Scott Sigler Slices

In this episode of SLICES, we’re talking about twenty-two-year-old French basketball superstar Victor Wembanyama. And a decision he made that has absolutely nothing to do with scoring baskets. Wembanyama recently told reporters he would never accept a sponsorship deal promoting a sports gambling company. His exact words were: “Absolutely not. I will never do that.” Let’s get into it. — Slices is c...

Manchester City Football Club is embroiled in a billion-dollar scandal.  A BILLION dollars in alleged financial manipulation, and now the British government is involved.  We’re talking about the big-money business drama that is the serious violations and financial mismanagement by Man City, and what the English Premier League (and possibly the UK government) is doing about it.  Scot...

How common is CTE among NFL players overall? We have never had a good answer. A new study published this week in The BMJ gives us the best attempt yet. Ninety-three percent of the former NFL players whose brains were examined in a major new study had CTE. That means at least one in four players. At least.  Scott & A discuss.   — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced...

“Book Birthday” is a term authors use for the day their book is released. A rarified celebration took place on September 22, 2026, when Scott had two hardcover releases on the same day. This episode is a massive party for this double-ended birthday, recorded live during the Scott Sigler Slices livestream. BIG BAD BOOK OF KAIJU A hardcover anthology containing twenty-five original tales of city-sma...

Chris Grall, author of TRIGGER GUARD, A WRITER’S GUIDE TO FIREARMS, just released his first fiction novel. He joins us to discuss his scifi-thriller  SCHRÖDINGER’S GLASS. — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment  Put this in your glass and drink it! Our piquant GoDad...

We wheeled and dealed and got permission to share the first 35 minutes of Beasts Beyond the River, Scott’s intense new horror novel, read by none other than Ray Porter (narrator of PROJECT HAIL MARY, EARTHCORE, MOUNT FITZROY, THE BOBBIVERSE, JOE LEDGER, and more). SYNOPSIS: Amidst the brutality of the French and Indian War, an officer in the legendary Rogers’ Rangers is thrust into a nightmare tha...

Today, we’re talking about the game people play on top of the game. What fantasy football is. Why people love it. Why it makes otherwise rational human beings completely insane. And why it can make watching the NFL even more fun. — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment ...

We’ve introduced the team. The coach. The General Manager.  Now we gotta talk grit. And destiny. But not “the C word,” even for a second.  Sports fans, let’s finish this discussion about the Detroit Football Lions.  — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright 2026 by Empty Set Entertainment ...

We’ve spent three episodes getting the sports girlies ready for football season. We learned the game. We learned about the NFL. We’re about to learn fantasy football. But for this episode and the next?   We’re talking about our team. The Detroit Lions.  — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Production Assistance by Allie Press — Copyright...

The NFL is basically the greatest reality show in sports. Thirty-two teams. Two conferences. Eight divisions. Seventeen games each. And eventually, one Super Bowl champion. Today, we’re giving you enough NFL knowledge to understand why certain games matter more than others. Why teams can go from terrible to great surprisingly fast. What’s different about the NFL in 2026? And the big stories we’re...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Football season is finally here. You might be watching and thinking, ”I basically understand what’s happening, but I would like to understand just a little bit more.” We’re going to get you geared up for the gridiron action about to start! You don’t need to know everything, but knowing a little bit more does make watching more fun.    — Slices is...

Before 2026, college players normally had four seasons of competition within a five-year eligibility window. An underclassman who still had NCAA eligibility could declare early for the NFL Draft after being out of high school for at least three years. Once he gave up his remaining college eligibility and entered the NFL Draft, that decision was effectively permanent. If he was drafted, signed an N...

Look, I can’t tell you WHY it matters, but I can tell you SOMETIMES it matters what number a player is wearing on his chest. It just does. Could be the same number as someone the player admires. Could be a number they’ve always worn. Could be their “favorite” number, whatever that means. What I know is that sometimes, the number is the most important thing.  And when that happens? Lawd, the l...

Jayden Daniels graduated from LSU in 2023. Currently a Washington Commander, he sent a cease & desist letter to his alma mater this month, possibly as a protest since the football program gave a new player “his” jersey number.  Did LSU fail to keep its promise to Jayden Daniels? Does LSU have an obligation to keep its promise to DJ Pickett, current cornerback and wearer of jersey number 5? It...

Scott hosts guest Scott Christian, former Cheboygan High School football teammate and current LaCrosse coach at Culver Academy, to discuss the cancellation of this season’s varsity football at their alma mater.  Scott & A will be at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA this year! Come out and see us over Labor Day Weekend!   — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Rie...

Let’s talk audiobook narration! Scott learned voice acting as he went, as a means to get his fiction out into the world. ARealGirl Herself learned in acting school and as a professional actor, and recently has been learning to direct herself as she records.  Quite a bit goes into narrating an audiobook. It requires acting skills, professional recording equipment, vocal stamina, and audio edit...

Douglas Sandstorm, a football fan, posted on social media about eating breakfast next to JJ Watt in a Greenwich Village diner, saying he chose to give the footballer his privacy. Watt ended up seeing that tweet and replying with “Are you still in the area?” and showed up to share a beer with Sandstorm. Such a graceful nod to his fans, which is no surprise from Watt, is known for being a nice guy....

This week, the Horror Writers Association, of which Scott is a member, published a pro-AI screed from one of their then-current Trustees. It instantly generated reactions from writers of all sorts and also resulted in almost immediate disciplinary action from HWA. Scott & A discuss the instant feedback from writers, as well as the HWA. Scott & A will be at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA, as well this y...

Summertime, and the living is … well, if you’re at a convention, it’s probably sweaty. Fun, but sweaty. Scott and A chat about Scott’s participation in Imaginarium in Louisville, KY earlier in July, and also the big daddy of them all, San Diego Comic Con, which just wrapped last Sunday.  Scott & A will be at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA, as well this year! Come out and see us over Labor Day Week...

Prolific action bestseller Nicholas Sansbury Smith recently reclaimed the rights to his Extinction Cycle series. With new covers and new content, he’s ready to relaunch the property. But what is the story behind those rights? Who had them? Why did NSS want to move on, and how did he get those rights back? As indie writers sell their properties to bigger houses, this issue will pop up more and more...

Scott’s Galactic Football League series has expanded from five books to nine books, but that’s old news. What’s the new news? GFL Book VII, currently untitled, has been completed! Scott submitted the final draft last week, and it’s currently in production.  First step is a copy edit, and the whole process can take up to six more months, but we’re this much closer to the next installment for Q...

When Random House published Infected back in 2007, Scott’s lifelong dreams of being published by one of the big-time publishing houses came true.  But on the very first day of the book tour, the radio tour? Disaster strikes in the form of … checks notes … cookies?  One never knows how their dreams come true, or even if they do. But one also never expects puke buckets to be involved.&nbsp...

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School published what is now the largest study of former NFL players ever conducted. They looked at nearly twenty thousand players who appeared in at least one NFL game between 1960 and 2019. The data is sobering: former NFL players were about four times more likely to die from neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. And whi...

The World Cup already felt like the biggest sporting event on the planet. Then this year, they expanded from 32 teams to 48. More countries involved, sixty percent bigger than the last tournament, and the advertising budget to go with it. If it wasn’t broken, why did they meddle with success? Scott and A take a look at the pros and cons of this expansion.  — Slices is created by Scott Sigler...

The WNBA is trying to crack down on excessive physical play. And somehow, everyone is upset about it. So has the WNBA actually changed the rules? Nope, The league simply told officials to enforce certain rules more consistently, especially around excessive contact and freedom of movement. We chat about the rule, the problem, and why everyone’s still upset. — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A...