This week on the podcast, Cory and Rob get back on the mics for the first time in a long time and catch up with what has been happening including Cory's wedding, the WGA and SAG strikes, and why did Rob leave California? We also talk about a Bobby Bonilla day for generations to come. Tune in! OTA Podcast Episode 400: OTA 400 Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com facebook.com/OTheAnthem twitter.com/OTheAnthem instagram.com/OTheAnthem
This week on the podcast, Thanksgiving is over but Cory's family was in town to meet the baby, and Rob got his own bundle of joy in the way of a PS5. On to the news, which is all bad news this week. The Omicron variant is raising levels of concern before we have the full picture. In the courts we have the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial and the verdict in the case of the murder of Ahmaud Arbury. Finally in Sportsball the Ravens are some how on top of the AFC and the city of St. Louis gets a big payday f...
This week on the podcast, It's Thanksgiving week which of course means the Christmas people are showing up early and trying to ruin it. In a follow up to last week, we talk about the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, as well as the near end of the Killing of Ahmaud Arbury and the Unite the Right civil trial. We close up with a talk about Covid Boosters and Carlos Correa being the worst person to bring up the deservedness of awards. Support Rob in No Shave November! https://no-shave.org/membe...
This week on the podcast, Cory is home with his daughter, and explains the whole experience of her first week on earth. We then go straight to the courts where Kyle Rittinghouse, the Ahmaud Arbery murder case, and the civil case in Charlottesville are all over the news. In other stories, we discuss IATSE narrowly passing a new 3 year agreement, infrastructure is signed into law, Travis Scott picked an unbelievable person to be the public face of a crisis, and Britney is officially free. Support ...
This week on the podcast, Cory's daughter Casey was born this weekend, and in this special prerecorded episode the guys share their thoughts on her arrival. We talk about our childhoods, and what Cory hopes to do for his daughter. Think of it like a time capsule for his daughter to remember the time right before she joined him. Support Rob in No Shave November! https://no-shave.org/member/robert-cheek OTA Podcast Episode 396: An Episode for my Daughter Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com faceb...
This week on the podcast, Rob is participating in No Shave November (link down below!). We also look at the state of Covid, with Jen Psaki testing positive and the death rates remaining high around the nation. In politics it looks like we could be getting closer to a vote on the Build Back Better agenda, while Biden meets with the Pope before going on to Scotland to discuss climate change, and how Gen Z is over it and how that may be a precursor for things to come. We close on Sportsball; Cory h...
This week on the podcast, we start with confirmation from last week that Brian Laundrie's body was found in Florida before talking about the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. Cory talks about his own experience with guns on set, before a broader conversation about crew safety, and how it might run along the current IATSE negotiations. In the latest Political news, Biden hits his lowest approval rating of his Presidency, Build Back Better is falling apart, and Members of Congres...
This week on the podcast, we discuss the death of Colin Powell and the complicated legacy he had left behind. We also talk about the far-left swing from Pope Francis that is a refreshing change of pace from the Catholic Church of old. We also discuss the latest with IATSE and other related labor strikes from around the country. In Covid news, J&J expected to get a booster it probably needed from the beginning. Finally in politics we talk about the Supreme Court, Trump suing the National Arch...
This week on the podcast, we start in Sportsball where the Ravens have a huge comeback win over the Colts on Monday Night Football, and Jon Gruden e-mails leak which show a long history of racism, sexism, and homophobia. We ask when we can expect to see more e-mails from other higher ups in the league, and wonder if we will see Kyrie Irving at all this season after NYC keeps him from playing any home games until he gets vaccinated, at a cost to him of $380,000 a game. After that we get into the ...
This week on the podcast, Facebook's outage is the least of their problems as a whistleblower has exposed internal conversations that detail facebook's knowledge of how troublesome their product is. We also get into the Pandora Papers, the IATSE strike authorization, the oil spill off the coast of Southern California, the Supreme Court heads into a new session, and when it comes to covid, Florida gonna Florida. OTA Podcast Episode 391: Pandora Papers Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com faceboo...
This week on the podcast, Cory is back from up north after celebrating his brother's wedding. We talked about that and all the news from the week including R. Kelly being found guilty of racketeering. Washington will be busy avoiding a shutdown, raising the debt ceiling, and passing the infrastructure bills. In Arizona Biden actually gains votes in the sham recount effort, while we ask what it means to imeach. We finish with Gabby Petito case, the latest covid numbers, and the record setting acc...
This week on the podcast, we start in politics where Gavin Newsom escapes the recall effort and a Justice for January 6th rally is sparsely attended amongst insurrectionists. Then we take a page out of the Nancy Grace playbook and talk about the Murdaugh family saga, the disappearence of Gabby Petito, and finally we touch on the Robert Durst guilty verdict. OTA Podcast Episode 389: Sagas from Coast to Coast Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com facebook.com/OTheAnthem twitter.com/OTheAnthem inst...
This week on the podcast, We open the show talking about performative politics, and Rob has an unexpected reaction to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Met Gala. After that we dive in deep on the California recall while Cory is trying to decide what to do with his ballot the hour before the deadline to turn it in. We also look back on the retrospectives of 9/11, the memorial events, and George W. Bush's comments from his speech. We close on Sportsball talking about the Ravens loss on Monday Night ...
This week on the podcast, we discuss the end around of the Supreme Court that happened with the recent Texas abortion ban. We talk about how the court came to the ruling, and what it means long term for the future of abortion nationally. We then look back on the last couple of years of endless crisis and try and make sense of it all. Finally, we cleanse the palate with an NFL preview, including Cory's thoughts on the Ravens season. OTA Podcast Episode 387: Endless Crisis's Find more O The Anthem...
This week on the podcast, Hurricane Ida pounds New Orleans 16 years to the day that Katrina hit shore. We talk about how things have changed since then and how they have gotten worse. After that we turn our eyes to Afghanistan where suicide bombers attack the airport and the US responds with a drone strike, and with that officially ends the incursion into Afghanistan. We finish with Covid where people are turning to medicine for farm animals over the safe and available vaccine, and shortages on ...
This week on the podcast, Cory found out that he is going to be a father, and Rob mocks him mercilessly for that. In the news, Afghanistan is still a mess, and we break down the latest in the California recall election of Gavin Newsom. In the latest Covid news, Pfizer's vaccine is fully approved by the FDA, and Trump goes for another super spreader event in lowly vaccinated Alabama. We finish in Sportsball where the Orioles can't win and the Ravens can't lose. OTA Podcast Episode 385: Big Life C...
This week on the podcast, Mike Lindell promised Trump would be re-instated on August 13 and clearly that didn't happen, troops are pulled out of Afghanistan and the Taliban take over the Presidential palace almost immediately, and Haiti is hit with a devastating earthquake. Locally, it might be time for the Los Angeles City Council to do some soul searching on the LAPD before things go over the edge for good, and in Sportsball we talk about the Field of Dreams game, the Orioles #2 ranked farm sy...
This week on the podcast, we talk about how overwhelmingly successful vaccines have been with full FDA approval right around the corner. In places where Covid is at it's highest we discuss the approach of Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, who may have been Nero in a past life. Next, we discuss Andrew Cuomo (recorded prior to his resignation), the job outlook for America, and we discuss the pullout in Afghanistan and what might come next. OTA Podcast Episode 383: Emperor Nero in a past life Find more...
This week on the podcast, we talk about the jam-packed lollapalooza concert in Chicago, and why Delta variant concerns have the guys worried about events like that. In other covid news, Lindsey Graham tests positive, and the US finally passes 70% vaccinations, with increases coming from places that have the highest Covid rates. In other news, Trump tells things to the Attorney General that are truly breathtaking, give Rudy some rope and he will hang himself with it. We end with a little bit of O...
This week on the podcast, Republicans finally come around on the vaccine as cases continue to rise around the country. 50 days out from the California recall and Gavin Newsom orders all state employees to get vaccinated or show a negative test every week. We also discuss the start of the January 6 commission, and the first jail sentences are coming out for insurrectionists in the courts. Mike Lindell says he has bombshell evidence that would make Biden/Harris resign, but apparently hasn't read t...
This week on the podcast, Jeff Bezos is shot into space and America grips with another wave of covid cases all across the country, including 10,000 in Los Angeles County alone. We also discuss the dust up between Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene don't have a fun California adventure, and the mid terms loom as the Senate looks to block a bill they already agreed to. OTA Podcast Episode 380: Jeff Bezos shot into Space Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com facebook.com...
This week on the podcast, we start by talking about Trey Mancini in the Home Run Derby and the MLB All Star Game. Then we talk about a new poll that has optimism among Americans at an all time high, we merely ask how this could be possible. After that, the latest with covid, and a billionaire space race. We finish with the latest in the world of politics talking about Texas Democrats, the craziness of CPAC, and what is happening in Cuba. OTA Podcast Episode 379: Record Optimism and Lying Find mo...
This week on the podcast, we start by talking about the July 4th weekend where fireworks go hand in hand with fireworks accidents. After that we discuss the latest results of climate change, such as wildfires, high temperatures in the Artic, and the Gulf of Mexico is on fire. We close with Marjorie Taylor Greene's self-own, Trump quoting someone he should not quote, Sha'Carri Richardson and the Olympics, and the upcoming MLB All Star Game. OTA Podcast Episode 378: Fireworks and Climate Change Fi...
This week on the podcast, we start in Minnesota where Derek Chauvin gets 22 and a half years in jail for the murder of George Floyd. After that, we talk about the latest in the Free Britney movement including her words and what they could mean to her conservatorship, and Rudy Giuliani loses the ability to practice in New York. We end with more on the ongoing pandemic, including the rise of the Delta variant and a worry of a Delta plus variant. OTA Podcast Episode 377: Chauvin gets 22 Find more O...
This week on the podcast, we start with some Supreme Court decisions on the NCAA, the ACA, and religion before going deep into a bunch of Sportsball. Jacob DeGrom and Shohei Ohtani are doing things we have never seen before, the third big cheating scandal of our lifetime with pitchers and foreign substances, and the NFL's first openly gay player. OTA Podcast Episode 376: On and Off the Court Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com facebook.com/OTheAnthem twitter.com/OTheAnthem instagram.com/OTheAn...
This week on the podcast, we talk about a bombshell report from ProPublica that details specifically how the richest people in America horde wealth and avoid taxes. Back in Maryland, Fells Point business owners threaten to withhold taxes, the Baltimore police will soon encrypt their police radios, and police abuse in Ocean City trends online with the tasing and arrest of a 17-year-old on the boardwalk. OTA Podcast Episode 375: Life, Death, and Tax Evasion Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com fa...
This week on the podcast, Cory is back from Baltimore and the guys have a wide-ranging discussion about what things are like back home, including cicadas, a poorly attended Orioles game, and the state of covid in the Old Line State. OTA Podcast Episode 374: Back from Charm City Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com facebook.com/OTheAnthem twitter.com/OTheAnthem instagram.com/OTheAnthem
This week on the podcast, Cory is back home in Maryland for the week, so we have a special episode with producer Roberto joining us as we do a commentary on the legendary comedy "The Naked Gun." You can find the movie on Netflix, and watch along with us as we talk all about it. OTA Podcast Episode 373: The Naked Gun Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com facebook.com/OTheAnthem twitter.com/OTheAnthem instagram.com/OTheAnthem...
This week on the podcast, Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to say outrageous things, the primary opponent for Liz Cheney admits to something shocking on the State House floor, and Virgin Galactic takes off but was it worth the hype. Next, we talk about the latest out of New York with investigations into the Trump Organization showing they might have criminal charges, and a robust discussion on the state of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. OTA Podcast Episode 372: Outrageous for Attention Find...
This week on the podcast, we continue our conversation from last week about mounting tensions in Israel and Palestine, and what the path forward looks like for the region. After that we take a look at Mississippi jurisprudence with the state supreme court overthrowing a ballot measure on medicinal marijuana over a technicality, and the US Supreme Court agreeing to take on a case into the Mississippi abortion restrictions which many believe will begin to undo Roe V. Wade. We finish by talking abo...
