House of Strauss

HoS: Andrew Sharp on the Adam Silver Era

01 Nov 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAndrew Sharp is the co-host of three great and wholly different po...

HoS: Chuck Klosterman

26 Oct 2023

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Because I can’t get enough of The Nineties, we had to have Chuck back to discuss its sports cultural aspects, specifically with an eye towards the e...

HoS: Freddie deBoer

25 Oct 2023

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Friend of Pod Freddie is here because his recent posts have been very much in the HoS wheelhouse. We talked Hollywood’s collapse, the endurance of D...

HoS: Ryan Glasspiegel

23 Oct 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comRyan Glasspiegel of the New York Post is here, following an avalan...

HoS: Nikolai Yakovenko

20 Oct 2023

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Nikolai Yakovenko is a man of many hats (pro poker, jiu-jitsu, computer engineering, archery, baseball analytics), but the main reason we’re talking...

HoS: Nick Wright

18 Oct 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comFirst Things First is my favorite favorite sports show on TV and w...

HoS: Marcus Thompson

14 Oct 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI’ve been sick this week, but thankfully the great Marcus Thomps...

HoS: Katie Herzog

09 Oct 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comKatie Herzog, the funny and insightful co-host of Blocked and Repo...

HoS: Kevin O'Connor

04 Oct 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comNow that the NBA’s offseason has wrapped up, we’ve enlisted Ke...

HoS: Matt Belloni

02 Oct 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comPuck News co-founder and The Town host Matthew Belloni is my go to...

HoS: Nancy Rommelmann

28 Sep 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comNancy Rommelmann is one of my favorite journalists, so I looked to...

HoS: Adam Mares on the Coach Prime Era

26 Sep 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAdam Mares is the brilliant impresario behind the DNVR sports medi...

HoS: Tim Kawakami

22 Sep 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comBuyer beware, this might be the sports-iest HoS yet. Tim Kawakami,...

Spike Eskin, Podbudsman, Tough Love Dispenser

19 Sep 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI needed a talking to by the HoS Podbudsman, otherwise known as Sp...

HoS: The Striking Matt Klinman

15 Sep 2023

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Great friend of pod and great friend in life Matt Klinman is back so we can compare notes on our respective industries getting throttled. Does this (c...

HoS: Lee Fang

11 Sep 2023

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And now for something completely different! We have top level investigative reporter Lee Fang, talking about how getting stranded at Burning Man. Okay...

HoS: Kyle Boddy

07 Sep 2023

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If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve probably heard of Driveline founder Kyle Boddy. If not, here’s your intro to one of the most revolutionary figu...

HoS: ESPN vs Charter with Ryan Glasspiegel

05 Sep 2023

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We had to have Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post on to discuss Disney/ESPN vs. Charter, the face off that might kill sports viewership as we know ...

HoS: Wosny Lambre

01 Sep 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur favorite guest is here (don’t tell the others), prompted by ...

HoS: Bob Costas

28 Aug 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAnd now for a man who needs no introduction, but we will be re-int...

HoS: Amin Elhassan

23 Aug 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comA House of Strauss favorite is here for our Second Substack Annive...

HoS: Saagar Enjeti

22 Aug 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comSaagar Enjeti is co-host of Breaking Points, one of America’s mo...

HoS: Tom Haberstroh

17 Aug 2023

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Tom Haberstroh is the new proprietor of The Finder, a Substack wherein he, well, finds things. He’s always been great at that by the way, dating bac...

HoS: Jay Caspian Kang

16 Aug 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comJay Caspian Kang of the New Yorker drops by and we revisit his tre...

HoS: Ryan Glasspiegel

09 Aug 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comRyan Glasspiegel of the New York Post is here and we start by disc...

HoS: Nate Silver

08 Aug 2023

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Like so many people, I was shocked to see Disney separate Nate Silver from his famous website, 538. How could this happen? What’s next for Nate, pos...

HoS: Kevin O'Connor

03 Aug 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comIn a way it’s been too long because we should have had Kevin O'C...

HoS: Freddie deBoer

01 Aug 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI enjoy Freddie’s perspective, so when he reached out about appe...

HoS: John Middlekauff

28 Jul 2023

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A third pod this week and a good one I might add.John Middlekauff, former NFL scout and recreational golf nut, podcasts on both football and golf. In ...

HoS: Spike Eskin

27 Jul 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comBeyond being a noted animal lover, Spike Eskin is one of our favor...

HoS: Bomani Jones

25 Jul 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comBomani Jones is here and suddenly without constraints. We had a gr...

Hos: Jonathan Rosen

19 Jul 2023

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Jonathan Rosen wrote a book that can’t really be described in a sentence and I’m not sure it really maps onto anything else I’ve read. It’s a ...

HoS: Wosny Lambre

18 Jul 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI feel like Big Wos and I podded at the perfect time, given that M...

HoS: Kat Rosenfield

14 Jul 2023

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And now for something completely different…Kat Rosenfield is an author and writer who often boldly covers matters of cultural controversy. So what d...

HoS: Matthew Belloni

12 Jul 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comPuck News co-founder and Ringer podcast host Matthew Belloni prese...

HoS: Colin Cowherd

06 Jul 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWhen Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports and the Volume podcasting network...

HoS: Matt Welch

05 Jul 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comMatt Welch from the great Fifth Column podcast stops by to discuss...

HoS: Emergency ESPN Layoffs Pod with Ryan Glasspiegel

01 Jul 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comA chaotic day in sports media as ESPN timed up their news of major...

HoS: Ben Smith

30 Jun 2023

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A benefit of my job is that I can read a book, enjoy it, and then interview the person who wrote it. This is exactly what happened after I binged Ben ...

HoS: Saam Esfandiari + Andy Liu

23 Jun 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAfter years of relative stasis, the Warriors have just seen their ...

HoS: Katie Herzog Returns

19 Jun 2023

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We re-welcome Katie Herzog of Blocked and Reported, the hilarious podcast that explains Internet meltdowns while weaving them into a spellbinding narr...

HoS: Matt Klinman

16 Jun 2023

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Comedy writer and viral Facebook critic Matt Klinman returns to discuss my piece on Zoomer Influencers, and the general degradation of the content eco...

HoS: Joe House

13 Jun 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOne of the great aspects of my job, whatever it is, is that I can ...

HoS: John Middlekauff

09 Jun 2023

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John Middlekauff is a podcaster, first and foremost, but used to be an NFL scout. After succeeding as a football Media Guy he’s expanded into golf, ...

HoS: Michael Moynihan

08 Jun 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comMichael Moynihan of Fifth Column fame is, in my opinion, one of th...

HoS Pod: Ryan Glasspiegel

05 Jun 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWas bed-ridden sick last week, now I’m finally back to fulfill y...

HoS: Wosny Lambre, Nate Jones

01 Jun 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur favorite combo is back as the NBA Finals kicks off. This episo...

HoS: Nate Duncan Answers My Dumb Normie Qs

25 May 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOne day Nate quit being a lawyer and started an NBA podcast empire...

HoS: Adam Mares

23 May 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThrilled for this well timed visit from Adam Mares of DNVR, in the...

HoS: Ashlee Vance

20 May 2023

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In terms of sales, Ashlee Vance might be the most successful writer we’ve had on this podcast, not that it’s a competition. And you know what? Som...

HoS: Parade of Losers with Saam Esfandiari and Spike Eskin

16 May 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comSaam Esfandiari and Spike Eskin are, respectively, co-hosts of the...

HoS Pod: Ryan Glasspiegel Returns!

12 May 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comGreat to have the New Y Post’s Ryan Glasspiegel on because there...

HoS Pod: Amin Elhassan

08 May 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThe myth, the man, the Meadowlarker returns for more conversation ...

HoS Pod: Mike Pesca

05 May 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWe’ve ombuds’d with Spike. Can we ombuds’d with Mike? We tri...

HoS Pod: Sarah Hepola

02 May 2023

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I found myself fascinated by Sarah Hepola’s memoir Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget, and so I reached out for a discussion. The bo...

HoS Pod: Spike Eskin, Podbudsman

28 Apr 2023

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As co-host of the successful Rights to Ricky Sanchez podcast and Vice President of Programming at storied WFAN, Spike Eskin has some audio bonafides. ...

Hos Pod: Wosny Lambre, Nate Jones

24 Apr 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThe sports/econ/culture/whatever combo returns to HoS and boy do w...

HoS Pod: Sherman Alexie

20 Apr 2023

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Sherman Alexie has won many literary prizes and also played pickup basketball against John Stockton. In this pod, he humors all my questions about Nat...

HoS Pod: Anthony Slater

19 Apr 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAnthony Slater has always been great at this job, to the point of ...

HoS Pod: Grant Cohn

17 Apr 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI kept hearing it from some unexpected sources in my life: You got...

HoS Pod: Amin Elhassan, Talking in the Lion's Den

12 Apr 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAmin is back and taking this 1 hour 47 minute podcast into unexpec...

HoS Pod: Matt Klinman

10 Apr 2023

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Matt Klinman is a) My best friend since Middle School and b) the Co-Star of High Science, a new show on HBO Max that features Paul Bettany as an educa...

HoS Pod: Katie Herzog

07 Apr 2023

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HoS pod is quite happy to welcome Blocked and Reported co-host Katie Herzog. I’m a big BAR fan and believe it to be somewhat misunderstood, especial...

HoS Pod: Rob Perez ("World Wide Wob")

04 Apr 2023

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Rob Perez, otherwise known as World Wide Wob, has a million Twitter followers based on his ability to share viral content fast. That means always bein...

HoS Pod: Damon Bruce

29 Mar 2023

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Damon Bruce and Ray Ratto were delivering great ratings in drive time at 95.7 The Game when, boom, they were fired out of nowhere. Nobody seemed to se...

HoS Pod: Wosny Lambre, Nate Jones

28 Mar 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWe welcome back Big Wos and Nate Jones, two of my favorites in the...

HoS Pod: Rob Mahoney

22 Mar 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI once worked with expert NBA writer Rob Mahoney in what felt like...

HoS: Tom Haberstroh Divulges NBA Ref Secrets

20 Mar 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comMy old friend Tom Haberstroh stops by to break an NBA omerta or tw...

HoS Pod: Nick Wright

17 Mar 2023

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Nick stops by for another round of unvarnished opinions about the industry and yes, on sports. This one went in many different directions and I enjoye...

HoS Pod: Wosny Lambre

09 Mar 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comBig Wos is back and he did not disappoint. We spent a good deal on...

HoS Pod: Adam Mares takes us into the Nikolaverse

07 Mar 2023

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I’ve long admired Adam Mares, a force behind DNVR Sports. What is DNVR, you ask? I’d say it’s a local sports site empire that’s spun its popul...

Narrated: The Kournikoving of College Sports and Its Discontents

02 Mar 2023

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HoS Pod: Ryan Glasspiegel

28 Feb 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comThis time Ryan and I start off on the conventional topics before s...

HoS Pod: Spike Eskin

23 Feb 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comBeyond being co-host of the successful Rights to Ricky Sanchez pod...

HoS Pod: Shadi Hamid

22 Feb 2023

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Shadi Hamid is an author, Atlantic writer, and Brookings fellow with a particular skill for pointing out the flaws in comforting popular assumptions. ...

HoS Pod: Ryan Glasspiegel

15 Feb 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOur returning champ Ryan is back from Arizona, to discuss sports m...

HoS Pod: Tim Kawakami

11 Feb 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comMy old boss, Athletic superstar and overall King of Bay Area Media...

HoS Pod: Maggie Gray

09 Feb 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comMaggie Gray, CBS radio star and co-host of Maggie and Perloff, see...

HoS Pod: Ross Barkan on the Anti Woke, James Dolan

01 Feb 2023

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Ross Barkan, proprietor of the best newsletter on New York politics, returns to discuss whether Knicks owner James Dolan might go down in flames. But ...

HoS Pod: Freddie deBoer's Richard Linklater List

31 Jan 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI’m on a big Richard Linklater kick right now, so Freddie’s To...

HoS Pod: Tyler Dunne

20 Jan 2023

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Meet Tyler Dunne, author of The Blood and Guts: How Tight Ends Save Football, and proprietor of the Go Long Substack. I’m a big believer in the prin...

HoS Pod: Sports Media with Ryan Glasspiegel

19 Jan 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comRyan is back, discussing events of the moment. The NFL playoffs is...

HoS Pod: Bomani Jones

11 Jan 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comI’ve known Bomani for about as long as I’ve been in this busin...

HoS Pod: Glasspiegel Coverage on Hamlin, Bayless/Sharpe, Dana White, Berhalter

05 Jan 2023

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comBig sports media news week so we called in Ryan Glasspiegel to mak...

HoS Pod: Marcus Thompson

23 Dec 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comHad the brilliantly idiosyncratic Athletic writer Marcus Thompson ...

HoS Pod: Luke Burgis

20 Dec 2022

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HoS Pod welcomes Luke Burgis, author of the fascinating book Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life. I read it before our interview and...

Narrated: The Punter and the Rush to Judgment

12 Dec 2022

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HoS Pod: Ryan Glasspiegel on Araiza, Griner/Bout, Grant Wahl and Musk

12 Dec 2022

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Ethan and Ryan are back and discussing matters of controversy, including, but not limited to:* Video evidence reviewed by the San Diego DA appears to ...

HoS Pod: Andrew Sharp, GOAT Pod Wingman

07 Dec 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comAndrew Sharp has a very particular set of skills, which is why Ben...

HoS Pod: Ryan Glasspiegel on Kanye, Jerry Jones and the Content Flood

03 Dec 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comReturning media critic champ Ryan Glasspiegel stops by for an emer...

HoS Pod: Saam Esfandiari on Wiseman and Iran

30 Nov 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comCertified Graying Millennial Saam Esfandiari returns to HoS, givin...

HoS Pod: Tyler Cowen

25 Oct 2022

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Topics on this podcast include:* Why did Tyler write so much about sports in a book that was mostly anchored in the business world?* Is there a way to...

HoS Pod: Matthew Berry

18 Oct 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comOn this pod, we discuss:* Matthew’s got a branding pitch for me....

HoS Pod: Light Years Boys

11 Oct 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWe’re not quite done with Warriors’ Punchgate, and I’ll seiz...

HoS Pod: Ryan Glasspiegel

27 Sep 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comRyan covers sports media topics at the New York Post and often joi...

HoS Pod: Sam Esfandiari

23 Sep 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comWarriors populist podcast host turned Startup Man Sam Esfandiari i...

Narrated: Adam Silver Flees the "Good NBA Commissioner" Trap

19 Sep 2022

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The audio version of this article is up. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episod...

HoS Pod: Will Cain

15 Sep 2022

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.comIn this episode we discuss:* Is First Take choreographed or wholly...

HoS Pod with Jonathan Tjarks: What's the Meaning of Life?

11 Sep 2022

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On Saturday evening, the great Jonathan Tjarks passed away from a rare sarcoma. You can donate to help his family at this GoFundMe. Jon was brilliant,...

HoS Pod: Casey Keirnan

08 Sep 2022

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Casey Keirnan started from the bottom of standard NBA media before becoming a big success on Youtube. Today his channel has 203K subscribers and it’...