Sports & Movies + Bullsh** with Alex Zappa

After 3 months off, we are going to have a 3-Part episode 20.  Part 1: Catch-Up and All things WNBA and Lynx Part 2: Timberwolves and Wild season's and off-season's plus Twins check-in and Vikings PArt3: MOVIE- Obsession, BackRooms & MORE   This episode: OPEN till 15:25 LYNX 1st in the WNBA, chatting there start until 27:45 Then, you're a WNBA GM and you can pick any player you want, I power rank the top 10 players you'd want to select.     

Under the gun, the DAY BEFORE the greatest day on the sports calendar, we have the most up-to-date and (maybe) well-researched betting episode ever created.  NO LEAD IN, just straight to Bowl talk.  00-1:08:00 SUPER BOWL CHATTER Order of topics Overview of betting strategy Spread pick to win Last 10 years Super Bowl deep dive 6 prop bets worth considering and your cash    1:08:20-EOP NAB Power pole, 10 to 1, who are the teams that are best positioned to win the NBA title. 

We are SO BACK yet again.  I need to get to work, but here's a rundown for this beefy movie pod.   OPEN 0-26:00 Preview of the pod, some 25' into 26' chatter, S/O to my sister, and teasing some sports talk ahead.  QUINN HUGHES TRADE for MN WILD 26:21-42:26 How has this trade playd out so far, and what did we get.  JOACHIM TRIER DEEP DIVE 42:43-1:11:00 Taking a lot at one of the best director CV's living...  LATEST RELEASES MINI-DIVE 1:11:10-1:41:12 Train Dreams. Jay Kelly. Hamnet. Marty Supreme.  MOVIE CATEGORIES 1:41:26-EOP Needs no explanation. 

It's been too long.  You've been busy. I've been busy. Let's skip the foreplay and chit chat and just get into it...  INTRO (0- 33:30) Brief touchdown on early season Wolves, Lynx end of year, lil House of Dynomite, before getting into BullSh*t including breakups, drinking, and girls.  BUGONIA (33:35-46:00) MOVIE CATEGORIES (46:30-1:18:00) Bugonia-Splitsville-Jennifer's Body-Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid-Shelby Oaks-House of Dynomite-Shame MOVIE BREAKDOWNS (1:19:05-EOP) In order: One Battle, Big Bold Beautiful Journey, All of You, Splitsville, Swiped. 

Back by average demand- as promised, we are delivering a 3-Part sports pod. Here's how it goes.... OPEN // 0-10:58 NFL Futures // 11:12-37:28  2030 Twins Starting Lineup // 37:41-55:45  WNBA SZN Look Over // 56:05-1:35:55

Movies aren't dead yet! Just like the zombies 28 years later. Just like Superman, who can't die? Just like Brad Pitt's film career. And, just like the Dinosaurs.  Here's how we're doing it: OPEN: 0-5:16 BullSh** Including some brief Wolves talk.  5:26-30:02 Impromptu Twins Mid-Season Check-In MOVIE OVERVIEWS: SUPERMAN - F1 - 28 YEARS LATER - JURASSIC PARK 30:26-56:04 CATEGORIES: (For All The Above Films)  56:16-1:21:02

Movies are back and so are we. We got Celine Song's 2nd feature, "The Materialist" starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans. Plus, Paolo Sorrentino's new film Parthenope, which you can stream on HBOMAX. Then lastly, Apple TV+ newest star-studded feature Echo Valley with Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore.  Here's the rundown:  OPEN- Big announcement  00-17:21 New Movie Overviews  Materialist 17:45-27:30 Parthenope 27:30-31:00 Echo Valley 31:10-36:50 Categories w/ New movies 37:00-53:30 Then, we are slapping an archived episode onto the backside of this, doing the OG categories with Sinners, Super Troopers, and The Revenant. 53:50-1:24:00.    Enjoy!! Send movie suggestions if you'd like and I'd be happy to oblige. Peace and love!!

We emerge from our hibernation as the WNBA kicks off its 2025 season. An all-sports, all WNBA episode with a taste of Timberwolves in the open.  RUNDOWN: Open/Wolves Chatter// 00:30-17:05 Top 13 Just Missed List// 17:30-27:30 Top 13 WNBA Players Entering 2025// 27:45-1:00:00 Betting Openening Day// 1:00:27-1:05:47 Top Teams Ranking// 1:06:00-1:43:00 Blessings as always- Enjoy! 

A long time ago in a Podast far, far away...  Where no man or podcaster has gone before.... Open the door HAL!  (If you don't get those references we're already in trouble). It's THE space movies episode, here's how we're approaching it.    Open... 0:6:15 Mikey 17...6:20-28:47 Space Movie Genre's... 29:06-36:10 Mount Rushmore of Space character/Actors... 36:10-42:55 Top 23 Space Movies That Have Ever Been Made... 42:55-Close  

If we're the Sports & Movies + BullSh** podcast, we obviously need to do an Oscars show.  I go over Best Picture - Director - Actor - Actress - Supporting Actor/Actress - Screenplay Original/Adapted. Who's won those awards in recent history, what are the storylines everting into the night, and who is likely to win and why.  RUNDOWN Open... 00-11:45 Oscars History & Factoids... 13:03-26:14 Awards Preview... 26:14- End Of Show.   =Cheers-

ALL SPORTS, with an Open as always (0-10:10) We look back at Ep. 3 of the Pod where the goal was: You have a budget of $400 to spend of NFL futures, what should we bet on? Today, we look back at how those bets did (Spoiler, GOOD). (10:30-33:26)  Next, a quick sneak peek at the 2025 Fantasy Football season and what things and players we need to remember during the off-season. (33:30-43:49) Lastly, looking back at the last 10 NBA Championships, I created a model which singled out two teams who share the common threads of the NBA's past 10 title teams. Hint, Neither of them are the top two in odds according to FanDuel! (44:12- EOP)  Opportunity is beckoning, thanks for tuning in! 

New year new pod baby.  An ALL MOVIES epsiode. And in the year of 2025 we will be adjusting on the podcast front.  Instead of Sports and Movies + BullSh**, we'll have different podcasts (Hopefully 1-ish per week) where we will single in on one of those topics.  But, today, we are putting a button on 2024 in the film world.  Rundown: Open 0-8:45 Top 8 Movies of 2024 8:50- 35:30 That list: The Brutalist 2. Anora 3. How To Have Sex 4. The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. 5. Dune II 6. A Complete Unknown 7. The Last Showgirl 8. Women Of The Hour Movie & Actor Awards 35:35-1:16:00   All Sports Pod coming next week.  Peace & Love

We're finding a nice rhythm here with a bi-weekly(ish) podcast schedule.  The open tapped a week ago, Sports TODAY, with movies last Friday? Yeah, sure.    Here's what's on tap: OPEN 00:00-11:00 SPORTS (PWHL Early Season Check-In) 11:37 MOVIES: The Beast 23:50 Deadpool & Wolverine 32:00 The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin 37:45 Fly Me To The Moon 42:40 Maria 46:12 Emelia Perez 51:02 MOVIE AWARDS 56:55 BullSh** 1:21:00

After a Thanksgiving coma we are back to talk GLADIATOR II, and some other new movies pinning for Oscars attention. As mentioned in the pod- this was originally billed to be our Stripper/Anora episode. We will get there eventually, but for now, here's what we got: OPEN: 0-11:12 SPORTS: Wolves- are we better or worse than the teams ahead of us in the standings 11:52 Wild #1 team in the NHL and Kirill #1 in the NHL in points 36:26 MOVIES: Gladiator & Gladiator II // BLITZ // A Real Pain 42:20 Movie Awards 1:08:30 BULLSH** Counting Cards in Iowa 1:19:08

We are so back.  A great, well-thought-over episode is in store for you this week.    RUNDOWN: Open "Big" work update & a preview of the pod. 00:00-11:500 Sports 12:45-25:30 Early Season Wolves Narratives & Trends 24:45-38:45 NBA Future bets 2 weeks in- VALUES are still very high on the board. Movies 39:00-1:17:02 The 5 Things that make Tim Burton a gam & legend of film history. Then, Awards for: Women of the Hour (Netlfix, Anna Kendrick) House of Sonder (Mubi) It Comes at Night (HBO MAX Joel Edgerton/Chris Abbott) BullSh** 1:17:25-Close  Tips to hypothetically doing cool shit. 

After the podcast bye week, we are back with a very large episode: The Rundown: (8:45) SPORTS: I touch on the 2024 Twins. What went right, what went wrong, and what 2025 looks like early on.  Then, I get into the biggest off-season trade in the NBA with KAT leaving Minnesota for NYC with Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo coming to Minneapolis. KAT stories included.  (35:27) MOVIES: So much movie talk here.  Awards for THE SUBSTANCE (theatres), HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (Netlfix), and LALA LAND (Netflix). After we chat about some great movies, we get into the train wreck that is becoming Francis Ford Coppala's MEGALOPOLIS and the bizzare Apple TV+ film WOLFS starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney.  **To note, next week will be a Tim Burton Ep: Ed Wood, Beetlejuice, Batman, Beetlejuice 2.   (1:17:35) BULLSH**: On-camera intimacy via listener suggestion.    Welcome aboard, thanks for tuning in-     

Welcome back for Episode 4! My birthday episode, 31, sheesh.    Okay, here's the rundown:  OPEN 00:00- 8:00  Potential movie role updates and previewing the pod.  SPORTS 11:15- A WNBA Playoff preview. It's the last week of the WNBA season, 7 of the 8 playoff spots are locked in, and I'll preview the likely matchups.  MOVIES 33:34- Quick thoughts on Marcell The Shell and the great Netflix doc Apollo 13:Survival.  Then, we deep dive into "Women On The Run" week with Ridley Scott's iconic 1991 feature "Thelma And Louise" and 2006's "Bandidas" starring Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz.  BullSh** 53:17- Online shopping and Birthdays.   -Enjoy-  

Sincerely stoked to have you back. Or, if this is your first time, thanks for coming along.    Here's what we got on tap this week:    SPORTS (5:00) The bit is, you have $400 to spend on NFL futures, I'll tell you what I'd put it on. MOVIES (25:30) I discuss and hand out awards for Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut feature BLINK TWICE starring Channing Tatum and Naomie Ackie. (In Theatres) We'll also give out awards and chat about the APPLE TV+ 2022 Feature SWAN SONG starring Mahershala Ali, directed and written by Benjamin Cleary.  THEN, new to Neflix, I dive into Damien Chazelle's FIRST MAN. A 2018 feature starring Ryan Gosling based on the life and events of astronaut Niel Armstrong.  BULLSH** (56:27)  I watched an incredible doc this week on ESPN+ called NO PLACE LIKE NEBRASKA about the Cornhuskers elite volleyball program. Their coach, John Cook, feels like a modern-age John Wooden, Pat Summit. In this doc he says, "Everything has a cast, are you willing to pay it?". We'll explore that idea.    Thanks, peace and love! 

GREAT show in store for you today, here's the rundown: 5:00 BullSh** - Love, what an idea.   17:01 Sports- Fantasy Football value plays for the 2024 season.   41:00 Movies - The Alien franchise, and specifically Alien: Romulus (Essentially Spoiler free!) Arguably my GOAT franchise, we get into Alien, Prometheus, and the new Alien film by Fede Alvarez.  Thanks for tuning in, appreciate you! 

The Pilot! Okay, here's the rundown: 6:48- SPORTS: Is Suni Lee the greatest Minnesota athlete ever? I break down the 8 contenders, the winner, and then give out my Mount Rushmore of Minnesota top athletes.  26:08- MOVIES: Spoiler-Free thoughts on Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION (1994) and Sean Durkin's THE NEST (2020).  40:12- BULLSH**- What it is like being single at 30.