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Mike Pesca wrote a fine piece for the Free Press on how oddly not controversial the supposedly very controversial Eileen Gu is. She’s from the United States, but competes for China, and yet receives…mostly glowing mainstream American coverage? What’s with that? And beyond Gu, what’s the elite American consensus on China? But before the topics are introduced… Per the new Substack/Polymarket partner...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com This pod was so hot, so provocative, that our man Ryan Glasspiegel was worried about career consequences. Personally, I believe we were just being reasonable about potentially fraught topics, such as… * Not everyone loved Ryan’s reporting on the viewership drop during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance *...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com First of all, congratulations to our SportsPredict Super Bowl winners SFZevi, Nathan Shea and Peter V. I had fun competing against all of you this NFL season, even though I reliably fell short of prize territory. But before we completely say goodbye to football, I present this look back at the game/season with Joh...

As I told Chuck Klosterman, I planned to do a pod on his Football book with non sports fan Rob Henderson . So what did our favorite sports agnostic intellectual think of such a deep dive into America’s favorite game? Topics! Include! * When one’s job is a bigger marker of identity than one’s race * Is the NFL a more positive racial story than what gets relayed in media? * Why did conservative medi...

I highly recommend Football , Chuck Klosterman’s latest book. In this podcast, we discuss his trenchant and personal exploration of the sport, along with the following topics… * Are we primarily writers or podcasters? * Many believe that young people are correct about the future, but few think they were smarter as young people * Will opinions change less often now that we are publicly anchored to...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Great conversation with Mike Pesca in which I, unfortunately, regressed to my old ways of pronouncing Chuck Klosterman’s name incorrectly. This is possibly our most controversial and free associative podcast yet. * Was Alec Baldwin’s best Trump imitation actually Jack Donaghy? * “Seinfeld sucks and isn’t funny” ?...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Kat Rosenfield has, as she often does, written brilliantly of late. I especially enjoyed her nuanced takes on the Minnesota shootings. We discussed intrusive thoughts on recent political events, millennials seeking meaning, the adultery based cancellation of Jay Ashe r, and whether James Franco was morally wrong t...

The House of Strauss SportsPredict playoff contest continues , so make some picks for this weekend. For the championship round, the prize is a $500 DICK’S gift certificate, plus, of course, bragging rights. So join in . In this episode our friend Tyler Dunne from Go Long is here to discuss NFL. We also get a Glasspiegel cameo at the start of this episode which is, admittedly, HEAVY FOOTBALL. Topic...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com First, congratulations to Kevin Turner for winning NFL Playoffs Week 1 of our Sports Predict contest . He receives a $250 Ticketmaster prize, and I have it on good authority that there’s more money to be won (by Kevin or whoever) this week. I’d encourage all of you to join for the Divisional Round and beyond, give...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com I spent much of Monday listening to Spike on the WIP livestream as Philly digested the Eagles playoff loss to the 49ers. What I encountered did not necessarily fit Philadelphia’s reputation for brutality but it did validate its stereotype for sports passion. I was spellbound and needed to converse with Mr. Eskin....

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com WARNING : This is an NFL heavy House of Strauss podcast. DOUBLE WARNING : You should really join the free of charge HoS Sports Predict NFL Playoffs Contest . You can win $1000 in prizes based on making NFL predictions with no money risked . So, Dieter and I believe the overachieving 49ers have finally arrived at a...

The NFL Playoffs, With a Scoreboard That Actually Matters In this pod, I discuss an exciting reveal: The official NFL Playoffs House of Strauss contest ! Beyond the contest, Sports Predict co-founder Steve Kuhn and I also get into our nerdy NFL strategy obsessions and whether the league is starting to mirror the “mixed strategy” approach that took the poker world by storm. But, once again, ladies...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Congrats to ZigZag for again winning a SportsPredict NFL Week . The prize is a 30 minute phone conversation with yours truly, and I’m happy to re-up on that. In the spirit of NFL content, this week’s pod is with the ever granular Dieter Kurtenbach of the Dieter and Hutch YouTube channel . The overarching topic is...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Our guy Spike has been at ground zero of the Great Jalen Hurts Debate, which might be coming to a head following an astounding Eagles collapse in Dallas. We discuss this, plus many other subjects. Topics include… * Dumb NFL narratives * Jalen Hurts’ teammates don’t like him * Remember when Rush Limbaugh got fired...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com The Peach Fish is back, for a very special episode. The great Mike Pesca and I have a bunch of thoughts regarding a Pablo Torre podcast about the activist Riley Gaines that kicked up much dust online. We also discuss how Sally Jenkins might save college sports . Enjoy!

Here’s the audio for the YouTube show with Wos on, primarily, what we glean from Steph Curry’s DIVORCE… from Under Armour . Like, subscribe, listen… House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

First of all, congrats to Tom P for winning our NFL picks contest for Week 10. His reward is what many would regard as a punishment: A 30 minute phone conversation with me. Hit me up at houseofstrauss@substack.com if you wish to collect. My conversational shortcomings aside, it’s been great speaking with subscribers who’ve won so far. Getting to know you through these weekly NFL competitions has b...

We eagerly await Anthony Mayes’ return from honeymoon for our regular pods, but I was able to do the live YouTube show with 2Way. This was a good one with Ryan Glasspiegel on MLB vs. NBA, Sydney Sweeney vs. GQ journalist, and whatever this week in culture/politics means going forward. Enjoy + like/subscribe… House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my wo...

Sharing the audio from the great YouTube live show with Amin ( Like and Subscribe! ). There will be a Substack pod gap this week, because Producer Anthony Mayes is on his honeymoon. Congrats to Mayes, we’ll be back at it soon, and the next 10 days or so should be more devoted to writing. House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Great House of Strauss friend Bomani Jones joins the show to discuss his perspective on the NBA’s gamble scandal, the predicament of modern leagues and how complicity impacts us media types. Topics include! Is it weird that the Portland Trailblazers haven’t had a press conference about this? * Why the conflict of...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com 2Way founder Mark Halperin was a big time journalist in network television media, originally making a name for himself covering the Bill Clinton campaign. The Game Change co-author is now a YouTube success, having produced what was, in my opinion, the best coverage of the 2024 election. I know of no other person b...

I was talking to The Fifth Column co-host Kmele just as the big NBA gambling/poker scandal broke , and he had questions. So we decided to do a short podcast where Kmele, who’s a huge NBA fan, quizzed me about what the hell is going on with the state of the NBA and this persistent sort of scandal sports writ large is facing. Topics include… * Why would anyone place a bet on Terry Rozier? * How much...

Members of the House of Strauss community are, as noted, invited to do our NBA season over/unders contest over at Sports Predict. Personally, I am agonizing over the Warriors and their O/U of 46.5. We discuss this in the pod with Steve, plus other NBA trend subjects. Topics include… * Shoutout to Sid Kali for winning last week in NFL picks. Email me at houseofstrauss@substack.com if you wish to co...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com I’ve known Matt Bilinsky for years, knew he had an audience, but didn’t quite understand how big a deal he’d become. Today Matt schools me on how he blew up in the Instagram sphere, but this isn’t the meat of our conversation. Instead, I’m asking this newcomer to right-coded media spaces to explain how and why the...