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Puck Soup: Will Leitch talks St. Louis Blues, hockey vs. baseball, sports media
(WARNING: STRONG ADULT LANGUAGE AND HUMOR. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.)
PUCK SOUP is the hockey podcast on the Nerdist network from Puck Daddy editor Greg Wyshynski and Dave Lozo of Vice Sports, Uproxx and The Comeback. This is a hockey podcast, in the sense that the talk about hockey, both on the ice and about fan culture. That’s the “puck.” This is also a podcast about movies, TV, fast food, life lessons and general idiocy. That’s the “soup.”
In Episode 39, Dave and Greg welcome Will Leitch of Sports On Earth and the New Republic (and the founder of Deadspin) to talk about the St. Louis Blues, how baseball and hockey are constantly trying to court fans that don’t like them, Barstool Sports and the changing digital sports media landscape, and Will’s Oscar picks. That, plus the Auston Matthews vs. Patrik Laine debate goes nuclear; the downside of the “Miracle On Ice”; previewing the NHL trade deadline; and musical tribute to the sad, ignored Ryan Johansen; a Blackhawks fans marries a Wild fan on the ice but betrays his team; and listener mail that takes us through pizza dipping, hockey documentaries and Ilya Bryzgalov on the seven new exoplanets.
Here is your Episode 39 syllabus:
OPENING: A discussion about that Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild wedding naturally becomes a discussion of moose and zombies before circling back to the original point.
14:30: Auston Matthews has made Toronto Maple Leafs fans cuckoo, and a look at the Calder race with Patrik Laine et al.
22:00: How context is ruining sports’ greatest highlights.
32:00: The Miracle On Ice, and it’s downside for American hockey.
37:00: It’s Will Leitch, talking about the St. Louis Blues, baseball and hockey trying to snag new fans, Deadspin vs. Barstool Sports, Jon Hamm, sports blogging and the Oscar race.
1:27:00: It’s our heartfelt tribute to Ryan Johansen on behalf of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
1:32:00: The NHL trade deadline.
1:37:00: Puck Soup mailbag!
1:52:00: Ilya Bryzgalov talks about the new seven new planets.
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