Hello Sunshine, I'm Alexi Lollis and welcome to the State of the Union Podcast, where we look at the beautiful

game on and off the field through the lens of red white and blue colored glasses.

This week we'll be talking, well, the end of the Super League, question mark,

MLS Entertainment, the Oscars, CCL, UCL,

European leagues, VAR,

my bad mood, singing, and so much more, but first joining me as always, my friend, my

colleague, my guiding light. David Mossy, a soccer savant and a fox soccer researcher and writer

extraordinary! Mossy, how are you doing on this? researcher and writer extraordinary.

Mossy, how are you doing on this Monday, April 26th in the year 2021?

I'm doing well, although I must confess I'm feeling a weird sensation today.

What's that?

You gotta get that checked out or what?

You're gonna be okay?

I am a big movie buff who watches the Oscars every year and has usually seen just about all the best picture

nominees so I have strong opinions on what should win, I read all the articles about it, listen to

podcasts and for whatever reason, well I mean we know the reason but I just couldn't get into movies in the past year and so I didn't even watch the Oscars last night.

I had only seen three of the eight best picture nominees. I hadn't seen No Mad Land so I'm seeing a lot of conversations about that today, and I can't really partake and it bothers me.

I don't know why I couldn't get motivated this year to watch more of these movies.

Well, let's be honest, the conversation about the Oscars has nothing to do with

the actual Oscars because it has to do with the fact that so many people like you

and like me were ambivalent about it right I mean I didn't even know and recognize the

Oscars were happening until somebody said it or I saw it on my timeline at some

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