SilentPunt Podcast

October 29, 2025 * Which kid do you talk about first? * Dreams & evolution. * Referees. * Next Penn State head coach predictions. 🏈 💰🏈 💰 🏈 💰 $100 Bet Update: * Last week: Won our parlay for $56. * Season totals: $6 overall, 5-4 in parlays, 16-6 picking games. * This week: Parlay Mississippi (-480) with Tennessee (-150). $100 bet nets you $101. This is a public episode. If you would like to d...

October 22, 2025 * Vibrators (😳) * Who’s worse: Lobbyists or Football Boosters? * Dreams * Tik Tok *$100 Bet Update: * Last week: 1-2 parlays, 4-2 in games * Overall: 4-4 parlays, 14-6 games * Total earnings: -$50 * This week: Alabama (-475) over South Carolina, Tennessee (-360) over Kentucky. $100 wager nets $56 🤞🏼. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscri...

October 15, 2025 * Shi**y jobs. * Portland / Ice videos. * Work-life balance. * Football Fans / Penn State situation. **$100 pick updates: * We went 2-0 last week in our parlays (4-0 games) * Our earnings for the season are at -$5, and we have a 4-3 record in parlays and a 10-4 overall record in games. * This week’s play: (all Moneyline parlays) * Oregon (-850) + Oklahoma (-210): $40 bet nets $26...

October 8, 2025: My old bud Brian Henesey joins us this week for the inaugural SilentPunt Interview. Brian was instrumental in my young life, and has subsequently had a kick-ass career. (Audio gets a little wonky for about 10 seconds in the middle, feel free to fast forward) Over the course of our interview we delve into his…. * Struggle to make it to the NFL and his initial career as a clinical r...

* Programming note: We are super excited to announce that next week will be our first installment of the SilentPunt Interviews! Our guest is a former NFL player turned entrepreneur. Should be fun! October 1, 2025 * Conspiracies * MLB playoffs & ‘crafty’ pitchers * What we’re reading * Tush Push ** $100 Pick : As we discussed on the show, this will now be available only via this email. The rational...

September 24, 2025 * Physical activity and longevity. * How would you like to be buried. * How to create a new habit. * $100 pick. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

September 17, 2025 * Response to Charlie Kirk’s murder * Nepal & the mainstream media * Ozempic and muscle mass * $100 pick 🏈 💵 🏈 💵 ( ERRORS : Carson Wentz is Minnesota’s backup QB, not Washington’s) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

September 10, 2025 * Social Security (please help us!) * When is it ok for a woman to bother a man? * Howard Stern * Make some 💵 💵 💵 betting college football. If you haven’t subscribed yet please do so ASAP. Help us, Obi-Wan! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

September 3, 2025 Did you know the NFL now owns a stake in ESPN? Well, as of last month, they do. But don’t fret, because guess who doesn’t own a stake in ESPN? That’s right, yours truly . Listen to this week’s episode for an honest and in-depth preview of NFL Quarterbacks this season. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episode...

August 27, 2025 * How many black friends do you have? * Best put-downs. * WTF are the Democrats doing? * National Guard vs Army Reserve: What’s the difference? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

August 20, 2025 * Gerrymandering * Can we believe anything on the internet? * Teenagers. Ugh. * Greatest athletes you’ve never heard of. I realize I called Travis a dork at the beginning of the broadcast without providing an explanation. Here’s why: Subscribe here for weekly shenanigans This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episod...

Intro: Helmet Sticker / Gassers Topic #1: Do you miss playing football? Topic #2: NFL rule change. Topic #3: Who does your kid’s laundry? Topic #4: Canadian Wildfires. * Note from last week : Moorea - We love Romanian deadlifts! However, for someone that has never lifted before, we think this is a tough exercise to do on their own right away. Most people do not lift anything, let alone weights, us...

This Week: * Worst jobs we’ve ever had * Credit Unions? (Yo Matt Cyr , help us out in the comments!) * Home Run robberies * Israel-Gaza Help spread the word, click the link below to share this podcast with a friend…. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

This week we are joined by guest host Matt Cyr , writer of A Sport in Storytelling . (Subscribe to him if you haven’t already!) This week’s topics: * Foods we miss. Henny from Philly and Matt from the south. * RIP Hulk Hogan, and, is pro wrestling a sport? * How we feel about College Football now vs. in the past. * A meathead asks a banker about AI in banking. If you enjoy listening to these, I ha...

Week of July 21: * New! Helmet sticker & gassers * How to cheat at sporting tests * Best advice you’ve ever received * Soccer (🤮🙈) * Parenting fail: screentime Did a thoughtful friend forward this email to you? Subscribe for free below to become one of us. (we’re cool, I promise!!) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,...

This week: Entertainment: Best Music Era Ever Health: Sickness and jobs News: Liberia speaks English??? Parenting: College choices Bonus: Data Analytics This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

Topics: * Debt * Attention spans * Elon Musk’s new political party * Meditation To have this glorious podcast delivered to you weekly, throw your email in here. You can also check us out on Apple or Spotify. Name that t-shirt…. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

Notes and corrections from this week’s episode: * On the show we wondered about MLB All-Star uniforms. We were right to be unsure: as of last fall, MLB announced that players would return to wearing their own team’s uniforms for the All-Star Game. However, there still will be All-Star Game-themed jerseys as well. Players will wear these during their workouts and the Home Run Derby. Because of cour...

* Girls Flag Football : If you’re not following Melissa Jacobs on Substack, check her out. The piece I mentioned reading was actually something she wrote that summarized someone else’s writing. * Best Baseball Names : I totally botched Carlos Baerga’s nickname. It should be Carlos “One if by land, two if by sea, three if” Baerga. Shame on me. * LeBron on Ring Culture * Iran : We solve the world’s...

* The Taylor Swift Phenomenon * Student Loan Debt * AI and Jobs * Streaming vs. Cable Anyone else remember waiting in line for the computer lab in college? Thanks for reading SilentPunt! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com

* Sports Betting & Young Men * LA Riots, Immigration, & Illegal Immigration * Concert ticket costs * Summer movies: now vs then Subscriber-only bonus content: Be forewarned: Below is an entirely unscripted clip from Trav and me after recording the podcast. I have reading glasses on, so I look like a moron. And the captions are crap (goddamn A1). This is a public episode. If you would like to discu...

4 topics / 4 minutes each * Wills, financial planning, & estate taxes: Here’s a link to the book Travis recommended, Die With Zero . * Knicks-Pacers (Henny was right!!) and Finals preview. Here’s the link to the book Henny recommended, Hoops Heist . * ChatGPT: Do you use it? * Friends and addiction. Thanks for reading SilentPunt! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is...

🍿Last week’s movie quote was from Kingpin; Do you know this week’s? TOPICS * Tush Push: Yay or nay? And some history. * Knicks-Pacers series * Youth Sports: How much is too much? * Baseball: Interviewing players during the game? Bonus Content we discussed: Comedian Jim Jefferies talking about wheels on suitcases…. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers...

* Movie quote trivia. * New Pope: Will he bring in more Catholics? (Below is a chart chatGPT put together for us, post-podcast.) * Knicks-Pacers: Who ya got? * How long to stream a show before bailing? * Where do you get your news? (Yes, Travis’s dogs make an appearance.) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.s...

This week: * Last week’s trivia answer / This week’s trivia question * How did Travis & I become friends * Hilarity ensues * If you are not familiar with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s classic “Fishin’ In The Dark”, check it out here . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.silentpunt.com