Most Valuable Podcast with Charlotte Wilder and Jess Smetana

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Why wait for an award when you can give yourself one? This is your one-stop shop for the most correct opinions, funniest jokes, and best insight in the world of sports and pop culture courtesy of your hosts Charlotte Wilder and Jessica Smetana. In addition to a weekly news rundown, MVP also features segments like Takes In The Wild (the most outrageous opinions from bars and the internet), Cheat Sheet (how to talk about sports if you don't know how), Ask Aunt Char (bad advice from Charlotte's alter-ego), Fountain of Youth (Jess will provide information that the kids know so you can seem less washed-up), Is It Sports? (where Charlotte and Jess debate whether a thing is or isn't sports, duh), and many more. Give it a listen: By the end, you'll have nothing but respect for your MVP.

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Episodes

#9: The Carrie Underwood saga, the drama of the Steelers beating the Pats, and Marlins Man got ahead of the story

We address Carrie Underwood debacle, Steelers beat the Patriots in the MVP Bowl (13:27), the Chargers’ Stadium name change (21:25), the Bears made the playoffs??? (24:00), What would we name our bowl game? (27:05), you can’t just make up nicknames Danny Ainge (31:04), Tommy Hawk beat up a fan (33:33), Maroon 5...yikes (36:07), Marlins Man got ahead of the story and Charlotte tells us her Marlins Man story (38:45), the most confusing trade of the NBA season (43:30). Segments: True Gritty Chapter ...

Dec 18, 2018•1 hr 10 min

#8: We're in L.A.!, does Jerry Jones put horcruxes in former players?, Cris Collinsworth’s perfect outfit

A quick story about how Charlotte has messed up on our trip to L.A. followed by NEWS, coldest to warmest: Hugh Freeze’s junk-filled press conference (3:48), Cris Collinsworth’s Sunday Night Football outfit was après-ski chic and we want it (5:55), The Heisman Ceremony left a lot to be desired (8:20), the Packers fired a coach for a bad but not terrible tweet (13:17), Jerry Jones puts pieces of his soul into his players-turned-broadcasters (14:41), there’s so much drama in Pittsburgh that Jess is...

Dec 11, 2018•1 hr 3 min

#7: Things we hate: The name Philly Special, College Football Playoff shows, and Baby It’s Cold Outside

We rank this week’s news completely arbitrarily in honor of the college football playoff committee: The four hour-long Selection Sunday show made absolutely no sense (3:26), Conference Championship games (7:13), Philly Special sucks (17:04), the Bears lost to the Giants and NFL coaches swore up a storm, we address the recent domestic violence issues in the NFL (22:39), Brett Favre still can’t use a cell phone (25:37), Fred Hoiberg and Mike McCarthy got fired (26:25), Gritty made a half-court sho...

Dec 04, 2018•1 hr 8 min

#6: Hue vs. Baker, Notre Dame is undefeated, Ted Kennedy's ghost lives in Aunt Char's attic

We rank the news as to how stressful it was: Gritty took over last week (2:46), The Thanksgiving NFL games were perfect for Thanksgiving (5:57), Tiger vs Phil was...not great, Bob! (9:26), The Steelers and Pats made us nervous (14:27), Baker Mayfield and Hue Jackson were awkwardly reunited (18:58), the Celtics aren’t great (23:40), college football rivalry week was everything we hoped it would be and more (Gatorade showers, fights on the sideline, etc.) (23:41), and Notre Dame had a perfect seas...

Nov 27, 2018•1 hr 11 min

#5 What we’re thankful for: Halle Berry tweeted at us about Chiefs-Rams, we took photos with Bon Jovi, Notre Dame

We rank this week’s news by how thankful we are for it: Matt Patricia is a hardo (1:54), Condoleeza Rice isn’t going to the Browns but she could’ve? (3:08), Golden State is imploding (5:52), thank god Le’Veon’s Steeler’s saga is over (7:59), we LOVED Monday Night Football (10:54), Thanksgiving weekend is the best sports weekend of the entire year (20:47), Gritty put a kid in the penalty box (23:34), and the Notre Dame vs. Syracuse game was the best day of our lives (24:48) UNPROTECTED SEGS: Is k...

Nov 20, 2018•1 hr 11 min

#4 Hue Jackson is BACK, Tom Brady’s legs don't work and Tide Ads are the worst

This week in news we have Hue Jackson is Dwight Schrute (2:05), why are there still Jets fans (4:48), Tom Brady’s tree legs (6:52), Le’Veon Bell drama unfolds (8:17), Jimmy Butler becomes a 76er (12:27), we talk hockey fans (15:22), Jess has an opinion about Mike Leach (16:33), Northwestern somehow is in the B1G Championship (19:59), Cody Parkey is a millionaire (20:11), Tide Pods (21:42), and Halle Berry/Jared Goff news (23:20) In segments we induct Mike Vrabel to the Petty Hall of Fame (28:40)...

Nov 13, 2018•1 hr 11 min

#3: Le’Veon’s “Fairwell”, Week Of Bad Takes, Car Wash Dates & Hospital Slaps

This week on MVP... Le’Veon Bell bids "fairwell" (2:29), Nick Mullens gets twitter verified (5:41), A debate over the Rodgers vs. Brady debate (8:17), the college football playoff rankings (17:32), we rebuke a whole lot of hot takes (22:07), and day light savings time (29:39) Jess tells a gross dinner story (35:23), Charlotte acts fancy, Aunt Char gives marriage advice (43:02), we Call Deb (50:42), award our MVPMVP (59:15) and of course Jess rants about Notre Dame (1:01:50)

Nov 06, 2018•1 hr 8 min

#2: Jon Gruden’s sins, Fergie’s horrible anthem is back, and Gritty meets an agent

This week on MVP, we discuss a disturbing trend in Buffalo (3:58), why Gregg Williams is Billy Zane (6:52), how Todd Gurley pissed off everyone (11:26), FitzMAGIC (13:09), Chad Kelly (RIP) (17:34), Jon Gruden’s sins (21:00), Sandy Koufax’s resemblance to Bill Nye (23:54), the World Series (25:21), Brian Kelly’s magical meme (28:50) SEGMENTS: Fergie’s ex-husband’s feud with Golden State (32:43), halloween costumes (36:23), mice (39:09), call Deb (41:48), True Gritty Chapter 2 (47:41), is Green Be...

Oct 30, 2018•1 hr 1 min

#1: The Boogermobile is problematic, The Red Sox are in the World Series (sorry), MVP & Gritty’s conception

EPISODE ONE IS HERE! Charlotte and Jess talk about how cringe-y Monday Night Football is (3:48), how every athlete's family is messing up their life on social media (10:47), will Charlotte survive a Red Sox World Series? (12:02), NFL's Week 7, being too hungover for Tom Rinaldi (17:31), has climate change come for college football? (20:22), how old sports twitter is, what the hell Tom Brady is doing on Instagram (RIP Croc) (25:03), if the gang can save the Marlins home run structure (26:53). Thi...

Oct 23, 2018•57 min

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Oct 16, 2018•2 min

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