Casual Diehard

Addy, Britt, and Jesse spent the week between F1 races diving into the start of baseball season, which has gone for the Mets about the way we usually expect things to go for Ferrari. But remember how the last F1 race was won by... Ferrari? Wild. Ferrari won the last F1 race. That is a thing that happened. This is a mixed racing/baseball episode, as we've got NASCAR highlights from Richmond to disc...

In episode 2 of Dugout of History, Chrystal and Colleen dig into the Pittsburgh drug trials , the scandal that many people know because the Pirate Parrot mascot was implicated as a coke dealer, but that had far-reaching impacts across major league baseball, including shaping the sport’s drug policy into the Steroid Era. For me (producer Jesse, writing the show notes), it’s a very interesting episo...

Ana, Janice, and Jesse assemble after the opening weekend of the NCAA women's tournament and continue waiting for what must be the biggest Washington Post story since Watergate for all the hype it's gotten from its subject. The basketball has been excellent, and the regionals bring potential matchups of Kim Mulkey's LSU against Caitlin Clark and Iowa, the rejuvenated Paige Bueckers and UConn again...

Addy, Britt, Jesse, and Katie are over the moon after the Australian Grand Prix and the rare occasion of not only a race not dominated by Max Verstappen, but won by Carlos Sainz in his Ferrari, two weeks after his appendectomy and a few months before he cedes the Scuderia seat to Lewis Hamilton… who was one spot ahead of Verstappen in the running order as Mercedes’ disaster start to the season rea...

Addy, Britt, Chrystal, and Jesse are caught up in the Shohei of it all, and the scandal-embroiled superstar isn't a clubhouse cancer, but a clubhouse Cancer. That's his zodiac sign. And we are talking astrology in a big way, too, because Jesse made a full fantasy baseball league on ESPN ( it's publicly viewable ) where the teams are divided by the stars. Who's got the best roster? Hosted on Acast....

On the premiere of Dugout of History, Colleen and Chrystal go deep into history for the story of Merkle's Boner, a dramatic turn of events in 1908 that to most folks now is just a funny name for an incident more than a century ago. There's so much more to it than just the boner. From Wikipedia: Merkle's Boner  refers to the notorious  base-running  mistake committed by rookie ...

Jared and Riann from Dunks and Donuts join Ace, James, and Jesse for a Celtics-themed episode that is specifically about love for Derrick White, and nostalgia for Marcus Smart, because the regular season might still have about 10% of the way to go, but business is settled, and business for Boston has been great -- they've already got that "x" next to their name in the standings. So, when it does g...

The field of 68 is set and it looks like a lot of chalk at first glance. Certainly, Barack Obama felt that way with only five lower-seeded teams winning in his women's bracket for the entire tournament. Ana, Janice, Jesse, and Lyndsey scan the regionals and see where upsets might be waiting to happen, because you know they will -- that's tournament basketball. After our last women's college episod...

NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Ryan Ellis joins Addy, Britt, and Jesse to talk about driving the No. 43 Chevrolet, Washington Capitals fandom, and texts from grandma to turn on the Cup series. Also, since this is regularly an F1-themed hour… what would it really be like if Max Verstappen came over to drive in the truck series? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shaun joins Ace and Jesse to talk Knicks basketball. It’s great. We are loving the Knicks. Jalen Brunson is a superhero. Isaiah Hartenstein put up a historic night in Sacramento. OG Anunoby is back and transformative. In a fandom defined by failure, how do we stay positive? And who are we most negative about, because Knicks fans are, after all, world class haters? Is it the Hawks, the Heat, or eve...

This is the first episode of The Youppi Show (it'll have its own feed by the time the next episode drops -- now that spring is springing, we can schedule more walks for Youppi and for other New Yorkers and their dogs to enjoy) with Jesse Spector (Youppi's person) and Laura Albanese (our fabulous guest). Laura is a lifelong New Yorker, and like Jesse a Brooklyn kid who moved to Astoria. This episod...

Ace and James join Jesse for the worst game of the year -- meaning both Knicks-Sixers from Sunday night and a virtually impossible trivia game based on boxscore connections through the years. The point is that Josh Hart is doing some extremely cool and entertaining stuff out there for New York, and you can only worry about the results of the games so much at this time of year. Even the Celtics dro...

If you're the kind of person who would like to ponder a world where Logan Sargeant never drove a racecar, and instead was in spring training with the defending American League East champions, you're not alone. That's not a thing that specifically happens on this episode with Addy, Britt, Jesse, and Lily, but it's kind of the vibe. It's a baseball episode. It's a racing episode. It's an astrology e...

Ace, Ana, Janice, and Jesse welcome Lyndsey on board for women's basketball talk, as it's time to get ready for the NCAA Tournament. Turns out, there's more to the sport than one player, and Iowa isn't among the top four teams in what some outlets might have you believe is the Caitlin Clark Invitational (defending champion: LSU). How many of our top 16 teams will make it to the second weekend of M...

Addy, Britt, Jesse, and Katie pick their F1 drivers for a season-long game, and there's a lot to talk about on the grid, mostly away from the track as things are blowing up in the Red Bull front office. Could Max Verstappen really leave? Do we dare to dream of Adrian Newey designing red racecars? In NASCAR, Rajah Caruth gets a historic truck win, Kyle Larson does his best Max Verstappen, and Ross...

Ace, James, and Jesse convene in the immediate aftermath of Jalen Brunson’s injury and a Knicks win in Cleveland, and the slightly less immediate aftermath of the Celtics obliterating Golden State. So, what are we looking forward to between now and the playoffs? It’s time to get a little existential about the NBA, at least for those of us not bleeding green. Could the Lakers improve this summer by...

Will the 2024 Yankees fare better than the 2023 Yankees? They'll at least be more interesting with Juan Soto, whose arrival changes the lineup and the vibes in the Bronx. Plus, remembering which Steinbrenner is alive and running the team, Spencer Jones is neat, and the Yankees definitely do have a bullpen with pitchers in it. Ace, Ana, Britt, and Jesse are your panel for this one! Hosted on Acast....

Which is looking worse going into the 2024 season, Major League Baseball's new pants or the Chicago White Sox? Chrystal, Colleen, Janice, and Jesse have a whole lot to discuss as they get together for the first time this spring. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Addy, Britt, Jesse, and Katie weave back and forth between the about-to-begin Formula 1 season and the ultra-exciting start to the NASCAR season, while catching up on the Netflix shows about both -- Drive to Survive and Full Speed. Who do we love, who's giving us the ick, and who will win the world championship in a Ferrari each of the next three seasons? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Ace, James, and Jesse are back together for the first time since the NBA All-Star break, playing a game that digs back into history to find that February has always been a time for basketball complaints. Then it’s time to dive into the second half, starting with what we learned from the Knicks-Celtics and continuing to tick the “we’re back to podcasting about the NBA” boxes by diving into Anthony...

Addy, Britt, and Jesse talk about the Daytona 500, and look forward a bit to the upcoming F1 and MLB seasons. Here's the video we referenced with Joey Logano chatting up Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a double-size panel for our F1 season preview, with Katie back to join Addy, Britt, and Jesse, plus special guests Natalie and Shanna from Girls Just Wanna F1 . We've got takes on the whole grid, from Max Verstappen to Logan Sargeant, as the boys of vroom get ready to rev their engines for the 2024 season. Red car go fast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Vroom Vroom episode, Elizabeth Blackstock, host of Deadly Passions, Terrible Joys , joins Addy, Britt, and Jesse for an episode that would be titled "Dale Earnhardt Daddy Issues" if we wanted to be a little more obtuse. Other possibilities that would have been fun out of context include "The Things That He Says, His Entire Behavior, And His Face," "I'm Not A Semipro Sim Racer, I'm Just A G...

Ace, Ana, and Jesse react to WNBA free agency, dabble a little in baseball, and come back to the love that unites us all, Ellie the Elephant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Addy, Britt, and Jesse were finally going to talk about the Ferrari movie, but then a blockbuster hit, so... EMERGENCY PODCAST AT REGULARLY SCHEDULED TIME, because SIR LEWIS HAMILTON is joining SCUDERIA FERRARI. Doesn't seem real. But it's real. And we're delirious. Or maybe that's Jesse's death lemonade... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.