Brendon and Ronnie start the episode by talking about streaks in sports to honor the Carolina Hurricanes breaking a dubious losing streak. Then, they go across the pond to talk about the season finales for several of England's football leagues and how the beginning of Formula-1's current campaign has gone so far. Along the way, the fellas marvel at…

Brendon and Ronnie are mourning the end of the long-running ESPN sports talk show Around the Horn; talking about the history, hosts, and their favorite panelists... and Woody Paige's best chalkboards. Along the way, the two mark out on the WWE foreshadowing the NBA's Eastern Conference Finals, remember the ill-fated NFL season where Dennis Miller w…

Brendon and Ronnie are excited about the tip-off the the new WNBA season. To prove it, they've used an equation used by The Athletic in previous franchise ranking episodes for the WNBA's franchises -- past and present! Along the way, they talk about Bud Black's firing amidst the tire fire that is the 2025 Colorado Rockies, the mixed feelings and pu…

Brendon and Ronnie are talking about races in the month of May this week; from the iconic San Francisco race Bay to Breakers to the crazy names of Kentucky Derby horses. Along the way, the fellas talk about some of their favorite edited-for-TV movies, are haunted by the ghost of Toby Keith, and they thank Gavin Newsom. Brendon got a couple of kitte…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. During the break for "The World According to Joe Morgan," the fellas get nostalgic for old SportsCenter with MLB Network's Quick Pitch. Then, Brendon explains why he has so many Red Sox caps, Ronnie recalls the impulsive managerial stylings of Don Mattingly,…

Brendon and Ronnie talk about a couple of lists for baseball's best, fast food special menu items, and their favorite baseball broadcasters. Along the way, the fellas marvel at how amazing the Stanley Cup Playoffs have been and wonder aloud why a criss-cut french fry hasn't been called a hashtag. Brendon invented the Taco Whopper and recalls the ti…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. In the lead-up to recording "Dingers! Dingers!" the fellas reveal how they distilled their love of "The Simpsons" into just the sporty episodes. Then, after a shot, Brendon shows Ronnie a generated list of the next 100 World Series champions, including predi…

Brendon and Ronnie are at the crossroads of "Mostly Sporty" and "Where Anything Goes" by talking about episodes of the The Simpsons that feature sports! Along the way, the fellas spend some time thinking of what Ted Cruz was like in college, reveal that MLB may be spying on you, and talk about what one hand clapping sounds like. Brendon remembers J…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This conversation happened before recording "WrassleFrassle III." In an episode where they only talked pro wrestling, of course Brendon and Ronnie spent the lead-up talking about it too. Brendon mentions that he likes LA Knight as the new Slim Jim spokespers…

Brendon and Ronnie are excited for WrestleMania 41. They go through a handful of matches on the card and pair them with classic matches from past Showcases of the Immortals. The fellas focus on the physical storytelling that happens in the ring and the soap opera drama that surround each match. Along the way, Brendon and Ronnie go deep with some of…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This conversation happened during the break while recording for "Brendo & Rondo in the Morning." In this installment, the fellas start with some deep thinking, talk about the first week of the MLB season, and talk about their hit and miss experiences with ES…

Brendon and Ronnie, in their most sports radio episode yet, talk through a small variety of subjects. In the first segment, the fellas talk about the rise of Tommy John surgeries in baseball, with Brendon providing a lot of his experience coaching young players. In the second segment, the two talk about the upcoming playoffs for the NHL and NBA, an…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This conversation happened during the break while recording for "The Fond Expectancy of Spring." In this installment, the fellas talk about friends who love beer labels, their experiences on casino floors before being of age, the immortal moment that Pete We…

Brendon and Ronnie are excited -- Baseball is back! The fellas are passing time talking about the National Pastime. Along the way, they talk about what a Little League Opening Day looks like, pick drink orders for this season's newly hired managers, and talk about the best at-home stadium experiences for watching both the Giants and Dodgers. Brendo…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This conversation happened before the recording for "Super The Cream Always Rises to the Top 2" Brendon and Ronnie talk about how MLB's Japan Series proved just how big baseball has been in Japan for a few decades now, and finish lamenting about how Around t…

Brendon and Ronnie reveal the Top 10 games on Rolling Stone's Top 50 Video Games of All Time list. Along the way, the fellas talk about places Huell Howser found California's Gold, marvel at the strange naming scheme of Super Nintendo games in the States, and reflect on how Tetris was a favorite of our mothers and grandmothers alike. Brendon drops …

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This conversation happened before the recording for "The Cream Aways Rises to the Top of a List of Fury." Brendon and Ronnie take a short reprieve from video games to give a sports report. Ronnie talks about going to an Anaheim Ducks game, and how great it w…

Brendon and Ronnie discovered a Top 50 Video Games of All-Time list... from Rolling Stone?! OK. They're taking the list from 50 and working their way to the tippy top! Along the way, the fellas remember the days of LAN connecting original XBoxes to play Halo, reveal their Street Fighter II mains, and wonder if The Sims was grooming us to the machin…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This conversation happened before the recording for "Puck à l’Orange - A Second Helping of Hockey Logos and Tiers" While figuring out what they were going to say to end the episode, Brendon and Ronnie reflect on a seminal icon of their youth -- George Lowe, …

Brendon and Ronnie are back with the rest of their Logo-A-Go-Go and Tiers Catalog combo for the NHL! Along the way, the fellas make predictions as to when Alex Ovechkin might pass the All-Time Goals record, wonder out loud if "Canuck" is a derogatory term, and determine that they both played kickball differently. Brendon gets bleeped talking about …

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This conversation was stitched from breaks for "Puck Curry - A Dish of Hockey Logos and Tiers" The fellas are drinking to a year of podcasting! And showing how the sausage was made. Ronnie tells a hilarious tale of a wrestler mixing up Los Angeles and Louisi…

Brendon and Ronnie are combining some favorites with an NHL Logo-A-Go-Go and ranking them into a Tiers Catalog! Along the way, the fellas declare the Mighty Ducks logo ripe for bootlegging, have the longest tangent to date, and ask, "What exactly IS a predator?" Brendon found a Field of Dreams in Brentwood, cuts deep by mentioning a long lost froze…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. These conversations were recorded during breaks for "1995, Open 'Til Midnight!" In these interludes, they discuss what "Ass Pennies" has done to Ronnie's YouTube algorithm, honorably mention several more 1995 movies that didn't make the main episode, talk ab…

Brendon and Ronnie are going back to 1995 again. This time to talk about movies released that year. Along the way, the fellas do some bad impressions of Adam Sandler, reveal their favorite James Bond films, and name the fighters they played most in Mortal Kombat. Brendon remembers a pizza joint that also delivered VHS rentals, and reveals what he m…

Brendon and Ronnie are always podcasting, even outside of the material for normal episodes. This was a conversation during the break for "The Old Adventures of The New 52." In this interlude, they talk about Costco's rotisserie chickens, remember the movies of Christopher Guest, give insight into their (lack of) D&D note taking, and call John Madde…

Brendon and Ronnie are having a 52nd episode spectacular by talking about the short-lived DC Comic's reboot The New 52! From it's early ambitions and success, to later churning of new titles and continuity problems, to the positive changes that are still present today -- the fellas talk about it all! Along the way, the two have a retro video gaming…

Brendon and Ronnie are excited for teams to report for Spring Training. Baseball is back, and the fellas are looking at win/loss projections, and making picks for which teams will actually make the overs. Along the way, the two share tales of meeting up for the Lunar New Year and watching the Royal Rumble, and make a case that new Jacksonville Jagu…

Brendon and Ronnie are talking about the Big Game this week... well, not really. They do a lot of avoiding it. Along the way, the fellas discover that John Madden and Yogi Berra have similar quote styles, talk about how Tom Brady is easier to hate than Patrick Mahomes, and, of course, they mention the infamous Wardrobe Malfunction. Brendon recalls …

Brendon and Ronnie are celebrating the Lunar New Year. Gung Hay Fat Choy! (or, Gong Xi Fa Cai!) They talk about the traditions, food, zodiac, red envelopes, and the mystifying Lion Dance. Along the way, Brendon reveals what Kirkland label beer is, mentions a tradition that might come back to haunt him after this episode, and recalls many times when…

Brendon and Ronnie are still feeling their ages because 1995 was 30 years ago. They're looking back at albums that released in 1995, and in this episode they dive deep into some music that meant a lot to Brendon. Along the way, the fellas talk about how resistance to good music is futile, compare The Big Bang Theory without a laugh track to an exis…

Brendon and Ronnie are feeling their ages because 1995 was 30 years ago. They're looking back at albums that released in 1995, and in this episode they mostly talk about "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" by the Smashing Pumpkins. Along the way, the fellas talk about how music can bond parents and children, make dark horse NFL playoff picks t…

Brendon and Ronnie are celebrating the 50th season of Saturday Night Live! They manage to mention some of their favorite skits, casts, music guests, and hosts -- if you're thinking that's too much for one episode, you're right! (Stay tuned.) Along the way, Brendon asks how long we should acknowledge the New Year and remembers when Christopher Walke…

Brendon and Ronnie are ushering in the new year by speculating wildly about sports in 2025! Along the way, the fellas trade their favorite instant ramen flavors, discuss the possibility of robot umpires in baseball, and fail to avoid talking about the Stanford Prison Experiment. Brendon predicts that the Giants will play their 19th different Openin…

Brendon and Ronnie continue their tradition of honoring favorite jersey numbers with a special topic. And so for number forty-four (the Willie McCovey / Lewis Hamilton / Frankie Wong edition), Brendon takes the wheel to talk about some very, very fast cars. From the rules and scoring to famous drivers and tracks to the difference between Formula 1 …

Brendon and Ronnie marvel at the astronomically large contract the New York Mets signed Juan Soto to, and then talk about some other needle moving transactions in sports history. Along the way the fellas discuss strategies for getting Pringles out of the lower half of a can and lament the failure of the extremely talented 03-04 Lakers. Brendon reme…

Brendon and Ronnie are celebrating their 42nd episode! They start by talking about the most important athlete to ever wear 42 in Jackie Robinson, and a short history on his impact in the world. Ronnie fires off some trivia about other athletes to wear the number, and Brendon singles out one that is very close to his heart. Then, they go from "Deep …

Brendon and Ronnie are sleigh-bell-ringing in the Christmas season by talking about their favorite media to consume during December. They throw their opinion on the "Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie?" fire, discuss the phenomenon that was Christmukkah in the mid 2000s, and introduce everyone to a donkey named Dominick. Along the way, Brendon claims th…

Brendon and Ronnie are hyped for the WWE's Survivor Series! Listen as they rundown how both Bloodlines fighting in the men's WarGames match is worthy of being called cinema while the women's match is cobbled together and meaningless. In the second half, they talk about the not-so-serious wrestlers like Orange Cassidy and Chelsea Green. Along the wa…

Brendon and Ronnie are feeling thankful! And with it comes another conversation about food; namely foods for Thanksgiving. Along the way they talk about what they're thankful for, distinct buildings that used to be Taco Bells or Pizza Huts, and teach everyone how to pronounce Willamette. Brendon finished putting a disc golf basket into the ground a…

Brendon and Ronnie talk about the programming that has dominated MTv, VH1, and Fuse for most of their existences: the shows that have nothing to do with music! From comedy like The Tom Green Show to adult animation like Beavis & Butthead to music adjacent shows like Pop-Up Video, the guys wax nostalgic for their television viewing pasts. Along the …

Brendon and Ronnie make a confection connection and talk about the best and worst in candy. In the second half, they tender bar for famous football coaches, both real and fiction, by figuring out their likely drink orders. Along the way, the two celebrate the New York Liberty winning the 2024 WNBA Finals, show a lot of love for Puerto Rico, and ope…

Brendon and Ronnie talk about one of the best ways to spend the bye week of your favorite football team: by watching football movies. This week, the fellas talk about an impressive group of movies that celebrate Football, American style. Along the way, the two notice that James Caan and Jon Favereau show up in multiple films, that racism is so easi…

Brendon and Ronnie welcome their first guest to the show! Alex Kozina, known on the internet as "Kozibear," joins the fellas with a gameshow segment, and then a short series of the types of questions he regularly submits to podcasts. The experience inspires Brendon and Ronnie to ask each other similar questions in the second part. Figure out which …

Brendon and Ronnie return again with the rest of The Athletic's Salary Cap Era NHL Franchise Rankings. The list finishes strong by celebrating every Stanley Cup winner since the era started. Included are some of Brendon's favorite teams, the teams of a couple of all-time generational players, and two teams who, despite their rankings, have arguably…

Brendon and Ronnie are getting ready for the new NHL season by reading a list of franchise rankings compiled by The Athletic. In this first part, they cover the bottom 15 franchises. Along the way, the fellas recall the 2004 lockout that cancelled an entire season, try to make sense of how there are two different franchises with histories tied to t…

Brendon and Ronnie are feeling the changing of the seasons. The two talk about the beauty of the sports landscape as the calendar turns over to October, and finish up with a small sample of other media (and beer) that evoke the season. Along the way, Brendon introduces a new NPR-inspired show-within-a-show, talks about decorating his house for Hall…

Brendon and Ronnie continue to fill out the rosters and secrets for their hypothetical WNBA Jam arcade game. From Doris Burke to defunct teams to the "Shocking" history of the Dallas Wings -- they are packing it with everything! Included is a deep statistical battle between Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker, how a potential partnership within the Phoe…

Brendon and Ronnie are feeling the basketball jones with the NBA opening training camps and the WNBA heading into the playoffs. What a perfect time for the fellas to talk about their love for NBA Jam! From the history of making a billion dollars in its first year to unlocking secret players like then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, they give the arcade…

Brendon and Ronnie talk about how the divisions in the NFL would have you believe that Indianapolis is in the South, Jacksonville and Miami aren't in the same state, and Dallas is along the East Coast . Maybe they should just dissolve them. Then, the fellas talk about how much better North American sports would be with a promotion/relegation system…

Brendon and Ronnie have been waiting all year for Sunday Night. (Insert the brass horns of FOX Sports here!) As the NFL season kicks off, the fellas talk about a number of teams in an effort to find a team for Ronnie to root for. In the second half, they ring in the first weekend by remembering many of their favorite flamboyant celebrations. Along …