The Secret Album That the NBA's Best Executive Doesn't Want You to Hear (PTFO Vault)
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
How did the shadowy general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Sam Presti, become an urban legend? Pablo unearths a treasure buried by its own elaborate design... then dances into The Jazz Rabbit Hole with Wyatt Cenac and a special mystery guest.
(This episode originally aired June 12, 2025.)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's me, Pablo. |
| 0:02.8 | So we've done, doing the math, 327 episodes of Pablo Torre finds out since we launched in September, 2023. |
| 0:12.1 | And it is the end of 2025. |
| 0:14.8 | And I could not be prouder of our tiny little and extremely overworked newsroom that has created this |
| 0:24.1 | bizarre sports news magazine show that is television but also obviously an audio first podcast |
| 0:31.7 | because we've punched above our weight i think especially this year but the stuff that we did before, the previous, you know, hundreds of episodes, |
| 0:41.4 | we have some favorites that we are now concerned that you maybe have not heard yet, |
| 0:46.5 | or maybe don't realize, or even better, when you listen to it a second time. |
| 0:50.7 | And so during the holiday break, we're bringing you our favorites from the PTFO Vault. |
| 0:55.5 | And we also have a newsletter, by the way, www.pablo.com, where I'll be doing some stuff over the |
| 1:00.6 | holiday break, especially. Please subscribe and support our approach to independent sports |
| 1:04.7 | journalism. But most of all, thank you. Thank you for making this show, not just a weird |
| 1:10.3 | experiment, but a community of people who support the kind of mission that we're on. |
| 1:15.4 | To hold to account extraordinarily rich and powerful people while also taste testing, you know, athlete branded weed. |
| 1:23.4 | We contain multitudes, as does our vault. Please enjoy. |
| 1:27.6 | I'm Pablo Torre, and this episode of Pablo Torre finds out |
| 1:30.9 | is brought to you by Remy Martin 1738, Accord Royale. |
| 1:35.7 | Exceptionally smooth, cognac for all your game day festivities. |
| 1:39.3 | Please drink responsibly, because today, we're going to find out what this sound is. |
| 1:45.0 | Yo, here and gone, it's mother name's a sad song. |
| 1:48.0 | That's why when we're alive, we got to strive and keep on. |
| 1:51.0 | Right after this ad. |
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