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Enjoy this very special episode of the No Strangers Podcast. We have a little behind the scenes content for you guys and we also have two very special NS Guest Nell and Tee. This episode goes left fast and we here at NS studios had to do a lot if editing because so of our friends don't have a filter. ENJOY Check us out on all major platforms Spotify, Apple Podcast, Anchor & Google Podcast! Also Follow us on twitter & Instagram @Nostrangerspod
What's good everyone?!? Today Adrian and Clarke round out their discussions on Snoh Aalegra with her most recent album "ugh, those feels again". Enjoy :))Check out our playlist! If you want to hear some of our favorite tracks from the artists we discuss, we've compiled them into one playlist on Spotify for you to check out.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GCvqUqDQHI08z9j30jppA?si=EFID1fM3QNiS6K0lOR-zIwCheck out Clarke's latest Single here:https://open.spotify.com/track/6hHQuuFHCAv0K4Y76PQki7?si=QMT-A2X-QA6R9cS1srvgvAFollow Clarke on Soundcloud here too:https://soundcloud.com/user-776519488
Welcome to SEASON 2 EPISODE 2 of the podcast! We had so many requests to do a gift guide episode so we are sharing what is on our Christmas lists, plus what we think would make great gifts for other loved ones in your life this year! xoxo Enjoy Check out our podcast instagram and give it a follow for all podcast content, Q&A, and more: https://www.instagram.com/chickennoodle_scoop/ Follow Gabi: https://www.instagram.com/gabifuller/ https://www.youtube.com/gabifuller Follow Lexi: https://www.instagram.com/lexifullerr/ https://www.youtube.com/c/lexifuller CHECK OUT OUR NEW TECH WALLPAPERS and preset pack that we both designed: https://gumroad.com/gabifullerpresets Click here to support the podcast :) As always, see ya next week! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chickennoodlescoop/support
Nico is a music producer, digital artist, sound engineer and french bad ass. We met in the Daintree rainforest in 2017 and he has stayed close to my heart ever since. We talk about the lockdown in Paris, general music production life and some of our wild stories. Enjoy Check out his individual productions and support his art when you can here: https://sicaa.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/sicaa
Learned from a good man named Travis Peters. This is what allows me to live my life while running 2 businesses, be a college student, and not lose my sanity haha. Enjoy -------------------------------------------------- Check me out on Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidbalji/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidBalji/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbalji/ Get Smarter Everyday for FREE: https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/r/?kid=3a3acfbb
In Today's Episode I sit down with Kayla Cytron-Thaler, Enterprise Business Development Rep at Domino Data Lab. In part 2 of this 2 part series, we discuss her cadence that is getting massive results for her and her team at Domino! Don't miss out on this! Kayla brings the fire again!! Enjoy Check out Kayla and all her musings on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-/ Follow Me at: Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/nedarick/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/Ned_Arick
We're back... with half of Ollie... as explained in the episode... you'll have to listen to find out (: Hope you're all doing well in these times. Thank you all for the support. Thanks for listening. Enjoy (: Check out our website to find our socials and everything else. iqof8podcast.wixsite.com/mysite --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/owen-meyer/message
Enjoy this episode of the MTB Fitness Podcast where I interview Jordi Cortes from Fox. We talk all things suspension, bike setup, and getting the most from your bike! Enjoy Check out the Fox website here - https://www.ridefox.com/ Check out the Dialed series here - https://www.youtube.com/user/foxracingshox1 Please subscribe and leave a review To learn more about MTB Fitness : Website : http://mtb.fitness/ Facebook : http://facebook.com/mtbfitnessuk Facebook Group : http://facebook.com/groups/mtbfitnessuk Instagram : http://instagram.com/mtbfitnessuk Daily emails : http://mtb.fitness/pages/email-signup
Thanks for tuning in! It's been a while since I've done a proper new segment like this but we've got some very interesting information to talk about today. Enjoy :) Check out my YouTube Channel here: https://youtube.com/codyscarconundrum Purchase my Car Tshirt merch at: https://tinyurl.com/y8tjl3jw Stay up to date by visiting my website: http://www.codyscarconundrum.com/
This solo episode explores item #16 on the 'Culture Is Everything' checklist: Does every team member get regular and genuine appreciation from the CEO and / or senior management? Enjoy :) Check out Cameron Schwab's blog post mentioned in this episode: https://www.designceo.com.au/design-beats-discipline/ Download the 'Culture Is Everything' checklist at tristanwhite.com.au/checklist Subscribe to the 'Culture Is Everything' newsletter at tristanwhite.com.au
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Shit giggles and toilet humor are apparently 2 different things, but should they be? (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Uncles that ain't uncles, aunts that ain't aunts, and what else is there to talk about when the Browns are in first place for the first time in 30 years. As if the Browns being in first place wasn't shocking enough, Mike went to a farm in the middle of the deep outer rim instead of watching the game. Craziness. Traveling to see Stereolab in Detroit and we're still in the planning process, i.e., where are we going to eat before the show? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:05:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s "Best Of Edition" Let Me Tell You A Story: “Go Long” (begins around the 1:10:00 mark) STEREOLAB WEEK! #WeLoveLatitia BangBros and American porn and how it's story of the chicken and the egg, and how so many people end up fucked up by it all. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:45:00 mark) Mushrooms are one of the single greatest things in the cosmos. Odell Beckham Jr. was nearly choked to death and most everyone seemed to have very conflicted feelings about stopping it from happening. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Send us your panties (and your dollars), Jarvis Landry is an H&M throw away fashionista now, and having a"Browns" wedding surely means your marriage is doomed. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:34:00 mark) Bloody nipples. They's very real, and Mike had to deal with one. Baker Mayfield is a snarky douchebag, but he's our snarky douchebag. And in all fairness, expecting a professional athlete to be cultured and aware is clearly too much to expect from the vast majority of them. Miami not allowing the naming rights of the Heat's basketball team to be licensed by BangBros is absolutely ridiculous. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new EarthGang “Mirrorland” album on Interscope. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: ~Patreon listener support option coming soon~ Being listener supported, old VHS porn education, and the modern world where certain people somehow find reason to hate on having the ability to share information literally at the speed of light. Misguided fools. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Episode 101 (of 5,000), and being ready for the upload. You got the keys to the kingdom, now go on your journey to get to the actual kingdom, aka, the Browns are playing on Monday Night Football (no relation). Baby Boomers need not apply. Double Header Death Dive. The Defend Cleveland Podcast is finally on iTunes! And let us count the ways in which Apple and iTunes suck as we wait 6 days for a digital receipt to arrive from an online digital only company. Seriously, and to think they were reviewing us? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:13:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s Let Me Tell You A Story: “Date Night” (begins around the 1:30:00 mark) Learning important lessons from a visit to "The" Museum Of Art. #TheeMichael Leaning towards believing the conspiracies about Antonio Brown ending up with the Pats was the plan all along. Stop crapping all over a public toilet and leaving it for someone else to clean it up! (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 2:04:00 mark) "Aaah-haaah-haaah-hoooeeeey!" cartoon screamin' and the most Brownsy aspect of the Week 1 loss to the Titans. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Hitting rock bottom with "Face Paint Mike" and growing weary of dumbass fan hobos and their club - A memoriam of our PFUFA favorites, especially Pinto Ron. "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday..." (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:42:00 mark) The only time in the last 30 years when "Roxanne" was played at a stadium and didn't totally suck. Always remember that Ric Ocasek smoked his first joint right here in Cleveland. Rest In Peace, Ric. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new EarthGang "Mirrorland" album on Interscope. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: A huge 100 episodes of the DC Podcast thank you to Kidforce Pinball(!) for making it all possible, and what to expect for the next 100 episodes... And how a Drag Showcase is way better than a local blues show. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Week 1 of the Browns season didn't go according to script, that is unless you were working from the "Same Old Browns" script from the last three decades because that's exactly what that shit was. Dumb people getting hurt or killed doing dumb shit will always be funny to some people, and people who aren't dumb that have preexisting conditions are typically even less likely to do dumb shit because of it, i.e., that shit is still funny. Part 1 - The Study's Control: Attempting a swearing experiment inspired by Dr. Emma Bryne's work in the field of swear words, specifically her 2017 book, "Swearing Is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language". (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:17:00 mark) There's no Lachlan MacKinnon story today (we'll have a new one for you for episdoe 101!), so instead take this time to get your weekly fill by checking out the "Browns Roundtable: Special 2019 Season Preview" which features Lachlan, Greg Miller and Mike, and really is the to approach this upcoming Browns season (click here) What will Starbuck's drinkers do now that they're marketing coffee that actually tastes like coffee instead of all the shit they mostly sell that's loaded with dairy and sugar just so it doesn't taste like coffee? Part 2 - The Study's "Shit!" and "Mother Fucker!" final test: The conclusion of the swearing experiment inspired by Dr. Emma Bryne's work in the field of swear words. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 2:02:00 mark) Realizing how American 'football culture' makes it so you feel like you have to apologize for liking the NFL. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Mike gets written up in an article alongside some friends, and a bunch of fan hobos, and the Browns season ticket holder who wanted a Bud Light Browns Victory Fridge so bad he used some rather flawed logic to try and obtain one (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:38:00 mark) Naming your kid after a football player is fucking stupid. The fuck. Seeing a performance that's clearly so very special, and how it's easy to go through life and never really understand what that even means: Or, how Mike went to go see Kevin Morby last week and he can't shut up about how crazy great it was. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is anything by Kevin Morby. For real. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Being really bad at reading the signals when someone is interested in having sex with you. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The Westbound Label logo on all those old Funkadelic records is as much the letter "W" as it is a lesson in sex education, and other examples of how this show is the only sports talk show that's actually good for your earholes. Andrew Luck retiring garnered a different response from the media than it would have just 10 years ago, even if a lot of the lowest common denominator fans still acted exactly how you would expect them to. Once again learning the hard way that emotions and pinball do not mix. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:11:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s Let Me Tell You A Story: “Obstinate” (begins around the 1:25:00 mark) Rapsody is a total badass but tired ass hip-hop video tropes need to stop, they doing more harm than any good at this point. The Tribe have been able to keep rolling with key injuries so far all season, here's hoping they can do the same now with Ramirez out with a broken wrist too. The "Players Weekend" in baseball clearly appears to be better idea in theory than in reality. Discussing one of the elements that will make next week's special 100th Episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast even more fucking special! (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:56:00 mark) Trevor Bauer's comments and this week's Browns Fever official measurement is kind of difficult to determine considering NFL Fever in general is also beginning to set in. Mollie’s Weekly Report: And the winner of the best Minor League Baseball ballpark food contest is... Probably going to be served with a side of beans. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:34:00 mark) Rating the world's best sausage: The only way when feverishly proud nationalism isn't a scary and bad thing only occurs when you're talking about who has the best sausage. Getting into the science of swearing (just a little bit). All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. For more information about the upcoming Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show brought to you by Kidforce Pinball, click here. Your recommended listening for the week is Funkadelic's 1975 album "Let's Take It To The Stage" released on Westbound Records, because why should some 15 year old buying a record at a record shop in 2019 have better taste than you do? The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Sting is only fucking himself off when he says he fucks for 12 hours. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY! ....WOOOOOOOOW! Huge kudos to Stipe Miocic for reclaiming his heavyweight title by knocking out Daniel Cormier. You know what people who aren't from Cleveland think when they hear Cleveland is a "blue collar" or "working man's" town, right? Do we really want that image? Part 1 - Seeing Iron Maiden live in concert in 2019 (aka, finding common ground with people who still love pro-wrestling as adults) (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 56:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s Let Me Tell You A Story: “And Still Champion” (begins around the 1:13:00 mark) Apparently the heavy metal band Slayer and NASCAR don't share the same "beliefs" with one another, which is to say crazed religious fringe jobs are still wholly untrustworthy when it comes to music and art. Jay Z better step up and act or this whole NFL partnership and potential team ownership is exactly the money grabbing soulless charade we most fear it to be. Part 2 - Seeing Iron Maiden live in concert in 2019 (aka, finding common ground with people who still love pro-wrestling as adults) (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:49:00 mark) Since Stipe won and is champ again that means the Tribe are also going to win the Super Bowl this year... Right? That's stupid but wrestling, real wrestling, has been given a second life and it's called the fantastic world of MMA and the UFC. Mollie’s Weekly Report: "Log Slice Art", a man dies at an extreme food eating contest and finally makes extreme food eating contest something of actual interest, and you've hear of Mr. Freeze, right? Well make room for The Fridge... Literally. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:27:00 mark) Citing the most recent examples of the razor thin margin for error that is the reality the Cleveland Indians' roster face when considering their real chances of winning the World Series. Browns Fever Check, Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities, and reapplying for consent and what it means to truly feel comfortable around someone. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. For more information about the upcoming Cleveland Pinball and Arcade Show brought to you by Kidforce Pinball, click here. Your recommended listening for the week is the newest release by the band 75 Dollar Bill called "I Was Real" available via Thin Wrist Recording. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: All showers should have a place to sit in them. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) First place Monday's make everything better. Brad Hand doesn't look good of late and there's probably a real good reason why. Guy Fieri fans fucking suck as human beings. Platform being selling out to AB InBev isn't going to make their shitty beer any worse. Almost all the Jersey Jack pinball machines suck (except Dialed In). (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:06:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s Let Me Tell You A Story: “Temple Of Doom” (begins around the 1:12:00 mark) Whether you know someone or not, being able to readily relate to them makes their death all that harder to accept: Rest In Peace, David Berman. Hiking in the outer rim, and how is it Mollie has never had sake because, and get this, it's "too complicated". (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:44:00 mark) "Tito Manager Of The Year" sounds a lot better than those who were clamoring a couple months ago that he should be fired, but no matter what Tito isn't the main reason why the Indians have caught the Twins. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Some 30 year old baseball shaped carved potato from the minor league's, and other curiosities from The Baseball Reliquary. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:21:00 mark) The Browns being so exciting right now only means that fan hobos are going to do even more regrettable things trying to get attention: The Story of Bear Kincaid, the fan hobo who puts the woof in the Browns' "woof-woof" Peak Browns fever happened last week during a baseball game... The fuck is up with that?! Getting all the best of Puig without all the knucklehead parts is awesome. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is anything by David Berman. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Pinburgh 2019! (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The trading of one knucklehead for another... Breaking down the Trevor Bauer trade: The (really) good of it, and then the Waiver Wire hot dogs part of it. "Xtreme Eating 2019"... It's probably not what you're thinking but it's definitely something that could only happen in America. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 1:21:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s Let Me Tell You A Story: “Stitches” (begins around the 1:38:00 mark) Baker Mayfield might be able to rally a team and a city by shotgunning a beer at a baseball game, but mustaches are the fucking worst. PFUFA Hall Of Fame Week: Mama, don't let your kids grow up to be fan hobos. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins around the 2:08:00 mark) What do you mean the city of Cleveland will burn down from the celebration if the Browns ever win a Super Bowl? Seems like it would make a whole lot more sense to burn down the outer rim around Cleveland instead. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Pig Yoga. Yeah, that's right, fucking pig yoga is a thing now. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:42:00 mark) Cargo pants: Every guy has a pair of these dumb looking things but no one should ever need that many pockets. Browns Fever Check: Week 2, the fever's somehow reducing. Having no have, only a lot of have not. It's tough you know, but at least we'll always have The Muppets. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Mourning [A] BLKStar's newest album "Reckoning" available via Don Giovanni Records The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The world's largest pinball tournament in the world. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Not all summer shows at Nautica are created equal, and do you leave your phone ringer on at night? Trevor Bauer chucking a ball 400' into the stands out of frustration certainly isn't out of character for him, just like shitty coverage of the team isn't out of character for STO Cleveland. Mollie Ames personal library... "Honor me!" (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:08:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s Let Me Tell You A Story: “The Hernia” (begins at the 1:12:00 mark) Fuck you and the car you had to drive in to get anywhere. When fans get to a certain level of fanaticism with something that shit will make you not like shit you like. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:41:00 mark) How can all the headline state Earl Thomas "flipped the bird" in his final game last season playing for the Seahawks, yet they had to blur the image of him actually flipping the bird. #fuckingstupidshit Don't take the highway at your own risk. Mollie’s Weekly Report: The Pawtucket Red Sox have had a rough month of July, and the PFUFA Hall Of Fame annual weekend of weekends! (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:20:00 mark) The Butthole Surfers are genius and the white outer rim will never get it, and why Mike doesn't endorse bumper stickers. Mollie uses the only scientific method currently known to measure "Browns fever". All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Spacemen 3's 1986 debut masterpiece "Sound Of Confusion" The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Firefly hunting is damn good right now in the outer rim, but the population of these wonderful beetles is noticeably less than it was even a few years ago. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) How come golf has "handicaps", and why is it okay for the PGA to talk politics but only if it doesn't have anything to do with Trump being a racist shitbag? This isn't that kind of sports talk show so just let me eat my hot wings in peace, please. Raddell's sausage is so good just be sure to not burn down your house when you're grilling that tasty stuff. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:02:00 mark) Lachlan MacKinnon’s Let Me Tell You A Story: “TV Party” (begins at the 1:13:00 mark) A public service announcement on what to watch out for in buying tix online that everyone needs to hear. 15 seasons later and we're still asking the same question, who the fuck is watching America's Got Talent?! (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:49:00 mark) With camp set to open up it might be time to start worrying about how overly high the expectations are for Baker Mayfield and the Browns. Dial it back, just a little. A titch. Explaining that the Baseball Hall Of Fame is in too many unfortunate ways just like Bonnaroo Festival. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Other people's children generally suck, but nothing is worse than what's going on with Kalamazoo Growlers' Coach Drake contrived bullshit. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:30:00 mark) Being educated about advanced metrics while at a baseball game, and though it's two decades overdue it's still better late than never. The Tribe are somehow, against all odds are continuing to win, and as such it's time we bring back a segment we love to do... All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Hum's masterpiece and final full length release, "Downward Is Heavenward" The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Being competitive is normal even if you have no outlet for it. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) It's summer country club sports time of the year, and the HR Derby proved again it's the single most consistently exciting must watch event of the entire baseball season. Some crazy things we'll do just because its story will be end up as a good bit for the show, and then there's other things that make a good bit by just saying there's no way we'd ever do them. Getting high, the when and where. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark) Finding out Oberlin is a pretty great place to spend a Saturday afternoon. #Wow The Atlantic League: The pro-baseball league whose sole purpose appears to be pissing off baseball purists. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:55:00 mark) Lil'er Italy Festival. Mollie’s Weekly Report: The Akron Ducks are giving away a new-used car and "Janice" has all the details! (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:38:00 mark) The best sandwich in Cleveland. No, it's not Slyman's! DC Summer Special – Let Me Tell You A Story (BEST OF!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “TV Party” (begins at the 3:05:00 mark) Will a woman play in one of the major male pro leagues at some point in our lifetime? All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Jesca Hoop, "Stonechild" The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Be careful handling your "P.P.", aka, Poop Purse. Who knew? (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) 2019: The best sports "Dog Days" of summer of all time! "Pay Them!", a historically great team making history in more ways than just winning. The MLB All-Star "Play-Ball Park" activities are clearly marketed for a particular kind of crowd, and National Anthem options you didn't even know existed. Stealing for the sake of having memorable memories. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark) The historical reason why fireworks are illegal in Ohio of course is because of something that happened in Cleveland. I may act like a dickhole but you look like a dickhole. I can always stop acting like a dickhole if I want but you're still going to look like a dickhole. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:43:00 mark) The irony of the MLB Future Games not understanding how they can properly invest in the future with this game. Mollie’s Weekly Report: "Brand-iose" motherfuckers. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:13:00 mark) Who's that "celebrity"...? DC Summer Special – Let Me Tell You A Story (BEST OF!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Bologna Summer” (begins at the 3:17:00 mark) When is it okay to wonder what athletes look like nude? All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Captain Beefheart's "Safe As Milk" debut full length from 1966. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Getting outplayed by Flailing Jennings (and everyone else) at The Amazing Race 4. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Columbus, Ohio... The city that white entitlement built. Let's face facts here, the jewel of the MLB All-Star weekend isn't the game anymore, it's the Home Run Derby. If you expect and demand a professionally produced experience of any kind, you should also make sure that the people who put it together and coordinate it are getting paid. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:08:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Snow Balls” (begins at the 1:26:00 mark) Spotify is a feedback loop of corporate label bullshit if you are like most everyone and don't know anything at all about music. Flipping through travel brochures at a hotel and flipping out about the utter bullshit Kentucky has to offer. Mollie is headed to her annual food and fucking vacation. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:05:00 mark) DC Summer Special – Let Me Tell You A Story (BEST OF!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The All-Star” (begins at the 2:22:00 mark) NBA free agency began and not even 24 hours into it's already the most historic free agency period of all-time. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Minor League Baseball All-Star Week and its YouTube celebrities. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:37:00 mark) No football means no football talk, and that definitely was not Baker Mayfield eating at a local deli on Sunday morning in Willbilly Land. Baseball in London was a pretty interesting experiment. 4th of July, Big Macs and fireworks, there's nothing more patriotic. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Bedouine "Birdsongs Of A Killjoy" available on Spacebomb Records The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Everyone has the thrill for the game, it's literally hardwired into our DNA. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) How come most the best new shit never comes to Cleveland anymore? Happy Summer Solstice (aka, Day 172 Celebration)! Here's to no summer Swiss cheese brain! You wear a one piece bathing suit, or a two piece? ... No piece? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 53:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Drive On” (begins at the 58:00 mark) Celebrating Canadia: Recognizing the really talented Canadian musicians, and not Drake. The ongoing conundrum of belonging to (or identifying with) an outspoken group of idiots when you clearly don't see yourself as an idiot. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:25:00 mark) Gold Cup soccer in First Energy Stadium was no where near the same level of production there is for Browns games. Mollie’s Weekly Report: You know you're becoming desensitized to Minor League oddities when "The Crazy Hot Dog Vendor" doesn't sound all that crazy to you. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:07:00 mark) Old Leonard Cohen love letters just sold at auction for $860,000 dollars... Your old love letters worth anything? You think all the same tired classic rock songs played over and over again and baseball and football games are bad enough, what if instead they only played the same single song over and over again? The Cavs 2019 selection of Darius Garland is a no-brainer home run, but the tried and true system the Cavs seems to be interested in building here unfortunately has no track record of working even though many teams are doing it. DC Summer Special - Let Me Tell You A Story (BEST OF!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Collinwood's Wild World Of Sports” (begins at the 3:12:00 mark) The Tribe's playoff and Divisional hopes might not be totally lost after all. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the incredible debut album by Black Midi called "Schlagenheim" available via Rough Trade Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Not every replay is created the same. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Don't look now but the Canada are world champs. And maybe even more shocking, Cleveland Baseball isn't near as bad as it was a month ago. Drake being happy is the only thing that sucks about the Raptors winning. Hand Day! Differentiating constructive criticism from bullshit is hard to do for an overly defensive person, and having time off and a lot of time on your hands... (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:02:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (BEST OF!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Local Legend” (begins at the 1:25:00 mark) Clam pie... It's probably not what you're thinking. The mostly white suburbs of Cleveland are what they are due to historical systemic racism. Fact. Process that the next time you see someone from Lakewood wearing a CLE civic pride shirt. Okay, the show The Wire isn't as good as The Sopranos, but it is pretty good once you get deep into it. Meanwhile, there's still something really stupid about it that no one ever mentions. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:26:00 mark) Mollie's Weekly Report: You know that mascots for Minor Leagues are even dumber than those in the Majors, but Mascot races in the Minors don't make any damn sense at all. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:37:00 mark) If you were married to Sarah McLachlan how would you tell her she has a shitty singing voice? How many soldiers have to kill themselves each day before the military starts talking about it being a problem? All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Pixx called "Small Mercies" available via 4AD. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: This show, both terrestrial and podcast, is almost entirely about the Lottery League and The BIG SHOW MMXIX. The LOTTERY LEAGUE IS CLEVELAND! LOTTERY LEAGUE 2019! What an amazing thing. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Let Me Tell You A Story... About Lachlan MacKinnon! (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 41:00 mark) If you squeeze Mollie and she's been on her feet for a while she might blow some air poop on you. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:20:00 mark) Even if an 8 year old is cool there's still certain things 8 year old's can't do that would make them a lot cooler if they could. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:02:00 mark) All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the 2013 Light In The Attic reissue of Roky Erickson's 1981 album, "The Evil One". RIP Roky Erickson The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: When it's time to clean the "sex towel", and the best available eats over Memorial Day weekend. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Gyro is pronounced "Yeer-row" not "Juy-row", but I prefer saying (and eating) "FUUH!" It's not okay to wish someone harm or death, but for some people after that shit happens to them we're cool with it. Explaining Mollie's world ranking in pinball, and answering a question asking why something is the way it is by saying, "that's the always way it's been", not only doesn't answer the question, it's an otherwise totally lazy, bullshit response. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:04:00 mark) What are the DVD's you still own? And you know you live in a shitty part of the country when tourism commercials for your state advertise ziplining as one of the best things to do. "I remember having fucking with you"... How the spring is a fucked up season. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:54:00 mark) Toronto won because Kawhi Leonard was the best player on the floor, but can he be that again against the Golden State Warriors? Talking about fan hobo hopeful Drake and the state of popular music with our special guest, longtime WRUW programmer and friend of the show, Franklin Malemud. Mollie’s Weekly Report: If you think the food specials in Major League Baseball is increasingly excessive and nonsensical, wait until you hear about the food specials in Minor League Baseball (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:28:00 mark) The 2016 LeBron James led Champion Cleveland Cavaliers beating the Golden State Warriors is looking more and more like one of the greatest upsets in sports history. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Super Donut” (begins at the 3:11:00 mark) Just because the NFL Draft is an over-the-top ridiculous made for television event, the that it is coming to Cleveland is the biggest single sporting event that this city could ever currently hope for. And the crazy thing is the NFL mostly pays for it themselves. Over/Under Summer Blockbusters: Godzilla King Of Monsters is going to make a ton of money worldwide... But we're guessing the numbers domestically will not hit their projections. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Cate Le Bon called "Reward" available via Mexican Summer Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The best (and most fun) way to improve your weak hand flipper technique. #ProTip (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) There is no such thing as apply or lime flavor candy, that shit's just sugar (proving that summertime sports talk is even dumber than non-summertime sports talk). Cavs hire a 66 year old coach who has been successful at every level... Only thing is he's never coached at the pro level before. Oh boy, here we go again. Apologizing in advance for praising the (unfortunate at is for CLE fans) utter greatness of Steph Curry. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:02:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Never Forget The Golden State Warriors Blew It” (begins at the 1:04:00 mark) Dan Gilbert simply doesn't deserve to win the rights to Zion Williamson, period. Meanwhile, it appears his former GM David Griffin very much did. How's that for karma. What the fuck is grease belly? And a story about throwing chicken bones out the car window. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:49:00 mark) Steph Curry is so recognizably great, and yet he's somehow underrated. Which is fucking insane to consider but it's also very much true. Mollie's Weekly Report: Minor League Grinders, and some of the real horrors of playing in minor-league baseball. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:39:00 mark) Over/Under Gaming: The Aladdin live action remake and all the reason's it's sure to be a total piece of shit. Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 9 – Going 5-1 this past week wasn't enough to improve things, apparently. Beiber K's 15 in a complete game shutout, and knowing at least in part just how he was so effective because of a new beater who's covering the team, and doing a much better job of it than the beat writers who are 2 and 3 times their senior. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the debut album by Fontaines D.C. entitled "Dogrel" and available via Partisan Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The Cleveland pinball scene getting some quite deserved attention with a recent feature story on WKSU. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The new divide between Cleveland baseball fans and this team that ranges from such extremes as "serious World Series contenders" to "it's time to blow up the entire roster". Over-entitled people are capable or perceiving in the most fucked up of ways. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:10:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Hearing Impaired” (begins at the 1:33:00 mark) Baseball is having a real problem with attendance that's continuing to trend in wrong the direction, and what this will invariably mean for the cities with teams like Cleveland over the next decade. Mollie’s Weekly Report: Minor League Baseball's dumbest promotional ideas so far for 2019 (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:08:00 mark) Loathing the very idea of what the Kentucky Derby represents as a whole, while readily admitting to loving it. Not all video replay decisions are ones that should follow the exact letter of the rule. Mollie gets Mike to admit to something he's never told anyone ever before. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:40:00 mark) This round of the NBA playoffs has been as anticipated... The very best thing on television! Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 7 - We might be facing some cold hard realities here. The Tribe might already be attempting a relatively new analytic approach to baseball that ol' school purists of the sport are going to hate, yet it's probably their best option at the moment. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the debut album by Protomartyr that was recently reissued, 2012's "No Passion All Technique". The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: WRUW, pinball, fried chicken and Mike dancing with sheer joy for all three until the wee hours of the night. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) We are living in the age of "Dorsey Dayz" in Cleveland, and the Browns can do no wrong anymore in the eyes of the fans... Even if they draft a kicker in the 5th round, apparently. The now entirely made for television overwrought and overproduced yearly docudrama called the NFL Draft has officially jumped the shark. Again. Needing an app to calculate a tip is fucking ridiculous, and eating peanuts, shell and all can be as dangerous going in as it is coming out. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:00:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Night Terror” (begins at the 1:13:00 mark) The Defend Cleveland 2019 Cleveland Browns Draft grade, the only complete draft review that's based in cold, hard, honest reality you'll ever need to hear. A really great way to put into perspective just how great the City of Cleveland is. In case you sometimes need a reminder, that is. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:43:00 mark) Getting to play in the NFL is absolutely not a privilege, it is definitely for an elite class of athlete and only the rarest of the rare possess such an ability and dedication, but it is no way a privilege. The only truly privileged people at NFL games definitely don't sit on the sidelines. Week 3 of Mollie’s 2019 Minor League Baseball Report: "The Cowboy Monkey Rodeo" (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:31:00 mark) Looking in the mirror of the hard reality of NFL athletes and the select few who are accused of crimes yet ultimately allowed to keep playing. Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 6 All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation, "Sacred Dreams", available on Rocket Recordings. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The irony of doing a sports show that appeals to people who don't listen to sports shows, but if you do listen to sports shows then this isn't a sports show for you. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The 2019 NFL Draft turning into Good Morning America is going to be awful, you just know it. How Christianity doesn't hold up to critical thinking and sound reasoning, not to mention all the things that this religion has totally been wrong about throughout its existence... But, hey, Happy Easter. Browns median ticket prices have literally doubled since last season to a price that last year would have been the second most expensive ticket in all the NFL. No matter how you look at it, this is total bullshit. If you act like an over-entitled asshole then you should be treating like one; and other frustrations. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:01:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Collinwood Famous” (begins at the 1:19:00 mark) The NFL is betting on the Browns by granting them 4 nationally televised games, but the fact that 3 of those games all happen in the first 5 weeks of the season means the NFL is still making the safest bet here. The show "Building The Browns" loves to tell you it won an Emmy, but after watching an episode it's obvious that all Emmy's are clearly not created equal. Go figure, erring on the side of sensitivity is something wholly insensitive people clearly struggle with these days. Week 2 of Mollie’s 2019 Minor League Baseball: The sad story of "Waste Man" (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:24:00 mark) You got to love it when a gross pervert gets beat up by an MMA fighter who he thought was just a hot chick in a bikini. Let's see how far outer-rim-jobs are willing to take this newfound civic pride fad. Why you should never answer the phone if you don't recognize the number. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 3:12:00 mark) Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 5 Corey Kluber is having a real problem doing one thing in particular, and it's one of the worst kind of problems to have. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Aldous Harding due out this week on 4AD entitled "Designer" The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: No smelly lover could ever be a lover of mine, how many hammers do you really need, and there's still time to donate to WRUW's 2019 Telethon by clicking here. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) How can a 43 dude after having 4 spinal surgeries end up winning the biggest tournament in the sport? The golf conversations no one else is having after Tiger Woods won his 5th Masters. When Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City has an Iron Throne on its concourse for Royals fans to sit on and pose for pictures, this Game Of Thrones phenomenon has officially gotten out of hand. If Bob Dylan is such a genius then how come he hasn't written a song that anybody has heard of in 40 years?(Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:04:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Accident Prone” (begins at the 1:19:00 mark) Unless a tornado was spotted within a few miles of wherever you are, tell the dim witted local meteorologist to stop trying to unnecessarily scare people and let me watch the basketball game! There's now Kidforce Pinball at Melt Bar & Grilled in Cleveland Heights! And Mollie really wants to sit down inside a claw machine... (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:45:00 mark) The group Of Montreal is the Carl Jr's of Elephant 6 bands. Weed doesn't make you paranoid and stupid, it's just pointing out that you are already paranoid and stupid because it doesn't like hanging out with people who aren't cool. Mollie's first Minor League Baseball report of 2019! (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:26:00 mark) Brad Miller after being cut said it's "obvious" the Cleveland Indians aren't interested in keeping the best players on the roster. Yep, objective fans of the team have known that for a while now. Tom Hamilton too often reminds us he's only good at calling the game of baseball and that we shouldn't listen to him as soon as he's start to talk about anything else. Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 4 If you live near a bunch of dollar stores you live in a poor and depressed neighborhood, and if you live near a vape store you clearly live in a suburb and are neighbors to a bunch of boring people. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the Power Of Zeus and their 1970 Rare Earth Records release, "The Gospel According To Zeus" The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Memories of Tribe Home Opener's, but blaming Cleveland for its relatively small market and get a deal done with Lindor! (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Chief Wahoo is finally gone! It just won't seem like it's gone in the stands for many seasons to come because racism is hard to stamp out among those who are woefully ignorant and feverishly entitled. Knowing a little bit about art seems to say a lot about who you are. How long before we go full throttle on our Minor League baseball reports? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:06:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Little League Of Horrors” (begins at the 1:14:00 mark) Just because you don't yet know what something is doesn't mean you should start with hating it. Why did Bryce Harper get voted the most overrated player in baseball? Because he's the most overrated player in baseball, that's why. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:50:00 mark) Sure it was only his first start of the season for Carrasco, but there was definitely something about it that was definitely worrying. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content was lost due to technical difficulties... We apologize for the issue) There's a lot of really bad food being served in MLB stadiums all around the country this year, but none worse than what's being served in Arizona. Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities: Week 2 Matt Underwood clearly doesn't understand baseball's newer trends, even if those trends have been a part of the game longer than he's been a full time broadcaster. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Karl Hector & The Malcouns' new album "Non Ex Orbis" available via Now And Again Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Lessons learned from one of the jedi masters of pinball, and why you should never use the term "millennial" to describe someone or something, even if it's an accurate description. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Your 2019 Cleveland Indians season begins this week... Down with the Dolans, Defend Frankie Lindor forever! If Indians President Chris Antonetti is literally losing sleep from trying to win the World Series here, just imagine how bad he's going to look a couple of years from now. There are still some seedy porn stores around and Mollie visited one last week to get some "art supplies"... (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Creepin on ah Come Up” (begins at the 1:30:00 mark) Making some bold 2019 Cleveland baseball predictions, including one we're most sure of that Trevor Bauer begin to only refer to himself in the third person. Liberty College and how it tricks people (along with hundreds of millions of federal dollars) into enrolling in their crazed religious beliefs. Smoking weed doesn't make you dumb and/or paranoid, it just prefers to only hang out with cool people is all... (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:01:00 mark) "Morality in the Media" and the never ending crusade against sexuality, and how the religious zealots who've always led this charge have begun to disguise these well funded insidious efforts. Speaking of insidious and gross, let's talk about the very real dangers of SSBs. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:44:00 mark) Taking a look at the NCOSE's 2018 "Dirty Dozen" list, its "contenders" and "victories", only to illustrate just how fucking stupid and wholly impractical this organization's beliefs are. We've seen pro stars under the age of 18 in baseball, tennis, golf, soccer, and in so many other sports, but Zion Williamson has to be 19 before he can play in the NBA. Seems like the billions of dollars the NCAA Tourney makes annually might have something to do with that rule. Week 1 of your Weekly Tribe Playoff Probabilities, and your official DC season prediction for the 2019 Cleveland Indians. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Twin Temples and their album "Twin Temple (Bring You Their Signature Sound.... Satanic Doo-Wop)" available via Rise Above Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Home remedies, the right kind of syrups, and you better have oral sex on the menu even if you're a vegan. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The legend of "Big Mamma", Mollie's "musical choices" and how sometimes things are not what they appear to be on this show. We were away for one week and all of a sudden the Browns are Super Bowl favorites?! Everything that actually matters about the Odell Beckham trade. There is Stadium Mustard which is flavorful and spicy, and then there is the outer rim and yellow mustard. If you say you live in Cleveland then you should always offer Stadium mustard as an option, period. Making up for some of the lost segments we missed out on last week from being sick (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:06:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Walking Wounded” (begins at the 1:21:00 mark) After 40 years of actively avoiding it in every way possible, Mike finally does something he'd thought he would never, ever do... He went and saw KISS live in concert. Giving love to pinball and our sponsors, after first talking about wanting to kick a baby... (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:56:00 mark) Explaining how the seeding in the NCAA Tournament works, and then talking about Euro futbol instead because the systemically racist and morally corrupt system of big business United States "amateur athletics" is unacceptably awful. What's up with cute animals running a billboard campaign to "Save The Humans"? (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:38:00 mark) "Diaper Party", it's a whole thing. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the Idles and their 2018 album, "Joy As An Act Of Resistance", available via Partisan Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
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DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Cartoon childhoods all grown up, and the one last worst thing Dan Gilbert has left to accomplish this year as owner of the woeful Cavaliers (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Literally killing some one on terrestrial radio is a joy, especially when it was a long overdue mercy killing. Now who can we kill next? It's okay to talk trash, and J.R. Smith is far and away my MVP for the 2018-2019 season. Any fan who is clamoring on about who the Browns will select in the draft is an idiot, and watching the NFL Combine, in so many very real and easy to understand ways, is officially far better than college football. This week the 5th season of one of the coolest things in Cleveland begins! And speaking of coolest things in Cleveland, we also reflect on this past weekend's huge 19th year anniversary celebration of the Beachland Ballroom (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:04:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Cleveland's Angriest Door Guy” (begins at the 1:21:00 mark) So if Bryce Harper is worth 13 years and $330 million dollars, does that mean Francisco Lindor is worth almost twice that since he's been nearly twice as good as Harper over the last three seasons? The real reason why we decided to start the show today by killing someone, and why we'll continue to do so going forward. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:59:00 mark) Last week we eviscerated all the bad films celebrated and awarded on the Oscars, but this week we acknowledge what is so unique and undeniably great about the Oscars. Makeup accessories, pinball is a sport, and 8,000 is more than 5,000... #JealousAsAMotherFucker (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:30:00 mark) The main reason why the vast majority of corporate music sucks so bad. Yes, we're looking directly at you Universal, Sony, and Warner, everything sounds the same and it's all bad. Step up your game! Having a local dish named after you because you sort of look like a popular TV actor is kind of fun. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new EP by Future Punx "The World Is A Mess" available via Dull Tools. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Did you hear that ESPN is going to broadcast a pinball tournament this summer featuring some of the best players in the world? Twitch game! (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Green Book is a bullshit Hollywood movie replete with more than its far share of lies and inaccuracies, and it's also exactly the kind of saccharine pandering garbage the Academy loves to celebrate every year instead of truly great cinema. Having a conversation with Mollie's butt, and congrats to Regina King for winning an Oscar (aka, the voice behind both Huey and Riley Freeman). Tristan Thompson was the single most Google'd pro athlete in the world in 2018... Seriously, fuck the Kardashians and anything and everything to do with them. What did we learn this week during the NFL's offseason? That prostitution definitely needs to be legalized. Duh. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “I'm Going To Hell” (begins at the 1:33:00 mark) The greatest single wardrobe malfunction in sports history happened last week and it just happened to be the only thing on TV that night. And the fallout was immediate. Where prostitution is legal around the world, how its rules vary from country to country -- with a couple first hand experiences thrown in for the sake of authenticity -- (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:04:00 mark) Just when you think Christian rock can't possibly suck any more than it already inherently sucks; it of course finds a way. The Kraft video will be the one video evidence the NFL actually does obtain, and using syrup to make that pancake ass taste better. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:33:00 mark) There was only one truly game changing honest revelation in Trevor Bauer's Sports Illustrated feature story (and it's a real DOOSY!), but apparently since it wasn't as purposefully salacious and headline grabbing as his "3 rules of dating" are, no one seems to care. Apparently Mike Clevinger doesn't know that humans are not the only species on the planet that possess opposable thumbs. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Sunwatchers, "Illegal Moves", available via Trouble In Mind Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The good kind of laughter, and big swinging library dick. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) For a week of sports that annually only has NASCAR and the NBA All Star Weekend as its big scheduled features, we sure did end up having one really busy week well beyond that. On this Presidents Day we try to remember a time when we weren't the laughing embarrassment we are currently are as a nation. Travis Bauer still appears to be generally surprised and frustrated when there are consequences for his actions. Taco Bell delivery? Take that paper and put it in the bottom of the bird cage! (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Late Fees” (begins at the 1:24:00 mark) Jimmy Haslam deciding to cutting ties with ESPN is just another example of how billionaires push back against journalism that's critical of them, even when those criticism are wholly accurate and necessary. A Valentine's Day article about squirting was not only a great day for it to run, it's also a great read, and an even better discussion about how most pornography is just fantasy and definitely not sex education. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:00:00 mark) Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid reached a non-disclosure settlement which at this point was the only option left for the NFL because things were about to get much, much more worse for the league had the case continued. Going to the deep outer rim to buy pants, and then having to go two times. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 3:01:00 mark) Not selling a particular brand because of your feverish patriotic beliefs even though it's the top selling brand in America is apparently bad for business. Kareem Hunt being signed by the Browns is undeniably gross, but what's interesting is how our society routinely holds the NFL and its players to a much higher standard than we do our own legal system. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Cleveland's own Queen Of Hell, "Queen Of Hell II" (aka, upside down cross - upside down cross). Bow before your Queen! The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: How come the Grammys swing and misses on so many genre defining albums all the time? And if Mrs. Smith has "the dryness" maybe she should have one of her creampies? (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Are you so starved for football you're already engaging in NFL Draft talk? Well, CBS, Bill Polian and the MGM Grand are hoping to feed that hanger with something that almost looks good enough to be bad preseason football called the AAF. How live sports coverage is frequently ruined by baseless community standards applied to a so-called national standard. Fuck that. Seinfeld references are ruining all TV show references, meanwhile, whatever happened to sitcoms with theme songs centered around cool bass lines? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Speech Impediment” (begins at the 1:24:00 mark) Filtering out what was the best about the 2019 Grammys from the worst, Part 1. You have to be careful giving people gifts if they didn't get you anything, and Valentine candy is the worst of the holiday candies. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:58:00 mark) The 2019 Grammys, Part 2. One of the coolest things to see in Cleveland that doesn't happen anywhere else is coming back this spring, and we can't wait! (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:40:00 mark) The 2019 Grammys, Part 3. Speaking of music, one of the best live bands on the planet right now is from Columbus, Ohio, they frequently play in Cleveland, and they play a style of rock this city is very well known for celebrating, and yet, hardly anyone has heard of them and it's largely because they aren't a cover band. Getting "funstrated" over fans reacting to MLB's potential rule changes. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Sharon Van Etten's latest full length "Remind Me Tomorrow" available via Jagjaguwar, which is sure to be on the 2019 year end list for best music. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: His nickname is now "Jeopardy", because of course it is. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Everybody who thought the Rams were going to win Super Bowl LIII were way over thinking this, either that or they weren't thinking at all. Meanwhile, all week long leading up to the NFL's big game the NBA stole the headlines. If you're trying to affect change by protesting to raise awareness for a notable and worthy cause, then at this point you might be better off to not have Roger Waters fighting alongside you. Why Mike James has grown to love Groundhog's Day, and have you heard the Lottery League is back on for 2019? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:06:00 mark) The NFL airs a very expensive commercial during the Super Bowl solely to celebrate itself and no one else noticed anything truly odd about it? So your Tinder profile you created is a photo of you as an 11 year old girl with braces holding a softball bat? Yeah, no way that ended up getting weird. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:52:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Bologna Summer” (begins at the 2:06:00 mark) It's a simple rule, really, no matter how cool, charismatic and talented you once were, if you do a Doritos commercial you are now dead to me. We're talking about you Chance The Rapper. Lil Jon definitely wins the sponsorship rap battle. Mike is "hangry" and TGI Friday's are finally acknowledging how shitty of a decision it is for someone to decide to eat at one of their restaurants. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:37:00 mark) Kyrie Irving is never going to understand how he's so often his own worst enemy, because his sense of entitlement simply won't allow for it. Applying the cold war Domino Theory to the growing overt nationalism on display before NFL games, and offering the perfect solution. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is ¿Que Vola? with their self-titled full length on No Format Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The Haslam owned Browns since Day 1 has been a cautionary tale to all other NFL teams of what not to do, so it's only fair we warn other businesses about the certain pitfalls of not knowing popular slang sex terms when hashtagging online. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) It's pretty obvious the NFL is letting a bunch of carnies run their Pro Bowl weekend these days. Isn't it a bit odd that the local sports media reacted negatively to the Seth Wickersham ESPN article about the Browns? Apparently they're just mad someone else did their job better than them. Turns those MAGA hat wearing racist high school kids from Kentucky are still the same MAGA hat wearing racists we thought they were, no matter how much the PR firm they hired to protect them try to spin it otherwise. The difference between playing against pros and playing against schmoes... In pinball. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:15:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “TV Party” (begins at the 1:27:00 mark) Even when the state lottery has a game you can beat and win millions of dollars playing, the state still wins. A true story. Turns out Ford Motor Co. has decided to create its own NFL "Hall Of Fans" and it's apparent they're steering in a different direction away from PFUFA, the original Hall Of Fans. Are we watching the end of era for PFUFA? Oh, and DJ Khalid doesn't make music videos, that dipshit hype man just makes commercials and his fans are too stupid to notice the difference. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:00:00 mark) When it's always a bad time to try to sell someone on your side hustles. How an 80's Marvel comic book mini-series illustrated everything you'd ever need to know about where the threshold of something being referred to as art ends, and the point where corporate focus grouped, wholly contrived mass consumerism begins. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:45:00 mark) Thankfully it's clear we don't have to worry as much about the Haslams fucking things up now, but they sure are capable of fucking things up again in the future. And another thing, who just sits around in meetings eating hard-boiled eggs and leaves shell fragments all over the place?! Are people only calling out Travis Scott and Big Boi for performing at the Super Bowl and not Gladys Knight because Travis Scott and Big Boi aren't as talented as Gladys Knight? Art Rules: You cannot call yourself an artist if your album breaks any of these very simple rules. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Jäh Division's "Dub Will Tear Us Apart... Again" available via Earnest Jenning Record Co. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The best way to end a restrictive diet are also the same things you're eating when you realize you need to go on diet, and Biga Wood Fired Pizzeria puts Kirtland on the map. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) We just witnessed the single greatest NFL Conference Championship weekend in history, and it can also teach us a good lesson in empathy. You know what's worse than living with "The Fumble" as a Cleveland Browns fan? Living with "The No-Call" the rest of your life as a Saints fan. Nowhere in the rich and diverse history of New Orleans music is there ever a mention of "Caribbean Drunk". Outer-rim hijinks and planning a trip to "Cappy's". (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story (Best Of Edition!): Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Science Project” (begins at the 1:23:00 mark) Even notice how "morning" and "mourning" sound exactly the same? Something has to be done about this. This Belichick-Brady-Patriots Dynasty is in its 17th year now... That shouldn't be possible! Dario Argento's "Suspiria" from 1977 is absolutely fantastic, way ahead of its time, and well worth seeing today for anyone who's interested in the 2018 remake. And some people think his daughter drove a celebrated chef to kill himself. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:55:00 mark) Spoiler Alert: Every bit of dramatic tension in the film "Bohemian Rhapsody" are all the parts of the script that aren't true. Dan Snyder's outright refusal to change his team's name is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to racism and the Washington "Redskins" NFL franchise: The story of how our nation's capital is home to the only pro-sports team ever who was legally forced to desegregate its all white roster by the Federal government (and how Dan Snyder also sucks). Explaining the real story of why it's so difficult and expensive for fans to get Super Bowl tickets, and then listing all the "best" tailgating options available to you if you end up not getting into the game. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:33:00 mark) Explaining how "Nugent" and "Trump" are no longer just surnames and proper nouns, they've turned into very gross and definitive descriptive terms. In Memoriam of those who are still alive and we didn’t know it: Part 3 – Linda Perry, aka the singer/songwriter from that band 4 Non Blondes who wrote that one song of theirs we all know. And how to properly get rid of "earworms". What is a Maroon 5 and why are they playing the Super Bowl. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Steve Gunn's 2019' full length release "The Unseen In Between" available via Matador Records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Learning new things is very important as you get older, which is something Mike learned from playing pinball. True story. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Especially in the wake of all the NFL head coaching hires the past week, you have to feel pretty good about the Cleveland Browns naming Freddie Kitchens as their guy. The need for more equality in coaching hires as well as in the front offices of the NFL is a given, but the root of this problem in football goes way deeper than the NFL. Tom Brady might be great at football but he's also an entitled dick who sucks as a human being. That has to count for something, right? In-memoriam of those who are still with us and we didn’t know it: Part 2 – Ricky Shroder (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Three Hard No's” (begins at the 1:28:00 mark) Nick Foles' finally lost and it's a comforting feeling for all us heathens. Apparently way more people watch the Lifetime network now than watched The Boondocks cartoon back in 2005. All the weird shit that's out there for people to buy that has their favorite team's logo on it. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:55:00 mark) What does a truck commercial, Donnie and Marie Osmond, and a deep cut from an early 70's underground German rock band that shares lyrics with an old English nursery rhyme, all have in common besides absolutely nothing? (A segment of Can's song "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary" from their 1971 album Monster Movie was used without permission) After seeing a really scary and great horror movie Mike is relieved to find out he didn't pee himself. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:37:00 mark) Owning up to a mistake and being honest with oneself can be hard for anyone to do, especially when your a pro athlete and you're too busy smelling yourself. Holding the NFL accountable for its lack of diversity hires even though it's obvious to all that we should be paying far more attention to NCAA football and its problems. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Dave Van Ronk's 1959 debut, "Ballads, Blues, & A Spiritual", which is being reissued by Smithsonian Folkways. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: New Year's diet fad resolutions, and the fast food items that no respectable human being should frequently, if ever, consume. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) One plus one is one more, isn't it? Expressing legitimized hope for the Cleveland Browns by adding up who wasn't invited to interview for the head coach position. Is dating someone with multiple personalities an end-around monogamy? How Mollie spent New Year's Eve partying as Janice. Amanda Nunes, is the most decorated, greatest female fighter in MMA history, and she's also a powerful positive role model that the UFC seems reluctant to promote because they prefer to regularly promote vile monsters and frauds as part of their promotion instead. NBA All-Star voting... Further proof that base human nature and making a smart vote are often at odds with one another. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:13:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Family Heirloom” (begins at the 1:28:00 mark) In-memoriam to those who are still with us and we didn't know it: Part 1 - Kenny Loggins Seriously, some of the UFC's promotional decisions are the stuff of pure evil, while others are just really dumb and/or shortsighted. Does ESPN know who won the Civil War and which side was the traitorous South? (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:59:00 mark) That song is about Gandolf from the Lord Of Rings and Ozzy Osbourne's drug dealer, two things that have nothing to do with selling trucks! Cleveland's 2019 Most Interesting People list has Larry Nance Jr. on the cover... Yeah, that can't be accurate. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:37:00 mark) Having your great idea to compete in the next Olympics stolen by some NFL players. How 6 million Spectrum Cable subscribers are probably better off right now as long as they know how to stream the NFL online. Does the Golden Globe's Foreign Press voters even know the difference between dramas and musicals? All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Foxwarren's self-titled release available via Anti- The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission. A portion of the track “You Were Good” from the Mitch Hedberg album “Strategic Grill Locations” was used on this show without permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Nipple-gasms, being jealous of the female orgasm in general, and making doable New Year's resolutions (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Day 365 out of 365 and happy wrinkles. What to make of the John Dorsey press conference and the future hiring of the Browns next head coach, who will almost assuredly not be Greg Williams. Fucking in the New Year's, and looking for explanations for some of the more ridiculous traditions of the celebration. Of New Year's, that is. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:04:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Snow Day” (begins at the 1:31:00 mark) When you're already in tomorrow you can't go back to today, and Michael diagnosis himself with a potentially serious Baker Mayfield bro-infection. Why being an employee of Chevy right now really seems like it would suck, some coal rollers set up a blockade in front of a Tesla charging station because what else would a coal roller do for fun, and why isn't there a national manhunt for the "man driving a black Ford F-150 in Montana" who's going around shooting at people he thinks look like bigfoot? (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:07:00 mark) 2018's best shows and films of the year, and a whole lot of overrated and bad shit, too. It's a whole thing and then some, and sure to be one of the only end of year lists that's actually fun to listen to. Oh, and Tom Waits is still the coolest person on the planet. Mollie’s Final PuhFooFuh Spotlight, Part 16 of 16: "Real Fan Dan", and asking what we've learned from all these PFUFA spotlights. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 3:12:00 mark) Michael's story about the 2009 film Dogtooth he finally got around to watching, and all with no spoilers. Listing the best new music of 2018, including a few albums you have to absolutely listen to before you die. (see the full lists below) Wrapping up the year that was Cleveland Browns, Cavs and Indians, and acknowledging the insane reality that the Browns are our best hope for a championship in 2019. #Seriously All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is any one of (or all) the albums Mike listed as the Best Music Of 2018 on this episode. If you need that list again, here you go: Caroline Says - No Fool Like An Old Fool, SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides, Marmuthones - Fear The Corner, Lay Llama - Thuban, Yonatan Gat - Universalists, Ed Schrader's Music Beat - Riddles, Ty Segall - Freedom's Goblin, Julia Holter - Aviary, Kikagaku Moyo - Masana Temples, Anna Von Hauswolff - Dead Magic, Aqueduct Ensemble - Improvisations On An Apricot, Flasher - Constant Image, Bonnacons Of Doom, Flowers Must Die - Dar Blommer Dor, Noname - Room 25, Exek - Ahead Of Two Thoughts, Mike Uva - Lights Coming Up, Meg Baird and Mary Lattimore - Ghost Forrest, Mary Lattimore - Hundred Days (opening for Deerhunter at Mahall's), Jerry David Decicca - Time The Teacher, Jess Williamson - Cosmic Wink, Olden Yolk, Roy Montgomery - Suffuse, Snail Mail - Lush, Steve Hauschildt - Dissolvi, Container, Jessica Moss Entanglement, and Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy. And then the best of the best: Young Fathers - Cocoa Sugar, Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - Everything's Fine, Sleep - The Sciences, Anna & Elizabeth - the Invisible Comes To Us, Szun Waves - New Hymn To Freedom, and Low - Double Negative. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission. A portion of the track "You Were Good" from the Mitch Hedberg album "Strategic Grill Locations" was used on this show without permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Learning how spoiled you are by all the cool shit in CLE from when you visit other places that clearly don't have it so good. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The very good and the very bad extremes of the exposed nerve that is the Holiday season experience. Some sound, rational, well reasoned facts you need to hear if you're already convinced the Browns need to name Greg Williams and Freddie Kitchens as their head coach and offensive coordinator for next season. Lessons on how to have better sex and to have a good sex life where a monogamous commitment isn't involved. Spoiler, it's called having good, open and honest communication. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:00:00 mark) Michael Brantley... We don't want to talk about it. Taking a moment to recognize all the people who have it worse off than you during the holidays, i.e., 10 things Mike most feels sorry for. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Xmas List For All Our Fans” (begins at the 2:05:00 mark) Mollie reveals a special talent, and Mike is jealous. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:21:00 mark) Things get even worse for Ohio State fans, not only is Urban Meyer no longer going to be their coach, he's also not going away. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 15: Scraping the bottle of the barrel that is the Cincinnati Bengals fanbase (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:58:00 mark) The dumbest simulation game of all. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is to whatever Xmas holiday music that doesn't drive you insane. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Would you have sex with a sex doll endowed with Artificial Intelligence? (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Baker Mayfield is legit, it's just too bad it means fans are donning chef hats and bringing baking supplies to the games now because dude's name is "Baker". But what are going to do, they're fan hobos. The story of "Beard Guy". Since when did going to an NFL game and dealing with security at the stadium become so much worse than going through TSA at the airport? What happened when one guy from Cleveland disrupted another guy from Cleveland from watching a live band from Beijing? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Cleveland's Angriest Door Guy” (begins at the 1:21:00 mark) According to Fansided Cleveland Browns fans are the #1 fans in the country... Sounds much better than it does after you look at the other top 10 entries on the list. The biggest problems with partying at the Muni-Lot before games. If ever in Middlefield stay away from the toothless guy driving an Econoline van, he might think you're a deer and open fire. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:51:00 mark) "Compression Pants", aka Men's Leggings, aka Gotchies? First Energy stadium only features music geared for people who clearly have nor real interest in music, sort of like the Grammy's. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 13: “Catman” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:36:00 mark) The Grammy's have a history of getting it wrong, and with the 2018 nominees announced it's sure to be just as embarrassing as ever. Explaining what a two way player technically stands for in the NBA, and then telling you what the designation really means. #Blossomgame Bottom line, Greg Williams and Freddie Kitchens should be seriously considered as permanent replacements for Hue Jackson and Todd Haley, just like any other top candidates for the positions should be considered the same. And try not to overthink this. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. For more details about the Thursday, December 13th "All Players Welcome" pinball tournament sponsored by Kidforce Pinball at Melt Bar & Grilled in Independence, Ohio, click on this event page, and/or register to be a participant on the EventBrite by clicking here. Your recommended listening for the week is "The Essential Dolly Parton" 2005 compilation featuring the biggest highlights of this musical titan's solo career. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Yellow mustard or stadium mustard? One is named after a primary subtractive color and the other is the only thing that should be served in Cleveland. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Embracing the power (and common, practical sense) of sequential calendars. Browns are reminded of who they are in a beatdown against the Texans, the Cavs after trading away Korver are even more utterly hopeless, and the Tribe aren't just going to get better through free agency, they're apparently dump some of their best players just to lessen payroll. #NoFun What's worse, classic rock radio or sports talk? Embracing your narrative and doubling down on how strange it may seem to others, and finding out that a lot of guys were circumcised because of Snap, Crackle and Pop. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Go Long” (begins at the 1:17:00 mark) All the George H.W. Bush remembrances has effectively portrayed a fascinating and complex individual, one far more interesting than you might have otherwise assumed or knew of before. Makes you wonder if there honestly could ever possibly be any such generous afforded posterity for our current president. The fine line between being a hoarder and someone who just collects interesting things. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:51:00 mark) Every heard of a newsstand with periodicals? Well, good luck finding one around here. Mummified flatten dead cat, and other possible logo ideas that are still better than Chief Wahoo. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 12: “The Ultimate Fan” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:32:00 mark) The main reason why Baker Mayfield doesn't need to apologize for his Hue Jackson comments that no one is talking about. Trevor Bauer maybe right, but sometimes being right isn't the right thing to say. Oh, and Bauer citing his "surplus value"? Yeah, for the record, that's Marxism. If a serious actor endorses a perfume line, can that person still be considered a serious actor? All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Earl Sweatshirt's newest release, "Some Rap Songs" The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Finding a sequential calendar in our midst, and it's even got the equivalent of "The Diff", too! Game changer. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) When Baker Mayfield goes off script he still says interesting and insightful shit, a quality as rare in professional athletes as finding a franchise QB for the Browns has been. The Cavs have done something we were beginning to think was impossible for them this year, looking like a half decent basketball team. Realizing you might have made a wrong turn in Albuquerque (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:08:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Bologna Summer” (begins at the 1:23:00 mark) The bad shopping mall experience of flying in this country, and what's the deal with "Christ Chicken"? Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 10: The PuhFooFuh coin ridiculousness runs deep and wide, and social media is a weird thing so it's only right PuhFooFuh social media accounts are even weirder. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:04:00 mark) Seriously, what is the deal with "Christ Chicken"?! Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 11: “Jimbo, aka Ding-A-Ling” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:41:00 mark) "The Development": Explaining the base level background of villainy of Dan Gilbert, and also why all basketball related decisions he makes for the Cavs should be considered highly suspect. Hey, somebody not under his influence here has to point out the facts of this situation. "I'm Not Surprised By This" news of the week: OSU soundly beats Michigan and according to the way Gus Johnson called the game apparently it's cool to start hero worshiping Urban Meyer again. MLB is more profitable than it's ever been; explaining how the national ratings are down but paying for the rights to broadcast those games is only getting more and more expensive. Black Friday Death Count - A Defend Cleveland Show Thanksgiving tradition as great as the turkey parade and pumpkin pie. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Parquet Courts' 2014 masterpiece "Sunbathing Animal". If you're in Cleveland this weekend, be sure to check out Parquet Courts live this Sunday, December 2, 2018 at the Beachland Ballroom The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Mike James, Lachlan MacKinnon and Greg Miller with a special Browns Bye Week organization assessment, "The Browns State Of The Union" (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) 6 simple rules for Thanksgiving, i.e., how to make a great turkey and how not to do something just plain stupid. With one season in the books, turns out Mollie is addicted to pinball now, too. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:18:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Fuck Michigan” (begins at the 2:38:00 mark) Welcome to Guitar Cleveland. You must Guitar, this is Guitar Land “I’m Not Surprised By This” news of the week: Hoodies, Southern Malls, and the difference between how black youths are treated contrasted with middle aged white women. The 2018 Cavaliers City Unis are just another example of how terrible this organization is when it's just Dan Gilbert with no LeBron. Giving thanks to the greatest of all holidays to be thankful for, Thanksgiving. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Harry Nilsson's "The Point", a Defend Cleveland Thanksgiving tradition. (Some of this recording was played on this episode and was used lovingly, yet without permission) The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Why is the best holiday being skipped over?! And if you like a damn good hot wing, there's a new place in the area that might just be the best of all. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) "Waking up dangerous" and doing something this show has never done in 10 years of being on radio: Talking about a Browns win after the team excelled in every facet of the game. Baker Mayfield, Chubb, and that defense, appear to all be legit game changing talent. Fulfilling a lifelong dream to be "Radio Desirable", and questioning why it is capably powerful and smart women often date douchebags. That point when it was obvious that Mollie is now a big fan of pinball. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Hearing Impaired” (begins at the 1:26:00 mark) “I’m Not Surprised By This” news of the week: John Schnatter is an asshole and his Papa John's pizza is still shitty pizza whether he's the CEO or not. Explaining how voting in this country is nothing more than an act of faith that our system still (mostly). works. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:01:00 mark) We already talked about shitty franchise pizza run by shitty people, so let's talk about some of the best local pizza (even if some of it is pretty shitty, too). Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 9: “The Fan-bulance” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:38:00 mark) Recognizing Veteran's Day and all the military holidays while asking for at least one more holiday for those people in this country who were forced to make the greatest sacrifice of all. Bob James, analytics baseball Hall Of Fame worthy genius, and how his recent comments on social media further proved some opinions and discussions are definitely not appropriate for social media. "The Development": Why being excited about the additions of a two-way contract player is far from a good thing. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Gong Gong Gong's latest 7" on Wharf Cat Records called "Siren". Go see Gong Gong Gong with Flasher (their album "Constant Image" was a previous recommendation of the week and is also a 2018 Album Of The Year candidate) and Public Practice at the Beachland Tavern, Monday, December 3rd, 2018, a touring showcase coming to town Defend Cleveland is proclaiming the overall best bill of the year. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Putting up your best score doesn't necessarily mean you're having the most fun doing it. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Time changes are just plain dumb, and you know times are desperate when it's openly acceptable to cheer for Tennessee and Texas. It's all about the nicknames, i.e, being surprisingly inspired by an otherwise uninspiring UFC 230 It was a bad week for both the Browns and the Cavs and things are only going to get even worse. Working third shift, recognizing your own circadian rhythm, and being a shitty person in the morning because morning's suck. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:10:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Night Shift” (begins at the 1:26:00 mark) Explaining just how bad the Cavs ownership and front office were this past week in ways everyone here can easily understand. "Left Foot Soreness" If you met your parents and they weren't your parents, they were total strangers, do you think you would get along with them? (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:01:00 mark) No subject is too taboo for comedy, it just better be funny, is all. What's the length of rope given to someone who is a totally gross human, but who also has an obvious mental illness? Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 8: “Arrow Man” (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:35:00 mark) The best ways to eat oysters, and yet another lesson in hillbilly behavior. What nicknames have you had, and what would you want your nickname to be if you were an MMA fighter? Introducing a new Cavs segment for the show called "The Development". "I'm Not Surprised By This" headline of the week. How this winter's MLB Hot Stove will tell us just how much Francisco Lindor is currently worth, and why it's a figure the Cleveland Indians, if they're truly trying to win, need to make happen. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the 1983 new wave punk classic "Wake Me When It's Over" by Cleveland's own Radio Alarm Clocks. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Browns fire Hue Jackson ("Fucking off Cleveland head coaches")! (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The Cavs firing of Lue, and how drama candy rots your brain. Chanting "Yankees Suck" after beating the Dodgers to win the World Series is really all the proof you need that Boston fans are the worst. Cringing at the mere idea of sports talk radio shows while hosting a show that talk sports on the radio, often finds Mike in awkward social positions. Mollie offers strong advice on how to get what you want at a grocery store. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:17:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Never Forget The Golden State Warriors Blew It” (begins at the 1:29:00 mark) "Chubb-a-lubba-dub-dub"? Ugh. Finding perspective in just how great Cleveland is, by leaving Cleveland. "Shit" and "Fuck", remembering Rutger Hauer, and being sure to clean butt finger. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:11:00 mark) Inappropriately named businesses are the best. When you're not a local the only option is to be a tourist until you figure that shit out for yourself: Two different perspectives about a recent trip to NYC. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 7: "Steeler Man", and yet another reason to be envious of Pittsburgh fans and all that winning. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:40:00 mark) Philip Glass at 81 ones old is still way cooler than you. Since it's Halloween, talking about movies that scare the most shit out of you. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is Janek Schaefer's newest release “What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing” which is available via Temporary Residence. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission. A brief selection of Philip Glass' "Music In 12 Parts: Part 5 (Part 2)" from the Nonesuch recordings release was played on this episode without permission.
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DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Mike may have some legit issues with all the aged classic rock bands on tour this year, but he's also quite possibly a total hypocrite. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Browns are officially Brownsy again, but who would have thought the Cavs would be so Brownsy, too? What's your all-time favorite Halloween costume? (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:07:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Pumpkin Head” (begins at the 1:23:00 mark) After three losses to begin the season it's already time to make serious revisions to our Cavs 2018-19, i.e., it's bad, people, and much worse than we could have imagined. "Florida Man" headlines and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:51:00 mark) Q: When is it past time for classic rock bands to not tour anymore? A: When any of the original member's kids are now in the band. (A game we play called, "Of this shitty list of tired, old Rock Hall legacy bands playing Quickens Loans Arena, which one is the least worst?) Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 6: “Big Nasty”, lap band surgery, and Mike's experiment to see if Premier League is better than Division 1 Football continues (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:29:00 mark) Collin Sexton is probably not the prospect the Cavs are hoping (and selling) him to be. Breaking down the total lack of parody when it comes to the World Series, and how over 1/3rd of the League has no chance of winning it all because spending more always wins in the end. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the 1981 Scottish post-punk masterpiece "The Only Fun In Town" by the band Josef K. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Wondering aloud in your 40's for fear of regrets. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Remember just last week when Browns fans were openly having winning expectations? The difference between appropriate hillbilly behavior and inappropriate hillbilly behavior. Accepting the situation by learning to not give a fuck if you're going to be a little late somewhere. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:11:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Science Project” (begins at the 1:19:00 mark) Parents, don't let your babies grow up to be Browns fans. After one great post-fight interview and brawl, the UFC is back to being uninteresting and dumb again. Who cares if Greg Williams eats roadkill when it's clear his defense hasn't learned basic object permanence yet. Poor planning and execution can only be blamed on inexperience so many times before Mike calls "bullshit!", and the Cavs better suck this year... The strangest and most accurate Cavs 2018-19 season prediction you'll hear anywhere. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:50:00 mark) Terry "Tito" Franco, aka Bald Baseball Santa, ain't going nowhere unless he wants to, and anyone calling for him to be gone is a dope. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 5: "Boltman" is not only a fan hobo, he's also kind of a dick. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:35:00 mark) The only way to give the Cleveland Indians a chance to win the World Series is to do something most fans, the team and ownership, will likely find too hard to do. Men with mustaches can generally be hard to trust, politicians are much, much harder to trust, and outer rim targeted political ads are the absolute fucking worst. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the new album by Tokyo's Kikagaku Moyo entitled "Masana Temples" which is available via Guruguru Brain. Dig~ The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Derek Lewis may have stole the show at an epic UFC 229. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Browns finally get a win on a Sunday, and even more importantly, they may have finally drafted their franchise QB in Baker Mayfield. Wedding cakes can be art, apparently, but how many do really need? And the idea of the Food Network anointing anyone a "Celebrity Chef" is just plain stupid. Browns defense is elite, and they even did something this week we didn't think at all possible for them. Nick Saban is a total dickhole, and another damn good reason to choose to turn off college football and turn on something better. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The Alias” (begins at the 1:25:00 mark) Houston's pitching appears to be significantly better than Cleveland's, just like their hitting and defense has been too, but who would have thought A.J. Hinch would be totally outclassing Tito with in-game decisions as much as he has as well? MLB's popular postseason promo addressing the "unwritten rules" of baseball is actually nothing more than a long overdue public service announcement on tolerance. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 4: Purple Dame and the insanity (and beauty?) of PFUFA love and marriage. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:57:00 mark) The best coverage and crew of the 2018 MLB postseason only worked one game and won't work another until 2019. The whole thing is one big stat tease. You are free to choose to do what you want but sometimes you just have to admit what you're doing doesn't make any sense. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:36:00 mark) Khabib Nurmagomedov whooped McGregor's ass just as expected and the criminal assault bedlam that ensued afterwards will probably end up more of a good thing for the UFC promotion than a bad thing, because it is, after all, the fight game. Christopher Columbus viewed through a 21st century perspective is largely horrific, yet many of his actions were viewed to be just as horrific back then as they are now. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the 1991 album by Soundgarden that's too often overlooked beyond its singles, Badmotorfinger. Spend some time with it, it's as good or better than anything grunge from the era. Total game changer. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Mollie's first forays into the world of competitive pinball. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Browns lost to the Raiders for more reasons than the mere lack of "irrefutable evidence" being used in replay to overturn that first down that would have ended the game with Cleveland victorious. Terrence Mitchell's broken wrist could be the fallen domino that turns this promising team full of talent into a bad team with not enough talent. Baker Mayfield might need to learn how to throw a more catchable pass, and the Browns still haven't had a winning record after 4 games since 2001. Taking a closer look at the Mole Skin notebook Mollie bought for Mike. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:09:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “TV Party” (begins at the 1:18:00 mark) Mollie asks if Shambles qualifies as a fan hobo and almost gets bitten by Shambles for saying it... The Cleveland Indians are about to begin their postseason run! ...Finally. Sexy form fitting team Chelsea underwear is fine because they're meant to fit under athletic shorts, but if you go to high school in Hamilton County, Tennessee you're not even allowed to wear athletic shorts, and you can "blame the girls" for why that is, apparently. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:56:00 mark) Corey Kluber's strikout rate caused alarm all year but it's recently been off the charts great again, and his timing for this return to form couldn't be better. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 3: The Oakland Raiders crazed fans in general are all fan hobos, but Dr. Death's level of crazy even stands out in this sea of crazy. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:47:00 mark) Counting some of the ways you can measure your Cleveland Indians, unlike last season when they streaked to end the regular season and ran out of gas, are set up this time around to peak now in the postseason. Mike decides to watch Premier League soccer instead of Division 1 NCAA football on Saturday afternoons, now all he has to do is find a team to root for and it could prove to be a much harder decision than you might think. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Your recommended listening for the week is the 1991 album by Sonny Sharrock called "Ask The Ages" originally released on Bill Laswell's record label Axiom. This hidden jazz gem also features the titans of Elvin Jones on drums, Charnett Moffett on double bass, and Pharoah Sanders on tenor and soprano saxophones. Dig~ The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Some people drank free Bud Light, others got to work making Rally Possum shirts, and even more just generally were delighted by the Browns finally winning a game. Meanwhile, Mollie spent the whole time in Vegas... (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) Browns win and the future actually, truly, legitimately looks brighter. Baker Mayfield might just be as advertised and it has Mike using a word he never thought he'd utter publicly in 2018. Reno call girl trading cards makes a lot more sense than sex doll brothels do. Say what you will about shitty beer and the people that drink it, the Victory Fridge idea was brilliant. Explaining what "5 Tools" means, in regards to baseball and Father John Misty. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:08:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Driver's Education” (begins at the 1:24:00 mark) If only pinball could kill gambling the way gambling killed pinball... twice! i.e., Mike really doesn't like slot machines or Vegas, but he's definitely cool with legalizing weed and prostitution. The Browns may or may not have been aided in their victory by a "Rally Possum", "Attack Possum", or even "Opossum", but what we know for sure is that possums are far more interesting than we expected, and they apparently taste like pork. Mollie’s PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 2: The troublesome history of "Fireman Ed" and the murky origins of the "J-E-T-S" chant. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:55:00 mark) Yes, we were really impressed with Baker Mayfield, how can we not be? (this segment of the podcast contains many usages of the "P" word, listener discretion advised) Taking on a persona in "white person" world because being yourself simply doesn't work. (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:30:00 mark) Why it's called "Deadman's Curve". Spoiler Alert: It's literal Explaining why wRC+ is the best catch-all hitting stat out there, and using it to put into better perspective just how bad José Ramirez has been the last 30 days. Texas likely has the heaviest concentrated "white person" problem in the country, and former Texas school superintendent Lynn Redden is a classic example of this very real and very serious issue we face as a nation. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. KIDFORCE PINBALL FALL LEAGUE has begun, ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT TO SIGNUP! $15 entry for returning players; New players get in for FREE! Bring your friends!Perfect for all ages and skill levels! 10 Week League Play 6 games/week Playtimes are: Sundays at 1pm; Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 7pm, and you can show up any of these days to sign up and play. WIN A PINBALL MACHINE! All players who complete 9 of the 10 weeks get entered into a random drawing to win-a-pin! A link to the Fall League Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2290735307821428/ Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States (and the world!) with over $2000 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! Please share this email with anyone who enjoys playing pinball! Your recommended listening for the week is the newest self-released album by Milo entitled, "budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies". The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Not all sponsorship is created equal, celebrating 52 more episodes with Kidforce Pinball, and then wondering aloud if Nike might now be interested as well. (Part 1 of the Podcast only content) The Browns have been so bad that if you weren't laughing your ass off at them ending a 17 game losing streak with a tie, then you might just be mentally unhealthy and a danger to yourself and those around you. Figuring out too late that some topics might be very difficult to joke about, and when is it necessary for there to be an intervention when it comes to fan hobos? Just when you though their season was over, Mollie discovers one extra juicy item about the complete and utter zaniness of Minor League baseball. (Part 2 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 1:28:00 mark) Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Little League Of Horrors” (begins at the 1:39:00 mark) The bad, the ugly, and then the good about your Cleveland Browns after Week 1. Did you know that Mike spits on Mollie's face and his saliva endows her with the power to peer into the future? True story. The 4th Annual Cleveland Pinball And Arcade Show was a fantastic and fun time, and pondering what can be done to make competitive pinball just as fun and inviting. (Part 3 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 2:27:00 mark) Rotund offensive line coaches who loathe stretching and were last seen coaching a losing team in Canada can't be that good at what they do, right? Real questions Browns fans should be asking after seeing how offensively bad the offensive line looks. Two more reasons to truly hate the Pittsburgh Steelers, and their names. Mollie's PuhFooFuh Spotlight Part 1: Introducing us to the wonderful insanity of "Pinto Ron". (Part 4 of the Podcast only content, begins at the 3:26:00 mark) Nike's campaign is incredibly good and it's nice to see a huge corporation standing up for the right side of history, now if only we can just get more people in this nation to do the same we might actually get to see this better tomorrow. Enough singing and dancing, let's get to October and postseason baseball already! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. KIDFORCE PINBALL FALL LEAGUE starts SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2018! $15 entry for returning players; New players get in for FREE! Bring your friends!Perfect for all ages and skill levels! 10 Week League Play 6 games/week Playtimes as usual: Sundays at 1pm; Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 7pm WIN A PINBALL MACHINE! All players who complete 9 of the 10 weeks get entered into a random drawing to win-a-pin! A link to the Fall League Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2290735307821428/ Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States (and the world!) with over $2000 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! Please share this email with anyone who enjoys playing pinball! Your recommended listening for the week is Faust’s masterpiece third album “The Faust Tapes” originally released in 1973 and just reissued by the fantastic label Superior Viaduct. This album is the Krautrock equivalent of Sgt. Peppers, yo. A must listen! The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission. A small selection of Yo La Tengo’s song “Sugar Cube” was used in this show without permission. Go see Yo La Tengo live at the Beachland Ballroom this Saturday, September 15th, 2018!
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Celebrating one full year of the Defend Cleveland Podcast and Happy Labor Day Weekend! Pants are optional. If this team were exactly the same yet any team other than the Browns we might be talking about them being good enough to make the postseason, but just because it is the Browns, it's irresponsible to say that. Mike went to see a Tribe game over the holiday weekend and somehow ended up really pissed off at Dan Gilbert. It's tough being a Cleveland football fan - reminding folks of the definition for the term "Brownsy". Puh-Foo-Fuh: Mollie gets lost down a rabbit hole. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Browns History Lesson Part 2” (begins at the 2:08:00 mark) Mike delivers the only Browns week by week 2018 season prediction you need to listen to. Entitled thinking and why the annual CLE death from above parade is more of an ominous display than it is an entertaining and impressive marvelous feat of engineering. The Josh Donaldson trade for the Indians is a worthy gamble which if it pays out might just be the final piece Cleveland needs to win it all. Turns out Mike isn't allergic to his own poop after all. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Be sure to get your tix for the 4th Annual Cleveland Pinball and Arcade show beginning September 6th – 9th at the Holiday Inn in Independence, Ohio! For more information and tickets, click here. Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States with over $1500 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017. Your recommended listening for the week is the band Szun Waves newest full length "New Hymn To Freedom" available on The Leaf Label The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Being hopeful the Browns will be good because they currently look pretty good is crazy, right? RIGHT?! Do you say "Tie-Rod" or "Teh-Rod"? Whatever. And same goes with Brogan, or Brody, or whatever that clown's name is and most other things we certainly wouldn't even know at all if not for Hard Knocks. You couldn't catch a cold butter ass'd naked in molasses... Mike's preseason Cleveland Indians predictions are looking pretty accurate. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Accident Prone” (begins at the 1:24:00 mark) Reviewing Cleveland's inaugural InCuya Festival even though we didn't go to it. Having fun with Minor League Baseball team promotions, Part 5 (the final chapter for 2018): Can we interest you in a hot wiener with special spicy meat sauce, or how about we just set this wiener dog on fire? Just when you thought mascots were nothing but fan hobos in full costume and scary enough, now we find out they're organizing! Urban Meyer. His name alone at this point should cause decent people to cringe, let alone how it should make Ohio State Buckeye fans feel. Trevor Bauer's bizarre treatment story turned out to be a bad Twitter joke gone awry, but wait until you learn who actually faced the most legal jeopardy in this saga. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred is choosing to only tell you the part of the story that makes him look accurate when he says there's no significant correlation between winning teams and big payrolls, and of course that bold statement couldn't be more untruthful and inaccurate. It may be time to remove Cody Allen from being Cleveland's closer, however, there's more to letting him continue on than most are considering, and the reasoning goes far beyond just that of Francona being loyal to his vets. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Be sure to get your tix for the 4th Annual Cleveland Pinball and Arcade show beginning September 6th - 9th at the Holiday Inn in Independence, Ohio! For more information and tickets, click here. Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States with over $1500 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017. Your recommended listening for the week is the band Ohmme's newest release "Parts" available via Joyful Noise. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: The Zach Smith is a fucking monster, that's pretty clear at this point. Mascots in full costume playing the National Anthem before a baseball game...? Um, where again do we arbitrarily draw the line on this whole "respecting the flag" business? It's getting even more confusing. Never piss off a resourceful journalist by calling them a liar, they'll crush you: The Brett McMurphy story. If your shoe collection is your the bulk of your persona then you need to stop buying shoes. Browns "Victory Fridges". Yeah, you just know this is going to end badly. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “Browns History Lesson Part 1” (begins at the 1:35:00 mark) Mike might be going insane but he's really started to believe the Browns are building a winning team right now. Further explaining fan hobos. Having fun with (UNBELIEVABLE) Minor League Baseball team promotions, Part 4: Your Akron Rubber Ducks. Turns out Carl Nassib is stupider than he first appears and Jarvis Landry is not only a fevered ego, he's also a cheap shot bully. The only problem with Hard Knocks. The MLB Network, ESPN and some clown on Twitter must have believed Trevor Bauer was getting treatment for his broken leg in Wakanda or some shit, and now they seriously owe him an apology. Fuck Trudy and the backwater state of Louisiana she crawled out from. The one Tribe concern that has Mike totally freaked out. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States with over $1500 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017. Your recommended listening for the week is Mitski's latest full length "Be The Cowboy" available via Dead Oceans. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Opinion facts are merely opinions based in fact, and it helps when you art the fuck out of it. Hard Knocks Episode 1 Review: Everything you need to know about the Browns being the focus of Hard Knocks this year that no one else is talking about. Being a believer - Baker Mayfield might just be this team's savior after all. Oh great, they've gone and humanized Hugh Jackson... Does that mean I'm going to be sad when he's fired? Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan MacKinnon’s “The White Magic Johnson” (begins at the 1:28:00 mark) "Hobo Fans", yeah, it's a whole thing. Carl Nassib uses simple math and blows peoples minds with it. He also gave us one of the best quote's ever. Having fun with Minor League Baseball team promotions, Part 3: Your Mahoning Valley Scrappers. Yeah, but have you ever seen a women bend a horseshoe between her ass cheeks? Have you looked at the rest of the Tribe's schedule and how easy it is? Yeah, they got this. They might even catch Houston... All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States with over $1500 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017. Your recommended listening for the week is Akron's own Aqueduct Ensemble "Improvisations on an Apricot" available via Last Resort. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: What we know as Fact: Urban Meyer outright lied to the public and tried to cover the story up while lying about it. Another Fact we know: Fans don't seem to care because they like that Urban Meyer wins. OSU is allowing a rally in support of Urban Meyer on campus organized by someone called "Tennessee Jeff from Myrtle Beach"... Which is just gross. And to think people seemed to have more of an issue with an 0-16 Browns parade. Better understanding domestic violence, its high rate of recidivism, and how abusers in positions of power and wealth so often get away with it. Corey Coleman is kicked to the curb because of all things Sashi Brown, that's why. Ray Lewis' God likes him way more than he likes you. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan Mackinnon’s “Local Legend” (begins at the 1:14:00 mark) Tristan Thompson is a Kardashian who has been loafing through the last two years, cheated on his pregnant wife, and sucker punched a fellow player at a VIP party... Yeah, that's right, the only person you can objectively side with here isn't wearing a Cavs jersey, it's Draymond Green. Tom Cruise is a damn fine actor when you get down to it, however, he's still Tom Cruise. It's complicated. Thanks to the church there's no more donkey dick at the Columbus Day Parade or on the front page of the Plain Dealer. Fucking church, ruining all the fun donkey dick in the world. Having fun with Minor League Baseball team promotions, Part 2: "Family Night" in Jupiter, Florida. Explaining the "save" in baseball and how it's a made up stat that really doesn't make much sense, and certainly doesn't inherently reflect the true value of a relief appearance at all... but it is how these guys get paid, and that's where it gets unnecessarily complicated. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan Mackinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States with over $1500 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017. Your recommended listening for the week is Amanda Shires new full length, "To The Sunset" available via Silver Knife Records The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: What could be better than getting Bryce Harper at the trade deadline? Leonys Martin, the CF the Tribe actually traded for. For real. Let Mike explain. The Kevin Love contract extension looks like the exact opposite thing the Cavs should be doing right. Don't let the haircut fool you, new Browns GM John Dorsey definitely loves him some analytics. Yes, Jim Thome definitely deserves to be in the Hall Of Fame. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan Mackinnon's "The All-Star" (begins at the 1:23:00 mark) Mike attends Pinburgh 2018, the largest pinball tournament in the world. Having fun with Minor League Baseball team promotions. The Pirates fans enjoyed something called "Faith Night presented by Chick-Fil-A"... and Mike went to a Ween concert instead. MLB didn't ask for all the negative social media attention its players has been getting, but it sure needs to bring attention to Washington Nationals Sean Doolittle's response to all these bad headlines his fellow players have been making. Thanks to Dan Gilbert's ego the Cavs are going to suck even more by not sucking enough next season, i.e., be thankful we had LeBron the last four years because nothing but prolonged misery lies ahead. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan Mackinnon’s best selling book, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family’! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States with over $1500 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017. Your recommended listening for the week is Sudan Archives latest EP 'Sink' available on Stones Throw records. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission.
DC’s Mike James and Mollie Ames discuss: Standing ovations for a "former" teenage racist, homophobic, misogynist pitcher, and feeling sorry for his lone African-American teammate Lorenzo Cain because he sure didn't ask to deal with this outer-rim, white trash racist shit. When pro sports is chock full of jock culture predictability you long for crazy shit to happen just so it isn't so mind numbingly dumb. Bro-Harper may have won the HR Derby but he clearly doesn't know that you should repeatedly shout "Let's Do It!" before you do it, not after. Josh Gordon announced via social media that he won't be in Browns mini-camp, citing health and treatment reasons. So... How long do we have to wait until the NFL announces another failed drug test for him? Scene does a feature article on Josh Tomlin at the exact point in his career when he ming not ever pitch in the Major's again and the Tribe sent 6 other players to the All-Star Game. #Fail Why all coal rolling trucks are the same, no exceptions. Even if they're not diesel. The benefits to taking an "Angry Nap". The Cleveland Indians completed a trade for some relievers everyone know they needed, meanwhile, they also very much demonstrated the process being followed by a small market teams needed to compete with the big payroll teams who just throw money at problems. Let Me Tell You A Story: Lachlan Mackinnon's "Wild World Of Collinwood Sports" (beginning at the 1:47:00 mark of the show) Mike Trout is the best player in baseball and it's not up to him to better market himself, it's up to the California Los Angeles Anaheim Angels to not thoroughly suck and to actually make the postseason. Rob Manfred got everything he asked for in the All-Star Week, but probably not in the manner he had envisioned it. All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ Check out Lachlan Mackinnon's best selling book, 'Let Me Tell You A Story: Small Stories Of A Large Family'! Thank you to KidForce Pinball for sponsoring the podcast, 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, engineer extraordinaire Mollie Ames, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. Kidforce Pinball league is one of the largest leagues in the United States with over $1500 in cash and prizes waiting to be won! To check out KidForce Pinball, visit KidForce Collectibles in downtown Berea at 103 Front St., 44017. Your recommended listening for the week is the 1967 debut album by the classic rock group, Moby Grape. The intro and outro to Lachlan's segment is the song "My Summer In Traction" by the band Ohio Civil War , and it's used with permission.
Today Anika shares a story about her family's trip to the Black Forest in Germany. They hung out at the farm house with all of the animals, ventured off on hikes, visited an open-air museum, and even found a downhill toboggan run. If you are looking for a nice relaxing family trip in Germany, this is the place! Enjoy Check out Anika & Sapun's blog @ https://anikaandsapun.blogspot.de/ www.365daysoftravel.com www.facebook.com/365daysoftravelproject IG: @365daysoftravelproject twitter:@365daysoftravel
Full disclosure, folks. We dropped the ball on this one. Some might say we dropped the...hamster ball. We left a perfectly good "Good Luck With Your Hamster Balls" joke sitting right there, on the table, and we didn't go for it. Maybe it's because we're not that smart. Or funny. Or maybe it's that we're not living up to our full potential. Or...maybe it's because we were distracted by our beautiful, intelligent, quixotic, charming guest this week! That's correct. The boys assembled a team of their own to watch the 2009 animated Nic Cage ensemble film "G-Force." AKA "The Guinea Pig Movie." AKA The "If you get it wrong and say 'Gerbil,' well then you just bought yourself a ticket to see me later in the parking lot, buddy..." film. Brian and Brock are joined by one of their oldest mutual friends, Amanda Flannery Hoppa, to break it down. She lends her keen insight to the film, along with some history and mystery, some background into the storied friendship, and lots (and lots!) of poo talk. Enjoy? Check us out on our social media platforms: Instagram: @WeGaugeCage Twitter: @WeGaugeCagePod YouTube: We Gauge Cage And, if you're so altruistic and noble, leave us a review on the Podcasts app. Tell us how you feel. Make it real. You know...the deal.
Why do we love horror movies? This Halloween, go trick-or-treaing for the truth with Jon, Will, and Maveryke, as they explore their favorite traditions about the holiday, what kinds of horror movies they enjoy, and why people even like getting scared by the big screen in the first place. This is our first R-rated episode for language and some questionable content. Enjoy? Check out our Patreon to support Cinemaholics! Don't forget to review and rate the show on Apple Podcasts and you can always hang out with us on Facebook and Twitter. Or email your feedback to cinemaholicspodcast [at] gmail.com. You might just hear your email read on next week’s episode! Support the show.
Last week was the Battle Royale of The Hose. So, Samilia Colar and I are back for another little chat about All Stars. We had A LOT of opinions. What can we say? Our Project Runway love is real. Join us on iTunes, Stitcher and SoundCloud as we take y'all through a Project Runway classic, The Unconventional Challenge. Enjoy:-) Check out Samilia's designs here: www.texstylebags.com Check out Hernease's art here: www.herneasedavis.com Check out our Outro-Intro music Keepsake by THA BOOGIE here:www.reverbnation.com/thaboogie/songs
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