With the Mariners putting more key starters on the IL than they have wins in their last eight games, we abandon takes, ponder their strategy a week before the deadline and are ready to start thinking about Seahawks training camp. Plus a preview of the women’s basketball competition in the Olympics, which features multiple Storm ties, and our search for Seattle’s best cookie bestows canonization.

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Intro – Thoughts turning to football
5:00 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Saint Bread
18:27 – Mariners who wore the No. 26
26:00 – Not doing our Mount Rushmore of games attended
28:28 – Peak crossover between Lil Woody’s and our sponsor Pagliacci Pizza
30:30 – M’s not takes: Unworthy of takes + time to sell?
53:30 – Roundup: Sounders winning streak snapped in ugly fashion
55:30 – Olympic prep wrapping up
1:08:30 – Expectations for Seahawks as they start camp

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Saint Bread website
– Mother’s Cookies feature on The Athletic
– Lil Woody’s x Pagliacci burger of the week
– Lil Woody’s x Pagliacci seasonal pizza
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– CB position rankings
– NFL Top 100

The Eastside edition of the Peltoncast goes deep on the Seahawks’ Mount Rushmore before getting to various Peltoncast Geography, a Don Henley-inspired midseason M’s hot take, the latest on the streaking Sounders and a look at the Storm heading into the Olympic break tied for third in the WNBA.

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Intro – Shouting out the 425 area code
4:30 – Re-carving Colin Cowherd’s Seahawks Mount Rushmore
19:35 – Future cookie search stops plus Peltoncast Geography
27:33 – Mod Pizza sold + Vegas eating
43:05 – M’s hot takes: The Boys of Summer
57:30 – Roundup: Sounders run MLS winning streak to five
1:00:35 – Storm reach Olympic break in tie for third
1:04:30 – Seahawks in position rankings ahead of training camp

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Colin Cowherd’s Seahawks Mount Rushmore
– Seahawks career AV from Pro Football Reference
– Inside Nate Robinson’s silent battle and his fight to live
– Mod Pizza acquired by California restaurant group
– Safta 1964 popup
– Shang Artisan Noodle website
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– Kevin’s grades for Marina Mabrey trade
– Bill Barnwell: Ranking skill position talent

The Ken Griffey Jr. edition features an impromptu discussion of Seattle’s best jersey number and a debate over the Seattle sports Mount Rushmore with our Mom giving her thoughts. Then we resume our search for Seattle’s best cookie at Pike Place Market, give M’s hot takes a one-week sabbatical and discuss the path not taken for the Storm.

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Intro – Is No. 24 Seattle’s best jersey number? Seattle sports Mt. Rushmore
14:30 – Oops! All toasts
29:30 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at DeLaurenti
39:00 – M’s not takes: Care too much to take
49:19 – Roundup: Sounders finish homestand 3-0-0
51:00 – Is the Storm in a tier of its own?
1:04:10 – Vegas trip preview

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Talkin’ Taco Time: Catching Up on TTNW News
– Seattle Times: Wallingford Taco Time will close
– DeLaurenti website
– Mod Pizza is “actively working” to avoid bankruptcy filing
– FanGraphs playoff odds

Although the Mariners offense has provided few fireworks ahead of July 4, our hot takes have no shortage as we debate the team’s slide toward .500. Plus a look at the surging Storm at the midpoint of the WNBA season and a look at the Kraken stuffing a whole offseason into the past week.

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Intro – The two Washingtons
4:15 – Congrats to Baby Fantasy Genius on winning tournament MVP
20:00 – Tristan’s NBA Draft/free agency questions
32:40 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Levain Bakery
37:30 – M’s hot takes: Sell the team
1:06:00 – Roundup: Kraken sign long-term deals for big money, cardiac Sounders keep coming back
1:16:06 – Storm dominating with Jordan Horston in starting five
1:26:00 – UW men’s hoops continuing Apple Cup, fill out coaching staff, add recruit playing in France
1:28:45 – Something is happening at Texas A&M plus UW football 2025 class filling up

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– NBC It’s New to You Summer
– Levain Bakery website
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– Kevin on the Lowe Post

Did someone look? The M’s have lost four games off their lead in the AL West since we last recorded and the takes are pivoting to pessimism. In happier news, the Sounders pulled off a pair of thrilling comebacks to secure points and the Storm earned their best win of the season to start a nine-game homestand.

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Intro – Jake One returns to Champions of Change All-Star basketball game
8:55 – What Kevin’s projections say about the NBA Draft
25:30 – Failed search for cookies this week
28:13 – M’s hot takes: Bandwagon? Bandwagon? I’m just hoping we win a game
42:20 – Central Washington geography and Born to Run
47:40 – Roundup: Coachella Valley on brink of Calder Cup loss, thrilling Sounders comebacks
52:37 – Storm celebrate 25th anniversary with impressive win
1:06:30 – Euros talk

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Champions of Change All-Star Basketball Game
– Kevin’s draft projections on ESPN+
– Men’s Health: Nate Robinson’s fight for his life
– FanGraphs playoff odds

Don’t look now but the Mariners have an enormous lead in the AL West after sweeping the Rangers and look to have secured the Seattle sports championship belt. Plus the Sounders’ purchase of the Reign is finally complete with a SeaTac tie and the Storm are almost through to the longest homestand in franchise history.

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Intro – Peltoncast Geography: Where is Longacres?
13:47 – M’s hot takes: Welcome (other) bandwagoners
36:42 – Roundup: Coachella Valley leads AHL Finals, Tristan attends Sounders win
55:25 – Storm wrapping up road trip
1:00:30 – Seahawks restructure contract of DreMont Jones

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Sam Presti’s 1994 letter to the editor
– Lil Woody’s Greenlake burger
– FanGraphs playoff odds

We’re getting political as we discuss Jewell Loyd being selected for the USA Olympic team, the trades the Mariners should make and the Coachella Valley Firebirds reaching a Calder Cup finals rematch against Hershey. Plus our search for Seattle’s best cookie takes us to a Ravenna porch.

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Intro – Why has Nneka Ogwumike never played in the Olympics?
13:00 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at The Cookie Break
21:55 – Bonus Talkin’ Taco Time: new items at TTNW
27:25 – Kevin restaurant reviews
32:57 – Adam Silver addresses expansion at NBA Finals
41:27 – M’s hot takes: Time to push in
58:50 – Roundup: Calder Cupdate, Sounders again lose with 10
1:02:15 – Storm eliminated from Commissioner’s Cup despite winning 7 of last 8
1:10:18 – Seahawks add P.J. Walker as third QB

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– ESPN story on Nneka Ogwumike’s switch to representing Nigeria being denied
– The Cookie Break website
– CheBogz on Yelp
– Fireside website
– Malort poster

We toast a final win for the Conference of Champions as UW takes home the men’s crew national championship, then discuss everything working out for the AL West-leading Mariners and a five-game winning streak for the Storm before finishing up with an early look at FPI’s college football projections.

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Intro – State of the cookie search
10:46 – Coach’s corner: Super Bowl
21:57 – The process for NBA expansion
36:10 – M’s hot takes: Can’t hear you
50:05 – Roundup: Firebirds on edge of Calder Cup finals, Seattle soccer back-to-back in KC
53:27 – Ezi Magbegor extension + Storm starts Commissioner’s Cup strong
1:03:37 – UW women’s hoops adds 5-star recruit from Colfax; men’s hoops to play in Coachella Valley
1:11:10 – Where UW football projects in Big Ten

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Paolo Banchero photo with Kevin in the background
– 2024 college football FPI projections