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The full Pomp and Joe Show, with Bob Pompeani, Joe Starkey, and Austin Bechtold (behind the glass), from Tuesday, August 26th, 2025 

Hour 1 with Bob Pompeani and Joe Starkey: Happy birthday Joe! Starkey turns 60 today. Documentarian of Clemente, David Altrogge, joined the show. Roberto Clemente Jr. also joined us to remember his father's legacy and how the doc tells the story of his father. It's taken six year ... Show More

Hour 2 with Bob Pompeani and Joe Starkey: The Penguins are bringing back their Hall of Fame for the first time since 2013. orliss Waitman will be the punter and the Saints reportedly asked about trading for him. Brian Batko doesn't think the Cam Heyward situation is fully figured ... Show More

In the best of the Pirates on The Fan this week, The Fan Morning Show, The Pomp & Joe Show and The PM Team w/Poni & Mueller react to the trades of Ke'Bryan Hayes and David Bednar and ask why more players weren't dealt 

Today’s show is absolutely LOADED. First, NBA Insider for The Athletic and friend of the show, Shams Charania joins the program to discuss the memo sent to NBA teams about returning to play. Pat and Shams discuss what it all means, what the quarantining will look like, who has is ... Show More

Boomer is out so it’s Gio & Jerry today. Max Scherzer and the Mets had no problem beating the Astros last night. Gio is worried about his drive and ferry coming back from the Travelers broadcast tomorrow. There is a missing tourist submarine that was on an adventure to look at th ... Show More

In this hour, Adam Crowley and Dorin Dickerson assess some comments made by the Pirates' GM and owner over the weekend. Could this be the ultimate indication that changes and moves could be coming? Also, can the bullpen maintain consistency without David Bednar? And do you like t ... Show More

On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the severe weather that came through the Midwest yesterday and hit the Indianapolis metro area pretty hard, Joe Milton being traded from the Patriots to the Cowboys, Katie Blackburn’s comments about the Bengals potentially le ... Show More

In the second hour, Mike Mulligan and David Haugh were joined by Cubs Radio analyst Ron Coomer to discuss the club's sweep of the Orioles. Later, Mully and Haugh debated whether the Pirates were right to pull ace Paul Skenes after he threw seven no-hit innings and reached 99 pitc ... Show More

The Phillies are the hottest team in baseball and on a collision course with the Rangers (00:00:00-00:11:25). Monday Night Football was a disaster for Justin Herbert and the Chargers (00:11:25-00:18:51). We talk College Football, Washington's big win, Heisman race, people being m ... Show More

Boomer and Gio react to Juan Soto’s struggles at the plate and questions surrounding his hustle. Plus, Sal Licata on why he thinks the hustle noise is overblown; Evan Roberts believes Soto should be batting leadoff, and he and Tiki react to Soto downplaying the hustle concerns. 

Colin discusses the sale of the Lakers and why the future is only looking bright for a team that's embraced billionaire owners. Plus, Colin has seen enough: he's out on Shedeur Sanders after his speeding citation and takes aim at his fanboys. Fox Sports MLB analyst and former cat ... Show More

Eno and DVR discuss Trade Deadline takeaways, the frustration when teams try to 'thread the needle' in the wake of the Brewers' recent moves, the seemingly light activity of the Mets, a fascinating Brandon Marsh-Logan O'Hoppe trade, the absence of Ronald Acuña Jr.'s power (so far ... Show More