SLICES: The Book Tour That Went Horribly Wrong
When Random House published Infected back in 2007, Scott’s lifelong dreams of being published by one of the big-time publishing houses came true. But on the very first day of the book tour, the radi...
26 Jul 23min
SLICES: Football & Neurodegenerative Death
Researchers from Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School published what is now the largest study of former NFL players ever conducted. They looked at nearly twenty thousand players who appear...
24 Jul 55min
SLICES: Did World Cup Expansion Bring Home the Bacon?
The World Cup already felt like the biggest sporting event on the planet. Then this year, they expanded from 32 teams to 48. More countries involved, sixty percent bigger than the last tournament, an...
19 Jul 27min
SLICES: WNBA Bad Girls
The WNBA is trying to crack down on excessive physical play. And somehow, everyone is upset about it. So has the WNBA actually changed the rules? Nope, The league simply told officials to enforce cer...
17 Jul 31min
SLICES: Why Sports Fans Hate Change
The 2026 World Cup in North America introduced mandatory Hydration Breaks every 20-ish minutes. Fans are big mad that soccer is now “played in quarters,” and the players get a chance to be coached d...
12 Jul 49min
SLICES: AI Invades the World Cup
The 2026 World Cup features Virtual Assistant Referees, or “VAR.” Some fans love it, some fans hate it. Sometimes based on whether their team benefits from the call. We do a deeper dive specificall...
9 Jul 31min
SLICES: The Dawn of AI Refs
The 2026 World Cup features Virtual Assistant Referees, or “VAR.” Some fans love it, some fans hate it. Sometimes based on whether their team benefits from the call. So “AI Refs” also raise the ire...
5 Jul 37min
SLICES: The GIRTHifcation of SLAY
When Aethon Books bought SLAY Book I, they wanted more story. More story! Well, they got a couple of girthons put right in their eye. How y’all like me now! SLAY co-author Rob Otto joins us to ta...
28 Jun 44min
