Randy and DJ are joined by Timothy Simons (Golf Guy, Nobody Wants This, Second in Command Podcast) for our annual Oscars preview. We spend the first hour answering some miscellaneous questions from the year in movies while covering our picks for Best Actor and Best Actress awards. Then, the main event, our power ranking of the 10 nominees for Best Picture.

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Big Randy has returned from paternity leave to chop with TC on dad life with a newborn. We also hear about a disaster for TC’s tabs, our domestic and international monitoring list, the latest on Miami RedHawks basketball and other non-golf sports updates.

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DJ welcomes Sean Fennessey from The Ringer for a litany of movie recommendations for a variety of genres and situations.

Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro and Sean’s background 11:45 - best movie to watch on a flight 15:00 - horror films for non-horror film people 18:25 - film to crank the sound up 23:30 - nervous to recommend to a friend 28:00 - a movie that grew on you over time 36:00 - what you’re most excited to watch with your kids 40:30 - a movie you could watch on mute 42:30 - you love it, and you can’t explain why 47:15 - something most people missed in the last decade 51:00 - genre-specific recs 1:10:15 - if you like x, you need to watch y

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TC joins DJ from a family vacation for some airline travel updates, additions to Things That Are Sick, non-golf sports updates and our monitoring list.

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Neil and Poosh join Jr. Ballknower TC for a quick Winter Olympics chat followed by our recap of the Super Bowl and a look ahead to the NFL offseason.

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DJ joins TC to chop it up on parenting during the cold winter months, what we’re cooking and watching, some hot stove baseball updates and a healthy monitoring list of domestic and global topics.

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Neil, Poosh and freshly crowned Junior BallKnower TC have gathered to assess the 2025-26 NFL season and our picks standings which are a tough look for our guy Tron. We also get Poosh’s take on the Niners substation injuries theory, recap the playoffs thus far, and grade the offseason coaching moves. We close with a quick buy or sell on teams headed into 2026, a game we’d like to attend next season, and prospects we’re excited about heading into the draft.

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Neil and Cody are back in the booth for a chat about the joys of home ownership during winter storms, what we’re watching and reading and Neil's recent bizarre trip to the grocery store.

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Soly and Neil  join TC for an in-person chop session as the guys offer some football related mea culpas, discuss recent travels, update our Things That Are Sick nominations, NFL playoff and MLB hot stove reactions, plus a check on our monitoring list.

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Randy and TC kick off the year on the Trap Draw with a chop session covering a robust agenda recapping the holidays, the big guy’s newest mode of transportation, our monitoring list, NFL and what we’re cooking, reading and watching so far in 2026.

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In what’s become a favorite holiday tradition - it’s our annual Goals podcast with Soly, TC, Neil, DJ and Randy. As is our custom, we evaluate our options and christen 2026 as the “Year of …….”, review our 2025 goals and set out our goals for the upcoming year.

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Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:00:41 - 2026 as the Year of ????? 32:30 - 2025 Goals Review 1:20:00 - 2026 Goals

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