For the Love of the Pod is a show between four best friends in which we discuss sports, crime, sex, controversy, taboo, but mostly sports. Each week we cover current topics in the sporting world, offer predictions and analysis, argue, and often tell stories of moments in sports history involving crime or the extraordinary.
Aaron Mason, Brian Owen, Nathaniel Erickson, and Thomas May
In this episode, Brian, Nathaniel, and Thomas recap some of the Franchise tag moves around the NFL, cuts teams made to make cap space, the signing of the beautiful and glorious Dak Prescott to the Dallas Cowboys, and Brian re-caps the halfway mark of the NHL season and where teams stand in comparison to his pre-season predictions.
In this episode Brian, Thomas, and Nathaniel discuss the NBA All Star game and ideas to make All Star games more meaningful. Brian brings another linguistic riddle. We discuss the Mickey Callaway and the new implications of a coverup by Terry Francona, Cleveland's front office, and the Major League Baseball league office. We also discuss a load of non-sense and have a few good laughs.
After two weeks of not recording due to extreme weather in North Texas, we recap the Superbowl, talk about trade rumors in the NFL, talk about some of the hot stories around the MLB, NBA, and NFL.
In this special episode, we discuss Eric Bieniemy, Offensive Coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs, and his history of crime, football, and his recent quest to become an NFL head coach.
In this episode (without Aaron), we discuss the upcoming Superbowl. Predictions, hopes, and impending disappointments. Join us for this short and sweet (but hilarious) episode!
In this side episode, Thomas and Brian put together a great piece on former New York Met and Philadelphia Philly, Lenny Dykstra. The 3 time All-Star and 11 year vet is infamous on and off the field for drug use, blackmail, intimidation, sexual harassment, and more.
In this episode we keep it short and sweet with general useless banter and our riveting takes on the NFC and AFC Championship games. Enjoy!
In this episode we discuss the results of the NFL Divisional Round and give our predictions for the upcoming AFC and NFC Championship games. Aaron and Nathaniel give their lists of the Top 10 (and top 9) Baseball Busts of the 2010s. Brian gives updates on NHL and the Dallas Stars, and Thomas heads up the discussion on NBA and the James Harden trade.
This week we recap the Wild Card Playoff round, Discuss and predict the Divisional round, and discuss NHL Predictions ahead of the start of the season.
This week we discuss the NFL Wild Card round, who we think will win, Top NFL head coaching vacancies, and potential landing spots for some starting quarterbacks.
In this episode we discuss the absolute dominance of Nart(Shaq) over T-boy(Mugssy) in a game of 1-on-1 to 50pts. Then we talk about week 16 NFL, the Cowboys, Saints, Browns, Jets, Bears, Dolphins. After the gloating, Nart and Dr. Brian discuss the monumental moves that the San Diego Padres have made in the last week by acquiring Blake Snell (for some Slapdick prospects) and Yu Darvish. Also Thomas May still hates the Homeless and we all have an intervention for him.
Christmas Time is Here! This week we sit back, drink some non-alcoholic Egg Nog, and talk about the impending end of the NFL season as it winds down. Dr. Brian Owen gives us some updates on the NHL offseason, and T-Boy and a-a-ron talk about the beginning of the NBA season.
Thomas and the boys share the story of Enes Kanter: who while playing basketball in the US, saw his home country of Turkey slip towards fascism.
This week we discuss Week 13 of the NFL, the NBA preseason, and Thomas's love for the homeless population.
In this episode we recap Week 11 of the NFL, discuss which teams we think are real playoff contenders, and discuss some of the offseason moves made in the NBA.
This Week we discuss week 10 of the NFL and the ungodly catch by DeAndre Hopkins, Offseason NBA trades and rumors, and Nathaniel and Brian go over their all-time Baseball positional teams as well as their top 10 all-time list.
In this episode we talk about absolutely nothing of substance and it ended up being an extremely fun podcast. With Aaron on sick-leave, our good buddy Spencer Verret fills in while he's in town.
In this episode (that falls on the glorious election day) we discuss NFL week 8, Dr. Owen discusses Mitchell Miller in his segment "Brian's POS", and Aaron and Thomas analyze their top 15 NBA players of all time.
In this episode we shoot the shit for an hour or so and talk about the exciting moments in week 7 of the NFL and the World Series the night that the Dodgers win their first title since '88. Brian then tells the story of Blackie Schwamb, former baseball player and member of the mob.
The boys talk football n' stuff, Space Jam 2 (no spoilers), Brian rants about the World Series, Thomas confesses his love of apple pie, and the Road to Redemption for Delonte West.
This week on, For the Love of the Pod: We dove deep into some NBA Finals talk. Brian discussed his love-hate relationship with Baseball; and his utter disgust for Rob Manfred. The boys also went around the horn for some NFL cross-talk. For our "Criminal of the Week," Aaron talked about the demise of Darryl Henley. Thanks for tuning in!
In this episode we discuss notable games from week 4 of the NFL, the firing of Houston Texans former head coach and GM Bill O'Brien, The NBA finals and Jimmy Butler's historic performance, NHL Draft, and MLB Devision Series.
In this episode we discuss Week 3 of the NFL, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, Stanley Cup Playoff Recap, and Brian brings our featured story of Randall Woodfield, known more infamously as the "I-5 Killer". Warning: This feature story contains content that some may find disturbing
This Week on For the Love if The Pod: The boys went around the horn and had some NFL cross-talk. Thomas gave us an NFL injury update and Brian filled us in on the Stanley Cup. We also had Casey Torres join us this week! Thanks for tuning in!
This week on For the Love of the Pod: We had a strong feature story from our own, Thomas May. We dove head first into the University of Louisville's recruiting scandal which ultimately led to the demise of legendary coach, Rick Pitino. We also had some NBA, NHL, and College football cross-talk. Thanks for tuning in, we hope you enjoy!
The boys went around the horn tonight recapping NFL Week 1. We addressed the studs, duds, and everything inbetween. "Go Stars", Brian, gave us some insight on the hockey action and some juicy predictions. Aaron discussed the upcoming, condensed, SEC season format. And Nathaniel hit on the US open and Phil Mickelson's road to redemption at Winged Foot. This is episode 2 of "For The Love of The Pod.
This week we discuss NFL week 1 winners and losers, Odell Beckham Jr's love of all things poo, second year QBs, and new first year coaches. Brian highlights Canadian NHL team's unprecedented playoff struggles. Aaron gives an account of Robert Rozier and his untold story of football, murder, mental illness, and religion.