Hostile Witness

Holy cow, the Browns won another one! Ron was underwater at work, so our Man in the Dome Skooks stepped in as the Next Man Up. Dan Wilbur, an old comedy friend of Charles' stopped by to talk about Cleveland sports, the old days of being a Browns fan and his decision to step away from football and the Browns and being a fat baby. Find Dan at: Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/danwilbur.bsky.social, and loo...

Yes, the episodes are out of order! ESPN Fantasy writer/editor AJ Mass (and Charles' high school friend) joined Ron and Charles to talk about the Saints week 6 upset road win over the Giants. It started a lot better for the Saints than it finished but in the end the right team won. Find AJ at: Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/ajmass.bsky.social Yes, It's Hot in Here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/au...

The Saints flew across an ocean to embarrass themselves in a different language. After a 16-10 loss to the Steelers the Black & Gold are 2-5. Pittsburgh sports fan and writer for the The Athletic Sean Gentille joins Charles to talk too much about the Pirates and Pitt but we do get around to football. Charles and Ron talk separately about the game and the disastrous season. Find Sean at: The Athlet...

Another brutal week for the Saints; another home loss. Ron is scoping out new teams and Charles is going through the five stages of grief. Arif Hasan returns wearing the partisan purple of the Vikings instead of the neutral shades of the draft expert. Find Arif at: Norse Code: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/norse-code-the-1-podcast-for-your-minnesota-vikings/ All Ball: https://podcasts.appl...

The Saints lose badly to the Falcons. Nothing good can come of this. Ron is losing faith and Charles is calling in from a tin can again. Jason Kirk is ready to laugh. Shutdown Fullcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shutdown-fullcast/id738433869 Until Saturday: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/tag/until-saturday/ Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico https...

Sad horns start the episode as the Saints fritter away a 12-point third quarter lead and fall to the Raiders in the home opener. Ron and Charles are staying positive and our Man in the Dome, Skooks, reports that the vibes are still really good despite the late collapse. Unclear if that will survive a loss to Atlanta as the RB and LB corps both are riddled with injuries.

I'll fix this later

Charles and Ron are back and surprisingly ok with a close week 1 loss with a lot to recommend it. A.R. Moxon, author of the novel The Revisionaries, the essay collections Very Fine People and Fighting in the Dark and the newsletter The Reframe joins Charles to talk about the futility of Lions fandom and how not to get a publisher. Links to all of Goat's work can be found at https://www.armoxon.com...

The Saints are back so Charles and L. Ron are back too. They are trying to be enthusiastic as a new team emerges... and then returns to the blue tent.

Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico (kind of) are back! Charles talks with Arif Hasan (NFL Draft expert and podcaster (60 Minute Drill and Norse Code) and writer (Wide Left)) about the Saints' draft (which he loves). Arif is a little less enthusiastic but he thinks it's pretty good. Charles and Ron do get to talk a little to welcome Cam back to New Orleans. Subscribe to Arif's Wide Left newsletter and...

The Saints closed out the season with a 19-17 loss to the Falcons but Charles and Ron are thrilled. A loss got the team everything it wanted except another win over the Falcons. Wrapping up a fun season and looking ahead. Our sound engineer Snxwyfish's music is available at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star - bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico - bsky.app/profile/lronmexico....

Four wins in a row by the Saints, 34-26 over the Titans on the road this week, but it barely compares to our guest, the lovely Jesse Farrar of Your Kickstarter Sucks and The Go Off Kings. You can support Jesse via the YKS Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cw/yourkickstartersucks or the Go Off Kings Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/gooffkings. Or you could listen to YKS too. https://podbay.fm/p/y...

Three game winning streak! Skooks stops by to talk about the last two home wins but mostly L. Ron and Charles get psyched for the future after a 29-6 win over the Jets. Merry Christmas, everyone. Charles Star bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social Skooks bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social

City Saint / Country Saint S3E15 - Panthers 2 - Just Us by City Saint / Country Saint and Hostile Witness

City Saint / Country Saint S2E14 Bucs 2 - Just Us by City Saint / Country Saint and Hostile Witness

Charles and Ron get stupid after a frustrating game with two very different halves in a 21-17 loss to Miami. We get our own ass bceause we don't have a guest.

The Saints go down hard again, 24-10 to the Falcons. Ron and Charles are losing faith in Kellen Moore. Jason Kirk stops by to get our ass. Skooks is resigned but will keep showing up and taught Charles about merliton. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. Join the Shutdown Fullcast Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/cw/ShutdownFullcast and Hell is a World Without You remains a great read. https://www.jaso...

It's the bye week so Charles and Ron relax and enjoy the win over the Panthers for another week. Joining them on the pod this week, former Minnesota Vikings punter and current candidate for California State Assembly, Chris Kluwe. We talk about his development as a punter, his career from winning his job to the hazards of making noise about politics and his current campaign to represent an Assembly...

Well would you look at that! A happy Ron and Charles enjoy the aftermath of a 17-7 win over the division "rival" Carolina Panthers. We don't have a guest this week but that doesn't stop us from getting the ass of our old friends from the For Panthers Only podcast. You can hear the Hannukah episode of It's Christmastown with Charles at https://daveandjebarentmean.libsyn.com/141-the-great-yiddish-ba...

The Saints were humiliated once again, this time 34-10 by the Rams, and Ron and Charles are starting to get tired of it. Nobody was here to get our asses because we have another ex-fan joining us. St. Louis's own Alex Turpin bailed on the team when they bailed on his city but Charles and Alex talked football, losing a team and some moderate reminiscing about Mic Dicta. Plus some news about the off...

Another rough loss, 23-3 to the Tampa Bay Bucs at home. Charles and L. Ron welcome a new Bucs fan to the podcast, comedian Paul Pallotta, who relished the opportunity to rub their noses in it A BIT MUCH. Sadly, no Man in the Dome. You can find all of buy tickets to Paul's "The Benny Winner Show" at The P.I.T. at https://thepit-nyc.com/events/?search_type=event_class&s=benny&mc_series=&mc_venue=all...

Charles went out to Chicago to watch the Saints play their worst game of the year as they lost 26-14 to the Bears and fell to 1-6. At least he was there with friends. Two of his old buddies from Hostile Witness - Patrick Cosmos and Eric Michel - were able to join Charles at the game and in the "studio" with Ron as well to look back at the game and try to figure out where it all went wrong. Patrick...

Another depressing loss for the Saints, this time for the Patriots, but at least L. Ron and Charles get to welcome in the charming Josh Gondelman. Skooks is a breath of fresh air as the Man in the Dome, refusing to let losing get in the way of watching a young team develop in a fun way. Josh is everywhere, including his newsletter, That's Marvelous (https://www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/) and h...

The Saints finally get a W (26-14 over the Giants) and David Roth joins Charles to talk about, well, not the game exactly, but game-adjacent things. L. Ron wasn't able to join the main chat but he was available to talk to Charles and Skooks, our Man in the Dome. And even though he couldn't join the chat, Ron managed to Get Dave's Ass. Plus, Charles lets his bar buddy Alex vent a little. There's a...

A trip to Buffalo went better than expected but in the end it was still a 31-19 loss for our heros. Joining L. Ron and Charles on the pod is Buffalo native and lifelong Bills fan Victoria Zeller, author of the YA novel One of the Boys. Find Victoria's work - including book links at https://victoria.monster/ Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/pr...