499. Don't Worry, Be Tacky

Soccer leagues around the world use a promotion-and-relegation system to reward the best teams and punish the worst. We ask whether American sports fans would enjoy a similar system. (Part two of a two-part series.) SOURCES:Domonique Foxworth, sports analyst and former N.F.L. pla ... Show More

The N.F.L. is a powerful cartel with imperial desires. College football is about to undergo a financial reckoning. So maybe they should team up? (Part one of a two-part series.) SOURCES:DeMaurice Smith, former executive director of the National Football League Players Association ... Show More

In this episode we first published in 2021, the political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang argues that different forms of government create different styles of corruption — and that the U.S. and China have more in common than we’d like to admit. SOURCES:Yuen Yuen Ang, professor of politic ... Show More

This week Kevin checks in to discuss being named Eastern Conference All-Star captain but having to miss his third All-Star Game in a row. Plus he talks about his Caitlin Clark fandom and her latest explosion for Iowa, following her career since high school and watching women's ho ... Show More

October 17, 2005. The NBA is going through massive changes. Michael Jordan is retired (again), and the league is getting younger. Stars like Allen Iverson represent the rise of hip-hop culture, which David Stern blames for the league’s dwindling viewership. His solution? Today, S ... Show More

Nial Ring - Dublin City Councillor, Stefanie Preisner - Broadcaster and presenter of the ‘Basically’ podcast and broadcaster Louise Cantillon joined Kieran today to answer one question: should we all learn our national anthem? 

One of the greatest dunkers the world has ever seen joins ALL THE SMOKE for an incredible episode. 6x All-Star, Shawn Kemp, sits down with Matt and Stak to reflect on his highlight filled career, including his chemistry with Gary Payton, facing off with MJ in the Finals, how he g ... Show More

She is one of the best basketball players ever. She’s won multiple championships, including five Olympic gold medals and four W.N.B.A. titles. She also helped negotiate a landmark contract for the league’s players. Sue Bird tells Steve Levitt the untold truth about clutch players ... Show More

Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love is coming to our screens and Sophie Duker and Olga Koch are obsessed! They’ll be reliving their early twenties as they watch Maggie, Birdy, Nell and Amara create their own chaotic memories in the series - because there’s nothing like ... Show More

It was February 2016, and Australian Basketball legend Lauren Jackson was looking down the barrel of her fifth Olympic Games in Rio. Lauren was already an icon as one of the best basketballers in the world. Having played professionally in America for most of her career. She’d inj ... Show More

This Wednesday, we sit down with the one and only fashion designer and Chicago native, Joe Freshgoods, sits down to talk about his permanent influence on the culture. JFG spills his secrets on coming up with no co-signs to seal his legacy as one of the greatest multi-hyphenate cr ... Show More