A two-fer to close out the first week of The Occasionalists Daily. We take on the gimmicky nature of professional soccer in America and try to figure out why the NHL wants to make itself look as bad as possible.

Today's episode covers the problems the NBA faces, one of which starts well before a player logs even a single minute in The Association.

And if you're a big nerd, the other problem has to do with math!

Today's episode has us looking slightly beyond the payroll imbalances of Major League Baseball and examining to new issues facing the league.

For the second episode of the podcast every day challenge for In The March of Minisodes, we tackle the problems threatening college football.

We're kicking off In The March of Minisodes daily podcast challenge with a look at some of the less obvious problems facing the NFL.

*Viking horn sounds*

In The March of Minisodes, has commenced!

*Crowd cheers wildly*

We are taking the minisode concept to new heights this year. For this March, The Occasionalists will become a daily podcast. That's right kids! Every weekday (that's weekday) this month you will be getting a hot new episode. Sports, music, headline news...it's all coming at you hard and fast.

Who's ready for 21 episodes?!

*Crowd explodes into more cheers*

Wow! The six of you are very excited for this!

We are putting the finishing touches on February and we are locking up The Vault. For now!

We go over the month and give some highlights, talk about how The Vault is going to come into play in the future and of course, finish with our final Top 5 of the month.

You even get a bonus peek at next month's minisode challenge.

Our third entry into The Vault finds us bringing in our first guest of the year. Rob Nugent is back to get in-depth with the 1993 stoner classic, Dazed and Confused. 

This is a masterclass in independent filmmaking, Gen X defiance, and the aimlessness of youth. It's bolstered by a who's who cast before they were stars, an unbelievable (and expensive!) soundtrack, and Richard Linklater's unmistakable voice and fingerprints all over every scene.

You got two hours to chill and listen with us? No?

Be a lot cooler if you did.

The next piece of pop culture we are locking away from the impending apocalypse (asteroid, mega typhoon, new pandemic, whatever) inside of our trusty, underground vault is the greatest sitcom ever: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

I said what I said! This show has charted its path to greatness by simultaneously subverting and playing directly to modern tv tropes. It has pushed boundaries, sometimes a little too far, in a way no sitcom had done previously.

And all it has to show for breaking new ground on television is an empty trophy case and a worldwide legion of fans.

Why don't yous pull up a seat and listen?

Our first episode of The Vault finds us taking a deep dive into the once-reviled, now-lauded sci-horror classic The Thing.

John Carpenter's nihilist masterpiece weaves together some of the grossest, most spectacular SFX of all time, with a tense story, top-notch cast, claustrophobic atmosphere, and growing paranoia while still leaving room for the audience to explore their interpretations and theories on the film.

Without a doubt, this is a solid first entry for The Vault.