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The Morning After STL

The Morning After STL is the longest-running local sports morning show in St. Louis. Tim McKernan, Martin Kilcoyne, Doug Vaughn, and Jackson Burkett have the fortune of hosting the circus each morning from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. — LIVE on 101 ESPN Radio at 101.1 FM, https://101ESPN.com, https://TMASTL.com, TMASTL YouTube, The TMASTL app, and anywhere you find podcasts.

Latest Episodes:

2026 British Open Locks, NFL Futures, and World Series Favorites | The Spread Zone Jul 15, 2026

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The futures market is moving—and The Spread Zone is getting there early.

Riz, Tim McKernan, and Anthony Stalter break down their betting cards for the 2026 British Open at Royal Birkdale, early NFL season-long player markets, and MLB futures as we head into the second half of the season.

On the golf board, the guys reveal their outright picks, Tim’s favorite prop, and a long shot parlay. Then onto football, Anthony's passing, rushing, and receiving leaders. Plus Riz's favorite over under's before the season kicks off. Finally, they head to the ballpark. The teams (not named the Dodgers) that have a shot at the World Series, Rookie Of The Year Odds, and a potential Cross-Town World Series matchup.

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Gift Card Gate (ATMA) Jul 15, 2026

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And we’re back... DFS Showdown. We talk about gift card giveaways. Do gift cards expire? Caller Ellen calls in to hold Ken accountable. Doug calls an end to Iggy bashing for the day. Iggy’s idea for apps. The Double Lives of Suburban Wives is coming out soon on TLC featuring our swinger friends.

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Junior Circuit Got Us Again (Full Show) Jul 15, 2026

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More like Don Knotts than Barry White. Breakfast buffets. Cardinal All-Stars flying commercial to the ASG. Martin and Iggy's near collision in the parking lot yesterday. Chairman has submitted a FOIA request to pull the security footage. Snooze fest in Philly last night. Riley O'Brien smoking Junior Caminero. Jackson's new voice has people stacked. Cigarette holders. Doug's 75,000 unread emails. Road rage.
Jackson apologizes for his France to advance play from yesterday. The World Cup/ASG crossover was filling time. Vaughn wants to change the name of soccer to kickball. What are people more locked in on locally: World Cup or SEC Media Days? Will Ahmad Hardy take a snap for the Tigers in the 2026 season?
Jeremy Rutherford isn't happy with Jackson. Audio of Jordan Walker being booed during introductions. Audio of Brandon Walker of Barstool's Mostly Sports talking ish on the Cardinal fans. Click bait worked to perfection. What a boring take out of Doug. Best year for hip-hop. Doug might suspend Lisa. Steve Yzerman out as Red Wings GM. Stunning, but not entirely surprising development. The Axis of strode.

Does Doug own a fez? Audio of Jordan Walker on the red carpet before the ASG talking derby and how much sleep he got that night. Who was the biggest "Dig Me" guy? Sassie Cassie. Johnny Load.
How will you be handling watching The Open? Good weather forecasted for the weekend at The Open. Rory got a little dark when asking about his legacy 100 years from now. Don't talk golf, don't talk baseball, don't talk Home Run Derby. Something about MLS. We're not taking requests.
Toto and Night Ranger. Blues schedule news. Opening up on October 8th against the Sharks. Mr. Lix is excited about it and he's called in to talk it over. Lix is in Atlanta for the World Cup and says STL is nowhere close to ready for something like that. Daily Tim-firmations. Josh would like to follow LIx on the phone lines. Josh isn't there. White Castles and Krystal's. Third party Shake Shacks.

Allegations that our only callers are guys Tim met at Shamrock's in St. Peters. More room for the fixins. You need some poutine in your life. Doug's a dry guy.
Raspberry Beret. Is Buffalo or Atlanta the wing capital of the world? E-Mail of the Day.
Pour some sugar on Tim. Jackson's ready to start eating again. Doug brushed his teeth with sunblock. Lotta things starting to make more sense now. ESPN has ranked the Cardinals top prospects. A fun Doug guessing game. Some boy beef in this here bin.

Doug's handing out suspensions. Tim's golf picks on The Spread Zone. Interest levels in The Open. Earnings for the top 4 finishers of The World Cup. What about the women? Crowd sourcing. We gotta break.
Papers on the mend feeling like an 8/10. Jackson might live bet today's England/Argentina match. Audio of Oli Marmol talking about enjoying the HR Derby. Was that audio playing at 2x?
And the winner of the EMOTD is...

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Crowd Source Maxxing (Hour 4) Jul 15, 2026

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(00:00-11:22). Doug's handing out suspensions. Tim's golf picks on The Spread Zone. Interest levels in The Open. Earnings for the top 4 finishers of The World Cup. What about the women? Crowd sourcing. We gotta break.

(11:30-16:32) Papers on the mend feeling like an 8/10. Jackson might live bet today's England/Argentina match. Audio of Oli Marmol talking about enjoying the HR Derby. Was that audio playing at 2x?

(16:42-18:22) And the winner of the EMOTD is...

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Look How Employed I Am (Hour 3) Jul 15, 2026

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(00:00-5:50) Allegations that our only callers are guys Tim met at Shamrock's in St. Peters. More room for the fixins. You need some poutine in your life. Doug's a dry guy.

(5:58-16:24) Raspberry Beret. Is Buffalo or Atlanta the wing capital of the world? E-Mail of the Day.

(16:34-34:37) Pour some sugar on Tim. Jackson's ready to start eating again. Doug brushed his teeth with sunblock. Lotta things starting to make more sense now. ESPN has ranked the Cardinals top prospects. A fun Doug guessing game. Some boy beef in this here bin.

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What Is This, Karaoke? (Hour 2) Jul 15, 2026

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(00:00-15:05). Does Doug own a fez? Audio of Jordan Walker on the red carpet before the ASG talking derby and how much sleep he got that night. Who was the biggest "Dig Me" guy? Sassie Cassie. Johnny Load.

(15:13-30:58) How will you be handling watching The Open? Good weather forecasted for the weekend at The Open. Rory got a little dark when asking about his legacy 100 years from now. Don't talk golf, don't talk baseball, don't talk Home Run Derby. Something about MLS. We're not taking requests.

(31:08-52:09) Toto and Night Ranger. Blues schedule news. Opening up on October 8th against the Sharks. Mr. Lix is excited about it and he's called in to talk it over. Lix is in Atlanta for the World Cup and says STL is nowhere close to ready for something like that. Daily Tim-firmations. Josh would like to follow LIx on the phone lines. Josh isn't there. White Castles and Krystal's. Third party Shake Shacks.

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You Finna Scrap (Hour 1) Jul 15, 2026

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(00:00-34:30). More like Don Knotts than Barry White. Breakfast buffets. Cardinal All-Stars flying commercial to the ASG. Martin and Iggy's near collision in the parking lot yesterday. Chairman has submitted a FOIA request to pull the security footage. Snooze fest in Philly last night. Riley O'Brien smoking Junior Caminero. Jackson's new voice has people stacked. Cigarette holders. Doug's 75,000 unread emails. Road rage.

(34:38-56:18) Jackson apologizes for his France to advance play from yesterday. The World Cup/ASG crossover was filling time. Vaughn wants to change the name of soccer to kickball. What are people more locked in on locally: World Cup or SEC Media Days? Will Ahmad Hardy take a snap for the Tigers in the 2026 season?

(56:28-1:25:04) Jeremy Rutherford isn't happy with Jackson. Audio of Jordan Walker being booed during introductions. Audio of Brandon Walker of Barstool's Mostly Sports talking ish on the Cardinal fans. Click bait worked to perfection. What a boring take out of Doug. Best year for hip-hop. Doug might suspend Lisa. Steve Yzerman out as Red Wings GM. Stunning, but not entirely surprising development. The Axis of strode.

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Foolin' Lambs (ATMA) Jul 14, 2026

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And we’re back... Jackson playing hurt. Reliving the magic of 1380 the Woman. Talking muffins. Talking about the TV series “The Five Star Weekend”. Iggy’s recollection of this show is shaky at best. We start talking about the killing floors and the slaughter process.

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Feeling Like It's Summer 98 (Full Show) Jul 14, 2026

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Papers is back. Jordan Walker's coming out party is taking the heat of Jackson faking his illness. Playing the villain. People seemed to enjoy the new format. Audio of the call of the Derby winning home run. Barry Bonds talking about Jordan Walker's performance. 31 HRs in 53 swings.
Summer '98. Audio of Kyle Schwarber after the derby tipping his cap to Jordan Walker. Jordan Walker talking about 40,000 people booing him at 'The Bank.' Audio of Walker and his family on the Netflix set after the derby.
It's Taboo's birthday. The Silent One. Jayson Stark comparing Walker to Chris Carpenter. Audio of a Philly influencer concerned for Jordan Walker's safety. The script was perfect last night. Audio of Buster Olney and Doug Glanville saying this was the best derby they've seen in a while. Chuck in Soulard wants to talk it over. Doug doesn't like Philly fans because they booed Santa. Sassie Cassie.

Martin thought about bringing Jackson some soup but he didn't. Martin's never wrong. John Rice (Troublemaker from Cape Giraredeau) is on phone lines. Troublemaker says Martin's a 'cool dude.' Makes the trip up from the Cape for Cardinal games about 20-25 times a year. Larry Nickel is up next. Larry watched both Raw and The Derby last night. You don't boo nobodies.
Tim's theme song. Someone wants a text audit from like 5 years ago. Comps to Dave Winfield. Never would have seen that moment from last night coming. Sounds like Tim's younger son is going to be a snootful. Jordan Walker jersey sales. France and Spain today.
You can get into the ASG tonight for just a little over $1.3K. Chairman is fighting with Chicken Tater in the YouTube chat. Big Al calls in to defend us against Chicken Tater.

Listen to these vocals. The new Will Ferrell show. Angry and agro. Lots of Jordan Walker and home run derby discussion.
Look, Doug. Terry Crouppen is back in studio. Talking travels with Terry. St. Louis is gray and needs painted bright colors. Andy stays walking his dog. Didn't there used to be a wall there? The stink of failure. Safaris.
Jackson's playing hurt today. We've got Jose Fermin on the phone lines who was in Philly last night for the HR Derby. His cousin who works for the Phillies hooked him up with tickets. Last night had the intensity of a playoff game. He was the only Cardinal fans in his section. The Philly fans. Walker performing under pressure in front of the raucous Philly crowd. He likes the nickname "Ferminator." Could he pitch or catch? He'll be at the game tonight as well.

People are jumping off ship and heading to Joy 99 FM. Papers Flu Game. EMOTD.
How long does Doug have to listen to this? Jackson is just grinding. Home remedies from Nonna. Meek and feeble. Don't bring that back handed nonsense. Don't straw man me, ho. Replaying the audio of Barry Bonds talking about it being the greatest HR Derby he's ever seen.
And the winner of the EMOTD is...

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Cardinal Utility Man, Jose Fermin Jul 14, 2026

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Jose Fermin joins us on the phone lines talking about being in Philly last night for the HR Derby. His cousin who works for the Phillies hooked him up with tickets. Last night had the intensity of a playoff game. He was the only Cardinal fans in his section. The Philly fans were intense. Walker performing under pressure in front of the raucous Philly crowd. He likes the nickname "Ferminator." Could he pitch or catch? He'll be at the game tonight as well.

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