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On today's "Monday Morning Game Balls" episode of The Call Sheet podcast, Coach Kevin Smith honors another huge day for Puka Nacua, a "Giant" beatdown of Justin Herbert, a statement win by the Chiefs, and more top performers from Week 4 of the NFL season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this morning's Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Kevin Smith hands out game balls to the best performers in Week 3 of the NFL, including a quartet of kick blockers, some great defensive performers, and an underappreciated franchise quarterback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's Call Sheet Daily podcast, we analyze the league's ten undefeated teams after two weeks of the regular season. Which are true contenders, and which are simply a nice story for their fans? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It was a compelling first week of the 2025 NFL season. Join Coach Smith on this morning's Call Sheet Daily podcast for a breakdown of what made Week 1 special, and why football remains America's best and most popular sport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Benjamin Flaherty is a filmmaker and photographer with over 15 years of experience spanning documentary, fine art, and commercial work. He has collaborated with renowned artists such as Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel and directed campaigns for leading brands including Humana and KFC. His short-form public service announcements have been honored at Cannes, D&AD, One Show, and the Clios. Flaherty's debut feature documentary, SHUFFLE, received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival. Having worked internationally in Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, he is now based in Austin, Texas.Support the show
On this week's Monday morning Opener at The Call Sheet Daily, Coach Kevin Smith weighs in on Arch Manning's performance in Saturday's game against Ohio State, and how it could impact his future draft stock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As NFL teams trim their rosters from 90 to 53 players, today's "Call Sheet Daily" podcast honors all of those players who won't make it, and the dreams they leave behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dylan Query is an independent filmmaker from Southern Indiana. His short film, She's On The Run, screen at the 15th annual Flyover Film Festival. His first feature film "Gun Fight at Cold Cross" acquired a distribution deal with Wal-Mart in 2023. An alum of Ball State University, Dylan has taken his production company Query Productions full time and serves the commercial market of Southern Indiana and Kentucky with high end digital media production.Support the show
On this week's Opener at The Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Smith examines the progress of this year's rookie class of quarterbacks through the first two weeks of the pre-season. Who's thriving, and who's struggling? Tune in for the full details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What starts as a simple dive into media tracking apps quickly spirals into tangents about puzzles from hell, glamping with bison and mustangs, fistfights with Satan in Pittsburgh, and the glory days of scrobbling music. Along the way, Peter and Eden hash out their very different relationships with games, books, music, and movies—and why, at the end of the day, “the juice is not worth the squeeze” when it comes to tracking everything we consume.Opening catch-up: Eden returns from travel and vents about the oppressive Midwestern humidity.Eden recounts a cursed puzzle vacation and a surreal HipCamp adventure that included glamping in a bus, staying at a mustang ranch, and hearing a wild coma story involving battling Satan.A detour into mobile gaming: Eden introduces the absurd yet addictive horse girl racing game Uma Musume.Peter shares his ongoing love for Taskmaster, Donkey Kong Bonanza on the Switch 2, and recent reading progress (Wind and Truth, Tiny Experiments).Music talk:New releases from Carbomb, Abigail Williams, and Blackbraid.Remembering Eric Wunder of Cobalt, with Peter realizing Slow Forever might be his true desert island album.Main Topic: Media tracking apps and services.Video games: Eden dabbled with Backloggd but finds it too much work; Peter doesn't see the appeal beyond Steam's built-in history.Books: Eden logs reads in a notebook; Peter wrestles with StoryGraph, Hardcover, and Goodreads but finds the friction too high. Notion experiments fail; AI-summarized notes for nonfiction survive.Music: Nostalgia for scrobbling and Last.fm; frustrations with Spotify, Apple Music, and Plex setups. Peter praises Plexamp and Rune; Eden experiments with Cloud Beats and dreams of a NAS.Movies/TV: Eden dislikes fragmented platforms; Peter mentions using Sequel lightly but relies most on Call Sheet, an IMDb alternative. Eden uses League of Comic Geeks only to track physical comics in his collection.Closing thoughts: both agree that while tracking can be tempting, talking to people and communities is a far more rewarding way to discover new media.
Cincinnati's big gamble. A 70-yard field goal. Shedeur Sanders passing his first test. The NFL failing theirs. There's plenty to discuss from Week 1 of the NFL pre-season. Join Coach Kevin Smith as he breaks it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Smith examines the downfall of youth sports in America. What are the major problems we're facing, and how can we fix them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Smith interviews Kevin Stefanski, head coach of the Cleveland Browns, on the year-round nature of coaching in the NFL, and the details of preparing for a new football season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coach Kevin Smith opens another week of shows at The Call Sheet Daily by examining five interesting NFL storylines as training camps get underway, including the quarterback situations in Cleveland, Minnesota and Pittsburgh, as well as key rookies to keep an eye on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
State of the Minnesota Vikings: Insights with David Stefano—In this episode of 'The Call Sheet Daily' hosted by Kevin Smith, David Stefano from Vikings 1st & SKOL joins to discuss the state of the Minnesota Vikings. Key topics include the team's quarterback J.J. McCarthy's leadership, the strengths and weaknesses of the offensive and defensive lines, and expectations for the upcoming season. Both hosts delve into Brian Flores's defensive schemes, off-season acquisitions, and their impact on the team's potential success. The episode concludes with a fun segment on Vikings fans' most loathed team. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 00:41 Guest Introduction: David Stefano 02:17 Vikings' Quarterback Situation 05:09 Offensive Line and Run Game Improvements 11:57 Defensive Strategies and Key Players 22:13 Expectations for the Season 24:15 Rivalries and Final Thoughts 28:40 Closing Remarks and Upcoming Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Smith reviews the Top 10 NFL quarterback list compiled by ESPN recently, and takes issue with where Jalen Hurts is ranked. Why does Hurts remain underappreciated throughout the league despite his success? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of The Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Kevin Smith discusses which five NFL teams took the most interesting approaches to their off-season, and what it says about each team's outlook for 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of The Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Kevin Smith explains why so few star players get traded in the NFL, and why the Minkah Fitzpatrick-Jalen Ramsey deal is the exception and not the norm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's episode of The Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Kevin Smith explains why so few star players get traded in the NFL, and why the Minkah Fitzpatrick-Jalen Ramsey deal is the exception and not the norm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this action-packed episode of Cyrus Says, filmmaker Apoorva Lakhia takes us through his incredible journey — from the chaos of managing 10,000 extras on the set of Lagaan to leaving Aamir Khan behind as the production bus drove off in Bhuj. Apoorva opens up about how he brought Hollywood-style discipline to Bollywood, sharing hilarious and intense moments from the shoot. He also recounts his terrifying skydiving experience in Thailand, where a parachute failure led to a crash landing and a broken leg — and how he was made to jump again immediately to conquer the fear. Add to that his obsession with superbikes, wild biker gang adventures, and stories of working with legends like Mira Nair, Ang Lee, and on The Sopranos. This is a conversation filled with adrenaline, humour, and surprising insights into filmmaking, stunts, and life itself. Don’t miss it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Join Derek and Max from the LFS Board as they sit down with writer/director Tyler Savage and producer Javier Gonzalez as they discuss production of their new indie feature "Oddities" filmed in Louisville in May 2025!Tyler Savage: A graduate of NYU Tisch, Tyler worked as a Story Editor at Warner Bros before going on to work for Terrence Malick on four back-to-back features. Savage's first feature (Inheritance, 2017) was lauded by genre critics after premiering at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. His second feature (Stalker, 2020) premiered at Fright Fest, won the Dark Matters Award at the Austin Film Festival, and was soon acquired by Vertical Entertainment. Though he has served as a producer on large indie productions, his first two features as writer/director were made on micro budgets and he takes pride in being a scrappy filmmaker who knows how to cleverly maximize his resources.Javier Gonzalez: Javier is an indie filmmaker who has produced numerous film and projects including: “Halley” (Sundance 2013), “The Transfiguration” (Cannes 2016), “In the Radiant City” (Toronto 2016), “Mildred and the Dying Parlor” (Tribeca 2015), “Honeymoon” (NY Film Festival 2016), “Swallow” (Tribeca 2019), “Tesla” (Sundance 2021), “Land of Dreams” (Venice 2022), “2nd Chance” (Sundance 2022), “Funny Pages” (Cannes 2022), “Girls State” (Sundance 2024) and “In The Summers” (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner 2024).Support the show
Veronica Radaelli is a filmmaker and producer that has made seven feature films in Kentucky. Her most recent projects in the Commonwealth include The Revisionist starring Dustin Hoffman and Alison Brie and Gus Van Sant's biopic of Tony Kiritsis, Dead Man's Wire, starring Bill Skarsgård and Dacre Montgomery. A native of Milan, Italy Veronica splits time between Los Angeles, Las Vegas... and Louisville.Her body of work includes films like Ghost House (2017), Disturbing the Peace (2020), Desperation Road (2023), Saint Clare (2024) and Bride Hard (2025).Veronica's IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5253415/?ref_=tt_fm_nameSupport the show
Shea Gilgeous-Alexander took over the NBA in 2025. Who might do the same in the NFL this coming season? Coach Kevin Smith examines the league's potential breakout stars in today's Monday Morning Opener. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coach Kevin Smith begins a new week of shows by discussing Saturday's UFL championship, what the NFL can learn from the spring league, and a few UFL rules it should adopt to make its product more interesting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pittsburgh Steelers beat writer Nick Farabaugh from PennLive joins Coach Kevin Smith for the weekly "State of the Franchise" episode to talk about the buzz out of Pittsburgh during the team's mandatory mini-camp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Loni Love sits down one-on-one with legendary producer Reginald Hudlin. From House Party to Black Panther to his new film Number One on the Call Sheet, Hudlin breaks down what it means to be a Black leading actor — on screen and behind the scenes. #ReginaldHudlin #NumberOneOnTheCallSheet #LoniLove#BlackExcellence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coach Jim Harritopulos joins The Call Sheet Daily to discuss defensive execution in the two-minute drill, including thoughts on "prevent" defense, bringing pressure and end-game strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Matt is joined by Debra Birnbaum, editor-in-chief of GoldDerby and former head of awards at Amazon Studios, to discuss the logistics of Emmy campaigning, how Emmy and Oscar campaigns differ, who actually votes, and the cost behind small and large campaigns (02:38). Debra sticks around for the Call Sheet to help Matt predict which shows will be nominated in Best Drama, Comedy, and Limited Series categories at the Emmys (24:41). For a 20 percent discount on Matt's Hollywood insider newsletter, ‘What I'm Hearing ...,' click here.Email us your thoughts! thetown@spotify.com Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Debra Birnbaum Producers: Craig Horlbeck and Jessie Lopez Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the wake of the news that Detroit Lions Pro Bowl center Frank Ragnow has retired at age 29, The Call Sheet Daily unveils its list of the best NFL players to call it quits while in the prime of their careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the 100th episode of The Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Kevin Smith shares some of the lessons he's learned over the past five months from a host of great guests and a foray into a new career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On today's Call Sheet Daily podcast, Coach Kevin Smith explains how NFL offenses are countering the move defenses have made towards smaller linebackers and sub-packages by embracing an old concept: big personnel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state’s budget problems are largely a result of volatility in the stock market, caused by President Trump’s tariffs. Newsom calls it the “Trump Slump.” Far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin thinks democracy is outdated and wants to restore a monarchy to the U.S. Among his followers is Vice President JD Vance. The person who usually gets the biggest role and the most money for a film is known as “No. 1 on the call sheet.” Black actors and actresses who’ve achieved that status are the focus of a new documentary. Gambling scandals meant Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson were ineligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame. That changed on Tuesday.
Join Coach Kevin Smith as he dives into the recent history of teams drafting and developing their own quarterbacks, and why those who spend high draft picks and miss suffer the consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amanda Jones has had quite a career, as evident in this really insightful conversation about her journey as a film and television composer. One of her latest projects, Number One on the Call Sheet, is a prolific, eye-opening two-part Apple TV+ documentary featuring candid conversations with some of the entertainment industry's biggest stars, like Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Idris Elba, Whoopi Goldberg, Viola Davis, Denzel Washington and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, to name just a few.Amanda's career includes BET's Twenties from Lena Waithe, OWN's Cherish the Day, produced by Ava DuVernay and A Black Lady Sketch Show, produced by Robin Thede and Issa Rae. We learn about the empowerment she received from this powerful group of Black women so early in her journey.Amanda earned her first Emmy nomination for Home, an Apple TV+ series and became the first Black woman nominated for an Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Emmy. Later, Amanda was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for Home.The idea of following one's passion resonates heavily throughout this conversation. Amanda shares that her love of sounds, more specifically music, started around the age of 3. After graduating from Vassar College and later, studying film scoring and orchestration at Berklee College of Music, she landed an internship with Hans Zimmer and it was an opportunity at Lionsgate that helped give her a more 360-degree sense of the business side of things.Other takeaways from this multifaceted chat hone in on creating a sonic language for films and TV, the importance of asking questions, communication and collaboration during the creative process, having a strong creative voice, knowing when to delegate as well as fighting off stigmas reserved for women of color and mothers.A co-founder of Composers Diversity Collective, Amanda's other credits include Somebody Somewhere, Good Trouble, Naomi, Young Love, 7 Days, Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, Definition Please, Moving On, The Perfect Find, Mea Culpa, Jodie and the new Apple TV+ series, Murderbot.
Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state's budget problems are largely a result of volatility in the stock market, caused by President Trump's tariffs. Newsom calls it the “Trump Slump.” Far-right blogger Curtis Yarvin thinks democracy is outdated and wants to restore a monarchy to the U.S. Among his followers is Vice President JD Vance. The person who usually gets the biggest role and the most money for a film is known as “No. 1 on the call sheet.” Black actors and actresses who've achieved that status are the focus of a new documentary. Gambling scandals meant Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson were ineligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame. That changed on Tuesday.
Coach Daniel Chamberlain and I discuss building a call sheet
Join Coach Kevin Smith as he examines five big takeaways from the 2025 NFL draft, including why teams were unwilling to overpay for quarterbacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Coach Kevin Smith is joined today by FFSN CEO Ken Wisnefski to discuss how value is determined in the NFL draft. Ken's experience building businesses has made him an expert in understanding investment. Join Ken and Kevin for a great discussion on investment versus value in the draft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today's word of the day is ‘commissioner' as in Rob Manfred as in Adam Silver as in MLB as in NBA. Let's start with baseball and what Rob had to say. He brought up expansion and salary caps and softball. What does it all mean? (15:50) Adam Silver then took the stage and he had some things to say: expansion, NBA Europe. (34:07) Review: Number One on the Call Sheet. (39:10) NBA playoffs are in full swing. The Lakers bounced back! Luka and LeBron were not going down 0-2. The Thunder and Grizzlies series is not a fair matchup. The Pacers and Bucks do not like each other and it shows. (41:40) Anthony Edwards keeps getting fined. He's up to $370,000 in fines this year. Is this form of punishment just not working? (44:30) NPPOD. (46:00) The NFL draft is tomorrow from Green Bay! But we'll focus on the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones teased a trade, but that was it. What does that mean? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today's word of the day is ‘commissioner' as in Rob Manfred as in Adam Silver as in MLB as in NBA. Let's start with baseball and what Rob had to say. He brought up expansion and salary caps and softball. What does it all mean? (15:50) Adam Silver then took the stage and he had some things to say: expansion, NBA Europe. (34:07) Review: Number One on the Call Sheet. (39:10) NBA playoffs are in full swing. The Lakers bounced back! Luka and LeBron were not going down 0-2. The Thunder and Grizzlies series is not a fair matchup. The Pacers and Bucks do not like each other and it shows. (41:40) Anthony Edwards keeps getting fined. He's up to $370,000 in fines this year. Is this form of punishment just not working? (44:30) NPPOD. (46:00) The NFL draft is tomorrow from Green Bay! But we'll focus on the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones teased a trade, but that was it. What does that mean? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amy King hosts your Wednesday Wake Up Call. ABC News reporter Jordana Miller joins the show live from Jerusalem to talk about Pope Francis' funeral and which world leaders are expected to attend. ABC News tech reporter Mike Dobuski joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday'! Today, Mike talks about YouTube celebrating 20 years and Tesla earnings down BIG. On this week's edition of ‘Amy's on It' she reviews ‘Number One on the Call Sheet' now streaming on Apple TV+. Courtney Donohoe from Bloomberg Media joins the show to give a business and Wall Street update. The show closes with Amy talking with UCSD Health Sciences professor Jyoti Mishra about how climate related trauma can have lasting effects on decision making in people. Researchers found that wildfire survivors were less likely to stick with choices that offered greater long-term rewards.
Join Coach Kevin Smith as he reflects on examples of high-pressure competitive situations, and the mechanisms successful athletes use to conquer them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on The Call Sheet Daily, Coach Kevin Smith examines the debate over arm strength, and whether NFL quarterbacks can be successful without elite arm talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Star Trek fans already know about Voyager's "Year of Hell," but they may not know about the "day of hell" that plagued production in October 1995 while filming the second season episode "Death Wish." It would take more than the power of Q to rescue cast and crew from the multiple accidents and failures the threatened to derail the epsiode. That's where the power of an experienced Assistant Director is tested, and today we welcome back to the show Mike DeMeritt who was on set that day and guides us through how to "ride the chaos." Document and additional references: Star Trek: Voyager "Death Wish" call sheet and production report - October 17, 1995 The Trek Files Season 13 on Memory Alpha All episodes and documents: The Trek Files on Memory Alpha Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise. The conversation continues on Discord with live chats and the Roddenberry Podcasts community! Join today!
This week, we discuss the new documentary spotlighting Black Hollywood, Number One on the Call Sheet. Join us as we recap this phenomenal project available on AppleTV+ (1:00) Hidden Gems (55:37): The Residence (Netflix) Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney+) We are available on all podcasting platforms, but please follow, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify apps. We greatly appreciate your support! Follow us on social media: IG: @recappinpodcast FB: reCappin' with Delora and Ashley Contact us: Email: recappinpodcast@gmail.com
What's your favorite season? This week on reCappin', we discuss the passing of actor Val Kilmer; Sean Kingston's legal troubles; Pop the Balloon series heading to Netflix and Amber Ruffin cut from WH Correspondents dinner (10:28). In Hot Topics, we discuss Billboard Women in Music and Marvin Sapp's viral video (29:20). Stay tuned for our next episode on Tuesday, when we will recap the new documentary Number One on the Call Sheet available on AppleTV+. We are available on all podcasting platforms, but please follow, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify apps. We greatly appreciate the support! Follow us on social media: IG: @recappinpodcast Twitter: @recappinpodcast FB: ReCappin' with Delora and Ashley Contact us: Email: recappinpodcast@gmail.com
Join Kevin Smith as he examines the characteristics that make a "player's coach," and why that label is perceived as both a compliment and a criticism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode Aries and Andy talk about The Alto Knights, Cincinnati, and Number One on the Call Sheet. Social Media Instagram: @SpearsBergPod Twitter: @SpearsBergPod Facebook: SpearsBergPod Patreon: SpearsBergPod Youtube: SpearsBergPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Send us a textGrab a snack and a lover as we give splooshes and flowers to the Leading Black Women and Men in Hollywood with the Number One on the Call Sheet films.Website | Rotten Tomatoes | Linktree | Youtube | Twitter | Instagram
Continuing our conversation with Star Trek fan-turned-professional David Benjamin Tomlinson, The Trek Files focuses on a day of production from one of his favorite episodes, TNG's "Cause and Effect." The conversation sparks reflection on the intrigue of time-based stories, the challenges of working under alien prosthetics, and the special thrill of being directed by Jonathan Frakes. Document and additional references: Star Trek TNG "Cause and Effect" call sheet - January 23, 1992 The Trek Files Season 13 on Memory Alpha All episodes and documents: The Trek Files on Memory Alpha Visit the Trekland site for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive merchandise. The conversation continues on Discord with live chats and the Roddenberry Podcasts community! Join today!