Productive Conversations with Matt Brown

Week 4 gave us three undefeated teams, five winless ones, and a whole lot of chaos in between. The Giants are 3-1 and alone atop the NFC East after beating Arizona 36-24, sealed by a 98-yard pick-six with 11 seconds left. The Patriots went into Buffalo, scored with 1:55 to go, converted a two-point try and won 29-26. The Chiefs scored two touchdowns 15 seconds apart in the fourth quarter to beat the Raiders 30-27 and stay 4-0. The ...

Week 5 had no shortage of drama. Jeremiah Smith had 11 catches for 206 yards and two scores as Ohio State beat Iowa 31-14. Missouri hammered a Florida team that had just climbed to No. 8. Kentucky erased a 17-0 deficit and won in overtime on a two-point conversion. Alabama steamrolled Mississippi State to set up a Georgia showdown. We cover Game of the Week, Upset of the Week, the wildest finish, and the Week Awards.

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Four best-of-five series, one question: who's headed to the LCS? We preview Yankees–Rays, Guardians–White Sox, Brewers–Padres, and the Dodgers' three-peat run against a Braves team that owned them all season. We touch them all and preview the next round of the postseason!

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Quick Hitters (1:48)
Yank...

MLB playoffs start TOMORROW. Yankees-Red Sox rematch, White Sox from 100 losses to October, Phillies barely survived. Full Wild Card preview on Productive Conversations. PLUS, Matt reacts to the New York Giants trading for JJ McCarthy.

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Yankees vs Red Sox (4:30)
Cubs vs Padres (11:12)
Phillies vs Braves (13:34)

Week 3 in the NFL: five unbeaten, five 0-3, a backup QB shocks Seattle, Ravens win on a 56-yard buzzer-beater, Broncos erase 16-0 vs the Rams. Full breakdown, winners, losers, and MNF picks on the new Productive Conversations.

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• Quick Hitters (4:06)
• Biggest Winners of Week 3 (17:29)
• Biggest Losers/Concerning Teams for...

Texas survives Tennessee in a College GameDay slugfest. Ole Miss gets run off its own field by Florida. Oregon loses its starting QB to a scary hit and wins anyway. Wisconsin erases a 17-0 deficit to shock Penn State. This week's college football review has it all — new episode is up now.

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Game of the Week: Texas...

New York is having a week. Jaxson Dart's season is over, Aaron Judge is hurt again right before the playoffs, and somehow the strangest headline of all involves a mayor on a bicycle. We've also got a Hulu documentary bringing back the great clown panic of 2016 — a real dark timeline moment — and Orlando Bloom finding a way to make headlines that have nothing to do with his acting. Gen Z's got new words for not trying ha...

Week 2 in the books and it was WILD 😳 Caleb Williams AND Jayden Daniels both hurt on the same Sunday, Dak Prescott makes Cowboys history, Chiefs need OT to survive the Colts, and Houston's already 0-2. Winners, concerns, our Week 2 Awards, and MNF predictions — new episode of Productive Conversations is live.

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Week 3 wrecked the SEC. Kiffin's return to Oxford ended in a loss. Texas A&M got upset by Kentucky. Vanderbilt won on a walk-off fumble recovery. And the new No. 1 team in the country needed a fourth quarter to shake UTSA. New episode breaking down every big Week 3 game and the new AP Top 25 — link in bio. 🏈

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Macklemore's out, Sydney Sweeney's under fire, Alonso's back at Citi Field as an Oriole, and the Emmys had a shocker. End Zone Boys return. New episode of Productive Conversations is live. 🎙️

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Ed Sheeran's Concert Tour Controversy (4:45)
Women Criticize Sydney Sweeney Sportsbook Ad (20:15)
Pete Alonso Returns To...

Brunson's hosting SNL fresh off the Knicks title. Inde Navarrette went from a shared TIFF hotel room to full-blown movie star. Jack Schlossberg's love life just imploded on TikTok. And apparently everyone just wants to go on a walk now. Light news day, heavy on the chaos. New episode is up.

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Jalen Brunson to Host SNL (...

Week 1 of the NFL season is in the books, and it delivered chaos from the jump — the Bears put up 59 on Carolina, the Bills survived a 36-31 track meet with Houston, and the Ravens throttled the Colts. But the show opens with the Giants pulling off a real statement win, knocking off the Cowboys 28-20 behind Jaxson Dart's three touchdown passes and a defense that forced a turnover and controlled the clock all night. Matt break...

Two weeks into this season and the sport has already eaten itself alive. Ohio State was up twenty. TWENTY. And somehow Arch Manning walks out of Austin as the new No. 1 quarterback in the country. Oregon got bodied by a team that lost to Tulsa. Michigan's back in the poll a week after getting left out entirely. This is not a normal September — this is chaos szn, and we've got all of it.

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25 years since 9/11. Plus: Apple's foldable iPhone is finally real (and painfully expensive), an ex-Anthropic researcher says AI could kill us all, Trump promises $5K checks if the GOP holds Congress, Sydney Sweeney's latest ad has everyone talking, and Aaron Rodgers says MAGA is dead. New episode of Productive Conversations — out now.

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Fall season kickoff 🍂 A mistrial. A secret A24 doc. A President renaming a state via Truth Social. The Clippers getting nuked by the league. And Kirk Herbstreit’s dog opening a store. TweetCap is back — new episode is live.

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Lindsey Clancy Case is a Mistrial (4:23)
A24's Secret Doc (23:35)
New Mexico...

The NFL season starts NOW. We broke down all 8 divisions — the QB battles, the coaching changes, the teams going all-in, and the ones already starting over. Full preview inside. 🏈

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AFC EAST (4:19)
AFC NORTH (9:50)
AFC SOUTH (13:45)
AFC WEST (18:00)
NFC EAST (21:38)
NFC NORTH (25:25)
NFC SOUTH (...

WEEK 1. WHAT. A. WEEK. 🏈🔥

LSU made a statement. Ohio State looks terrifying. Michigan survived by the skin of its teeth. Oregon got tested. Miami is making noise.

Matt & Ryan break down everything from Week 1 of the college football season — plus Heisman talk, CFP reactions, our Week 1 awards, and a NUCLEAR opinion to close it out. ☢️

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College football’s back — and this season the Big Ten walks in with three straight national titles and the top two teams in the country, while the SEC still has more ranked teams than anybody and a real chip on its shoulder. We go league by league (SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, and the Group of Six) before dropping a Nuclear Opinion on the whole season. New playoff rules, a shocking Clemson snub, and a Group of Six team gu...

A Penn State frat cocaine ring, the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, HIMYM cast drama, a Detroit anchor’s hot mic meltdown, the Dodgers’ owner under federal investigation, Pat McAfee adding ANOTHER job, and Shane Gillis getting cooked by his old prom date. Nuclear Opinion + Question of the Day close it out. 🎙️

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