Thrill Of Defeat
Comedy writer and sports obsessive Dan Hopper interviews comedians & writers from different fanbases to hear about their funniest and most painful memories of rooting for their hometown team. We’ll learn how they became fans of their team, why they’re STILL fans, and bask in the hilarious and heartbreaking shared pain of what it means to be a sports fan.
Episodes
The Saints were the NFL's laughingstock for DECADES, then suddenly turned into a powerhouse that united a city in the years after Hurricane Katrina. Lifelong Saints fans Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico (co-hosts of the City Saint / Country Saint podcast) and their drunk uncles take us through the dizzying highs and many, MANY lows of one of the most unique franchises in sports.
The Canucks haven't won a Cup OR drafted first in 55 years of existence, and no one hates them more than their own fans. Stefan Heck & Aaron Bertovo, co-hosts of the podcast "I Hate This Team," make a compelling case for why Canucks fans have it worse than anyone, and explain Canadian rivalries, why Vancouver loves to riot, and the fleeting joys of rapping about Ryan Kesler while up 2-0 in the Finals.
White Sox diehards Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny, Conan) and Alex Schmidt (Secretly Incredibly Fascinating) talk about rooting for Chicago's *other* baseball team, the Sox/Cubs divide, a fixed World Series, THE POPE being a Sox fan, and why Field Of Dreams medium-sucks.
The Raiders moved THREE times and have sucked for 20 years. Who still roots for them? Childhood LA Raiders fan Amir Blumenfeld (Headgum) and Las Vegas Raiders season ticket holder Ed Zitron (Better Offline) try to answer that question and wallow in the unique misery of the Tuck Rule Game and a *76 Yard Field Goal*.
Lifelong Falcons fan Chase Mitchell (The Tonight Show, Rock Paper Scissors) tells THE WORST sports-watching story we've ever heard: seeing the Falcons blow a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl to the Patriots while getting taunted online by a horde of literal Nazis.
What's it like to grow up rooting for a team that no longer exists? Matt Ufford (Yahoo Sports) and Danny Kelly (The Ringer) unleash their frustrations about the dismantling of the Seattle Supersonics, their crushing Finals loss to the Michael Jordan Bulls, and getting taunted by the merciless message board trolls from Oklahoma City.
Comedian Sean O'Connor (Solar Opposites) and writer David Roth (Defector) discuss what it's like to be a New York Mets fan, from the high of the '86 World Series to a lifetime of living in the Yankees' shadow, crying to Coldplay songs, and jackin' off in the bullpen.
A quick preview of what to expect on Thrill Of Defeat, a podcast celebrating the stupid, irrational, and often hilarious shared pain of being a sports fan.
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