The Official Waiting For Next Year Podcast

Scott and Craig have their first of (hopefully) many really happy podcasts. I admit that I was practically giddy talking about the Tribe game on Wednesday. Can Scott Raab be happy when Cleveland sports enables him to do so? Criticism vs. love and all the emotions in between The amount of hate in love and lifelong commitment “Please stay away, don’t come back” Interviewing Patrick Stewart and racin...

We showed Will Leitch around when he was in Cleveland and now I got him to come talk on the podcast. This was scheduled for a while, and it was just dumb luck that there was something big like the Trent Richardson trade to talk about.  The USMNT and the hipster patriotism Lee Greenwood and how that song sucks The Trent Richardson trade after Will Leitch visited The value of the trade and making th...

The Browns won, the Indians won and I also forced Scott to talk to us about his writing process. I just figure to have a writer of Scott's stature on the podcast and not occasionally talk about the job of writing would be insane. He's nice enough to put up with the topic on occasion. Craig on vacation in Virginia Beach The Cleveland Browns win against the Vikings The Trent Richardson deal goes dow...

Tom Reed is a great reporter and always a really thoughtful podcast guest, so I wanted to get his take on the Browns trade, the mood in Berea following the trade and what it all means for the future. Tanking and how the idea of it ever came to be How did the Browns do selling this to the fans? Giving up on Trent Richardson this early is truly shocking The pressure that Joe Banner and Michael Lomba...

There's very little to say about this in terms of show notes. I wanted Scott's take on the Browns trade of Trent Richardson and I didn't think it should wait until the following Monday morning. Scott and I talked about the trade itself, the spin job that's brewing in the media and just how shocked that we're even shocked as a Cleveland sports fan base seems to be a way of life. Learn more about yo...

Sigur Ros show at Nautica LeBron’s wedding on Yom Kippur The Cleveland Indians and their ability to grab the casual fans Michael Bourn and the attendance question Scott screams “I’m not done!” at Craig to continue his point. :-) The beginning part of the Bourn quote The Indians pitching staff with Kluber, Salazar and Ubaldo Jimenez Carlos Carrasco and his ability to be in the bullpen The Indians n...

Another week of Casual Friday in the books talking to Denny. We talked about away fans, Apple (the company,) home construction, brand rivalries and preferred vacation styles. The Browns playing in Baltimore and Denny’s lack of desire to go to the game Away team gear in a foreign stadium Away fan cheering and the desire for confrontation Women walking around without fear of physical confrontation T...

I wanted to talk to Will Burge about life after WKNR and also the latest on the Cleveland Browns. It was a really nice chat about that and Master Pizza and everything else. Leaving WKNR Will Burge trying stand up comedy Stand up comedy is a writing gig more than a performance gig BleacherReport and 92.3 the Fan The “radio rivalry” between sports stations in Cleveland Oneil Cousins playing guard in...

Jon and Craig haven't talked in a very long time, so we went and talked for a very long time. Cleveland Browns gameday experience and the third down music Third down music and Craig’s attempt to fix it Buster Skrine vs. Francisco Lindor Rick’s Oneil Cousins film room piece Crucifying the player vs. the player who was forced into duty Casey Blake vs. Mike Aviles and Ryan Raburn Spot players vs. eve...

What would Monday mornings be if there was a bunch of happy stuff to talk about? Someday I hope to find out during the run of podcasts with Scott Raab. This week, though, we discussed the Browns' loss to the Dolphins yesterday and also the conitinual shaming of Cleveland sports fans by the media over attendance issues. Scott Raab drives into NYC to hang with a local chapter of the Browns backers C...

Every now and again we like to talk music at WFNY. Andrew and I are huge fans of Nine Inch Nails and we both had an urge to talk about the latest from Trent Reznor and also how it fits into his career arc. The first good album since The Fragile With Teeth was a disappointment and Reznor seemed off What happens to music when you don’t have things to scream about anymore? Writing sad songs and how t...

Week one is finally here! Craig and Andrew break down the matchup week one between the Cleveland Browns and the Dolphins.  Ravens vs. the Broncos The value of Anquan Boldin What do you make of the Dolphins? Can the Browns come out and take care of business week one Moving on after the departure of Reggie Bush Browns leading by playing defense and running the ball  Learn more about your ad choices....

Denny and I continue the Casual Friday series of podcasts with talk about fantasy football, beer pong, Brian Dunkleman and more. Why do people hate Ryan Seacrest? Thinking about Brian Dunkleman Denny’s brush with bro dude beer guy at a party How do you play beer pong? Is it beer pong or Beirut? Craig’s fantasy draft moving to an auction style Fantasy basketball Instantaneous reaction and how it af...

Cleveland Magazine put out their football issue last week and I wanted to talk to my friend Jason Brill about it. Jason is the Assistant Editor of Cleveland Magazine and he talked to me about the issue and some of the behind-the-scenes things that went into putting it together. Jason Brill - assistant editor of Cleveland Magazine Andre Knot talking to a lot of the NFL players and former Browns Hig...

As I've been doing the last few weeks, I'm passing on writing notes as the podcast goes along so that I can be "in the moment." So, here's the email I sent to Scott on Sunday night that sparked the rest of the podcast. --------------------- Tebow is cut. Nobody makes a waiver claim. Is the NFL finally free of Tim Tebow? More importantly, we know Bill Belichick is great, but can we stop pretending...

It was a good night of talk with Denny. No real agenda, but we were able to concentrate on a few things. Bulleit Rye Whiskey for Denny and decaf for Craig Watching a high school soccer game with my son Are any of the high school parents at games drunk? Doing calisthenics with Ben before bed Am I too old for 162 games of MLB baseball? MLB app for baseball fans MLB data centers for hosting video and...

It's been a bit since I talked to Martin Rickman on the Podcast so we went to work. No agenda to speak of and all of a sudden 45 minutes flew by. Hope you enjoy it. Martin Rickman’s polished podcasting career with Chasing Mimi Voyage of the Mimi and who exactly remembers it Taking on a project with self-made deadlines and trying to explain it to family members Learning how to make a solar still wi...

It's all over folks. The Summer movie podcast of 2013 is in the books. Brian and Craig discuss some entertainment topics, review Kick-Ass 2 and then Brian ranks his movies of the summer. Craig's ranks will be up tomorrow. Brian edits a video live on the podcast How much money would you need to not watch the last episode of Breaking Bad? How much would you need to not watch the Browns in the Super...

Again this week, I thought I'd skip the bullet points and just send you the email I sent to Scott the night before the podcast. Wherever we end up is based on this email and the conversation that ensues. We ended up talking about concussions in football, Tribe attendance and any number of other topics including some from my Sunday night email below. -------------- I'd love to spend some time talki...

We've debated having this podcast for a while, and finally decided to do it. Denny opens up about becoming a dad soon and we talk about all the important things like naming your kid, accumulating the right stuff, overthinking things and trying not to be overwhelmed and scared of other stuff. The kid podcast with Denny Finding out what you are having before the birth Keeping secrets and having girl...

Craig and Mike Burgermeister ( @jimkanicki ) talked about lots of things from the Cleveland Browns to Soccer and the UFC. If you want to get in on the Cheddar Bay competition this year, please go to the site . Talking Browns football with Jim Kanicki - Mike Burgermeister Jim Kanicki’s actual history with the Browns Why did Mike start his own site? The Art Modell hall of fame post on Kanick’s websi...

This week, I'm going to save you the bullet points. Instead I'm going to share my pre-show email to Scott Raab ( @ScottRaab64 ) with my ideas to discuss on the show. Doing this enabled me to stay in the podcast a bit more without typing notes as I went along. So here (with very few edits) is what I sent to Scott the night before we were ready to talk. I enjoyed the Q&A with Andy Samberg. I jus...

Today I decided to talk to Rebecca Meiser who recently wrote a  feature for SB Nation on Underwater Hockey .  Here's Rebecca's bio: Rebecca Meiser is a freelance writer living in Cleveland. She's won awards for sports writing, personality profiles, and investigative reporting. A graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, her long form stories have been featured in Cleveland Magazine,...

I couldn't get a proper cold cuts conversation out of Brian Spaeth, so I saw an opening with TD and I grabbed it! Also, make sure you let us know what you think of the two songs I put together as potential replacements for our opening sounder. The Indians collapse Craig tries out two new songs as potential openers for the podcast Is it good enough to just contend late in the season? Do the Indians...

Brian Spaeth (@ brianspaeth ) and Craig Lyndall (@ WFNYCraig ) talk about lots of stuff and also the movie Elysium. Why did I have a viral podcast? Bronie and The Postal Service? Deli meat and why the world accepts turkey over chicken Brian’s thoughts on deli meats Brian’s intimidated by the deli counter Craig offers to show Brian the ropes of the deli counter Who has $150 dinners? Tipping and tal...