Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation about Season 3, Episode 1: Smells Like Mean Spirit. The first episode of season three is a bit of a subdued number that sets the table for the show's brilliant and emotional third act. We chat about our expectations going into season three, where we find our favorite characters at the beginning of this season, and relish the fact that there is so much soccer stuff to nerd out about in this ...
Jun 21, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! Just a quick update to let y'all know that we'll be back with our conversation about Season 3, Episode 1 next Tuesday, June 20th! To stay updated, follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@tedlassopd) and subscribe to our feed wherever you listen to dope podcasts!
Jun 13, 2023•1 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation with KG, who is known for his portrayal of beloved pub crew member Paul on Ted Lasso. Kevin ‘KG’ Garry is here, there, and everywhere when it comes to creative projects. He's got his own YouTube channel, he’s the co-host of the boxing-focused Undefeated Podcast with fellow comedian and collaborator Travis Jay, and he frequently appears on the massive Manchester United YouTube channel T...
May 30, 2023•41 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with sports journalist Alex McDaniel about their shared trust in the show's creators to end the series well. Alex is the Managing Editor at USA Today’s For The Win - a social news hub that focuses on sports and entertainment. Of course, Alex is also a huge, huge fan of Ted Lasso, too. She’s written about Ted Lasso at For The Win, and had the opportunity to interview principal cast members for t...
May 27, 2023•49 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation about Ted Lasso, hockey, sports media, and karaoke with Julie Stewart-Binks. Julie is a Canadian journalist who has predominantly covered soccer and hockey for Fubo Sports, ESPN, CBS and Fox Sports. She’s what one might call ubiquitous in the sports reporting world. And she’s also hilarious, as anyone who follows her on twitter knows well. Of course, Julie's also a massive fan of Ted Lasso, too...
May 25, 2023•35 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation about Ted Lasso and the midwest's unique conversational style with author and comedy writer Taylor Kay Philips. Taylor currently writes for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO, and her work has also appeared in publications like the The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. (Note: as of this publication, the 2023 WGA labor union strike, which affects Taylor and her colleagues, is ongoing. We suppor...
May 09, 2023•58 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian has a conversation with Portland Thorns defender Meghan Klingenberg! Christian chats with Meghan about her early Ted Lasso Superstan status, what she loves about the show, and what it’s like playing with such an incredibly talented group of players in Portland. For those of you who aren’t caught up on season 3 - this is your official spoiler alert, as there is some light discussion of various plot points contained with...
Apr 18, 2023•28 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation with Cinco Paul, the co-creator, executive producer, songwriter, and showrunner of Schmigadoon. In addition to Schmigadoon, Cinco Paul is also known for his work as a screenwriter for beloved films like Horton Hears a Who, The Lorax, The Secret Life of Pets, and the Despicable Me trilogy – all of which he worked on with his longtime friend and collaborator Ken Daurio. For the uninitiat...
Apr 13, 2023•41 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett remember Grant Wahl's legacy in a conversation with his brother, Eric Wahl. The fourth episode of Ted Lasso's third season is dedicated to sports journalist Grant Wahl, who died suddenly and unexpectedly while covering the 2022 Men's World Cup in Qatar, and his tragic passing left the soccer community in the United States in a state of shock and sadness. In this conversation, Grant's brother Eric shares some perso...
Apr 11, 2023•51 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with sports activist and Ted Lasso fan Lou Englefield! Currently, Lou serves as the Director of Pride Sports UK, the Campaign Director of Football v Homophobia, the Co-Chair of Pride House International, and a board member of the Fare Network. We connected with Lou on Twitter through her work with the organization Football vs Homophobia, which is an international initiative opposing homophobia ...
Apr 04, 2023•34 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation with the man behind the myth behind the Zava – Maximilian Osinski! We chatted with Max about how he came to be involved with Ted Lasso and asked him questions about Zava's persona, his wardrobe, and how Max was able to embody such a mysterious and enigmatic character. We also discussed the similarities between Zava and other iconic footballers like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo, and Eric...
Mar 31, 2023•52 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation about Ted Lasso with legendary former Major League Soccer and USMNT star Jimmy Conrad! Jimmy is a former professional soccer player, who played 26 games with the US Men’s National Team and 12 seasons in Major League Soccer, where he was named to the MLS Best XI on four occasions and won the MLS Cup with the Kansas City Wizards in 2004. Jimmy hung up his cleats in 2011, but has continued his car...
Mar 29, 2023•49 min
Welcome to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation about Ted Lasso and college basketball with author and journalist Eric Garcia! Eric Garcia is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist focused on politics and policy and is currently the senior Washington correspondent for The Independent. (Yes, that Independent.) He also works as a columnist for MSNBC and makes regular appearances on radio and television. Previously, Eric has held positions at The ...
Mar 23, 2023•51 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa and Brett have a conversation about Ted Lasso and musical theatre with Marylee Fairbanks. Marylee Fairbanks is a producer and performer who is known for her work in the first touring production of the musical Ragtime and the show I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change – which is the second-longest-running off-Broadway musical in American theatre history. In addition to her work on stage, Marylee is the co-producer and co-...
Mar 21, 2023•46 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In our spoiler-free "Season 3 Preview-in-air-quotes" Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation about some of the key information for fans to bear in mind as we head into Season 3 of Ted Lasso! Marisa has all but run out of patience. Brett is an emotional wreck. Christian is... aroused??? All that can only mean one thing: the third season of our beloved show Ted Lasso is coming soon! In this episode, we chat about the official pieces of m...
Mar 11, 2023•41 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with Diana Butler Bass. Diana Butler Bass is an independent scholar with a specialty in American ecclesiastical history who writes on American religion and culture. She is the author of eleven books, many of which have won research or writing awards. As an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most sought-after commentators on religion and contempo...
Mar 08, 2023•54 min
Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation about Season 2, Episode 12: Inverting the Pyramid of Success. The final episode of season two crams in so many story lines, there's no way we could possibly devote enough enough attention to them all in one episode. But we chat for a long time about the growth of our favorite characters (both positive and negative) and their status at the end of this show's brilliant middle act. Fair warnin...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with John U. Bacon, who is a journalist and author of books on sports and business as well as a sports commentator on TV and radio. We chatted with John about his book "Let Them Lead: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team" and really got into the Ted Lasso of it all. John's story about turning around his alma mater's flailing high school hockey team ...
Dec 06, 2022•55 min
Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation about Season 2, Episode 11: Midnight Train to Royston The penultimate episode of season two is fraught with tenuous relationship statuses: Roy and Keeley, Sam and Rebecca, Sharon and Ted, Keeley and... Nate??? So we have a long conversation about the looming tensions that seem to be dividing our beloved AFC Richmond family and what it might mean for the future of these characters who we car...
Dec 03, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett preview the rapidly-approaching FIFA Men's World Cup! We offer a brief explainer on the tournament - how it works and how nations qualify - before chatting a bit about the human rights disaster that this competition is already shaping up to be for host country Qatar, mostly due to gross corruption within organizing body FIFA. But it's not all doom and gloom! We also take a quick look at all the squad...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr
Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation about Season 2, Episode 10: No Weddings and a Funeral. This episode is one of our absolute favorites of the entire series! As we navigate both the hilarity and the heaviness of this episode, we discuss the weirdness of funerals, the end of Sam and Rebecca's relationship, and the respective breakdowns and breakthroughs of Ted and Rebecca. We also talk a bit about shoes (the expensive and the...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with Billy Brimblecom, Jr., who is the Executive Director of the Steps of Faith Foundation — an organization that provides prosthetic limbs for amputees who can’t otherwise afford them. We chatted with Billy about his experience as an amputee, the work that Steps of Faith is doing, and their upcoming Thundergong! charity concert that will be hosted by Billy’s longtime friend, Jason Sudeiki...
Oct 25, 2022•44 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with soccer icon Briana Scurry. Briana is best-known for her accomplishments as the starting goalkeeper for the United States Women's National Team, where she helped the squad win a World Cup and two Olympic gold medals. Briana is currently an assistant coach for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League and recently released a memoir titled MY GREATEST SAVE. In the book,...
Sep 14, 2022•37 min
WE'RE BACK ON THE DOGTRACK, GREYHOUNDS! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have a conversation about Season 2, Episode 9: Beard After Hours. As we make our way through this absurd episode of Ted Lasso, we talk about the major differences in tone, style, and aesthetic between this offering and every other installment of this incredible show. Our discussion brought up a few interesting questions, like: what (if anything) do creators owe fans of their work (if anything), and how charitabl...
Sep 07, 2022•49 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! This week are excited to present a recent podcast episode from our friends over at Twenty Thousand Hertz – which just so happens to cover the topic of sound design in Ted Lasso! We'll be back next week with our conversation about Season 2, Episode 9 "Beard After Hours." But we couldn't be more thrilled to rejoin your podcast feeds this week with this fantastic episode. Twenty Thousand Hertz is an award-winning podcast that reveals the stories b...
Aug 16, 2022•36 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! This episode is a re-release of our conversation with award-winning chef and barbecue historian Adrian Miller, aka the Soul Food Scholar. Christian takes just a moment to revel in his correct prediction that Miller's most recent book, Black Smoke, would win a James Beard Book Award. Christian also Brett an update on what he's been smoking this summer and shares about his recent experiences testing outdoor cooking equipment as part of his gig as...
Jul 20, 2022•23 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Christian and Brett have a conversation with journalist Jon Holmes. Jon is the founder of Sports Media LGBT+, an organization that advocates for inclusion in media and journalism specifically, and sports in general. Jon is an experienced journalist and writer, and for many years led Sky Sports’ support for Stonewall’s Rainbow Laces campaign. He launched Sports Media LGBT+ in August 2017 with the idea to harness the power of medi...
Jun 14, 2022•47 min
Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have part two of a two-part conversation about part Season 2, Episode 8: Man City. If you haven't already listened to part one of this series, go back and get caught up before continuing. In this episode, Christian gives us a ton of background on the soccer in this episode. We discuss the importance of football matches played at Wembley Stadium and appreciate the accuracy with which the Man City fans were repr...
Jun 07, 2022•45 min
Welcome back to the Crown & Anchor, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa and Christian have a conversation with former England National Team player and current Sporting Director of Angel City FC, Eniola Aluko! Ted Lasso fans may also recognize Eniola from her brief cameo appearance on the show in Season 2, Episode 5: "Rainbow." Eniola appears as a player in the scene where Roy and Ted encourage Isaac to participate in a pickup football match to help him find his joy in the game again. Of cours...
May 31, 2022•32 min
Welcome back to the Dogtrack, Greyhounds! In this episode Marisa, Christian, and Brett have part one of a two-part conversation about part Season 2, Episode 8: Man City. Yes, you read that right – so much happened in this episode that we thought it would be best to split up our conversation into two parts so that we could be sure to cover everything. We spend some time appreciating the visuals and the music in the magnificent haircut scene, talk a lot about fathers and sons (so tricky – they sho...
May 24, 2022•48 min
