Cleveland Magazine put out their football issue last week and I wanted to talk to my friend Jason Brill about it. Jason is the Assistant Editor of Cleveland Magazine and he talked to me about the issue and some of the behind-the-scenes things that went into putting it together.

Jason Brill - assistant editor of Cleveland Magazine
Andre Knot talking to a lot of the NFL players and former Browns
High school football in Cleveland and the extensive history
Browns backers map and talking to 35 different groups
The high school charity game at the stadium where 70,000 people showed up
What’s it like to email Condoleeza Rice?
The Cleveland Browns could have become America’s Team
Talking to Greg Pruitt
Anthony Lima’s being named one of Cleveland’s 20 sexiest singles

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As I've been doing the last few weeks, I'm passing on writing notes as the podcast goes along so that I can be "in the moment." So, here's the email I sent to Scott on Sunday night that sparked the rest of the podcast.

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Tebow is cut. Nobody makes a waiver claim. Is the NFL finally free of Tim Tebow? More importantly, we know Bill Belichick is great, but can we stop pretending like he can turn dog poop into gold? He has a track record of finding good players and finding ways to use them to their maximum. He's never been known for taking non-players and doing anything with them other than cutting them... which is what he did to Tebow yesterday.

Good news! Buster Skrine rose up and won the second cornerback job opposite Joe Haden. Maybe these guys know what they're doing, but they've really left their chins open on this one if Buster get burned early and often this season.

Same with kicker. I got a Facebook message from a friend who went into his fantasy draft and took Shayne Graham because USA Today had him rated as the fifth best fantasy option at kicker. Apparently not so much for the Browns who still don't have a kicker after having a punter kick field goals in the fourth pre-season game.

On the bright side, the Browns do have a #1 running back and they attempted to use cuts to get better at the position by bringing in a couple of Dion Lewis types from Baltimore and Houston in Bobby Rainey and Dennis Johnson. Running back is the perfect position to try and improve via undrafted free agency and roster cuts. No sarcasm. Even with the Browns' history involving Ben Gay, I believe this to be true.

Finally on the Browns, they did a couple things that were notable merely because the Browns haven't been very competent in the past. The Browns not only hit the deadline for cuts but they almost immediately had coach Chudzinski available for comment. They don't deserve an award or a prize for it, but this level of competence to talk instead of being talked about is novel for Berea even if it shouldn't be.

I was taken aback by my own feelings on Sunday. After the Tribe stinking up another series with Detroit, somehow I still found myself eager to see the Tribe and their newest addition Jason Kubel on Sunday. I know that's kind of silly, but it's true and I couldn't help it. They reward us with a huge grand slam win in extras.

I listened to the end of the game because we were going somewhere, but I can only imagine what Chris Perez' outing looked like.

That's all I have for now. I also wanted to briefly talk about Cleveland Magazine's football issue in which you had a brief section. I'm going to talk to Jason Brill later in the week about the rest of the issue as well.

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It was a good night of talk with Denny. No real agenda, but we were able to concentrate on a few things.

Bulleit Rye Whiskey for Denny and decaf for Craig

Watching a high school soccer game with my son

Are any of the high school parents at games drunk?

Doing calisthenics with Ben before bed

Am I too old for 162 games of MLB baseball?

MLB app for baseball fans

MLB data centers for hosting video and cutting it up

Watching highlights on the MLB app could be a replacement for actually watching the game

Paychecks breed responsibility

The start of college football for Denny cutting the cord to TV

Apple TV ESPN not available for non-cable subscribers

Illegal streaming of sports broadcasts

Watching EPL games on the notebook

The SEC vs. the Big Ten

Backing up a brand like they’re a member of your family

ESPN hate and the SEC

Hiring Darren Rovell and whether you can cast an ESPN shadow on every employee

Getting creeped out by high school player ranking services

Rice cookers

Could you go without a microwave?

Brown rice vs. Jasmine rice

What do you generally use to cook the most?

Copper pots vs. stainless steel pots

Interning at a butcher

Starting a program that lets you intern for trades you’d like to learn

Does the modern world still value education?

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It's been a bit since I talked to Martin Rickman on the Podcast so we went to work. No agenda to speak of and all of a sudden 45 minutes flew by. Hope you enjoy it.

Martin Rickman’s polished podcasting career with Chasing Mimi

Voyage of the Mimi and who exactly remembers it

Taking on a project with self-made deadlines and trying to explain it to family members

Learning how to make a solar still with Voyage of the Mimi

Martin’s new writing gig and how he took the call just before Star Trek started in the theater

SI.com gig for Martin

Doing your very best work at all times

Relating to editors and using them

What if WaitingForNextYear could have an editor?

How outraged was Martin by Miley Cyrus on the VMAs?

Britney Spears and the Madonna kiss

Robin Thicke and his nude-filled video to gain attention

The least entertaining part of Blurred Lines is Robin Thicke and that’s not an insult to Robin Thicke

Are you in the MTV generation?

The commercials during the VMAs will let you know whether you’re in the generation or not

Slut-shaming Miley Cyrus and the rest of the outrage over the VMAs

Ja Rule’s most essential songs

What people are willing to say without a level of anonymity

People who want to identify as being a hillbilly

This is the End really stuck out to me as the best movie of the summer

Figuring out if you’re the audience for something before offering criticism

Is Craig a customer of McDonald’s?
Bojangles breakfast being superior to McDonald’s breakfast

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It's all over folks. The Summer movie podcast of 2013 is in the books. Brian and Craig discuss some entertainment topics, review Kick-Ass 2 and then Brian ranks his movies of the summer. Craig's ranks will be up tomorrow.

Brian Spaeth's Summer Movie Ranks for 2013

Tier 1 - Best movies of the summer
Fast 6

Tier 2 - Excellent
Pacific Rim
Gatsby
Iron Man 3

Tier 3 - Liked a lot some with reservations
Star Trek
2 Guns
World War Z

Tier 4 - Decent enough with major reservations
This is the End
Elysium
The Wolverine

Tier 5 - Some great some good but the bad overshadows everything
Man of Steel

Tier 6 - Watchable I guess but not actually good
The Internship
White House Down

Tier 7 - Bad movies
Kick Ass 2
RIPD

Tier 8 - Lowest Tier
After Earth
The Lone Ranger

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Again this week, I thought I'd skip the bullet points and just send you the email I sent to Scott the night before the podcast. Wherever we end up is based on this email and the conversation that ensues. We ended up talking about concussions in football, Tribe attendance and any number of other topics including some from my Sunday night email below.

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I'd love to spend some time talking about a packed pre-season game in a dome with cheerleaders and their fans wearing irrelevant jerseys. Because they've been so good for so long, save one bad year, even their dead jerseys aren't embarrassing. Dwight Freeney is gone but they still wear his jersey. Jeff Saturday is retired, but he was well represented. Peyton Manning, of course. Edgerrin James. Meanwhile I saw a Tim Couch jersey on the way in. Took a photo for evidence as if anyone would question it. As for the game itself...

Brandon Weeden stares down receivers. He's going to get Jordan Cameron murdered this season. I'd love to know your thoughts from TV. I feel like I missed a lot from being live.

Josh Cribbs cut by the Raiders. Is this the end for Mr. Cribbs? Now that he's not on the Browns anymore it makes it easier to be sympathetic toward him. Just a perfect example of how brutal the NFL is when it spits out 30 year olds, even if they have made a nice amount of money first.

It isn't Cleveland related, but Mark Sanchez and the Jets have been a favorite topic of mine for years now. I'm guessing you're close enough to that team (geographically) that you might have a take or two about Rex Ryan and all that went down this weekend. I can't help but get some interest out of the fact that Sanchez was the Browns' slotted pick and now MoMass threatens Braylon Edwards' roster spot in NYJ-land. Love that team for all the wrong reasons. I know it's unbecoming to pump yourself up by dragging others down, but it's sports.

Indians 1.5 back of the wild card as I type this. A's headed to Detroit. Indians have ATL, DET, BAL and NYM. I'm still disappointed that they didn't do more at the deadline than Zep-Chin-Ski, and I didn't get to watch a ton of live action this weekend, but I'm really focused on the Tribe anyway. I go back and forth between loving it and feeling salty that they haven't addressed enough needs. I think it might be me and not them at this point. And then I don't think it's my fault at all. I'm pretty schizophrenic about my feelings for the Tribe.

That's all I'm thinking of right now, but driving 6 hours to Indy on Friday and 6 hours back on Sunday with two kids is a pretty good reason why I might have missed a big topic.

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We've debated having this podcast for a while, and finally decided to do it. Denny opens up about becoming a dad soon and we talk about all the important things like naming your kid, accumulating the right stuff, overthinking things and trying not to be overwhelmed and scared of other stuff.

The kid podcast with Denny

Finding out what you are having before the birth

Keeping secrets and having girls

Rooting for boys or girls?

Ultrasound tech telling jokes

Ultrasound pics on facebook

Taking classes for child birthing

Putting yourself on the birthing spectrum of prepared and unprepared

Infant CPR and forcing grandparents to go take that class

Being ready to have a kid in the house

The process of getting used to the kid being around

The wife gets to be project lead when it comes to baby time

Denny working hard to not make jokes

The baby registry and being very careful

Finding out Denny’s wife was pregnant before the Big Sur marathon

Pregnant wives make great designated drivers

Doing homework on kids stuff

Avoiding “stroller porn” and buying stuff on Craigslist

Picking out a daycare

Trying to describe the moments directly after your baby is born

Putting baby furniture together and the larger purpose

Naming the baby and the various processes

Naming your kid after Twilight

Having the kid fit the name you give them

Worrying about life choices for way too long when they don’t matter

Denny choosing cloth diapers

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Craig and Mike Burgermeister (@jimkanicki) talked about lots of things from the Cleveland Browns to Soccer and the UFC. If you want to get in on the Cheddar Bay competition this year, please go to the site.

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This week, I'm going to save you the bullet points. Instead I'm going to share my pre-show email to Scott Raab (@ScottRaab64) with my ideas to discuss on the show. Doing this enabled me to stay in the podcast a bit more without typing notes as I went along. So here (with very few edits) is what I sent to Scott the night before we were ready to talk.

I enjoyed the Q&A with Andy Samberg. I just wanted to talk a little bit about how big he would have been in a different era with all his different talents around comedy. Just like we can't have another Beatles because of the change in the music business, it's increasingly difficult - even with the same TV show as a launching pad - for there to be another Bill Murray or even Sandler or Will Ferrell.

I enjoyed your Freedom Tower piece too. I wanted to discuss how anything 9/11-related is such a difficult "sell." World Trade Center movies haven't done particularly well. Kathryn Bigelow wins awards, but largely doesn't blow anyone away with box office receipts. And here you are telling an important story about the political dynamics of what should be the most important part of the re-development at the WTC site, and I still get the feeling that nobody wants to talk about it. What is it? Is it a defense mechanism? Fatigue? Something else? Do the blustery politicians from your piece prefer it that way?

The importance of our developing language has never been more apparent than seeing the real legacy of the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal. Not new safety rules for the game, but the media's incessant use of the term "cart-off" this pre-season. I don't remember "cart-off" being used so much prior to the Saints scandal, but now I see it on NFL Network and ESPN TV scrolls for injured player news. Why would they adopt something that they spent an entire year painting as completely dastardly?

Indians have a stronger record this season, but it's still a fade. Is a drastic record improvement over last year good enough, or is a year without playoffs a total waste? Are there shades of gray in this conversation?

Browns looked good, but Weeden still stares down his receivers. I'm heading to Indianapolis next week for the third pre-season game with my father-in-law, so let's talk about domes. Are you an outdoor football traditionalist? I'm not, and like the tailgating conversation, when I talk about domes I get into trouble with a percentage of the hardcore Browns fanbase.

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Denny and Craig put another hour long casual Friday into the books. Come along for the ride.