“You don’t really have to do everything like the Red Sox” – Pointless Exercise
Andy flies solo this week and hits on a whole host of topics from the Ricketts’ obsession with doing everything like the Red Sox to why they might be afraid to hold onto Kris Bryant until the trade deadline, some scary (and amusing) Cubs ZIPS comps, why the…
Super Bowl Preview – Just try to ignore that the Bears should have either of the QBs
If you are 34 years old or younger the only memory you have of the Bears in the Super Bowl is of Rex Grossman’s tiny little hands trying to hold onto a wet football in Miami, the mighty defense being left on the field waaaaay too long and forgetting how to…
Kevin Kaduk – Pointless Exercise
Sportswriter Kevin Kaduk, formerly of the Kansas City Star and Yahoo! Sports joins Andy to talk about the Kris Bryant grievance decision, Nolan Arenado, Super Bowl LIV, Super Bowl prop bets including the Puppy Bowl, the origin of players’ nicknames, Kobe…
Mike Pusateri – Pointless Exercise
A few weeks ago Andy amazed Chicago-born comedian-actor-writer-producer Mike Pusateri by recognizing him on an episode of the ABC show Fresh Off The Boat, and now Mike’s on the podcast to talk about his career, but mostly to talk about the Cubs. They talk about…
“Daddy bought them a baseball team” – Pointless Exercise
Sam and Andy waited for the Cubs to do something this offseason, and they got tired of waiting so they’re back. They talk about how dumb the idea of trading Kris Bryant is, how the financial “issues” the Cubs have are fictitious at best and downright…
Bruce Miles – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Longtime Cubs’ writer Bruce Miles joins Andy to talk about the uneventful offseason, the aftermath of baseball’s twin sign stealing scandals, great moments in Carlos Zambrano history, how the third baseman market is impacting the Cubs’ confusing…
NFL Divisional Playoffs – Will someone please send the Packers home?
This was a rough year. The Bears opened the season four days early and commemorated the NFL’s 100th season by scoring as many points (three) as they routinely did in the Decatur Staleys days. The fact that the humiliation occurred in prime time in a standalone…
New name, same crap podcast – Pointless Exercise: A Desipio Podcast
The new year is here and your favorite podcast is back (and so is this one). We’ve got a new name. The Desipio Podcast is now Pointless Exercise, because that just sounds more official. Andy is here for an abbreviate pod to start things off and he talks about…
“Cheers to another season down the tubes” – Desipio Bears Podcast
Grab the Kleenex, it’s the final Desipio Bears Podcast of the season as Andy, Kyle and Mike sift through the wreckage of an incredibly disappointing season. You’ll learn more than you ever wanted to about Jesper Horsted, Jake Kumerow’s family ties,…
“If Lombardi had been the little spoon he’d have lived…” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The Bears have won three in a row and that inspires Mike and Andy to make fun of Iowa, talk about Vince Lombardi’s basement, discuss the real origins of the famous “those aren’t pillows” scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, actually talk…
“Mitch is a binary thinker” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The gang’s all here as the guys talk about the red hot Bears, Kyle entertains the idea that Mitch is having a better year than Tom Brady, they discuss what, if anything, Mitch’s relative competence last week means, and whether Mitch is better than David…
Four former Bears on the verge of NFL history
It’s probably fair to say the current campaign isn’t going to go down as one to tell the grandkids about given the lack of consistency that has been on show from the Chicago Bears. Thankfully, rather than harp on about the existing struggles we’ve found something else…
Stream of consciousness – Desipio Podcast
Andy gives everybody else the holiday week off and decides to do a quick solo podcast, and an hour and 15 later, he’s talked about the Bears and Lions, the Harvard-Yale game, Calvin and Hobbes, Law and Order, the Bulls, the stupid NBA mid-season tournament, the…
Monocles are cheaper than glasses – Desipio Bears Podcast
The guys hold their noses and relive the Bears wet turd of a performance in Los Angeles. They try to decide if Mitch Trubisky was really hurt, what exactly Matt Nagy is good at, why anybody thinks Chicago sports fans want to hear what Dave Wannstedt has to say about…
“They’ve already ruined the ancillary benefits of losing, so they might as well just win.” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The Bears won an actual NFL game, even if it was against the LIons it still counts, and the guys look back at that. They pore over the Tribune article this week about the “thought process” that led the Bears to taking the worst quarterback in the 2017…
Won’t somebody help Mitch turn off these TVs? – Desipio Bears Podcast
A sick child has the podcast manned by just Andy and Mike this week, but they are more than up to the task of putting the awfulness of the Eagles’ loss into current and historical context. Hold your nose as you hear how the exploits of the nine yard first half…
“Bite down on this stick and watch the Bears” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The boys are back in their trips podcast formation and after talking Halloween in Iowa and Kansas, they try to make sense of another mind-numbing Bears loss by breaking down the inept red zone play calling, wondering how badly Mitch is flunking Bears Offense 202. Did…
“It’s coaching malpractice” – Desipio Bears Podcast
It’s just Mike and Andy this week as they try to figure out what the hell Matt Nagy is doing, how far in over his head he is, what exactly it is that Mitch does around here, and along the way they talk about Kevin Loughery, Granville Waiters and Dave Corzine….