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May 11, 2013 Episode 13: "Pretend GMs and brown spaghetti"
If you name your podcast "The Sportive," every once in a while you gotta talk sports. Sadly guestless this week, the squad talks Wild, a Flip/Brewster comparison and whether Arcia is the new Morneau before delving into a long discussion about Clarence's insane eating habits. Plus we meet our weekly quota of asides, shoutouts and off-key singing.
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1 hr 36 min
May 03, 2013Episode 12: Six Flags Over Kentucky
Special guest Holly Manthei, our most famous guest ever, joins us in our second episode this week. We discuss:
How to pronounce Manthei
Blind taste tests
The liquor store that Clarence won't step foot in again
Going to the Kentucky Derby without ever seeing a horse
How often is everyone drunk at the Flying Dog Brewery?
Pretentious beer-tasting terms
Wild Game 1 against the Blackhawks
Male vs. female locker room humor
Don Cherry, the Sid Hartman of Canada
Holly Manthei, American hero
The soccer
Are the Dallas Stars changing their name?
The NWSL. No, seriously
JOFA haircuts
David Kahn is a dink
How to mail beer
And at the end Clarence shows up again.
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1 hr 33 min
April 30, 2013 Episode 11: Advanced scouting and helicopter reports
TwinsDaily.com's expert GIF-maker and proud guttermouth Parker Hageman hoists a few cold ones with the squad as we discuss:
- Kevin Correia's deal with the devil
- Plouffe as Dorn
- An overdue scouting report on Denard Span
- Another goddamn analysis of St. Cloud neighborhoods
- The Wild's playoff chances
- Clarence's plan to fix the Wolves (spoiler: literally blow up the Target Center)
- Ponder vs. Tebow
Plus a few dozen tangents and meandering stories, but that much should be a given by now.
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1 hr 17 min
April 23, 2013Episode 10: A Starbucks Neighborhood, or a Tim Horton's Neighborhood?
Special guest John Sharkman joins the four of us this week, and we discuss:

The Melrose Meat Shoppe
Hysteria in Toronto over the Maple Leafs
Disaster at the Xcel Energy Center
Dwayne Schintzius
… an interlude for a Mike Max imitation
The real main focus of our podcast: Parenting advice (and why Brandon hates McDonald's)
How John started playing racquetball with Twins closer Glen Perkins
The Vikings and Manti Te'o and the NFL Draft
Sharkman, who played the game, gives the final word on Christian Ponder
How the snow is affecting the Twins season
Fastpitch softball in Dawson, MN
A couple of Telly Hughes stories
A couple of Robby Incmikoski stories
A story about John's grandma and Tom Hanneman
Denver Nuggets star La Velle E. McNeal
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1 hr 14 min
April 17, 2013 Episode 9: Soccer fixes and burrito cannons
Special guest Dana Wessel of the Internet sits in on an episode that includes:
- The Wolves outlook for next season
- Ideas to fix soccer
- Insane Brewers fans
- Poker runs
- Off-air murders
- Mike Max impressions
- The inaugural edition of Why You're Wrong
- NBA playoffs preview
- Deja Vu VIP memberships
And dozens more tangents and jokes throughout. Real talk: best Sportive yet.
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1 hr 11 min
April 11, 2013 Episode 8: The whole point of yoga
In this episode, we talk Rich Pitino's hiring, the three things that can stop the Wild making the playoffs, the Aaron Hicks disaster, and the Timberwolves offseason (even though nobody wants to talk about the Wolves.) Plus, we cover frosted tips and wearing puka shells on the reg, school funding in Cannon Falls, the natural ally of the Rosemount HS graduate, and the location of Quinnipiac. In other words, everything is covered.
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50 min
March 31, 2013 Episode 7: The Full McConaughey
A super-sized episode that includes celebrating the Tubby news, believing in the Wild, firing shots at Phil Mackey, pouting over Gopher puck, agreeing that college athletes shouldn't be paid, awful impressions and as always, more singing.
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1 hr 45 min
March 21, 2013 Episode 6: Nuts or Face, Go Rosemount
In this episode, Mike Rand joins us to talk about Matt Cassel vs. Christian Ponder, Gopher hoops at the NCAA tournament, Aaron Hicks' service time, our excitement about the Wild, whether Gopher women's hockey or men's basketball should be the bigger story, and some NCAA tournament picks. Plus, Stu tells the story behind #GOHUSKIESWOOOOO, the hashtag that's sweeping the nation.
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1 hr 11 min
March 14, 2013 Episode 5: Spielman as Costanza
This week we discuss the Percy trade, Dany Heatley, The Gophers returning to form (i.e. being terrible), Rubio, some anonymous shots fired to Twins homers and our customary Twitter shout-outs. No singing this week, sadly, but we did work in another potshot at Dino Ciccarelli. So that's something.
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1 hr 13 min
March 07, 2013 Episode 4: Pardon me, Queen of England
The fellas fumble through ten minutes of god knows what before settling into our bread & butter: the HOT SPORTZ TAKES that you've come to rely on.
We talk Gophers (recorded before the Nebraska loss ughhhhh), Charch hating, Rubio as a scrappy two-hitter, #nachos4ricky, boners over Aaron Hicks, Gibson to the pen, the memorable Michael Jenkins and some heartfelt a-cappellas from Clarence thrown in for good measure.
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1 hr 4 min

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The Sportive is a comedy podcast devoted to Minnesota sports and other wastes of time. Join us weekly as we drink the pain away. Weaknesses: audio quality and preparation. Strengths: creative swears…