Defend Cleveland Podcast

Michael James

Cleveland's best sports talk and entertainment you'll find on the dial. Hosted by Mike James, The Defend Cleveland Show has proudly filled the airwaves of northeast Ohio on 91.1-FM WRUW every Monday morning for 8 years and counting, and now it's finally available as a podcast!

  1. 06/04/2023

    Defend Cleveland Show - Monday, June 20th, 2016, aka The Cavaliers Championship Show!

    All terrestrial segments were recorded and aired live on WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland on Monday, June 20th, 2016, the morning following the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James winning the NBA Championship. This classic of all classic Defend Cleveland episodes only ever aired live on WRUW that fateful Monday morning and hasn't been aired or posted again since in any form, until now... Talk about time machine travel! Enjoy this ride down Defend Cleveland memory lane~    Thank you to Neil Dare Waves for having the digital files of this special show downloaded and saved from the archives after all these years. This post would not be possible without him.   This show will forever be dedicated to Big Mamma     Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio

  2. 05/20/2023

    DCP Episode 250 - The Final Episode, aka Goodbye Forever!

    All terrestrial segments were recorded live on March 25th (Day 133 of 2023) and all podcast segments were recorded live on May 20ths (Day 140 of 2023) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content  Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:46:00) Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content (begins around 1:46:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 2:02:00) Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie's Weekly Reports... (begins around 3:05:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:48:00) Mollie's Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this final episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. We hope you've enjoyed the ride~   This show will forever be dedicated to Big Mamma     Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.    Your last ever recommended listening is a far too obscure 90's underground rock gem and a Mike James all-time fave, the full length "Doomsday Rock" by Brother JT & Vibrolux released in 1996 on Siltbreeze (for the CD only pressing) and also on Bedlam (for the vinyl only edition with the Jesus and B-17 Bombers album cover, y'all!)...SO GREAT!

  3. 03/29/2023

    Episode 249 - Admiring Skipper And His 12 Inch Long Dawg... Let's Play Ball!

    All terrestrial segments were recorded live on March 25th (Day 85 of 2023) and all podcast segments were recorded live on March 28th (Day 87 of 2023) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content  Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:30:00) Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content (begins around 1:30:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:44:00) Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie's Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:41:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:05:00) Mollie's Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~   This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma   To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking here.   Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.   Your recommended listening this week is the new LP collab between JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown "SCARING THE HOES"

  4. 03/15/2023

    Episode 248 - "F**k My Algorithm!"

    All terrestrial segments were recorded live on March 11th (Day 70 of 2023) and all podcast segments were recorded live on March 14th (Day 73 of 2023) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content  Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:24:00) Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content (begins around 1:23:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:44:00) Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie's Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:38:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:04:00) Mollie's Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~   This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma   To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking here.   Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.   Your recommended listening this week is the 1978 minimalism masterpiece "Music For 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich.   We also recommend you check out Adella.com and the Cleveland Symphany as conducted by John Adams from a special performance last year at Severance Hall, as mentioned in the first part of this episode's podcast segments

  5. 03/01/2023

    Episode 247 - If You're Paying Attention At All, Acceptance Is Needed Well Before There's Ever Any Grief

    All terrestrial segments were recorded live on February 25th (Day 56 of 2023) and all podcast segments were recorded live on February 28th (Day 59 of 2023) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content  Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:37:00) Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content (begins around 1:38:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:57:00) Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie's Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:53:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:13:00) Mollie's Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~   This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma   To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking here.   Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.   Your recommended listening this week is the newest album from Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs "Land of Sleeper"

  6. 02/15/2023

    Episode 246 - People Who Get Excited About Super Bowl Commercials Shouldn't Ever Be Invited To The Party

    All terrestrial segments were recorded live on February 11th (Day 42 of 2023) and all podcast segments were recorded live on February 14th (Day 45 of 2023) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content  Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:26:00) Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content (begins around 1:35:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:57:00) Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie's Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:52:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:17:00) Mollie's Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~   This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma   To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking here.   Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.   Your recommended listening this week is the 1986 game changing masterpiece from Skinny Puppy, "Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse"

  7. 02/08/2023

    Episode 245 - The King's Done It (Because Of Course He Did)

    All terrestrial segments were recorded live February 4th (Day 35 of 2023) and all podcast segments were recorded live February 7th (Day 38 of 2023) Part 1 of 2 - Podcast only content  Terrestrial: Part 1 (begins around 0:42:00) Part 2 of 2 - Podcast only content (begins around 1:38:00) Terrestrial: Part 2 & 3 (begins around 2:05:00)* All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~   This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma   To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking here. Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.   *The song "1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)" as performed by TFS is used without permission. And may we suggest you use the link below to buy it and support the band. Which is what we did. In fact we bought two copies.   Your recommended listening this week is (of course) the new EP by Tropical F**k Storm "Submersive Behaviour"

    Episode 245 - The King's Done It (Because Of Course He Did)

  8. 02/01/2023

    Episode 244 - Even If You've Waited Your Whole Life To See The Godfather, It's Still Somehow Even Greater Than Everyone Has Told You It Is

    All terrestrial segments were recorded live on January 25th (Day 25 of 2023) and all podcast segments were recorded live on January 31st (Day 31 of 2023) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content  Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:26:00) Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content (begins around 1:25:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:45:00) Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie's Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:45:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:04:00) Mollie's Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~   This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma   To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking here.   Thank yous to  91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio.   Your recommended listening this week is the 1967 masterpiece from Nina Simone, "Nina Simone Sings The Blues"

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Cleveland's best sports talk and entertainment you'll find on the dial. Hosted by Mike James, The Defend Cleveland Show has proudly filled the airwaves of northeast Ohio on 91.1-FM WRUW every Monday morning for 8 years and counting, and now it's finally available as a podcast!

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