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This is All Ball: The Defector Media NFL podcast. Featuring no gambling or fantasy talk, just straight matchup and team breakdowns every week. Starring lifelong ball knowers Drew Magary and Arif Hasan.
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- Kirk Cousins Is BACK! · 1 t 31 min · Episode 10It's a trade deadline news spectacular! Can anyone stop those crazy Jaguars? The Chargers are winless but refuse to sell at the deadline. Why? The Vikings got Kirk!CreditsHosts…
- Which Team Is The Saddest? · 1 t 30 min · Episode 9It's time for another round of everyone's favorite game! Will it be:The Jets, who aggressively ran out the clock on themselves at home against the Raiders, cementing their third…
- The Worst Undefeated Team In A Century · 1 t 29 min · Episode 8The Vikings are the last unbeaten NFL team. Are they frauds? They have the top scoring defense in the league, but their offense has scored four total TDs in the last five games…
- Who's Responsible For The Ongoing Jalen Hurts Fiasco? · 1 t 30 min · Episode 7Is Troy Aikman out at Monday Night Football, and how does that relate to the Rams horrible 2-4 start? Is Carlie Irsay-Gordon proving to be a worse owner than her dad? And who is…
- Justice For Husky Kickers! · 1 t 42 min · Episode 6Holy sh*t, that Commanders/Giants ending! Holy sh*t, that Eagles/Jags ending!CreditsHosts: Drew Magary & Arif HasanProducer: Brandon Grugle, MultitudeEditor: Mischa Stanton…
- Legally Distinct Throwgasms · 1 t 53 min · Episode 5The Eagles stink! Is it time for Nick Sirianni to get the boot? And how does one even print on 11x17 card stock? Happy Birthdays, Drew and Arif!CreditsHosts: Drew Magary & Arif…
- Not Two Total Dipshits! Yet! · 1 t 39 min · Episode 4Drake Maye stinks! Giants trade for J.J. McCarthy! Doesn’t Case Keenum deserve to keep his job? (kidding not kidding)CreditsHosts: Drew Magary & Arif HasanProducer: Brandon…
- How One Trick Play Tells The History Of Football · 47 minLast year, Josh Levin's grandfather told him about a college football game he saw in person all the way back in 1944. That game featured a play so bizarre that he remembered it…
- The Justin Herbert Experiment is Over · 2 t 1 min · Episode 3Are the 49ers the best team in football? Are the Falcons the worst team in football? Could this show be better? Let's talk about it.Segments00:02:52 – Mailbag00:26:15 – Thursday…
- A Stoppable Force vs a Movable Object · 1 t 46 min · Episode 2Our first episode went smoothly, but we have some postgame adjustments we need to make: Drew said last week that he’d put ALL of the homerism away for this show, but that’s not…
- Every Week 1 Matchup · 1 t 53 min · Episode 1It's the start of the season, which can only mean one thing: Drew and Arif pick every single week one matchup.SponsorsQuince: download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers…
- All Ball, the Defector Media NFL Podcast · 2 minNo fantasy talk, no gambling advice, no other nerd shit. Starring Drew Magary and Arif Hasan, just two pure ball knowers who only want to talk about one thing… FOOTBALL. Kicking…
- The Final Distraction with Tim Marchman · 1 t 1 min · Episode 304This is it. Thanks for so many great years.Stuff We Talked AboutDeadcast triviaBuzz Bissinger’s spursBig Daddy BallsA rare guy remembering momentMe, ape-ishMashups!The formal…
- A Proven Placebo That Gets Results · 53 min · Episode 303Special announcement: Rohan is not here. But Drew and Roth do actually have an important announcement.Stuff We Talked AboutMasochistic tendenciesThe Cyber-Christ ComplexOther…
- Tee-Hee Ha-Ha Reparations Now Motherf*cker Energy with Justin Ellis · 1 t 6 min · Episode 302Fellow Defector Justin Ellis joins Drew and Roth! They talk about his upcoming book, The Cruelty of Nice Folks: Why Minneapolis Is the Story of America, and how Justin thinks it…
- A Tale of Two Sandwiches with Rohan Nadkarni · 54 min · Episode 301Rohan’s back! Him and Drew both have a sandwich story of woe that simply needs to be told. But, more importantly, Giannis is a Heat! Is Rohan excited? Also, the Dodgers just…
- Roller Skating Fully Nude into the Game · 52 min · Episode 300We’re deep in the summer, and that means a Drew and Roth solo episode! Drew is beaming in directly from his vacation, and Roth has some shit to shoot. After, they get to sports…
- The Boorish Manners of a Yale-y with Paul Tremblay · 58 min · Episode 299Drew and Roth are joined by acclaimed horror novelist Paul Tremblay! Not only does Paul have a new book out, Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep, but he’s also now a certified…
- What If We Tried To Win? with Justin Halpern · 1 t 3 min · Episode 298Justin Halpern (writer/producer, Abbott Elementary, Sh*t My Dad Says) has a new book, Get Lost, and he here’s to talk about how he wrote it with Drew and Roth. But first, Roth…
- We Americans Know Better with Diana Moskovitz & Dave McKenna · 50 min · Episode 297Drew has finally vanquished Roth, so fellow Defectors Diana Moskovitz and Dave McKenna are on the show! First, World Cup – who’s rooting for who? Are either of them for it coming…
- Give the Lobster a Knife · 48 min · Episode 296It’s summer vacation season, and that means a classic Drew and Roth solo episode. Many digressions ensue, then they open up the funbag to answer real questions from real…
- The Last Refuge of Scoundrels with Kelsey McKinney & Alex Sujong Laughlin · 1 t 4 min · Episode 295Kelsey is here! Drew is not! Alex Sujong Laughlin is also here to discuss the new season of Try Hard, the first episode of which just came out last week. Alex has written some…
- Sports! (The Human Spirit) with Ray Ratto · 59 min · Episode 294Ray Ratto joins Drew and Roth to talk about two cups, Stanley and World. But first, on a scale of Not Very to Maybe A Little, how happy is Ray for New Yorkers right now? Then…
- The Provenance of the Lobster with Giri Nathan · 57 min · Episode 293Defector’s resident Knicks fan, Giri Nathan, joins Drew and Roth this week! After droppingGame 3, how is Giri feeling about his team? The series seems to hinge on whether or not…
- Don’t Tell Anyone How I Live with Leander Schaerlaeckens · 59 min · Episode 292Leander Shaerlaeckens (author of the book The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts) joins the show for a World Cup preview!…
- A Larry David Look-a-like with David Grann · 56 min · Episode 291Drew and Roth are joined by David Grann, bestselling author of The Wager, Killers of the Flower Moon, and other precious tomes, and staff writer at The New Yorker! And, better…
- You Can’t Zarf Someone in Pips with Ian Livengood · 54 min · Episode 290Drew and Roth are joined by Ian Livengood, an NYT puzzle editor who works on Pips (Drew’s true joy) and the Midi! Ian shares behind-the-scenes info on how puzzles are…
- Look at What They Done Been Through with Patrick Redford · 59 min · Episode 289It’s time to get serious about the NBA playoffs, so Drew and Roth welcome fellow Defector and host of Nothing But Respect and Only If You Get Caught Patrick Reford to the show!…
- Introducing: No Such Thing · 14 minWe’re excited to share a preview of a new podcast we think you’d enjoy: No Such ThingNo Such Thing is a show where three best friends and journalists settle their dumb arguments…
- Shodders For The Cup with Lauren Theisen · 60 min · Episode 288Defector’s chief hockey officer Lauren Theisen is back! Drew and Roth ask her how it’s possible that the Sabres hadn’t made the playoffs in 14 years. Also, Drew bought a Quinn…
- Eating a Super Soaker with a Knife & Fork · 59 min · Episode 287It’s a classic Drew and Roth solo joint, and they’re finally talking about currently ongoing sports instead of indulging Drew’s NFL fetish. Is there any reason to believe that…
- My Car Died In Worcester with Aaron Schatz · 1 t 1 min · Episode 286Drew and Roth are joined, for the first time ever, by Aaron Schatz, Chief Analytics Officer at FTN Fantasy, ESPN NFL writer, and founder of Football Outsiders! Football data…
- Blame It On Pazuzu with Mike Schur · 1 t 5 min · Episode 285Mike Schur is back, and we’re talking baseball! The MLB has rolled out its automated ball strike challenge system, but how do Mike and Roth feel about it? Will they trash CB…
- The Largest Man On The Beach with Ed Zitron · 1 t 3 min · Episode 284Ed Zitron is back on the show, because it’s been too long since he last came on to yell at us about AI. And there’s a lot to yell about! To kick it off, we get the latest on the…
- Bad Baseball Grannies with Kelsey McKinney · 1 t 7 min · Episode 283Drew is off frolicking on another continent, so it’s time to talk about baseball! Kelsey is back with Roth to swap their first ballpark stories of the 2026 season. Of course…
- My Best Reply Guys with Emma Baccellieri · 1 t 1 min · Episode 282Emma Baccellieri (Sports Illustrated) is back, and with a new book! Drew and Roth ask her about her writing process, and how she worked with co-author Jordan Robinson. Then, they…
- A Never-Ending Math Orgy with Ken Pomeroy · 54 min · Episode 281Happy March Madness! As always, Drew and Roth are joined by Ken Pomeroy of KenPom.com to talk about the men’s bracket. Is Ken’s insight still the gold standard, or are AI…
- A Hot Sauce Faceprint on the Hotel Door with Rohan Nadkarni · 59 min · Episode 280Rohan, of NBC News and sandwich fame, is back! He fills Drew and Roth in on his Italian Olympic experience, including, most importantly, his favorite meals. Rohan, like the rest…
- I Was Born in the Cutty Sark with Spencer Hall · 1 t 0 min · Episode 279Spencer Hall of Channel 6 joins Drew and Roth to talk college football! But first they have to figure out whether college sports as a whole are poised to go extinct, or if that…
- Digest It As It Comes In with Tom Ley · 53 min · Episode 278Roth “got stranded by the blizzard,” so Tom Ley, Editor-In-Chief at Defector, is here! Drew and Tom debate whether this was the best winter Olympics in their lifetime, then Tom…
- A Good Set of Stones with John Cullen · 1 t 2 min · Episode 277Drew and Roth are joined by comedian, podcaster, and curling professional and expert John Cullen! His new book, Curling Rocks!: Chronicles of the Roaring Game, is out now. They…
- A Well-Rounded Apple Dome with Kathryn Xu · 50 min · Episode 276Drew and Roth are joined by Kathryn Xu (Defector) to talk dogs! Kathryn covered the Westminster Dog Show, and it was a lovely, fluffy, yappy experience. Did her favorite, Aslan…
- A Difference of Degree and in Kind · 51 min · Episode 275We remember Dan McQuade.Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0!Stuff We Talked AboutLone Wolf…
- The Italian Word for Waluigi with Rohan Nadkarni · 60 min · Episode 274Rohan is back! And promising future Italian sandwich talk, because he’s going to Milan to cover the Olympics. Drew and Roth talk with him about his Italian food plans, the…
- Born Aloft on a Cloud of Dad Energy with Patrick Wyman · 57 min · Episode 273Drew and Roth are joined by Patrick Wyman, author of the upcoming book Lost Worlds: How Humans Tried, Failed, Succeeded, and Built Our World and creator and host of the new…
- Nein Mayonnaisen! with Arif Hasan · 58 min · Episode 272Drew and Roth are joined by Arif Hasan, CEO and Chief Writer of Wide Left, to preview the divisional playoff games! But first, because Arif lives in Minnesota, he shares his…
- Italian-American Inspirational Magic with Kalyn Kahler · 1 t 7 min · Episode 271Drew and Roth ring in the new year with Kalyn Kahler, and go long about the NFL post-season. First and foremost, what the hell is going on with the Raiders? Has Tom Brady been an…
- It’ll Work Itself Out In No Time · 36 min · Episode 270Drew and Roth reflect on their years, personally, professionally, and politically, and look forward to 2026 being, if not better, then maybe just a little more consistent. Then…
- Williams Sonoma Price Is Right 2025! with Matt Selman · 53 min · Episode 269It’s the most magical time of the year once again! Drew brings Roth and guest Matt Selman, The Simpsons EP and Showrunner, a list of Williams Sonoma’s finest – who is more in…
- Bad For Your Heart, Bad For Your Soul with Matthew Coller · 1 t 0 min · Episode 268Drew and Roth are joined by Purple Insider’s Matthew Coller to talk football as the NFL season heats up. In this brand new world where K-balls are changing the entire game, how…
