This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Prominent foreign policy writer Eli Lake, currently posting at The Free Press, dropped by HoS to talk basketball. I, of course, wanted to discuss Lake’s views on politics, culture and the ever fraught topic of Israel. I’m not sure which of us won the battle for topic allocation, but I thoroughly enjoyed the conversation (and I’ve made the NBA part of it free). Subjects include, but are not limited to… * Why Eli is “my least favorite kind of intellectual” * Eli’s beloved Sixers…getting mighty intriguing? * How ..read more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com We’ve got Andrew Bogut and Mike “Pro” Procopio of the Rogue Bogues podcast to discuss the eliminated and possibly dead Golden State Warriors dynasty. Obviously we talked about a lot of other subjects with these first grade ballbusters. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * The Warriors. What should they do? * Draymond Green as player-podcaster * Did the Warriors really screw up the James Wiseman pick? Or were there just few good options? * Jontay Porter getting banned from the NBA for prop bets * The way as ..read more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Top flight Audio Man Spike Eskin is here to discuss the newest NBA podcast hits. Spike’s gotten a lot of mileage out of humorously critiquing LeBron and JJ Redick’s “Mind the Game” pod, but perhaps he should be focusing more of his energy on Michael Porter Jr.’s “Curious Mike” product? Topics discussed: * Is Spike a hater for laughing at LeBron’s Internet-lauded NBA strategy podcast? What’s wrong with two dudes drinking fancy wine and talking hoops? * Why did Spike’s “LeBron caught himself in a lie” clip go t ..read more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com Boy do we have a loaded topic docket with America’s preeminent sports media critic and New York Post newsbreaker Ryan Glasspiegel. Honestly discussed fraught topics abound. As Ryan would frame this rundown: * All things Caitlin Clark (ratings, will it translate to WNBA, the backlash from women's basketball players and the backlash to the backlash) * Why Norby Williamson's out at ESPN/who he is/what it means * Dawn Staley/Outkick: What’s with the prestige media anger over the biological male in women’s sports ..read more

Sports announcers and 49ers Youtuber Guy Haberman had vocal cord surgery and now sounds like Patty + Selma. I find his current predicament fascinating. He insists the subject of announcer voice issues isn’t interesting. We start talking 49ers around the 52 minute mark, for people who are into that sort of thing. Topics include: * What does a vocal cord surgery do for a broadcaster? * Which sports announcers qualify for Top 5 “All Pipes” Team * Do New York announcers have the best accent for the job? Do Midwesterners have the worst? * Why did the elite duo of Guy + John Middlekauff break up ..read more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com In the Elon X era, no article ever goes viral. At least that’s what I used to think. But now, of late, articles in New York Magazine and The Cut have broken through as a sort of rage bait. To assess what’s going on, we’ve called in honest and trenchant culture writer Kat Rosenfield. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * Pre mourning your old dog * Getting “serious” with your significant other early * The Andrew Huberman cover story in NY Mag * How the Huberman story, while well written, fails to hit its tar ..read more

If you’re an NBA fan you know who Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner are, beyond being recent guests on House of Strauss. In this episode, I used my “stupid questions” approach to ask these current media members about their old jobs. The answers? Well, they were anything but stupid. Enjoy… House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.houseofstrauss.com/subscribe ..read more

Joe covers sports, business and often how the two intertwine. He’s been all over the sports + gambling topic, most recently with his viral observation on live sports betting integration getting added into NBA League Pass. Basically, Joe discusses all my favorite topics, so of course we had a great conversation. Topics include but aren’t limited to… * How America and Europe are on opposite timelines with sports betting * Is the sports betting boom going to harm young peoples’ sports fandom? * Why you can somewhat easily beat the books (except they won’t allow it) * Should sports books be forced ..read more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com The preeminent sports media critic is here, right after breaking sports media news. We discuss, in notes cribbed from his X feed: * Ryan’s Pat McAfee vs. Stephen A. Smith story * Shannon Sharpe, digital juggernaut * The media lets it slide that Mark Cuban rips Trump nonstop yet sold his baby to partner with statistically the world's largest Trump supporter * A vibe shift where nobody cares about athletes like Joe Burrow hanging with Trump * The viral moment of LeBron getting very friendly with Lakers owner Je ..read more

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.houseofstrauss.com I’m not sure how to describe this free flowing conversation with geneticist and writer Razib Khan, which was to be expected since Zeeb’s one of the most brilliant/idiosyncratic people I’ve ever met. Naturally, this talk is all over the place after beginning with, and I’m not sure there’s another way to describe this, social media reaction to “Aella’s birthday gangbang”. Topics discussed: * Razib knows the infamous Aella, who’s a rationalist data scientist between orgies. * Razib is friends with Aella, but is ..read more