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- Podcast: Opening Day!
- Podcast: Don't use an airplane toilet after Mookie
- Let's take the Cubs fan survey!
- Cubs get just as many wins in Japan as we all expected
- Podcast: 2025 Baseball Preview
- Six is better than four, but just barely
- Podcast: Cubs have the fun Japanese Players
- Podcast: Hats off to another great spring training
- Cubs and Bears making moves
- Bald don't lie
- Watch It! - Unforgotten
- Podcast: Remember This Crap - All-Time Cubs Third Basemen
- Podcast: Oleg's tales from Spring Training
- Spring omens
- Marquee is pretty well screwed now
Latest Pointless Exercise Podcast Episodes
2025 Baseball Preview – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Worlds collide as both Pointless Exercise baseball podcasts join forces to preview the 2025 season. David Brown, Oleg, Praz and Andy sit around and yak about who's going to the playoffs, who's going to be MVP, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and Manager of the Year. No...
Cubs have the fun Japanese players — Pointless Exercise Podcast
Sure, the Dodgers might have the best player of his generation and two other Japanese fireballers, but there's no dispute that the Cubs' Japanese players returning home to play in next week's games are more fun. Seiya's hitting baseballs with a samurai sword, Sh?ta's...
Kelly Dwyer on the Bulls, solar salt, Cheers, ’80s hair bands, Nolan Arenado and more – Pointless Exercise Podcast
In a wide-ranging discussion, Kelly Dwyer and I discuss an inexpensive way to get ice off your driveway, why the Bulls aren't bright enough to have a lottery pick next year, why Arturas doesn't like to fill out trade paperwork, if Lonzo Ball will get a cadaver surgery...
Rubbing elbows and hiring coaches – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs Convention came and went and Praz got to rub elbows with famous Cubs. The guys talk about the weekend, try to make sense of Tom Ricketts financial theories and tell you why you shouldn't be mad at the Dodgers, especially since the Cubs could do all of that if...
Cubs convention, Bears and The Beav and the best and worst Chicago media – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs Convention is looming, Kyle Tucker has a new (short) contract, and is Alex Bregman on the way? The Bears are talking in person to Mike "The Beav" McCarthy and is Tom Brady tampering with Ben Johnson? Bob Uecker's gone. And the Sun-Times has its list of the 20...
The Bears are interviewing everybody – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears have whittled their list of coaching candidates down to a cool 15, and Tom Loxas drops by to give his thoughts on who they should hire. Mike Vrabel has already done his interview and Ben Johnson is up this weekend, what the hell are the other 13 guys there...
Cubs, Bears and Sammy with John Greenberg – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs are bringing Sammy Sosa back so it's time for the podcast to bring back it's favorite guest, Jon Greenberg to make fun of them for the tortured reunion, whether they have any intention of keeping Kyle Tucker and to get everybody's convention plans made. They...
Sammy’s back, Cody’s gone and Kyle’s here – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Ricketts bullied Sammy Sosa into apologizing for something, though he wouldn't say what it was, and they're all proud of themselves for some reason. Tom Loxas is on hand to discuss it, talk about the trade/giveaway of Cody Bellinger to the Yankees, and what comes...
Jed done did a trade – Pointless Exercise Cubs Podcast
You have to give little Jed Hoyer credit, the Cubs needed a big trade and he actually pulled one off. Oleg and Praz are on hand to discuss the Kyle Tucker trade, make fun of a weird sound from the press conference, discuss the Cubs giving away Cody Bellinger, signing...
Does Seiya really need to be in a Tucker trade? – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Cubs are trying to trade for Astros star Kyle Tucker and Tom Loxas joins the podcast as the guys try to figure out why Seiya would need to be in that deal. And, if the Cubs aren't hell bent on keeping Tucker beyond 2025, does it even make the Cubs better if they...
Remember This Crap – Worst Cubs Free Agent Signings – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The offseason is a good time to remember when the Cubs used to actually spend money on free agents...and to realize just how bad they've been at it. The Remember This Crap gang assembles to wax nostalgic on the worst free agent signings in team history. You'll be...
The Bears are thinking big and the Cubs are cutting bait – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears fired their overmatched head coach and are already thinking about which dud to hire next, while the Cubs are just hoping somebody will take Cody Bellinger's cash off their hands. Tom Loxas is here to discuss the coaching change, the candidates for the real...
The Bears have finally reached an interregnum – Pointless Exercise Podcast
T/he Bears finally mercy fired The Flus and Kevin Warren wants you all to know that Ryan Poles is totally going to make the decision on the new head coach (sure he is). But first we need to listen to the Jeff Joniak call of the final 38 seconds of Matt Eberflus' head...
Maybe Cody shouldn’t get too comfortable – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Could the Cubs trade Cody Ballinger even after he declined his option to become a free agent? Well, sure, they could. The question is what his trade value actually is. Luckily, Tom Loxas is on hand to discuss that, why the Cubs aren't well positioned for Roki Sasaki,...
Bears rearrange the deck chairs – Guest: Jon Greenberg – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The Bears are changing offensive coordinators again, and The Athletic's Jon Greenberg is here to talk about it, the future of The Flus, who's going to be the next head coach (Andy knows), and just how bad things are. They discuss the lunacy of the idea that Caleb...
Spooky Halloween Edition – Pointless Exercise Podcast
This podcast includes tales of handing out beers on Halloween, the most indelible moments of the World Series including ESPN's national baseball nitwit helping make celebrities out of the creepy right field Yankees fans. What the Cubs have to trade, why The Athletic...
Both Shohei and Judge have been harnessed – Pointless Exercise Podcast
The World Series started off with a bang, but now the Yankees are holding on for dear life. At least they have seen evidence that a team can erase a 3-0 deficit. David Brown is here to talk about the series, the weird apparatus that Shohei is wearing, why some writers...
Nico don’t did a trade, remembering Sweaty Joe and Fernandomania, Bears-Commanders – Pointless Exercise Podcast
Nico Hoerner decided to kill all of his trade rumors by having surgery to make himself untradeable. Tom Loxas joins the pod to talk about that savvy move, the Cubs maybe hiring a bullpen coach, unsourced rumors that Cody Bellinger is opting out, Fernando Valenzuela,...
World Series Preview – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
Did you know that the Yankees and Dodgers have not only played in the World Series before but that they used to be from the same city? People should talk about this more. David Brown joins to the podcast to ponder the controversial idea that it might be good for...
Cubs can Willie and LCS preview – Pointless Exercise Baseball Podcast
The LCS' are underway, but it's never too late to preview them, right? David Brown is on hand to talk about the plucky Mets, the Dodgers winning without starting pitchers, seeing the Yankees up close and the Guardians surviving the AL Central Playoff Invitational....