Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre, Le Batard & Friends

  • 53 minutes 57 seconds
    "America's Biggest Failure": Share & Election & Tell with Wyatt Cenac and Tim Miller

    After lint-rolling through post-election coverage, Pablo tries to makes peace with Trump 2.0, with a little help from the future president of Grenada and the host of The Bulwark Podcast: Have Joe Rogan and the manosphere become the new fourth estate? How did a Suicide Squad of psychopaths become Washington's starting lineup? And how much is Elon Musk’s science fiction really fictional anymore? Plus: Grumpcoin, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Stephen A. Smith 2028, and Canon Curry 2052. 

    Further reading:

    About That Press Conference (Tim Miller)

    Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket (Jill Lepore)

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    8 November 2024, 10:00 am
  • 49 minutes 56 seconds
    The News Anchor America Needed

    Turning on the news right now feels utterly surreal. But it didn’t always have to be this way. Because Connie Chung — tenacious TV broadcaster and author of a new memoir — set a gold standard in the pre-internet era. For being unafraid of powerful men. For getting scoops at the bar. For trash-talking. For calling out Donald Trump’s childishness to his face. For withstanding the boorish behavior of Bobby Knight and unearthing the inner pain of Michael Jordan. And, yes, for shutting down the richest man on Earth... even after he jumped over a chair.

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    7 November 2024, 10:00 am
  • 45 minutes 49 seconds
    How 'Veep' Predicted the Election, with the Real-Life Jonah Ryan

    It's Election Day. And if there is anyone who saw this entire mess coming, it's the prophets behind the HBO series Veep — a 17-time Emmy-award-winning satire that feels, with each passing day, like a political documentary. So, today, we invite none other than actor Timothy Simons to join us, in studio, to relive what it was like to play Jonah Ryan: the Jolly Green Jizz Face, himself. Also: Draft Day.

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    5 November 2024, 10:00 am
  • 45 minutes 2 seconds
    The Secret Life of the Greatest Mascot in Sports

    For 33 years, he was paid by the Denver Nuggets not to speak but to entertain — with unparalleled vitality and virality — as Rocky the Mountain Lion. Now, Kenn Solomon breaks his silence, on the bloody, back-breaking work of a very private profession. Plus: Rocky's flu game, his beef with Russell Westbrook... and what it feels like to get knocked unconscious by Charles Barkley.

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    1 November 2024, 9:00 am
  • 50 minutes 26 seconds
    We Stayed at the NBA's "Haunted" Hotel — and Discovered Something New

    It is a century-old legend wrapped in a basketball conspiracy: The Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City was the visiting team's resting place of choice. Except the 10th floor was also (allegedly) home to a housekeeper who's been spooking all-stars for more than a decade. In a crossover Halloween spook-tacular, Pablo sends Oddball hosts Amin Elhassan and Charlotte Wilder on a ghost-hunting sleepover to investigate the foremost paranormal story in sports. They returned with data from the hardcourt to the toilet seat, plus a feisty Paul Pierce... and one gigantic inflatable horse costume.

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    31 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 53 minutes 57 seconds
    Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL

    Pablo travels to Minneapolis to spend a weekend with the player responsible for the best celebrations in the NFL: Vikings safety Cam Bynum, a rising star — and proud Filipino-American — whose story is about love at first sight, the value of patience and connecting two countries on opposite sides of our planet. Also: lumpia.

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    29 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 50 minutes 22 seconds
    Share & Wink & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard

    Is Jerry Jones a business savant or simply obsessed with fame? If your friend is dating someone you don’t like, are you obligated to say something? And is Mina Kimes physically capable of winking? All of this, and also: too many mentions of the word “lube.”

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    25 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 54 minutes 9 seconds
    This Is Goth Tennis: A Halloween Memoir

    We celebrate the spookiest time of the year with artist and filmmaker Mickey Duzyj, who brings us the true story of a varsity tennis champion who found glory after becoming what few jocks have ever been: goth. We also learn about a special coach; bleacher crows; The Sisters of Mercy; and not worshipping the devil. You can read Mickey's companion piece for Racquet magazine here.

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    24 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 50 minutes 50 seconds
    Share & Celine & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Katie Nolan

    Who's on the Mount Rushmore of American Idol? What's your go-to karaoke song? And did a Duke star's NBA Draft stock really get torpedoed by an alleged "grooming" scheme from his older Mormon girlfriend? Or was it just true age-gap love? Plus: swabbin' and finding your Thor.

    Further content:

    "We're not crying, you are…" (Celine Dion)

    "Kyle Filipowski's story went viral during the NBA draft. Now his mother shares her side." (Kevin Reynolds)

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    22 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 53 minutes 34 seconds
    The Sporting Class: Inside the Risky Business of Streaming Games Illegally

    Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal's David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre Finds Out ... Pablo Torre! Today we to you to the deep sea. The water world of the unjust. The streaming land of treacherous souls. We’re talking about the world of online pirates. Streaming Piracy has cost major sports leagues billions of dollars; so they say. Is there a way to put a stop to this? Are the pirates always going to win in the end? How angry are these major sports leagues about this issue? It’s time to find out.

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    18 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 45 minutes 26 seconds
    Shaq, Sinbad and Shazaam: Why a (Fake) Genie Movie Feels So Real

    You may remember Kazaam, the 1996 family film starring Shaquille O'Neal as a genie. But you may have also heard about Shazaam, another '90s family film starring Sinbad as a genie — allegedly. Correspondent David Gardner finds a true believer who remains convinced that she has seen this non-existent work of cinema, then puts Pablo's memory to the test of the Mandela Effect. And, yes, we got Shaq himself to debunk the myth of a movie that never was.

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    17 October 2024, 9:00 am
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