The Soft Knocks Podcast
Two suburban dads talking shit about life, sports, movies, and our fantasy football league. You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter or Instagram @SoftKnocksPod. If you would like to support the show you can click HERE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/softknocks
Episodes
Jason and Frankie are back to weekly with football finally here, kicking things off with fantasy league housekeeping before rolling into a full 2026 quarterback rankings segment. Josh Allen takes QB1, Frankie goes bold with Joe Burrow at two, and his Dak Prescott ranking at five gets the appropriate amount of grief. There's also a keeper debate for the ages of Rashee Rice in the sixth versus Tyler Warren in the sixt...
Frankie's deep in fantasy commissioner hell trying to fill out a dying sleeper league, but the real story is what Jason's built with Claude: an AI that scraped both leagues' draft histories and roasted every manager by name, dragging Jeff's historically bad season, crowning Frankie the league's sharpest manager, and stonewalling Jason with suspicious silence. From there it's catch-up on Frankie's Newport Beach trip ...
Jason survives a scorching 97-degree Des Moines City golf tournament (81-85, just barely outside the cut) while Frankie throws his 15-year-old Yorkie an actual birthday party, complete with her experiencing beer pong being held one-handed by Frankie. From there it's straight into golf drama: Bryson DeChambeau gets nailed with a controversial after-the-fact penalty at The Open for allegedly stomping down fescue, gets...
Week two with our AI assistant and he's already doing better work, though he's still on a short leash. We open with World Cup chaos: a controversial red card overturned after rumors of a Trump phone call, a Ghanaian witch doctor who allegedly cursed Harry Kane, an England fan who went completely off-grid for ten days in Barcelona and became the subject of an international manhunt without knowing it, and a South Amer...
This week we introduce the newest member of the team: Claude. Yes, an AI. Yes, he already screwed up on day one by mixing up Carnell Tate with Luther Burden. We're keeping him on probation.
Jason breaks down how he's been building out a full AI-powered podcast prep system with automated topic research, a visual dashboard, scheduled jobs that run while he sleeps. Frankie reacts in real time to how weird and impressive...
It is Monday June 8th and Frankie and Jason sit down to watch game three of the NBA Finals between the Spurs and Nicks. They talk about the NBA Finals, NFL News including AJ Brown and Myles Garrett trades, more Brendan Sorsby, the Bears moving to Indiana, and Tom Brady's latest endeavor.
You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SoftKno...
It's Wednesday May 27th, Frankie and Jason are back after a few weeks off. Frankie turns 39 and joins a boy band, Jason has a spa getaway with his wife, they talk PGA Championship, Brendan Sorsby Gambling, Some NFL stories, and the NBA Finals.
Frankie's Birthday, It's Speak Easy not Speakeasy, Jason's spa weekend, PGA Champ, Higgos late start, Rai wins with iron covers and two gloves, PGA makes OJ Simpson joke,...
It's Monday May 4th and Frankie and Jason get together and watch some NBA and NHL. It's a sporadic list of topics that bounce from the NFL Draft, various scandals, NCAA March Madness expansion, and more.
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Music by QubeSounds from Pixabay.
After some technical difficulties Frankie and Jason are back. They talk about Frankie's trying to buy a basketball hoop, the Vrabel and Russini saga, The Masters, NFL Draft, and the documentary about the Cocaine Quarterback.
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Music by QubeSounds from Pixabay.
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It's Thursday April 2nd, Frankie and Jason get together to discuss all the fun sports stories from the recent weeks. They discuss the latest Tiger Woods story, The Masters, Puka's recent story, March Madness, and more.
You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SoftKnocksPod.
Music by QubeSounds from Pixabay.
It's Monday March 23rd, Frankie and Jason are back after spring break. They talk about both the NBA and March Madness, NFL trades and free agency, as well as some other fun stories from the last couple weeks.
You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SoftKnocksPod.
Music by QubeSounds from Pixabay.
Frankie and Jason get together on Monday March 2nd to watch the Iowa State vs Arizona basketball game. Jason is fresh off a half marathon down the Las Vegas strip and talks about the downfall of Las Vegas. They get into Shane Lowry's epic choke job, the NFL draft combine, and review the Scott Adkins movie Accident Man; which is Frankies 944th movie he's reviewed.
Frankie and Jason get together on Monday February 16th to watch the Iowa State vs Houston basketball game. They give a late recap of the NFL Finale and discuss other topics such as Jason getting bit by a dog, the Bears moving to Iowa, golf, cheating at the olympics, leaked NBA group chat, and Van Damme vs Jake Paul.
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Frankie and Jason get together on Monday February 2nd and watch some college basketball while discussing their thoughts on the AFC and NFC Championship games, their predictions for ultimately who wins it all, and Iowa/Iowa State basketball. Some other current events get discussed, and they end the episode with a review of the movie Avengement with Scott Adkins.
It's Monday January 19th, Frankie and Jason get together to watch the NCAA National Football Championship between Indiana and Miami. They discuss the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, including the bears heartbreaking defeat. The talk about the NFC and AFC Championship games, and meander over a few other topics including Frankie fasting, driverless cars, and AI.
Frankie and Jason get together on Monday January 12th to watch the final game of a great wildcard weekend, the Texans vs the Steelers. They breakdown the wildcard weekend games and recap a party where Jason stayed sober even though the bears tried to give him a heart attack. They also meander through a few other random topics too.
You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and...
Frankie and Jason are back after a couple weeks off for the holidays. They breakdown how all their fantasy football leagues shook out, including a champion who is only in it for the glory. They talk about the upcoming NFL Wildcard weekend, and someone's pinky that's on the line. They talk college football playoffs and Michael Irvin's sideline antics.
Frankie and Jason get together on Monday December 15th to watch the Dolphins take on the Steelers on Monday Night Football. They recap week 15, Jason is out of the playoffs in all leagues, the Cowboys are done, and Trevor Lawrence is on Frankie's shit list.
You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SoftKnocksPod.
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Frankie and Jason get together on Monday December 8th to watch the Monday Night Football matchup between the Eagles and Chargers. They recap NFL week 14, the upcoming fantasy football playoffs, and the end of an era at Iowa State.
You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @SoftKnocksPod.
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Frankie and Jason get together on Monday December 1st to sit down and watch the New York Giants vs New England Patriots game on Monday Night Football. Fresh off a spectacular holiday weekend of football they discuss the stories and scores from NFL week 12, group chat parlays, fantasy football playoffs, and Kiffin's move to LSU.
You can contact us by email us at softknockspodcast@gmail.com and fo...
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