The Sounders are slumping, the Kraken have more standout players thanks to free agency and the Seahawks and UW football teams are vaccinated at above-average rates. Plus we’ve got a bracket for the knockout round of our search for Seattle’s best fried chicken.

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Intro – Whatever beer’s on hand (Rainier/Georgetown Johnny Utah Pale Ale)
12:20 – Tristan’s L.A. eating
18:50 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Mr. Chicken
24:32 – Kraken adds vets in free agency
28:33 – M’s anger fans by trading Kendall Graveman
40:33 – Seattle sports roundup: Sounders slumping, Stewie leading USA women into medal rounds
51:53 – Seattle football teams leading the way in terms of vaccination
59:18 – Sean Mannion hype

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Georgetown Johnny Utah Pale Ale
– Mr. Chicken on Yelp
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– FanGraphs playoff odds

The Kraken have players! Randy Cote (as seen on ESPN!) joins us to recap the Expansion Draft, Entry Draft and schedule release. Plus we find a serious contender for Seattle’s best fried chicken and there’s lots of takes you won’t get so we can talk about the surging Mariners.

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Intro – Stoup No Sleep Till Ballard IPA
8:30 – Randy goes behind the scenes on the Expansion Draft
37:40 – Searching for Yelp’s best fried chicken at S/T Hooligans
50:35 – M’s hot takes: The takes you won’t be getting
54:39 – Seattle sports roundup: Sounders teenagers win on road before home loss to Sporting KC
58:30 – Why do we even watch college … football?
1:13:45 – Seahawks prepare for training camp, expect Jamal Adams

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Randy Cote on Twitter
– Stoup No Sleep Till Ballard IPA
– S/T Hooligans
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– FanGraphs playoff odds

On location from Oregon wine country, we review Safeway fried chicken before discussing big names available to the Kraken in the expansion draft, the Sounders’ unbeaten streak coming to an end and the Seahawks in ESPN’s future power rankings.

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Intro – Xicha Brewing Guava Golden Ale and Chela Mexican-Style Lager
5:14 – Coaches Corner returns!
10:17 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Safeway
25:43 – Big names available to Kraken in expansion draft
40:54 – Seattle sports roundup: Sounders finally lose, Laura Harvey returns to OL Reign
44:07 – Why have USA Basketball’s men’s and women’s teams lost so many pre-Olympic exhibitions?
1:02:34 – Debating the Seahawks’ spot in ESPN’s future power rankings

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Xicha Brewing Guava Golden Ale and Chela Mexican-Style Lager
– Safeway website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– ESPN+ (Fowler): Ranking the NFL’s top 10 WRs for 2021
– ESPN+ (Fowler): Ranking the NFL’s top 10 WRs for 2021

We welcome back Ryan S. Clark of The Athletic Seattle to help us understand the Kraken’s selection of Dave Hakstol as the first coach in franchise history, then discuss the Storm losing a showdown in Las Vegas and changes to the NCAA’s rules on player name, image and likeness usage.

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Intro – Fremont Giovanni Italian-Style Pilsner
7:19 – Italy men’s soccer preps for Euro showdown
17:57 – Talking Hakstol, AHL affiliate and more with Clark
48:42 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Watson’s Counter
56:00 – Listener email on sexual harassment in the restaurant industry
1:00:05 – Blazers’ hire of Chauncey Billups as coach draws fire due to 1997 rape allegations against Billups
1:09:34 – Seattle sports roundup: M’s reliever first ejected in “foreign substance” crackdown, Sounders stay unbeaten, Storm lose in OT
1:17:49 – College sports NIL changes allowing athletes to make money from endorsements

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Ryan S. Clark on Twitter
– Ryan’s Kraken coverage for The Athletic
– Fremont Giovanni Italian-Style Pilsner
– Watson’s Counter website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– Kevin on The Hoop Collective podcast
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals

A Pride-themed episode drinks Fremont’s Pride Kolsch before toasting to the return of fans at full capacity to Washington’s football stadiums and resuming our search for Seattle’s best fried chicken.

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Intro – Fremont Pride Kolsch
9:30 – Searching for Seattle’s best fried chicken at Chi Mac
16:33 – Tristan’s eating in Portland
20:38 – Update on the Blazers’ coaching search
29:00 – Roundup: Kraken hire a color analyst, Sounders return with win
33:11 – Discussing Italy in the Euros
47:38 – Key game for Storm in inaugural WNBA Commissioner’s Cup

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Links
– Pagliacci website
– Remembering the 1995-96 Sonics with Coach George Karl
– Remembering the 1995-96 Sonics with Wally Walker
– Peltoncast on Instagram
– Fremont Pride Kolsch
– Chi Mac website
– Search for Seattle’s best fried chicken homepage
– Why I raised my fist: JT Brown
– FiveThirtyEight Soccer Power Index
– American Soccer Analysis xGoals