency have seen more Seahawks going than coming, but it’s their deal to re-sign Leonard Williams that has us most concerned so far. After discussing that, we propose a new (very old) method to rank...
03.08.2024
Peltoncast No. 406
It’s the end of multiple eras in Seattle sports as the Seahawks move on from several players, including safeties Jamal Adams and Quandre Diggs, ahead of free agency and UW men’s basketball appears headed for a coaching change. (Update: ESPN’s...
02.27.2024
Peltoncast No. 405
The (first) Eastside edition of the Peltoncast goes long on what makes a great cookie as we search for Seattle’s best at Midnight and Shikorina, then considers whether UW women’s basketball can make the NCAA tournament and the impact of...
02.21.2024
Peltoncast No. 404
It’s no error but it is a flex: Tristan details a busy sports weekend that saw him attend losses for both UW men’s basketball and the Kraken as well as the latest Coach’s Corner. Before that, our search for Seattle’s...
02.16.2024
Peltoncast No. 403: Seahawks Offseason Preview
With Adam Schefter reporting the Seahawks will guarantee Geno Smith’s 2024 salary for injury, Ben Baldwin joins us to preview the team’s offseason and the possibility that Smith could still be traded. Then we start our search for Seattle’s best...
02.07.2024
Peltoncast No. 402
The nepotism cloud has rained down a Belichick and a Harbaugh on Seattle and we discuss what it means for the Huskies and Seahawks in addition to weighing in on the offensive coordinator search. Before that, how good will the...
01.31.2024
Seahawks Hire Mike Macdonald
After interviewing him Tuesday, the Seahawks have chosen Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald as their next head coach. Ben Baldwin joins us to discuss what to make of the Seahawks going with a defensive coach, what we want to...
01.31.2024
Peltoncast No. 401
We know that Ben Johnson won’t be the Seahawks’ next coach but not yet who they will pick after they completed interviews with losing coordinators from both championship games. We take stock before discussing the M’s adding power via trade,...
01.29.2024
Talkin’ Taco Time: Quest Complete
After nearly nine years of tracking his Taco Time Northwest visits, co-host Randy Cote completed his quest to visit and eat at all 79 locations on Saturday at Rainier Avenue. After Taco Time surprised him with balloons, a Taylor Swift-inspired...
01.24.2024
Peltoncast No. 400
It’s our 400th episode and Tristan is straight up not having fun as the Seahawks reportedly plan second interviews primarily with defensive coaches and UW football continues to build a roster without key players following Jedd Fisch from Arizona. Plus...
01.17.2024
Peltoncast No. 399
After a historic run of emergency pods covering coaching changes for the Seahawks and UW football, we’re back with our regularly scheduled pod to take stock of the Seahawks’ search for Pete Carroll’s replacement, the latest on Jedd Fisch’s coaching...
01.15.2024
Emergency Pod: Huskies Hire Jedd Fisch
Two days after losing football coach Kalen DeBoer to Alabama, the Washington Huskies poached Arizona’s Jedd Fisch as a replacement. Tristan breaks down the three reasons he became convinced Fisch was the best realistic option and Kevin breaks down the...
01.13.2024
Emergency Pod: Kalen DeBoer to Alabama
It’s official: Washington football coach Kalen DeBoer will replace Nick Saban at Alabama, leading the Huskies days after leading them to the CFP championship game in just his second year on Montlake. We discuss why DeBoer’s departure doesn’t spell doom...
01.10.2024
Carroll Out as Seahawks Head Coach
In a shocking turn, the Seahawks announced Wednesday that Pete Carroll will no longer be their head coach as he moves into an advisor role. Ben Baldwin joins us to discuss our thoughts on the decision and who we’d be...
01.10.2024
Peltoncast No. 398
With the Seahawks missing the playoffs and the Huskies’ season ending in the CFP championship game, we’re into the Peltoncast offseason, but not before some hot takes on Pete Carroll’s postseason media availability. Plus the M’s win fans back with...
01.09.2024
Huskies Lose CFP Championship
UW football’s magical, undefeated 2023 season came to an end in Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game as they lost 34-13 to the Michigan Wolverines in a game that wasn’t as lopsided as the final score indicated. We discuss what...
01.04.2024
Peltoncast No. 397: CFP Championship Preview
We’ve got a full breakdown — and contrasting perspectives — on how Washington matches up with Michigan in Monday’s College Football Playoff championship. Before that, we discuss a frustrating last UW men’s basketball trip to the Mountain schools and ride...
01.02.2024
Emergency Pod: Huskies Headed to Championship
So far, 2024 is the year of the Dawgs. We celebrate Washington football beating Texas — despite an inexplicable late scare where we saw plenty of darkness — to reach the College Football Playoff championship against Michigan. We’ll have a...
12.29.2023
Peltoncast 2023 Year in Sports
As 2023 comes to a close, we look at the biggest stories in a Seattle sports year dominated by the University of Washington and Husky football in particular. After handing out our sports figure of the year, we revisit our...
12.27.2023
Peltoncast No. 396
The last weekly pod of 2023 has plenty to discuss between the Mariners finally making a move in free agency, the Seahawks moving in position to secure a playoff spot by winning out and a preview of UW vs. Texas...
12.21.2023
Peltoncast 2023 Year in Music
Continuing our annual tradition, we look back on industry trends from 2023, including whether Taylor Swift might be the biggest artist of all time after applying era adjustments. Then we both share our top 10 songs of the year, where...
12.19.2023
Peltoncast No. 395
A semi-emergency pod starts by recapping the Seahawks’ thrilling comeback win over the Eagles on Monday Night Football led by Drew Lock before discussing UW men’s hoops reviving the No L, the UW women entering the top 25 and Husky...
12.13.2023
Peltoncast No. 394
This week’s Peltoncast staggers back and forth between excitement about a big weekend for UW basketball (on the court) and football (in terms of awards) and pessimism about the city’s pro sports franchises. Are the M’s worth giving attention? And...
12.11.2023
Talkin’ Taco Time with Luke Burbank
We fulfilled the dream of Too Beautiful to Live podcast co-host Luke Burbank by inviting him on to discuss his father making signs for Taco Time Northwest (compensated in part with free Taco Time), his discovery of the other Taco...
12.06.2023
Peltoncast No. 393
Still basking in the Huskies’ victory over Oregon and No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff, we discuss the Mariners trading Tristan’s adult son Jarred Kelenic and why we’re holding out little hope of a Seahawks win at San...
12.02.2023
Emergency Pod: Huskies Win Pac-12
In one of the most hype postgame pods in Peltoncast history, we celebrate Husky football beating Oregon a second time this season in the last Pac-12 championship game as we know it to reach 13-0 on the season and assure...
11.27.2023
Peltoncast No. 392: Pac-12 Championship Preview
We’re back after a long weekend to discuss the Seahawks looking outmatched on Thanksgiving night against the 49ers and why UW football is heavy underdogs to Oregon in the Pac-12 title game despite narrowly winning the Apple Cup to go...
11.21.2023
Peltoncast No. 391
It’s Apple Cup week, and while there won’t always be so much on the line for UW, we toast to a deal extending the series through at least 2028 before considering how much trouble the Seahawks are in with the...
11.19.2023
Emergency Pod: Huskies Move to 11-0
We celebrate UW football improving to 11-0 and clinching a spot in their final Pac-12 championship game by escaping with a 22-20 win at Oregon State despite not scoring in the second half. We break down star turns by No....
11.16.2023
Peltoncast No. 390
We debate the Huskies’ status as unbeaten underdogs heading into their final road test in Corvallis, while we discuss what to think about the Seahawks and Geno Smith after a thrilling finish to beat the Commanders at home. Plus farewell...
11.07.2023
Peltoncast No. 389
It’s a UW football sandwich as we start by discussing their high-scoring win at USC and wrap up by previewing a very different matchup this Saturday against Utah’s stout defense. In between, the Sounders face a playoff MLS must-win while...
11.02.2023
Peltoncast No. 388
An angsty pod picks up where we left off on Monday night, updating the Sounders winning Game 1 of their playoff series and previewing OL Reign’s semifinals matchup in San Diego before discussing how the Seahawks’ deal for Leonard Williams...
10.31.2023
Leonard Williams Emergency Pod
What was to be our weekly pod was turned by the James Harden trade into an emergency pod discussing the Seahawks’ win over the Cleveland Browns to take over the top spot in the NFC West and Monday’s deal for...
10.26.2023
Peltoncast No. 387
After covering this year’s annual list of NBA players to watch, we discuss an intriguing Seahawks matchup against a dominant Cleveland defense as well as what to make of UW football’s difficulty scoring in a shocking upset bid by Arizona...
10.23.2023
Talkin’ Taco Time: Frozen Taste Test
The TTT crew met up in person to try out Taco Time Northwest’s trial bake-at-home frozen crisp burritos (beef and bean) and bottled hot sauce as well as frozen “taco pizza” from the other Taco Time available at Costco. We...
10.18.2023
Peltoncast No. 386
This week’s extended Peltoncast is doing you a favor by revisiting what made UW football’s win over Oregon so special and rationalizing the Seahawks’ loss at Cincinnati as a product of small sample size in the red zone. Plus a...
10.15.2023
Emergency Pod: Thrilling Huskies Win Over Oregon
A brief pod gets hyped about a come-from-behind Washington football win over archrival Oregon with both teams ranked in the top 10 where we saw the darkness but saw the Huskies triumph anyway, checking all the boxes for a great...
10.10.2023
Peltoncast No. 385
It’s Oregon week as UW football prepares for one of its biggest home games ever with the College Gameday crew coming to town. We have a full preview after first discussing what Jerry Dipoto should have said in his end-of-season...
10.03.2023
Peltoncast No. 384
A semi-emergency pod recaps the Devon Witherspoon Game as the Seahawks’ defense dominated the Giants on Monday Night Football and offers takes on what’s ahead for the Mariners after they missed the playoffs on the season’s penultimate day before getting...
09.28.2023
Peltoncast No. 383
We’ve seen all of the darkness after a frustrating Mariners loss in the series finale against Houston, leading to some of the hottest takes yet. (Please note that the original version of these takes was recorded before Eugenio Suarez told...
09.25.2023
Seattle Sports Weekend Recap
A special episode recaps the Seahawks celebrating the 10th anniversary of their Super Bowl victory with a win over the Carolina Panthers that felt very much like the good old days before briefly touching on the Mariners weekend sweep in...
09.20.2023
Peltoncast No. 382
We recap Kevin’s thrilling trip to Michigan to see UW football dominate Michigan State and the Seahawks offer proof of concept in an upset win at Detroit, as well as try Midwest-style pizzas. Plus the AL West race heats up...
09.13.2023
Peltoncast No. 381
It’s our 10th anniversary of the first Peltoncast (though we didn’t remember until more than an hour into the pod) and Tristan’s mood is bleak after the Seahawks got shellacked by the Rams in the second half of their season...

What's The Fabulous Peltoncast: Seattle Sports and More about?

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The Fabulous Peltoncast: Seattle Sports and More episodes:

Peltoncast No. 413: NFL Draft Preview with Mike-Shawn Dugar

Peltoncast No. 412

Peltoncast No. 411

Peltoncast No. 410

Peltoncast No. 409

Huskies Hire Sprinkle

Peltoncast No. 408

Peltoncast No. 407

Peltoncast No. 406

Peltoncast No. 405

Peltoncast No. 404

Peltoncast No. 403: Seahawks Offseason Preview

Peltoncast No. 402

Seahawks Hire Mike Macdonald

Peltoncast No. 401

Talkin’ Taco Time: Quest Complete

Peltoncast No. 400

Peltoncast No. 399

Emergency Pod: Huskies Hire Jedd Fisch

Emergency Pod: Kalen DeBoer to Alabama

Carroll Out as Seahawks Head Coach

Peltoncast No. 398

Huskies Lose CFP Championship

Peltoncast No. 397: CFP Championship Preview

Emergency Pod: Huskies Headed to Championship

Peltoncast 2023 Year in Sports

Peltoncast No. 396

Peltoncast 2023 Year in Music

Peltoncast No. 395

Peltoncast No. 394

Talkin’ Taco Time with Luke Burbank

Peltoncast No. 393

Emergency Pod: Huskies Win Pac-12

Peltoncast No. 392: Pac-12 Championship Preview

Peltoncast No. 391

Emergency Pod: Huskies Move to 11-0

Peltoncast No. 390

Peltoncast No. 389

Peltoncast No. 388

Leonard Williams Emergency Pod

Peltoncast No. 387

Talkin’ Taco Time: Frozen Taste Test

Peltoncast No. 386

Emergency Pod: Thrilling Huskies Win Over Oregon

Peltoncast No. 385

Peltoncast No. 384

Peltoncast No. 383

Seattle Sports Weekend Recap

Peltoncast No. 382

Peltoncast No. 381