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BBCollective

by Andrew, Ed, and Zak

“A podcast about the intersection of sports and politics. Each episode will feature rants from the hosts as well as a deeper dive into a main topic that examines how sports and politics are connected in our society”

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Episodes

  1. Timeless Ties: A Quadrennial Adventure in Sports and Friendship

    Timeless Ties: A Quadrennial Adventure in Sports and Friendship

  2. Shifting Landscapes: Sports' Latest and Greatest Changes

    Shifting Landscapes: Sports' Latest and Greatest Changes

  3. Retro Rants Live: A Crowd-Powered 4th of July Special

    Retro Rants Live: A Crowd-Powered 4th of July Special

  4. The Power of Bloodlines: The Roosevelt Chronicles

    The Power of Bloodlines: The Roosevelt Chronicles

  5. Democracy in Dismay: Imagining the Impact of 2024's Election

    Democracy in Dismay: Imagining the Impact of 2024's Election

  6. Mastering the Greens: A Lone Star's Dynasty

    Mastering the Greens: A Lone Star's Dynasty

  7. Calls, Cameras, and Cheating: Inside Michigan Football

    Calls, Cameras, and Cheating: Inside Michigan Football

  8. “I am such an idiot.”: The Mickelson Meltdown

    “I am such an idiot.”: The Mickelson Meltdown

  9. A Players Voice: Empowerment in Sports Media

    A Players Voice: Empowerment in Sports Media

  10. Electile Dysfunction: A Speaker Selection Sh*t Show

    Electile Dysfunction: A Speaker Selection Sh*t Show

  11. From Founding Fathers to Political Heirs: The Adams Legacy

    From Founding Fathers to Political Heirs: The Adams Legacy

  12. When Worlds Collide: The Octagon Meets the Squared Circle

    When Worlds Collide: The Octagon Meets the Squared Circle

  13. Heartbreak in Green & White: Navigating Sports' Emotional Terrain

    Heartbreak in Green & White: Navigating Sports' Emotional Terrain

  14. Glory Days: A Look Back at Washington's Dynasty

    Glory Days: A Look Back at Washington's Dynasty

  15. The Umpire of History: Baseball's Forgotten Influencer

    The Umpire of History: Baseball's Forgotten Influencer

  16. Whistle While They Debate: Trump's 7 Dwarfs on the Debate Stage

    Whistle While They Debate: Trump's 7 Dwarfs on the Debate Stage

  17. Carbon Chronicles: From Causes to Cures of Climate Crisis

    Carbon Chronicles: From Causes to Cures of Climate Crisis

  18. The Final Whistle: Discussing the Last Hurrahs in Golf, Football, and Beyond

    In this episode of The Bill Bradley Collective, join us as we dive into the notable 'last hurrahs' of this year in both golf and college football. We'll unpack the closing chapters of PGA Golf and the restructuring of the Pac-12 in college football. Tune in for insightful analysis and discussions...

  19. Beyond the Script: Uniting the Arts Against AI

    Step into the world of Hollywood turmoil as writers, producers, and musicians join forces in an unprecedented strike against artificial intelligence. Join us as we delve into the complexities of this groundbreaking movement, exploring the collision of creativity, technology, and artistic…

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  20. Battle for the Crown: Reds vs. A's Rivalry

    Step back in time to the exhilarating 1970s, where baseball history was written with passion, rivalry, and unforgettable moments. In our podcast we delve deep into the epic showdown between the Cincinnati Reds and the Oakland A's. Join us as we relive the clashes of these baseball giants, the...

  21. Time Capsule of Climate: Pre-Pandemic Takes

    Take a journey back in time with this vintage episode from the vault, as the Bill Bradley Collective delves into a wide range of topics that continue to resonate today. Join us as we explore pressing issues such as Global Warming, Donald Trump, the pay gap in US Women's Soccer, and cheating in...

  22. 903-Rising Stars in SnP

    903-Rising Stars in SnP

  23. ESPN Layoffs

    ESPN Layoffs

  24. 901-The Kennedys

    901-The Kennedys

  25. Rantapalooza VI

    Rantapalooza VI

  26. 824EDebs&Trump

    824EDebs&Trump

  27. LIV & Let Die

    LIV & Let Die

  28. Welcome to the Block Party: Everyday People in Sports and Politics

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your hosts seek to define what constitutes an “every-man” (or -woman) and then examine some notable examples of these every-day folk both in sports and in politics. Club professional Michael Block recently captivated the golf world with...

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    820-NhlNbaPlayoffs_01

  30. Three Major League Decisions

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week we reflect on a week in the courtroom across the country, and three significant decisions involving the presumptive Republican nominee for President in 2024, a junior New York Congressional representative amidst his ongoing biographical...

  31. Rivalries Matter: The Best of the Rest

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your hosts highlight some of the best of the rest in rivalries across sports and politics. This season at the top of every month we’ve gone long on the best rivalries across both sports and politics, and as rivalries are the lifeblood…

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  32. NFL's 📺 The Odd Couple: Al Davis & Pete Rozelle.

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where it is the first Tuesday in May and that means one thing (no, not the tired *NSYNC meme), its rivalry week and In this installment we present the saga of Al Davis and Pete Rozelle. Quite possibly the most significant off-field feud in NFL history,...

  33. Debt Ceiling: The Now, the When, the Future

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week in light of recent news we revisit the seemingly evergreen news cycle encircling the American debt ceiling. In a prior episode we set out to define what exactly in the fuck constitutes the “debt ceiling,” and this week we take it even...

  34. Red Pilled: The Right-Wing War on Abortion Rights Rages On

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your hosts examine the fallout following a U.S. District Court decision in Texas suspending FDA approval of abortion drug mifepristone. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision is the latest in a recent series of attempts by conservative...

  35. “Free Agency”? In this NFL?

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where with the NFL Draft merely a couple of weeks ago and the free agency period wading in the deep end of the pool, your hosts examine the very relationship at hand: that between what constitutes “free agency” and the labor movement, at large. The...

  36. Fear, Loathing and Northeast Elites: The Yankee/Red Sox Saga

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where it is rivalry week, and with baseball back in action what better athletic struggle of epic proportion to profile than that between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. Likely the most visible rivalry professional sports has to offer and one...

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  38. Ides of March: College Basketball at the Crossroads

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where March Madness has arrived and this week your hosts set out to forecast the future of the college basketball. With the transfer portal humming and student athletes’ taking advantage of fifth-year eligibility, the sport as a whole hit some historic...

  39. The Original Frenemies: Adams and Jefferson

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where it is once again rivalry week with a conversation about the complicated relationship between Founding Fathers John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The two chief architects and drafters of the Declaration of Independence, and the second and third men…

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  40. Misadventures in the Forest City: the 1899 Cleveland Spiders

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where it is another installment in our critically acclaimed series of Dollop-style bonus episodes. This week Ed presents the story of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders baseball team. There are often brutal seasonal campaigns across team sports, but the…

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  41. From the Peanut Farm to the Presidency

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your hosts deep dive the life and presidency of James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. With Carter recently placed in hospice care in this the 99th year of an illustrious American life, now seems a better time than ever to examine the history of...

  42. Federalism is a Failure

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your examine the ongoing fallout from a February 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. That evening a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying, among other freight, hazardous materials (namely vinyl chloride) derailed in…

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    Zak Bonus

  44. Pod of the Century (by way of the Philippines): Ali Vs. Frazier

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week it is the second in our season-long, monthly deep-dives focusing on this season’s main-topic: rivalries. Boxing has been the stage for many of sports’ greatest rivalries: think Leonard/Hearns, Morales/Barrera, Pacquaio/Marquez, among...

  45. The Bill Bradley Collective Book Club

    Welcome to the first meeting of the Bill Bradley Collective Book Club. On this week’s episode your hosts put their literary critic hats on and share their favorite books on both sports and politics. Remember making that New Years’ resolution to read more? Trying to get a several months head start...

  46. O-VER-RA-TED! O-VER-RA-TED!

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where this week your hosts tackle everything “overrated,” across sports and politics. It is a draft-ish episode this week, as the boys informally select what they each consider to be the most overrated in each of the following categories: most…

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  47. NFL Picks, this Week, Tomorrow & Forever

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where the NFL postseason has arrived and football is the focus. Tune in this week as your hosts put their prognosticating hats on with picks and predictions for the sport in 2023. Super Bowl predictions and hot takes for Wild Card Weekend start things...

  48. Post-Insurrection: Where Do We Stand Two Years Later?

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective and what is surely one of our most jam-packed episodes. The focus this week is a look at the continued fallout from the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States capitol, two years removed. Your hosts assess the findings of the House Select Committee…

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  49. The Game: Michigan/Ohio State and Why Rivalries Matter

    Welcome back to the Bill Bradley Collective, where it’s out with 2022 and in with 2023 and our season eight premier. Rivalries in both sports and politics will be the focus of our next six months, and where better than to start but with college football’s premier conflict between the Ohio State...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

“A podcast about the intersection of sports and politics. Each episode will feature rants from the hosts as well as a deeper dive into a main topic that examines how sports and politics are connected in our society”

HOSTED BY

Andrew, Ed, and Zak

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BBCollective currently has 203 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

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“A podcast about the intersection of sports and politics. Each episode will feature rants from the hosts as well as a deeper dive into a main topic that examines how sports and politics are connected in our society”

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BBCollective publishes regularly with 203 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.

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BBCollective is created and hosted by Andrew, Ed, and Zak.
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