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Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank and Jeremy Branham! . Hunter Brown and Jose Altuve redemption or just a "good night"? .Who showed up to voluntary OTA? . Why is CJ Stroud not throwing the football during training? should we ring the alarms?
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank and Jeremy Branham! . Is McCullers "so back"? . Why isn't Yordan Alvarez ready to come back yet? . Blank and Branham react to the Astros mini series win.
Hour 3 of Killer B's with Joel Blank and Jeremy Branham! . What's the REAL story behind Yordan Alvarez not returning? . Blank and Branham speak on "soft athletes" . Can the Astros make a 5 game run?
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! The guys reacted to the Astros Game 1 win over the Mariners, and the performances from Lance McCullers Jr, and Jose Altuve; how encouraged should we be about each guy possibly turning it around?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... SGA won the NBA MVP. That makes 7 straight foreign born MVP's. Is this more credit to Euro hoops progress or a negative as it relates to youth basketball in the US? Producer Brian tries to stump them in a game of 'Who Said It' PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... A visit with Astros TV voice Todd Kalas talking about Jose Altuve, Lance McCullers Jr, Christian Walker, the frequency of pitching injuries, and more! And the guys react to the drama on the morning show between John, Lance, and caller Israel
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank . When will Yordan Alvarez return? . Move Your Needle: NHL VS NBA Conference Finals . Kunkel and Branham rating NBA flopping calls . Stars or Oilers? . Dallas VS Houston rivalry
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank . Bad Take Boulevard: Not knowing Yonder Diaz? Ryan McMahon to Astros? and more! . Texans voted to ban the "Tush Push" . The B's react to the Texans draft board
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank . When will Yordan Alvarez return? . A special interview with Bill Brown for his new book "Wartime Athletes"
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Will Kunkel from Fox 26 filling in for Joel Blank Buzzkill Branham - CJ Stroud is participating in Fanatics Games, and I hate it NFL players playing flag football in the Olympics is cool and all, but no Texans allowed! What would your NFL starting 5 be for the Olympic flag football team? Kelvin Sampson gets a contract extension at UH, has he done the most impressive coaching job in the city? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... So...had to discuss what happened on the morning show today, with John and Del calling out Lance for buying chips for ladies in the office at 7am; was that weird? Anniversary of the Mario Elie "Kiss of Death," where does it rank among all-time best Houston sports moments? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... More from the Texans fan event, might have gone off the rails at some point lol, including Hannah McNair stepping in when it seemed like Cal was about to say too much about new uniforms Is Hannah stepping in and muting Cal too quickly and too often? Is Cal being emasculated? Would the Texans ever get someone fired? PLUS, our hottest takes of the week during 'Cash It, or Trash It'
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... Reaction to the Astros road win at Tampa, in their rinky dink minor league ballpark Thoughts on rookie Colton Gordon's second start; did manager Joe Espada leave him in too long? Texans GM Nick Caserio got asked at a fan event about their handling of the offensive line this offseason. Did we like his answer, did the Texans do enough?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Jeremy Branham, and Brian McDonald (filling in for Joel Blank) featured... Which $53m QB doesn't belong? How much is Stroud going to get? Would you give him $60m? Is it time for the Astros to move on from Brendan Rodgers? Is he a Tampa Bay Ray or a ____? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... More on the "whitest names in sports" Reacting to the overreaction on the Caitlin Clark foul on Angel Reese Can/will Giannis force his way to a preferred destination? Think that's the Rockets? PLUS, Mailbag Monday!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham featured... The good, bad, and ugly from the Astros weekend series split with the Rangers And then the show took a left turn down "what are the whitest names in sports" lol after a texter said the Astros are the whitest team in MLB
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Who is the Astros best player? Has it become Jeremy Pena? Which one of us is the most optimistic about the Texans after their schedule release?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Brian McDonald, filling in for Jeremy Branham What's the biggest storyline for each game on the Texans 2025 schedule? PLUS, our Car Wreck of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Reaction to the Astros come from behind win last night to win their series against the Royals Is there something to leading off that's led to this Jeremy Pena explosion? They have some fun with the Geoff Blum stepping on Todd Kalas' call, and some of the more over the top calls in baseball, including John Sterling of the Yankees And they talked about a video claiming former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow tried to trade Jose Altuve to the Royals for Eric Hosmer, WTF?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Are the Texans telling us something about Stroud by how aggressively they've added WRs this offseason? Producer Brian has a problem with how Mike Greenberg of ESPN talked about the NFL as if it has a tanking problem, and its need for a draft lottery More on the Rockets offseason plans, including Reed Sheppard's place on the roster PLUS, our Car Wreck of the Day!
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included... Joel and especially Jeremy can't understand why people try to predict the NFL schedule before it comes out, just wait. Just show us the finished product, don't get the obsession The guys react to the Astros walk-off win over the Royals, and the standout performances from Framber, Pena, and Paredes
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! The ship has sailed on a bargain Peña extension, did the Astros make a mistake in not locking him up? Would you take these trade offers if you're the Rockets, how should the go about their offseason?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Answered your questions during 'Mailbag Monday' Is Giannis really going to leave Milwaukee, and if he does, how much of a player will the Rockets be? Is he a Royals player or ____? Plus, Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Why should Adam Silver rig the lottery for the Rockets? Broke down the 'good' from the Astros weekend series win over the Reds And producer Brian kept finding random people to come in, and do his job
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! How long can you put up with this performance from LMJ? Joel and Jeremy react to the awful behavior of those who sent threats towards LMJ, and his family
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included... Brendan Rodgers advanced consent deadline is Saturday, keep him or release him? Sarge with the reach of the century. Comparing what Golden State did to Jalen to the Pistons' “Jordan Rules” against Jordan Caller debates Cam Smith with Joel and Jeremy, later Mom and Dad fought Is his a Cincinnati Red or ___? PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Astros TV voice Todd Kalas joined us to discuss Yordan's return timetable, the injury to starting pitcher Hayden Wesneski, Lance McCullers comeback, his dad's famous calls, what his day to day preparation was like before games, and more Jeremy and Joel try to beat producer Brian in game of 'Who Said It' How concerned should we be for Christian Walker? Yes or no on these Rockets trade ideas
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Are the Astros mishandling Cam Smith's playing time? The guys react to the breaking news of Hayden Wesneski's elbow injury landing him on the IL; how worried should we be about their starting pitching depth? It's time to move Jose Altuve back to 2B...mostly Our APD Joe George called in to tell us what he's learned at the Barrett Sports Media conference, including something mandatory we must start doing
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included... A pushback to the data on the Rockets being better without Jalen Green The worst takes of the week got roasted during Bad Take BLVD PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour included a conversation about the job done by Astros GM Dana Brown, is he actually a good GM?
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! This hour the guys discussed if the Astros decision to call up Cam Smith to start the season was a mistake
To commemorate the 600th Sox Populi Podcast, we had podcasting mainstays Chrystal O'Keefe (Visiting Dugout, Soxy Chicks, Estrogen Power Hour, et. al), Joe Resis (Sox Pop on the Farm) and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach (Ladies' Night) on to discuss the past four-five years of podcasting at Sox Populi and South Side Sox. Brief acknowledgement was made for Sharing Sox (the subject of podcast 601) and Tommy Barbee, our Father Soxivus and co-host of Killer B's, but then we dug into some talk with each host/guest about their respective programs. We bridged our break discussing the connection between our two most revolutionary podcasts, Estrogen Power Hour and Ladies' Night. And in the end, we wound up talking about the "mothership podcast," the catch-all program you're listening to right now. Throughout, host Brett Ballantini got his teeth kicked in, playfully (maybe). A special and enigmatic voice kicks off the podcast! The strange accounting that actually lands this podcast as somewhere around 608 or 610 Brett's habit of bullying (? gulp) some hosts into doing even more for Sox Populi The original name of the pirate radio broadcast, Estrogen Power Hour The most satisfying mothership podcast ever In a longer podcast post than usual, we'll roll the credits for all our podcasts: Mothership Podcast (Brett Ballantini, host) 190 programs beginning Jan. 28, 2020 Sharing Sox (Will and Leigh Allan) 143 programs beginning Sept. 9, 2020 Visiting Dugout (Chrystal O'Keefe, host) 82 programs beginning March 20, 2023 Sox Pop on the Farm (Brett Ballantini, host) 60 programs beginning May 4, 2021 North Side Sox (Sam Sherman and Janice Valenzuela), 23 programs beginning October 2020 Sox Pop Postgame Podcast (Brett Ballantini, host) 20 programs beginning April 13, 2021 Ladies' Night (Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, host) 13 programs beginning March 20, 2024 Killer B's (Tommy Barbee and Keelin Billue) 12 programs beginning Oct. 30, 2020 Sox Pop Pregame Podcast (Brett Ballantini, host) 10 programs beginning Oct. 7, 2021 Dugout Metrics (Brett Ballantini, Luke Smailes, Trevor Lines) 10 programs beginning Dec. 10, 2020 The Big Blurt (Rob Colletti and Bill Meincke) eight programs beginning Jan. 29, 2021 Soxy Chicks (Chrystal O'Keefe and Bayleigh Von Schneider) seven programs beginning March 30, 2024 DISH Deluxe (Brett Ballantini, host) six programs beginning July 17, 2023 Estrogen Power Hour (Keelin Billue, Janice Valenzuela, Colleen Sullivan, Chrystal O'Keefe) five programs beginning May 16, 2021 Live! three programs Time Out! (Di Billick, host) two programs beginning Aug. 1, 2024 Planet White Sox (Brett Ballantini and Trooper Galactus) two programs beginning Sept. 15, 2022 Group Therapy (Sam Sherman, host) two programs beginning April 26, 2022 Explain it to Me Like I'm 5 (Keelin Billue, host) two programs beginning March 8, 2022 Second Hand Embarrassment (Jacki Krestel, host) one program on Jan. 12, 2024 (Don't add them up, the math is a little fuzzy.) Also, the milestone podcasts, at least per our Megaphone player: Podcast 1 Mothership Podcast 1: Janice Valenzuela at Sox Fest, Jan. 28, 2020Podcast 100 Mothership Podcast 42: A Sweep, a Six Pack, and the Power of Strawberry Cheesecake Cannolis, April 26, 2021Podcast 200 Postgame Podcast 8: Goodbye 2021 season, Oct. 12, 2021Podcast 300 Sharing Sox 83: Is That a Rotund Female We Hear Warbling?, Aug. 27, 2022Podcast 400 Visiting Dugout 17: Detroit Tigers, May 25, 2023Podcast 500 Visiting Dugout 45: Minnesota Twins, April 29, 2024 Please support our White Sox writing and podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Guys talked about games 2 and 3 of the Astros series against the Brewers Framber pitched like an ace, where is their trust level with him? They tried to make sense of a puzzling sequence where the Astros bunted twice yesterday, down several runs, with a runner on 2nd; huh? Who's decision was that? Should Cam Smith get some playing time in centerfield? They discussed the similarities between the hot starts last year, and this year for Jake Meyers And we got sidetracked from a listener question, how long would you have to live in another city before you started rooting for their teams over our Houston teams?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! Your questions answered during Mailbag Monday Wednesday A question during mailbag led to a debate about which defenders best handled Shaq in the post during his prime Plus our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! We heard from Rockets GM Rafael Stone on a variety of topics including how they plan to use their stockpile of draft picks, if they want to bring Adams back, how they'll handle FVV's deadline, how he wants to attack improving the roster, and Jalen Green's value to the team Should we be wasting our time talking about the chances of the Rockets landing the top pick that would get them Cooper Flagg? Rockets exit interviews! Where do Joel and Jeremy think each key player needs to improve the most over the offseason?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham Who is the top sports villain in Houston? This conversation took over most of the hour, popular names included Draymond Green, Mike Fiers, and Cortland Finnegan. PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! The conversation about Jose Altuve possibly starting his decline down the age cliff continued Later, is Draymond Green right? Should Dillon Brooks have shook his hand after the Warriors-Rockets series ended? That spark turned into a larger sportsmanship conversation in sports around shaking hands, and congratulating your opponents after a game
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank and Jeremy Branham! Astros-Brewers Game 1 reaction OK, are the Astros just a mid, meh team? Should we really keep waiting for the offense to turn it around? Let's have an honest conversation about Jose Altuve, is it possible he's finally showing the normal regression of aging?
In this special episode, Roy discusses his latest book, Quantum Questions: How Answering 7 Radical Questions Leads to Attracting a Healthy, Lasting, Intimate Relationship. You'll hear about all 7 questions, why they're important and how answering them leads to a quantum leap in your love life. You'll learn… · Why knowing yourself is the foundation of a great love life; · How to manifest the “secret sauce” of intimate relationships; · How to break free of self-sabotaging relationship motivations; · Discover hidden the key to finding a life partner; · Identify the “Killer B's” and how they are standing in the way of your ability to be close; · And much, much more. If you're interested in experiencing a quantum leap in your love life, don't miss this special episode. Additional Resources Roy may have mentioned on the show: Roy's Website: https://coachingwithroy.com Roy's Relationship Fitness Self-Assessment Test: https://coachingwithroy.com/the-relationship-fitness-self-test/ Roy's 3 Books: · Relationship Bootcamp: https://amzn.to/360UsMR · Attracting Lasting Love: http://amzn.to/1UnYeYh · A Drink with Legs: https://amzn.to/31UBl3K Roy's Group Coaching Program: https://coachingwithroy.com/group-coaching/ Roy's Complimentary 45-min. Coaching Session: To set up an appointment, email him at roy@coachingwithroy.com or call his cell 407-687-3387. The Attracting Lasting Love podcast explores the dynamics of mature and adult dating, delving into the issues of emotional intelligence, the law of attraction, and the quest for a life partner or soulmate, while offering conscious insights and mindful advice on navigating modern relationships.
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! The good, bad, and ugly from the Astros weekend series loss to the White Sox...was mostly bad, they lost to the White Sox! More on the Rockets Game 7 loss, and their offseason/future PLUS, our Car Wrecks of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham breaking down the Rockets Game 7 loss to the Warriors Can we ever trust Jalen Green in big moments again after his nearly complete no-show? Should the Rockets look to trade Jalen Green? If so, to get what? What about Alpi Sengun? He didn't no-show like Jalen, but played soft around the rim way too much Who do they feel on this team has enough dog in him to be a big playoff performer; Amen and who else?
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham included the guys trying to avoid talking about the Rockets loss by discussing something far more fun...Yordan Alvarez going on the injured list Yordan's injury history is so bizarre, does he just have a bad body, or is he SAWFT? And eventually we talked Rockets Game 7 loss to the Warriors...and also what songs fit as emo to fit our mood
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Barry Laminack filling in for Jeremy Branham Astros TV voice Todd Kalas made his weekly visit The guys talked about Lance McCullers return, Jeremy Pena's hot play since being moved to the lead off, and more Plus more Rockets-Warriors, and Barry wonders if NBA fans were too quick to judge the Mavericks decision to trade Luka
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Barry Laminack filling in for Jeremy Branham! The guys spent the full hour talking Rockets-Warriors Can they not let Draymond Green get under their skin? What's their level of belief in Jalen Green, can he turn it around? What's the Rockets keys to victory for Game 6?
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Barry Laminack talking Rockets, plus they ended the show with the Car Wreck of the Day!
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham! The guys respond to all the drama around Dillon Brooks allegedly going after Curry's injured thumb? Is he, and even if he is, is it a big deal? Also, Lance McCullers seemed to say out of nowhere that he had a second Tommy John surgery; can we really have any expectation or hope for him this season?
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham breaking down every angle of the Rockets Game 5 win over the Warriors Was what happened in Game 5 a sign that they can still win the series? Did either coach pull their starters too early? Thoughts on Amen breaking out, and Jalen not producing much again
Hour 3 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham included the debate, are we as sports talk show hosts journalists?
Hour 2 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham discussing the possibility of bringing Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Rockets after the Bucks season ended the day before. Many believe he wants out, and Vegas odds show the Rockets as the second most likely landing spot, so...how much are you willing to give up to get him?
Hour 1 of the Killer B's with Joel Blank, and Jeremy Branham discussing their expectations, and hopes for Lance McCullers Jr's return to the mound on Sunday in Chicago