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-Final thoughts on Nebraska/Maryland tomorrow…and other games to watch this weekend…plus, Nebrasketball Opening Night!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Steelers/Browns tonight on Thursday Night Football (7:15pm, Prime)…plus Western Kentucky/New Mexico State (7pm, CBSSN), andNorth Texas/Tulsa (8p, ESPN)…and playoff baseball!Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-The MLB Playoffs started yesterday….did Sip or Jake watch any games? What was the drama like if so?Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Guess what starts tonight? MLB Postseason! If you care, here are the games to watch today…..Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Eagles/Bears tonight on Monday Night Football (7:15pm, ESPN)….who's at QB for the Bears?Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Eagles/Bears tonight on Monday Night Football (7:15pm, ESPN)….who's at QB for the Bears?Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on Nebraska/Michigan State tomorrow…and other games to watch this weekend…plus, NFL Week 3Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Falcons/Packers tonight on Thursday Night Football (7:15pm, Prime)…and Liberty/Coastal Carolina (6:30p, ESPN)….the Jamey ChadwellBowl!Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on our conversation with Marty earlier and if people will flock to buy tickets for Nebraska/Miami (OH)….Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Special announcement/reminder…comedy show here at The Ticket tomorrow night….don't miss it!Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Giants at Rams tonight on Monday Night Football…can John Harbaugh start 2-0 in his Giants tenure? (7:15pm, ESPN)Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on Nebraska/North Dakota tomorrow…and other games to watch this weekend…plus, NFL Week 2Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Thoughts on tonight's Bills/Lions Thursday Night Football game (7:15pm, Amazon Prime)…and Syracuse/Pitt (6:30pm, ESPN)Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on the Jon Rothstein Happy Hour tonight AND big crowd likely for Nebraska/Creighton volleyball at PBA…Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on last night's Broncos/Chiefs game and reminder of event tonight at The Ticket with Bergen Reilly and Andi JacksonOur Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Thoughts on Chiefs/Broncos tonight on Monday Night Football and reminder for event here at station tomorrow night…Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on Nebraska/Bowling Green tomorrow…and other games to watch this weekend…plus, NFL SUNDAY!!!Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on last night's NFL game and looking ahead to tonight's Rams/49ers game in Australia…Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on Seahawks/Patriots tonight to kick off the NFL season in Seattle…Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sheik Meeajaun: When Spillover Becomes Normal, Scrum Teams Stop Seeing the Cost Read the full Show Notes and search through the world's largest audio library on Agile and Scrum directly on the Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast website: http://bit.ly/SMTP_ShowNotes. "A good Scrum Master makes their Product Owner look like a superstar." - Sheik Meeajaun Sheik describes a team pattern many Scrum Masters recognize: spillover had become so normal that finishing the sprint felt like a special event. Refinement was weak, stories were often written during refinement instead of before it, and Product Backlog Items were sometimes little more than one-line titles. The Product Owner was not consistently engaged, standups had become update sessions for the PO, and nobody was connecting non-delivery to business impact. Sheik brought his Product Owner background into the Scrum Master role and started asking a more pragmatic question: what is the cost per sprint when we do not deliver? By making cost of delay visible, he helped the team see that spillover was not just a process issue. It was lost value. The experiments were practical: protect focus, prepare stories before refinement, and tackle the gaps at ground level instead of pretending the organization would fix everything first. Self-reflection Question: What does your team treat as normal today that is quietly costing the product money every sprint? Featured Book of the Week: The Scrum Guide by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland Sheik does not pretend to have a long reading list. He says experience shaped him more than any single book, because contracting exposed him to many organizations and many versions of Scrum in practice. Still, he points listeners back to The Scrum Guide as the minimum reference every Scrum Master should know. For Sheik, the guide gives the vocabulary and foundation, but experience teaches the translation work: how those ideas survive contact with real teams, weak refinement, Product Owners who are stretched thin, and organizations that say "Agile" while still behaving like escalation machines. [The Scrum Master Toolbox Podcast Recommends]
-Final thoughts on the week that was in college football and a reminder---NFL returns tomorrow nightOur Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on Nebraska/Ohio tomorrow…and other games to watch this weekendOur Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-No NFL until next week, but we do have 2 ranked teams playing lay-up games in college football….#25 Missouri (-54') hosts ArkansasPine-Bluff and # 21 Utah (-35') vs. Idaho…Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on UCLA's firing of Martin Jarmond and what's next for the program….Our Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-How many former Huskers survived cuts in the NFL? 10…including Nate Boerkircher and Emmett Johnson….just 10 former Huskers in theleagueOur Sponsors:* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts from Sip on what he saw from Trae Taylor/Tory Pittman on Friday and game week ahead for Nebraska..Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on the slate of games in Week 0 tomorrow and how much the guys will be watching….Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Guess who is starting vs. the Dolphins tomorrow in the final preseason game? TUA….for the FalconsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-It's the eve of college football's return…when we are on air tomorrow, there will be FOOTBALL THAT NIGHTAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-It's the eve of college football's return…when we are on air tomorrow, there will be FOOTBALL THAT NIGHTAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Deshaun Watson wins the Browns' starting QB job---for now---and already has issued an apology to the fans!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts from Week 2 of preseason and the last weekend with out college football…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on last night's NFL games and Jake's Dolphins play for the 2 nd time this preseason tomorrow vs. the Giants…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-2 NFL preseason games tonight….Raiders/Texans (7pm, ESPN); and 49ers/Chargers (9pm, NFL Network)…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-College football returns in 8 days in the FCS…we're almost there, everyone!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on what Sip will be curious about asking at today's media availability…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Update on Week 1 of the NFL preseason….Emmett Johnson looked good for the Chiefs…what else?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In this episode of The Wrap with Chris Whalen, Chris breaks down the 777 Partners bankruptcy — a sprawling collapse touching insurance, reinsurance, soccer clubs, and airlines that he says is a preview of how private credit ultimately unwinds: slowly, messily, and with fraud along the way. He explains why the contagion risk to insurance matters most for ordinary people, since firms like Apollo, Brookfield, and Blue Owl use insurance balance sheets to fund private credit strategies, leaving annuity and life policyholders exposed. Chris also digs into United Wholesale Mortgage, arguing the real problem wasn't the Two Harbors hedge but years of cash extraction and overvalued servicing assets — and what Oaktree's $1.5 billion rescue means now that "the grim reaper of Wall Street" is in the building. On markets, he describes a manic tape where cycles no longer exist, questions whether AI valuations survive Chinese competitors offering the same functionality at a tenth of the cost, and wonders whether Kevin Warsh will finally let the market take a hit. He then makes the case that the cooler CPI print is masking a genuine inflation problem: diesel is up roughly 35% since February, key industrial chemicals and LNG capacity was destroyed in the Iran conflict, and those input costs are rippling into food, housing, construction, and packaging. Finally, Chris explains why he thinks the gold and silver bull markets remain fully intact, and what the Byzantine Empire taught him about what happens when gold runs short.Thank you to our sponsor, Monetary Metals. Learn more at https://www.monetary-metals.com/THEWRAP/Links: The Institutional Risk Analyst: https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/ 777 Partners blog post: https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/post/theira879 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rcwhalen Seeing Around Corners book: https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/product-page/seeing-around-corners-achieving-success-in-business-and-life-hardcoverUse the code TheWrap2026 for 25% off your first year of The Institutional Risk Analyst https://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/plans-pricingTimestamps:0:00 - Intro1:37 - 777 Partners bankruptcy: what the demise of private credit looks like3:56 - Does this accelerate the slow-motion train wreck?5:45 - Contagion risk to insurance: annuities, life policies, and private credit balance sheets7:36 - United Wholesale Mortgage, Mat Ishbia, and the Oaktree rescue10:44 - Oaktree, the "grim reaper of Wall Street," and stress in mortgage lending11:00 - DSCR loans and the rental-property workaround12:13 - Monetary Metals: earn a yield on your gold13:22 - Markets at records: "the numbers are too big"15:20 - The Warsh Fed: will bailouts end?16:05 - AI valuations, the price war, and Chinese competition17:36 - Inflation beneath the surface: input costs are exploding18:08 - Diesel up 35%, heating oil, chemicals, and the fall squeeze20:02 - Food prices, farmers, and the Iran war fallout22:39 - Spillover into housing, construction materials, and packaging24:19 - Gold's run higher and Chinese buying25:13 - Silver: a commercial trade, and the supply problem26:44 - The WGA precious metals top 25 list28:14 - Lessons from Byzantine monetary history29:38 - Parting thoughts: private credit surprises, the Middle East, and the midterms30:39 - Closing
-There's a variety of NFL preseason games tonight as we really get underway in the slate….who is watching?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Kyler Murray wins the starting job with the Minnesota Vikings….making the first-round pick of JJ McCarthy look even worse by the day…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on today's open practice to media for Husker football…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on Matt Rhule's podium session from Saturday and what's ahead in Fall Camp this week..Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Sip is headed to practice tomorrow to hear from Husker football players/coaches…what's his plan of attack?Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Reminder…NFL Football returns TONIGHT…Panthers/Cardinals in the NFL Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on yesterday's press conference with Huskers ahead of Fall camp starting TODAYAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Update on MLB Trade Deadline and why are the Royals so bad at operating a franchise..Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on Day 1 of Fall camp and anything from NFL Training Camp…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Don't sorry I put two ChinaTalk Records songs at the end! their show notes: On this episode of The Spillover, Sebastian Mallaby sits down with Jordan Schneider of ChinaTalk to unpack a frantic month in artificial intelligence. The conversation turns on whether the U.S. can actually “win” the AI race, with Schneider arguing that the most durable competitive edge will come from compute rather than model quality. The two debate China's open-weight model strategy as a commercial weapon and question whether it will be possible to sufficiently harden systems against threats like cyberattacks and AI-designed bioweapons. Anthropic's Mythos model has led the Trump administration to take an AI-safety U-turn. Mallaby notes that as late as March 2026, “if you had said to the Trump administration that they would be trying to suppress an American AI model, decelerate the progress in the name of safety, they would have said, ‘You're nuts.'” Schneider notes that a similar shift has not yet arrived in China. AI models are now escaping their sandbox and raising false alarms about foreign hackers. In remarking on OpenAI's models hacking AI company Hugging Face, Schneider comments, “They think it's the Chinese. . . . And they're freaking out. They're calling the FBI.” For Schneider, the episode is a warning that “we've really crossed a threshold with these models,” which now have “the potential to do really dramatic harm just on their own, because we like can't even physically watch them.” The real AI scoreboard is compute, not model quality. Schneider argues that there is too much of a focus on the gap between Chinese and Western frontier models. Mallaby adds, “In other words, I shouldn't be asking about how far is China behind in terms of the quality of model. It's more a question of like, how much can China deliver the AI to users within China, given their lack of computational resources?” China's open-weight models are a weapon without a business model. Mallaby frames Chinese open-weight as a “counterweapon”—good-enough models pushed out cheaply to erode the economics of U.S. frontier labs. Schneider notes that DeepSeek's CTO is pitching investors a Manhattan Project-like vision in which profits should take a back seat to the pursuit of AGI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
-Final thoughts on Media Days and our favorite moments of what we heard and saw…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
-Final thoughts on today's final day of B1G Media Days and anything that's popped up from Chicago since yesterday…Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy