The Earned 5-Star Podcast: A Notre Dame Podcast

Joshua and Brendan gather for an Easter chat about Notre Dame Football while Jude is out traveling the Flat Earth. In this episode: Easter candy and breaking down what holiday has the best candy. Gearing up for the NFL Draft while trashing the Chicago Bears is always a fun time. Jim Harbaugh's grand plan. Bo Jackson forever. Clarence Lewis hits the transfer portal. The thin cornerback room for the...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan used an Irish car bomb or two to blow open the doors of the podcast machine to speak directly to the people about the college football playoff and Notre Dame Football's place in it moving forward. In this episode: HELLO! Greatest St. Patrick's Day movies of all time. Other Notre Dame sports were in action this weekend, so let's talk about it. REVIEWS! Brendan and Joshua h...

Joshua arrives to the podcast machine with a sober mind and body on St. Patrick's Day to continue the great tradition of THE GREAT NAMING OF NAMES for Notre Dame Football. This is a tradition that only continues because Brendan loves it so very much, and if you don't like it, you can let him know. I'm just an innocent voice. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read o...

Joshua and Brendan found an abandoned mine and grabbed a couple of microphones to talk about the beginning of Notre Dame Football's first spring practice (sort of). In this episode: HELLO! Fish tales grabbing a deal when you can get it. Joshua defends Tik Tok. Dad rock is making a comeback in a place that it never existed. Ill-equipped to raise teens. REVIEWS! The greatness of The Princess Bride....

Brendan is in the talk, but Joshua and Jude push on to give you the Notre Dame Football show that you need - even if you don't really want it. in this episode: HELLO! Our collegiate mono journeys. Movie quoting for movie quotes sake. Something smells really bad and it's coming from inside the house. We need to talk a bit more about this 14 team college football playoff proposal and its effect on c...

It’s time to continue a full roster breakdown for Notre Dame Football, and we’re doing it the best way we know how... with a random question generator. Next up for the Fighting Irish is running back #24, Jadarian Price from Denison High School in Denison, Texas. Please RATE and REVIEW! All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next Earned 5-Star Podcast. Learn more about your ad choic...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back in business and if they weren't in charge of Notre Dame Football before... they sure as hell are now (for at least a couple of hours). In this episode: HELLO! Congrats to Pat and Katie. There's a new "MY WIIIFE" club member and we're going Hamms on it. Diving right into the Q&A from our listeners. Basically... a good portion of the show revolves around Notre Dame...

It's obviously that time of year. The "Notre Dame Football is irrelevant" crowd saw the beacon lit by a balding loudmouth that should stick to ranting about 400 point NBA All-Star games. A couple of things to keep in mind... No argument made about Notre Dame being irrelevant actually makes sense if one has at least a 4th grade vocabulary. No argument made about Notre Dame's actual relevance will e...

Joshua, Brendan, and Jude are back to offer their thoughts on a variety of things - some of which are actually about Notre Dame Football. In this episode: Hello! Is Bob Evans kind of a perfect place to eat with your kids? Joshua tries to persuade the boys to see things his way when it comes to the Notre Dame Football schedule in 2024. Will 11-1 get the Irish into the playoffs? Why things are the w...

Notre Dame announced the thing we all knew was happening... the Irish will play Army inside Yankee Stadium in 2024 as part of its Shamrock Series. Joshua has some thoughts, but the full press release is up at One foot Down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua, Brendan, and Jude are back at it during the Notre Dame Football offseason, and boy do we have a lot to say. This episode is pretty chaotic. There's a lot going on around the college football world - but not necessarily with the Irish. As you might guess... we hop all over the place. In this episode: HELLO! Anniversary stuff. Diving right into the chaos of the 2002 season and golden-stained...

It's time to start a full roster breakdown for Notre Dame Football, and we're doing it the best way we know how... with a random question generator. First up for the Fighting Irish is defensive lineman #99 Rylie Mills from Lake Bluff, Illinois. 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. Visi...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan break out their robes from the Tower of High Sorcery to breakdown Notre Dame football's roster going into spring football. In this episode: HELLO! The Red Bull gambit. The alleged protocol of a 50/50 drawing. Cranberry sauce and its allegiances. REVIEWS! Getting a week's worth in one shot. Y'all ready for some Dungeons and Dragons? Brendan sets the table. The boys go thro...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are finally back together as one to open this Notre Dame football pod machine like it was a nuclear ICBM. In this episode: HELLO! Moving on from Iowa football to Iowa Women's basketball... and we have an argument surrounding Caitlin Clark. The wives are developing groupthink without communicating. The saga of Hicksville High School competition cheer continues. Jude has an...

Joshua and Jude settle in during a winter storm to kickoff the real beginning of the Notre Dame Football offseason. In this episode: HELLO! Trying to pay for groceries. How a cowbell became a traveling trophy for the Vowles family. Nick Saban's retirement and the aftershocks. A power vacuum at the top of the college football mountain. This isn't 2014 anymore and the players are moving around like...

Joshua and Brendan survived the test of the sun god and opened up the pod pyramid to talk about Notre Dame's 40-8 win over Oregon State in the Sun Bowl (and some other things). In this episode: HELLO! Joshua pulls out a deep cut musical selection. Conor Stalions the villain continues to villain out... and you gotta respect the hustle. Notre Dame's offensive performance was pretty impressive. Steve...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan made it through Christmas with tales of glory and a pod machine ready to go to help preview the Sun Bowl between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Oregon State Beavers. In this episode: HELLO! Was it a good Christmas if the weather was craptastic? Gifts for siblings? What kind of sorcery is that? Homefield remains in an elite tier of gift-giving. REVIEWS! What is your...

Merry Christmas! We know there is a lot going on this week with the holidays, National Signing Day, the transfer portal, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish still have that Sun Bowl date with the Oregon State Beavers - but we also can’t forget one of our greatest traditions. Christmas Eve marks the 15th anniversary of Notre Dame’s 49-21 win over the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl. Not only was i...

Merry Christmas! We know there is a lot going on this week with the holidays, National Signing Day, the transfer portal, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish still have that Sun Bowl date with the Oregon State Beavers - but we also can’t forget one of our greatest traditions. Christmas Eve marks the 15th anniversary of Notre Dame’s 49-21 win over the Hawaii Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl. Not only was i...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan are back together to enjoy the Happy Honda Day spirit, and to rattle off all of the roster moves of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. First, however, we do apologize to any of you who have been affected by this mess with Apple Podcasts (and the platforms that pull off of Apple Podcasts). We hope a solution is coming soon - or we might napalm the entire inter...

Joshua and Jude don’t have any sick children at the moment, so they were able to open up the pod machine to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the rest of the college football world. In this episode: HELLO! Podcast lore. Colonoscopy: A tale of vengeance. What the college football playoff committee did and what they are really saying. What should we think about the exclusion of the Florid...

Joshua and Jude don't have any sick children at the moment, so they were able to open up the pod machine to talk about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the rest of the college football world. In this episode: HELLO! Podcast lore. Colonoscopy: A tale of vengeance. What the college football playoff committee did and what they are really saying. What should we think about the exclusion of the Florid...

Joshua jumps in an escape pod from the Earned 5-Star mothership to have a quiet chat about Notre Dame Football and the transfer portal. In this episode: The new normal. The wide receiver situation. The futility of breaking news and people doing their worst Pete Thamel impersonation. Explanations that most people won't like. A different way to look at the portal. Terrible comments are terrible comm...

Brendan and Jude hotwire the pod machine to talk about the end of the Notre Dame Football season. There are no show notes today, but even without Joshua you still get over 2 hours of fantastic podding. You're just going to have to listen carefully this time around. 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...

Joshua, Jude, and Brendan stiff-armed another cozy fall evening with their families to talk about Notre Dame's recent win over the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and to preview the final regular season game for the Irish - the Stanford Cardinal. In this episode: HELLO! Joshua is late to a funeral. Let's talk about the Michigan Wolverines for a while because we should never ease up on hammering them fo...