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The Saints finally get a W (26-14 over the Giants) and David Roth joins Charles to talk about, well, not the game exactly, but game-adjacent things. L. Ron wasn't able to join the main chat but he was available to talk to Charles and Skooks, our Man in the Dome. And even though he couldn't join the chat, Ron managed to Get Dave's Ass. Plus, Charles lets his bar buddy Alex vent a little. There's a lot of Skattebo going on. You can listen to Dave at The Distraction (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast/id1525039108) or It's Christmastown (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849) and read his shizz at Defector.com. Thanks for cleaning up the sound, Snxwyfish. Listen to his music at https://linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social David Roth https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social Skooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social

A trip to Buffalo went better than expected but in the end it was still a 31-19 loss for our heros. Joining L. Ron and Charles on the pod is Buffalo native and lifelong Bills fan Victoria Zeller, author of the YA novel One of the Boys. Find Victoria's work - including book links at https://victoria.monster/ Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social Victoria Zeller https://bsky.app/profile/dirtbagqueer.rocks Sound engineering by Snxwyfish. Find his music at snxwyfish.bandcamp.com

L. Ron and Charles welcome Spike Friedman to the pod after the Seahawks' dominant 44-13 win over the Saints. Nobody had fun, except for Spike, who is enjoying a golden year of Seattle sports.

The Saints lose another one they had in their hands and Truthdig's Jeb Lund joins us to Get Our Ass. Skooks is back as our Man in the Dome as the Saints fall to 0-2 and Who Dat Nation loses control of the Dome to 49ers fans who don't like waiting to pee. Charles Star https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social Jeb Lund https://bsky.app/profile/mobute.bsky.social Skooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social Find Jeb's writing at http://truthdig.com and listen to his Hallmark podcast, It's Chrismastown (with David J. Roth) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-christmastown/id1407429849

Ron had a rough week but Charles was joined by Will Leitch to talk about the Saints 20-13 loss. Ron returned for Man in the Dome with Skooks. Charles https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social Ron https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social Skooks https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social Will Leitch https://bsky.app/profile/williamfleitch.bsky.social Find Lloyd McNeil's Last Ride here https://www.harpercollins.com/products/lloyd-mcneils-last-ride-will-leitch?variant=43101492314146

Charles and L. Ron are joined by Zach Sims from the podcats My New Thing to discuss the upcoming season without spiraling. Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social Zach Sims - https://bsky.app/profile/zachsims.bsky.social We Have Fun is at Young Ethel's (506 Fifth Ave. in Park Slope) every Wednesday at 7:30 My New Thing can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-new-thing-with-dan-and-zach/id1818625621

L. Ron and Charles are joined by Charles McDonald of the Football 301 podcast and Yahoo! Sports to talk about the Saints draft, the end of the Carr era, Shedeur's tumble and the still-wretched NFC South. Who Dat is back for another season, and this year? Fuck it, we're doing it live. Listen to Football 301 at https://sports.yahoo.com/videos/shows/football301/ Charles Star https://ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico https://lronmexico.bsky.social Charles McDonald htttps://fourverts.bsky.social Sound engineering by Snxwyfish. Find his music at https://snxwyfish.bandcamp.com

A sad season comes to an inglorious end. Charles and Ron sigh their way through a hopeless future and talk about as much about the game as it deserves. Finally, the season is over. The darkness envelops us. Thanks to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering. Listen to his music at https://linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star - https://ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico - https://lronmexico.bsky.social

Nobody is happy. Ron's work schedule is still interfering with his more important podcast schedule, Charles thinks we have three more years of this shit, Skooks is dealing with literal sewage and the terrorist in the French Quarter and our guest, Ed Zitron, is mad that the Raiders won because it borks their draft position. All that anger is good for the episode, though. You can find the Ed Zitron creative universe, including the Better Offline podcast and Where's Your Ed At, at betteroffline.com. Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star - https://bsky.app/profile/ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico - https://bsky.app/profile/lronmexico.bsky.social Ed Zitron - https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com Skooks - https://bsky.app/profile/skookses.bsky.social

Charles and Ron are as checked out as the Saints tackling, as the team falls to 5-10 after a 34-0 loss to Green Bay. No guest this week due to scheduling issues but the guys had enough to talk about. Abandon hope... Thanks to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; he was not involved. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star - ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico - lronmexico.bsky.social

As Ron suffers through the indignity of the graveyard shift and Charles struggles with a cold, the episode finally arrives in frankensteined pieces. Charles and Ron talk about the wild 20-19 Saints loss while Ron navigates the highways of the bayou and look towards the rapidly approaching Monday night game against the Packers. Dragonfly Jonez (Tyler) joins Charles to get his ass and Charles welcomes our Man in the Dome, Skooks, to talk about the two-point try after a wild comeback that could have no bad outcomes as bad as a successful extra-point kick. You can find the Jenkins and Jonez podcast universe at https://jenkinsandjonez.com/ Do not blame Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; he was not involved. Listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star - ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico - lronmexico.bsky.social Dragonfly Jonez - twitter.com/dragonflyjonez Skooks - skookses.bsky.social

A bounce-back win, kind of, after the Rams game but is a close-call against the Giants anything to celebrate? It is when it finishes with a blocked gimme FG and an opportunity to Get Rachael Parenta's ass. Charles and Rachael go way back as stand-up comic degenerates and it was fun to talk about this very stupid 14-11 win. Just look at that score. Stupid. Get Rachael's 2019 album Granola Sexual here: https://parentacomedy.wixsite.com/rachaelparenta/media Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star - ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico - lronmexico.bsky.social Rachael Parenta - https://www.instagram.com/parentacomedy/

The brief glimmer of hope from the otherwise ailing NFC South is snuffed out as Charles and Ron deal with a lackluster 21-14 loss to the Rams. Our guest had some technical difficulties, as you'll hear, so the discussion is a liittle janky. On the other hand we do present some interesting dual-quarterback theories. Plus, Skooks is our Man in the Dome and MITD has a newfound respect for technology. Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social and other stuff at linktr.ee/ugarles L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social Skooks skookses.bsky.social

On the Saints bye week, Charles and Ron bring on Ryan Hinton from the Saints Block Party Podcast to talk about the season to date and the future of the team. They do not come to praise Dennis Allen but to bury him very, very deep. Saints Block Party is available at https://saintsblockparty.com/ and livestreams on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@SaintsBlockParty Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social Ryan Hinton datboywolf.bsky.social Saints Block Party saintsblockparty.bsky.social

It's a two game winning streak for Ron and Charles to celebrate after a 35-14 win over the Cleveland Browns. Eric Peacock (Soundtracker) and David Roth (Defector / The Distraction / It's Christmastown) return to the podcast, this time because Eric is theoretically a Browns fan. Plus, Ron talked to our Man in the Dome, Skooks. Eric podcasts at Soundtracker: https://pod.link/1582643161 David writes at Defector.com and podcasts at The Distraction (https://pod.link/1525039108) It's Christmastown (https://pod.link/1407429849) Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social Eric Peacock uwebollocks.bsky.social David Roth davidjroth.bsky.social Skooks skookses.bsky.social

Ron and Charles got to enjoy a glorious season-redeeming 20-17 win over the Atlanta Falcons and brought Jason Kirk back to talk about his book and evangelical youth life and a little football. And we talked to our Man in the Dome, Skooks, about a reenergized Superdome that was starving for a win. You can links to where you can find Jason's book, Hell is a World Without You, at www.jasonkirk.fyi/p/novel (available in all formats). Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social Jason Kirk bsky.app/profile/jasonkirk.fyi Skooks skookses.bsky.social

Man, that did not go well. After a late collapse to lose to the Panthers, Charles and L. Ron record as the election returns come in and you know how that went (another late collapse by the team we were rooting for). At least the Saints head coach got fired, though it remains to be seen if the Democratic Party shares their wisdom. It was a fun session, though, so there's always laughing through the pain. Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarles L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexico

That's six weeks of awful football, folks. L. Ron has joined Charles in the doldrums with no hope to be found after the Saints fell 26-8 to the LA Chargers. Due to scheduling difficulties, Charles welcomes our guest in misery solo. Justin Halpern, writer for Abbott Elementary, is a *San Diego* Chargers fan only. Instead of getting our ass, he gets after Nick Spanos for jacking the Chargers from their San Diego home since everyone on the show wanted the Charrgers to lose and currently hates the team they loved in their childhoods. Watch Abbott Elementary on ABC or Hulu. Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarles L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexico Justin Halpern twitter.com/justin_halpern

For the fifth straight week, the Saints fall on their collective faces and Charles is upset but L. Ron is surprisingly sanguine about it. With us to Get Our Ass after a Broncos 33-10 win is Jacob Weindling, EIC of the revived Splinter.com to. We were so beaten down we forgot to check in with our Man in the Dome. Read Splinter at, well, https://Splinter.com. Thank you to Snxwyfish for the sound engineering; listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarles L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexico Jacob Weindling twitter.com/jakeweindling

The season is getting worse and worse but at least we have Rattler in the building and the Get Our Ass segment is getting meaner. Samer Ali of the Loose Cannons podcast joins L. Ron and Charles to discuss the 51-27 debacle at the Dome. Skooks is back as the Man in the Dome with some heartfelt words about the fans of our division rivals. You can find the Loose Cannons podcast at https://linktr.ee/LooseCannonsPodcast Do not blame anything on Snxwyfish; no time to send him anything to engineer. Still, you can listen to his music at linktr.ee/Snxwyfish Socials: Charles Star ugarles.bsky.social twitter.com/ugarles L. Ron Mexico lronmexico.bsky.social twitter.com/lronmexico Samer Ali twitter.com/TheSamerAli Here are the hurricane relief efforts we called out on the podcast: Gronk's Helene/Milton Relief GFM: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gronks-hurricane-helene-milton-relief-fund Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/ Bayou Community Foundation: https://www.bayoucf.org/ Beloved Asheville: https://www.belovedasheville.com/ Help Marshall: helpmarshall.org