What up, what up, what up, what up, everybody, and welcome to the second episode of DeBaircast, presented by St. Xavier University.

Thanks so much for joining us.

My name is Alex Shapiro.

To my right is Michael Bowling.

And right below me is Edgar Perez.

Before we get going, we want to introduce

ourselves real quick in case you're new to the show. We got some new people on the show.

So very briefly, my name is Alex. I spent nine years working at NBC Sports Chicago before

getting the opportunity to join things here at the Chicago Sports Network for the past four years.

I was covering the Bears as Beat Reporter, and I was fortunate enough to be alongside my guys,

Kenneth Davis, Josh Rock on the Under Center podcast.

So if you're coming from the Under Center podcast to Dub Aircast, thanks for joining us.

And with that, I'm just going to kick it to my guy, Mike.

Mike, tell us a little bit about yourself.

What's up?

What's up?

Mike Bowling, born and raised in Chicago, worked numerous crazy jobs, but most notably

just came over from Bleacher Report, worked on the betting strategies over there in the app.

I worked at MLB a million years ago,

worked at Stadium where I met Edgar Perez, EP, my guy. So really excited to be a part of the

of the Bearcast. And, you know, I think we're starting this at a really, really fun time.

The trajectory of this team is just like, I don't know, I don't want to get

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