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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 OutExclusive: The Invisible NBA Owner and "Crimes Against Humanity"
A dunking tech bro in Memphis. A drone massacre in Ukraine. How did America's backyard beams end up in Putin's network of underground buyers? And how on Earth…
Pablo Torre Finds OutNational Treasure: The White House's Dirty Takeover of Public Golf Courses
Golf can be for the people. But politics has come to the tee-boxes of D.C., as Trump literally takes a dump on public courses, with a gilded mission to…
Pablo Torre Finds OutChuck Klosterman Isn't Even Here Right Now
One of America's foremost cultural critics steps out of the writer's cabin and into the studio to predict the future of a game that seems too big to stop: What…
Pablo Torre Finds OutBattle of the Bulge: We Expose a Crotch Conspiracy Rocking the Olympics
Deflategate. Sign-stealing. Lance Armstrong. The competition is stiff, but no dynasty comes close to trying this hard to get ahead. In a soup-to-nuts…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Sporting Class: Woke NFL Media Mob, How Netflix Wins & MLB's Life-Changing Mistake
Has the media establishment become so politicized that it won't let a beat reporter be human? What does "maybe" mean in the proxy fight for Warner Bros.? And…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Man Who Can Find Anywhere
He is a god of Google Maps — an internet legend for matching a single image with a far-flung location, in the blink of an eye. But Trevor Rainbolt never wanted…
Pablo Torre Finds OutMercy for Sale: Inside Trump's Pardon Machine, with TrueAnon's Brace Belden
What do Darryl Strawberry, NBA YoungBoy and a plastic-surgery "slush fund" have in common? They're all beneficiaries of the president's cottage industry to…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Briefcase, Ballmer's Social Network and Aspiration's House of Cards: Kawhi-Gate Part VII
As the NBA's investigation heats up, Pablo goes behind closed doors — and emerges with fresh sunlight: What exactly did the Clippers know about Kawhi Leonard's…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Congressman Who Unlocked the Epstein Files
He's got Silicon Valley billionaires up in his mentions. He got Trump to release more Epstein files — and forecasts "a bombshell month" ahead from Rape Island…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Points You Shouldn't Score: A New Year's Resolution
Everyone complains about cellphones. But there's something bigger and more insidious going on, from football teams and Netflix shows to law schools and…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Last Bromance: How Wrestling Corrupted the NBA Finals (PTFO Vault)
Did Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone blow the 1998 NBA Finals by promoting their pro-wrestling match... on the court?! Should there be an asterisk?! Is it time…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWhy Listening to Action Bronson Makes Us Happy (PTFO Vault)
He raps, cooks, paints, hosts and acts (for Martin Scorsese, at least). He also has philosophical explanations for why A) he never wears pants, B) his go-to…
Pablo Torre Finds OutHow Shane Battier Learned to Lead, and Shut the F*** Up (PTFO Vault)
LeBron called him the smartest hooper alive. Coach K called him an alien. Obama called him for a Hall-of-Fame pickup game (and a historic BBQ). But two-time…
Pablo Torre Finds OutOne Yard at a Time: A Mystery (PTFO Vault)
Under-recruited running back from a collapsed American city — with a single mom and a dream — wins the Super Bowl. Sounds familiar, right? But NFL coach Deland…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Secret Album That the NBA's Best Executive Doesn't Want You to Hear (PTFO Vault)
How did the shadowy general manager of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Sam Presti, become an urban legend? Pablo unearths a treasure buried by its own elaborate…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Christmas & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne (and Jordon Hudson)
In our year-end holiday spectacular, we get a visit from The Ghost of Podcast Future — and get increasingly loose: Has this show been ripped from the…
Pablo Torre Finds OutExclusive: We Found the Knicks' Top-Secret Tapes for Kawhi, Kyrie and KD
If you thought reuniting The Sopranos and Wu-Tang to recruit LeBron James and Kevin Durant were the ultimate celebrity pitches, just wait until Pablo unboxes…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Sporting Class: A Hostile Takeover, FIFA Bribes & the 2025 Gold Rush
Did Warner Bros. start a war so that its CEO could cash in for courtside seats? Would Mickey Mouse give a fast pass to FIFA? And what did our white-hat hackers…
Pablo Torre Finds OutSix Degrees of Jeffrey Epstein, with the Experts of TrueAnon
The internet is feasting on the files of a scandal (almost) everyone can agree upon. But who's following the money? Our friends from the inimitable TrueAnon…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Bizarro Sporting Class: How to Buy a Hollywood Studio
What happens when the richest people on Earth thirst for content? Sir Mike Schur and mere serf Joe Mande de-code Silicon Valley's playbook for Hollywood in the…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Wu & Tell with Method Man and Dan Le Batard
Does Gen X know how to FaceTime? Will money contaminate your team? Can your creativity breed insomnia? Why are rappers good liars? And did Wu-Tang really make…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Goalie Who Went to Hell and Back
America disappeared an innocent man into a terrorist prison, for his Real Madrid tattoo. This is his story of survival — and resistance — from correspondent…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Starfriends & Tell with Mina Kimes and Katie Nolan
Would you fly across the country to see Avatar with your group chat? What's a five-star Taco Bell order? Why can't we buy sweet-and-sour sauce from a grocery…
Pablo Torre Finds OutMaury Povich and Connie Chung Love Each Other to Death
He's always early; she's always late. She holds grudges; he doesn't. But after more than 40 years together, this TV power couple has learned to take the work…
Pablo Torre Finds OutExclusive: The NBA Player, the Congressman and the Epstein Files
He's the tall guy in the notorious Mar-a-Lago video with Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. He's lived at the intersection of sports, politics and high society…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe NFL's Secret Scammer and the $5 Billion Check (PTFO Vault)
Pablo investigates one man's attempt to buy the Washington Commanders from the worst owner in all of sports — including, but not limited to: Bank of America…
Pablo Torre Finds OutFowl Shots: The Untold Story of Brickin' for Chicken (PTFO Vault)
The gimmick seems simple: If a visiting player misses two straight free throws, every fan gets free chicken. But in this tale of psychology, philanthropy and…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWilt Chamberlain and the Conspiracy Factory (PTFO Vault)
Why do so many people still think the 100-point game is fake news? We crate-dig with author Gary Pomerantz, from a rare-book library... to a basement closet…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Jailbait & Tell with Mike Schur and Jessica Smetana
What did FaceTime cheating with RFK Jr. feel like? What does Olivia Nuzzi's MySpace song sound like? And what does Pablo have in common with Jeffrey Epstein?…
Pablo Torre Finds OutAll-American Grift: We Investigated Trump's Favorite Sports Troll
She notoriously parlayed a tie for fifth into a star turn on Fox News. But who's funneling money into the radicalization of Riley Gaines? And what's her dark…
Pablo Torre Finds OutWhat the Hell Happened to Phil Mickelson?
Why did one of the greatest golfers ever turn on his own legacy to become a culture warrior with a T-rex skull? His definitive chronicler, Alan Shipnuck…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Invisible Hitmaker Behind the Soundtrack of Your Life
He's played with Aretha, Steely Dan and thousands more. He's influenced Zeppelin, hip-hop and "MMMBop." He is your favorite musician's favorite musician — a…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Sporting Class: Inside Google's $200 Million War on ESPN
As The Great Football Blackout of 2025 reaches the cliff's edge, John Skipper and David Samson take Pablo inside Disney's call before the earnings call: Does…
Pablo Torre Finds OutShare & Goon & Tell with Desus Nice and Katie Nolan (NSFW)
Since when did we become so constantly confronted by p*rn? And why is that making you so uncomfortable? Plus: goon fuel, goon caps, goon caves, gooning fraud…
Pablo Torre Finds OutExclusive: Phil Mickelson, the Pipeline and Trump's (Alleged) 14-Inch Pipe
Why has the famous golfer (and notorious gambler) been hooking right and tweeting incessantly about insider trading? Hunterbrook Media's Sam Koppelman got…
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"Your League Is So Cooked": The Best Bettor in NBA History on How to Solve a Gambling Crisis
He made nine figures by finding patterns in basketball, from the skycap counter of the Winnipeg airport to high-stakes athlete encounters in Vegas. Then Bob…
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We All Have a Number
Where is the athlete resistance to Trump? Why do owners sportswash themselves? How did trans athletes get weaponized? And what's the difference between cable…
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Share & Witch & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and "The Supermarket Sorceress"
What does real-life witch Lexa Roséan think of Etsy witches in the MLB playoffs? Is there a recipe to re-kill Bin Laden and/or save humanity from A.I.? And how…
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Hoopfellas: We Investigated the "Puppet Master" of NBA Gambling
Basketball's high-stakes nightmare is front-page news. But Pablo has been decoding thousands of pages of court documents, while talking to two dozen sources…
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The Sporting Class: How to Handle a Gambling Scandal
Why would millionaires risk it all for a bet? How do you cheer up a player facing down the feds? Will the WNBA's civil war ever end? And who really killed the…
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Put a Ring on It: Debunking the Myth of Bill Belichick's Consigliere
Carolina football GM Mike Lombardi likes to talk about himself as a three-time Super Bowl champion operating an NFL team in college. But not all Super Bowl…
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How We Forgot About CTE with Domonique Foxworth
Domonique joked about his forgetfulness for years, and Pablo gas-bagged about the ethical dilemma — and existential crisis — of concussions in the NFL. But…
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Share & Burn Book & Tell with Joe Mande and Mike Schur
How did Adam Silver end up in bed with a paper magnate? Why did a 77-point airing of grievances about A-Rod help to free Anthony Edwards? And can this all be…
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Exclusive: Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson and the Carolina Blue Box of Palace Intrigue
UNC football has devolved into the biggest hot mess in college sports. Can we interest you in a hot mic? Because in order to understand the GOAT coach's inner…
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Share & Strap-On & Tell with Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe
The greatest power couple in sports returns for a blue-cardigan'd victory lap full of wisdom, statues, Suegronis, Stud Budz... and real talk on what the WNBA's…
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Enter the Dungeon: An IRL Showdown with Mark Cuban on Kawhi-Gate
After tweeting 17,053 words in defense of his fellow billionaire NBA owner, the most polarizing member of Team Ballmer is back — in-studio — to confront all of…
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"Parenting First Take" (and the Super Bowl Halftime Stakes) with Mina Kimes
In a belated 40th birthday link-up, our favorite geriatric millennial stops by to restore your faith in humanity with truck content from her toddler bro, the…
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Share & "Retire" & Tell with Dan Patrick and Dan Le Batard (and LeBron's Hands)
How do you know when to hang it up? Or do you keep working, even if you're sick or if your loved ones are dying? Do you need to be laughing at yourself, while…
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One Dream After Another: The Storytelling Secrets of This American Life's Ira Glass
For nearly three decades, he's crafted cinematic narratives on public radio that are unapologetically performative and decidedly high-brow. But Ira Glass, in…
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The Sporting Class: What You Can’t Control, with David Samson
He’s watched one movie per day for the last 30 years. He’s a germaphobe. He obsesses over the efficient use of his time. But when David Samson, the…
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"I Just Am That B*tch": Ilana Glazer on Broad City, Broadway and Bursting Bubbles
Before she rode the shooting star of Broad City into the comedy stratosphere, Ilana Glazer lived in Pablo's old apartment. The non-roommates reunite to blow…
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Steve Ballmer's "Inconceivable" Donation, the $20 Million Guarantee and a Head on a Spike: Kawhi-Gate, Part V
Media Day will force Kawhi Leonard to respond to scandal, but not before Pablo returns with new scoops and urgent questions: Just how easy was the "no-show"…
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Mission, Possible: The Otherworldly Optimism of Senator Mark Kelly
He was an astronaut. Then his wife, Rep. Gabby Giffords, survived an act of political gun violence. Now, he's a U.S. Senator tinkering his way around the…
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Why Isn't There Tickling in MMA? An Investigation
Socrates called it a sensation of both pleasure and pain. But the tickle is the one legal move that the UFC won't talk about — especially after the tickle went…
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Share & Smooch & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
When did Hollywood get so good at cucking? Can hot guys be character actors? Who's your work wife? Would you drink a bucket of Wegovy? And is Shrek real? Plus…
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Lina Khan (and Zohran Mamdani) on Why Billionaires Never Learn — and the Apolitical Absurdity of $6,000 World Cup Tickets
Pablo welcomes back America's most feared (and respected) young watchdog for lessons in challenging the Steve Ballmers of the world — and real talk on how…
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Steve Ballmer, the Other Cuban and the $118 Million Infusion: Kawhi-Gate, Part IV
As the NBA commissioner and the richest owner in sports dig in their heels, Pablo scoops up more Aspiration receipts — from Mark Cuban's tweets to the…
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Poaching Data, Little Dragon: Uncovering China's Secret War for Athlete Brainwaves
Superstars like Jannik Sinner and Mikaela Shiffrin wear a headset to train their minds and get in the zone. But a six-month investigation by Hunterbrook Media…
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Share & Adobo & Tell with Alonzo “Hamburger” Jones and Michael Cruz Kayne
A visit from the Def Comedy Jam legend that, as of one month ago, Pablo and Michael did not know. Alonzo “Hamburger” Jones is not afraid to answer the tough…
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The Mystery Investor, the No-Show Payday and the "Smoking Gun": Kawhi-Gate, Part III
Pablo unveils shocking new details (and documents) from inside the fraudulent company that spawned a generational NBA scandal, as Amin Elhassan and David…