Best Chad W. Post Podcasts (2025)

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Bridge City Marine & Resort w/ Mike Norder 41:47

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4d ago41:47

41:47

I had a chance to sit down with owner/operator, Mike Norder. Mike and Jessie have a lot going on with this beautiful resort. Nestled on the Missouri River on Lake Oahu, this resort has it all, including cabins, a restaurant, convenience store, boat slips, a bait shop, fish guiding and more. If you're looking for a quiet, beautiful gateway, not to m…

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Pablo Maurer Let's It Fly! 51:05

18d ago51:05

51:05

The Athletic's Pablo Maurer joins Roche to discuss the D.C. United ownership group, whether they are malicious or inept (and which is "better"), how the rest of the club has to manage with this type of owner, and the Audi Field experience. Then, the guys chop it up over career transitioning, covering soccer in the USA and the challenges that come w…

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Is D.C. United's Academy Still Free? 49:51

24d ago49:51

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There's been a lot of conversation around a recent report stating that D.C. United's Academy is no longer free. MLSsoccer.com's Charles Boehm joins Roche to help clarify the situation as well as discuss DCU's transfer plans for the summer, the club's roster profile, and, why Gavin Turner hasn't debuted with the first team yet. Read Charlie's excell…

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The Washington Post's Steven Goff On D.C. United: It's a Weird Time 51:17

2M ago51:17

51:17

With D.C. United's season slowly going off the rails, this is a good time to see how their off the field year is going. Washington Post journo, Steven Goff, joins the show to discuss the "weird time" the club is going through, the likelihood of on field reinforcements before the end of the season (and when to expect them), and if the owners are awa…

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Troy Lesesne on Tactics, Culture, and Expectations 36:46

2M ago36:46

36:46

After a solid (but not spectacular) start, D.C. United stumbled badly in their first big test of the season. What went wrong? Can it be corrected? Does this team have the talent to make the playoffs? To get some answers, DCU head coach Troy Lesesne joins Roche to discuss the state of the team, why "win now" has to be the mantra, why the club switch…

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David Schnegg: I've Always Wanted To Play In MLS, But It's Not That Easy 27:40

3M ago27:40

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Eight years ago, David Schnegg was 19, a full time construction worker, and a part time soccer player in a semi-pro league. Today, he is the starting left back for D.C. United and someone who is being counted on to return the club to glory. He joins Roche to discuss his unusual path to professional soccer, how he fits into Troy Lesesne's system, wh…

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Algona Marine Sport w/ Chad Hull 49:32

3M ago49:32

49:32

Take a listen to Chad Hull with Algona Marine and Sports. Chad and his family are a 3rd generation Lund boat dealer. Learn how to pick the right Lund for you and trust me they have a lot of options. We talk how Lund boats have evolved over the years and all the accessories available. If you're looking to buy your first boat or upgrade, Chad and the…

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D.C. United-TFC Recap. Plus, Jason Anderson on Troy's Tactics 55:00

3M ago55:00

55:00

Roche kicks off the show with a player by player recap of D.C. United's season opening draw against Toronto FC at Buzzard Point. He was in the house for the match and gives his thoughts on the new fan experiences at Audi Field. Then, Pro Soccer Wire's Jason Anderson joins the show to break down the new wrinkles in DCU's tactics. What worked, what d…

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It's A D.C. United Season Preview Crossover Event With Soccerwise! 39:16

4M ago39:16

39:16

D.C. United's regular season kicks off Saturday against Toronto FC and, to set the stage, it's very special episode of Pitch Pass...a crossover event with the Soccerwise podcast! Roche and David Gass review the Black and Red's offseason, who came, who went, what to expect from the club this year, as well as some of the more interesting storylines h…

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Who Are The Academy Players At D.C. United's Preseason Camp? 1:11:25

4M ago1:11:25

1:11:25

D.C. United is keeping things under wrap this preseason, including what Academy players have joined the first team in Florida. After some digging, we have a rough idea of what two youth players are there. Travis Clark of Top Drawer Soccer joins the show to discuss those players as well as a few Academy players who are not there and why? Travis also…

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Breaking Down D.C. United's Salary Cap Situation 1:09:02

5M ago1:09:02

1:09:02

Keeping track of MLS' roster building mechanism is HARD! To help make sense of it all and to get a break down of D.C. United's salary cap situation, Roche brings Marc Machado on the first Pitch Pass of 2025. Marc has made MLS roster building his main focus and gives Roche an idea of DCU's current GAM numbers as well as what they can add over the ne…

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TMR 24.9: "I Hate Thinking about Thinking about Myself Like This" [Melvill] 53:20

5M ago53:20

53:20

In the penultimate episode of this season, there’s a lot of talk about Melville’s relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne as we get more of Melville’s life as he bounces through time, writes Moby-Dick and the creation of “its own kind of reader: an inexhaustible reader. A reader that didn’t yet exist . . .” The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still…

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TMR 24.8: "Fampiro" [Melvill] 1:01:50

5M ago1:01:50

1:01:50

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. And this one if you listen on Spotify. The others will be going away in the near future.] On the final episode of 2024, Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about Nico C. and being unmoored from time, last words, footnotes and ellipses, some highlights from the past year, ice, and m…

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TMR 24.9: "I Hate Thinking about Thinking about Myself Like This" [Melvill] 53:20

5M ago53:20

53:20

In the penultimate episode of this season, there’s a lot of talk about Melville’s relationship with Nathaniel Hawthorne as we get more of Melville’s life as he bounces through time, writes Moby-Dick and the creation of “its own kind of reader: an inexhaustible reader. A reader that didn’t yet exist . . .” The "Grifters Gonna Grift" t-shirt is still…

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TMR 24.8: "Fampiro" [Melvill] 1:01:50

5M ago1:01:50

1:01:50

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. And this one if you listen on Spotify. The others will be going away in the near future.] On the final episode of 2024, Chad, Brian, and Kaija talk about Nico C. and being unmoored from time, last words, footnotes and ellipses, some highlights from the past year, ice, and m…

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TMR 24.7: "The White Delirium" [Melvill] 1:14:49

5M ago1:14:49

1:14:49

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please subscribe to this feed.] Lori Feathers (Across the Pond podcast, Involutions of the Seashell, Interabang Books, and Republic of Consciousness Prize USA) joins Chad and Kaija to talk about prizes—Melvill is longlisted for the NBCC Greg Barrios Prize for Translated Literature!—the narrative structure …

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TMR 24.7: "The White Delirium" [Melvill] 1:14:49

5M ago1:14:49

1:14:49

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Lori Feathers (Across the Pond podcast, Involutions of the Seashell, Interabang Books, and Republic of Consciousness Prize USA) joins Chad and Kaija to talk about prizes—Melvill is longlisted for the NBCC Greg Barrios Pr…

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TMR 24.6: "Liquidate It At Cost" [Melvill] 1:20:14

6M ago1:20:14

1:20:14

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] With Melville's Fidèle receding into the dark distance, we turn our attention to Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill, a bombastic book about Alan Melvill and Herman and the passing down of stories from one generation to the next. O…

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TMR 24.6: "Liquidate It At Cost" [Melvill] 1:20:14

6M ago1:20:14

1:20:14

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] With Melville's Fidèle receding into the dark distance, we turn our attention to Rodrigo Fresán's Melvill, a bombastic book about Alan Melvill and Herman and the passing down of stories from one generation to the next. O…

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TMR 24.5: "Very Charming." [Confidence-Man] 1:03:26

6M ago1:03:26

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[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Chad, Brian, and Kaija venture into the darkness and turn off the light on Melville's The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, one of the oddest, most slippery books to be included in the Two Month Review. They talk about tra…

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TMR 24.5: "Very Charming." [Confidence-Man] 1:03:26

6M ago1:03:26

1:03:26

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Chad, Brian, and Kaija venture into the darkness and turn off the light on Melville's The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, one of the oddest, most slippery books to be included in the Two Month Review. They talk about tra…

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TMR 24.4: "How Unreal All This Is!" [Confidence-Man] 1:04:39

6M ago1:04:39

1:04:39

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Opening with a couple of rants, this week's podcast is spicy and also tries to make sense of a few of the more perplexing parts of the book. There's a wonderful interlude in this section from the narrator themselves, and…

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TMR 24.4: "How Unreal All This Is!" [Confidence-Man] 1:04:39

6M ago1:04:39

1:04:39

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Opening with a couple of rants, this week's podcast is spicy and also tries to make sense of a few of the more perplexing parts of the book. There's a wonderful interlude in this section from the narrator themselves, and…

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TMR 24.3: "You Are a Punster" [Confidence-Man] 1:00:16

6M ago1:00:16

1:00:16

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] "Grifters Gonna Grift" merchandise coming soon! This episode exposes just how useful footnotes can be as we transition from dusk to darkness, with the confidence-men being replaced by the Cosmopolitan. Under Discussion: …

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TMR 24.3: "You Are a Punster" [Confidence-Man] 1:00:16

6M ago1:00:16

1:00:16

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] "Grifters Gonna Grift" merchandise coming soon! This episode exposes just how useful footnotes can be as we transition from dusk to darkness, with the confidence-men being replaced by the Cosmopolitan. Under Discussion: …

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TMR 24.2: "Trust Me, Nature Is Health" [Confidence-Man] 1:04:15

7M ago1:04:15

1:04:15

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Chad and Kaija go it alone this week, talking about some of the more uncomfortable parts of the book to read in 2024, the Goneril story and the "evil touch," how almost every beat in this novel has a counterpart, the won…

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TMR 24.2: "Trust Me, Nature Is Health" [Confidence-Man] 1:04:15

7M ago1:04:15

1:04:15

[Note: If you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, please resubscribe to this feed. The other one will be going away in the near future.] Chad and Kaija go it alone this week, talking about some of the more uncomfortable parts of the book to read in 2024, the Goneril story and the "evil touch," how almost every beat in this novel has a counterpart, the won…

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TMR 24.1: "May I Ask if You Have Confidence?" [Confidence-Man] 59:45

7M ago59:45

59:45

Not the happiest day in which to record a podcast, but Chad, Brian, and Kaija speak their fears and then dive into Melville's Confidence-Man, talking about grifters, the value of footnotes, and just how modern and amazing Melville's prose is. They guess at who the "confidence man" might be, the burnt over district of western New York, Mormons, and …

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TMR 24.1: "May I Ask if You Have Confidence?" [Confidence-Man] 59:45

7M ago59:45

59:45

Not the happiest day in which to record a podcast, but Chad, Brian, and Kaija speak their fears and then dive into Melville's Confidence-Man, talking about grifters, the value of footnotes, and just how modern and amazing Melville's prose is. They guess at who the "confidence man" might be, the burnt over district of western New York, Mormons, and …

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TMR Supplement #2: "Joytime Killbox" by Brian Wood 1:09:41

7M ago1:09:41

1:09:41

After referencing Joytime Killbox on hundreds of TMR episodes, we finally break it down with the author himself! Conversation includes ideas about short stories and how they function, the nature of endings, and how Brian has grown as a writer since this collection first came out, while also examining the intent behind a number of the stories, and h…

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TMR Supplement #2: "Joytime Killbox" by Brian Wood 1:09:41

7M ago1:09:41

1:09:41

After referencing Joytime Killbox on hundreds of TMR episodes, we finally break it down with the author himself! Conversation includes ideas about short stories and how they function, the nature of endings, and how Brian has grown as a writer since this collection first came out, while also examining the intent behind a number of the stories, and h…

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D.C. United Roster Decisions with Charles Boehm 51:14

7M ago51:14

51:14

In a departure from years past, D.C. United announced their end of season roster decision in October rather than November/December. There were some surprises. Charles Boehm joins the show to discuss the surprises, the timing of the roster announcement, and what it says about Ally Mackay's vision. Plus, Troy Lesesne's growth as a coach, possible fre…

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D.C. United Offseason Musings Part 1 featuring The Athletic's Pablo Maurer 1:05:35

7M ago1:05:35

1:05:35

D.C. United's season has ended with a whimper. So why is there optimism about the club? And is it warranted? The Athletic's Pablo Maurer joins Roche to discuss the general state of the club at the end of another season without a playoff match and the beginning of one of the most important offseasons in club history. The boys chop it up over DCU's f…

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Three Percent #195: Lori Feathers on Marguerite Young 48:56

8M ago48:56

48:56

This week, Lori Feathers joins Chad to talk about "Involutions of the Seashell," a Substack project dedicated to reading and talking about Marguerite Young's Miss MacIntosh, My Darling. They discuss the nature of the Substack, anecdotes about Young, how to get people engaged with such an intimidating work, reading fast and slow, and much more. You …

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D.C. United CSO Ally Mackay on the Academy and the First Team Outlook 32:50

8M ago32:50

32:50

D.C. United recently announced that their Academy is adding a residency component to it's program. What does that entail? How does it impact the first team? Why is it important for the long term health of the club? To get answers, Roche welcomes DCU CSO Ally Mackay to the show to discuss the Academy, the Residency Program, and where he feels the fi…

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TMR Supplement #1: "Dear Dickhead" by Virginie Despentes & Frank Wynne 1:18:08

8M ago1:18:08

1:18:08

On the first ever one-off episode of the Two Month Review, Chad breaks down Virginie Despentes's Dear Dickhead for Kaija and Brian, a novel about . . . well, just listen. (It'll be more fun if you don't know what's coming.) This new format really digs into the book in a way that you can't in (to quote Zoé Katana) "lamestream media," and, simply put…

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TMR Supplement #1: "Dear Dickhead" by Virginie Despentes & Frank Wynne 1:18:08

8M ago1:18:08

1:18:08

On the first ever one-off episode of the Two Month Review, Chad breaks down Virginie Despentes's Dear Dickhead for Kaija and Brian, a novel about . . . well, just listen. (It'll be more fun if you don't know what's coming.) This new format really digs into the book in a way that you can't in (to quote Zoé Katana) "lamestream media," and, simply put…

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Three Percent #194: Mark Haber, "Lesser Ruins" 1:00:21

8M ago1:00:21

1:00:21

Today's episode features Mark Haber talking about his brand new novel, Lesser Ruins, his influence, the Bernhard thing, going from bookselling to publishing, and much more. It's a fun conversation that goes deep into the book, but also explains the publishing landscape to some degree—in part because this conversation was recorded as part of Chad's …