House of Strauss

Comedy writer and viral Facebook critic Matt Klinman returns to discuss my piece on Zoomer Influencers , and the general degradation of the content economy. We talk about topics including but not limited to: * Why are the Zoomer Internet stars non institutional? * Why can Jake Paul love Trump and it means nothing? * Was the ads-based cable bundle an unfair bilking of the customer? Was it the best...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com One of the great aspects of my job, whatever it is, is that I can arrange a conversation with people whose work I enjoy. Good vibes legend Joe House is such a person and has been since back before I’d even heard of Twitter. You might know House from his frequent B.S. Report guest appearances , or perhaps his Fairw...

John Middlekauff is a podcaster, first and foremost, but used to be an NFL scout. After succeeding as a football Media Guy he’s expanded into golf, a topic I need some help with on account of the massive LIV/PGA merger story. John’s also a frequent critic of sports media tendencies, and we get into some of that over the course of this conversation. Near the end, John wants some of my takes on the...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Michael Moynihan of Fifth Column fame is, in my opinion, one of the best podcast talents out there. Additionally, The Fifth Column is, beyond being hilarious, one of the great sanity-validating resources in this crazy era. We meant to talk some sports, and hopefully will next time. In this case, discussion include...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Was bed-ridden sick last week, now I’m finally back to fulfill your content needs. Today we have the return of the New York Post’s Ryan Glasspiegel and we kick off our sports media talk by discussing a very curious number: 11.9 million . This podcast discussion includes but is not limited to: * The Game 1 NBA Fina...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Our favorite combo is back as the NBA Finals kicks off. This episode may have even gotten a bit basketball-ish. In it, conversation touches on, but is not limited to… * Action Bronson’s brilliant decision to become a Food Vlogger * The NBA’s future depends on marketing the Denver Nuggets. How do they do it? * Why...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com One day Nate quit being a lawyer and started an NBA podcast empire . Still, the urge to litigate remains, so he’s arrived at HoS to prove NBA commissioner Adam Silver innocent of my grievous charges. We debate Silver’s thus-far legacy and then move on to the other main event: Can Nate smartly answer some of my dum...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Thrilled for this well timed visit from Adam Mares of DNVR, in the immediate aftermath of the Denver Nuggets clinching their first ever Finals berth. A few years ago, Adam staked his independent media claim out in Colorado, a small market, where the NBA theoretically comes last. Now, the Nuggets are what’s hot and...

In terms of sales, Ashlee Vance might be the most successful writer we’ve had on this podcast, not that it’s a competition. And you know what? Sometimes the market is correct. Vance, whose new best seller is titled When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach , has a knack for identifying and distilling fascinating subjects. His Elon Musk biography, for...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Saam Esfandiari and Spike Eskin are, respectively, co-hosts of the Light Years podcast (Warriors) and The Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast (76ers). Both teams had their seasons end in searing disappointment over the weekend, which can be a tricky outcome to handle if you’re running a fan pod. Both guys handle failu...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Great to have the New Y Post’s Ryan Glasspiegel on because there’s so much sports media to discuss. And we get into it, from the uncomfortably seedy (Media’s treatment of the accused), to the hilariously bumbling (Mark Jackson treatment of Jokic). This conversation includes, but is not limited to: * Matt Araiza me...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com The myth, the man, the Meadowlarker returns for more conversation and takes. This pod begins with my sincere compliment of a guy who’s become, in my opinion, essential to that LeBatard operation . So without further ado, this podcast includes but is not limited to the following topics: * A former NBA player told A...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com We’ve ombuds’d with Spike . Can we ombuds’d with Mike? We tried to stay on topic with Mike Pesca, public radio/sports podcasting legend, but we ended up hitting so many subjects outside this here website. Subjects include, but aren’t limited to: * I just came back from Florida. What’s the deal? * There once was a...

I found myself fascinated by Sarah Hepola’s memoir Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget , and so I reached out for a discussion. The book was a huge bestseller when it came out in 2015 and it keeps resonating with new readers. I am one of those readers. Though I’d never met Sarah in person, she was one of my bosses at Salon.com in 2009 and 2010, and I’d had no idea she was going thro...

As co-host of the successful Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast and Vice President of Programming at storied WFAN, Spike Eskin has some audio bonafides. Having been spellbound by his takes on what makes a radio show work, I wanted his advice on how to improve my operation. So here we go, no mercy, no malice. Spike’s here to improve whatever ails the HoS audio product. Discussion on this podcast inclu...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com The sports/econ/culture/whatever combo returns to HoS and boy do we have a good one for you. The launching pad topic is the NFL’s latest sports gambling scandal , but this podcast goes in a lot of NBA directions. This conversation with Wos and Nate touches on, but is not limited to… * Somehow we start on the past...

Sherman Alexie has won many literary prizes and also played pickup basketball against John Stockton. In this pod, he humors all my questions about Native American life, riffs on Draymond Green’s situation and recounts how competitively angry the Utah Jazz legend gets in person. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Anthony Slater has always been great at this job, to the point of changing it for everyone else. The cinematic Warriors-Kings (Or should it be Kings-Warriors?) series is a perfect excuse to have an in the weeds conversation with The Athletic veteran and now new father. This podcast discusses but is not limited to...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com I kept hearing it from some unexpected sources in my life: You gotta get Grant Cohn on the pod. With the NFL Draft coming up, it was finally time. No person in the sports media appears to have more disdain for the sports media than Grant. And that makes sense, even if his father Lowell was a longtime local columni...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Amin is back and taking this 1 hour 47 minute podcast into unexpectedly fraught territory. Beyond examining however my persona has evolved, we touch on some landmine topics. Discussion in this podcast includes, but is not limited to: * We riff on whether it’s moral to eat lion * Amin has thoughts on my (political?...

Matt Klinman is a) My best friend since Middle School and b) the Co-Star of High Science , a new show on HBO Max that features Paul Bettany as an educational talking bong. Matt’s also something of a tech critic, who’s gone viral with his explanations of how Facebook killed a once thriving digital comedy scene. Beyond his show premiering on 4/20, this was an ideal time for us to chat, given recent...

HoS pod is quite happy to welcome Blocked and Reported co-host Katie Herzog. I’m a big BAR fan and believe it to be somewhat misunderstood, especially at this juncture. We get into how the podcast has evolved into a more journalistic and narrative driven product, plus touch on the ways an Old Public Radio golden age fell apart. This discussion touches on, but is not limited to: * Katie allegedly k...

Rob Perez, otherwise known as World Wide Wob , has a million Twitter followers based on his ability to share viral content fast. That means always being on the job, including the segment we’d blocked out to record this podcast. In this case we were delayed because, stop me if you’ve heard this excuse before, Rob had to Twitch stream a car chase involving a stolen police vehicle. Coming off the hig...

Damon Bruce and Ray Ratto were delivering great ratings in drive time at 95.7 The Game when, boom, they were fired out of nowhere . Nobody seemed to see this coming and it speaks to an overall instability in the radio industry. I had Damon on to discuss this shocker, look at his career in the Bay, talk about the radio industry and give us an indication of how he’s going to move forward. Discussion...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com We welcome back Big Wos and Nate Jones , two of my favorites in the NBA business/culture space. Today we discuss a range of hot button issues, including this forbidden zone that is the Andrew Wiggins situation. * Air fryers? A perfect life hack or a monstrosity? * Wos “Žižek” Lambre on why sports ceasing to care a...