The Friday Mailbag

The Top Chef judges table shocked audiences with a surprise verdict in the finale.

Tom H. sounds off against the decision, as he and Kevin debate what the outcome says about what the show values most in a Top Chef contestant.

Also, an interview with chefs Dan Jacobs, Savannah Miller and Danny Garcia about how this season changed their lives.

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Zach, Amin and Mayes review their favorite baddies, the most diabolical antagonists and evil incarnates, characters who blazed such a trail of destruction their names are burned into our brains for eternity.

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Eden, Emily, Mo, Katie & Mayes

Eden's back from her globe trotting to recount her experience watching Game 3 of the NBA Finals during brunch at a Hooters.

Do you tip at buffets? Does your significant other listen to your podcast and how does that make you feel?

Katie found an experimental male performance enhancing drug with truly scary packaging and marketing.

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Zach, Amin, Mayes and Ian Karmel refuse to sign a record contract until everyone listens to Ian's new audiobook 'T-Shirt Swim Club'

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Zach Harper and Wosny Lambre are back with your Wembsday dose of Zosny.

Wos did the Ringer NBA show Group Chat live last night, but had a weird allergic reaction that somehow leads to a conversation about whippits.

Clipped delivered a messy, rewinding, flashback episode taking us to 1992, 2004, 2006 and 2008.

We learn about young Doc's feelings during the LA Riots, V Stiviano's reality show aspirations and Elgin Baylor's defiant resignation.

But more importantly than all of that, we get Ed O'Neill delivering Donald Sterling's iconic deposition.

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Tom Haberstroh and Travonne Edwards are coming home!

Tom spent his Sunday chasing Bryson DeChambeau & Rory McIlroy all over Pinehurst at the US Open, and got to touch the trophy.

Did Kawhi Leonard cut his hair? Tray reaches out to the photographer for the inside scoop on aggregation gone wild.

Will the Boston Celtics wrap up the championship with a home cooked meal? Or have the Dallas Mavericks been galvanized into a successful approach to the series?

Charles Barkley announced that he will retire after next season, but the right offer could turn him into a liar.

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There are inspired challenges in magical destinations on the eve of the finale that bring out the best in our aspirational cheftestants.

With the title of Top Chef only two cooks away, they reach deep into their imaginations and execute the meals of their lives!

This week aboard a cruise ship in Curacao was decidedly … not that episode.

Tom and Kevin break down what went wrong in an elimination challenge where only two of eight dishes were successful, and look ahead at who might be able to pull it together to claim the crown. 

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Zach, Amin and Mayes team up with Ian Karmel to hold the KPPX Radio station hostage until everyone buys a copy of Ian's new book 'T-Shirt Swim Club'

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Zach Harper, Wosny Lambre, Amin Elhassan, Tom Haberstroh and Ethan Sherwood Strauss are together once again.

Episode 3 of Clipped featured zero basketball, less Donald Sterling and an intimidating Adam Silver, but most importantly gave us an authentic Doc Rivers press conference.

With three Hall of Famers passing in a little over two weeks (Bill Walton, Chet Walker & Jerry West), we pay tribute to the logo and remember some of his innumerable accomplishments.

Finally, Ethan Strauss stops by to discuss the aggregation of his podcast with Amin & the Lakers coaching situation.

Patreon Exclusive: The Lakers handling of Jerry West's passing and the state of the organization.

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The five remaining cheftestants compete for only four tickets on a cruise ship to Curacao for the Season 21 finale in an elimination challenge that asks the to prepare a plate that express their maturation as chefs during their time in Wisconsin.

But first, it’s the beloved Blind Taste Test Quickfire, with one of the chefs blowing away the competition (is daily tongue-scraping the secret weapon?).

Finally, we have a blockbuster late-season trade between Team Tom and Team Kevin!

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