Episode 27: Evan’s trip to Japan, Jason Collins, and NBA Playoffs
What’s up everybody? This is episode 27 of the Pass the Relish podcast!
In this episode Zack, Mando, and Evan discuss
• Evan’s trip to Japan and visiting atrocity memorials…
• Does Jason Collins represent a sea-change in the gay rights issue? Also, what this has to do with climate change! WOW
• Finally, we get some quick thoughts in on the NBA playoffs.
Tune in next week and we will have a full Survivor season finale and some round 1 wrap up!
— PTR
Episode 25: Guns and Democracy, Margaret Thatcher’s Legacy, and THE MASTERS
Yup!
PTR Episode 25! That is two in one week folks! ! Mando and Zack get serious about…
- 4:00 Gun control and what it says about democracy.
- 16:20 Margaret Thatcher’s complicated legacy.
- 26:30 Tiger Woods, golf and THE MASTERS!
Till next time folks!
— PTR
Stock Market Soars, 10yr Iraq War, NCAA vs. NBA, and FX’s “The Americans”
Episode 23! Stock Market Soars
, 10 years of the Iraq War, NCAA vs. the NBA, and FX’s The Americans
Hey what’s up everybody!
Pass the Relish episode 23! Three segments. Three different perspectives. Politics, Sports, and Entertainment!
On this weeks episode the gang discusses:
- 8:20 Record profits in the stock market and the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War
- 15:30 NCAA vs. the NBA
- 30:00 The FX show “The Americans,” Women on T.V., and Rape Culture
Till next time folks!
— PTR
Episode 22: Hugo Chavez and the POPE, the NBA and TAYSHAUN PRINCE, and the Greatest T.V. Meltdown of All Time!
Episode 22! Hugo Chavez and the POPE! The NBA Western Conference! And the Greatest T.V. Meltdown of all time!
Hey what’s up everybody!
Pass the Relish debuts its new podcast format! Three segments. Three different perspectives. Politics, Sports, and Entertainment! Let us know what you think and be sure to join us here NEXT friday for another episode of the PTR podcast
- 1:15 PTR’s political endorsements! The media’s coverage of Hugo Chavez’s Death, The Minimum Wage, and THE POPE.
- 18:55 The NBA Western Conference playoff race and TAYSHAUN PRINCE!
- 38:30 Survivor and the greatest T.V. breakdown of all time.
Till next time folks!
— PTR
Episode 20: PTR is back with some NBA talk!
Hey Everyone!
Pass the Relish has been off the grid for awhile now! But hold onto your hats cause we have a few episodes coming your way…
First up? Brian joins Mando for a recap of the first third of the NBA season!
We got Knicks, Melo, Nets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Lakers, Kobe’s bad defense, Thunder, James Harden, and all the rest!
let us know what you think!
peace,
— PTR
Episode 18: The NBA Finals, The Heat’s Secret Identity, and Mario Chalmers’ Irrational Confidence
Hey what’s up everybody!? Episode 18!!!
Mando and Brian return for 40 min of NBA Finals talk and some great music! (Recorded just after the Game 4 Heat win)
- WTF is wrong with James Harden?
- Mario and the totally random rise of the Heat as a “team”
- It’s Derrick Fisher Time!
- Did Lebron kill “Clutchness” as a concept?
Also, you can follow Mando on twitter @IrredeemablyNBA
Till next time folks! — PTR
Ep 17: Coaching strategy in Spurs/Thunder, Future of the Lakers, How a new rule changed the NBA
Hey what’s up everybody!? Are you feigning for a new PTR podcast with great music? Well here’s episode 17 where special guest Brian joining Mando for 45 minutes of NBA playoff madness.
Here are the 4 topics we get into…
- 1:00 — What exactly are the Spurs doing to the Thunder?
- 17:30 — The Celtics still have a chance, here’s why
- 26:30 — Where do the Lakers go from here?
- 35:00 — How a subtle rule change has drastically changed the NBA
Here’s the musicians in case you are wondering…
- Black Uhuru — Dub You Haffe Dub
- Common — Break My Heart
- Mayer Hawthorne — A Long Time
- johnny cash — Folsom Prison Blues
- Tesla Boy — Spirit of the Night
Till next time folks!
— PTR
Shenanigans Ep16: NBA Playoffs, Survivor, Avengers!
Hey folks! Episode 16 of the Shenanigans podcast! It’s been a long time, but this is probably one of our best yet…
We hit you with 20 min of NBA Playoffs, 20 min of Survivor, and 20 min of Avengers! We also added some sweet tunes in the background, some come check it out….
- 1:00 mark: Would You Give OKC’s Harden 15 million dollars and How Kobe Needs to Be Tim Duncan.
- 20:00 mark: Did Kim Create a New Final Game Strategy? Also, Post-Racial America and Colton, lol.
- 37:20 mark: The Business Model of Superhero Movies and Why We Give Avengers a B+
‘TIll next time folks!
— Pass the Relish
Why the Injury to Derrick Rose Will Make the Bulls Better
Robert Vargas
The loss of Derrick Rose to a torn ACL felt like the loss of a relative. The pain was exacerbated by both 1) Rip Hamilton’s “back from the dead” performance in game 1 which made one think the Bulls might have had that elusive second offensive option, and 2) the fact that, just hours later, Lebron and the Heat completely annihilated the Knicks 100-67 in what was one of the most embarrassing defeats in Knick history.
After much soul searching, my fixation on “what could have been” with the 2012 Bulls has given way to a rationalization that some may fine less intuitive. Rose’s injury will make the Bulls a better team. Here’s why:
Zack’s Picks in the West
For me, trying to predict what’s going to happen in the Western Conference this playoff season is like trying to pick a winner on Survivor: all I can think about are all the reasons why each team can’t win. As far as I can tell, there are five teams with a legitimate shot in the West:
Why There’s Good Reason to Think the Celtics Can Win the East
It’s almost like a god given belief the Bulls and Heat will compete for the Eastern conference title this year. The Celtics, Pacers, and Knicks are kind of like these dark horse picks that people will always say if a few very specific things happen — like an injury to the Bulls or Heat — then MAYBE, just maybe, they can compete for the title.
I know what you are going to say: they don’t have a chance, their window closed almost two years ago, and how in the hell can they guard Lebron?
Shenanigans Ep15: The Super Bowl and Why Melo might be the most unique NBA player in history.
Hey Hey Everybody! This is Episode 15 of the Shenanigans podcast hosted by Pass the Relish blog…
This week the gang discusses why the Super Bowl sucked so much, QB legacies (Peyton vs Eli and Tom Brady) and why we care so much about quarter backs at all.
Also, the NBA. How do we feel about the All-Star voting… Zack and Mando have a bit of a disagreement over Kevin Love vs. Lamarcus Aldridge… and, the most important topic of all, does Carmelo Anthony the most unique player of all time? We mean that in a bad way, lol.
— till next time guys!
Mando
The development of Deandre Jordan
There are so many ways in which this 2012 Clippers team is different than any other Clippers team before. One of the major differences is that serious talks about the Clippers being championship contenders have emerged. In the past week, the Clippers have accomplished feats just short of miracles: beating the Nuggets in Denver (first since 2006), blowing out the league-leading Thunder on the second of back-to-back games, and winning in Salt Lake City after a million years.
Tanking and the broken NBA draft system
TANKING - One of the most disrespectful things that teams in the NBA and other American sports leagues do to their loyal fans. This is beyond disrespectful and directly insulting to the most loyal fans, the season ticket holders. As a Clipper fan, I know this feeling too well. However, it is difficult to stay upset at a team as one understands that the goal of losing games on purpose is to increase one’s chances to obtain the coveted #1 draft pick of the new incoming class of NBA players the next year around. In other words, teams don’t want to disrespect their fans; they are simply positioning themselves as best as they can according to the rules in place. 
One fan’s reaction to the Clippers’ victory over Miami
Three years ago I attended my first ever Clipper game: a 40 point loss to a Lakers team that had won the Western Conference the year before. Even though it was supposedly a Clipper home game, I remember Laker jerseys outnumbering Clipper jerseys by at least 3 to 1 and by far the most prevalent chant throughout the course of the game being “Clippers suck.” Which they did.
Three years later, my first Clipper game of the season was also against a conference champion from the season before (as well as the favorite for best team in the NBA) the Miami Heat. But, this time around, things felt a whole lot different.
