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- Hey, they almost tied
- Jed's making moves. Just not ones that matter.
- Podcast: Remember This Crap - Worst Bears losses
- Do you even lift, Zom-bro?
- 'Cause you can't, you won't and you don't stop
- Podcast: Maybe Cody shouldn't get too comfortable
- Podcast: Bears rearrange the deck chairs
- Trying to just be good enough has consequences
- Futile and stupid
- The Cubs are idolizing the wrong teams
- What's it gonna take?
- You should be reading more television
- Podcast: Spooky Halloween Edition
- Podcast: Both Shohei and Judge have been harnessed
- If the Cubs aren't going to pay they're going to have to deal
Latest Pointless Exercise Podcast Episodes
When was the last time Dansby was good? – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
The guys kick around all of the important issues this week like, how long has Dansby Swanson's offensive slump been going on (a long time), who should be the Cubs fourth outfielder when Seiya Suzuki returns and why should it be Ian Happ, and what to do with Petecrow...
Jon Greenberg on the Bears’ $4.6 billion farmer’s market with a stadium attached – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Athletic's Jon Greenberg comes on the pod to talk about the Bears ill-fated stadium press conference, his role in helping the Bears finally put their tortured quarterback history to the side, why Kevin Warren and George McCaskey would end up being the stars of...
Kevin Kaduk – Pointless Exercise
Sportswriter Kevin Kaduk, formerly of the Kansas City Star and Yahoo! Sports joins Andy to talk about the Kris Bryant grievance decision, Nolan Arenado, Super Bowl LIV, Super Bowl prop bets including the Puppy Bowl, the origin of players' nicknames, Kobe Bryant's...
Mike Pusateri – Pointless Exercise
A few weeks ago Andy amazed Chicago-born comedian-actor-writer-producer Mike Pusateri by recognizing him on an episode of the ABC show Fresh Off The Boat, and now Mike's on the podcast to talk about his career, but mostly to talk about the Cubs. They talk about Mike's...
“Daddy bought them a baseball team” – Pointless Exercise
Sam and Andy waited for the Cubs to do something this offseason, and they got tired of waiting so they're back. They talk about how dumb the idea of trading Kris Bryant is, how the financial "issues" the Cubs have are fictitious at best and downright insulting. They...
Bruce Miles – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Longtime Cubs' writer Bruce Miles joins Andy to talk about the uneventful offseason, the aftermath of baseball's twin sign stealing scandals, great moments in Carlos Zambrano history, how the third baseman market is impacting the Cubs' confusing desire to trade their...
NFL Divisional Playoffs – Will someone please send the Packers home?
This was a rough year. The Bears opened the season four days early and commemorated the NFL's 100th season by scoring as many points (three) as they routinely did in the Decatur Staleys days. The fact that the humiliation occurred in prime time in a standalone game...
New name, same crap podcast – Pointless Exercise: A Desipio Podcast
The new year is here and your favorite podcast is back (and so is this one). We've got a new name. The Desipio Podcast is now Pointless Exercise, because that just sounds more official. Andy is here for an abbreviate pod to start things off and he talks about the...
“Cheers to another season down the tubes” – Desipio Bears Podcast
Grab the Kleenex, it's the final Desipio Bears Podcast of the season as Andy, Kyle and Mike sift through the wreckage of an incredibly disappointing season. You'll learn more than you ever wanted to about Jesper Horsted, Jake Kumerow's family ties, and just what an...
“If Lombardi had been the little spoon he’d have lived…” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The Bears have won three in a row and that inspires Mike and Andy to make fun of Iowa, talk about Vince Lombardi's basement, discuss the real origins of the famous "those aren't pillows" scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, actually talk about the Bears win over...
“Mitch is a binary thinker” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The gang's all here as the guys talk about the red hot Bears, Kyle entertains the idea that Mitch is having a better year than Tom Brady, they discuss what, if anything, Mitch's relative competence last week means, and whether Mitch is better than David Blough. They...
Four former Bears on the verge of NFL history
It’s probably fair to say the current campaign isn’t going to go down as one to tell the grandkids about given the lack of consistency that has been on show from the Chicago Bears. Thankfully, rather than harp on about the existing struggles we’ve found something else...
Stream of consciousness – Desipio Podcast
Andy gives everybody else the holiday week off and decides to do a quick solo podcast, and an hour and 15 later, he's talked about the Bears and Lions, the Harvard-Yale game, Calvin and Hobbes, Law and Order, the Bulls, the stupid NBA mid-season tournament, the TD...
Monocles are cheaper than glasses – Desipio Bears Podcast
The guys hold their noses and relive the Bears wet turd of a performance in Los Angeles. They try to decide if Mitch Trubisky was really hurt, what exactly Matt Nagy is good at, why anybody thinks Chicago sports fans want to hear what Dave Wannstedt has to say about...
“They’ve already ruined the ancillary benefits of losing, so they might as well just win.” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The Bears won an actual NFL game, even if it was against the LIons it still counts, and the guys look back at that. They pore over the Tribune article this week about the "thought process" that led the Bears to taking the worst quarterback in the 2017 first round....
Won’t somebody help Mitch turn off these TVs? – Desipio Bears Podcast
A sick child has the podcast manned by just Andy and Mike this week, but they are more than up to the task of putting the awfulness of the Eagles' loss into current and historical context. Hold your nose as you hear how the exploits of the nine yard first half...
“Bite down on this stick and watch the Bears” – Desipio Bears Podcast
The boys are back in their trips podcast formation and after talking Halloween in Iowa and Kansas, they try to make sense of another mind-numbing Bears loss by breaking down the inept red zone play calling, wondering how badly Mitch is flunking Bears Offense 202. Did...
“It’s coaching malpractice” – Desipio Bears Podcast
It's just Mike and Andy this week as they try to figure out what the hell Matt Nagy is doing, how far in over his head he is, what exactly it is that Mitch does around here, and along the way they talk about Kevin Loughery, Granville Waiters and Dave Corzine. You...
The Cubs have a manager! – Desipio Cubs Podcast
Andy lights up the Sam Signal™ and they do an emergency podcast to talk about the news that the Cubs have settled on a new manager and, to no one's surprise it's David Ross. What did Ross say in his mock Spring Training speech that won the front office over? Why do we...
Who are the Bears? – Desipio Bears Podcast
Andy, Mike and Kyle look back with trepidation at the Bears' loss to the Raiders, look ahead to the return of Mitch Trubisky, ponder the future of Kyle Long (not for long), tell the Mike Murphy "pro bowler" story, look back at Chicago Sports Webio, try to figure out...