A Show of Their Own: Recent Episodes
Morgan and Laura
A Show of Their Own: Sports and Life with Morgan and Laura brings two internet friends together weekly to talk the ins and outs of sports and all that is going on in the world. Make sure to follow the hosts on Twitter @morganprice and @Japanese_Ginger.
On this episode, Morgan discusses the closest thing we have to a royal couple in the US, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, meeting with British Royals Prince William, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte.
Morgan and Laura spend a lot of time gushing over how amazing all aspects of this meeting and tour are as well as what it would've been like if Kate were there.
Laura (and Morgan) end the show with a rant about the presidential debate.
On this episode, Laura recaps all the trades and signings that happened with free agency. She covers all the cap maneuvers that happened and especially all the big moves Nashville made.
Finally, she discusses the leagues terrible decision to make former Blackhawks executives eligible for rehire. Morgan ends the show with a rave about (KC) Current events.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss Kate's return announcement and her appearance at Trooping. Of course, they discuss the fashion and answer the new or repeat controversy. Then they discuss, Ascot and Garter and all the hat fashion we've seen lately.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the latest updates about when we might see Kate. Morgan also shares her personal perspective having now undergone major abdominal surgery herself.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura recapped the Eastern and Western Conference finals of the NHL playoffs. They discussed the President's Trophy Curse continuing with the loss of the New York Rangers.
But mostly they discuss the Dallas Stars losing to the Edmonton Oilers. Morgan also spends some time mourning the probable end of Joe Pavelski's (aka team dad) career.
Laura then gives a brief preview of the finals. Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura covers various recent royal events from around the world. She starts with the Danish state visit to Norway. Both Morgan and Laura gush over Mary's beautiful gown and her debut of the pearl poire tiara. Then, they discuss the Polar Music Prize in Sweden and the garden party in the UK.
On this episode, Morgan discusses the latest goings-on in hockey and in baseball. It's a random episode where she and Laura go on a lot of tangents, and much fun is had.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss Harry and Meghan's tour of Nigeria. They discuss all the great moments of the tour and the overall feel of the tour.
However, most of the time they discuss Meghan's amazing wardrobe. A mix of local designers, gifts, new pieces, and rewears Meghan had a pretty flawless tour fashion wise. Morgan and Laura gush over all the great outfits.
On this episode, Laura runs down the second round of the NHL playoffs. She first discusses the New York Rangers leading the Carolina Hurricanes and the great performance of Igor Shesterkin. Next, she discusses the controversial calls that have marked the Florida Panthers-Boston Bruins series. She moves over to the Western Conference and first discusses the offensively explosive Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers series.
Finally, she and Morgan discuss the Dallas Stars - Colorado Avalanche series. Both Morgan and Laura thought the series was over when Dallas blew a 3-0 lead in the first game, but Dallas has come back to make the series competitive.
Laura then discusses some random things around the NHL, like how the Kings may want a quick playoffs so they can buyout a player because of an obscure salary cap rule. Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the new Danish King and Queen's first state visit abroad. As is custom, they visited fellow Scandinavian country Sweden.
Morgan and Laura discuss all the fashion and most importantly all the glittering jewels and tiaras at the state dinner. They have a lot to say about how orders (aka the sashes) work too. Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Morgan covers a variety of topics. She starts by discussing the new portraits of Queen Mary and King Frederik. Mostly, Morgan and Laura discuss Mary's debut of the crown jewels.
Then, they discuss what the Dutch have been up to. They discuss the fun fashion of King's Day and the epic moments from Spain's state visit to the Netherlands.
Then, they go to the UK to discuss the new photo of Louis for his birthday and the theories around it as well as the new photo of William and Kate from their wedding day. Morgan ends the show by discussing Taylor Swift's new album.
On this episode, Laura breaks down round 1 of the NHL playoffs so far. She begins by discussing the eastern conference, the Rangers sweep of the Capitals and all the series at 3-1 (Note: Florida beat Tampa after we recorded). She and Morgan discusses rivalries and specifically what they dub unrequited rivalries, where one side hates the other and the other side is very ambivalent.
Then, they discuss the western conference playoff pictures. And of course the last series they discuss is Morgan's Dallas Stars and their series with Vegas. Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura goes over some of the interesting components of a title and what that can tell you about a royal or a monarchy.
She begins by how you can tell about a country's monarchy by how the country is labeled. She then discusses what different royal titles mean and how centuries-old sexism influences the titles we use today. Morgan ends the show with a rave.
On this episode, Morgan highlights some recent examples of the inconsistencies and poor performance of umpires. She uses these examples to introduce the topic of robot umpires.
She goes over the technology, some of its issues, some improvements, and where it stands today. In the end, she and Laura agree that this is a pro-robo ump podcast. Laura ends the show with rant and rave.
On this show, Morgan discusses the new shows Harry and Meghan are bringing to Netflix. First she discusses Meghan's new show that seems to coincide with the launch of her brand American Riviera Orchard. Morgan and Laura discuss a lot of the interesting ways this show could go and who it could appeal to as well as share a little bit of confusion about some of the word choices in the summary.
Then, they discuss Harry's polo show and how confusing they find it. They discuss the very limited audience for this show and their concerns about how successful this show could be. Laura ends the show with a rave.
On this episode, Laura covers the current situation with the Arizona Coyotes. She first discusses their tumultuous history of bankruptcy and changes in ownership.
Then she discusses the recent arena struggles and the coinciding interest of Ryan Smith for bringing a team to Salt Lake City.
She brings it all together by discussing the news that the Arizona Coyotes will be relocated to Salt Lake City but that the current Coyotes ownership group will get to keep the mascot for future use on a different team and the right to an expansion franchise. Morgan and Laura then discuss mascot options that are being discussed.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the allegations around Shohei Ohtani and his translator. Namely that his translator engaged in illegal betting, got into a lot of debt, and used Ohtani's money to pay off the debt.
They discuss the league's reaction to it, the investigation, and what is known so far. They also engage in speculation about what could happen and what's to come. Laura ends the show with a rave.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss Kate's cancer announcement. They discuss the video and how this was much better PR than had been done throughout this process. They also discuss what this news means for the royal family and the future.
They then discuss Andrew's attendance at Easter and how frustrating it is that Charles continues to allow him to attend royal events. They end the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura breaks down the past in BRF headlines. There were still a lot of conspiracies, but it wasn't as crazy as the week before so there's that at least!
Kate was seen out and about shopping. There's video proof of it. So naturally, some people online used AI editing tools poorly to create images that don't look anything like Kate to claim she wasn't there. Morgan and Laura dive in deep on that and all the other happenings.
After that, they discuss Meghan's new brand American Riviera Orchard and all the possibilities of that brand. Laura also points out the headlines about the Sussexes being "demoted" on the Royal Family website. Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Morgan gives a rundown about the Kansas City Current, Kansas City's professional women's soccer team. Morgan details the history of the team and its ownership's group investing in the first outdoor soccer stadium built exclusively for women's soccer, the CPKC Stadium that the team plays at.
In addition, Morgan covers the ownership stake of Brittany Mahomes, former college soccer player herself and wife of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Plenty of speculation happens about Taylor Swift supporting the club, and Morgan petitions for Taylor to attend the game. Morgan and Laura also discuss the rise in interest in women's sports in general and all the opportunities that exist. Laura ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Morgan discusses the release of the Mothering Sunday photo of Kate and the kids, the subsequent "kill notice" from major agencies, Kate's apology, and all the issues with the manipulation and speculation.
There are so many layers to this story, and Morgan and Laura spend a lot of time diving into the photo itself, the agencies' decisions, the press coverage, social media reaction, and more.
On this week's episode, Laura recaps the NHL trade deadline which wrapped up on Friday. She discusses all of the big trades, including her heartbreak at Jake Guentzel being traded.
Laura breaks down all the other trades and even explains the reasons behind 3 team trades and cap implications.
Finally, she discusses winners and losers of the trade deadline. Morgan ends the show with a rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura covers the recent flurry of headlines around where Kate is. Laura and Morgan discuss that the lack of statements from Kensington Palace is consistent with what they initially said. However, they also discussed how the silence left a void that very predictably conspiracies and rumors filled. Laura and Morgan discussed how this could've been managed better to rein in some of the headlines and press.
They also discuss the paparazzi photos that were released of Kate with her mom in a car. These were the first photos of Kate since her surgery. Finally, both Laura and Morgan think Kensington Palace will release a photo of Kate with her children to mark Mothering Sunday in the UK this Sunday.
Morgan ends the show with a rant and rave (and a bonus extra rant).
On this episode, Morgan reviews the controversy surrounding the new MLB uniforms. She goes over the questionable choices with colors, lettering, and style and the resulting cheap looking uniforms.
Morgan and Laura discuss the issues with the development of the jerseys (only measuring 300 players) and the quality issues Fanatics presents.
Laura ends the show with a rant and rave.
For the life/royal show of the week, Morgan recaps William's solo appearance at the BAFTAs. She begins by correctly pointing out that William is much better when accompanied by Kate, who couldn't attend due to her recovery.
However, as a long time patron of BAFTA, William was very disappointing. He admitted to not doing much research like seeing the movies or knowing much about them even though he was there for the award show.
It all culminated when he told actress Mia McKenna-Bruce who won an award for the film How to Have Sex, a film which includes with her character being raped, "'I haven't yet watched your film - I think it looked like you had a lot of fun all the way through." Morgan details just how awkward and unfortunate that quote was and how it doesn't seem like a big ask to ask him to at least review the summaries of movies before attending.
Laura ends the show with a rant.
On this episode, in recognition of the news that the NHL will be sending players to the Olympics in 2026, Laura gives a quick rundown of men's hockey at the Olympics. She reviews the history of Olympic participation, rule differences, and some of the epic moments from Olympics history.
Morgan and Laura also discuss the fact that Russia DEFINITELY did not medal at the last two Olympics and that the Olympic Athletes from Russia and the Russian Olympic Committee medaled. Sure, those teams had Russia in their name, but the Russian anthem didn't play which is the only way we know a country won.
Morgan ends the show with a rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura covers her favorite royal family the Swedish Royal Family aka the Bernadottes. She discusses the changes throughout the years, many amazing tidbits, and mostly just gushes about why she loves them so much.
Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
On the sports episode, Morgan and Laura go over the highlights of the Big Game. From the actual game (don't worry that's not too much of the episode) to Usher's halftime show to the commercials to OF COURSE Taylor Swift, Morgan and Laura have a lot to say.
The whole show is a mix of rants and raves so they skip that segment this week.
To cap off a week of bad stories, for our life/royals episode Morgan discusses the sad news that Charles has cancer. She goes into what we know and don't know, Harry's visit with Charles, and all the speculation surrounding the news.
She and Laura discuss what this means for the family that doesn't have a large younger generation to rely on and other implications of this news.
After a week off, Morgan and Laura are returning with some very heavy topics this week. First up, their sports topic. TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT
On Monday, London, Ontario police held a press conference after laying sexual assault charges against 5 members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior hockey team in connection with an assault that took place during the weekend of a gala honoring the team. 4 current NHL players and 1 former player are charged with crimes.
Laura goes over the timeline of the case and the myriad of ways the victim (known as E.M.) was failed. This includes the London Police initially closing the case and not opening it up until years later, Hockey Canada trying to brush everything under the rug, and of course the alleged traumatizing sexual assault.
This is just the beginning as Canadian legal experts say that the backlog of cases means this likely won't go to trial until 2026 so you can be sure we will cover updates when they happen.
On this episode, Laura covers all the royal health news making headlines this week. She and Morgan first discuss the news that Charles will have surgery for an enlarged prostate, his decision to disclose his diagnosis, and the impacts to the monarchy of this news.
Next, they discuss Kate's abdominal surgery, the concerning length of time she will need to stay in hospital, the logistical considerations, the speculation around the release, William visiting Kate, and much more. Laura briefly covers Sarah Duchess of York's skin cancer diagnosis to end the show.
Show news: No episodes next week as Laura is out of town. Shows return the first week in February.
On our sports episode of the week, Morgan makes the (easy) case for Adrián Beltré to be in the Hall of Fame. Morgan reviews his career story and stats to show why he is a clear-cut HOFer.
Morgan and Laura also discussed a journalist writing an article about not voting for Adrián Beltré. They also float a revolutionary idea of disqualifying journalists who use their votes for clickbait.
Laura ends the show with rant and rave.
On January 14th, Queen Margrethe abdicated the Danish throne, and King Frederik acceded to the throne. With it, Mary became Queen and their son Christian became Crown Prince.
Morgan covered all the details about the modern ascension including Mary's fashion, all the little touches, and the Danish royal family's social media game. Mostly, Morgan and Laura talked again about how excited they are for Queen Mary and what an amazing Queen she will make.
Laura ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura covers two more sports media stories. First, she covers how ESPN had a decades-long scheme to get on-air talent Emmys they weren't eligible for using fake names. Morgan and Laura discuss how stupid the motives seem for ESPN and discuss the nuances of the story.
Then, Laura discusses the Cutter Gauthier trade and the media coverage that came with it. Specifically she discussed a baseless rumor spread by a Flyers-affiliated podcast that made former Flyer Kevin Hayes look bad and resulted in death threats and other vile remarks directed at him. She also discussed the Flyers subsequently coming out and denying that story and Flyers head coach John Tortorella going after the podcaster who said those things and defending Kevin Hayes.
Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura discusses 4 royal stories she's excited for in 2024. Of course, they lead things off discussing the surprising announcement that Queen Margrethe of Denmark will abdicate in favor of her son Crown Prince Frederik on January 14th. Laura and Morgan discuss what that means for the Danish monarchy as well as they're excitement to have Queen Mary of Denmark.
After a lot of discussion about Denmark, Laura then discusses if Margrethe will set a new precedent specifically in Norway where King Harald has health issues. She also discusses the Spanish state visit to the Netherlands and all the tiara excitement as well as William and Kate's reported trip to Rome.
Morgan ends the show with rant and rave.
In the first episode of the New Year, Morgan discusses 4 sports stories she's looking forward to in 2024. Naturally, because it's Morgan and Laura, Morgan covered 2 baseball stories and 2 hockey stories.
For baseball, Morgan discussed the Rangers (did she mention they're the reigning World Series champs) hosting the All Star game and all the excitement that will bring and the Hall of Fame ballots (and her pitch for Adrian Beltre being a first ballot HOFer).
For hockey, Morgan (with some help from Laura) discussed the start of the NWHL and all the excitement and momentum around women's hockey. In addition, they discussed the potential jump in salary cap and how that could lead to an amazing free agency.
Laura ends the show with rant and rave.
In the final episode of 2023, Morgan wraps up the Top 3 in 2023 episodes by covering the top 3 life (well really, royal) stories of 2023.
She starts by discussing the biggest tiara moment of the year, the reemergence of the Strathmore Rose tiara after 90+ years in the vault. She revisited Kate's stunning appearance in the diadem. Morgan and Laura also discussed the conspiracy theory that this was Kate's original look for the coronation before it was decided that tiaras wouldn't have been worn.
Next, Morgan highlights the Jordanian royal wedding and all the amazing moments (fashion and otherwise) from the event.
Finally, Morgan and Laura discuss the coronation of King Charles. The discuss some of the great moments as well as some of their disappointments and missed opportunities for the event.
In typical Morgan and Laura fashion, there were a lot of tangents in this episode, but they brought it home in the end with Laura providing the final rant and rave of 2023.
We'll see you all in 2024!
For their last episodes of the year, Morgan and Laura are discussing their top sports and life moments of the year. First up, Laura presented her top 3 sports moments of the year.
Laura discussed the Mike Babcock coaching tenure (he was gone before he coached a game) and all the drama surrounding it. She then covered two very catastrophic injuries: Damar Hamlin in the NHL and Adam Johnson in hockey. She finished her top 3 stories by discussing Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's relationship and how that dominated the 2023-24 NFL season so far.
Morgan ended the show with a rave, and Laura supplied the rant.
On this episode, Laura very quickly recaps the British Diplomatic reception in which Kate wore an entire look she's worn before. Then, she discusses the Nobel Prize Ceremony where Victoria wore an entire look she's worn before. There was a lot of tiara déjà vu this week.
Sofia did spice things up by wearing a new gown handcrafted for this event and a whole lotta Swarovski crystals, but Laura and Morgan aren't sure it worked. Laura also gives predictions and dreams for the second Nobel event that has since already happened but hadn't at the time of recording.
Morgan ends the show by ranting about William and Kate's family Christmas card and using her photography knowledge to analyze it.
The most highly anticipated MLB free agent signing in a long time, dynamite pitcher and hitter Shohei Ohtani decided he did not want to have to hire a moving company and pack up his things. He decided to stay in LA but not by reupping his contract with the Angels. The Japanese phenom decided to move to NL powerhouse the LA Dodgers.
Our resident baseball expert Morgan gave us all the deets of how this signing came to be, the staggering details of the contract, and all the rumors that swirled about Ohtani going to Toronto. It was a whirlwind of social media craziness so there was much to discuss.
Laura ends the show with a rant and rave.
Kate has been Princess of Wales for a little over a year now. Morgan decided to check in and review what a year in that elevated position has meant for her wardrobe. She covers the high and low moments. Morgan and Laura also cover the opportunities for Kate and hear team to leverage fashion to communicate more.
Laura ends the episode with a rant and rave.
On this episode, Laura dives into two recent issues with journalistic standards and ethics. First, she discusses Charissa Thompson's statements (and then apology and then deletion of the apology) about faking reports as a sideline reporter at sporting events. Laura and Morgan discuss the implications as well as the holes and issues with her apology.
Next, Laura highlights the recent Futurism piece about Sports Illustrated having AI headshots and bios and articles that were allegedly written by AI. Laura and Morgan discuss the issues with what SI was doing and how bad some of the articles were.
Morgan ends the show with a rave (the whole episode has our rant covered).
In this episode, Laura delves into the recent South Korean state visit to the UK, covering the grand arrival ceremony and the fashion highlight: Kate's stunning and unexpected red cape ensemble. The real buzz, however, revolved around the state dinner and the mesmerizing tiara moments. Morgan and Laura praise Camilla's elegant gown choice, perfectly complemented by her captivating debut of the Burmese Ruby Tiara (spoiler: Morgan and Laura think Camilla wore it better than the late Queen Elizabeth did). The conversation then shifts to Kate's jaw-dropping surprise appearance in the Strathmore Rose tiara after its 90-year hiatus. It an undoubtedly iconic moment, and Laura and Morgan have a lot to say. They further dissect the attire of other attendees before Morgan wraps up the episode with rant and rave.
Morgan discusses three of the big recent headlines with the NHL recently. Her first two stories are best summarized by our episode title "best sport, worst league". She first discusses the NHL trying to stop Minnesota goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury honoring his wife's Native heritage and wearing a mask designed by a Native artist and auctioning that mask off for charity. Next, she discusses NHL Player Safety's horrible decision to only fine Rangers captain Jacob Trouba for swinging his stick at a player's head. Finally, she discusses the conflicting reports from Corey Perry's agent and the Chicago Blackhawks about the reason for Corey's absence and whether it was a team or player decision. Laura ends the show with a rant and rave.
On the Friday episode, aka our "Life" episode Morgan goes in on a movie near and dear to the hearts of many millennials The Princess Diaries. Morgan highlights all the inspiration the movie took from royals around the world and how cool it was to see all the royal families represented by the movie. Morgan also highlights the inaccuracies and some of the ways the movie doesn't correctly portray royalty. You'll never watch the movie the same way!
Laura closes the show with royal themed rants and raves.
In this episode, Laura takes her turn diving into a sports topic. This week, the focus is on the legalization of sports betting in the US. She discusses the court cases that led to it, the various leagues' rules around players and gambling, and other implications of the popularity and availability of betting.
Morgan closes the show with a rant and rave.
In episode 51 and the first "life" episode in the new format, Laura presents a topic on one of her and Morgan's passions, royals. However, it's a royal family the wider public may not know a lot about, the Danish Royal Family.
After giving background on all the key players, Laura details two recent scandals in the past two years that alone are worthy of a Danish version of The Crown.
Family fighting! Cheating rumors (with photographic evidence)! It's truly worthy of a good TV series, and Laura has all the details for you.
The show ends with a rave about Bing's AI image creator and its ability to make fantasy tiaras and a rant about Twitter's suggested royal trends being toxic AF.
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See y'all next week!
All it took was the Texas Rangers winning the World Series to bring Morgan and Laura back from hiatus!
On their triumphant return to the podcasting world, they announced a new format. There will now be two episodes a week. A sports episode on Tuesday and a life episode on Friday. They will take turns presenting a topic fitting each theme.
Of course, for their return Morgan is covering the Rangers winning the World Series. She goes in depth on the entire season that led up to it, the ups and downs of post season, and of course her undying love for Corey Seager.
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First, we have to acknowledge what an amazing and brave thing it was for Predators draft pick Luke Prokop to come out as gay. He is the first player on an NHL contract to come out as gay. It was also incredible to see the reactions from the hockey community.
Next, Laura went through and drafted her own version of the Seattle Kraken. She explained some of the options each team has too.
Both Laura and Morgan have been incredibly busy but hope to be able to record a normal episode soon.
Trigger warning: In the Blackhawks section, we discuss sexual assault. There will be a trigger warning before that discussion in the audio.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the foreign substances checks and how manager are trying to use them. Then, they check in on the latest MLB standings.
They also check in on the NHL Awards and preview the Stanley Cup Finals between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Montreal Canadiens.
Then they discuss the lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks and their terrible response to both the allegations when they happened in 2010 and the lawsuit.
Rant and rave end the show. They discuss the NCAA Supreme Court loss, the weather, Carl Nassib coming out, and the Texas Rangers making Morgan happy for a change.
On this episode, Morgan discusses the crackdown on pitchers using substances on baseballs and how it has impacted a certain pitcher we don't like to name on this podcast. Then she discusses the Blue Jays home run record at Fenway. She then points out the Yankees have a less than 50% chance of making the playoffs. Is Giancarlo Stanton cursed? Finally, she does a quick check in on the standings.
Laura wraps up all the divisional playoff action and then previews the final 4 match ups. Then, they discuss the New York Rangers hiring Gerard Gallant as their new head coach and what a good move that is.
Rant and rave end the show as always.
On this episode, Morgan gives us a quick rundown of the MLB division races so far.
For hockey, Laura covers the Central, West, and East playoff series before Morgan and Laura spend a ton of time dissecting the Leafs choke job against the Habs. Sorry Leafs fans (especially Steve Dangle). Rant and rave end the show.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the continued surge in no hitters and specifically how that is impacting Morgan's Texas Rangers.
For hockey, Morgan eulogizes the St. Louis Blues whose playoff run was over before it started. It will surprise no one that Morgan isn't crying over their loss or the epic fail of a play Jordan Binnington made.
The recapped the rest of the playoff match ups including Edmonton's choke job and the Pens' goaltending woes. Rant and rave end the show.
On this episode, there's a lot to talk about with baseball. From the no longer juiced baseballs to Pujols and many more there are a lot of stories to talk about. They end the baseball segment by talking about the contribution Nick Castellanos made to the petty hall of fame.
In hockey news, they preview all of the playoff matches including Laura's thoughts on the Pens game 1 loss.
Rant and rave end the show. Morgan's rant is another unwritten rule we hate (and contradicts another unwritten rule). Laura's is about the NHL delaying some playoff games to play meaningless regular season games. Both Morgan and Laura rave about Tim Stützle's neighbors celebrating his hat trick.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura are back to talking sports. They discuss some of the latest happenings in baseball including the Dodgers pitcher who must not be named, vaccinations, Bumbarner's no hitter that wasn't a no hitter.
Then they review the current standings in the NHL. Spoiler alert: Morgan is ready for the Stars to be officially eliminated because of how bad things are going.
Then, they do a joint rant about William's social media blackout and then each share their raves of the week.
Alex is back! Morgan, Laura, and Alex discuss all the goings-on with the royal family. They talk all about the death of Prince Philip, his complicated legacy, and his funeral. Then they discuss William's strong stance about the Super League. Finally, they discuss Kate wearing Dolce & Gabbana and the ideas behind communicating through fashion.
Of course, there were plenty of tangents in between. Thanks to Alex for being such an amazing guest!
On this episode, Morgan and Laura talk about the latest article on the toxic culture in the Mets organization, how MLB needs to improve its acknowledgement and observance of the legacy of Jackie Robinson, and weird food in MLB ball parks.
Then, they climb the corporate ladder to discuss the goings-on in hockey. Notably they discuss Patrick Marleau's new record, Vancouver, and of course updates on the Pens and Stars.
Rant and rave end the show. To no one's surprise there are bonus rants.
On this episode, we lead off by discussing the latest murder of an unarmed black man by police in Minnesota.
After that, they discussed their two sports. First, Morgan covered 5 stories for baseball including Trevor Bauer being investigated for cheating and a waffle maker (listen to figure out how that connects to baseball).
Laura has a long segment reviewing all 29 trades that happened around the deadline. A decent portion is spent ranting about how bad the Sabres screwed up.
An extended rant and rave end the show (spoiler alert: still wear your mask).
Morgan begins by talking about the top baseball stories from the first few games of the season. Then, Laura climbs the corporate ladder to discuss the big stories from around the NHL.
Throughout the show, Laura updates an excited Morgan on the Blues 6-1 loss to Vegas. As Morgan says, she "loves that for them".
A lively rant and rave end complete with Laura and Morgan offering free marketing advice ends the show.
On this episode, Morgan catches us up on a few baseball stories. It was a slow week, but next episode we will have a ton to talk about as the season starts on Thursday.
Laura climbs the corporate ladder to discuss the goings-on in hockey. She does standings check ins for all of the divisions and provides some stats showing just how epically bad the Buffalo Sabres are. Morgan's Stars update ends the segment.
Then, they discuss the Tim Peel hot mic, the concept of make-up calls, and Colin Campbell's "integrity".
Rant and rave end the show on a royal touch as Morgan and Laura discuss bad replica jewelry and the newest addition to the Swedish Royal Family.
On this episode, finally there's stuff to talk about with baseball. Morgan rants about her team (Texas Rangers) and their plan to have full attendance. She then raves about the wonders of Zack Greinke. Finally, both Morgan and Laura dissect the arrest of a Cubs minor leaguer and all of the mistakes he made in addition to breaking the law.
In the hockey segment, they first discuss the return of the NWHL playoffs and the new NHL and ESPN deal. Then, they climb the corporate ladder. Highlights include Evander Kane's bankruptcy and possible contract termination, the Rangers doing better with their AHL coaches, and the pitiful Buffalo Sabres. Of course, both Laura and Morgan have things to say about the Penguins and Stars.
As always, rant and rave end the show.
On this not so quick hitter, Morgan and Laura welcome their first ever guest. Their good friend Alex joins the show to break down the major interview Harry and Meghan gave to Oprah. It was especially interesting to hear Alex's analysis of the racism Meghan has faced from the royal family, media, and society at large. Alex has a great Instagram dedicated to Meghan that discusses these important issues but also many fun and cute things. Be sure to give her a follow @duchessmmgrace.
On this episode, Laura discusses the racism issues at her alma mater (Creighton). Watch this video to see the black players address the situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg3my5ovx4s
Next, we climbed the corporate ladder. We discussed the crazy Vegas hotel situation, the passing of Walter Gretzky, bad and unprofessional questions from reporters, and as always updates on the Penguins and Stars.
Rant and rave ended the show. Make sure to be on the look out because a special (not so) quick hitter will be coming out where we discuss Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah.
It's the calm before the storm in baseball, so this episode was dedicated to Climbing the Corporate Ladder and discussing the goings-on in hockey. Then there was an extended rant and rave.
Finally, Morgan and Laura ended up discussing why they are pro-vaccine and all the many reasons to get the first available COVID-19 vaccine when you can.
Laura pops in to give a summary and her thoughts on the false accusations against Artemi Panarin and the announcement that he was taking time away from the team. This is a heavy episode but very important to discuss. TW: assault
Morgan and Laura spend most of the episode discussing hockey. They discuss the puzzling hiring of Mike Babcock. Then, it's time for Climbing the Corporate Ladder.
In the Honda West, they discuss the outdoor game and the mess that is the Arizona Coyotes. Make sure to read Katie Strang's excellent article. https://theathletic.com/2390146/2021/02/16/arizona-coyotes-investigation-toxic/
For the Scotia North Division, they talk about the Leafs epic fail against the Senators and the Oilers pummeling the Flames.
The MassMutual East Division is mostly spent celebrating Sidney Crosby's 1000 game feat and discussing all the fantastic celebrations that took place.
First in the Discover Central Division, they spend some time on the surprising Florida Panthers and their $10 million backup. Morgan closes it out discussing yet again silly decision making for the Stars. Laura then suggests the creation of a Chief of Common Sense for the Stars and Morgan submits her resume.
Rant and rave end the show. Special thanks to roopegurianov on Tumblr whose excellent posts on the same topic inspired Laura's rant.
On this episode, Morgan begins by discussing the less but still confusing new MLB COVID protocols. She also does a shallow dive into the women of the Negro Leagues.
Then, Laura climbs the corporate ladder and discusses hockey. She finishes the hockey segment by discussing the PR piece disguised as journalism written by Larry Brooks about everyone's favorite racist Tony Deangelo. Morgan and Laura also highlight NHL writers calling out the PHWA for highlighting and endorsing the piece.
Rants this week are both political in nature. They discuss the impeachment as well as the TJ Ducklo situation.
They end on a happy note though and use their raves to gush about the news that Harry and Meghan are expecting their second child and the gorgeous photo they used to announce it.
Morgan was up first with some MLB updates which seems to always include some garbage men doing garbage things. She also discussed Drew Robinson bravely sharing his story (TW: suicide attempt, suicidal thoughts). Finally, she remembered the late Pedro Gomez.
For hockey, Laura started with some news around hockey before Climbing the Corporate Ladder. Highlights of that segment include: an explanation of the Buffalo situation, recap of the insane goal that shouldn't have been in the Columbus-Carolina game, Rick Bowness handling the Khudobin situation like it's 4th grade playground drama, and Jamie Oleksiak with an epic quote.
Rant and rave theoretically end the show but because of the title there was a breaking MLB update and a hockey discussion that happened too.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura talk about no players being selected for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Morgan then reviews the Arenado trade (the official podcast stance on this trade is: puke) and the current status of the 2021 season.
Laura then provides an update on the Isobel Cup. Then we Climb the Corporate Ladder to discuss the various goings-on in the NHL. Highlights include the GM situation in Pittsburgh and discussing the recent play of the Dallas Stars. But most of the time is spent on noted horrible human Tony Deangelo getting waived. Rant and rave (or waive) end the episode.
First, Morgan recaps the goings-on in the MLB. She covers the two big trades, Ken Rosenthal's problematic reporting, and the passing of Hank Aaron.
Next, Laura covers hockey. Reminder that the NWHL has games on Twitch and later NBCSN. She also does her Climbing the Corporate Ladder segment. Highlights include the Laine/Dubois trade implications, the Capitals COVID protocol punishment, and Morgan's analysis now that the Stars are actually playing.
Rant and rave end the show. Please go to https://bethematch.org/support-the-cause/donate-bone-marrow/ if you are interested in joining the bone marrow registry.
Morgan begins by catching us up on the happenings in the MLB. She and Laura both have a lot to say about Hall of Fame voting. Then Laura introduces Climbing the Corporate Ladder, a look around the NHL's four divisions. Morgan is particularly pleased with one development, as the title of the show suggests. Rant and rave end the show.
Laura and Morgan decided to be proactive this week, and the hockey gods punished them for it. They previewed the West and East divisions. But of course, all of this was as of Thursday. Since then: 1) the Stars season has been put on hold due to COVID-19 issues, 2) Mat Barzal signed a 3 year contract with the Islanders, 3) Corey Crawford retired, and we're sure there are other things we missed too. But there's still a lot of relevant details in this episode that will hopefully get you even more hyped for the NHL season to begin in mere days. We know we're excited to have live sports to cover on next week's episode!
Laura and Morgan preview the North (aka Canada) and Central (aka we don't even know) divisions for the NHL season. They talk about all the changes to each team and how they think the teams will do. Of course, they also discuss whether Gurianov will actually get to play this season. Rant and rave end the show.
Morgan goes over Finnish baseball which it turns out is not at all like American baseball. Fun facts abound in this episode. To end the episode, Laura and Morgan share one goal of theirs for 2021. Happy New Year
Laura goes in depth on the history, current state, and future of the National Women's Hockey League, including a fun fact which shocks Morgan. Instead of rant and rave, they end the episode sharing one item on their Christmas list. Happy Holidays!
On this shortened episode, Morgan reviews the trial of Eric Kay, the Los Angeles Angels employee who gave Tyler Skaggs the drugs that resulted in his death. It may be a shorter episode, but there are a lot of important details in this one.
Morgan and Laura have a bit of fun going through moments from the past year and season that they are thankful for. A lot of serious and fun moments are discussed. We'd love to hear what your thankful for. As always rant and rave end the show.
Morgan and Laura return for a new episode of the podcast. For hockey, they cover Bayne Pettinger coming out, the updates on the 2021 season, and the passing of friend of hockey Alex Trebek. But they spent most of their time ranting again on the reverse retro jerseys and the NHL's terrible unveiling of them. For the MLB, they have to start with crappy behavior: from Tony LaRussa being charged with DUI and then signed by the White Sox a day later to noted cheater Alex Cora getting hired and other noted cheater Jeff Luhnow suing the Astros over his termination there was a plethora of ranting to do. Things ended on a high note however when they discussed Steve Cohen officially owning the Mets and also being hilarious on Twitter and Kim Ng making history and shattering a glass ceiling by being named GM of the Marlins. Rant and rave conclude the show.
Laura and Morgan have a ranty episode, discussing the irresponsible actions during the World Series, hiring back cheaters, "renouncing" the draft rights of someone you shouldn't have drafted, and stigmatizing mental illness. They also discuss the Stars officially naming Rick Bowness as their head coach and the current state of jerseys in the NHL.
Morgan and Laura review the Arizona Coyotes terrible draft decision and rant about how truly stupid and problematic it is. Then, they recap the recent World Series games, including the dramatic walk off. Rant and rave end. On the rave front, Laura raved about Morgan whose birthday was last week.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss Doc Emerick's retirement, the proposed NHL divisions, and a few NHL signings. Then they discuss the endings of the championship series in the MLB (they definitely had a "Astros are Dead" party) and preview the World Series. After a brief NFL detour (that inspired this episode's title), rant and rave end the show.
Morgan and Laura go through all of the NHL free agency happenings, including all of the goalie movement. Then they discuss MLB headlines, recap the DS, and make predictions for the CS. Rant and rave ends the show.
Morgan and Laura recap the end of the Stanley Cup finals and the start of this abbreviated off season. Then they discuss some of the goings-on in the MLB and give their predictions for the "division series" round of the playoffs. A long rant and rave (which is where the title comes from) ends the show
Morgan and Laura discuss the Stars OT win, Pavelski and Perry's great performances, and the current state of the Stanley Cup Finals. Then, they talk (well mostly Laura yells) about the latest Penguins trade. Then they talk about the end of the baseball regular season and make their "wild card" round predictions. Rant and rave end the show.
Morgan and Laura cover the Stars big win and their series predictions (which are really more superstitions than anything) and some non-playoff hockey news. Then they cover the MLB: their complete ambivalence to Verlander's injury, the current playoff picture, and a reminder that everyone should be a Mariners fan.
Morgan checks in to share her excitement and other thoughts about the Dallas Stars winning the Conference Finals and advancing to the Stanley Cup Final.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the proposed MLB playoff proposal and the no-hitter Alec Mills threw for the Cubs. They then discuss the state of the NHL playoffs, award winners, and trades. They end with a rant where they rebuke a certain awful TV personality and have a petty edition of the rave.
For episode 17, Morgan and Laura recap the 2nd round of the NHL playoffs, including Joel Kiviranta's hat trick to lead Dallas to an OT victory in the decisive game 7. They then talk about what happened at the MLB playoffs and their predictions for the Conference Finals in the NHL. Rant and Rave ends the show.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura discuss the strikes and various reactions the sports world had to the Jacob Blake shooting. Once again, the NHL had a pretty lame reaction to start, but the players stepped in and took a stronger stance. They discuss the MLB trade deadline and the Penguins trade. As always rant and rave end the show.
If you're wondering what the heck paintings have to do with that, never fear. We found a way to make multiple painting references in this episode. Listen to find out how we did that.
On episode 15, Morgan and Laura discuss how dumb it is that some baseball people are criticizing Fernando Tatis Jr's grand slam. They also discuss some bad behavior in hockey including agent Allan Walsh's tweet about his client Marc Andre Fleury and Mike Milbury's sexist comments (and general uselessness as a commentator). They preview the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, discuss the Capitals firing their coach, and the homophobic comment of a Cincinatti Reds announcer. Finally, they end with raves (there was enough ranting already).
Morgan and Laura recap the Stars series clinching game and discuss Denis Gurianov's brilliant performance. They also discuss how this adds to all of the evidence that Rick Bowness should play him more.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura quickly recap what was a relatively slow news week for the MLB. They discuss 2 Cleveland players getting voted off the team Survivor style. Then, they discuss the current state of affairs in round 1 of the NHL playoffs. Rant and rave ends the show.
In this episode, Morgan and Laura talk about all of the NHL play in and round robin games. During this, they suggest bold strategies like playing your best players in their ideal positions. They then discuss the current goings-on in the MLB.
In this not-so-quick hitter Morgan and Laura discuss the wild ride that is sports right now. From the Mets Metsing up the Yoenis Cespedes opt-out to all that's going on in the NHL play ins, they cover just some of what's happened since they last recorded. They also discussed the kneeling that took place in the Dallas/Vegas game.
Morgan and Laura discuss the latest issues the MLB is facing. Morgan read the MLB's "protocol" handbook and has some rants about that. They also discuss playoff hockey and #Kneel4Hockey. Rant and rave end the show as always.
Morgan talks about the ongoing saga that is the MLB's "response" to the pandemic. Since then another team had positive cases and games were canceled meaning tonight 20% of the league has canceled games. Stayed tuned for what's next on the roller coaster of screw-ups.
It's a new week, and the MLB is still incompetent. With the coronavirus decimating the Marlins hit an enormous snag only days in. Morgan and Laura recap/vent about all the latest. They also discuss the Seattle Kraken and their uniform design. As always, rant and rave end it.
Morgan gives a quick update on the craziness that is the MLB and specifically the Toronto Blue Jays field situation.
Morgan and Laura talk about the goings-on in their favorite sports. They spend a lot of time talking about the current state of the MLB and as Morgan puts it "end up with more questions than answers". Laura then explains the NHL playoff format. Rant and rave conclude the episode with them both gushing over the latest royal wedding.
Be on the lookout for mini episodes (currently titled "Quick Hitters") where Morgan and/or Laura will release small episodes about the latest news.
On this episode Morgan asks Laura 5 questions about hockey and Laura asks Morgan 5 questions about baseball. The questions were a surprise so naturally a ton of tangents ensued. Rant and rave ended the show as always.
On this episode, Morgan and Laura begin with a recap of the latest COVID sports updates and then discuss the sexism female sports fans, journalists, and athletes game. They also discuss how to make the game more welcoming to women (both journalists and fans) and how doing that would #growthegame. As always, they wrap things up with rant and rave.
Morgan and Laura go over a grab bag of topics mostly related to COVID 19’s impact on sports and sports’ reactions to George Floyd’s murder and the resulting protests. Here’s a fun game: count how many times Laura and Morgan say “Don’t do it!”
The show began acknowledging all that is going on in the world. Then Morgan and Laura took turns in a "favorite player draft". Laura gave you one player to love from each of the 31 NHL teams and Morgan gave you one player to love from each of the 30 MLB teams. As always, we finished the show with rant and rave. For some resources to educate yourself or donate to in light of George Floyd's death we've spotlighted a lot on our Instagram. #BlackLivesMatter
Akim Aliu had a great article this week in The Players’ Tribune titled Hockey Is Not For Everyone. Morgan and Laura dove into all of the profound points in the article as well as the broader topic of inclusivity in sports, why it matters, and some of the shortcomings they’ve seen. This is such a large and important topic so this will definitely be talked about again in the future.
It's Laura's turn to deep dive a topic this week. She explains all the ins and outs of the NHL salary cap. From how to evaluate contracts to how cap hits are calculated to restricted and unrestricted free agency there's a lot of ground covered. So much ground that she almost forgot about rant and rave but Morgan saved the day! See y'all next week and let us know if you have any questions or ideas.
This is a sports podcast, we swear. Laura and Morgan answer a sports related survey and provide a lot of info about their fandom (in addition to some random stories). Yes, all 3 phrases in the title come up in the show. Listen to find out how they all make sense. As always rate, subscribe, and review. Also, follow the show on Instagram and Twitter.
Laura and Morgan discuss the Houston Astros cheating scandal. Well mostly, Morgan gives us all the deets and Laura adds some snarky comments. Please rate, review, and subscribe and let us know if you have any questions or topics you'd like discussed.
Morgan and Laura tell you about themselves, their friendship, and this show. They spend a lot of time covering various COVID 19 impacts on sports (after first informing you that they aren't scientists if that wasn't obvious). They talk about the realities of now and what their thoughts are on an eventual return. They end the show with what will be a weekly segment, Rant and Rave. They each spend a minute or so ranting about one thing and raving about another. No rules! Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review as we start this new podcasting journey! FYI the writer Morgan mentioned is Emily Waldon from The Athletic. Follow her on Twitter @EmilyCWaldon.