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Disappointing news yesterday. I invited Stephen Colbert to come on the Dishcast to talk about Catholicism six weeks ago. Knowing his workload, I proposed any date or time this year. His agents didn’t respond for a month. So I emailed again. They said they’d get back to me. They didn’t, so I emailed again and they told me no. He’s too busy - and of course no one has any obligation to do a podcast.

But I reminded his agent that I held the record for appearances on the old Colbert Report, traveling…

I’m very familiar, I grew up covering that stuff, but I think people don’t understand how different this is - we’re not talking about local book bannings or even yanking of art grants for atheists or anything like that. There may be an equivalent instinct to censor in some circles but the sheer scale of laws like the DSA or NetzDG ot the…

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I wrote about why the 2025 draft is the most important draft for the Chiefs in multiple years as they face their fourth “pivot” point of the Mahomes era.

Pivot point; The 2025 Chiefs draft will be their most important in years

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Fun new Split Zone Duo trip down memory lane here. We talked about the 2001 coaching carousel, which changed so much about college football. Nice free preview (and free trial option) if you haven’t checked out our subscriber-only episodes yet. We would love to have you.

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Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
Anatomy of a Coaching Carousel: 2001
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