Brad Lidge on His Perfect 2008 Season and His Unexpected Career as an Archaeologist | Ep. 13

Werth Talking About · Sep 17, 2026 · 57m

Brad Lidge joins Jayson Werth to relive one of the greatest seasons in Phillies history — Lidge's perfect 48-for-48 season, closing out the 2008 World Series, and what that final out actually felt like in real time. He and Jayson dig into what it was like joining that 2008 team and building a championship-winning season together.

Then the conversation takes a turn nobody sees coming: Brad Lidge is now a working archaeologist. He talks about the transition from closing games to excavating sites, some of his craziest discoveries in the field, what it's actually like excavating human remains…