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Talking Music DATA with Chris Dalla Riva
04 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I was introduced to Chris Dalla Riva, who I’d describe as an analytics-driven music historian. He wrote Uncharted Territory: What Numbers Tell Us ab...
Jesse Singal Plays Basketball
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWe’ve got Jesse Singal in large part so we can discuss his quali...
Monitoring the Situation
26 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing the pod I did with the TECH BROS over at Monitoring the Situation. Tried to give some sense of what we discuss over here at HoS, plus engage i...
Ryan Glasspiegel on Vrabel-Russini, NBA Ratings, Steve Kerr as Broadcaster
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comHouse of Glass is here to discuss an especially fertile week in sp...
Narrated: 5 Articles
18 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comTrying something new and curious what you all think. Instead of se...
Wosny Lambre on Sexual Taboos in the Sports Workplace
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comHonestly, this was one of the most enjoyable podcasts for me. I cr...
Spike Eskin: NBA, Nike, UBS, Diana Russini
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comSpike Eskin got into it with Sopan Deb of the New York Times and b...
Tom Haberstroh on the NBA Star Injury EPIDEMIC
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur guy Tom Haberstroh is here to discuss an article of his that s...
Ryan Glasspiegel on NBA TOPICS
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThe greatest sports media podcast in all the land returns as Ryan ...
Kyle Porter: Is This Golf's Moment?
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comKyle Porter from Normal Sport is a thoughtful commentator who thin...
Matt Klinman Tests My Political Compass
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some of you have asked where I am on politics these days, so my best friend and occasional main antagonist decided to objectively gauge it. In this ep...
Ryan Glasspiegel: MLB vs. NBA
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur man Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports is here to discuss...
Arguing WOJ and Luke Kornet on Basketball Illuminati
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I visited the friendly confines of Basketball Illuminati, only to be at a severe rhetorical disadvantage versus Amin Elhassan. He was strongly anti Lu...
Andrew Sharp on Anthropic, America, NBA
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comIt’s a convoluted world out there and I trust Stratechery’s An...
Narrated: You May Not Be Political, But Politics Finds You
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This audio article is up. Happy Friday, folks. House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider ...
Sherman Alexie
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAuthor, filmmaker and ardent basketball fan Sherman Alexie joins m...
Mike Pesca on Eileen Gu and Patriotism Decline
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Pesca wrote a fine piece for the Free Press on how oddly not controversial the supposedly very controversial Eileen Gu is. She’s from the Unite...
Ryan Glasspiegel on Bad Bunny Super Bowl Data, NBA All-Star Discontent, Casey Wasserman Epstein Cancellation
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThis pod was so hot, so provocative, that our man Ryan Glasspiegel...
John Middlekauff
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comFirst of all, congratulations to our SportsPredict Super Bowl winn...
Rob Henderson
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAs I told Chuck Klosterman, I planned to do a pod on his Football ...
Chuck Klosterman
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I highly recommend Football, Chuck Klosterman’s latest book. In this podcast, we discuss his trenchant and personal exploration of the sport, along ...
Mike Pesca
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comGreat conversation with Mike Pesca in which I, unfortunately, regr...
Kat Rosenfield
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comKat Rosenfield has, as she often does, written brilliantly of late...
Tyler Dunne
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The House of Strauss SportsPredict playoff contest continues, so make some picks for this weekend. For the championship round, the prize is a $500 DIC...
HoS: Tom Haberstroh
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comFirst, congratulations to Kevin Turner for winning NFL Playoffs We...
HoS: Spike Eskin
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI spent much of Monday listening to Spike on the WIP livestream as...
HoS: Dieter Kurtenbach Goes DEEP on Doomed San Francisco 49ers
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWARNING: This is an NFL heavy House of Strauss podcast.DOUBLE WARN...
Special Teams, Special Contest!
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The NFL Playoffs, With a Scoreboard That Actually MattersIn this pod, I discuss an exciting reveal: The official NFL Playoffs House of Strauss contest...
HoS: Dieter Kurtenbach on the IGNORED 49ers and how NFL Media Works
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comCongrats to ZigZag for again winning a SportsPredict NFL Week. The...
Narrated: My Boy
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I was touched by your responses to this article and apologize if I’ve yet to get back to you. Here is the audio, in the meantime. This is a public ...
HoS: Spike Eskin on Eagles ANGST
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur guy Spike has been at ground zero of the Great Jalen Hurts Deb...
HoS: Mike Pesca
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThe Peach Fish is back, for a very special episode. The great Mike...
RO: Wos on Steph Curry's Under Armour Exit
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s the audio for the YouTube show with Wos on, primarily, what we glean from Steph Curry’s DIVORCE…from Under Armour. Like, subscribe, liste...
HoS: Yaron Weitzman on his BOMBSHELL Lakers Book
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First of all, congrats to Tom P for winning our NFL picks contest for Week 10. His reward is what many would regard as a punishment: A 30 minute phone...
Random Offense (House of Strauss Live) with Ryan Glasspiegel
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We eagerly await Anthony Mayes’ return from honeymoon for our regular pods, but I was able to do the live YouTube show with 2Way. This was a good on...
Random NBA Gambling Offense with Amin
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sharing the audio from the great YouTube live show with Amin (Like and Subscribe!). There will be a Substack pod gap this week, because Producer Antho...
HoS: Bomani Jones on NBA SCANDAL
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comGreat House of Strauss friend Bomani Jones joins the show to discu...
HoS: Mark Halperin on THE MEDIA
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com2Way founder Mark Halperin was a big time journalist in network te...
Kmele Foster NBA Gambling Emergency Pod
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I was talking to The Fifth Column co-host Kmele just as the big NBA gambling/poker scandal broke, and he had questions. So we decided to do a short po...
NBA Over-Under Contest with Steve Kuhn
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Members of the House of Strauss community are, as noted, invited to do our NBA season over/unders contest over at Sports Predict. Personally, I am ago...
HoS: Matt Bilinsky
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI’ve known Matt Bilinsky for years, knew he had an audience, but...
HoS: Jordan Rogers, Former Nike Marketing Exec Turned Social Media Star
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t think there’s anyone out there quite like Jordan Rogers, so I had to pod with him. The man went from recovering heroin addict to successfu...
HoS: Kyle Porter on Golf
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comKyle Porter, ever thoughtful proprietor of the wonderful golf news...
Narrated: Thoughts on Turning 40
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Audio version of this post is up.House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a fre...
HoS: Steve Kuhn on CRAZY Kicker Value
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Congrats to Mr. ZigZag for winning our NFL Week 4 contest on sportspredict.com. What’s his prize? Well, should he choose to accept it, it’s a 30 m...
HoS: Amin Elhassan on Kawhi/Ballmer, Pablo Finding Out
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAmin has been hysterical in his commentary role for these Pablo Fi...
Random Offense: Ryan Glasspiegel
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thought this was a good YouTube live with the Glasspiegel (uploaded for you to the HoS audio feed). But then again I am biased. Topics include…* Kim...
HoS NFL Week 3: New Kickoff Style = Huge Advantage?
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shana Tova to those taking the day and to those working. Congrats to Tom P for winning this week. Email me at [email protected] to collect a...
HoS: Rob Henderson
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comSubscriber CJ sent me the following email:Good Evening Ethan,I’v...
HoS: Dave Dameshek, Sports Arbiter
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comFOOTBALL AMERICA! host Dave Dameshek has long had his own idiosync...
HoS: Steve Kuhn of SportsPredict.com
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Loving the NFL tournament we’re doing at SportsPredict.com, headed up by Steve Kuhn (even if Brandon Aubrey’s leg kicked away my dreams). Given th...
HoS: Pablo Torre
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comYa, I think you have an idea of what we’re going to discuss. And...
HoS: Tyler Dunne
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I’m declaring this JOURNALISM WEEK on the HoS podcast feed. Today we’ve got the great Tyler Dunne talking about his bombshell series on Bears quar...
HoS: Steve Kuhn on Sportspredict.com
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
So, like many of you, I love thinking about games, probabilities and market inefficiencies. And, like many of you, I have profound reservations with r...
HoS: Freddie deBoer Talks Football
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI really enjoyed Freddie deBoer’s NFL preview and wanted to disc...
HoS: Raheem Palmer
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sports bet discourse continues to burble on the BCC Chat, and I’m adding more fuel…We’ve had the Man Who Would Ban Sports Betting and now we hav...
HoS: Charles Fain Lehman Bans Sports Betting
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWe talk around it a lot on HoS but writer Charles Fain Lehman has ...
HoS: Mike Solana on the Culture Cold War
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI’ve been struggling to figure what what time we’re in, post V...
Random Offense with Amin audio
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Audio for Random Offense with Amin is up on the HoS feed, though the mic is a little distant. Great episode in my humble opinion!. House of Strauss is...
HoS: Wosny Lambre
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWos is back from Europe, armed with a fresh perspective on all goi...
Guy Haberman SCHOOLS the NFL Skeptic
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Haberman, who’s filling in right now for the legendary Greg Papa, is busy, but he made time for us. Since Guy considers me a “football outside...
HoS: Andrew Sharp on if this is the best time to be a sports fan
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAndrew Sharp from Sharp Tech (and many other pods) is here to brea...
HoS: Nate Jones on ESPN NFL, WWE Deals
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comIt’s time for some sports biz with Move Insoles entrepreneur and...
HoS: Sarah Hepola on America's re-embrace of "tatas, uptops, boobs"
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comSarah Hepola is here for one of my favorite conversations of the y...
Pesca Random Offense Plus
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
House (of Strauss) keeping here. My Random Offense with Mike Pesca is up, file included in this email. Subscriber Craig T. Schwerin thoughtfully built...
Narrated: TIME 100 and Podcast Graveyard Rage Bait
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Audio version of this article is up! Chat about it and other topics on BCC. House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts a...
Narrated: Nobody Knows How Much to Pay WNBA Players
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Narrations of articles are back! This one in particular kicked up a lot of conversation in the House of Strauss group chat on ChatBCC, which I’d enc...
Random Offense with Ryan Glasspiegel on the HoS feed
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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’v...
HoS: Jay Caspian Kang
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comA great talk with Jay Caspan Kang on his viral, “Heir Ball: How ...
HoS: Saam Esfandiari
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comLight Years co-host Saam Esfandiari is here to explain his perspec...
HoS: Dieter and Hutch
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 an...
HoS: Mike Silver on 'The Why Is Everything'
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comMike Silver, senior NFL writer at the Athletic, has written a rema...
Taking Random Offense With Mike Pesca on Friday 4 pm EST
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 N...
HoS: Daman Rangoola on Lakers Sale SHOCKER
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAfter angering Stratechery’s Daman Rangoola in private about his...
HoS: Tom Haberstroh on NBA Finals, Aaron Judge vs. Barry Bonds
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur old friend and Yahoo!/Substack NBA writer Tom Haberstoh is her...
HoS: Ryan Glasspiegel on Media Beef Week
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur man Glass is here to discuss an oddly contentious week in spor...
HoS: Ed Latimore
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI’ve heard buzz about a memoir by Ed Latimore, who’s a former ...
Live w Ethan Strauss Mike Pesca n' Caitlin Clark, Jayson Tatum & you
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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, F...
HoS: Matt Klinman
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
HoS: Ryan Glasspiegel
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comHouse of Glass alert! Topics include but aren’t limited…* Nike...
HoS: Spike Eskin on Redick, Harden, Chokers
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comYou people emailed me, wanting Spike Eskin’s commentary on JJ Re...
HoS: Mike Pesca
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
HoS: Andrew Bogut and Mike Procopio
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rogue Bogues podcasters (and former NBA professionals) Andrew Bogut and Mike Procopio are here for the playoffs! We start with the elevated physicalit...
HoS: Wosny Lambre
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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…*...
HoS: Andy Liu
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI never get to talk one-on-one with Light Years co-host and overal...
Narrated: We Are Schrödinger's Cat
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Audio version of this article is up.House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a ...
HoS: Andrew Sharp
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAn ideal time to podcast with fellow indie media man Andrew Sharp,...
HoS: Freddie deBoer
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comCongratulations to Freddie, who’s a new father. Having just come...
HoS: Justin Termine, Old NBA Guardian
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
* 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 me...
HoS Ryan Glasspiegel on LeBron X McAfee
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comMany great topics today with our favorite sports media reporter! I...
HoS: Jay Caspian Kang
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comJay Caspian Kang writes about a little bit of everything and so, i...
HoS: Liz Wolfe
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comLiz co-hosts the Just Asking Questions podcast, which earnestly in...
HoS: Jason Timpf
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hoops Tonight host Jason Timpf is back talking NBA nitty gritty + headier topics that we tend to get into. A great conversation as always, this time i...
HoS: Joe Pompliano
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Joe, who covers sports business, did a great deep dive on why ESPN’s big bet on ESPN BET has gone awry. What does this say about the current state o...
HoS: Light Years Boys on the Dangerous Warriors
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI can’t deny it. I’m really excited about the Jimmy Butler War...
HoS: Kirk Henderson on Going Viral Over Losing Luka
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mavs Moneyball Managing Editor Kirk Henderson went viral with his letter to Mavericks GM Nico Harrison. Since going viral with text is almost impossib...
HoS: Wosny Lambre on Luka Dončić Trade
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Big Wos of Ringer fame is here to break down what the hell compelled the Mavericks to trade away an MVP level player entering his prime. We get into w...
HoS: Razib Khan's Big History Reveal
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And now for something completely different…Razib Khan, beyond being a fine friend of pod, is an excellent genetic historian. He’s written a fascin...
HoS: Freddie deBoer
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comFreddie stopped by and we had a great conversation about hating Ch...
HoS: Nancy Rommelmann
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAuthor/Podcaster Nancy Rommelmann stops by to discuss a myriad of ...