M’s hot takes invites you to enjoy every Grand Salami as the M’s remain atop the AL West with their streak of winning series intact. After discussing the Storm’s first preseason game and the arrival of No. 2 pick Dominique Malonga, we take stock of the budding excitement around UW football after Friday’s Dawgs After Dark concluded spring practice and two key recruiting wins.
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Intro – Baseball scoring talk 9:00 – M’s hot takes: Savoring the current Mariners 28:50 – Roundup: Kraken drop in lottery, Sounders and Reign win at home 32:05 – Malonga joins Storm; Katie Lou Samuelson out for season 41:00 – How are UW softball and baseball looking for the NCAA tournament? 48:26 – Tristan’s live report from UW’s spring gamehalf 1:13:53 – Looking at NFC West over/under totals
The NFL Draft is in the books, and we offer contrasting perspectives on a Seahawks class that leaned unexpectedly toward offense, including addressing offensive line in the first round and taking QB Jalen Milroe in the third round. We also celebrate the PWHL expanding to Seattle and another Mariners player of the week while lamenting M’s injuries.
On the eve of the NFL Draft, we run through potential options for the Seahawks at pick 18, what our preference order would be and targets for the team’s four picks on day two as they look to address multiple needs. We also discuss the Kraken’s confusing front-office changes and a pair of home soccer wins.
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Intro – Seahawks draft preview 1:12:00 – M’s strong on road trip 1:22:23 – Roundup: Kraken replace Ron Francis by promotion, Dan Bylsma by firing 1:32:30 – UW men’s hoops adds former top prospect who struggled as freshman
A semi-emergency pod breaks down the Storm’s draft class, starting with Dominique Malonga at No. 2 as expected and including a possible third-round steal with Seattle sports ties in Serena Sundell. M’s hot takes posits the team is following a classic formula, plus both UW men’s and women’s hoops add key transfers from USC as part of promising offseasons.
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Intro – Toasting to the Storm stars in the EuroLeague Women Final Six 5:40 – An NBA players to watch aside 16:20 – Breaking down the Storm picks 33:30 – M’s hot takes: How the West was won 50:10 – Roundup: Kraken almost through season, big road win for Sounders 1:07:55 – How Avery Howell and Wesley Yates III help UW teams 1:25:00 – Drew Lock returns to Seahawks
With the NCAA tournaments in the books, we look at the Storm’s full set of options with the No. 2 pick in the WNBA draft and the UW men’s basketball roster taking shape with the addition of two conference players of the year as transfers. Plus a new rival emerges for M’s hot takes and we discuss Geno Smith’s extension with the Raiders.
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Intro – Congrats to Hall of Famer Sue Bird 7:00 – M’s hot takes: A Giant hate 23:30 – Roundup: Kraken moving down lottery standings, Sounders’ “rock bottom this season” 27:45 – Percentage chances of Storm options at No. 2 37:20 – Getting excited about UW men’s hoops newcomers 46:40 – Comparing Smith’s contract to Sam Darnold’s 59:11 – The White Lotus season 3 spoiler alert
After being unable to record a full episode last weekend with Kevin in Spokane, we’re back to parse Adam Silver’s latest comments on NBA expansion, take stock of the Mariners a week in, ask who’s left on the UW men’s basketball roster and consider what Olivia Miles deciding not to declare for the WNBA draft means for the Storm’s No. 2 pick.
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Intro – Is Seattle certain to get an expansion team? 26:52 – M’s hot takes: Rebuild. The. Dome. 44:37 – Roundup: Kraken with rare win, Sounders continue to draw 50:32 – Storm’s likely target with No. 2 pick 1:04:10 – UW women’s hoops loses in First Four, men’s hoops sees massive roster turnover 1:22:45 – Rounding up recent Seahawks news and signings
A special Peltoncast episode brings season-opening hot takes as well as toasting to an extension that figures to keep Cal Raleigh in Seattle for the foreseeable future and remembering Mitch Haniger’s M’s career after his release. Then Talkin’ Taco Time returns as we recap Randy’s “Tour de Taco Time” with our guest Colden Cullen, discuss trying the Taco Burger again and review the Spicy Tater-fries it replaced on the “limited time” menu.
The return of the Taco Burger 2.0 forced us to throw up the cactus signal and record for the first time in months as we recap Randy’s “Tour de Taco Time” with our guest Colden Cullen, discuss trying the Taco Burger again and review the Spicy Tater-fries it replaced on the “limited time” menu.
We remember the late Slick Watts after the legendary former Sonics guard turned Seattle basketball fixture died Saturday at age 73, then preview UW women’s basketball matching up with Columbia in the First Four and discuss the Seahawks bringing Cooper Kupp back to Washington as a free agent — including why that move might not work as the team hopes.
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Intro – What Watts meant to Seattle sports 7:45 – Looking closer at Columbia and the path for UW women’s hoops 25:50 – Latest Mariners news as opening night draws near 45:00 – Roundup: Sounders hit hard by injuries, Reign open with draw 55:50 – Should we be concerned by Danny Sprinkle’s first year with UW men’s hoops? 1:13:55 – What version of Kupp are the Seahawks getting?
Even after three (3) emergency pods in the last week, we’ve still got more thoughts on the Seahawks’ offseason, including their subsequent additions of DeMarcus Lawrence and Marquez Valdes-Scantling and a farewell to Tyler Lockett. Plus a big weekend for UW softball’s stars, the Sounders crash out of CONCACAF Champions League and UW women’s hoops will be on the bubble through Selection Sunday.
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Intro – Semi-emergency pod on the Seahawks’ latest moves and more 52:00 – Toasting to the second-best receiver in Seahawks history 1:13:08 – Roundup: Big Kraken deal, Sounders lose CCC matchup and key players to injury 1:28:56 – UW women’s hoops gets one win in Big Ten tourney but no more
The Fabulous Peltoncast is a weekly podcast where brothers Kevin Pelton and Tristan Carosino discuss Seattle sports from an analytical perspective and search for Seattle’s best food. The Peltoncast Network also includes Talkin’ Taco Time and Trader Bros.
A special Peltoncast episode brings season-opening hot takes as well as toasting to an extension that figures to keep Cal Raleigh in Seattle for the foreseeable future and remembering Mitch Haniger’s M’s career after his release. Then Talkin’ Taco Time returns as we recap Randy’s “Tour de Taco Time” with our guest Colden Cullen, discuss trying the Taco Burger again and review the Spicy Tater-fries it replaced on the “limited time” menu.