Talking Heads

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In Episode 23 of Talking Heads, Bram and Marc talk about why Terrell Owens didn't get into the Hall of Fame, Kevin Kiley resigns from his morning gig in Cleveland after criticizing the Bills decision to hire a female coach, plus Bram talks about his trip to Toronto and how nice Canadians are, a guy fakes having cancer and makes a lot of money, and Roy Jones Jr wants you to try and knock him out

Bram and Marc talk about Peyton Manning's choice of words after winning the SB, Bram visits the Mystery Hour in Missouri, the guys both share thoughts on San Francisco, and lament the end of an era with the changes at Playboy

Bram and Marc talk about what it's like to be on radio Row during Super Bowl week, as well as babies conceived after the game. Plus Bram gets an invite to a show in Missouri, but is he being punked? A dead Bears fan crushes Jay Cutler from the beyond the grave, and Roy Williams needs to chill the F Out. Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, twitter.com/realbramw & twitter.com/marcsterne. -- Talking Heads is brought to you by FreshBooks. For freelancers and small business owners, FreshBooks.com takes the pain out of accounting. Have a question about the service? A real-live human will answer every call in about 3 rings. Get your 30-day free trial by going to FreshBooks.com/TALKING and entering TALKING.

Bram and Marc come to a little late this week due to the blizzard that hit DC (and the fact that Marc has become a snow-wuss). They talk about the Superbowl matchup, and why it's important for Carolina to win, and an interesting group of people who seem to suuport gambling even though you think they wouldn't. They also get into the fallout of the Cavaliers firing of David Blatt, the awful truth behind Lord Jeffrey Amherst, the ethics of Jim Harbaugh, and the great Burmese Python hunt in the Everglades. Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne.

Bram has a new idea for a job, Chris Davis gets a sweet deal, John Scott gets whacked by the NHL, Russian mob-style, and the Cops seem to like the Pats. **UPDATE** John Scott will captain the all-star game after all (SI) Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: @talkingheadsbw, @realbramw & @marcsterne. — Talking Heads is brought to you by FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football. Season-long fantasy is over, but on FanDuel, you can still play Fantasy Football for real cash, all the way to the Super Bowl. Enter the code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to play a risk-free tournament for up to $10. We’re also sponsored by SeatGeek. Whether you’re looking to buy tickets or sell tickets you can’t use, check out SeatGeek, the smartest way to buy and sell tickets for your favorite sports team. Download the SeatGeek app at http://SeatGeek.com and enter our code: TALKING, for $20 off your first purchase.

Bram and Marc talk about how poor clock management in the NFL may lead to a job for Bram. They also talk about the brilliant contract signed by Chris Davis, the sad tale of John Scott, and the bizarre circumstances surrounding Chandler Jones and the police before the Pats game with the Chiefs

Bram and Marc record live (and together again!) from a bar and talks about "Billy" Manziel, the late David Bowie, the power of Bieber, and predicting the NFL playoffs. Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne. — Talking Heads is brought to you by SeatGeek. Whether you’re looking to buy tickets or sell tickets you can’t use, check out SeatGeek, the smartest way to buy and sell tickets for your favorite sports team. Download the SeatGeek app at http://SeatGeek.com and enter our code: TALKING, for $20 off your first purchase. We’re also sponsored by FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football. Season-long fantasy is over, but on FanDuel, you can still play Fantasy Football for real cash, all the way to the Super Bowl. Enter my code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to play a risk-free tournament for up to $10.

The grandiose hubris of the College Football Playoff tried to take over America’s New Year’s Eve—and failed. Also, Cary Fiorina panders shamelessly to Iowa, Tom Coughlin's leaves a legacy, and a Bills fan lights himself on fire. Bram and Marc also talk about the reaction to last week’s episode, where Bram spoke openly, for the first time, about leaving ESPN. If you haven’t heard it, go get caught up. Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne.—Talking Heads is brought to you by FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football, with more winners and more payouts than any other site. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10. We’re also sponsored by the SeatGeek app. The smartest way to buy and sell tickets for your favorite sports team. Download the SeatGeek app from http://SeatGeek.com and enter our code: TALKING, for $20 off your first purchase.

Bram gets on the couch with Marc in this year-end edition of Talking Heads, to analyze his decision to leave a dream-job at ESPN for the unknown. Along the way, they set resolutions for 2016, and highlight their favorite 2015 moments. -- Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne.—Talking Heads is brought to you by the SeatGeek app. The smartest way to buy and sell tickets for your favorite sports team. Download the SeatGeek app from http://SeatGeek.com and enter our code: TALKING, for $20 off your first purchase. We’re also sponsored by FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football, with more winners and more payouts than any other site. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10.

Should Carolina go for perfection? Is Denver done? Steve Harvey has a gaffe for the ages, and leave Tom Brady alone!! Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne. —Talking Heads is brought to you by FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football, with more winners and more payouts than any other site. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10. We’re also sponsored by the SeatGeek app. The smartest way to buy and sell tickets for your favorite sports team. Download the SeatGeek app from http://SeatGeek.com and enter our code: TALKING, for $20 off your first purchase.

How great was the Warriors streak? Should a horse have beaten Serena? Mea culpa to Pats fans, dead money on college campuses, and the chicken wing heist of the century. Email us talkingheads@slate.com or tweet: http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne. —Talking Heads is brought to you by the SeatGeek app. The smartest way to buy and sell tickets for your favorite sports team. Download the SeatGeek app from http://SeatGeek.com and enter our code: TALKING, for $20 off your first purchase. We’re also sponsored by FanDuel, the leader in one-week fantasy football, with more winners and more payouts than any other site. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10.

Ken Beatrice passed away this week, and our host offer their heartfelt and funny goodbyes to sports radio trailblazer in Washington DC. Beloved in his adopted hometown, Beatrice was a Boston native, and fans of his hometown Patriots were not shy this weekend about booing Tom Brady and their division-leading Patriots. The Patriots did lose the game, but they're still not as sad as Lions fans. Bram also recommends Richard Deitsch's podcast interview with Deadspin reporter Diana Moskovitz, where they delve into the controversial site's inner-workings and ethics. Finally, a cautious and congratulatory eye to Mike Rice, former head verbal abuser/men's basketball coach at Rutgers, who is now employed... at a high school. The second those little punks try to test me... serenity now. Get in touch at talkingheads@slate.com or on twitter: http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw, http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne. —Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.  

Did the media dis Kobe Bryant? New toys from NBC, 'Concussion' spoils the NFL's party, and inside ESPN's numbers. Plus - Suh gets pissed, the Rams bad bluff, and did Tim Tebow really shut out Miss USA??? Tweet the show at http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw and our hosts at http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne.—Talking Heads is brought you by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.We are also sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10.

“He set you up to bury him after that game, and you took the high road?” This week, Bram and Marc offer 'Uncle" Andy Dalton some free lessons in trash talking, and discuss their new favorite NBA player, snowball etiquette in Wisconsin, and Philly Sports Radio 1 - Chip Kelly 0. Tweet the show at http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw and our hosts at http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne.—Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.

Ronda Rousey finally loses, but what does that really mean? Peyton Manning is running on fumes, a blind guy plays hoops, and we feel sorry for Sixer fans. Tweet the show at http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw and our hosts at http://twitter.com/realbramw & http://twitter.com/marcsterne. -- Talking Heads is brought you by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase. We are also sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com to enter a risk-free tournament for up to $10.

The Russians love their drugs. Are Washington football fans really the French at heart? And is Kobe done? Tweet the show at http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw and our hosts at http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne.—Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.

In their latest show, Bram Weinstein & Marc Sterne lament the sudden end of Grantland, the Green By Packers bullying a beat reporter, and the Mets epic choke-job. Ultimately, we find hope in a love story made for the Big Ten Network: Kate & Brandon, the Michigan message board marriage. See the video at ESPN: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13999967 Tweet the show at http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw. Our hosts are http://twitter.com/realbramw & http://twitter.com/marcsterne.—Talking Heads is brought you by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase. We are also sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash.

This week, Bram and Marc talk about the consequences of making predictions, they pay their respects to the late Flip Saunders - plus thoughts on the World Series and Daniel Murphy, betting on Japanese baseball, and Adrian Peterson eats his EpiPen. Tweet the show at http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw or our hosts individually at http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne, let us know what you want to hear from our resident Talking Heads.—Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.

There’s no better place for our resident pair of degenerates to record their latest show than the racetrack. Bram Weinstein and Marc Sterne posted up at Laurel Park for Maryland Millions Day, and turned it into a family affair by taking wild race predictions from a nearby pair of mother-daughter prognosticators. The guys also dice up the Philadelphia 76ers absurd shoot-the-moon draft strategy and muse on the possibility that Back to the Future 2 actually foretold the Chicago Cubs playoff run. Tweet the show at http://twitter.com/talkingheadsbw or our hosts individually at http://twitter.com/bramespn & http://twitter.com/marcsterne, let us know what you want to hear on Talking Heads next week.—Talking Heads is brought you by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase. We are also sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash.

On Monday, Bram Weinstein and Marc Sterne opined about the fate of Steve Sarkisian, whose drinking problem had become a very public spectacle at USC. Twenty-four hours later, Athletic Director Pat Haden dismissed his head coach, prompting Bram to deliver updated thoughts on what will happen now, as the media’s inevitable spasms of assumption and tabloid journalism take hold. Then, Bram and Marc welcome TNT’s David Aldridge to recall the Gilbert Arenas era in Washington and the infamous guns-in-the-locker-room incident that came awfully close to a real tragedy. Also up for discussion, Mike Francesca shaming an emotional Mets fan, and the absurd bust-up between Matt Barnes, small forward for the Memphis Grizzlies & Derek Fisher, coach of the LA Lakers. Write us at talkingheads@slate.com or tweet our hosts http://twitter.com/BramESPN and http://twitter.com/marcsterne.--Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.

As women are wrongly barred from NFL locker rooms, unfairly ridiculed for taking selfies at baseball games, and sexually harassed by their college coaches, they have found a new champion: Bram Weinstein. Then again, cheering on the female gender is nothing new for our host, who recounts the story of his college transformation into the official “Chi guy” - a mascot of sorts - for Alpha Chi Omega, the very same sorority being lambasted for their “anti-social” behavior at the Diamondbacks game. Speaking of mascots, Bram & Marc Sterne discuss the plight of Ragnar, the beloved Minnesota Vikings mascot with Minneapolis Star-Tribune reporter Michael Rand, and the guys also review the foolishness of a certain priest’s violent NFL fanaticism. Write us at talkingheads@slate.com or tweet our hosts http://twitter.com/BramESPN and http://twitter.com/marcsterne.--Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.

Little did Jonathan Papelbon know when he began this season that he would end it as a Washington National, not to mention that he would choke their season away. Even less foreseeable is that the choke would be a literal one, with Papelbon’s hand somehow ending up around the neck of golden boy Bryce Harper. Bram Weinstein & Marc Sterne muse on the unfortunate trend of the Nats adopting the inept characteristics of their crosstown football cousins. Bram records from his basement in Connecticut, and speaks candidly about the sad state of DC sports and its  role in his decision to “turn the page” on a career move back to his hometown…for now. Then, the definitive debate on Pete Rose with SI’s Kostya Kennedy, author of “Pete Rose: An American Dilemma” in which we discuss whether or not Charlie Hustle finally deserves a shot at a Cooperstown ballot. Spoiler alert: He does. And finally… deviant, unsavory things we find compelling on the internet. Write us at talkingheads@slate.com or tweet our hosts http://twitter.com/BramESPN and http://twitter.com/marcsterne.--Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.  

Upon learning that beloved Red Sox announcer Don Orsillo would not be re-signed, our host Bram Weinstein spun into a self-described career crisis. “Do sportscasters matter anymore? Do we exist? I don’t know, I’m sitting my basement!” Our resident Red Sox fanatic Marc Sterne chimes in and then gets Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald on the phone for a deep dive on the entire Orsillo/NESN debacle. Then, Bram and Marc get into the cops trolling a crazy Alabama fan, and finally, they muse about Chip Kelly restoring swagger at “The U.” Drake is invoked. Let us know what you think of the show. Write talkingheads@slate.com or tweet our hosts http://twitter.com/BramESPN and http://twitter.com/marcsterne. - Talking Heads is brought you by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase.

In their first show, Bram Weinstein and Marc Sterne ask Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post if the news media has fallen for Donald trump the way the sports media fell for Tim Tebow. Plus, this one time at band camp, we accidentally penetrated our rival…we’ll explore the controversy of Kansas State’s-alleged-Starship Enterprise, with Michael Barasch of http://CollegeMarching.com. Talking Heads is the best sports show ever. Tweet your agreement or dissent to our intrepid hosts http://twitter.com/BramESPN and http://twitter.com/marcsterne. — Talking Heads is sponsored by FanDuel. Enter promo code TALKING at http://FanDuel.com for up to $200 in bonus cash. We are also sponsored by the SeatGeek app, available in app stores and at http://seatgeek.com. Enter code TALKING in the app to for a $20 rebate off your first ticket purchase. Music by: Alexander Lewis [http://soundcloud.com/alexanderjlewis] & BrassTracks [http://soundcloud.com/brasstracks] courtesy Trapdoor Records [http://trapdoorrecords.com]

Music by: Alexander Lewis [http://soundcloud.com/alexanderjlewis] & BrassTracks [http://soundcloud.com/brasstracks] courtesy Trapdoor Records [http://www.trapdoorrecords.com]