After saying farewell to the late Bill Walton, we learn about the “Utah Cookie Wars” and what they mean for Crave Cookies, whose franchises are new to the Seattle area. Then we salute the first-place Mariners on taking the opening two games from the Astros and consider a troubling trend of UW softball transfers.

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Intro – Remembering Bill Walton
15:45 – The “Puget Sound Basketball League incident”
22:00 – Reviewing Crave Cookies and Safeway cookies
39:05 – M’s hot takes: Let’s have some fun with it
46:37 – Roundup: Kraken promote (?) Dan Bylsma, Sounders advance in US Open Cup
57:20 – Storm on three-game winning streak ahead of rematch with Caitlin Clark in Indiana
1:07:53 – UW softball hit hard by transfer notifications
1:14:30 – Husky football adds third scholarship QB

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Crave Cookies
– Jessica Campbell mulled for spot on Kraken staff

We’re toasting to a Peltoncast MVP that’s gone missing and pouring one out after Sam Haggerty’s season-ending injury before saluting the unlikely heroes from the Mariners taking their first two games in the Bronx, looking at why the Storm are off to a slow start and breaking down Great Osobor following Danny Sprinkle to UW from Utah State.

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Intro – Crowning the Peltoncast MVP
18:55 – New sponsor for Seafair unlimited hydroplane race
24:00 – Coach’s corner: Season-ending injury
27:00 – M’s hot takes: Unsung heroes
39:30 – Roundup: Kraken coaching candidates, Sounders draw that felt like a loss
49:50 – What’s gone wrong during 1-3 Storm start with Caitlin Clark coming to town
1:06:40 – Peltoncast Pac-12 era ends with UW softball elimination
1:25:12 – Seahawks schedule released

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Inside the return of ESPN’s college football video game
– Lookout Landing pod: Why I’m a Mariners fan with Kevin Pelton and Tristan Carosino

Tristan might look like Leo Messi and Ryan Gosling, but the Peltoncast MVP contender sounds like somebody who’s excited about the return of Julio Rodriguez’s power and the start of the most anticipated season in WNBA history. Plus our search for Seattle’s best cookie takes us on the Fauntleroy ferry (sort of) and we preview UW softball heading on the road for the NCAA tournament.

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Intro – Canadian actors named Ryan (and an American one named Jake) that people think look like Tristan
11:55 – A Northern Lights backlash take
13:47 – Peltoncast MVP voting happening on the Discord
21:45 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at the Snapdragon Pop-up in West Seattle
29:15 – Coach’s corner: Pick-nix
34:37 – M’s hot takes: Julio. Is. Back!
45:00 – Roundup: Sounders advance in Open Cup, finally beat Portland
50:40 – Storm season preview
1:01:50 – UW softball not seeded, headed to regional hosted by No. 7 Missouri
1:04:20 – UW men’s hoops transfers (note this was recorded before the news that Great Osobor is following Danny Sprinkle from Utah State)

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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Snapdragon Bakery & Cafe website
– ESPN WNBA preseason power rankings
– ESPN BET: WNBA odds

The Peltoncast hasn’t issued any ultimatums, but we’re wondering whether the Seattle Swoon is attributable to Seasonal Affective Disorder after the Sounders went scoreless again and UW softball dropped in the final Pac-12 standings. Plus a look at the UW football spring game and the dreaded Marine Layer.

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Intro – Lauren Jackson won’t play for the Storm this season (EXCLUSIVE: must credit Peltoncast)
6:00 – Farewell Eric Johnson (plus Seattle news anchor Mt. Rushmore)
12:00 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookie at Cafe Hitchcock
21:00 – Coach’s corner
30:25 – M’s not takes: Six consecutive series wins
46:42 – Roundup: We dispute Kraken disputing report about Dave Hakstol “ultimatum”, Sounders play 0-0 draw, Reign snap losing streak
1:01:30 – Skylar Diggins-Smith shines in preseason opener
1:03:35 – More new transfers for UW men’s and women’s hoops
1:07:18 – Takeaways from “Dawgs After Dark” spring game
1:17:08 – Enlightening Brady Henderson story on Seahawks’ draft process

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
– Cafe Hitchcock website
– Seattle Times: How T-Mobile Park, marine layer conspire against Mariners hitters
– Brady’s piece on Seahawks’ draft board and trade offers

After hitting rock bottom on Sunday, the mood around the M’s has turned thanks to the arrival of Jonatan Clase. Can he single-handedly end the Seattle swoon? Plus the Storm drafts a Caitlin Clark stopper and the Seahawks continue to tell us they will not draft Troy Fautanu.

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Intro – Seahawks mock draft SZN
9:13 – Remembering longtime Sonics assistant coach Bob Kloppenburg
23:25 – Snoqualmie Pie Company and other businesses displaced by fire
25:35 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookies at Batch Baking Company
31:40 – M’s hot takes: Needed a new Alex Diaz
45:50 – Roundup: Shane Wright to play in AHL playoffs; Sounders still can’t score
51:42 – Looking back at Storm’s trade of No. 4 pick after WNBA draft
1:19:15 – Telling commitment for Jedd Fisch
1:21:54 – Seahawks sign guard Laken Tomlinson

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Batch Baking Company
– Seattle Times: Historic downtown Snoqualmie building destroyed in fire
– Snoqualmie fire GoFundMe
– UW Beach Volleyball Set to join Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

The Seattle swoon experienced a false spring over the weekend with the Sounders winning big, but the only consistent winner in the Seattle sports scene is the team that’s already headed to the lottery. We debate again what to make of the M’s slow start after trying the cookies (and crumble) at Snohomish Pie Co. as part of our search.

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Intro – Toasting to Seattle native Jaylin Stewart and recapping the Final Fours
21:40 – Saying farewell to Full Tilt White Center after tragic death of founder Justin Cline
26:05 – Searching for Seattle’s best cookies (and crumbles) in Snohomish
40:50 – M’s hot takes: Spring is ruined
1:02:30 – Roundup: 5-0 wins wild; Shane Wright breaking out, WNBA draft next Monday
1:09:45 – WNBA draft on tap Monday
1:18:45 – UW RB Tybo Rogers arrested on two rape charges

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– Peltoncast Discord
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Snohomish Pie Co.
– Cougar Mountain Baking Company
– Pie Dive Bar
– Kevin’s NBA draft projections (ESPN+)
– Ben Lindbergh on MLB’s pitcher injury crisis
– Latest ESPN WNBA mock draft

A week into the Mariners’ season, the M’s bats are cold and the takes are hotter than ever. We also update the state of UW men’s basketball transact now that we know Will Conroy will no longer be part of the coaching staff. Plus are we in the Seattle sports swoon?

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Intro – Rip City Remix IPA
7:38 – Farewell to Conroy
14:07 – Learning about cookie ratios at New York’s Levain Bakery
30:19 – M’s hot takes: You gotta loath these guys
53:47 – Roundup: Are coaching changes good?
1:05:41 – UW softball sweeps Oregon State
1:07:34 – Danny Sprinkle filling out staff, starting on roster
1:22:25 – Curious timing for Seahawks front office change

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Discord
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– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– Backwoods Brewing Rip City Remix IPA
– Levain Bakery

Before our inaugural hot takes of the 2024 season looking ahead to M’s opening day on Thursday, we discuss the logical fit between UW and new athletic director Pat Chun, changing sides in the Apple Cup rivalry. Then we close by remembering two members of the Seattle sports community who recently passed, King5’s Alan Reed and Storm CFO Tricia McLean.

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Intro – Why hiring Chun makes sense for UW
28:30 – M’s hot takes: This is the time
41:15 – Roundup: Kraken snap losing streak; Sounders still winless
45:23 – Is softball more wide open this year after Oklahoma loss?
52:06 – Seahawks now out of cap room

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– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast Men’s Tournament Challenge group
– Peltoncast Women’s Tournament Challenge group
– Peltoncast Discord
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Peltoncast Glossary
– Talkin’ Taco Time T-shirts
– FanGraphs playoff odds
– ESPN MLB preview
– Double MitchWich at T-Mobile Park