30. OUR ‘TRILLIONTH’ EPISODE. PUNTE, Brandon discuss the NFL issues of the day (yesterday, anyway) before lauding George Takei and enjoying a compound swear word. Then it’s a Buckeye bash with Ohio State basketball’s Mark Titus, proprietor of Club Trillion. Mark dishes on his future as his basketball career comes to a close, whether or not he’ll continue to blog, and how he doesn’t want to end up like Shawn Michaels of WWE.

Recorded March 23-24, 2010 ; runs 48 minutes. Listen here, Subscribe on iTunes.

This is much better than Simmons’ interview with Titus that was posted on ESPN yesterday. If you disagree, you are wrong.

29. NCAA Tournament Talk. PUNTE, Brandon and Karl run down some NFL issues, including why everyone seems to want a mediocre quarterback. Eric Angevine of Storming The Floor “DOT NET” (complete with their own Wiki site) and ESPN joins us in a “Bring Your Own Compound Swear Word” appearance, and he shares his thoughts on this year’s bracket, the state of the tournament, and how he caught on with ESPN.

Recorded Wednesday 3/17/10; runs 44 minutes. Listen here, Subscribe on iTunes or Right-Click the logo to save the .mp3 file (“Save target as…”)

28. Return Of The Compound Swear Word. PUNTE can’t believe that Brandon may not fill out an NCAA bracket, as we’re efforting to put together a college basketball show Logic from The Gally Blog makes a case for “styling glue” while talking about his tour of open mic nights. And then it’s Dan Shanoff who shares his thoughts on the state of sports, some insightful, some mind-blowingly bad. And the compound swear word returns. 2-minute version. Full version.

Recorded Wednesday 3/10/10; runs 76 minutes. Subscribe on iTunes.

27. Are You Smarter Than A Hipster? We run the gamut in this edition of dickslapping sports talk. PUNTE and Brandon chat about the gold-medal hockey game that, so far, still hasn’t saved the NHL, among other things. MattSebek from JoeSportsFan drops by to make his case for being the sports blogosphere’s “Ryan Seacrest Lite.” We bring in the Hipster and a panel, first to explain the beauty of calling a woman the C-word, and we play “Are You Smarter Than A Hipster?” with NFL trivia.

Recorded Wednesday 3/3/10; runs 60 minutes. Subscriptions available on iTunes.

26. The One Where Jemele Hill Said Yes.

PUNTE and Brandon recap Wednesday’s killer whale attack before learning about the power of Chantix. We visit with the famous and somehow still down-to-earth Jemele Hill, who was still working at ESPN when we reached her by phone, and we have a nice chat about life in front of a TV camera, Super Bowl week, the perils of Wikipedia, and Tiger Woods. Recorded Wednesday 2/24/10; runs 54 minutes.

EPISODE 25, PITCHING OR CATCHING? @PUNTE and @flubby recap some NFL news, and enjoy a few audio clips of Kevin Smith, Hunter Thompson (fake?) and surfers calling a beach storm. Jonah Keri brings a little baseball to the show (okay, a LOT of baseball) while discussing his newest venture for Bloomberg Sports. We try to keep the lip-smacking to a minimum, but there’s an obvious edit error that somehow made it past the cutting room floor.

EPISODE 24, KVETCH GAME. @PUNTE and @Brandon_ROTU take turns complaining about everything, from the release of Google Buzz to the death of Charlie Wilson to the Winter Olympics. Guests include With Leather morning contributor Amber Jones discussing the ins and outs of Minnesota. Mostly the outs. We catch up with KSK’s own Christmas Ape, who shares his experiences in Miami as well as a peek into his EDGE blog on New Ledger. Josh recaps his weekend with Victory Poker in Vegas in a clip with Dan Levy from On The DL. And YOU WILL POOP YOUR PANTS when you find out who is on the show next week. Click the logo or title for the direct mp3 link, or click here if that’s too much work. Thanks, Weed Against Speed, Carbon Poker.

Episode 23. Arguably our finest show ever, although I personally would never make that argument. @PUNTE and @Brandon_ROTU highlight a botched audio playback segment while scrambling to find the Elusive Brad Childress Jazz Clip, and then chats ensue with “boots on the ground,” after discussing the latest Twitter feed sweeping the English-speaking world, starting with Lindsey Hockman, a Jets fan and Indianapolis native (our “Fat Hump” bureau chief) recovering from her team’s loss in the AFC title game. PUNTE discusses his upcoming Super Bowl weekend in Vegas as part of a charity effort for the Sharon Osborne Colon Cancer Program. @TheCajunBoy, our Louisiana native, comes in to talk about how much (or how little) the Saints really had to do with the post-Katrina rejuvination of the city. And we make a handful of prop bets that even Vegas would find ridiculous. Listen on the embedded player, or click on the red logo for the mp3 file, and subscribe to HOUSE OF PUNTE on iTunes. Read the rest of this entry »

EPISODE 21. GAME SIX AND A HALF. PUNTE and Brandon run through the issues of the day before making NFL picks with special guest “Gordon” and playing the “lost” interview with Jelisa Castrodale of The Typing Makes Me Sound Busy, (she’s also on Tumblr, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook) co-hosted by Christmas Ape. It’s an above-average effort. 89 Minutes.

No, seriously. Don’t call it that. The KSK podcast returns with a whimper as PUNTE and Brandon from Ramblings of the Unmotivated (and now Gunaxin) run down the cancellation of Sunday Night Football, discuss the joys of getting drunk with a clown in Vegas, and the latest spreads for Week 8 action in the NFL. And if that wasn’t enough of a trainwreck, the duo FINALLY air the “lost” interview with Jay Busbee of Yahoo!’s Devil Ball Golf and From The Marbles (NASCAR) blogs. Christmas Ape joins the interview via phone as well. It’s the most soothing train wreck to which you’ll ever have the pleasure of listening. This marathon return checks in at about 2 hours and change, making it roughly two hours too long. Minor Audio Fluctuations early. This podcast is a real bear at 122 minutes, but we start with the picks in the first half hour. Recorded Wednesday.

Episode 20* of HOUSE OF PUNTE: The KSK Podcast. PUNTE, Brandon, Christmas Ape, and Jay Busbee.

* Not really 20th episode