Episodes

  • Good 🇪🇸 Prevails at the French Open, Evil (Ticketmaster) is Winning at the US Open

    Good 🇪🇸 Prevails at the French Open, Evil (Ticketmaster) is Winning at the US Open
    Jun 11 2024

    Good vs. Evil: Carlos Alcaraz beat Alexander Zverev to win the French Open. This is good! Meanwhile, as US Open tickets go on sale, Ticketmaster successfully makes it as miserable as possible to buy tickets. It's as if it's a monopoly!


    Also, we discuss our love for the Showtime/Paramount+ show "Couples Therapy", why we probably can't get therapy from the host, and why we are fine with NBC losing the rights to the French Open for the next 10 years. Because they fucked it up!


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    31 mins
  • Special Guest: Katya Rogers from On The Media! We Discuss the Movie "The French"

    Special Guest: Katya Rogers from On The Media! We Discuss the Movie "The French"
    Jun 3 2024

    We welcome our friend and radio/podcast goddess Katya Rogers, producer of WNYC's "On the Media" to discuss the recently reissued 1981 movie "The French", which is more about France In 1981 than the French Open that year. We also touch upon Rafa Nadal's "will he, won't he retire?" posture and what it means. Trigger warning for Rafa fans: we will question whether Rafa should still be playing, but in the nicest way. Also, we got a real studio this time, so the sound quality is much, much better. Bon Voyage!


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    43 mins
  • Why Was Serena Williams on Trump's "Close Contacts" List? Also, Zverev is on a Roll, So Let's Unpack the Abuse Allegations!

    Why Was Serena Williams on Trump's "Close Contacts" List? Also, Zverev is on a Roll, So Let's Unpack the Abuse Allegations!
    May 21 2024

    Today we discuss last week’s revelation from Donald Trump’s porn star/hush money trial that among the many ghastly people on the former president’s “close contact” list was none other than Serena Williams, whom Trump apparently spoke to “often” during his presidency. So yeah.


    Also, we dive deep into Alexander Zverev, the top German player who just won the Italian Open and could likely win the French Open. He’s on a roll right now, but the tennis world has largely ignored his history of abuse allegations from former girlfriends (plural). The ATP has basically washed its hands of the affair, while the tennis commentariat gingerly tiptoes around the whole topic. We aren’t going to tiptoe! We are going to lay out the facts and examine how the ATP deals with (or doesn't deal with) allegations of this sort.


    For the record: at this time, Alexander Zverev is presumed innocent of all allegations that have been leveled against him.


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    31 mins
  • Tennis Couples: Can They Work? Also, "Happy Wife, Happy Life": Is This Okay?

    Tennis Couples: Can They Work? Also, "Happy Wife, Happy Life": Is This Okay?
    May 14 2024
    Today, Michele and Bryan venture into the treacherous world of coupledom in professional tennis. Can these couples ever work out when both partners want to be number one? Also, we deeply dissect Tennis Channel commentator Jim Courier's recent usage of the adage "happy wife, happy life". What does this mean? Should it be retired? (Yes)

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    28 mins
  • CHALLENGERS: Zendaya's "Devil's Threesome" Tennis Movie vs. "Wimbledon", the 2004 Kirsten Dunst Vehicle (One Is Much Better!)

    CHALLENGERS: Zendaya's "Devil's Threesome" Tennis Movie vs. "Wimbledon", the 2004 Kirsten Dunst Vehicle (One Is Much Better!)
    Apr 30 2024
    Michele and Bryan dissect the new white-hot Zendaya movie about tennis...and MMF threesomes? We also spend some time dismissing the horrific "Wimbledon", the 2004 Kirsten Dunst vehicle in which top players in the second week of a Grand Slam spend their time drinking, staying up all night and falling in a 2004 movie version of love.

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    26 mins
  • WTA Final Will Be In Saudi ☹️, Why Are There No Out Gay Male Players?

    WTA Final Will Be In Saudi ☹️, Why Are There No Out Gay Male Players?
    Apr 23 2024
    This time, Michele takes the driver's seat as we lament the now signed deal between the Women's Tour and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Is this "progress"? Also, we consider why there are not and have never been any openly gay male players in professional tennis. We know they're out there!

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    23 mins
  • Sinner Fans’ Orange Wigs: Is This Okay?, Automated Line Calling: How Tennis Learned to Love Its Robot Overlords

    Sinner Fans’ Orange Wigs: Is This Okay?, Automated Line Calling: How Tennis Learned to Love Its Robot Overlords
    Apr 16 2024
    Today, we tread lightly (or gingerly?) on the topic of Jannik Sinner and his fans, who often show up wearing bright orange wigs and carrot costumes, presumably to show support for Sinner and his bright red hair. But is this okay? We also tackle automatic line calling and how the tennis world came to embrace the robot line judge. What does this say about our relationship to artificial intelligence and how quickly we learn to trust machines over humans? Yeah.

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    28 mins
  • The WTA's Saudi Problem, Dan-YELL Collins Strikes Back, and Bad Behavior in Pickleball

    The WTA's Saudi Problem, Dan-YELL Collins Strikes Back, and Bad Behavior in Pickleball
    Apr 8 2024
    Michele and Bryan decry the Women's Tennis Association's decision to hold the WTA Finals in...Saudi Arabia (of all places), Danielle Collins tells us to "stay bothered", so we do, and is the problem with Pickleball the "sport" itself or the people who play it?

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    26 mins