Americans Watching The Footy Ethan and Benjamin Kassel

We're back to break down the 2024 men's schedule! From "Opening Round" gripes to chances for unprecedented results, we got more excited for the season to come as this episode went along. We celebrate rivalry scheduling and WCE v BRI at long last, and try to understand other location oddities. …Oh yeah, and something about the Gather Round.



Sections

0:00:00 Intro

0:02:01 Opening Round + R1

0:05:14 Geelong fixture talk

0:09:03 “Never Before” + Gather + Anzac + Alt. Sites

0:31:18 Rivalries + Returns

0:43:34 Club-by-Club / Misc.

1:04:51 Conclusion


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Yup, that's the title, and you'll know why if you saw Port's Twitter! Ethan tried to shut himself out of the last three days of trade news, and it... sort of worked? He and Benjamin talk through all the moves, many revealed to him for the first time in this recording. Reactions galore!


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It's the 69th episode of Season 2, and we're here to do a lot of things — including but not limited to celebrating American success! Mason Cox and Collingwood eked out a victory in the best Grand Final of our time knowing this amazing sport. We talk the game, the non-footy entertainment, and more extraneous material that fits into the general vicinity of our footy experience.



And here's the song Ethan mentioned early on: https://youtu.be/Yqp-J1fQ-mY



Sections

0:00:00 Intro

0:03:24 Pregame Talk

0:16:24 GF Discussion

0:40:24 Postmortems

0:55:40 Conclusion


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How can a preview of one game be nearly an hour long? Well, it isn't just a Grand Final preview. There's Brownlow night talk, list news, and our general stupidity along with a little bit of GF discussion. What can we say? It's a podcast — we go on tangents.



Sections

00:00 Intro

02:30 Brownlow Night

15:27 News, Everyone!

30:32 Grand Final Preview

55:24 Conclusion


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Yes, the title certainly describes the tAlMuDiC rItUaLs of Yom Kippur, which was ongoing as we recorded this episode, ahead of the Brownlow count. We take a look back not just to the prelims, but to the full seasons of the clubs who fell just one step short of the Grand Final.

Sections
00:00 Intro / News
06:31 PF1: COL v GWS
21:45 GWS Postmortem
31:57 PF2: BRI v CAR
45:32 CAR Postmortem
55:52 Main Character / Conclusion

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We knock off another big milestone with the help of Springfield's most renowned actor! Both prelims are matchups we haven't seen since the first half of the season, so we put both games into perspective. Plus: postmortems for the Dees and Power, and various other pieces of news outside the final four.



Sections

00:00 Intro

03:20 MEL Postmortem

15:17 PA Postmortem

28:19 News / Loose Ends

33:29 PF1: COL v GWS

41:36 PF2: BRI v CAR

51:37 Main Characters / Conclusion


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