Sampler Pack: A (Mostly) Wisconsin Sports Podcast

It's playoff time again in Milwaukee and the Bucks are looking to defend their title, so of course we had to talk the Bulls series and the potential road ahead. We also decided we didn't want to be done talking 2022 Brewers, so we picked a six-pack of players to watch this year for our Sampler Pack! Enjoy!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Happy Opening Day, everybody! We're bringing you an episode full of surprises to mark the occasion, as we offer up our predictions for your 2022 Milwaukee Brewers and crown an upset champion in the Wisconsin Snack Bracket! You won't want to miss this one!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We're back with Round 2 of our March Snack-ness bracket and we've enlisted the help of Reviewing the Brew's Matt Carroll (@MKEMatt13) to help us pare down the field to eight! But before that, we picked Matt's brain on the upcoming Brewers' season!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Thanks for hanging in there with us through the schedule change! This week, we're doing away with our normal format to honor March Madness! John Egan (@brewersraptor and @johneganstuff) joins us as we determine the champion of the Wisconsin Snack Bracket! We also react to the Aaron Rodgers news!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

With the Bucks still on break, the Olympics wrapping up, and the MLB still locked out, we're bringing you the best of the rest: where does NBA All-Star Weekend rank on the pro sports ASG tier? Can we compare the Rodgers decision to the Favre saga? And what the hell is Juwan Howard's problem?We also made a scheduling announcement you'll want to stay tuned for.If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

It's nearly the All-Star Break in the NBA, so we check in on our Milwaukee Bucks and find that our feelings on them haven't changed a whole lot, but we did review the Serge Ibaka trade and discuss the Pat Connaughton injury. We also recapped the Super Bowl and picked Sampler Packs of our favorite commercials!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

The matchup in the game itself may not be what we wanted, but this is a pretty decent consolation prize, plus they gave us a Super Bowl Halftime Show worth getting excited for, so we decided to fill our Sampler Packs with our favorites from years past. We did also, begrudgingly, talk about the game itself a bit, and we also go international in this episode and talk about the Olympics!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We began this podcast a year ago with an episode chronicling the Packers' loss in the NFC Championship Game, and here we are again, lamenting a choke job of a performance in the Divisional Round this year. We also discuss briefly the ongoing MLB labor talks and the joke that is the Baseball Hall of Fame voting before we filled our Sampler Packs with Packers We Want to See Return next season!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Friend of the pod Benny K (@OhYeahBenny23) joins us this week for a big time Packers review AND preview! Benny picked out his six favorite moments of the year to fill our Sampler Pack this week, and the three of us analyze the upcoming Divisional Round game against the 49ers and tell you how the Packers can exorcise some demons from the last playoff meeting between these two teams.If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

With the Packers grabbing the #1 Seed and the Bye, we're having trouble passing the time, so we weren't sure what to talk about, but somehow we managed to fit A LOT into this show!Shortly after we released our episode last week, one of our guests started a viral trend that set Packers Twitter ablaze, so we revisit the #thirsttrapthursday phenomenon! We also try to solve the mystery that is the Bucks! And to top it off, we figured we'd offer some suggestions of TV Shows to Binge During the Bye Week (if you're not watching the other games, of course) in this week's Sampler Pack!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We're back with the premiere of Season Two and we've brought some friends from #packerstwitter! Kate (@COgirlWIworld) and Jamie (@jamienolastname) join us and fill a Sampler Pack of their takeaways from the regular season and how it will affect the NFC North Champion and #1 Seed Packers!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We're bringing you not one, but TWO Sampler Packs this week, as we cap off Year One of the pod! First, we combined to pick our six favorite episodes of our inaugural season. Then we finish off the year by naturally filling a Sampler Pack each of our favorite moments of 2021!We would like to thank everyone who listens regularly or who has ever tuned in to any of our episodes. Your support is truly appreciated!Happy Holidays! We'll be back next year!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We're running out of time before the end of Season One, so we packed a bunch into this one: We catch up on the MLB lockout and the Brewers swapping JBJ for Hunter Renfroe, give our thoughts on how the Bucks' title defense is going, and fill our Sampler Packs with our favorite non-Packers in the NFL!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

The Packers came away with another impressive victory and enter their Bye Week at 9-3 despite a ton of adversity. We welcome in Eric and Eric from Acme Army Packers Podcast (@Acme_Army) to breakdown the first "half" as they fill a Sampler Pack of their biggest observations of the season so far. What does it mean for the rest of the year? Tune in and find out!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Corey's back from gallivanting aimlessly around Wisconsin but we're still incredibly busy as we prepare for the holiday season, but we didn't want to leave you without any content for a second week in a row, so we figured we'd point you to some other podcasts with our Sampler Packs this week! What are some of your favorites?If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Hoo boy, what a week of Green Bay Packer football. From the news of Aaron Rodgers' positive COVID test, to his ill-advised statements on the Pat McAfee Show, to the underwhelming performance by his heir-apparent Jordan Love against the Chiefs--we talk about it all in this episode! We also decided to take a light turn at the end for our Sampler Pack, so Josie took the lead and recounted the things about living in Wisconsin that she missed the most.If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

The Packers got a stunning win last Thursday, and even though things have since come crashing down to Earth with some post-recording news, we still wanted to talk about the big victory and what it means moving forward. We filled our Sampler Pack with the best or our favorite Packers' running backs in our lifetime, which took a turn for the weird. Enjoy!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Josie is officially a Wisconsinite once again!!! And that means we are back with another brand new episode, which features a Sampler Six-Pack of Bucks' Players to Watch for the '21-'22 season as we finally get to a somewhat abbreviated Bucks preview. We also preview Thursday's big showdown between the Cardinals and Packers and discuss a topic that's probably on a lot of fans' minds right now.If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We have a very special episode this week as we are joined by our friends from across the pond, Mark (@UKBrewCrew) and Sean (@HadersHair) from the Roll Out the Barrel podcast! They shared their Sampler Packs of their Favorite Things or Moments from the 2021 Brewers season, and we had a blast talking about such an unforgettable year! Unfortunately, the Brewers were eliminated earlier than we thought they would when we recorded. Oops!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

It's October and that can only mean one thing: we're talking playoff baseball! The Brewers are back in the playoffs for a fourth straight year and we've got you covered before first pitch on Friday. Join us for a Sampler Pack of Things to Know About the NLDS!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We are back this week, folks! As you may know by now, life has been fairly busy for Josie lately, but we're here regardless. Still, with our minds decently preoccupied, we take you on a journey with this episode, touching on topics from forgiving Ryan Braun to Ben Roethlisberger's eating habits. We also squeezed in some talk on the Packers' two-game surge and revisited our stances on resting starters in the preseason. I swear there's something else...Oh, right... THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS ARE NL CENTRAL CHAMPIONS!!! All that and more on this week's Sampler Pack!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Well, the Packer game wasn't really worth talking about, so we decided to talk about food! Join Josie and Corey this week as they fill their Sampler Packs with their favorite gameday snacks! Also this week: combined no-hitters still count and why it was right move to take Corbin out.If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

It's finally Week 1 of the 2021 NFL season! Corey and Josie fill their Sampler Pack with six tasty, bold predictions for the Packers this year along with year-end predictions. Is this the season the Packers finally get over the hump? Listen and find out what they say!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Josie and Corey invited Sean (Aaron Rodgers Doppelganger @szechuan_sean) on the show this week to continue their 2021 Packers Season Preview and asked him to fill his Sampler Pack of the Top Six things he's looking forward to this year. Sean also gives his prediction for the season and offered up some dope music recommendations!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Back to their normal schedule, Corey and Josie discuss the Brewers heating up at the right time of the year, specifically Yelich, and fill their Sampler Pack with the six things they're looking forward to watching as the Packers season begins.If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

We're back from our first Summer Road Trip and here to tell you about our adventures, from how we weathered two rainouts to seeing the "Grand Canyon of the East" and trying pierogies for the first time!If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

The Brewers made a few additions at the trade deadline among a flurry of blockbusters around Major League Baseball. Josie and Corey discuss the wild deadline and why the biggest trade of them all was one that went down two months ago. Also, a look ahead to the stretch run.We'll be back in a couple weeks, after we return from our Road Trip! Be sure to follow along with our adventures:@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Aaron Rodgers officially reported to training camp on time (!) but arriving with plenty of potential baggage and plans for a "Last Dance" style final year in Green Bay. Josie and Corey share some thoughts on 12's return and also share the Sampler Pack they recorded last week wherein they fill their six-packs with the rules or general things in sports they'd like to see change.If you enjoyed this episode, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Corey and Josie discuss the only thing on their minds this week: The 2021 NBA Champion Milwaukee Bucks! No Sampler Pack this week - just reactions and joy!Contact us via Twitter individually @josephinemars42 @chilidogsunday or the pod @samplerpackwi. Find us on Facebook or email us at samplerpackwi@gmail.com. 

We've reached the MLB All-Star Break and the Brewers lead the NL Central and sent five players to the Midsummer Classic, so Josie and Corey decided to break down the first half and revisit their Bold Predictions from Episode 10 to see how things are going.If you like what you hear, smash that subscribe or follow button and find us on social media to join the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

#fearthedeer #bucksinsix HOLY EFF! The Milwaukee freakin' Bucks are your Eastern Conference Champions and Josie and Corey are here to get you primed for the first NBA Finals appearance in 47 years with a little recap of the Hawks series and a preview of the matchup with the Suns!Always remember to reach out with your comments and questions!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Josie and Corey have decided to hit the road this summer for a Sampler Pack Road Trip and are crossing off a few items off their sports bucket list, which is exactly what they're filling their Sampler six-packs with this week!Give us your bucket list Sampler Pack or give us some recommendations on places to see/stop at on the road trip!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

WOW! WHAT A SERIES! After some deep sighs of relief, Josie and Corey are coming to you early this week in order to recap the Bucks' HUUUUGE Game 7 victory over the Brooklyn Nets and get you prepped for the Eastern Conference Finals matchup against the Atlanta Hawks. No Sampler Pack this week, just some good old fashioned analysis and unbridled joy!Join in the conversation!@samplerpackwi (Official Twitter)@chilidogsunday (Corey's Twitter)@josephinemars42 (Josie's Twitter)samplerpackwi@gmail.comFacebook

Corey and Josie keep it mostly to the Brewers this week, filling their Sampler Packs with their picks from All Stars from the Crew!Hit us up!Corey Twitter: @chilidogsundayJosie Twitter: @josephinemars42Pod Twitter: @samplerpackwiFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/samplerpackwiEmail: samplerpackwi@gmail.com

Josie and Corey dive into Bucks playoff fever, picking a Sampler 6-pack of takeaways from the opening series SWEEP of the Miami Heat and also do some candid complaining about the state of Major League Baseball.

We did things a little different this week. We picked six of our favorite questions from you, the listeners, to fill the Sampler Pack this week and talked about the trade that devastated us, the best year in Wisconsin sports history, and more! Tune in and let us know your thoughts, and ask us more questions for our next Mailbag episode!

Mini episode! Corey and Josie discuss why Brewers fans should not be in panic mode and call on the listeners to submit questions for next week's Sampler Pack! Contact us via Twitter individually @josephinemars42 @chilidogsunday or the pod @samplerpackwi. Find us on Facebook or email us at samplerpackwi@gmail.com. 

Josie and Corey are back with some choice words for Adam Thielen and Vikings fans and a breakdown of the NBA MVP Race and how they like Giannis' chances. They also countdown their Top 6 baseball movies to fill their Sampler 6-packs. Enjoy!

Danielle Brooks (host of "Semi-Sport"--listen where you get your podcasts) joins Josie and Corey this week to talk extensively about the strange and ongoing saga between Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers; then, they fill their Sampler Packs with their favorite Wisconsin restaurants!

MINI EPISODE! In this week's short and sweet episode, Corey and Josie break down who they think would be the Bucks all time starting five, and thought about the all time 6th man a little differently. 

Has Jrue Holiday moved passed Khris Middleton in the Bucks' hierarchy? Josie and Corey discuss this and the potential ramifications if the team comes up short of an NBA Finals for a third straight year. Also, a look at how the Brewers are staying above water despite a rash of injuries and other obstacles and an insight into what to expect if you're planning on attending a game. This week's Sampler Pack topic: active, non-Bucks NBA players we love!

We had some life things come up this week, so we kept this episode short and sweet, but Josie and Corey still took a short look at the Bucks' playoff outlook and recapped a great week for the Brewers. This week's episode culminates with a Sampler Pack of our choice walk-up songs! Enjoy!

We're back and, boy, do we have a lot to catch up on! The Bucks made some trades, extended Jrue Holiday, and continue to play great basketball; the Brewers season is finally here and the offense doesn't look like it turned the calendar year over from 2020 yet; and the MLB moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver. Josie and Corey cover it all and fill their sampler six-packs with their favorite active, non-Brewers MLB players!

The Brewers Season Preview culminates with Josie and Corey giving their final 26-man roster predictions and an unorthodox Sampler Pack this week in which they pick 6 bold predictions for the 2021 season! Also, obligatory love to the Bucks and more!Note: We'll be taking a week off next week, so it'll be a perfect time to browse and catch up on the back catalog!

Comedian John Egan (@johnegancomedy and @brewersraptor) joins Josie and Corey this week to give us their predictions for the season! They also talk about the possibilities of the Bucks swinging the trade that just ACTUALLY happened and review the re-signing of Aaron Jones. This week's Sampler Pack topic: Tailgating/Pregame Activities/Food

Corey and Josie discuss the NBA ASG and Giannis' MVP performance and then deep dive into the Brewers' non roster invitees to Spring Training as this week's Sampler Pack!

Real [exhibition] baseball games are underway, and Josie and Corey get you prepared with Part One of our Brewers Season Preview Extravaganza, filling their Sampler Packs with the prospects who could make an impact with the big league club this year. Also! JJ Watt will NOT be a Packer and some big time love for the Greek Freak this week!

Spring Training is officially here! and Josie and Corey kick off the baseball season with some thoughts on the current state of the Brewers' roster, including the Shaw signing and Arcia possibly playing some 3B. Additionally, now that our teams are allowing fans in attendance, would you go? All that and an awesome Sampler Pack in which they pick the Best Brewer Players on Bad Brewer Teams. Enjoy!

Josie and Corey are joined by special guest Benny K from podcasts Not Exactly Radio and Where Have You Ben? to recap the Packers' season and look forward to next year before filling their Sampler 6-Packs with their Favorite Packers of All-Time. Spring Training is also finally upon us, and the Bucks stumbled through a rough week, so join the gang for another BIG episode!

Josie and Corey look at Khris Middleton's transformation into an NBA superstar, follow the Brewers' continued moves, and regretfully discuss the Super Bowl in this brand new episode that concludes with a Sampler Pack befitting the name: Wisconsin Beers. 

This week brought quite a rollercoaster for Wisconsin sports, from the Bucks' up-and-down play, Rodgers-to-the-Rams rumors, and finally a significant move from the Brewers. Josie and Corey break it all down and fill their Sampler Packs with the Teams They Love to Hate. Enjoy!