House of Strauss Ethan Strauss

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Wosny Lambre wears many hats and today we accidentally went heavy on politics. For that I apologize, given that sports > politics, but I did throughly enjoy the conversation (which even included some spirited arguing). The caveat is this is just two guys shooting from the hip on controversial matters. We are not experts. To quote Charles Barkley, “God’s the only expert.”
Topics include but aren’t limited to…
* This bizarre Isaac Chotiner interview with Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg where the latter tries to flee midway through.
* Why is Joe Biden struggling in the polls relative to the Democratic Party?
* Why has a slice of the public forgiven Trump relative to 2022, when Dems performed above expectations?
* Do people now overwhelmingly vote for cultural reasons over economic reasons?
* Wos is fascinated by how Bill Maher is regarded on the left
* Stan Van Gundy accuses Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker of “cloaking bigotry under religious beliefs.” I’ll admit that I discussed this part before knowing the full context of SVG’s religion-critical commentary.
* Is religion on a textual level compatible with modern culture?

Nate Jones is one of the most thoughtful commentators on all things NBA. For some insane reason, he still tweets his honest thoughts. We get into those, starting with the end of Turner’s Inside the NBA, transitioning to ESPN’s recent NBA issues and fanning out to Jones’ perspective on sharing normie political tendencies on Twitter/X.
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We are joined by Mike Pesca, host of The Gist, and (much to his great shame), House of Strauss super fan. On today’s pod we unpack the various overlapping dramas surrounding Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement speech. The NFL has disavowed Butker’s words. But has “the NFL” really disavowed his words? Topics include but aren’t limited to…
* Mike and I like a good hypocrite
* Is there any throughline to the social justice causes (Why is Greta Thunberg now protesting an Israeli singer’s inclusion on Eurovision?)
* The Harrison Butker media freakout
* Can fervently followed religion co-exist with the secular ideology of institutions?
* The modern issue with telling women to “be a homemaker”
* Bill Simmons succeeds because he still has takes (and others don’t)
* A take or two on Glenn Greenwald
* Mike questions me on my NBA takes over the years

Grant Cohn is a) The originator of the now multimillion dollar media ecosystem known as “49ers Youtube” b) Most prolific critic of 49er coach Kyle Shanahan and, now, c) In a beef with Athletic reporter David Lombardi.
We start with that last part, because it’s an intriguing entry point. Why are Cohn and Lombardi openly fighting? Does Grant represent the gate crashing threat of New Media? Or is Lombardi heading him off at the pass by taking team-friendly coverage to Grant’s Youtube territory?
We get into all of this, plus discuss hurting athlete’s feelings, Kevin Durant’s personality type, my least favorite 2024 Niner draft pick, and, who else? Brock Purdy. Enjoy!
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Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins are best friends and co-creators of this particular passion project. It turns out that the ranks of NBA decision makers and coaches are replete with guys who cut their teeth in obscure Division 3 college programs. The sheer amount of influence out of D3 is pretty incredible, as the book chronicles and conveys. So why has this happened? How come the lowest level of college competition is fueling the highest level of decision making in pro competition?
We get into that, plus question big shot Chicago radio host Danny about Caleb Williams…
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Ryan, our nation’s preeminent sports media critic, is here to discuss reports that NBC wishes to offer the NBA a tremendous amount of money. What does this mean, other than that Adam Silver is our lord and savior?
Topics…
* Can Warner Bros. Discovery (TNT) possibly come up with a competing offer?
* What’s with WBD CEO David Zaslav sitting at Knicks-Sixers with Goldman Sachs tycoon Lloyd Blankfein?
* Do Barkley and the other TNT guys join NBC in this scenario?
* Irony of WBD needing the NBA most, but being most likely to be forced out
* Oddness of young Thunder players doing that “What a pro wants” ad
* Which TNT halftime guy is least essential?
* NBA playoff ratings are all over the map. New Nielsen system or something else?
* That traditional space at end of pod where we talk Israel/Gaza campus protests
* Are these protests being received by the public in a totally different way had Elon not bought Twitter?