For about five minutes, it actually felt like the Mets were putting things together. Three straight wins. Four wins in five games. The offense waking up. The starters finally pitching deeper into games. Actual signs of life.And then Craig Kimbrell came jogging out of the bullpen like it was 2017.The Mets were one inning away from getting back to 4 wins in 5 games before Kimbrell decided to turn Coors Field into batting practice, serving up a grand slam that completely killed the momentum and dropped the Mets right back to 9 games under .500. Tremendous signing. Really elite stuff. Nothing says “stabilize the bullpen” quite like immediately detonating a game in the 8th inning.And the best part? Nobody even knows if the grand slam was actually fair or foul because apparently the Colorado Rockies are still using security cameras from a 2004 gas station. Every replay angle was obstructed, blurry, blocked by fans, or shot from somewhere near Wyoming. The umpires called it fair… and that was basically the end of the conversation because MLB apparently entered the witness protection program when it comes to competent replay systems in Denver.So now Farace, Rodriguez, and Producer Joe try to figure out whether the Mets are actually improving… or if this team simply enjoys finding new and creative ways to ruin everyone’s mood.The offense HAS looked better lately, which honestly seemed impossible a couple weeks ago. Marcus Semien is finally starting to look like a functioning baseball player again both offensively and defensively, while Mark Vientos continues to prove why the Mets keep giving him opportunities. The power is real. The defense? Still feels like every ground ball comes with suspense music.And in shocking baseball news, when the starters pitch deeper into games… the Mets actually win. Incredible discovery. Somebody alert NASA. We’ll get into why the rotation settling down has helped and why Sean Manaea continues to look less like a reliable starter and more like a weekly social experiment designed to test Mets fans’ sanity.We’ll also cover injury updates involving AJ Minter, Jorge Polanco, and Francisco Lindor as the Mets try to survive long enough to keep the season from completely spiraling before summer even starts.The good news? April is over. The bad news? The Mets are still the Mets.Next up is 3 against the Diamondbacks before an off day Monday and a return home to Citi Field for a series against the Tigers.So yes… technically things look a little better.But every time this team gives you hope, somebody immediately drives it into a wall.LGM. #PiitB #Mets

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Season 31, Episode 21 – Don’t Stop Til You Get EnoughHosted by: DONMEGAAfter a quick break to hit WrestleMania 42 with the family—because even podcast veterans need a timeout once in a while—DONMEGA is back and ready to catch you up on everything you missed. This week’s episode of Am I On The Air? covers all the biggest entertainment stories from April 15 through April 28, delivering Episode #228 on the PopCulturePros Network. Two weeks of news, one episode… no pressure.On the movie side, the spotlight is on Michael, the highly anticipated biopic chronicling the life of Michael Jackson. DONMEGA breaks down the performances, the tone, and whether the film does justice to one of the most iconic and complicated figures in music history. Because telling that story isn’t exactly a simple three-act structure and a dance number.He also checks out Netflix’s latest release Apex, diving into its action, premise, and whether it actually stands out in a streaming landscape that drops something new every five minutes. The real question: is this one worth your time, or just another title you scroll past while looking for something better?Beyond the movies, DONMEGA wraps up all the biggest announcements coming out of CinemaCon, breaking down the highlights, surprises, and what they might mean for the future of the industry. Big promises were made—as always—so now it’s just a matter of seeing which ones actually make it to the screen.A packed return episode with plenty to cover, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough brings the usual mix of sharp takes, veteran perspective, and just enough sarcasm to keep things grounded. Because when you step away for a week, Hollywood doesn’t slow down… it just gives you more to clean up when you get back.

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Unsportsmanlike Conduct – Episode 139It’s that time again. Episode 139 of Unsportsmanlike Conduct is our 6th Annual NFL Draft Special, and Farace, Tim, and Anthony are locked in to go live through the first 20 picks, which means we’re all about to spend draft night watching months of mock drafts get curb-stomped by actual front offices. Dave might show up too, which means either another opinion in the room or just one more person pretending he knew exactly what was coming all along.This year’s draft feels a little different. There’s talent, sure, but not that clean, easy, “just turn in the card and stop thinking” kind of talent. Fernando Mendoza has been hovering around the top of the board, and after that the quarterback conversation gets shaky fast with Ty Simpson, Garrett Nussmeier, Carson Beck, and Drew Allar all floating around that lovely danger zone where desperate teams start convincing themselves they’ve found the future. Which is always adorable right before it turns into a five-year rebuild and a lot of angry caller energy.The real strength of this class looks like it lives in that next tier, where the board starts getting fun and teams start getting stupid. Pass rushers, playmakers, defensive backs, offensive line help, all of it is sitting there waiting for somebody to either make a smart pick or outthink the room for no reason at all. So names like Arvell Reese, David Bailey, Jeremiyah Love, Francis Mauigoa, Caleb Downs, Sonny Styles, Mansoor Delane, Rueben Bain Jr., and Makai Lemon are the kind of guys who can shift the whole conversation once the top few picks are out of the way. Because every year a handful of prospects become “great value” right after 12 fanbases spent the previous two hours begging their team not to take them.And then you look at the order and the chaos practically writes itself. The Raiders are at 1, the Jets are at 2, Arizona is at 3, and the Giants get two swings in the top 10 at 5 and 10. So yes, several unstable franchises have premium draft capital, which is exactly the kind of setup that makes draft night special. Teams with multiple early picks can sit tight, move around, or do what NFL front offices do best: fall in love with their own genius and light the whole board on fire for the rest of the league. That’s where we come in. Farace, Tim, and Anthony will be live reacting to every pick, every trade, every reach, every “steal,” and every fanbase doing mental gymnastics five seconds after a card gets turned in. We’ll break down who actually has a plan, who’s winging it, and which teams are about to spend the next calendar year telling everybody to “wait and see” after making a pick nobody asked for.Because that’s draft night. Hope, panic, fake confidence, bad decisions dressed up as bold strategy, and grown adults acting like they’ve spent the last eight months grinding tape on safeties from schools they couldn’t find on a map. Business as usual.

Eleven losses in a row. Eleven. The first time this franchise has hit that level of disaster since 2004 — and somehow, this feels worse. Not just because of the losing, but because of how lifeless this team looks doing it. Farace has officially run out of patience (completely shocked), Rodriguez is trying to explain a team that clearly isn’t listening, and Producer Joe is just waiting for the next excuse so he can hit the soundboard.Let’s start with the obvious — Carlos Mendoza is on the hot seat. Whether it’s fair or not doesn’t matter anymore… it’s hot. The real question is does it lead to anything? Farace isn’t convinced the Mets actually make a move, but if this keeps spiraling, they may not have a choice. Meanwhile, Rodriguez is already halfway through his list of replacements like he’s been preparing for this moment all season.On the field? It’s been ugly. Kodai Senga and David Peterson have both been awful, the lineup has completely disappeared, and over this 11-game losing streak the Mets have scored just 19 runs. Nineteen. That’s not a slump — that’s a full shutdown. You’re not winning games like that. Period.Yes, Juan Soto is expected back soon — and sure, that helps — but let’s stop acting like he’s walking in to save everything. He’s not. The entire lineup has to wake up, start producing, and show some kind of fight, because right now? This team looks completely lifeless.And that’s the biggest problem — there’s no sign of this turning around. No urgency. No edge. No response. Just loss after loss with the same issues every single night.We’re breaking it all down, calling it exactly how it is, and asking the uncomfortable questions — including whether this season is already slipping away before we even get out of April.It’s going to be real. It’s going to be blunt. And yeah… probably a little loud too.LGM.

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The Black Lincoln Collective Comedy Podcast: Episode #146 on PopCulturePros (also known as #233 overall, because apparently no one has stepped in to stop this yet)Title: Only Turtles BelowAlright, it’s Farace—and somehow this episode is coming “from the future,” which is fitting because nothing happening here makes sense in the present either. We kick things off by finally figuring out what Allan OTB actually means… and honestly, it probably raises more questions than answers. Then they bring back What You Watchin!, which quickly turns into three guys pretending to be TV critics while bouncing between Invincible, The Boys, and whatever else they half-paid attention to this week.Then things really go off the rails—Fred decides he’s calling the Masters winner like he’s got insider info, and somehow they land an “interview” with Tiger Woods. Yeah… sure. Tiger breaks down his Masters experience and the “real” reason he crashed, which I’m guessing is about as factual as anything else on this show. Meanwhile, Parker’s out here scheming on how to sell his house for maximum profit like he just discovered Shark Tank, and Allan’s probably sitting there wondering how he got looped into all of this again.We also get Parker coaching flag football—which goes exactly how you think it would—plus a deep dive into a woman eating metal ice cream (because of course that’s a thing now), Reese’s trying to reinvent chocolate and failing, and Fred proudly reminding everyone about his… let’s call it “enthusiasm” for nuts. Toss in some random history, weird news, and a whole lot of nonsense, and you’ve got Episode #146—complete chaos, zero credibility, and somehow still entertaining. Press play and try to keep up.