A Report From the Cowboys-Packers Tie, the Rise of the Bernie Bio, and Barbecue Notes From Texas

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4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David are back to discuss Bryan’s quick trip to Dallas for the Micah Parsons return game. He lets you in on the dirty secret of football reporting, gets into the differences between the Micah trade and the Luka Doncic trade, and gives some barbecue reviews (00:24). Then they share some football audio from the weekend, including Gus Johnson’s call of an Illinois running back fumbling just as he was about to reach the end zone and a sideline interview gone wrong with Bears coach Ben Johnson (11:10). The two also get into the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, Bernie Sanders entering biography status, and Leonardo DiCaprio going viral over what his manager wanted his name changed to (33:05). Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David ShoemakerProducer: Kyle Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:51.7	David?
0:52.8	Yes.
0:56.0	I'm coming to you from Fort Worth, Texas. Hell yeah. So you know I've got some barbecue adventures to share.
1:02.0	I don't think I ever had barbecue in Fort Worth, Texas when I lived there.
1:08.0	What was wrong with you?
1:10.0	I don't know. I don't know.
1:11.5	I don't know.
1:13.7	Just never seemed that
1:14.7	bit like it was that big of a deal at the time.
1:16.6	Barbecue really?
1:17.1	Salads or something?
1:17.9	You're putting on airs?
1:21.4	What was good back then?
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