Most Valuable Podcast with Charlotte Wilder and Jess Smetana

Most Valuable Podcast with Charlotte Wilder and Jess Smetana

Why wait for an award when you can give yourself one? This is your one-stop shop for the most correct opinions, funniest jokes, and best insight in the world of sports and pop culture courtesy of your hosts Charlotte Wilder and Jessica Smetana. In addition to a weekly news rundown, MVP also features segments like Takes In The Wild (the most outrageous opinions from bars and the internet), Cheat Sheet (how to talk about sports if you don't know how), Ask Aunt Char (bad advice from Charlotte's alter-ego), Fountain of Youth (Jess will provide information that the kids know so you can seem less washed-up), Is It Sports? (where Charlotte and Jess debate whether a thing is or isn't sports, duh), and many more. Give it a listen: By the end, you'll have nothing but respect for your MVP.

Episodes

June 27, 2019 64 mins
Carrie Underwood is being sued for plagiarizing “Game On,” tickets to the France-USA soccer game are extremely expensive, and Cam Newton didn’t offer enough money to sit in business class. The Indiana Fever’s travel day from hell. The Mets are Metsing and Leonardo DiCaprio is joining. We are so proud of Giannis for winning the NBA MVP. The Rockets need to stop being so whiny about things, though. Charlotte and Jess went sailing in ...
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Klay Thompson's ACL tear inspired us to reminisce on our own ACL related experiences. Minnesota should rebrand as "We the Norther." Charlotte and Jess brainstorm an app idea for letting people down easy (Kyrie Irving). Charlotte tells us about watching the Blues beat the Bruins at home. Gary Woodland was the ideal dad to win the US Open. How has Brooks Koepka never had hot chocolate before? Our best friend Julie Ertz is...
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This week on MVP, Charlotte tries to control her nerves about Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Raiders are chosen to be on Hard Knocks and if Guy Fieri doesn't make a guest appearance we'll be upset. Zdeno Chara played with his jaw wired shut, Jon Hamm cursed the Blues, and leave Pam Beasley alone. Game 5 of the NBA Finals was ridiculous. Kevin Durant's injury was sad and Toronto fans cheered, and Drake did too much...
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World cup starts Friday and we only care about the USA, NBA Final and Stanley Cup updates, Drake and Guy Fieri, Zdeno Chara’s jaw is broken: Will he still play?, James Holzhauer lost Jeopardy, Darren Rovell spoiled it (except for four states), and the Spelling Bee ended in an 8-way tie (50k each, not bad!), JuJu Smith-Schuster went to prom and Boujee got nose surgery. UNPROTECTED SEGS: Some personal news: Charlotte covered the Stan...
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This week we have a mailbag episode! Charlotte and Jess answer all of your questions about the best baseball game foods (besides hot dogs), Mike Trout, 80s music, concerts, road trip snacks, dad bods, athletes as vegetables, New York City, Lord of the Rings and more! 
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PGA Championship breakdown including when Brooks Koepka denied his girfriend a kiss, how Tiger missed the cut, and Charlotte’s observations from her first live golf tournament. NBA playoffs: the Warriors are still going to win, Drake touched Nick Nurse (and how big is Drake’s plane?), Magic Johnson’s first takes and popcorn opinions. NHL Playoffs: Jess’s hopes for Blues pain and Charlotte’s Bruins predictions. A horse with no jocke...
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Special guest and sad Knicks fan Lee Feiner joins MVP to talk about the shocking NBA Draft Lottery. The Warriors will win the NBA Finals. Dennis Rodman and associates allegedly tried to steal a 400 pound amethyst from a yoga studio, Charlotte and Jess debate the catchy-ness of the song Gloria, John Daly using a golf cart is okay we guess, a luke-warm take on Joe Flacco as a mentor, Quinnen Williams seems like a fun guy even though ...
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We horsesplain the Kentucky Derby, Pat Connaughton calls in to talk about his wild first pitch and not about the Bucks, Hamilton the pig is coming for the Bruins and Brad Marchand stopped talking, Jokic is a hard name to say but we figured it out, Arizona tall boys, Matt Nagy made 8 kickers attempt a 43-yard fg (same distance Cody Parkey missed at), 75,000 bees went to a Reds game. UNPROTECTED SEGS: Some personal news: Julie Ertz a...
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NFL Draft recap: Christian Wilkins bodied Goodell, Clash of the Bachelorettes in Nashville, Kyler Murray questions, Nick Bosa’s awkward weekend, Steelers draft power minute, Pete Carroll’s shirt is off, Josh Rosen proved Steve Smith wrong, Boston sports minute, James Harden’s eyeball, The perfect Guy Fieri meal to keep KD in Oakland, John Tortorella, the Tyreek Hill situation, Kentucky Derby horse names and who owns them.  Jess’ bd...
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Our hot dogs blessed the Diamondbacks and cursed our own teams, predictions for the NFL Draft, Russell Wilson is being lame again but in a kind way, Gronk broke the Lombardi Trophy, Zeke Elliott got a tattoo of his face on his leg but it doesn’t look like him (+worst tattoos we've ever seen), Darren Rovell got dunked on by LSU gymnastics, CBS will broadcast the WNBA, Dabo vs BK: who you got?, NHL playoffs: Canada still sucks at...
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We talk about Tiger winning the Masters and crack the code on mock-neck turtlenecks, the Warriors blew another 3-1 lead (kind of) but the jokes were so played out that we didn’t make any, Milwaukee is the people’s team but the Nuggets are fun too, John Tortellini and the Blue Jackets swept the Lightning and Ovechkin punched a “kid,” Russell Wilson and Ciara’s in-bed announcement about his new $140 million contract made us very unco...
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April 11, 2019 70 mins
Magic Johnson quit so that he can tweet, Is Dwayne Wade's Budweiser commercial too sad for a beer ad? March Madness is over, and the UConn-Notre Dame final was electric, Monday Night Raw recap, the new Jets uniform and color theory, Aaron Rodger's drama is fair game, Chris Davis' yips make us feel sad.  In segs: Jess pissed off 24 hour clock twitter because of Le'Veon Bell, Charlotte has bizarre taste in drinks, New...
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The Final Four as college football teams, the NCAA women’s Final Four should be on Saturdays, Zion’s shoe bidding wars begin and his busted shoe is missing, the Alliance AF is folding because of a guy named DoneDone, the CWHL is folding too, the Wizards GM/President got fired and it gives us hope, and we give an in depth analysis of every NFL Draft hat.  We need new TV shows to watch, Tom Brady might have canceled April Fool’s Day,...
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March 28, 2019 68 mins
During March Madness Tacko Fall is uncomfortably tall and Tom Izzo is tip-toeing the line. NCAA social media accounts continues to screw up and should be deleted. Gronk’s retirement makes Charlotte sad and Jess skeptical. Cam Newton has a weird mental trick this offseason. Bruce Arians hired 2 women to his staff. John Mara made his grandkids cry. Noah Syndergaard doesn’t understand why the Mets went to Syracuse and neither do we. B...
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Char’s bracket strategy this year was total chaos, Jess invites Char to her dad's March Madness league, How did ESPN leak the women’s bracket?, Mike Trout signed a 10-year extension with the Angels and Bryce Harper must be salty, Monday Night Football update: they’re wooing Peyton Manning! LeBron got blocked by Mario Hezonja lol how embarrassing, NFL off-season lightning round featuring the details of Le'Veon to the Jets, V...
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We're a Thursday podcast now!, OBJ went to the Browns and now there are expectations, Le’Veon Bell went to the Jets and Antonio Brown went to the Raiders and Jess has thoughts as a Steelers fan, Nick Foles got a sweet new sponsorship and we’re jealous, What’s the worst city-to-city trade in the NFL?, the Spurs have a big-time bat problem, James Dolan is still acting like a giant baby and maybe Charlotte is still not allowed at ...
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This week we have many thoughts and questions about Jason Witten leaving broadcasting to play for the Cowboys again, Kyler Murray’s final measurements from the NFL combine and the bizarre questions scouts ask, Philadelphia’s "we got him" campaign after signing Bryce Harper, Brandon Nimmo maybe DIDN’T have food poisoning after undercooking chicken? Lebron James is living his best life and playing his worst basketball. UNPROT...
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This week we have many thoughts and questions about Jason Witten leaving broadcasting to play for the Cowboys again, Kyler Murray’s final measurements from the NFL combine and the bizarre questions scouts ask, Philadelphia’s "we got him" campaign after signing Bryce Harper, Brandon Nimmo maybe DIDN’T have food poisoning after undercooking chicken? Lebron James is living his best life and playing his worst basketball. UNPROT...
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Zion Williamson's shoe exploded and Wall Street CRASHED, Robert Kraft is in some trouble, Manny Machado is going to San Diego for some reason? Antonio Brown overshares on social media again, Charlotte does a Kyrie impression, an honest take on Hitler jokes, Ja Rule thinks he's Lil B (he's not), Charlotte knows all the deets on Tristian Thompson, Gritty went streaking, Jess absolves Brian Kelly of his Office sins (and Bo...
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Zion Williamson's shoe exploded and Wall Street CRASHED, Robert Kraft is in some trouble, Manny Machado is going to San Diego for some reason? Antonio Brown overshares on social media again, Charlotte does a Kyrie impression, an honest take on Hitler jokes, Ja Rule thinks he's Lil B (he's not), Charlotte knows all the deets on Tristian Thompson, Gritty went streaking, Jess absolves Brian Kelly of his Office sins (and Bo...
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