You know you're watching The Last Dance, and who better to have on to talk about it than Kelly Dwyer? Andy and Kelly get to the really important stuff in this one like what Michael Jordan should have worn for the interviews, why can't Doug Collins chew gum correctly, why is Jerry Reinsdorf the worst, why was Jerry Krause using the home locker room bathroom before games at the United Center, and why Isiah Thomas the way he still is? Andy gives you useful advice as to how to get kicked out of a CD...
Apr 28, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 22
Andy's back, because let's face it, you've suffered enough. He talks about baseball's many plans to return, and when they do rules they try out will never go away (basically, get used to the DH), how the Cubs can lure Kris Bryant back for quarantine, and there's so much new stuff to make fun of on Marquee. Then, he talks about the NFL Draft, and college football's absurd plan to play in the winter and spring. What's up with the NBA's return? How crazy is the mayor of Vegas? There's talk about Th...
Apr 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Baseball writer Dave Brown joins Andy to talk about how excited they are to talk to each other, baseball, Mark Grace, the programming on the Marquee Network, the '98 Cubs, why the Cubs have an off day in Milwaukee on the second day of the season, rules changes, the detestable Astros and how they've handled their cheating mess, should the Cubs have won the Kris Bryant grievance, is their relationship with him unrepairable and why isn't Joe Maddon still managing them?
Mar 03, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Andy and Kyle talk about the debut of Marquee (as if anybody could see it) why they've picked the wrong Harry Caray game to start their 'classic games series with', who forgot to record any Ernie Banks highlights, Kris Bryant actually saying things, David Ross having the guts to actually try batting his hitters from best to worst and Harold Reynolds being predictably dumb about it, Brandon Morrow's latest injury, the ominous portent of Craig Kimbrel being on a 'Morrow-type pitching plan', why Al...
Feb 27, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 7Ep. 13
It's a full house as Andy, Sam and Kyle are all together to talk about the start of spring training. They mock the Astros press conference, the proposed new MLB playoff format, baseball's new rules for 2020 and what happens if you break them? They also talk what the Mookie Betts deal means for the Cubs and if it's time to pause the panic that Kris Bryant will be traded. If Bryant's traded when that might be and the worst case scenario for the Cubs if they plan on dumping guys at the trade deadli...
Feb 14, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Andy flies solo this week and hits on a whole host of topics from the Ricketts' obsession with doing everything like the Red Sox to why they might be afraid to hold onto Kris Bryant until the trade deadline, some scary (and amusing) Cubs ZIPS comps, why the Bears might trade for Nick Foles, the Bulls sleeping through another trade deadline, a detailed scouting report on Zion, and some handy streaming recommendations.
Feb 07, 2020•54 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Sportswriter Kevin Kaduk, formerly of the Kansas City Star and Yahoo! Sports joins Andy to talk about the Kris Bryant grievance decision, Nolan Arenado, Super Bowl LIV, Super Bowl prop bets including the Puppy Bowl, the origin of players' nicknames, Kobe Bryant's legacy and what if it had been Michael Jordan and being the dad of girls. Check out Kevin's piece on the "gift of being a girldad" at kevinkaduk.substack.com.
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 7Ep. 5
A few weeks ago Andy amazed Chicago-born comedian-actor-writer-producer Mike Pusateri by recognizing him on an episode of the ABC show Fresh Off The Boat, and now Mike's on the podcast to talk about his career, but mostly to talk about the Cubs. They talk about Mike's 20 years as a season ticket holder, critique Ryan Dempster's "performance" on his fake Cubs Convention talk show, play a game of "not self aware or don't care" as it pertains to the Ricketts family, try to figure out why Crane Kenn...
Jan 22, 2020•59 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Sam and Andy waited for the Cubs to do something this offseason, and they got tired of waiting so they're back. They talk about how dumb the idea of trading Kris Bryant is, how the financial "issues" the Cubs have are fictitious at best and downright insulting. They try to make sense of a roster that has been largely ignored this offseason, are amazed that people cared that they traded Tony Kemp, and Sam has a theory about Theo's attempts to trade Bryant.
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Longtime Cubs' writer Bruce Miles joins Andy to talk about the uneventful offseason, the aftermath of baseball's twin sign stealing scandals, great moments in Carlos Zambrano history, how the third baseman market is impacting the Cubs' confusing desire to trade their best player, how the Ricketts managed to blow through their championship goodwill, the tough task ahead of David Ross, the Hall of Fame ballot, the misfiring launch of the Marquee Sports Network and much more.
Jan 15, 2020•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 2
The new year is here and your favorite podcast is back (and so is this one). We've got a new name. The Desipio Podcast is now Pointless Exercise, because that just sounds more official. Andy is here for an abbreviate pod to start things off and he talks about the plans for a regular Cubs edition of this podcast and more 1-on-1 interview podcasts for you to enjoy. He talks about the Cubs' nonsensical attempts to trade Kris Bryant, about the Ricketts' dodging the fans at the Cubs Convention, the p...
Jan 10, 2020•32 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Grab the Kleenex, it's the final Desipio Bears Podcast of the season as Andy, Kyle and Mike sift through the wreckage of an incredibly disappointing season. You'll learn more than you ever wanted to about Jesper Horsted, Jake Kumerow's family ties, and just what an overrated bunch of frauds the somehow 11-3 Packers are. The guys run down an impressively unimpressive list that Jameis Winston has already joined and might just exceed, and they try to figure out who's going to take the symbolic fall...
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 40
The Bears have won three in a row and that inspires Mike and Andy to make fun of Iowa, talk about Vince Lombardi's basement, discuss the real origins of the famous "those aren't pillows" scene in <em>Planes, Trains and Automobiles, </em>actually talk about the Bears win over the Cowboys and look ahead to the Packers, and then Andy tells a story about the time Jim Harbaugh forced him and two of his friends to drink 90 beers in one night. No, Wade Boggs and a cross country flight were ...
Dec 12, 2019•1 hr 8 min
The gang's all here as the guys talk about the red hot Bears, Kyle entertains the idea that Mitch is having a better year than Tom Brady, they discuss what, if anything, Mitch's relative competence last week means, and whether Mitch is better than David Blough. They take a look at a key stat that does not portend greatness for Mitch or Daniel Jones, and it takes them down a wormhole where they start waxing nostalgic about the 1999 Bears' offense. Then, they look ahead to the big Cowboys matchup,...
Dec 05, 2019•56 min•Season 6Ep. 35
Andy gives everybody else the holiday week off and decides to do a quick solo podcast, and an hour and 15 later, he's talked about the Bears and Lions, the Harvard-Yale game, Calvin and Hobbes, Law and Order, the Bulls, the stupid NBA mid-season tournament, the TD Ameritrade sale, Pat Hughes, Hawk Harrelson, Mike Shannon, Hank White Equivalent Batting Average, who's getting traded, advocates for the Disney-plus bundle (they should give him a free subscription for it), and what you should be stre...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 34
The guys hold their noses and relive the Bears wet turd of a performance in Los Angeles. They try to decide if Mitch Trubisky was really hurt, what exactly Matt Nagy is good at, why anybody thinks Chicago sports fans want to hear what Dave Wannstedt has to say about anything, who Anthony Miller reminds Kyle of (it's not nice), and why Eddy Pineiro gets to keep doing whatever it is that he's doing. And, they look ahead to Sunday's tilt with the Giants and try to find the will to live.
Nov 21, 2019•50 min•Season 6Ep. 33
The Bears won an actual NFL game, even if it was against the LIons it still counts, and the guys look back at that. They pore over the Tribune article this week about the "thought process" that led the Bears to taking the worst quarterback in the 2017 first round. Andy equates Ernie Accorsi to Ned Colletti in multiple ways. The guys look ahead to the Sunday night game against the Rams. And, you all missed Andy and Kyle raving about The Mandalorian before the recording started with Mike making di...
Nov 14, 2019•56 min•Season 6Ep. 32
Nov 14, 2019•57 sec
A sick child has the podcast manned by just Andy and Mike this week, but they are more than up to the task of putting the awfulness of the Eagles' loss into current and historical context. Hold your nose as you hear how the exploits of the nine yard first half matches up to performances by former Bears' great quarterbacks. Then, they talk about Mike's dad being honored by the Bears, a dubious Lake Forest fire a few decades ago and much, much more.
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 32
The boys are back in their trips podcast formation and after talking Halloween in Iowa and Kansas, they try to make sense of another mind-numbing Bears loss by breaking down the inept red zone play calling, wondering how badly Mitch is flunking Bears Offense 202. Did Nagy actually think Mitch was good or was he just desperate to get head coaching job, will Marcus Mariota be on the roster next year to prove he's just "Hawaiian Mitch" and just how dumb does a team have to be to run a play just to ...
Oct 31, 2019•56 min•Season 6Ep. 31
It's just Mike and Andy this week as they try to figure out what the hell Matt Nagy is doing, how far in over his head he is, what exactly it is that Mitch does around here, and along the way they talk about Kevin Loughery, Granville Waiters and Dave Corzine. You know, just like every other football podcast does. They look ahead to the Chargers this week, where Andy ponders what a team made up just of Phillip Rivers and his family would do to the Bears, and they run down the remaining Bears' sch...
Oct 24, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 31
Andy lights up the Sam Signal™ and they do an emergency podcast to talk about the news that the Cubs have settled on a new manager and, to no one's surprise it's David Ross. What did Ross say in his mock Spring Training speech that won the front office over? Why do we always say "Theo and Jed" when nobody knows what Jed even does? Was the Joe Espada love real or just a way for the Cubs to make it look like they didn't decide on Ross three years ago?
Oct 24, 2019•40 min•Season 6Ep. 30
Andy, Mike and Kyle look back with trepidation at the Bears' loss to the Raiders, look ahead to the return of Mitch Trubisky, ponder the future of Kyle Long (not for long), tell the Mike Murphy "pro bowler" story, look back at Chicago Sports Webio, try to figure out who the Bears are, try not to think about the last time the Bears played a game after a bye, wonder if Matt Nagy still knows that David Montgomery is on his team, make their predictions for the Saints game, consider Drew Brees' legac...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 29
Andy is joined by his favorite NBA writer, Kelly Dwyer of The Second Arrangement, and the longtime pals wax nostalgic about their early days at On Hoops, Indiana wildlife preserves, Jim Boylen’s spirit, being able to actually root for Bulls’ wins again, why Zach LaVine’s defense is oddly impressive, the time Kris Dunn landed on his face, Denzel Valentine’s vertical, Jimmy Butler and the “Wahl method”, player empowerment and which teams’ inevitably benefit, can Paul George put his arms up, Oklaho...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 28
Andy, Kyle and Mike are back to talk about the Bears win over the Vikings, whether there’s a “quarterback controversy,” what we should know about Roquan’s absence, how Vag McCaskey thinks the team is traveling to London, former Bills’ safety Mark Kelso’s helmet, Rusty Lisch, Greg Landry, the Chicago Blitz, how George Allen died, how the Raiders have already won two games, great Oregon quarterbacks, Mike Leach’s offense, Cade McNown’s mom, and how Khalil Mack should avoid being hit by a falling g...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr•Season 6Ep. 28
Joe Maddon is out, but Andy and Sam are in to talk about it, about Theo Espstein's annual post mortem press conference, the Cubs most likely to be traded, what to do with the bullpen, rotation and bench. They wonder what Theo thinks is wrong with the offense, why David Ross is the presumptive lead candidate for the managerial job and they have the definitive answer for Cardinals fans as to why Mike Trout is better than Yadi.
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 27
Andy, Mike and Kyle enjoy an actual Bears' winning streak and the Bears' defense doing very mean things to the Redskins. Andy complains (again) about how impossible it is to follow even part of a game if you have to listen to the Bears' radio call of it. They marvel at pretty much everything Khalil Mack does, Danny Trevathan's pass rush deke, and how Ha Ha Clinton-Dix had somehow not scored a touchdown since "little league." They wonder how a kicker gets hurt in the weight room, fall down a Hard...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Andy and Sam hold a wake for the Cubs' season, ponder the future of Joe Maddon and the core of the team. Andy digs his tortured roof/payroll analogy again and they wonder just how much money there really is going to be in the offseason. They come up with a creative way for the Cubs to entice Theo Epstein to stay beyond 2021 (it involves Todd being in jail), solve the Cubs leadoff 'problem' and lament the Cubs are going to finish third in their division behind two teams that just aren't that good...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Andy, Kyle and Mike revel in the Bears first win of the season and not only wonder if that was the worst quarterbacking performance in team history in a win, they actually look it up! You'll find out what a "Rusty Trubisky" is, if Eddy Pineiro has settled the kicking conundrum for the season, tell you if it really takes three days to acclimate to altitude and why Vic Fangio should have been less aggressive and kicked the extra point. Previewing the Bears-Redskins Monday night game, you'll learn ...
Sep 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 25
It's a podcast "talent" lineup that we've never seen before, and in this pod you get a breakdown of the big Cubs-Cardinals four game series coming up at Wrigley, a look at the most and least likely scenarios for how the division and wild cards are likely to shake out, a look back at the greatest regular season Cubs-Cardinals' series in history, and a detailed look at the schedules remaining for the teams still in the race for the final three National League playoff spots.
Sep 19, 2019•33 min•Season 6Ep. 24
