The GRID[IRON] Podcast

Sean Barie, Katie Caldwell and Nick Shook recap a surprisingly exciting race in Australia, where Carlos Sainz once again proved he's a demon on the track, even without his appendix. Could Sainz replace Checo Perez at Red Bull next year? Will Lewis Hamilton make Ferrari into a legitimate title contender? Did Williams screw over Logan Sargeant by giving his drive to Alex Albon at Albert Park? Hey, McLaren had a great weekend! Haas, too! George Russell, not so much. And on the NFL side, some rule changes have us wondering how penalties could affect games in 2024 -- and whether the kickoff return is truly back. Sean also talks himself through the Steelers' remodeling of their quarterbacks room. Nick enjoys a good tractor pursuit.

Sean Barie and Nick Shook (Katie Caldwell is out this week) recap the season-opening F1 race in Bahrain, where some midfield action kept things entertaining, but not nearly as interesting as the sport's many issues off the track. Can Red Bull fix their mess by simply dumping Christian Horner? What's going on with the FIA? Can Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda co-exist? And will Carlos Sainz continue to outperform Charles LeClerc? On the NFL side, cuts are already happening in bunches, including the end of an unhappy marriage in Denver. Sean went to a baseball game with his dad, too.

Katie Caldwell and Nick Shook recap their week of Super Bowl LVIII coverage in Las Vegas -- in which they finally met in person! -- and summarize a thrilling finish at Allegiant Stadium, which the two took in from very different locations within the city. Sean Barie suppresses his envy before realizing it was probably better he wasn't there. The three then shift to F1 just days before the start of the 2024 season to break down and rate every single livery on the grid. Katie and Nick end up wearing glasses.

Sean Barie and Nick Shook pick up the pieces from Lewis Hamilton's bombshell announcement that he will be leaving Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025, shaking up the Formula One world a year before it becomes a reality. How will Mercedes perform amid a legendarily awkward season ahead? How will they replace Hamilton? What does this mean for Ferrari's prospects? And why did F1 reject Andretti's attempt to join the grid? The pair shifts to the latest NFL news, in which Sean believes Dan Quinn was a bronze medal of a hire, and the two deliver their Super Bowl LVIII predictions. Will Sean make it out to Vegas??

Katie Caldwell is back from her week's hiatus and joins Sean Barie and Nick Shook to cover the latest NFL coaching news -- Jim Harbaugh, Antonio Pierce and Brian Callahan join the head coaching ranks -- and look ahead to Championship Weekend, where the trio unsurprisingly forms a consensus on who is headed to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII, even if it makes Sean want to jump off a cliff. Do You Even Know returns, with Nick in the crosshairs, before the three dive into some truly awful new team names in F1. They close out the show by putting an F1 spin on a classic game of choice, in which we learn how Sean would like to treat the Circuit of the Americas.

Katie Caldwell was at work during the pod this week, so Sean Barie and Nick Shook were fortunate to welcome back friend of the show, Carmen Vitali of FOX Sports! The trio breaks down Super Wild Card Weekend and embarks on a deep dive into the fun story that is the Green Bay Packers before looking ahead to Divisional Round weekend and making some bold predictions. Sean and Nick skip Do You Even Know, but slide in a little F1 talk (McLaren's orange is oranger!) before wrapping things up.

Katie Caldwell, Sean Barie and Nick Shook preview Super Wild Card Weekend in the NFL, deliver bold predictions and recap a crazy week of coaching changes before returning to grill Katie (Kate?) in Do You Even Know? The three then shift to F1, where a stunning firing occurred at Haas, and give each team a New Years resolution.

Sean Barie and Nick Shook sit down behind a couple of mics fresh off the Browns' playoff-clinching win over the Jets, which Nick is happy to celebrate for the city of Cleveland. The two then dive into the current NFL playoff picture and make their predictions. Will the Packers sneak in? Can the Bills finish off their late-season run? Are the Jaguars going to complete their collapse? The pair then recaps their favorite and least favorite stories of the year in both the NFL and F1 before wrapping the show with Hate It or Love It.

Katie Caldwell, Sean Barie and Nick Shook take a new approach to examining who is on the hot seat as the NFL nears its final month. Is Todd Bowles safe in Tampa? Will Robert Saleh lose his job over the Jets' nightmare that is 2023? Might Mike Tomlin be losing his grip over the Steelers? The three then look back at what they've missed in Formula One, and celebrate Logan Sargent's return to Williams Racing in 2024.

Katie Caldwell, Sean Barie and Nick Shook recap Week 10 in the NFL and Week 11's TNF, discuss Deshaun Watson's season-ending injury, Katie expresses appreciation for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's apparently genuine love for each other, and they choose their winners and losers from the week that was in the NFL. F1 can't help but interrupt on a few occasions, because they're racing in LAS VEGAS, BABY, where things are off to a rough start. Nick pulls a fast one on Sean in Do You Even Know?, while Katie wishes they were all in Vegas.