House of Strauss Ethan Strauss
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A podcast about sports, politics, the future and technology.
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HoS: Kat Rosenfield on Huberman, Blasey Ford and the Vibe Shift
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In the Elon X era, no article ever goes viral. At least that’s what I used to think. But now, of late, articles in New York Magazine and The Cut have broken through as a sort of rage bait. To assess what’s going on, we’ve called in honest and trenchant culture writer Kat Rosenfield. Topics include but aren’t limited to…
* Pre mourning your old dog
* Getting “serious” with your significant other early
* The Andrew Huberman cover story in NY Mag
* How the Huberman story, while well written, fails to hit its target
* It’s hard to publicly shame a man over having six girlfriends
* Kat’s piece on how nobody cares about the Christine Blasey Ford memoir
* The weirdness of the Brett Kavanaugh moment
* Journalists taking out high school resentments on public figures
* I’m “ethnically liberal” -
HoS: Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner
If you’re an NBA fan you know who Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner are, beyond being recent guests on House of Strauss. In this episode, I used my “stupid questions” approach to ask these current media members about their old jobs. The answers? Well, they were anything but stupid. Enjoy…
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HoS: Joe Pompliano
Joe covers sports, business and often how the two intertwine. He’s been all over the sports + gambling topic, most recently with his viral observation on live sports betting integration getting added into NBA League Pass. Basically, Joe discusses all my favorite topics, so of course we had a great conversation. Topics include but aren’t limited to…
* How America and Europe are on opposite timelines with sports betting
* Is the sports betting boom going to harm young peoples’ sports fandom?
* Why you can somewhat easily beat the books (except they won’t allow it)
* Should sports books be forced to take the bets of winners?
* Should sports gambling be made illegal again?
* Contradictory signals on the NBA’s TV rights prospects
* What do we think really happened with Shohei Ohtani?
* The future is athletes getting in trouble like Ohtani did
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HoS: Chris Vernon
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Thrilled to have Chris Vernon on because I’ve long been curious about his career as an NBA + overall sports podcaster. The best way I can summarize Verno for those who do not know: Think if Sam Kinison was really into the Memphis Grizzlies.
Topics include but are not limited to…
* Vernon used to hilariously CRUSH Pau Gasol
* How Chris chose the Grizzlies as his success vehicle
* Why Robert Saleh is the reason 49ers Youtube exploded
* JT The Brick saved Chris’ career with some unforgettable advice
* Why Tony Allen is a better NBA player podcaster than some others
* Why Vernon thinks the NBA will be profitable despite losing full game watchers
* Gas station boner pills?
* Do the kids like the NBA?
* Will this LeBron + JJ Redick podcast be a success? -
HoS: Tom Haberstroh Has a Smoking Gun on NBA Not Calling Fouls (Or Does He?)
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Tom Haberstroh has written an explosive article in The Finder about just how improbable the NBA’s post All-Star break scoring drought is. I think it’s impossible to look at these numbers and reach any conclusion other than that the NBA directed referees to call games differently. But does Tom himself think this? Discussion includes but is not limited to…
* A wild free throw stat, unseen in 2000 games, happens twice on the same night
* Tom gets into the numbers on a dramatic drop in fouls called
* GMs don’t believe the league’s position that this is random and non directed
* I say it really really really really looks like the NBA is lying
* Why would the NBA lie about something so (allegedly) obvious?
* Tom reveals a sneaky big benefit to the lack of foul calls
* “Trying to get pregnant” is a funny euphemism.
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HoS: Ryan Glasspiegel
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The preeminent sports media critic is here, right after breaking sports media news. We discuss, in notes cribbed from his X feed:
* Ryan’s Pat McAfee vs. Stephen A. Smith story
* Shannon Sharpe, digital juggernaut
* The media lets it slide that Mark Cuban rips Trump nonstop yet sold his baby to partner with statistically the world's largest Trump supporter
* A vibe shift where nobody cares about athletes like Joe Burrow hanging with Trump
* The viral moment of LeBron getting very friendly with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss
* I cost Ryan money on unders picks with my NBA scoring drop article.
* National NBA media can't stand most of the stars being in small markets