Keith is joined by Tim Grierson, Senior U.S. Critic for ScreenDaily.com, co-host of the Grierson & Leitch podcast, and author of the recently released book 'This is How You Make a Movie' to discuss how Tim prepares to cover a film festival — the similarities to scouting baseball — and managing large volumes of information while consuming films in that setting. Plus, Keith’s first foray into The Godfather trilogy, Tim’s returns to those films over time, and more. 

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Keith is joined by Sports Illustrated's national baseball writer Emma Baccellieri. They talk about the sweeper pitch and how it's different than a slurve. They also discuss the joy of watching Brett Phillips on a baseball field, the incredible writing career of Roger Angell and the early success of the Mets.

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Keith is joined by Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com to discuss several 2022 MLB Draft topics including the Orioles’ decision at the top of the board, the long wait until Draft Day, Cam Collier’s unique position as a 17-year-old with junior college experience, questions surrounding this year’s class of pitchers, the value of playing in the Cape Cod League with the later timing of the draft, and risers in this current class. 

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Keith is joined by Eric Karabell of ESPN to discuss the Phillies’ middling start, a brutal April for the Reds, the White Sox’s mounting issues, the Giants’ bid to continue building on last season’s success, and the Padres’ excellent first month. 

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Keith is joined by Dr. Ellen Hendriksen to discuss her book ‘How to Be Yourself’, the difference between social anxiety and shyness, introversion, perfectionism, post-event processing, cringe attacks, and the benefits of a having challenge list. 

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Keith is joined by Professor John List, Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago to discuss his new book 'The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale', how focus groups are often poorly utilized, resentful demoralization and its application in baseball, sunk-cost fallacy, and how ambiguity aversion can keep us from making big changes in our work or personal lives.

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Keith is joined by Ian Miller (also of Kowloon Walled City) and Riley Breckenridge (also of Thrice) of Puig Destroyer & the Productive Outs Podcast to discuss the teams and players they’ve watched most closely through the first week of the season, prospects getting immediate opportunities at the big-league level this season, the state of the NL West, and much more.

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Keith is joined by Christopher Crawford of NBC Sports Edge to discuss some of the best films of 2021 -- including their Top 10 lists from the past year -- plus selections and expectations for several awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Picture, and more. 

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Keith is joined by Joe Sheehan, author of the Joe Sheehan Newsletter, to discuss the new CBA, the Twins' post-lockout roster shuffle, the Yankees' structural redundancy, why a draft lottery won't prevent tanking, and more. 

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