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UW-Madison CA 346 Critical Internet Project Podcast: Cultural Algorithms

Professor Jeremy Morris
TA: Jacob Mertens

On this weeks episode we have another new addition to the pod, Hank's Roommate Michael Paduano will now be a permanent member of TFT. He joins to talk about last weeks Premier League action such as Wolves thriller against Leicester City, Manchester United's 7th win in a row, Arsenals continued woes and other headlines. The trio then look to upcoming FA cup matches and give predictions on the next slate of Premier League games. Finally they round out the pod with everyone's favorite segment(that is finally being put into the pod) Man of the Match.

It was a tough week for our host's respective clubs but nevertheless they are professionals and will power through to deliver your weekly dose of intellectual soccer talk. We start with the previous week's Premier League action diving into topics such as the Arsenal-Ozil debate, Chelsea's striker woes, would you rather have a world class goalie or world class striker?, and much more(00:00-36:15). We then close up the pod with our predictions for the upcoming week of games where we are actually keeping track of our picks now to see who will end the season with the best prediction record. (36:15-43:12)