What a duo to have on for a Bundesliga preview! Björn Pazen and Sascha Staat give us their insights on each of the teams in Germany's top flight, from yo-yo teams to title contenders and, of course, whether it will be another season of midtable obscurity for Melsungen.

Nicolej Krickau joins us to discuss taking over at SG Flensburg-Handewitt and its new challenges, overseeing the GOG resurgence and setting the record straight on the GOG five-step.

Lars Bruun-Mortensen from TV2 in Denmark speaks to us about his experiences investigating and filming 'Mistænkeligt spil', a two-part documentary focused on match-fixing in handball.

With money the big topic across the handball world recently, we check in on Kolstad's financial struggle, Andre Gomes following the footballers to Saudi Arabia and how all this news has given us a fresh insight into player salaries.

Kolstad cutting wages as their big names arrive in town, is the honeymoon over before it even began, or is it just a bump in the road?

Brian is still going strong in Romania, where the race for the medals heats up at the Women's 19 EHF EURO.

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Alex and Chris went to Holland, Michigan in the USA to take part in the American Handball Championship a few weeks ago, playing and hosting a live podcast on the first night of the event with the players as our audience. It was a great way to connect with the community there and here is a recording of the live show.

We spoke to tournament organiser Joey Williams, JD Orr shared some of his best and worst moments with Team USA, then we heard alternative award nominations from fellow players Jacob Smith (Toronto), Michelle Nizza (RIP Beach Handball), Geran Christiansen (Canada Beach Handball), Kurt Shaffer (Columbus Armada) and Richard Hesketh (Detroit).

SC Magdeburg emerged victorious from an unforgettable EHF FINAL4 weekend in Cologne, winning their first CL title in 21 years. We react to it all in three parts.

3:55 mins - Chris and Alex speak to Andrea Lekic, Bengt Kunkel and Andrian Costeiu 33:10 mins - Alex speaks to Andreas Wolff, Matthias Musche, Michael Damgaard, Kay Smits, Nikola Portner and MVP Gisli Kristjansson 51:20 mins - final words with Brian, Alex and Chris

We look forward to the TruckScout24 EHF FINAL4 with our live Twitch show in Cologne, delving into the stories, strengths and Achilles' heel of each contender, while Chris speaks to Magdeburg's Christian O'Sullivan and PSG's Luc Steins at Friday's media call.

Vipers Kristiansand do it again! We were on-site in Budapest and had a chance to reflect on a record-breaking EHF FINAL4 Women with Gabriella Horvath, Anja Althaus, Ditte Vind, Martin Vilstrup and Lucie Marie Kretschmar.

Episode 204 - Big Women's EHF FINAL4 preview, live from Budapest with Esbjerg's Dinah Eckerle