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Pablo Torre Finds Out
Follow Pablo down the rabbit hole, beyond the game — every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday — on his Pulitzer-winning video podcast, part of The Athletic Podcast Network.
You’ll get a deep-dive "talkumentary" episode, reported by Pablo and Curiosity Correspondents like Emmy-winning comedian Wyatt Cenac and Oscar-winning director Ezra Edelman, answering urgent questions such as: Are you smarter than an NFL quarterback? Does Giannis intentionally miss free throws to win free chicken for fans? And why…
Episodes
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Summit of Steves: Share & Doppelgänger & Tell (Halloween Edition) with Michael Cruz Kayne and Katie Nolan
What if Steve Kerr met his viral look-alike? Are we safe from the bizarro world? What if David Letterman re-named this podcast? And is our curse on A.I…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWe Polled 1,417 Americans About Sports, Politics and Everything in Between
Is LeBron a better role model than Trump? Are the attacks on trans athletes working? And could Stephen A. Smith stop Democrats from taking back the White…
Pablo Torre Finds OutTim Tebow, Sage Steele and Cancel Culture: We Followed the Money Inside Life Surge
Its Hall-of-Fame speakers may be vanishing, but this alleged "scam" defiantly continues to pitch financial salvation for vulnerable Christians — with a former…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWhat "You Can See Everything" Is Really About, with Wesley Morris
Nathan Fielder's new film has been presented as a documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of notorious Silicon Valley scam Theranos. But this doesn't…
Pablo Torre Finds OutBlake Griffin Doesn't Stop for Anyone (feat. Joe Mande)
He is a Clippers legend — and an off-the-court pioneer. On the eve of his new late-night show, the Prime Video analyst sits down with Pablo (plus a few…
Pablo Torre Finds OutUnboxing Wu-Tang's Secret "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" Album for Method Man — and You
The most expensive album in music history is a controversial, 1-of-1 work of art, owned by "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli, then the feds... and now a mysterious…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Sporting Class: Tracking LeBron's Fanatics Helicopter and the NCAA's Anti-Player Power Play
Domonique Foxworth and David Samson lay down the law in a rule-bending moment for sports business: Did the Sixers land King James because of a backroom…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Kelly Clarkson Tapes, Revealed: What Really Happened in That Brooklyn Store?
A beloved celebrity walks into a Brooklyn boutique, asks about a $15,000 mechanical bird, then riles millions of fans into a social-media frenzy. But since…
Pablo Torre Finds Out"The Biggest Scandal There's Ever Been": Dissecting the Disgrace of Manchester City
Sovereign wealth funds. Prime ministers. Fake money. Fake excuses. Fake people? If you thought the Clippers were bad, wait until you comprehend the depths of…
Pablo Torre Finds Out"I Am a Camera": John Wilson on Magic Tricks, Nathan Fielder and How to Make a Documentary
In a crumbling empire of ludicrous wealth and slop, filmmaker John Wilson keeps showing us what it means to be human — even (and especially) when that involves…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Brain Collector: Meet the Ex-Pro Wrestler Fighting the NFL's Concussion "Cover-Up"
Chris Nowinski was a WWE heel. Then he got in on a secret the NFL allegedly has been trying to hide for more than a decade: There may be nothing worse you can…
Pablo Torre Finds OutTim Tebow, Urban Meyer and the Christian Nationalist Surge at Ohio State
When candidates cosplay as football fans and QBs become a passport to the hearts and wallets of vulnerable Americans, the wrong people can get rich and…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Golden Age of Scams
A.I. valuations make sports franchise valuations look like chump change and the disconnect between American voters and the tech billionaires with a batphone to…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Moment of Troops, the Power Couple and the Clippers' Everything Connection: Kawhi-Gate, Part XVII
As Kawhi Leonard distances himself from scandal, Pablo uncovers internal financials, government records and new sources on the "no-show job" that the silent…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Krang & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Katie Nolan
How did the trans-athlete debate rear its oligarchic head in Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding? What messes up young athletes more: private equity... or being on a…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWe Investigated the Christian "Scam" Fronted by Tim Tebow
Tim Tebow is one of the most trusted voices in America. But the former star quarterback is also the face of a Christian roadshow that is accused of preying…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Rules of Kawhi Engagement: A Visit to Los Angeles, with Clippers Super-Fan Paul Scheer
The comedian has been living rent-free in Pablo's head for a year — and now he's got folders of his own, while asking questions on behalf of Clipper Nation…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Rot & Tell with Mina Kimes
How do football and social media combust into the mainstreaming of old-school racism? Is sports media worse for women than ever? And should our brains go on…
Pablo Torre Finds OutSteve Ballmer's Sword, the DOJ's Probe and a "Road to Jail Time": Kawhi-Gate, Part XVI
As the Clippers accept the NBA's historic punishment, a "criminal dimension" looms over the fallout. Pablo talks to owners, league officials and the…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Revolution of Stavros Halkias Will Be Vindicated
The foul-mouthed comedian, actor and podcaster is everywhere — including, but not limited to, wielding a T-shirt cannon on the football sidelines. He might…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Sporting Class: Private Equity, Salary Caps and Whether Players Should Want a Piece
Franchise valuations are booming. How can labor benefit? David Samson and Domonique Foxworth consider the everyday union worker — from Aaron Rodgers and Kawhi…
Pablo Torre Finds OutInside the Billionaire Shadow League Funding American Tennis
If you thought U.S. Open prices were bad, wait until you learn how much titans of Wall Street will pay to play with the pros. The Athletic's Matthew Futterman…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWashing Up the Clippers' Punishment, with Henry Abbott
Did ESPN get sold fake news? How much did Steve Ballmer lie? What did Kawhi really know? And what's NOT in the NBA's report? A punch-drunk Pablo calibrates his…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWe Investigated Magic Johnson, Mark Walter... and Your Nest Egg
A mysterious billionaire sold the Lakers, as the feds closed in. But how Mark Walter bought the Dodgers — while enriching himself with the money of everyday…
Pablo Torre Finds OutClippers Judgment Day, the NBA's Hammer and the Investigation That Never Ends: Kawhi-Gate, Part XV
As Steve Ballmer and Kawhi Leonard face historic punishments, Pablo reacts live with Amin Elhassan and David Samson to the NBA's findings — new C-suite emails…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Voice of Looney Tunes on the Horrors of Corporate Greed
Kawhi Leonard fan Eric Bauza plays Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck AND Elmer Fudd. (Really.) He can become Donald Trump. (Subconsciously, at least.) And he inhabits (at…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Best Streaker Ever Bares All (PTFO Vault)
He's stripped at tennis tournaments, the Super Bowl and the Olympics. But Mark Roberts is more than the world's most notorious streaker. Because his memories…
Pablo Torre Finds OutUncovering China's Secret War for Athlete Brainwaves (PTFO Vault)
Superstars like Jannik Sinner wear a headset to get in the zone. But a six-month investigation revealed the technology's funding by entities linked to the…
Pablo Torre Finds OutBehind the Scenes of the Yankee Wife-Swap Scandal (PTFO Vault)
In the early 1970s, two pitchers for the Yankees agreed to the wildest trade in sports history: They switched wives. And children. And furniture. And pets…
Pablo Torre Finds OutBird-Watching Will Blow Your Mind (PTFO Vault)
Parties. Orgasms. Adventure. Transcendence. Is there a sexier "sport" on planet Earth than birding? Correspondent Mickey Duzyj introduces Pablo to a nemesis…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Case of the Stolen Dinosaur Bones (PTFO Vault)
How did a federal prosecutor end up suing a 70-million-year-old tyrannosaurus, looted from the Gobi Desert? By teaming up with The Babe Ruth of Forfeiture and…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Billionaire, the Billboards and the Star of the Worst Ad in Sports History (PTFO Vault)
The viral commercial has a mysteriously simple message: sportsmanship. The child actor has gotten dunked on by NBA Twitter for more than a decade…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Jumbotron Emails, the Courtside Cabana and Ballmer's "Highest Integrity": Kawhi-Gate, Part XIV
As Kawhi Leonard resurfaces, Pablo shakes loose written proof of the Clippers trying to help make their star do something — anything — for a scoreboard…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Truth Behind the 49ers' Electromagnetic Injury Conspiracy
Is a mysterious substation — looming over an NFL practice facility "like The Eye of Sauron" — really causing a wave of injuries? Pablo teams up with Wendy…
Pablo Torre Finds Out"Take the Keys Away": Bill Belichick, His Exiled Consigliere and a "Sabotaging" at Carolina
The 25-year-old girlfriend is one thing. But as the greatest football coach of all time attempts to salvage his final act, the University of North Carolina is…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Vore & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
Sophie Cunningham brought the Riley Gaines School of Victimhood to the WNBA, and then attempted to walk it back — but not before protests, counter-protests…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Halo, Ballmer's Bowl and a New Crisis in the Super-System: Kawhi-Gate, Part XIII
How high up did Kawhi Leonard's silent deals go? Pablo ties a larger-than-life scoop to Steve Ballmer's "seemingly impossible aspirations," as Hunterbrook…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWhat Is Riley Gaines Hiding? (PTFO Vault)
She notoriously parlayed a tie for fifth into a star turn on Fox News. Now, as MAGA's top sports troll takes the WNBA's Sophie Cunningham under her wing in the…
Pablo Torre Finds OutHow FIFA Tried (and Failed) to Sell the Soul of Football
The World Cup was a $15 billion jackpot. Then FIFA president Gianni Infantino overplayed his hand, with a secret plot to allegedly enrich the extended Trump…
Pablo Torre Finds OutSearching for a "Good" Sports Billionaire, with Henry Abbott
Fans want a "smoking gun" with Kawhi Leonard. Portland doesn't want its new owner to move the team. Even Vegas is looking to fill a C-suite. TrueHoop's Henry…
Pablo Torre Finds OutRIFC, the Impossible Deal and Life After Aspiration: Kawhi-Gate, Part XII
Just when you thought the Kawhi Leonard scandal was almost over, Pablo peels off another branch of the saga, with stacks of new documents and a group of…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Call the President & Tell with Brace Belden and Liz Franczak
The hosts of TrueAnon and Pablo Torre obtain Trump’s personal cell number and debate what to ask him. Plus: “FreddyLA7,” Nicholas Adamopoulos, special…
Pablo Torre Finds OutHow "The Odyssey" Outsmarts Itself, with Wesley Morris
A three-hour puzzle in IMAX makes for great storytelling, but does Christopher Nolan make going to the movies feel like homework? The New York Times critic at…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWe Go Deep with the Unlikeliest of Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Smooth Jazz
Forget hold music and Kenny G. Move over Michael Jordan and HGH. Smooth jazz — yes, smooth jazz — is the "stimulax" you've been sleeping on. From geriatric…
Pablo Torre Finds Out"Play, Don't Pay": Meet the College-Football YouTuber Who Led a Gaming Revolt
James Bordeaux was a 23-year-old in Kentucky, playing EA Sports College Football 27 for a living. Then Electronic Arts — the $50-billion mega-developer backed…
Pablo Torre Finds OutHe Funded Jeffrey Epstein. Why Is This Billionaire's Name All Over College Campuses?
Victoria's Secret mogul turned mega-donor Leslie Wexner introduced Epstein to Harvard. Now, a growing protest movement to strip his name from university…
Pablo Torre Finds OutDecoding the Kawhi Leonard Investigation, with DeMaurice Smith
A superstar held up by the salary cap. A billionaire under the microscope. A league inquiry hidden from public view. De Smith has seen this playbook for…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe "Pay-to-Play" Scheme That (Almost) Ruined Video Games, with Dan Soder
Virtual currency is a new cheat code. But when EA Sports tried to squeeze extra cash out of sports fans with so-called "microtransactions" inside its…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Best, Worst and Sexiest Trophies in Sports, with Legendary Art Critic Jerry Saltz
The Heisman? "An American classic." The World Cup? "Uncircumcised." A white-gloved Pablo welcomes back New York magazine's unfiltered, Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Risk & Tell with Jay Jurden and Katie Nolan
Why were Taylor Swift's wedding guests and celebrity Knicks fans assigned "risk" scores inside Madison Square Garden's secret VIP database? Who was the karaoke…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWe Visited Death Row for the Super Bowl. You Can Help Save This Fan's Life. (PTFO Vault)
The reason for this re-air is dire: A wrongfully convicted football fan is running out of time — and legal avenues to pursue. When Pablo sat down with Cowboys…
Pablo Torre Finds OutUncovering Phil Mickelson's Misconduct Allegations, with Alan Shipnuck
After months of rumors, journalist Alan Shipnuck investigates why Phil Mickelson has basically vanished from the LIV Golf Tour — and social media. Leading us…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Sporting Class: Hydration Breaks, FIFA Trials and a Condo Full of Cats
Ex-ESPN president John Skipper was once the most important soccer fan in America. But then he lost the World Cup to FOX — and became a federal witness. So we…
Pablo Torre Finds Out“Please Enjoy It Or You Are Fired”: Inside PTFO, with Dan Le Batard
PTFO keeps winning awards. But what do we do for an encore? How do you make something special without losing our standards — or our minds? Do you guys even…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Missing Ambassador of the World Cup
He covered soccer before it was cool, promised to go WikiLeaks on FIFA, then got detained and mysteriously collapsed in Qatar. If there was ever someone we…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWhat the World Cup Can Teach the American Fan, with John Green and Daniel Alarcón
We are numb, as Americans, to the attention of the globe and the power structures of our sports leagues. But what if love of country could be simple again? And…
Pablo Torre Finds OutSarah Jessica Parker on the Seductive Power of Sports and the City
New York is palpably horny right now. And happy. So we invited the patron saint of sex and this town to chase euphoria, appreciate the romance of the American…
Pablo Torre Finds OutUSMNT's Tim Weah on World Cup Dreams, the American Idea... and Wu-Tang
He is the realest member of Team USA — an activist athlete, from Brooklyn and the African diaspora, choosing to represent a divisive nation as it tries…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe (Summer School) Sporting Class: Sex, Dolan and Contract Haircuts
Did the Knicks owner's pump-up speech help them win it all? Did their players stop fornicating because of it? How much do billionaires matter to championships…
Pablo Torre Finds Out"Reverse 9/11": Celebrating These Knicks Title Vibes, with Desus Nice
Transcendence on the court. Dancing in the streets. And a drunk Instagram Live for the ages. Why wait 'til the parade? Pablo raises a glass (while devouring an…