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Many of you have been asking that Random Offense audio find its way to the HoS feed, and we’ve worked things out to make it happen. This week we’ve got a State of Sports Media pod with Ryan Glasspiegel. Next week, when I’m back from vacation, we should have regularly scheduled HoS pods back in production. Have a nice weekend, everybody. House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receiv...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com A great talk with Jay Caspan Kang on his viral, “ Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A .” We also discuss Jay’s BULLYING of Christine Brennan over her defense of Caitlin Clark. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * Why youth sports is insanely competitive right now * Jay’s own misgivings...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Light Years co-host Saam Esfandiari is here to explain his perspective on NBA free agency, parenting, and Iran. Massive range in this pod. A great talk as always, including but not limited to… * Is there much to say about beloved Kevon Looney leaving GSW? * Why, oh why, is the “cuck chair” Saam’s preferred metapho...

Dieter Kurtenbach and Jake Hutchinson have done for 49ers Youtube what pod friend Nate Duncan did for NBA podcasting. I’m entranced by how Dieter and Hutch have decided to build an audience by getting as niche as possible about my local football team. And so we dig into what they’re doing and why it works. Enjoy! House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Mike Silver, senior NFL writer at the Athletic, has written a remarkable book. “ The Why Is Everything ” is, in my opinion, the type of work that will no longer happen in the modern access-constrained world. So we get into it, exploring the coaching rivalries that shaped modern football and analyzing the friend/en...

Stop by live, Friday, at 2way.tv/ethan , where I can discuss most things and Mike Pesca can discuss everything. Topics I’d like to get into include NBA Finals, sports gambling as indicator of sports decline, plus the emergent visibility of baby boomer liberals in protest culture. Also…do we dare discuss Israel/Iran? See you there ! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com After angering Stratechery ’s Daman Rangoola in private about his JOY over Wednesday’s Lakers team sale, I decided to allow his grievances to be aired in public. Or at least behind this paywall. Beyond being highly informed about the tech world, Daman is a Laker obsessive, with ties to people in the know. And so w...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Our old friend and Yahoo!/Substack NBA writer Tom Haberstoh is here for some analytical diving. Great talk in my humble opinion. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * Tom and I made Tim MacMahon famous and he owes us big time * Is a Thunder-Pacers Finals good for the NBA? * Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the new Tim...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Our man Glass is here to discuss an oddly contentious week in sports media. Prominent names are fighting, so we decided to give our takes on what the hell is happening. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * Is Bill Simmons right that ESPN will fuck up Inside the NBA ? * Ryen Russillo draws ire of Mina Kimes over...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com I’ve heard buzz about a memoir by Ed Latimore, who’s a former professional boxer and current professional writer. Ed’s developed a following for his life advice and his upcoming book is titled, Hard Lessons From the Hurt Business . I loved getting to know Ed on quite a free range assortment of topics. These topics...

Here’s my Substack live video with Mike Pesca ! Btw, Mike and Bomani Jones will be joining me for my inaugural launch of Random Offense on YouTube, Friday 4pm ET (1 pm PST). Here’s a link for that . Join up. Idea of Random Offense is it’s a bit like the old Callin show I used to do, with listener involvement, only more visual. You guys can call in, ask questions, submit article ideas for the Subst...

Matt is back! Nearly two hours of tech and media conversation, in which Matt reveals that he endorses Jon Voight’s plan to take Hollywood back to the 1970s. Also, we discuss how sports television is now aggressively eating scripted Hollywood. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * We were bullied into doing this episode by my only female subscriber * Woke Matt doesn’t think HBO’s The Pitt is woke...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com House of Glass alert! Topics include but aren’t limited… * Nike not optimizing shareholder value * NBA lottery history suspicious but probably not rigged * Is Cooper Flagg a top tier prospect historically? Would you trade him for Giannis? * Why nobody cares about Anthony Edwards’ off court issues * Sad Bill Belich...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com You people emailed me, wanting Spike Eskin’s commentary on JJ Redick’s playoff flameout. This tweet was but a taste… We discuss Spike’s anti Redick theory and so much. more. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * “Farting in church” basketball takes like wanting more from Popovich’s coaching tree * Is it fair to...

Mike of The Gist is here, which means the conversation flows so easily. We start with Giannis Antetokounmpo going viral again in defeat, and then hit a range of sports current events. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * Why the public likes Giannis’ defeat monologues * Is Antetokounmpo at all at fault for the Milwaukee disaster? * NBA playoff ratings have juice * What’s up with all TV ratings...

Rogue Bogues podcasters (and former NBA professionals) Andrew Bogut and Mike Procopio are here for the playoffs! We start with the elevated physicality of Warriors-Rockets and whether Amen Thompson is at fault for Jimmy Butler’s injury. From there, we’re looking back on situations as wide ranging as when Draymond Green kicked Steven Adams in the nuts in 2016, all the way to whether the Warriors tr...

One of my favorite conversations with Wos, if I do say so myself. Very NBA forward, if that’s your thing. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * Why Jordan Brand’s “Bad Luka” ads work * Laker Luka’s potential to become the face of the league * Why is Laker Luka such a hotter cultural commodity than Dallas Luka * Why I don’t believe in the Lakers * Steph Curry as Houston Boogie Man * Rudy Gobert a...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com I never get to talk one-on-one with Light Years co-host and overall Warriors provocateur Andy Liu, but today is my lucky day. In this episode we cover why, exactly, Andy quit the sports writer path for whatever he became. We also discuss how I got fired from Yelp. Oh, and the Warriors made the playoffs finally. To...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com An ideal time to podcast with fellow indie media man Andrew Sharp, King of the Generalists. In addition to podcasting about the NBA , Andrew also co-hosts podcasts on technology and China . Obviously, there were topics to discuss. Subjects include but aren’t limited to… * Are America and China at war? * The precar...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Congratulations to Freddie, who’s a new father . Having just come up for air, he’s got takes on the state of our possibly melting down world, NBA corner 3 elimination, and the Jackie Robinson DEI imbroglio . For those who don’t want financial crisis/tariff talk, we begin with it and it ends at around the 25 minute...

* Mainstream NBA media tone vs. YouTube tone * The Event Level NBA takes are so much harsher than public takes * Agents can threaten everyone in your media org * Players Justin has pissed off * Why is it Old NBA heads vs. Current Players? * How do we feel about Kirk Goldsberry’s plan to ban corner 3s ? * Why is Justin voting Nikola Jokic for MVP? * Justin recounts the time Jerry West eviscerated J...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Many great topics today with our favorite sports media reporter! Items include but aren’t limited to… * LeBron’s massive hour-plus sit down with Pat McAfee * Is LeBron uniquely annoying among all time greats? * LeBron’s straw man arguments * Why is McAfee egging LeBron on to take shots at Stephen A. Smith and Bria...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Jay Caspian Kang writes about a little bit of everything and so, in our conversations, we discuss a little bit of everything. Today’s main topic is whether the Analytics Movement is past due in sports . Related, per new data-based analysis of Democratic Party woes , is politics about to get a visit from the analyt...