Will and Alex provide a career update before sharing their favorite memories from “The Raptors Show” (31:38). Later, they recap “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” (1:18:20) and chat about Smeagol’s birthday, Pippin becoming Alex’s favo

Bonus Middle-Earth Episode: “The Two Towers”

26 days ago 1h 30m

Will and Alex are joined by Josh from In Vintage We Trust to walk through every single scene in “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” and discuss: the value of Sam’s friendship, if Saruman is a top-tier villain, pulling up to the gates of Mor

The March Banter Pod

Mar 15th, 2024 2h 15m

Will and Alex sit down with chef Craig Wong (0:41) to chat about growing up in Scarborough, the origin story of “Patois,” Chinese-Jamaican food, the JunePlum patty, navigating the restaurant industry, his food recommendations around the city, a

The February Banter Pod

Feb 21st, 2024 2h 22m

Will and Alex chat about Pascal Siakam’s return to Toronto, the behind-the-scenes story of Will receiving a dap from Fred VanVleet, and how to make All-Star weekend better before Alex provides a non-update on his next career move (58:29), what

Ep 100: Sean Highkin

Aug 12th, 2015 1h 12m

Sean Highkin and I discuss the 100 rules of Twitter.

Ep 99: Eva Holland

Jun 19th, 2015 1h 9m

Eva Holland joined me to talk about her path towards becoming a freelance writer, her recent trip to the Cirque of the Unclimbables and more. Also, I talk about the time I spent several years of my childhood figure skating.

Ep 98: Mina Kimes

Jun 15th, 2015 54m 8s

Mina Kimes, senior writer at ESPN The Magazine, joined me to talk about the transition from business to sports writing, her recent feature on the Unkillable Demon King, and more.

Ep 97: Sage Steele

Jun 11th, 2015 1h 18m

Sage Steele, host of ESPN's NBA Countdown, joined me to chat about her career path, working the NBA Finals, and her friendship with Stuart Scott.

Ep 96: My Friend Jon

Jun 10th, 2015 53m 58s

My friend Jon returns as we revisit a recent racist (and kind of hilarious) encounter, live-tweeting at movie theaters, buying Twitter followers and more.

Ep 95: Kevin Clark

Jun 8th, 2015 56m 55s

Kevin Clark (NFL writer at The Wall Street Journal) joined me to talk about growing up rooting for Shaq-Penny, how Michael Beasley helped his writing career and offbeat stories about Peyton Manning, Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers.

Ep 94: Shea Serrano

Jun 2nd, 2015 51m

Shea Serrano (Grantland, "Bun B's Rap Coloring and Activity Book") joined me to talk about being a Spurs fan, working as an ESL teacher, his new book project, J.Cole, NFL Blitz and more.

Ep 93: Lee Jenkins

Mar 16th, 2015 55m 26s

Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated joined me to talk about his career path, his approach to profile writing, his recent piece on Jeff Teague and the Atlanta Hawks, the most challenging piece he's had to write in his career, and much more.

Ep 92: MC Jin

Feb 26th, 2015 1h 22m

I visited Jin at a music studio in Brooklyn this week. We walked through his entire career, from growing up, to his big break on 106 & Park, to his Ruff Ryder days, to his career in Hong Kong, and to the present, where he’s still passionate abo

Ep 91: Michael Pina

Dec 17th, 2014 1h 4m

Michael Pina returns to the podcast as we catch up on the NBA. We work the trade machine and I reveal the one team I have avoided watching all season. Actually, whatever, spoiler: it's the Pacers.

Ep 90: Danny Bowes

Dec 16th, 2014 1h 6m

Danny Bowes -- a film, theater and television critic for the Salt Lake City Weekly and NBA fan for three decades -- joined me to talk about all our favorite petty storylines in the league past and present, detoured to try and define "thinkpiece

Ep 89: Blake Murphy (Bonus Cuts)

Dec 2nd, 2014 28m 15s

Outtakes episode: Blake Murphy and I run through some Raptors alumni, shouts to Joey Graham, and discuss other NBA topics.

Ep 88: Blake Murphy

Dec 1st, 2014 1h 4m

I'm joined by Blake Murphy of Raptors Republic to discuss the team's fast start, upcoming decisions on Jonas Valanciunas and Terrence Ross, DeMar DeRozan's injury, Matt Devlin, Jack Armstrong being only 51, Bruno and more.

Ep 87: Evan Hughes

Oct 30th, 2014 1h 21m

Evan Hughes joined me to discuss "The Trials of White Boy Rick", a story he wrote recently investigating the story of Rick Wershe, an alleged drug kingpin of Detroit in the late 1980s, and the complicated tale of how he's still in jail today.

Ep 86: Matt Moore

Oct 27th, 2014 1h 8m

Final NBA preview episode. Matt Moore of CBS Sports joined me to explain reasons to get excited for all 30 teams this season.

Ep 85: Andrew Ungvari (Bonus Cuts)

Oct 24th, 2014 38m 54s

More NBA preview talk with Andrew Ungvari on this outtakes episode. Potential surprise playoff teams, team that might make the playoffs, Mark Cuban versus Daryl Morey, the future in Phoenix and Utah, Jason Richardson, Jason Kapono and the new f

Ep 84: Andrew Ungvari

Oct 23rd, 2014 1h 13m

NBA Preview III. Andrew Ungvari returns to the podcast to discuss the latest round of criticism about Kobe, and look forward to the Lakers season.

Ep 83: Ian Levy (Bonus Cuts)

Oct 22nd, 2014 24m 1s

20 more minutes with Ian Levy. Outtakes from our podcast episode, including our discussion about a potential draft reform, rule changes in the NBA and the geometry of garbage time basketball.

Ep 82: Ian Levy

Oct 22nd, 2014 1h 15m

NBA Preview II. Ian Levy joined me to talk about OKC's championship window, Indiana's long season ahead, Toronto's potential in the East and more.

Ep 81: Sean Highkin

Oct 20th, 2014 1h 1m

NBA preview podcast! Sean Highkin joined me to discuss the season ahead, we also took some time to discuss Alex Rodriguez, The Players' Tribune and more.

Ep 80: Steve McPherson

Sep 29th, 2014 1h 10m

Steve McPherson joined me to talk about 20 minute naps, his music career, his writing process, great NBA photoshops, the Minnesota Timberwolves and his daughter Maggie going viral on the Internet.