Scott and I had a conversation over the weekend prior to the podcast in which we decided it was time to see if there's a greater purpose that we can serve. With all the news of LeBron James, Josh Gordon, Greg Little and Tristan Thompson last week, we decided to discuss whether or not Cleveland fans need to redefine who they are. We've lost our way. Our organizations, from owners and players are more temporary than we are and it is time to stop letting everyone else define us. We need to define ourselves.

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Amazingly enough I hadn't caught up with Brendan Bowers on the podcast since I relaunched it. So, today I finally did. We talked about the game seven happening tonight in Miami. We talked about the draft and what the Cavaliers should really be focused on as they head into 2013/14.

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I love chatting with Tom Reed from the Plain Dealer. I am continually pushing the boundaries of topics with him and lo and behold he ended up pushing the boundaries for me by giving me an assignment for our next podcast. He has vowed to get Cleveland talking about Trailer Park Boys. So check it out before I talk to him next time.

Also be sure to check out his article on Browns lineman Joe DeLamelleure and his walk for charity.

Alec Scheiner and the Browns had to cancel the Bon Jovi concert

Is this a Bon Jovi problem or a Cleveland problem?

The Browns and leaving the news cycle to the public’s imagination

The public relations difficulty all the way back to Colt McCoy’s concussion and Mangini’s mural

The Chuck Klosterman article nightmare

Do you think the Browns are discouraged by their luck so far?

Alec Scheiner’s willingness to get out in front of the PSL story

The success of the USMNT soccer game in Cleveland this year

Getting soccer into Cleveland after Randy Lerner sells the team

Is it hard to be a soccer fan and being tasked with explaining it to people all the time?

People starting to cheer nice exchanges of passing

ESPN’s decision to put soccer on their channel isn’t an accident

Clint Dempsey is a good player no matter where he’s playing in the world

I can’t picture the Browns doing Hard Knocks on HBO

Would the Browns do it if they stabilized their team for a few years in a row?

Marvin Lewis and his long-standing tenure

Jason Isbell and how people who don’t like country like him

The Drive-by Truckers and how the roots are more in rock

Jason Isbell and how he avoids the pitfalls of cheesy country

Ryan Bingham and the Trailer Park Boys

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I can't sugar-coat it. This movie wasn't anywhere near as good as Brian and Craig's expectations. Brian definitely had more issues with it than Craig, but neither thinks the franchise is without a future, necessarily.

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This is the end got generally good reviews around the country and also from Brian and Craig. Here's why...

Seth Rogen still has a cool factor that hasn’t died down yet amongst his hardcore fans

The Apatow universe

Danny McBride and his ability to steal this film

The Exorcist scene didn’t disappoint surprisingly enough

The Emo storyline with Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel was a bit annoying

Playing parodies of themselves and how the improv worked so well

Emma Watson, Michael Cera, and Rihanna cameos

The technology of the action was really good

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Here's the second part of my monday morning podcast with Scott Raab where we talk about some more sports. Please let me know if you appreciate me breaking it into episodes or if you liked just having one longer one.

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This week I broke my conversation with Scott Raab into two parts. This first one is about 35 minutes. We discussed the following.

Jason Whitlock and how half the people hate him

Does Whitlock troll?

The reaction to Jason Whitlock has been pegged

How old were you when you got your sense of entitlement?

Finding racists on twitter and putting a microscope on them

The racist Boston Bruins fans on twitter

Roger Goodell and his letter to Congress over the name Redskins

Redskins is like the n-word?

There’s no way to defend Chief Wahoo and the old caricature

Mumia Abu Jamal and the death penalty

You have to leave people room to come to your side in a debate

Jason Whitlock pisses me off sometimes, and that’s OK

Terry Pluto and the mantle of Hal Lebovitz

Stephen Strasburg and his change of speeds

Corey Kluber vs. Jeremy Sowers and David Huff

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Always good to catch up with the Browns observations with Nate Ulrich from the Akron Beacon Journal. Here's all that we discussed.

How good do you feel not having to talk Tebow?

Bill Belichick out to prove he doesn’t have to talk about anything.

Gregg Popovich and how he just defies everyone to do what he wants.

Ray Horton’s new attacking scheme and how evident it might or might not be at this point

T.J. Ward in the box a bit more, maybe like Troy Polamalu?

Ray Horton’s Phoenix radio station and how it was going to mirror that of the Steelers

Maybe Horton’s change in tune is to avoid player comparisons from Pittsburgh

Josh Gordon and the league’s CBA that limits the fact-finding

Dawgs by Nature post about changing to Drew Rosenhaus and the timing with the change

Joe Haden and his change to Drew Rosenhaus as well

Davone Bess and his ability to fill in for Josh Gordon

Davone Bess replacing Josh Cribbs as the leader of the wide receivers

Fullback and Cleveland Browns and Vonta Leach

Leach’s agent talked to Mike Lombardi but no visit was scheduled

No real interest on the Browns’ part

Owen Marecic’s future and Brad Smelley’s future with the Browns

Browns had two backs in the backfield a lot including Ogbonnaya and Hardesty together

The Brandon Jackson signing and how weird it was

The injury history of Trent Richardson and at the RB position in general

If there was one position group where the Browns might supplement the roster, which one would it be?

Chris Owens, Buster Skrine, Leon McFadden all battling it out opposite Haden and in the nickel

Brandon Bogotay and his competition with Shayne Graham

Expected player extensions and why we haven’t seen any just yet

Mike Lombardi said it was “a little early”

Moving training camp to 4-6:30 PM and how packed camp has been anyway

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Denny and I decided to do a casual Friday podcast and it went in all sorts of directions. Here's what we discussed.

Holding back podcasts and why it doesn’t make sense

Magic Hat and how many I drink

21st amendment Back in Black IPA

Eagle rare 10-year bourbon

Kamchatka vodka

Making bitters and what exactly they are

Bitters aren’t a mixer as much as they’re an additive

Growing basil

Selling Bonsai trees in Solon

Soccer and how people want you to prove that it’s good to watch

The American Outlaws and how awesome they are

USMNT vs. Germany in RFK

USMNT vs. Belgium in FirstEnergy Stadium

Field turf and learning to play soccer on football fields

Kids and what kinds of expectations you have for your kids

Sigur Ros and Jonsi - The Tallest Man on Earth

Jason Isbell and his new streaming album

Ryan Bingham and Crazy Heart

Queens of the Stone Age’s new album

The National’s new album and the ambient sound similar to Explosions in the Sky

Iron and Wine and the love of horn sections

Sam Beam and his growing career

Kiss Each Other Clean

Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, The Swell Season, The Frames and Once the movie

The Drive-by Truckers

The neighborhood store and how the local hardware store should thrive

Denny’s hardware store burnt down

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A WaitingForNextYear.com Joncast! It's been too long since I caught up with Jon and we talked about a whole host of topics from sports to television to Captain America filming in Cleveland.

ScarJo kissing Chris Evans

The cost/benefit of the movie filming in Cleveland

Traffic and the luck of Clevelanders with their rush hour

Do you have a “list” with your wife? If so, is it real?

Amanda Seyfried and how my wife would approve

Jon’s theory that the Indians should have traded Chris Perez and Asdrubal Cabrera this off-season

Personally judging an athlete and having it skew your analysis

Jose Valverde and his ability to ruin a good team

The money assigned to Brett Meyers never made sense

The weakest link of the Indians is the starting rotation

The Indians losing streaks didn’t seem to be possible for this kind of streaking

Do strikeout prone teams make themselves more susceptible to a losing streak?

Codeine and the facts of the situation

Collectively bargained rules and what’s going on in the NFL

Drug testing and privacy grounds

Cycling and the dirtiness of it

Performance enhancing vs. healing

The ethics of giving NFL players “the spike”

The witch hunt on players who did nothing but make everyone happy by using

Bud Selig being complicit and now having to drop the hammer on drugs

Mad Men and Don Draper’s blatant unlikeability now

Can Don Draper ever be sympathetic ever again?

Can they plan the third act so that Don Draper becomes a better man at the end?

Once you get used to the charisma of Don Draper and Tony Soprano what are you left with?

The moment of adultery and its wide-reaching implications

The sexiness of the advertising industry and how it also fell downhill

Wanting Goodfellas to end before it jumped off the rails

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