The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan have finally warmed up and are ready to give the podcast a good old-fashioned chance to talk about Notre Dame’s college football playoff win over the Indiana Hoosiers. In this episode: HELLO! Missing menu items because of millennials. An Indiana history lesson from a a Michigander to an Ohioan. We’re grateful for tailgates and tailgaters. The vibes were good all over camp...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan break open the pod machine with a crowbar and a towel to preview the first round of the college football playoff between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Indiana Hoosiers. In this episode: HELLO! The art of being a cognoscenti. The stadiums in the MAC were ranked and we have some thoughts. This is a Notre Dame football podcast. More black jersey discussion than we ca...

In this Off The Rails episode, Joshua takes issue with the Notre Dame Football / Indiana Hoosiers Basketball fan. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are dialed in and ready to tap a keg of podcast to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the college football playoff. In this episode: HELLO! Joshua is over modern Christmas and all of it’s details. Brendan is NOT a murderer, but his brother looked shifty. The case against degrees and meme coins. It’s Notre Dame and the Indiana Hoosiers for the first ever home pla...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back again like the flu to open a big bottle of podcast at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish finish the regular season with a win over Southern Cal. In this episode: HELLO! Soup, and certain classifications that surpass all understanding. Notre Dame takes down USC to keep the Jeweled Shillelagh and a college football playoff berth. How good of a performance was the Irish...

In this Off The Rails episode, Joshua wanted to pass along a fairly simple but meaningful message... Do NOT treat Notre Dame VS USC as just some other game on the schedule. This is THE rivalry for the Irish. It's the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football. It's one of the most elite rivalries in the sport. Show it some respect and let's live or die off of Saturday's result. Please RAT...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back at the helm of the podcast ship, and ready to deliver a show on time after Notre Dame’s beat down of Army — and to look ahead to the Battle for the Jeweled Shillelagh against the USC Trojans. In this episode: HELLO! It’s cold out here. Joshua is offended by Godfather 3 takes. Somehow Star Wars happens. This is a Notre Dame football podcast. The Irish wipe out Arm...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back at the podcast table and ready to talk about Notre Dame’s win over Virginia and looking ahead to the Army game at Yankee Stadium. In this episode: Hello! Christmas is coming — do you have a list? Notre Dame did just fine against Virginia and people need to stop being mad about nothing. Special teams — special players. Jayden Harrison was kind of robbed of a massi...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan crack open a tall glass of pod as we start to get near the end of the regular season for Notre Dame Football as they take down the Florida State Seminoles and get ready for the Virginia Cavaliers. In this episode: HELLO! Happy Holidays! Notre Dame beat the crap out of Florida State and we have some thoughts about that. The new college football playoff rankings are release...

The boys bring you the new Earned 5-Star Top 20 Rankings, the game picks for Notre Dame VS Florida State, and many more from across the country. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Brendan open up the pod machine as we prepare for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to take on the Florida State Seminoles at night in South Bend. In this episode: HELLO! Notre Dame hockey is doing it RIGHT — like they are producing an ELITE product. Strolling through an industrial wasteland so “get used to it.” The College Football Playoff committee released the first rankings and we have...

Finally... we have the Earned 5-Star Top 20 and the game picks for this week. You're welcome, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Jude were tasked to complete the podcast quest this week as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are basking in the glow of a blowout win over the Navy Midshipmen — while at home eating those cheeseburgers again. Also... we totally forgot to mention anything about Halloween — Happy Halloween. In this episode: HELLO! The restaurant that is determined to save America. Walking in an industrial wa...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back aboard the S.S. Earned 5-Star Podcast to hand you another megasode of fun. After Notre Dame's win over Georgia Tech, we have a big ranked matchup with... Navy. In this episode: Hello! The Immortal Universe Theory. We try to recap/review Notre Dame's win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, but get sidetracked here and there. We like Riley Leonard now as Riley Le...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan open the pod machine after Notre Dame's blowout win over Stanford to get ready for this week's game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta. There are no show notes this week, and you're just going to have to deal with it. Enjoy this fantastic show with great surprise and wonder. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the nex...

Due to some "stuff" we were forced to kind of combine the Earned 5-Star Top 20 Ranking episode with our Game Picks episode. Please note the usage of "kind of" here. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua and Brendan open the door to the pod machine after Notre Dame comes off of a blood bye week for the ages. In this episode: HELLO! Happy anniversary. RIP Columbia Street West. Don't hate me for being big, beautiful, and Italian. This college football blood week was amazing. Breaking down everything that happened and how it affects the Fighting Irish. REVIEWS! The fieldturf has to go. Grass i...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are falling back in love with fall and it's time to talk about Notre Dame's win over the Louisville Cardinals, and other things (of course). In this episode: HELLO! What is this song and why doesn't Joshua hear Ghostface Killah on it? Pop punk stuff. The decommitment of Deuce Knight and its impact on the Irish. Bon Jovi is an amzing human. REVIEWS! Joshua supports the tro...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan give their picks for Notre Dame VS Louisville and a handful of other college football games from across the country. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, Brendan, and Greg break down their top 20 ballots to give you the Top 20 Poll that you deserve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in their pod era to make a better conversation about Notre Dame football following a win over Miami, and a huge game looming against the Louisville Cardinals. In this episode: HELLO! Dessert pizza. The Detroit Tigers are amazing and grandpa is trying his best. REVIEWS! More Riley Leonard talk. Joshua tries his hardest to spotlight the Irish defense. There's a way...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan happily crack open a fresh 30-pack of Pod to talk about how Notre Dame's pounding of Purdue has us feeling a whole lot different about this weekend's game against the Miami Redhawks. In this episode: HELLO! Crazy how 3 month polling about ancient civilizations holds up. Pretty sure the Visigoth's are completely misunderstood. REVIEWS! Riley Leonard - what he is and what h...

Something fun happened after Notre Dame beat the Purdue Boilermakers, and it was more unlikely than the 66-7 win. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish celebrated with the Shillelagh Trophy ON the field. What's up with that? In this Off the Rails episode, Joshua dives in to try and find an answer - but mostly he is just pleased. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be ready on t...

It's been a weird week and things didn't go quite as planned - no worries though. Actually, after a disaster like the Notre Dame loss to NIU - maybe we need some type of weirdness and change as the Irish head a couple hours south to take on the Purdue Boilermakers. We got those picks and more from around the country. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple podcasts will be read on the ne...

Joshua, Jude, Brendan, and Greg break down their own Top 20 as we go into week 3 of the college football season, and the new E5 Top 20 Poll is released. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices