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Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico (kind of) are back! Charles talks with Arif Hasan (NFL Draft expert and podcaster (60 Minute Drill and Norse Code) and writer (Wide Left)) about the Saints' draft (which he loves). Arif is a little less enthusiastic but he thinks it's pretty good. Charles and Ron do get to talk a little to welcome Cam back to New Orleans.Subscribe to Arif's Wide Left newsletter and Norse Code at https://wideleft.football/. You can find 60 Minute Driill at https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/60-minute-drill--6293245.Our engineer is no longer child labor! Listen to Snxwyfish at https://snxwyfish.bandcamp.com/ and support his college recreation.Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialArif Hasan https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social
The Saints closed out the season with a 19-17 loss to the Falcons but Charles and Ron are thrilled. A loss got the team everything it wanted except another win over the Falcons. Wrapping up a fun season and looking ahead.Our sound engineer Snxwyfish's music is available at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social
Four wins in a row by the Saints, 34-26 over the Titans on the road this week, but it barely compares to our guest, the lovely Jesse Farrar of Your Kickstarter Sucks and The Go Off Kings. You can support Jesse via the YKS Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/yourkickstartersucks or the Go Off Kings Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/gooffkings. Or you could listen to YKS too. https://podbay.fm/p/your-kickstarter-sucksOur soundn engineer Snxwyfish's music is available at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialJesse Farrar - https://bsky.app/profile/jessefarrar.com
Three game winning streak! Skooks stops by to talk about the last two home wins but mostly L. Ron and Charles get psyched for the future after a 29-6 win over the Jets.Merry Christmas, everyone.Charles Star bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialSkooks bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social
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Charles and Ron get stupid after a frustrating game with two very different halves in a 21-17 loss to Miami. We get our own ass bceause we don't have a guest.
The Saints go down hard again, 24-10 to the Falcons. Ron and Charles are losing faith in Kellen Moore. Jason Kirk stops by to get our ass. Skooks is resigned but will keep showing up and taught Charles about merliton. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.Join the Shutdown Fullcast Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShutdownFullcast and Hell is a World Without You remains a great read. https://www.jasonkirk.fyi/p/novelCharles Star bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialJason Kirk bsky.app/profile/jasonkirk.fyiSkooks bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social
It's the bye week so Charles and Ron relax and enjoy the win over the Panthers for another week. Joining them on the pod this week, former Minnesota Vikings punter and current candidate for California State Assembly, Chris Kluwe. We talk about his development as a punter, his career from winning his job to the hazards of making noise about politics and his current campaign to represent an Assembly seat in Orange County on the Democratic line.You can read more about Chris's campaign at https://kluweoc.comCharles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialChris Kluwe https://bsky.app/profile/chriswarcraft.bsky.social (and https://bsky.app/profile/kluweoc.bsky.social)
Carolina Panthers. We don't have a guest this week but that doesn't stop us from getting the ass of our old friends from the For Panthers Only podcast. You can hear the Hannukah episode of It's Christmastown with Charles at https://daveandjebarentmean.libsyn.com/141-the-great-yiddish-bake-off. Unfortunately his Blackout Diaries entry hasn't dropped yet, but we'll post it when it does.
The Saints were humiliated once again, this time 34-10 by the Rams, and Ron and Charles are starting to get tired of it. Nobody was here to get our asses because we have another ex-fan joining us. St. Louis's own Alex Turpin bailed on the team when they bailed on his city but Charles and Alex talked football, losing a team and some moderate reminiscing about Mic Dicta. Plus some news about the offseason for the pod.Listen to Alex's Here's a Guy podcast at https://open.spotify.com/show/7cp80QN8h1aN3zSR6wD6juCharles Star bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialAlex Turpin bsky.app/profile/turpin4prez.bsky.social
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with Ron as well to look back at the game and try to figure out where it all went wrong.Patrick's latest album, Future National Sports, is available on Bandcamp (with the rest of his albums) at https://patrickcosmos.bandcamp.com/album/future-national-sports. Eric doesn't do that sort of thing. Everyone's on Bluesky, though! Charles Star bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialPatrick Cosmos bsky.app/profile/veryimportant.lawyerEric Michel bsky.app/profile/ericmichel.bsky.social
Another depressing loss for the Saints, this time for the Patriots, but at least L. Ron and Charles get to welcome in the charming Josh Gondelman. Skooks is a breath of fresh air as the Man in the Dome, refusing to let losing get in the way of watching a young team develop in a fun way.Josh is everywhere, including his newsletter, That's Marvelous (https://www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/) and his most recent comedy special, Positive Reinforcement (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAvNlgpdKKo). Plus, he cohosts the comedy shows Frankenstein's Baby (https://www.instagram.com/frankenbabynyc/?hl=en) and 'Sup Bro at Union Hall in Park Slope.Thanks for cleaning up the sound, Snxwyfish. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishCharles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialJosh Gondelman https://bsky.app/profile/joshgondelman.bsky.socialSkooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social
The Saints finally get a W (26-14 over the Giants) and David Roth joins Charles to talk about, well, not the game exactly, but game-adjacent things. L. Ron wasn't able to join the main chat but he was available to talk to Charles and Skooks, our Man in the Dome. And even though he couldn't join the chat, Ron managed to Get Dave's Ass. Plus, Charles lets his bar buddy Alex vent a little. There's a lot of Skattebo going on.You can listen to Dave at The Distraction (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast/id1525039108) or It's Christmastown (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849) and read his shizz at Defector.com.Thanks for cleaning up the sound, Snxwyfish. Listen to his music at https://linktr.ee/SnxwyfishCharles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialDavid Roth https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.socialSkooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social
A trip to Buffalo went better than expected but in the end it was still a 31-19 loss for our heros. Joining L. Ron and Charles on the pod is Buffalo native and lifelong Bills fan Victoria Zeller, author of the YA novel One of the Boys. Find Victoria's work - including book links at https://victoria.monster/Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialVictoria Zeller https://bsky.app/profile/dirtbagqueer.rocksSound engineering by Snxwyfish. Find his music at snxwyfish.bandcamp.com
L. Ron and Charles welcome Spike Friedman to the pod after the Seahawks' dominant 44-13 win over the Saints. Nobody had fun, except for Spike, who is enjoying a golden year of Seattle sports.
The Saints lose another one they had in their hands and Truthdig's Jeb Lund joins us to Get Our Ass. Skooks is back as our Man in the Dome as the Saints fall to 0-2 and Who Dat Nation loses control of the Dome to 49ers fans who don't like waiting to pee.Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialJeb Lund https://bsky.app/profile/mobute.bsky.socialSkooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialFind Jeb's writing at http://truthdig.com and listen to his Hallmark podcast, It's Chrismastown (with David J. Roth) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849
Ron had a rough week but Charles was joined by Will Leitch to talk about the Saints 20-13 loss. Ron returned for Man in the Dome with Skooks. Charles https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialRon https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialSkooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialWill Leitch https://bsky.app/profile/williamfleitch.bsky.socialFind Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride here https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lloyd-mcneils-last-ride-will-leitch?variant=43101492314146
Charles and L. Ron are joined by Zach Sims from the podcats My New Thing to discuss the upcoming season without spiraling. Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialZach Sims - https://bsky.app/profile/zachsims.bsky.socialWe Have Fun is at Young Ethel's (506 Fifth Ave. in Park Slope) every Wednesday at 7:30My New Thing can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-new-thing-with-dan-and-zach/id1818625621
L. Ron and Charles are joined by Charles McDonald of the Football 301 podcast and Yahoo! Sports to talk about the Saints draft, the end of the Carr era, Shedeur's tumble and the still-wretched NFC South. Who Dat is back for another season, and this year? Fuck it, we're doing it live.Listen to Football 301 at https://sports.yahoo.com/videos/shows/football301/Charles Star https://ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://lronmexico.bsky.socialCharles McDonald htttps://fourverts.bsky.socialSound engineering by Snxwyfish. Find his music at https://snxwyfish.bandcamp.com
A sad season comes to an inglorious end. Charles and Ron sigh their way through a hopeless future and talk about as much about the game as it deserves. Finally, the season is over. The darkness envelops us.Thanks to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering. Listen to his music at https://linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star - https://ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://lronmexico.bsky.social
Nobody is happy. Ron's work schedule is still interfering with his more important podcast schedule, Charles thinks we have three more years of this shit, Skooks is dealing with literal sewage and the terrorist in the French Quarter and our guest, Ed Zitron, is mad that the Raiders won because it borks their draft position. All that anger is good for the episode, though. You can find the Ed Zitron creative universe, including the Better Offline podcast and Where's Your Ed At, at betteroffline.com.Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialEd Zitron - https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/profile/edzitron.comSkooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social
Charles and Ron are as checked out as the Saints tackling, as the team falls to 5-10 after a 34-0 loss to Green Bay. No guest this week due to scheduling issues but the guys had enough to talk about. Abandon hope...Thanks to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; he was not involved. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star - ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - lronmexico.bsky.social
As Ron suffers through the indignity of the graveyard shift and Charles struggles with a cold, the episode finally arrives in frankensteined pieces. Charles and Ron talk about the wild 20-19 Saints loss while Ron navigates the highways of the bayou and look towards the rapidly approaching Monday night game against the Packers. Dragonfly Jonez (Tyler) joins Charles to get his ass and Charles welcomes our Man in the Dome, Skooks, to talk about the two-point try after a wild comeback that could have no bad outcomes as bad as a successful extra-point kick.You can find the Jenkins and Jonez podcast universe at https://jenkinsandjonez.com/Do not blame Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; he was not involved. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star - ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - lronmexico.bsky.socialDragonfly Jonez - twitter.com/dragonflyjonezSkooks - skookses.bsky.social
A bounce-back win, kind of, after the Rams game but is a close-call against the Giants anything to celebrate? It is when it finishes with a blocked gimme FG and an opportunity to Get Rachael Parenta's ass. Charles and Rachael go way back as stand-up comic degenerates and it was fun to talk about this very stupid 14-11 win. Just look at that score. Stupid.Get Rachael's 2019 album Granola Sexual here: https://parentacomedy.wixsite.com/rachaelparenta/mediaThank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star - ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - lronmexico.bsky.socialRachael Parenta - https://www.instagram.com/parentacomedy/
The brief glimmer of hope from the otherwise ailing NFC South is snuffed out as Charles and Ron deal with a lackluster 21-14 loss to the Rams. Our guest had some technical difficulties, as you'll hear, so the discussion is a liittle janky. On the other hand we do present some interesting dual-quarterback theories. Plus, Skooks is our Man in the Dome and MITD has a newfound respect for technology.Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social and other stuff at linktr.ee/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.socialSkooks skookses.bsky.social
On the Saints bye week, Charles and Ron bring on Ryan Hinton from the Saints Block Party Podcast to talk about the season to date and the future of the team. They do not come to praise Dennis Allen but to bury him very, very deep. Saints Block Party is available at https://saintsblockparty.com/ and livestreams on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@SaintsBlockPartyThank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.socialRyan Hinton datboywolf.bsky.socialSaints Block Party saintsblockparty.bsky.social
It's a two game winning streak for Ron and Charles to celebrate after a 35-14 win over the Cleveland Browns. Eric Peacock (Soundtracker) and David Roth (Defector / The Distraction / It's Christmastown) return to the podcast, this time because Eric is theoretically a Browns fan. Plus, Ron talked to our Man in the Dome, Skooks.Eric podcasts at Soundtracker: https://pod.link/1582643161David writes at Defector.com and podcasts at The Distraction (https://pod.link/1525039108) It's Christmastown (https://pod.link/1407429849)Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.socialEric Peacock uwebollocks.bsky.socialDavid Roth davidjroth.bsky.socialSkooks skookses.bsky.social
Ron and Charles got to enjoy a glorious season-redeeming 20-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons and brought Jason Kirk back to talk about his book and evangelical youth life and a little football. And we talked to our Man in the Dome, Skooks, about a reenergized Superdome that was starving for a win.You can links to where you can find Jason's book, Hell is a World Without You, at https://www.jasonkirk.fyi/p/novel (available in all formats).Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star https://ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://lronmexico.bsky.social Jason Kirk https://bsky.app/profile/jasonkirk.fyiSkooks https://skookses.bsky.social
Man, that did not go well. After a late collapse to lose to the Panthers, Charles and L. Ron record as the election returns come in and you know how that went (another late collapse by the team we were rooting for). At least the Saints head coach got fired, though it remains to be seen if the Democratic Party shares their wisdom. It was a fun session, though, so there's always laughing through the pain.Socials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexico
That's six weeks of awful football, folks. L. Ron has joined Charles in the doldrums with no hope to be found after the Saints fell 26-8 to the LA Chargers. Due to scheduling difficulties, Charles welcomes our guest in misery solo. Justin Halpern, writer for Abbott Elementary, is a San Diego Chargers fan only. Instead of getting our ass, he gets after Nick Spanos for jacking the Chargers from their San Diego home since everyone on the show wanted the Charrgers to lose and currently hates the team they loved in their childhoods. Watch Abbott Elementary on ABC or Hulu.Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexicoJustin Halpern twitter.com/justin_halpern
For the fifth straight week, the Saints fall on their collective faces and Charles is upset but L. Ron is surprisingly sanguine about it. With us to Get Our Ass after a Broncos 33-10 win is Jacob Weindling, EIC of the revived Splinter.com to. We were so beaten down we forgot to check in with our Man in the Dome.Read Splinter at, well, https://Splinter.com.Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexicoJacob Weindling twitter.com/jakeweindling
The season is getting worse and worse but at least we have Rattler in the building and the Get Our Ass segment is getting meaner. Samer Ali of the Loose Cannons podcast joins L. Ron and Charles to discuss the 51-27 debacle at the Dome. Skooks is back as the Man in the Dome with some heartfelt words about the fans of our division rivals.You can find the Loose Cannons podcast at https://linktr.ee/LooseCannonsPodcast Do not blame anything on Snxwyfish; no time to send him anything to engineer. Still, you can listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexicoSamer Ali twitter.com/TheSamerAliHere are the hurricane relief efforts we called out on the podcast:Gronk's Helene/Milton Relief GFM: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gronks-hurricane-helene-milton-relief-fundMutual Aid Disaster Relief: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/Bayou Community Foundation: https://www.bayoucf.org/Beloved Asheville: https://www.belovedasheville.com/Help Marshall: helpmarshall.org
The good news is that the Saints didn't blow it in the final minute and that's the only good news for L. Ron and Charles - unless you count the possible start of the Rattler Era. Charles' pal from his stand up days, Danny Solomon (Sorry We Love Football and Puzzyboyz podcasts), joins the boys to celebrate the Chiefs' 26-13 dismantling of a lackluster and wounded Saints squad.Danny's comedy album Genius: https://music.apple.com/us/album/genius/1459283276Sorry We Love Football: https://www.sportsdrink.org/show/sorry-we-love-football/Puzzyboyz: https://www.seltzerkings.com/puzzyboyzSpecial thanks to Snxwyfish for sound engineering. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexicoDanny Solomon instagram.com/dannysolomonn
Charles and L. Ron are back and as bummed out as ever as a late comeback boomeranged into a late collapse for the second week in a row as the Saints fell to the hated Falcons 26-24. Joining us is Yahoo columnist and podcaster Charles McDonald, Twitter's @FourVerts to Get Our Ass.Read FourVerts at https://sports.yahoo.com/author/charles-mcdonald/ and listen to him at Football 301 https://pod.link/1757723241Special thanks to Snxwyfish for sound engineering. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexicoCharles McDonald twitter.com/FourVerts
The chickens finally come home to roost - the football chickens - as the Saints flounder in a 15-12 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Joining Charles and L. Ron is Trevor (@hegelbon) from the No Cartridge and Dirty Inning podcasts to get our ass and Skooks is back as the Man in the Dome.Subscribe to Trev's Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/NoCartridge, which also has the free podcast feed.Special thanks to Snxwyfish for sound engineering (i don't know why my mic had so much echo, nothing he could do about it!) Listen to his music at https://linktr.ee/SnxwyfishSocials:Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarlesL. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexicoTrevor nocartdridge.bsky.social twitter.com/hegelbonSkooks skookses.bsky.social twitter.com/skooks
Another big W for the Saints (44-19!) and Charles and L. Ron welcome Cowboys fan Mark Agee to suffer our abuse.Special thanks to Snxwyfish for sound engineering. Listen to his music at https://social.tunecore.com/linkShare?linkid=rlxGhBErn027EryvoY9B_w Socials:Charles Star https://ugarles.bsky.social https://alabseries.comL. Ron Mexico https://lronmexico.bsky.socialMark Agee https://twitter.com/markagee
Charles and L. Ron are joined by JJ and Terrence of the For Panthers Fans Only podcast to talk about the Saints season-opening 47-10 win. Plus Skooks is back as our Man in the Dome.Check out For Panthers Fans Only at https://www.youtube.com/@theg2snetwork for livestreams and archives including the game preview I did with them at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYOW639e4AI&t=4sSpecial thanks to Dan Parshall for last minute sound editing. Listen to his band at https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/Socials:Charles Star https://ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://lronmexico.bsky.socialFPFO https://twitter.com/FPFO_PodcastSkooks https://skookses.bsky.socialDan http://enterim.bsky.social
L. Ron Mexico and Charles Star are BACK with Season 2 of City Saint / Country Saint, an episode that took four months to make. We covered the draft back in May and finally got around to our season preview just in time for the season to kick off against the Panthers.Big thanks to @snxwyfish for the engineering. Listen to @snxwyfish at https://music.lnk.to/OvAtmZ orhttps://snxwyfish.bandcamp.com/Charles: http://ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron: http://lronmexico.bsky.social
Charles and L. Ron go to game 18 together to watch the Saints blow out the Falcons, then to a New Orleans bar to hope for help making the wild card. Guest cameos from some of our Men in the Dome and some fans in the Dome.
What a satisfying win over the Buccaneers to make the final game of the season meaningful. Charles and L. Ron enjoyed it immensely. Tampa native and Bucs fan Andrew Lawrence of MMFA, not so much.Sound engineering by LunarSnowCharles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence - twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence
Destiny is a fickle beast and if we ever controlled our own, we no longer do. L. Ron and Charles are joined by Plexico Gingrich, formerly of Ruthless Reviews, to talk about the Saints' dispiriting loss to the Rams in a season of dispiriting losses. Plus, a lot of talk about gambling, the DFS industry and the monsters and idiots that comprise the world.You can find Plex's old movie reviews at RuthlessReviews.comSound engineering by Dan ParshallCharles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialPlexico Gingrich - https://twitter.com/ruthlessreviewsDan Parshall - bsky.app/profile/enterim.bsky.social and you can listen to Candy Necklace at candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/no-l…e-low-life
The Saints roll on at home, this time through the Giants. L. Ron had a work emergency so Charles had to get What a Time to Be Alive's Patrick Monahan ass alone. L. Ron returned for Man in the Dome with Skooks. Happy horns for all (except Pat.)Listen to Patrick (with Kath Barbadoro and Eli Yudin) on WATTBA at https://whatatimepod.com/Sound engineering by Dan ParshallCharles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialPatrick Monahan - https://bsky.app/profile/pattymo.comSkooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialDan Parshall - https://bsky.app/profile/enterim.bsky.social and you can listen to Candy Necklace at https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/no-life-low-life
Happy horns ring out as the Saints break their losing streak and move back into (lol) first place in the abysmal NFC South. Joining Ron and Charles to lament how far his tepid support for the Panthers has fallen is Canadian transplant / Duke walk-on, George Pearkes. We Get His Ass, plus Skooks is back as the Man in the Dome.Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialGeorge Pearkes - bsky.app/profile/pearkes.bsky.socialSkooks - bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialSound engineering by LunarSnow.
More sad horns after the Saints fall to the Lions. Charles and L. Ron are joined by Defector's Blog Girl Lauren Theisen who is kinder than she needed to be about Getting Our Ass. Plus memories of Michigan. Plus, Skooks is back as the Man in the Dome.Read Lauren at the wonderful Defector.com, home of all your faves. Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialLauren Theisen - https://bsky.app/profile/laurentheisen.bsky.socialSkooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialSound engineering by LunarSnow.
The Shutdown Fullcast's Jason Kirk joins Charles and L. Ron to bask in the Falcons' win over the Saints and he gets our ass (especially sartorially). We also talk about his soon-to-be-released novel Hell is a World Without You and growing up evangelical and growing out of it before getting down to football. Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialJason Kirk -https://bsky.app/profile/jasonkirk.fyiPreorder Jason's novel at https://jasonkirk.fyi and listen to Shutdown Fullcast at https://www.bannersociety.com/pages/welcome-to-the-shutdown-fullcast and Fullcast After Dark which you can find on LinkedIn on Saturday nights.Thanks to LunarSnow for the audio engineering.
It's the bye week so we don't have an opponent to talk to so instead Charles invited some friends to meet Ron and have him live through an episode of Soundtracker, with Soundtracker host (and victory-curious Browns fan) Eric Peacock and Charles' frequent podcast pal (and resigned Giants fan) David Roth. After Remembering Some Cleveland Guys, there's some good talk about the mediocre comedian-to-reactionary grifter pipeline and even some discussion of football. Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialEric Peacock - https://bsky.app/profile/uwebollocks.bsky.socialDavid Roth - https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.socialListen to Eric's podcast, Soundtracker, at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1840875Listen to David's Defector podcast, The Distraction, at https://the-distraction-a-defector-podcast.simplecast.com/ and his Hallmark Christmas Movie podcast It's Christmastown at https://daveandjebarentmean.libsyn.com/ and read Defector.com.Charles has all of his writing etc. at https://linktr.ee/ugarlesThanks again to LunarSnow for cleaning up the sound, especially Charles since his good mic broke and he sounds like he's hiding in a bathroom from Oscar Pistorius.
Charles and Ron empathize with the Saints receivers and their unfortunate interactions with the police and also lament the Vikings game. Charles is also joined by Washington Improv Theater's Travis Ploeger, a lifelong Vikings fan, whose Minnesota Nice precluded him getting too mean. Charles - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialTravis - https://twitter.com/TravisPloegerAnd if you're in DC, check out imusical at WIT: https://witdc.org/ensembles/imusical/ Sound engineering by LunarSnow.
A two-game win streak after beating the Bears 24-17 has Charles and Ron in a better mood. Replacing them in misery are Chicago's Patrick Cosmos and Andrew. Plus, Skooks is back as our Man in the Dome.Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialAndrew - https://bsky.app/profile/torqpenderloin.bsky.socialPatrick Cosmos -https://bsky.app/profile/veryimportant.lawyerSkooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.socialWatch Andrew's wrestling Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/wrestlingbrainBuy/Listen to Patrick's music at https://veryimportant.lawyer/musicThanks again to LunarSnow for sound engineering.
Charles and Ron go without a guest to talk about the Saints win over the Colts because nobody cares about the Colts and it's time for a midseason recap anyway. Fun times. Charles also calls an old friend from Indiana to Get Her Ass even though she doesn't care because nobody cares about the Colts.Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialTrisha - stays offline because she's not stupidSound engineering on everything but Get Her Ass and the interstitials by LunarSnow.
Another bummer of a week as the Saints drop a Thursday night game to the Jaguars at home but at least we're joined by tinybaby (Paul), a Saints fan by way of Jacksonville to commisserate.Charles - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialPaul - https://bsky.app/profile/tiny.babySound engineering on everything but Man in the Dome and the interstitials by LunarSnow.
Charles and Ron are in the dumps again after another week of red zone disasters, this time against the Texans. Joining the guys to talk about it is Houston's Stephanie Stradley. Charles https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialStephanie https://bsky.app/profile/stephstradley.bsky.socialFind Stephanie's writing at https://www.chron.com/author/stephanie-stradley/ orhttps://www.stradleylaw.com/blog/
Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico welcome Boston's own Luke O'Neil, author of the Welcome to Hell World newsletter (and books) and the short fiction collection A Creature Wanting Form. Luke joins us to talk about the Saints evisceration of the Patriots. Because Hell World is heavy, we got into some heavier current events.Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.socialL. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.socialLuke O'Neil - https://bsky.app/profile/lukeoneil47.bsky.social Buy Luke's books and subscribe to his newsletter at https://www.welcometohellworld.com/Thanks to LunarSnow for sound engineering.
Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico are joined by Tampa's Jeb "@mobute" Lund of the It's Christmastown podcast after the awful loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Additional sadness provided by our Man in the Dome, Ron's offline friend Chris. Thanks to Dan Parshall for sound editing in a hurry. You can find his band, Candy Necklace, at https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/no-life-low-life.
It's a weird one, folks. Our guest's audio file was corrupted and useless, so the episode is a 20 minute chop job of whatever Charles could salvage from the hosts' tracks plus a short interlude where Alex (@vodkalemonades) talks trash on behalf of all Packer fans after their come-from-behind 18-17 win.Also, shout out to our original guest, Matt Christman, whose absence started for the best reason (his daughter's birth!) before turning scary with the downturn in his health. Get well soon, @cushbomb.This was done last minute so our usual audio engineer has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS the low hum under my track is all on me.
Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico are joined by the NFL Network's Patrick Claybon to talk about how the Saints defense is for real but who knows because the Panthers offense ... woof.Twitter/Bluesky for everyone:Charles - @ugarles L. Ron Mexico - @LRonMexicoPatrick - @patrickclaybonPlus big thanks to Dan Parshall for fixing our sound levels. listen to Candy Necklace at https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com.
Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico are joined by your good friend Jesse Farrar of Your Kickstarter Sucks and the Go Off Kings on Twitch.Charles (@ugarles on twitter and @ugarles.bsky.social)L. Ron (@lronmexico on twitter and @lronmexico.bsky.social)Jesse (@bronzehammer on twitter and @jessefarrar.bsky.social) plus find Jesse at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-kickstarter-sucks/id1204911385 and https://www.twitch.tv/gooffkingsSome sound editing by Dan Parshall - @enterim.bsky.social and Candy Necklace https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/ but I'm going to be honest, I added some stuff after I got it back from him so I hope he doesn't sue me for putting his name on here.
Hello Hostile Witness listeners, this track is getting dumped into your subscription like a U2 single because I don't want to pay for another SoundCloud account!Charles (@ugarles) and L. Ron Mexico (@LRonMexico), a pair of Saints fans from the boroughs and the bayou respectively, share their thoughts on the upcoming New Orleans Saints season.Future episodes will have guests from whoever we just played, winner talks trash. Hope you join us for the ride.
In the second of a two-part episode, Charles and Patrick take you through the saga of the Mar-a-Lago search from the appointment of the Special Master up to the date of release, including the litigation in the 11th Circuit and the Special Master's latest orders.
Charles - https://twitter.com/Ugarles Patrick - https://twitter.com/veryimportant Eric - https://twitter.com/ericmichel
Theme music: Blue Ghosts by The Riverboat Gamblers https://riverboatgamblers.bandcamp.com/
Interstitial music: Fear of Heights by Patrick Cosmos. I know I said Fear of Flying on the outro. Sorry about that. https://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors
Sound editing by Dan Parshall (http://twitter.com/enterim_). Listen to his band, Candy Necklace. https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/candy-necklace
In the first of a two-part episode, Charles, Patrick and Eric take you through the saga of the Mar-a-Lago search from the dispute with the National Archives through the appointment of the Special Master.
Charles - https://twitter.com/Ugarles Patrick - https://twitter.com/veryimportant Eric - https://twitter.com/ericmichel
Theme music: Blue Ghosts by The Riverboat Gamblers https://riverboatgamblers.bandcamp.com/
Interstitial music: Fear of Heights by Patrick Cosmos. I know I said Fear of Flying on the outro. Sorry about that. https://bigsleeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/tonal-rotors
Sound editing by Jeb Lund (http://twitter.com/mobute), host of the Hallmark Movie podcast It's Christmastown: https://soundcloud.com/user-88203620
More sound editing and editing editing by Dan Parshall (http://twitter.com/enterim_). Listen to his band, Candy Necklace. https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/album/candy-necklace
After almost two years Charles, Eric and Patrick are back with special guest Tim from ALAB Series.
Segment 1: Jarkesy v. SEC - The Fifth Circuit sets the administrative state on fire because they can.
Segment 2: Patel v. Garland - The Supreme Court gives immigration judges more authority to screw up without consequence than anyone ever wanted them to have.
Segment 3: FEC v Ted Cruz for Senate - The Supreme Court not only legalizes bribes but says they are required by the First Amendment.
Charles: https://twitter.com/ugarles Eric: https://twitter.com/ericmichel Patrick: https://twitter.com/veryimportant Tim: https://twitter.com/garliccorgi Hostile Witness: https://twitter.com/HostilePodcast
Music: Thanks to Riverboat Gamblers (Intro: Blue Ghosts) and Patrick Cosmos (Interstitial: Fear of Heights). Used with permission.
Production: Thanks to Dan for the quick turnaround and sound editing. (https://twitter.com/Enterim_ and listen to his band Candy Necklace, new LP out soon: https://candynecklacephl.bandcamp.com/).
Charles Star is joined by attorney Ezra Ishmael Young and Professor Jessica Clarke to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision in Bostock v. Clayton County extending Title VII sex discrimination claims to include gay and trans litigants.
On Twitter: Charles - @ugarles Ezra - @ezraiyoung Jessica - @clarkeja
Thanks to Mike Weibe and Riverboat Gamblers for use of the theme song "Blue Ghosts", Patrick Cosmos for the interstitial/outro "Fear of Heights" and Dan Parshall for sound engineering.
Charles Star is joined again by Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel. The discussion starts with Bridgegate and the Supreme Court's latest refusal to let prosecutors punish public corruption and finishes with Judge Justin Walker's ridiculous injunction against a non-existent order to shut down drive-in Easter services.
Charles Star - @ugarles Eric Michel - @ericmichel Patrick Cosmos - @veryimportant
Thanks to Dan Parshall for sound engineering and to Mike Weibe and Riverboat Gamblers (theme - Blue Ghosts) and Patrick Cosmos (bumpers - Fear of Heights) for the music.
Randolph Brickey joins Charles Star to talk about Ramos v. Louisiana, a recent Supreme Court case that finally clarified that Louisiana and Oregon have to stop using non-unanimous juries and a series of cases (Ellis v. State (NC). Clark v Crawford (WDVA) and Howse v, Houdos (6th Cir.)) about the mixed messages courts give about telling the police how you really feel.
Charles Star - @ugarles Randolph Brickey - @hithertofore Hostile Witness - @HostilePodcast
Thanks to: Dan Parshall (@enterim_) for sound engineering Mike Wiebe (@mikewiebe) and Riverboat Gamblers (@thegamblers) for the theme, "Blue Ghosts" Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant) for the interstitial music "Fear of Heights". and my wife and mom because it's Mother's Day
Charles Star, Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel talk about the mocking cruelty of Trump's Fifth Circuit judges toward gay and trans litigants and Lauren Walker joins Charles to talk about the trans health issues underlying the litigation.
Theme: Blue Ghosts by Riverboat Gamblers Interstitials: Fear of Heights by Patrick Cosmos
Charles Star (@ugarles) Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant) Eric Michel (@ericmichel) Lauren Walker (@notabigjerk) Sound engineering by Daniel Parshall (@enterim_)
Episode 1, finally. Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel join Charles Star to discuss the Supreme Court's embarrassing decision to in Hernandez v Mesa and bogus defamation lawsuits from Tulsi Gabbard, Roy Moore and Larry Klayman.
Charles Star: @ugarles Patrick Cosmos: @veryimportant Eric Michel: @ericmichel
Thanks to Jeb @mobute Lund for his production help, @mikeweibe for letting us use the Riverboat Gambles' Blue Ghosts in the intro and Patrick for letting me use his Fear of Hights for the interstitials.