Sporting Soul: Recent Episodes
Patrick Andres
Sports fan, writer and soon-to-be Northwestern journalism student Patrick Andres discusses the wide world of sports with a variety of friends and guests.
As the sun sets on the most consequential day of American life since September 11, the host thinks on the things that made him fall in love with sports in the first place, and finds solace in NBA Jam and Amtrak maps.
The host, dazed and confused, tries to make sense of the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and the world of sports.
USC played well, but couldn't make it into this podcast. Michigan played poorly, however, and did! Additional notes on Mack Brown's return, buying Wake Forest stock, Cincinnati's inferiority complex and a strong week for Division II.
The host shares scattered thoughts on Week 1 in college football. PLAY YOUR STUD FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK! Will Purdue torpedo Rondale Moore's Heisman chances? Why the Mountain West's hot and the Pac-12's not. An appreciation of Memphis, and why spelling is important.
All your burning gridiron questions, answered! What new names are poised to move up in the college football pecking order? Why does Finky love Western Kentucky? The host's NFL breakouts-to-be are the Browns, Jets and... who? Plus, why the best fantasy teams will have a flock of Cardinals.
The king of the Toledo sportsverse, Jordan Strack of WTOL-11, joins the show! The host and Jordan discuss the uniqueness of the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry, Juwan Howard, the Tigers' summer of discontent and the many moving pieces of area high school football.
After some somber reflection on recent tragedies in El Paso and Dayton, the host discusses all things Ohio State football with friends Anika and Lily Sweeney, as the season grows ever closer.
The host and Sports Illustrated writer Mark Bechtel discuss the Indians' big moves and talk themselves into the Browns going 12-4. Also, NASCAR and Vanderbilt discussion.
The host and friend George Cole take on a variety of topics, from Notre Dame and the Cubs to local high school football and George's burgeoning rap career.
The host and baseball Twitter legend (and Big Ten West divisionmate) Jeremy Frank discuss Frank's book, "Hidden Ball Trick," while looking forward to the trade deadline and savoring differences between MLB and the NBA.
The host and Diamond Digest colleague and friend Adam Koplik discuss all the news that's fit to print, including the Knicks-Nets dynamic, Kaapo Kakko, and what a Yankees World Series would mean to the city.
The host and friends Kiran Kodali and Maxwell Qian cut an emergency podcast in light of recent big moves involving the Brooklyn Nets.
In a two-hour special episode, two of Sylvania's top sports minds - the host and Davidson Baker - go down memory lane, from handballs to superfights and everything worth mentioning in the 2010s.
The host and friend Andy Riggs rehash a memorable NBA Draft and look forward to an intriguing offseason. Then, a discussion of the best golfers of the 2010s.
The host and friend Josh Fisher look back on an NBA Finals to remember and hit the Women's World Cup before turning to the Indians' malaise and the most hotly anticipated Browns season in decades.
In an emergency episode, the host discusses the sports story of the day: the shocking trade of Anthony Davis from New Orleans to LA for a package headlined by Lonzo Ball and Brandon Ingram.
The host and friend Dylan Bush break down the NBA Finals thus far, look at Brooklyn's bold moves, and talk NBA Finals memories, the reinvention of the Dodgers, and the US women's soccer and men's basketball teams as national institutions.
The host and friend Daniel Klein rehash Game 1 of the NBA Finals, attempt rudimentary psychoanalyses of Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard, and look ahead to college football's watershed 150th season. Plus, some Cleveland Browns discussion as football season draws ever closer.
The host and friend Maxwell Qian discuss sports in Nashville, Kawhi Leonard's place in the NBA pantheon and play a rousing game of Soccer Word Association.
Kiran Kodali and the host, Patrick Andres, discuss John Beilein on the Cavaliers (definitely), Zion Williamson on the Pelicans (probably), and Kiran's cause celebre, the resurrection of the Seattle SuperSonics.