Productive Conversations with Matt Brown

Today we break down the movie everyone is warning you not to spoil, You Can See Everything, which opened on about 900 screens. Both of us saw it. Then Tesla unveiled a Roadster Elon says can fly, and France erupted in protests with more than 1,800 arrests. Apu spoke on The Simpsons for the first time in nearly a decade, with a new voice. We also go through viral dating posts and finish with Nuclea...

NFL Week 6 is in the books: Broncos win in OT, Texans win it with 3 seconds left, Saints erase a 10-0 hole with 34 straight, Chargers fall to 0-6, Chiefs stay perfect. Full recap, Week Awards, and our MNF pick on the new Productive Conversations. Tap into Episode 808 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube Quick Hitters (3:15) Biggest Winners of W...

Week 7 was pure chaos: five of the top seven teams LOST on the same day. Auburn shocked No. 1 Georgia, BYU took down Notre Dame, Ohio State ended Indiana’s streak, and Miami survived 2OT. Full breakdown, awards, and hot takes on the new episode of Productive Conversations Tap into Episode 807 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube Game of the Wee...

The NBA is BACK! Can the New York Knicks repeat as NBA champions? Is Victor Wembanyama ready to take over the league? What can we expect from LeBron James, Luka Dončić, Anthony Edwards, and the rest of the NBA’s biggest superstars? Matt previews the Eastern and Western Conferences, breaks down the biggest championship contenders, predicts the NBA’s major awards, delivers his Nuclear Opinions, and...

Today we've got Meta trying to buy its way back into the AI race, Travis Kelce getting dragged over a like, and Troy Aikman to leave ESPN at the end of the year after Joe Buck and Troy Aikman allegedly fight  before a Monday Night game. A library puppet show in my backyard went nationwide. Justin Herbert looks like he's forgotten how to play quarterback. And we're ending the Halloween debate once...

Shane Gillis hosted SNL for the third time on October 10, opening with a seven-minute stand-up set. Variety said he bombed again, with a meandering monologue about losing weight and hiking. Yet other people said they loved it and thought it was really funny. Dan Levy then called out his gym-clothes joke about women in an Instagram Reel. Meanwhile, Kelly Clarkson's feud with Brooklyn store Art of P...

Drake Maye put together a monster performance with five total touchdowns as the New England Patriots dominated the Las Vegas Raiders. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Eagles suffered another frustrating loss, the San Francisco 49ers remained undefeated, and the Jacksonville Jaguars pulled off one of the week’s biggest victories. We’re breaking down the biggest winners and losers of Week 5, examining th...

Saturday, the number one team in college football lost to an unranked rival. Then the number two team walked into Tuscaloosa, where Georgia hadn't won since 2007, and won. Kentucky beat a top-ten LSU in overtime on a two-point conversion. For the second week in a row. UCLA is 5-0. Belichick has a ranked win. Nine undefeated teams are left, and one of them is UCLA. If you had any of this on your We...

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Episode 800 is live. Digger bombs for Tom Cruise, the Blazers fire a new announcer hours after hiring him, and a Bear says the Jets game was easy. Plus Cringe, Questions of the Day, and Nuclear Opinion. Tap into Episode 800! of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube We made it to 800 shows, quick CFB opinion, & Ryan's trip to France recap! (2:30...

Week 4 gave us three undefeated teams, five winless ones, and a whole lot of chaos in between. The Giants are 3-1 and alone atop the NFC East after beating Arizona 36-24, sealed by a 98-yard pick-six with 11 seconds left. The Patriots went into Buffalo, scored with 1:55 to go, converted a two-point try and won 29-26. The Chiefs scored two touchdowns 15 seconds apart in the fourth quarter to beat t...

Week 5 had no shortage of drama. Jeremiah Smith had 11 catches for 206 yards and two scores as Ohio State beat Iowa 31-14. Missouri hammered a Florida team that had just climbed to No. 8. Kentucky erased a 17-0 deficit and won in overtime on a two-point conversion. Alabama steamrolled Mississippi State to set up a Georgia showdown. We cover Game of the Week, Upset of the Week, the wildest finish,...

Four best-of-five series, one question: who's headed to the LCS? We preview Yankees–Rays, Guardians–White Sox, Brewers–Padres, and the Dodgers' three-peat run against a Braves team that owned them all season. We touch them all and preview the next round of the postseason! Tap into Episode 797 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube Quick Hitters (...

MLB playoffs start TOMORROW. Yankees-Red Sox rematch, White Sox from 100 losses to October, Phillies barely survived. Full Wild Card preview on Productive Conversations. PLUS, Matt reacts to the New York Giants trading for JJ McCarthy. Tap into Episode 796 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube Yankees vs Red Sox (4:30) Cubs vs Padres (11:12) Phi...

Week 3 in the NFL: five unbeaten, five 0-3, a backup QB shocks Seattle, Ravens win on a 56-yard buzzer-beater, Broncos erase 16-0 vs the Rams. Full breakdown, winners, losers, and MNF picks on the new Productive Conversations. Tap into Episode 795 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube Quick Hitters (4:06) Biggest Winners of Week 3 (17:29) Bigges...

Texas survives Tennessee in a College GameDay slugfest. Ole Miss gets run off its own field by Florida. Oregon loses its starting QB to a scary hit and wins anyway. Wisconsin erases a 17-0 deficit to shock Penn State. This week's college football review has it all — new episode is up now. Tap into Episode 794 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTub...

New York is having a week. Jaxson Dart's season is over, Aaron Judge is hurt again right before the playoffs, and somehow the strangest headline of all involves a mayor on a bicycle. We've also got a Hulu documentary bringing back the great clown panic of 2016 — a real dark timeline moment — and Orlando Bloom finding a way to make headlines that have nothing to do with his acting. Gen Z's got new...

Week 2 in the books and it was WILD 😳 Caleb Williams AND Jayden Daniels both hurt on the same Sunday, Dak Prescott makes Cowboys history, Chiefs need OT to survive the Colts, and Houston's already 0-2. Winners, concerns, our Week 2 Awards, and MNF predictions — new episode of Productive Conversations is live. Tap into Episode 791 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcas...

Week 3 wrecked the SEC. Kiffin's return to Oxford ended in a loss. Texas A&M got upset by Kentucky. Vanderbilt won on a walk-off fumble recovery. And the new No. 1 team in the country needed a fourth quarter to shake UTSA. New episode breaking down every big Week 3 game and the new AP Top 25 — link in bio. 🏈 Tap into Episode 790 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all pod...

Macklemore's out, Sydney Sweeney's under fire, Alonso's back at Citi Field as an Oriole, and the Emmys had a shocker. End Zone Boys return. New episode of Productive Conversations is live. 🎙️ Tap into Episode 789 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube Ed Sheeran's Concert Tour Controversy (4:45) Women Criticize Sydney Sweeney Sportsbook Ad (20:15...

Brunson's hosting SNL fresh off the Knicks title. Inde Navarrette went from a shared TIFF hotel room to full-blown movie star. Jack Schlossberg's love life just imploded on TikTok. And apparently everyone just wants to go on a walk now. Light news day, heavy on the chaos. New episode is up. Tap into Episode 788 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouT...

Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books, and it delivered chaos from the jump — the Bears put up 59 on Carolina, the Bills survived a 36-31 track meet with Houston, and the Ravens throttled the Colts. But the show opens with the Giants pulling off a real statement win, knocking off the Cowboys 28-20 behind Jaxson Dart's three touchdown passes and a defense that forced a turnover and controlled th...

Two weeks into this season and the sport has already eaten itself alive. Ohio State was up twenty. TWENTY. And somehow Arch Manning walks out of Austin as the new No. 1 quarterback in the country. Oregon got bodied by a team that lost to Tulsa. Michigan's back in the poll a week after getting left out entirely. This is not a normal September — this is chaos szn, and we've got all of it. Tap into E...

25 years since 9/11. Plus: Apple's foldable iPhone is finally real (and painfully expensive), an ex-Anthropic researcher says AI could kill us all, Trump promises $5K checks if the GOP holds Congress, Sydney Sweeney's latest ad has everyone talking, and Aaron Rodgers says MAGA is dead. New episode of Productive Conversations — out now. Tap into Episode 785 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—a...

Fall season kickoff 🍂 A mistrial. A secret A24 doc. A President renaming a state via Truth Social. The Clippers getting nuked by the league. And Kirk Herbstreit’s dog opening a store. TweetCap is back — new episode is live. Tap into Episode 784 of the Productive Conversations Podcast—available now on all podcast platforms and YouTube Lindsey Clancy Case is a Mistrial (4:23) A24's Secret Doc (23:3...