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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 Out
The Pick Who Became Tom Brady: An NFL Secret, Finally Revealed
You may think you know how the Patriots drafted the greatest quarterback of all time: with the 199th pick in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. But the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Behind the Scenes of Pablo's History-Making "Family Feud" Adventure
How do you out-smart a survey of 100 average Americans? Who channels Jimmy V during the commercial break of a game show? Why didn't Mina Kimes show up on "Fast…
Pablo Torre Finds OutThe Ballad of Saw Man: How to Tear Down (and Steal*) a Goalpost
It is a tradition unlike any other: A college-football upset. A sea of fans. A 45-foot yellow structure crashing down on the field and heading toward a river…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Rage & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard
LeBron is taking a break from social media. Should you? Are you ready to stop being performatively fascinating and get authentically dull? And is Bluesky the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Nate Silver Is Still Gambling with His Reputation
Trump won, Silicon Valley is Moneyballing everything, and the worldview of the most famous political nerd on Earth... is eating the world. But Nate Silver…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
It's Time to Remember One of the Worst Athletes Ever
We are entrapped by an algorithm preying on our most terrifying human vulnerabilities. But inside us exists a cabinet of curiosities, and few are better at…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Sporting Class: Caitlin Clark's Next Big Payday
She may be the most polarizing athlete on the planet, but whatever Caitlin Clark touches still turns to gold. Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper is a lead…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Watching the Dallas Cowboys on Death Row: Our Visit to a Supermax Prison
A staggering number of death-row inmates have used their last words to do the same thing: pay tribute to their favorite sports teams. So we sent correspondent…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Our Election-Free Share & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
The national vibes are... fraught. So, Pablo asks: What do you watch to make yourself feel better? Plus: athshletes, Uncrustables, the world's largest…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
"America's Biggest Failure": Share & Election & Tell with Wyatt Cenac and Tim Miller
After lint-rolling through post-election coverage, Pablo tries to makes peace with Trump 2.0, with a little help from the future president of Grenada and the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The News Anchor America Needed
Turning on the news right now feels utterly surreal. But it didn’t always have to be this way. Because Connie Chung — tenacious TV broadcaster and author of a…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How 'Veep' Predicted the Election, with the Real-Life Jonah Ryan
It's Election Day. And if there is anyone who saw this entire mess coming, it's the prophets behind the HBO series Veep — a 17-time Emmy-award-winning satire…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Secret Life of the Greatest Mascot in Sports
For 33 years, he was paid by the Denver Nuggets not to speak but to entertain — with unparalleled vitality and virality — as Rocky the Mountain Lion. Now, Kenn…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
We Stayed at the NBA's "Haunted" Hotel — and Discovered Something New
It is a century-old legend wrapped in a basketball conspiracy: The Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City was the visiting team's resting place of choice. Except the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
Pablo travels to Minneapolis to spend a weekend with the player responsible for the best celebrations in the NFL: Vikings safety Cam Bynum, a rising star — and…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Wink & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard
Is Jerry Jones a business savant or simply obsessed with fame? If your friend is dating someone you don’t like, are you obligated to say something? And is Mina…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
This Is Goth Tennis: A Halloween Memoir
We celebrate the spookiest time of the year with artist and filmmaker Mickey Duzyj, who brings us the true story of a varsity tennis champion who found glory…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Celine & Tell with Michael Cruz Kayne and Katie Nolan
Who's on the Mount Rushmore of American Idol? What's your go-to karaoke song? And did a Duke star's NBA Draft stock really get torpedoed by an alleged…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Sporting Class: Inside the Risky Business of Streaming Games Illegally
Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal's David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Shaq, Sinbad and Shazaam: Why a (Fake) Genie Movie Feels So Real
You may remember Kazaam, the 1996 family film starring Shaquille O'Neal as a genie. But you may have also heard about Shazaam, another '90s family film…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Future of College Football Looks Like an NFL Front Office
In the midst of tectonic disruption for the NCAA, even college coaches — the all-seeing, all-knowing, overworked faces of America's second biggest sport — are…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Gossip & Tell with Wyatt Cenac and Charlotte Wilder
Are sports just gossip with analytics? How did a man named Matt Farley manipulate the music streaming economy? And Google’s new A.I. tool is coming for our…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Just Danced: How the Young Lady Gaga Dominated My High-School Cafeteria
We all have that person from our childhood we just knew was gonna be a star. And more than 20 years before she was a 13-time Grammy winner and a star of the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
When Docs Cry: Inside the Secret Netflix Masterpiece You're Not Allowed To See
The director of the Oscar-winning O.J. documentary, Ezra Edelman, has completed one of the greatest films ever made: a nine-hour epic about Prince. So why…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How to Re-Make the Climate-Change Horror Movie as a Rom-Com
Dirty lobster sex! Shirtless Glen Powell! Emily in Compost! Do we have your attention yet? If Hurricane Helene, a litany of facts and general guilt about…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Emmett Till Got Erased from the History Books, with Wright Thompson
You have heard about the grocery store. And the photographs cannot be unseen. But the 1955 murder of a 14-year-old in Mississippi — a killing that sparked the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How Republican Influencers Abandoned Football (and Might Fumble the Election)
Donald Trump was at the Alabama-Georgia game. Tim Walz was at The Big House in Ann Arbor, ahead of tonight's VP debate between a high-school coach and an Ohio…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Tell & Celebrate with Mina Kimes and David Dennis Jr.
Why are men so weird about celebrating their own birthdays? The ultramarathon wars waged on Wikipedia. And how former UNLV QB Matthew Sluka has weaponized…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Confessions of a No. 1 Pick Gone Bust, with Alex Smith
The existential dread of going to work. The self-doubt born of 70,000 boos. The anxiety crank. The loneliness. There is no pressure quite like the expectations…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Meet the Astronaut Who (Also) Got Stuck in Space
Two NASA astronauts are in the midst of an extended, headline-grabbing, eight-month stay in orbit. So we turned to Terry Virts, former commander of the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Bon Jovi, the Bills and Operation Big Tree: Inside Trump's Plot to Buy an NFL Team
Before he came down the golden escalator, Donald Trump was desperate to own a pro-football franchise on the cheap. So he dispatched a political emissary with a…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Behind the Scenes of Pablo's History-Making "Family Feud" Adventure
How do you out-smart a survey of 100 average Americans? Who channels Jimmy V during the commercial break of a game show? Why didn't Mina Kimes show up on "Fast…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Screenwrite & Tell with Domonique Foxworth and David Samson
It won’t be long before Domonique Foxworth — staff writer on American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez, premiering tonight on FX — will no longer grace us with…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Sporting Class: Inside the Standoff Reshaping Sports
Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal's David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Pick Who Became Tom Brady: An NFL Secret, Finally Revealed
You may think you know how the Patriots drafted the greatest quarterback of all time: with the 199th pick in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. But the…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How to Clone Yourself with A.I.
What if you let artificial intelligence invade your life — on purpose? And then set versions of yourself loose to prank-call everyone from telemarketers to…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Football & Tell with Kevin Clark and Katie Nolan
Is the transfer portal ruining the NCAA we all liked, or helping the NFL we love even more? Why is Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly the biggest sports-show host on…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Lost in Translation: Why You Can’t Understand the NFL
There is nothing America loves more but understands less than the NFL, whose coaches, players, and analysts love jargon. But as Pablo discovered earlier this…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Reliving a Masterpiece: David Foster Wallace, Michael Joyce, and the Psychology of Tennis
Thirty years ago, David Foster Wallace reported “The String Theory,” an essay about a pro tennis player named Michael Joyce. No, Joyce wasn’t as good as his…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
What Caitlin Clark Is Afraid Of
America generates an endless stream of opinions about Caitlin Clark, but there’s been almost no in-depth reporting about how her mind actually works. So before…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Sporting Class: Why NFL Owners Want Private Equity Cash
Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal’s David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How to (Legally) Pay a College Football Player: NIL Collectives, Explained
When the Supreme Court ruled, in 2021, that college athletes can monetize their Name, Image, and Likeness, football recruiting changed forever. Organizations…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
“Fifty Shades of Brown”: The Ins and Outs of Competitive Eating, with Joey Chestnut
Competitive eating is a sport. That’s the belief of Joey Chestnut, the greatest eater of all time — and man, do we agree with the 16-time Nathan’s Hot Dog…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Best Voice in Sports Goes Deep
You might think that calling a game is easy. That Tom Brady can do this in his sleep. Jon "Boog" Sciambi, announcer for the Chicago Cubs and "MLB: The Show,"…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Does Nikola Jokić Love Horses More Than Basketball?
The MVP is obsessed with the ancient sport of harness racing — because it may be hiding in plain sight as more exciting than the NBA playoffs. Acclaimed…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Stranger Than Fiction: Behind the Scenes of the Yankees Wife-Swap Scandal
In the early 1970s, two pitchers for the New York Yankees agreed to the wildest trade in sports history: They switched wives. And children. And furniture. And…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
We Smoked All the Athlete-Branded Weed We Could Find, with Dan Soder and Katie Nolan
From the beaches of Los Angeles to the botanical gardens of New York City, we traveled the country looking for the best cannabis with an athlete’s name on it…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Paralympics Has a Massive Cheating Problem
When the Paralympics begin in Paris on Aug. 28, there will be no shortage of feel-good storylines. But two whistleblowers tell Pablo Torre Finds Out a very…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Walz & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard
Is Tim Walz’s coaching career the key to beating Donald Trump’s Republican Party? What does the NFL still get wrong about paying star quarterbacks? Is walking…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Why Olympic Sports in America Will Never Be the Same: A Deep Dive
An existential paranoia has been lurking beneath the surface at the Olympic Village, where the most pressing story doesn’t get talked about on TV. We field an…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Meet the Tree: Why Jesse Owens Really Brought Hitler's Olympic Gift Home
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Adolf Hitler gave the legendary runner a mysterious gift: four potted oak tree saplings — one for each of the four gold medals…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Sporting Class: Decoding the NBA’s Billion-Dollar Legal Fight with Warner Bros. Discovery
Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal's David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Tell with "The Last Dance" Director Jason Hehir and The Charlotte Wilder Effect
What got left on the cutting-room floor of The Last Dance? That shrugging security guard, Scottie Pippen's cattle prod, almost Obama — and so much more. Plus…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Other J.D.: Meet the Candidate (and Pitcher) America Can Agree Upon
J.D. Scholten is a state representative from Iowa who went viral for the ultimate call to the bullpen: He left a music festival, a beer-and-a-half deep, to…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Rizz & Tell with Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard
Is Kamala Harris’s “memeability” the key to her winning the presidential election in November? Or are Zoomers just having a laugh? How does one develop their…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How to Be a World-Famous Child Prodigy, with Golfer Michelle Wie West
Michelle Wie was hyped as nothing short of the next Tiger Woods. As a kid, she was a global sensation: competing against not just adult women but the men, at…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
How and Why Athletes (Still) Go Broke
From a college dorm room to an 18-car garage, there is no "psychological mindf**k" quite like becoming a millionaire overnight. But a supermajority of athletes…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
The Sporting Class: What the NBA and WNBA’s Record-Setting TV Deals Mean
Welcome to The Sporting Class! Meadowlark Media CEO John Skipper and Nothing Personal’s David Samson are back with another episode with host of Pablo Torre…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Share & Salmon & Tell with Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne
Is joining a club the key to healing our fractured nation? Would a robot be better than Katie Nolan at bartending? Would you cover your face in fish sperm for…
- Pablo Torre Finds Out
Why Trump’s Road to the White House Runs Through His Four Black Athlete Friends
What do Mike Tyson, Lawrence Taylor, Darryl Strawberry and Herschel Walker have in common? They were Donald Trump's New York superstar allies in the 1980s —…