Steve Levitt, Scott Turow and Bridget Gainer are panelists. For the "Freakonomics" co-author, the attorney and novelist, and the Cook County commissioner it's "game on!" as they tackle competition of all kinds: athletic, sexual, geopolitical, and the little-known battle between butter and margarine that landed in the Supreme Court. WBEZ's Tricia Bobeda, co-h ... Show More
Nov 14
653. Does Horse Racing Have a Future?
<p>Thoroughbred auction prices keep setting records. But tracks are closing, gambling revenues are falling, and the sport is increasingly reliant on subsidies. Is that the kind of long shot anybody wants? (Part three of a series, “<a href="https://freakonomics.com/the-horse-is-us ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2024
"The Promise of the Premise" (w/ Matt & Bowen)
<p>This installment of Las Cultch delivers on the promise of the premise. Yeah, we saw the Super Bowl. Usher? We've heard of him. Taylor and Travis? Honey, we're well aware. And hey, how about this for one word: Beyoncé. All of this and more (such as The Traitors, Lady Gaga as a ... Show More
1h 27m
Apr 2023
"Sunday Morning Talk" (w/ Matt & Bowen)
It is sometimes nice to get together with your sister and have a Sunday Morning Talk. And on this episode of talking-based podcast Las Culturistas, that is what Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers do. Over weed and coffee, the two dive into all things recent (except Succession, sorry sorr ... Show More
1h 26m
Mar 2024
"GAYFIGHT" (w/ Matt & Bowen)
<p>On fair Las Cultch, where we set our scene: It's Matt's birthday, Bowen is straight and there is culture to be caught up on. Traitors is recapped, Kristen Johnston is praised, and what truly makes a great sequel is debated. All this, Beyoncé's acting era, recent Bravo legal dr ... Show More
1h 2m
Oct 2019
#172 — Among the Deplorables
<p>Sam Harris speaks with Andrew Marantz about his book "Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation." They discuss the effect of social media on politics, the distinction between publishers and platforms, the problem of guilt by ... Show More
51m 31s
Feb 2024
'Crolivia,' Austin McBroom & Colman Domingo?
It's time to talk about everyone's favorite Super Bowl Couple! The couple America CANNOT stop talking about! The football player and his extremely famous girlfriend! That's right, we're opening the show with........... CROLIVIA! Moving on, we take your calls about Kylie Kelce's m ... Show More
1h 16m
Jul 2023
Hour 3 - C&R in for DP... Brady, Kim & Crumbs
Covino & Rich are in for Dan Patrick and have fun deciding whether or not Tom Brady & Kim K. would make a good couple. Is Josh Allen canoodling in public a good thing for the Bills? Covino says that Rich gives up on his teams! Kevin Costner's crumbs? Plus, a mom's rap video, Dame ... Show More
43m 26s
Aug 2022
"Off Book, On The Record" (w/ Cody Rigsby)
Jetlagged from their journey to Chromatica, Matt & Bowen still deliver a helluven ep. Because Cody Rigsby... IS THE BAR. BDE? More like 3CHE... Third Co-Host Energy! This u-NIQUE (!) episode of Las Cultch sees Matt, Bow & Cody take the readers, nay, the KATIES (you all have a new ... Show More
1h 21m