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Relief at the end of a Browns season, plus The Interview and True Detective - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-30 Dec 30, 2014

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Dave Sterling (dimoko on Twitter) and I discussed the Cleveland Browns in an atypically sports-heavy podcast for us. We also discussed Dave's True Detective marathon and the aftermath of The Interview's VOD release over the holidays. Here's what else we chatted about.

The sense of relief after the Browns season ended
The Browns brass all being on the same page
The lack of a perpetual dog house in Mike Pettine’s world
Johnny Manziel hasn’t been named the starter
Brian Hoyer elevated over Jason Campbell
The Browns trying to scrap their way to the playoffs every year
Jay Cutler to the Browns?
My Jay Cutler argument is the same as my Brian Hoyer argument
Joe Lull on Jake Locker
Brian Hoyer and whether he’s capable of getting better or not
Josh Gordon missing walk-through and how crazy it is
Banished from the sidelines and Mike Pettine
Johnny Manziel and the lack of a Tebow career path
Movie talk about The Interview
The Hobbit at a high frame rate on the XD screen
True Detective marathon on Christmas for Dave

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Browns, Paul Rudd, Jewish Christmas traditions and more - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-22 Dec 22, 2014

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Dave Sterling (@dimoko on Twitter) joins Craig to talk about mostly non-Browns things.

Billy Winn reacts to his own GIF
Carolina player celebrates his own personal foul
NFL refs being stars of the NFL
Sony pulling the Seth Rogen movie
Sony releasing The Interview on Crackle
Unfollowing your favorite football team on social media
Adrian Wojnarowski and the Woj bomb
The draft tipping thing
Sportsyelling and Brutal Stephanie’s youtube show
The Browns can’t take advantage of depenalties
Browns on Hard Knocks?
Paul Rudd narrated Hard Knocks
Dave Sterling loves Paul Rudd
The ending of Serial podcast
Getting surly about Nerdist on Instagram
Jewish Christmas traditions
CBS shows advertised on football
The Big Bang Theory
Are there even nerds anymore?
Recording in the same room instead of via Skype
Dave and Craig talk about Brian Spaeth because he listens when you talk about him

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The best music of 2014 - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-21 Dec 21, 2014

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From time to time we go outside the realm of sports. This one is all music as we discuss Andrew and Craig's favorite albums of 2014. Make sure you let us know what we missed in the comments.

Andrew's Top 5 Albums

Cloud Nothings
La Dispute
Fucked Up
Alcest
The Hotelier

Craig's Top 5 Albums

The Hotelier
Pompeii
James Vincent McMorrow
Silver Mt. Zion
Herzog

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Should Cavs trade? Plus, Browns QB talk - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-20 Dec 20, 2014

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Craig and Andrew made the connection on Saturday afternoon to talk about the Browns, Cavaliers and Ohio State Buckeyes.

Hating how much we need Delly on the Cavs
Comparing Delly to Anderson Varejao
Aaron Craft and his name in the NBA
Ohio State vs. Alabama and Ohio State’s chances
Cardale Jones and Ezekiel Elliott
Jim Tressel’s championship game against LSU.
The disheartening end to the Browns season
The effort against Indianapolis
The piling up of injuries on the Browns coinciding with Brian Hoyer’s failures
Throwing away years looking for Peyton Manning

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TD talks Tribe off-season and Browns quarterbacks - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-18 Dec 18, 2014

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The Cleveland Indians are under-represented on the podcast at times just because it's not my main main focus. That's what makes it so great when TD comes on to talk Tribe. Here's all that we talked about.

Indians off-season bringing in Brandon Moss
Gavin Flioyd as Scott Kazmir
Jose Ramirez and how Craig almost forgot about him
Josh Tomlin and the underrated parts of baseball
The Kevin Millwood gamble
David Murphy and his trade prospects
Finding a right-handed reliever for the back of the bullpen
Terry Francona overusing his bullpen in 2014
Can Zach McAllister make it in the bullpen?
Carlos Carrasco now back in the rotation
Can the Indians count on Nick Swisher ever again?
Would you trade Nick Swisher for Ubaldo Jimenez?
Bernie Kosar and Tim Couch’s comments
Can Brian Hoyer be a bridge still?
Doing away with the local player preference
Alex Mack love

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Meeting Will Gibson, CSU beat reporting, and more segues - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-16 Dec 17, 2014

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Will Gibson has been writing at WFNY since September. That's what he said anyway, and I didn't feel like looking. It's about time we got to know the man who has been writing so many interesting posts. We discussed a great number of things over the approximate 40 minutes we chatted. Here are some...

Browns vs. Colts disaster
Walking to the car from the Bengals game
Will's earliest Browns team memories as a youngster
The early Cavaliers of Will's youth
Craig defends being a front runner
What's the CSU beat like?
The atmosphere at CSU games
The most miserable Browns game Craig ever attended
WWF Tuesday in Texas
WWE wrestling fandom
Much more...

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Johnny Manziel, drumming, sports talk radio callers and more - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-10 Dec 11, 2014

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This is one of hardest I've ever laughed during one of our podcasts. I hope it's as funny for the rest of you. Dave Sterling (@dimoko) and I discuss lots of things such as...

Who are the people who like First Take?
Who are the people who like Joe Buck?
Drumming in a house you share with other people
Mocking sports talk radio hot take guys
Johnny Manziel and Brian Hoyer hate each other?
The celebrity of Johnny Manziel makes no sense
Mike Pettine is good at press conferences
Fox 8 sending lil John to Marvin Lewis' press conference
Herm Edwards, Tony Dungy and ESPN

Last but not least, I apologize for bringing up Serial podcast again, but Dave claims to not like it, so I had to ask him about it.

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Cavs, Johnny Manziel and comic book movies - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-09 Dec 09, 2014

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Brian Spaeth (@brianspaeth) helped me break in my new home studio as the first in-person guest. We talked about a lot of stuff as we sometimes happen to do... Before you do anything else, please sign up for the Brian Spaeth Cavs email newsletter.

Cavaliers streak
Alf and Brian's Alf story pitch
Johnny Manziel starting for the Browns
Feeling sorry for Brian Hoyer
The summer movie podcast
The electronic break-in at Sony
The Interview and the break-in as a marketing campaign
Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel movies and saturation
Spider-Man missteps
Captain America 2
Avengers 2

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Tribe trade, Johnny Manziel and the Serial Podcast - WFNY Podcast - 2014-12-08 Dec 09, 2014

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There were some slight audio issues talking to Jon from WFNY, but things got mostly better as we went along. We haven't chatted in quite a while so it was good to catch up with Jon and let him tell us all we need to know about Brandon Moss.

Here's what else we talked about...