Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Athletic
Follow Pablo down the rabbit hole, well beyond the game — every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday — on his award-winning podcast/TV show.You’ll get a deep-dive "talkumentary" episode, reported by Pablo and Curiosity Correspondents like Emmy-winning comedian Wyatt Cenac and Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman, answering urgent questions such as: Are you smarter than an NFL quarterback? Does Giannis intentionally miss free throws to win free chicken for fans? And why does the FBI director play so much hockey? This storytelling has been honored by the Edward R. Murrow Awards and Peabody Awards. (Journalism!)Plus: Pablo hangs out with handpicked figures from sports, culture and politics like Sue Bird, Action Bronson and a U.S. Senator… plays Share & Tell with friends like Domonique Foxworth, Mina Kimes, Katie Nolan and Dan Le Batard (aka his boss)… and unveils the secrets of capitalism with David Samson and John Skipper on The Sporting Class.Follow PTFO…https://www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreFindsOuthttps://www.instagram.com/pablotorrefindsouthttps://x.com/pablofindsout…and subscribe to Pablo's newsletter:https://pablo.show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 26, 2024 • 50min
The Ballad of Saw Man: How to Tear Down (and Steal*) a Goalpost
It is a tradition unlike any other: A college-football upset. A sea of fans. A 45-foot yellow structure crashing down on the field and heading toward a river or frat house near you. But the tradition of destroying goalposts is under threat. PTFO correspondent and unhinged amateur thief Mickey Duzyj provides a how-to guide, after speaking with students, administrators, an executive at Big Goal Post and the one true expert who can help save a piece of football history: Saw Man.*Pablo Torre Finds Out does not (officially) condone storming football fields or stealing university property. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 22, 2024 • 45min
Share & Rage & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard
LeBron is taking a break from social media. Should you? Are you ready to stop being performatively fascinating and get authentically dull? And is Bluesky the XFL of Twitter — or a refreshingly Musk-free community worth joining? Plus: "Re-Potting with Pablo," making lentil, fighting in Temecula, road rage, Mastodon, two ejaculating giraffes, a charging wildebeest and the actually hungry hippo (with suspenders and a pocket watch).Relevant reading:How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth (Mike Isaac)The Age of Social Media Is Ending (Ian Bogost)The Bluesky Bubble (Ian Bogost)"With so much hate and negativity in the world today..." (Rich Kleiman) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2024 • 50min
Nate Silver Is Still Gambling with His Reputation
Trump won, Silicon Valley is Moneyballing everything, and the worldview of the most famous political nerd on Earth... is eating the world. But Nate Silver still wants to prove people wrong: on what the 2016 and 2024 elections really told us; his falling out with the Left; and how tech billionaires are more irrational than they like to admit. Also: Elon Musk totaling a car, Peter Thiel believing in destiny, and Neymar playing poker.Buy Nate Silver's new book:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/529280/on-the-edge-by-nate-silver/Subscribe to Silver Bulletin:https://www.natesilver.net/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 19, 2024 • 39min
It's Time to Remember One of the Worst Athletes Ever
We are entrapped by an algorithm preying on our most terrifying human vulnerabilities. But inside us exists a cabinet of curiosities, and few are better at finding poetry in our past than Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace, an award-winning podcast and new book. Pablo's kindred spirit conjures a time before Jason Giambi and the golden thong, when the least qualified Major Leaguer of all time was also, somehow, the luckiest. Plus: a new video about pigeons; swimming “lesser channels”; and, yes, raccoons failing to eat cotton candy.Buy the book:https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-memory-palace-true-short-stories-of-the-past-nate-dimeo/21177599Subscribe to The Memory Palace:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-memory-palace/id299436963And listen to the Prince episode of "Pablo Torre Finds Out": https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/when-docs-cry-inside-the-secret-netflix-masterpiece/id1685093486?i=1000672194989 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 15, 2024 • 50min
The Sporting Class: Caitlin Clark's Next Big Payday
She may be the most polarizing athlete on the planet, but whatever Caitlin Clark touches still turns to gold. Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper is a lead investor in Unrivaled — a groundbreaking new 3-on-3 women's basketball league — and they're hot on the recruiting trail. Will Clark take the money and run? Plus: How might a second Trump administration affect the billionaires of the sports world? And can David Samson get the future Secretary of State to pick up the phone? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 14, 2024 • 50min
Watching the Dallas Cowboys on Death Row: Our Visit to a Supermax Prison
A staggering number of death-row inmates have used their last words to do the same thing: pay tribute to their favorite sports teams. So we sent correspondent Dave Fleming to a supermax prison in Texas to find out why. Charles Flores — Inmate No. 999299 at the notorious Polunsky Unit in Livingston — has maintained his innocence for over 25 years and counting… while living in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. And Flores agreed to take us inside his hidden world of game-day enchiladas, trash talk, and fantasy football. Where there isn’t always next year.=To learn more about the case of Charles Flores: https://www.freecharlesflores.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 12, 2024 • 41min
Our Election-Free Share & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
The national vibes are... fraught. So, Pablo asks: What do you watch to make yourself feel better? Plus: athshletes, Uncrustables, the world's largest kaleidoscope, thicc televisions, and Understanding It Now.Further soothing content:Björk talking about her TVZombie Kid Likes TurtlesThe CEO of CornGrape Lady fallsEve of Saint Crispin's DaySHOOTING GUMMIE BEARS INTO A WATER BOTTLEWe Couldn't Be Derailed in BrooklynLeBron James Rides the New York City SubwayWait, NFL players eat how many Uncrustables? (Jayson Jenks) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 8, 2024 • 50min
"America's Biggest Failure": Share & Election & Tell with Wyatt Cenac and Tim Miller
After lint-rolling through post-election coverage, Pablo tries to makes peace with Trump 2.0, with a little help from the future president of Grenada and the host of The Bulwark Podcast: Have Joe Rogan and the manosphere become the new fourth estate? How did a Suicide Squad of psychopaths become Washington's starting lineup? And how much is Elon Musk’s science fiction really fictional anymore? Plus: Grumpcoin, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Stephen A. Smith 2028, and Canon Curry 2052. Further reading:About That Press Conference (Tim Miller)Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket (Jill Lepore) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 7, 2024 • 46min
The News Anchor America Needed
Turning on the news right now feels utterly surreal. But it didn’t always have to be this way. Because Connie Chung — tenacious TV broadcaster and author of a new memoir — set a gold standard in the pre-internet era. For being unafraid of powerful men. For getting scoops at the bar. For trash-talking. For calling out Donald Trump’s childishness to his face. For withstanding the boorish behavior of Bobby Knight and unearthing the inner pain of Michael Jordan. And, yes, for shutting down the richest man on Earth... even after he jumped over a chair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 5, 2024 • 42min
How 'Veep' Predicted the Election, with the Real-Life Jonah Ryan
It's Election Day. And if there is anyone who saw this entire mess coming, it's the prophets behind the HBO series Veep — a 17-time Emmy-award-winning satire that feels, with each passing day, like a political documentary. So, today, we invite none other than actor Timothy Simons to join us, in studio, to relive what it was like to play Jonah Ryan: the Jolly Green Jizz Face, himself. Also: Draft Day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
