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Hot Takes
by Alex Hysel
One more fashion podcast that no one asked for.
Episodes
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Future Horizons
In what may, or may not, be the final episode of this podcast as currently/previously constituted, we appropriately spend much of the time pontificating on the future. Will we transition into being the Chapo Trap House of Wisconsin politics? Will we turn to streaming? Will Nick name his political...
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Driftless Boys
No longer bi-coastal, never elite; for the first time outside of our annual X-mas/New Year special, we are both coming to you live from Wisconsin. We get into everything from Alex’s chaotic move and frugal furniture shopping to Nick’s disappointing election loss and cowardly democrats, to meeting...
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Trillbilly Podcasters Party w/ Tom Sexton
This week, we are joined by Tom Sexton, co-host of the Trillbilly Workers Party, one of our favorite independent leftist podcasts. We talk to Tom about everything from the proliferation of chiclet-like veneers (see Harry Kane at the World Cup) to the apparent extinction of properly-sized button...
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How to Podcast?
We're trying to get back into the swing of things coming to you live and uncut from the Bushwick Rooftop (and Nick's couch), covering such cutting edge topics as Alex's baseball adventures and Nick's way too deep in the weeds breakdown of grassroots Wisconsin politics, to the newest LinkedIn game...
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Three Pack of Ahh
ATTENTION: if your name is Alex Hysel and/or Nicholas Padesky, or any variant spelling thereof, we would like to podcast with you. If not, we still invite you to listen to us muse this week about everything from the recent Republican primaries to our recent hand injuries to our shared disinterest...
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Always Recording w/ Courtney Rawlings
We are joined this week by Courtney Rawlings, co-host of the Quincy Institute podcast Always at War. After briefly discussing the similarities between her valley and our Wisconsin accents, we discuss how she ended up as a podcaster, her relatable way of communicating about foreign policy, the...
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The Times They Are A-Changin'
Alex is back in NYC after a short trip to God's country so we talk about the country shenanigans we got down to in Wisconsin including shooting guns, petting cows, and talking 'tics on a farm. We also lament Chuck Schumer's spineless Democrats pissing away having the will of the people on their...
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Pubchair Vernal Fracture
We discuss making your own creme brûlée at home (and other things you can do with a kitchen torch), Alex's men's league baseball highlights, and the hottest reality show on TV (Barstool Beach House, airing on X the everything app).
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Wiscomaxxing
We react to the new MLB City Connect jerseys, Michigan winning the NCAA Tournament, How Long Gone TV, our shared disinterest in Ye's new album, the dire outlook of the next generation of internet celebrities and who follows them, NASA's trip back to the moon, and Trump delaying Armageddon for at...
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That's Baseball
In a sports heavy episode this week, we discuss MLB Opening Day and Alex's thoughts ahead of the Brewers season. We also follow up on last episode's discussion about the WBC, with team USA recovering from the brink of elimination but falling short in the championship. Then we discuss March…
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Trump's Holy War on Iran
Well, he finally did it folks! Some are calling it a "short term excursion", but it's already been almost 2 weeks at a cost of $1-2B per day to the American taxpayer - with no end in sight - so we're calling it a war. We debate whether this is a signal that Trump and MAGA have fully shed their…
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State of the Cabal
We react to the state of the union address and the olympics, bemoaning how it's impossible to feel patriotic in 2026, as well as how cowardly the DNC is in pushing centrists like Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris for 2028. We also talk about the subpar snow at Milano Cortina and the "conspiracy...
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SbLX
We’re back in top form, in high spirits from the warmer temps following an extended freeze in both NY and WI. We discuss the New York Times reporting on the federal playbook following ICE/BORTAC shootings, and what it means that DHS Sec. Kristi Noam has no qualms about lying to the American…
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Left F(or) Dead
We’re back to basics, with just the boys on zoom, trying to make sense of the world. It’s been one unprecedented event after another since we discussed current events and it feels like the end is here, but that doesn’t stop Nick from laying out an electoral pathway for the left to save us. We…
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Twenty Twenty Sick w/ Thomas O'Mahony
Well, 2025 was a doozy and 2026 is already giving it a run for its money. As crazy and unpredictable as the world is now, the pod don't stop, which means it's time for the third annual "Irish Tom Predictions Episode", with 4x recurring guest Thomas O'Mahony. We start by chopping it up and…
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The People's Choice Awards
Happy New Year half listeners! If you lived up to our standards and barely listened to us all year - even if you tuned in - this one is the perfect round up of everything we thought about this year. After 13 minutes of talking about coffee/breakfast (and then a good few more recapping our mostly...
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Fashion Anthropology w/ Avery Trufelman
Ladies and gentleman, we did it. Or should I say, she did it - this week's guest, Avery Trufelman that is. *Glass ceiling shatters*. We use the latest season of her podcast, Articles of Interest, titled "Gear", as a jumping off point to talk about everything from light topics like how she…
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We Are Turkey Kirk
This week, we are giving our thanks by mostly discussing politics, from Zohran's trip to the White House, to the latest Epstein tranche, to MTG resigning, to our way-too-early predictions for the 2028 Presidential election. But fear not, we cover plenty of lighter fare, from our favorite holidays...
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Working Podcasters Party
IF YOU ARE A SPORTS PHYSICAL THERAPIST, DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE. We are back on schedule with a short an sweet episode where we cover everything from Alex's sprained ankle to World Series game 3 to Nick's out-of-the-box baseball strategy proposal, to the NYC mayoral election/third party...
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The STATE of Everything
Well, better late than never, that's what they say, right? To make up for our tardiness, we bring you "two GD hours" of prime podcasting. We discuss the "ceasefire" in Gaza, Nick's braggadocious dreams about Bill "AIPACman" Ackman, then go down a politics rabbit hole from Graham Platner to…
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Black & Tan
We got a light one for y'all this week. We manage to avoid talking about current events (besides briefly making fun of Trump trying to pronounce acetaminophen) for almost a full hour. Instead, we talk about One Battle After Another, running into forgotten classmates at Oktoberfest, the Mets...
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Toilet Paper USA
Nick apologizes for the quality of his sound and promises he will take action to ensure it does not happen again. If you can get past Nick's leftist audio, we discuss the Charlie Kirk assassination, including the media reaction and shooter conspiracies. Then, Nick breaks down the Wisconsin...
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Effectively Wild
This week, Alex gives a status update on his return to the diamond after over a decade away. Nick takes the New York Times weekly news quiz. Nick no longer supports the Throwing Fits homies. We also discuss some topics of the day such as the Minneapolis shooting, the 20th anniversary of Hurricane...
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Bushwick Rooftop Cartel
This week, the main stories are Alex being one-shotted by The Fort Bragg Cartel, a new book out detailing the use of Special Forces "Night Raids" in the Middle East and the never-ending ripple-effect that has come as a result. Separately, the latest Brewers hot streak has led him to attempt…
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Trump and Dump
Good morning half listeners. We are coming from you straight from the dome, no notes. Alex is on the roof and Nick is recovering from ballin' on muhf****as at the YMCA. After Alex gives a brief tour of the roof, including a spiritual tangent about the parallel between the Empire State Building…
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Die, Hate, Cry
The one thing they don't tell you about recording podcasts on Bushwick rooftops is that you will capture the near-constant passing of airplanes overhead. Anyway, this week, we are celebrating our 3-year anniversary by discussing dental extortion, how Epstein might derail the Trump presidency…
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Pod Island USA
Bit of a half ep this week, as Nick's recording stopped midway through our discussion of Love Island. So this episode is largely Alex recapping Love Island USA season 7 to date, but we also discuss some politics, including Trump's BBB, the lost Democratic Party, and the DOJ and FBI claiming they...
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Barbara Ann
This week, the boys discuss Netanyahu's decision to have Trump bomb Iran, the New York Democratic mayoral primary, debate Alex's theory of why MLB discourse isn't broken like the NBA's is, the disappointing end to the NBA Finals, Nick weighs in on Alex's breakdown of the MLB City Connect uniforms...
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Coastal Elites
A day late but never a dollar short. This week, we bring you an hour and a half of vamping about both of our recent and ongoing travels featuring Country Alex and Coastal Nick, the LA protests, iOS 26, Zohran going on TF, discussing which sport has the most 'athletic' athletes, and more. Stick...
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Adrenaline Rush
This week, discuss our Memorial Day Weekend activities, including a rainy marathon Mets game and jumping into a cold lake. We also discuss what adrenaline rush activities we would try, finding the right hat, and being vibey book bros.
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Pope Leo FIB
This week we get into everything from personal business (movies, getting laid off, celebrating birthdays, framing things), the Met Gala, Sinners, the new Pope, to Alex's latest jawn cop. Nick also coaches Alex on the ins and outs of political canvassing.
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OAKLEY, fOAKLEIGH
In this (mostly) uncut instant classic, we discuss Alex playing sports for the first time in a decade, the 100 men vs 1 gorilla debate, the NFL Draft, Lib vs MAGA names, the new Bon Iver album, and our short but important summer shopping lists.
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Autistic Baseball
We welcome you back to the main (unhinged) content of your favorite podcasters favorite podcast with this banger of an episode where we touch on topics ranging from RFK insisting autists can't play baseball to two autists talking about their favorite shitty iPhone games. In between, we cover such...
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Liberation Day (Special)
This special episode of Only One AirPod is brought to you by the Cheeto-in-Chief's so-called "Liberation Day", as we give our reaction to Trump's blanket tariffs announced on April 2. Naturally, much has changed since that day and even since we recorded this episode on April 6, but the theme of…
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God's Country
What are we doing here? Well, this week, we're watching along to some college basketball, along the way complaining about Wisconsin's continuing March woes, assess our brackets, B1G vs SEC, mounting TVs, and more until we're cut off by Alex's computer taking a dump.
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Radical Basketball
We power through technical difficulties to talk basketball and then about what radicalized us.
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The Crown of Pods
This week, we discuss A$AP Rocky and Luigi's courtroom fits, a 5-hour long podcast episode about Rolex, LeBron's insane longevity at greatness, the Trump and Zelensky Oval Office meeting, and probably more.
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Flood The Zone
Welcome back to your regularly scheduled programming of Nick and Alex talking politics, pop culture and everything in between. We have some decidedly hot takes on politics a month into the second Trump admin and Nick has some drama in more local politics which he may or may not share publicly. We...
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Predicting the Future w/ Thomas O'Mahony
This week, we have our dear friend of the pod, Thomas O'Mahony aka "Irish Tom" back on Only One AirPod for our second annual yearly predictions episode. Borne out of his neurodivergent propensity for creating lists, this episode begins with Nicholas grading our 2024 predictions (skip the first...
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Twin Freaks
This week, we reflect on Trump's inauguration, the Biden admin's missteps at the buzzer on Gaza and TikTok only adding to their incredibly disappointing legacy, $TRUMP coin, the NFC North's disappointing playoffs, truly frigid weather in La Crosse, the life and legacies of Bob Uecker and David...
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Big Frozen Apple
This week, we discuss Alex's apartment management being dramatic about the cold, American Prestige's episode on the history of Christmas and how we've lost the plot, How Long Gone bragging about not taking a break for the holidays, what we did to ring in the new year, the Packers' woes, and much...
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Critics Critics Choice
This week marks our third annual in-person Holiday year-end special, recorded live and uncut from Nicholas' living room. In addition to our tradition of exchanging gifts and weighing in with our thoughts on Throwing Fits' Fitties, we also reminisce on drifting in the snow and speculate on some of...
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Deny, Defend, Depose
This week, we recap a bit of our Thanksgiving travels, discuss Nick's spiraling tattoo addiction, lament NY pizzerias giving out cold marinara with garlic knots and people playing Christmas music too soon, speculate why young men are addicted to sports gambling and crypto, and consider the...
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Holding Space
In this episode we are holding space, not just for the lyrics of 'Defying Gravity' but also for Alex witnessing a victimless crime on the subway, Nicholas incidentally sending a guy to the hospital, the Green Bay Packers, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, Stavros Halkias (the Joe Rogan of the Left)…
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Election Autopsy
We spend the bulk of this week's episode discussing last week's election. In our own breakdown of what went wrong for the dems, we touch on points made by both American Prestige and Chapo Trap House, but the consensus is that we are f*cked as a country. We also consider what is next for both the...
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Vote
Hey, the title says it all. Go out and vote next week. In the episode, we talk a lot about politics, but we also talk about the World Series, Lions Led By Donkeys, Timothy Chalamet, and a bunch more.
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Pod Off The Grid
First off, if you don't want to hear about Alex's personal life and adventures, skip ahead approximately 30 mins into this ep. If you stick around, you will hear him evangelize about upstate New York and recount all the things he did and ate. After that, we get into the more traditional contents…
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Heartbreak Hotel
This week, we discuss being heartbroken over sports, fashion functions, Williamsburg being turned into an open air mall, being out of your depths in a clothing store, the "Loafer Wars", how America became the "gun country", psychic guys, and probably more.
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Pod Again
This week, we get real deep into sports talk, from Alex making a clown of himself over his baseball superstitions, to the end of an era for the A's in Oakland, to Jordan Love's certifiably Favre-ian performance against the Vikings. We also cover politics both national and global, ranging from the...
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Picky Podders
This week, Alex complains about the UN, Nick prepares for Oktoberfest, then we discuss what makes someone a picky eater, get into some sports talk including everything from Brett Favre to Shohei Ohtani, we share our reactions to the finale of the LLBD Rwandan Genocide series, Alex recounts the TF...
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One more fashion podcast that no one asked for.
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Hot Takes is created and hosted by Alex Hysel.
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