Apple, Baseball, and Halloween

In our last episode, we learn how to drink tea, build human towers, watch the sunset forever and find the Ian inside all of us. 

We learn what happened to a two-thousand year-old toe, and what to do when our voices make you sick. 

Devil In The White City author Erik Larson helps us write gooder, and we tell you how to snack silently at the movies. 

Nowadays it feels like everyone has a baseball cap at home... even though most of the folks wearing them do not, in fact, play baseball. So how did this one type of hat become so ubiquitous -- not just in the US, but the rest of the world? To answer the question, Ben, Noel and Ma ... Show More

Cubs outfielder Ian Happ joins the show to talk about the MLB lockout and his unique perspective as the Cubs union rep. We solve the MLB playoff crisis among many other issues plaguing America’s pastime. Elsewhere we get into WSD’s move to a new home, Carl almost dying over the w ... Show More

Steve Cohen declared it baseball season, but Gio said the Mets haven’t done anything to make it feel like baseball season. 

Are we just too impatient for America’s famously leisurely national pastime? Hanna Rosin asks staff writer Mark Leibovich whether the changes MLB is making to baseball this summer could help him, and the rest of us, fall in love with baseball all over again. Interested in the cha ... Show More

Ben Verlander is joined by Atlanta Braves’ legend John Smoltz to discuss the hottest topics in MLB with the AL MVP race between Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge, Albert Pujols’ chase to 700 home runs, and the new rules MLB is adopting in the com ... Show More

Baseball is officially back with the start of pitchers and catchers. On this episode Evan touches on how to handle Verlander and Scherzer innings limits, who gets the nod for opening day, Pete Alonso contract, Buck Showalter speaks on a lot, bullpen competition, new rules to watc ... Show More

After missing a sweep because Jordan Love couldn't get 225 Yards, we pivot to some baseball tonight with the Orioles facing the Rangers. This should be an exciting matchup for both sides, and we're hoping to cash out on this action! To learn more about listener data and our priva ... Show More