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The Obligatory PSU Podcast
The Obligatory PSU Podcast features wide-ranging discussions of Penn State sports, Nittany Lions football in particular, and all things Penn State and Happy Valley from the cast of The Obligatory PSU Pregame Show: Former Penn State and NFL defensive lineman Brandon Noble (’92-97), campus icon Mike “the Mailman” Herr, Mount Nittany Conservancy Board Secretary Kevin Horne, and seven-time Sam's Club Member Chris Buchignani. Along with a rotating cast of characters from around State College and…
Episodes
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SUMMER '20 Episode 7: Decoding Sandy Barbour
In this extended holiday weekend episode, the Obligatory crew welcomes back Chris "Buzzsaw" Adamski of TribLive.com to break down and analyze the carefully…
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SUMMER '20 Episode 6: Penn State Alumni Assoc. CEO Paul Clifford
In 2020, the Penn State Alumni Association - the largest dues-paying college alumni association in the world - celebrates 150 years of connecting Penn Staters…
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SUMMER '20 Episode 5: Happy Valley Retro #1
In the best of times, a nostalgic walk back down State College's version of memory lane is an enjoyable distraction. These days, after months of quarantine and…
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SUMMER '20 Episode 4: Good Coach, Bad Losses
Who knows what the Beaver Stadium attendance policy will look like come this Fall? As the cast's optimism levels about ticket availability continue to seesaw…
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SUMMER '20 Episode 3: Why Prepare?
Plans. Everybody has them, as Mike Tyson once said, until they start getting punched in the face. Well, "everybody" except maybe Noble, Chris, Kevin, and…
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SUMMER '20 Episode 2: Penn State, The Playoffs & the Agony of "Almost"
There's something to be said for 5 to 15 in the college football rankings as the most miserable, polarizing, and frustrating zone to inhabit in all of sports…
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SUMMER '20 Episode 1: Oasis of Nonsense in the Desert of Awful
Everything is confusing, uncertain, and, for the most part, terrible. In such volatile times, the Obligatory crew retrenches to the one thing for which they…
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SPRING '20 Episode 18: Football? Football.
After many weeks of mostly pessimism over the fate of college football in 2020, the dark clouds seems to be quickly parting, and now at least a somewhat normal…
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SPRING '20 Episode 17: Booze & Quarantine w/ Kirk French
Always a welcome guest on any Obligatory property, Penn State's resident professor of “Booze and Culture” Dr. Kirk French, who was recently honored as one of…
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SPRING '20 Episode 16: (Olive) Garden of Earthly Delights
The things we do for breadsticks... In this installment of the podcast, a full episode's worth of the sort of absurdity that could only emerge from our…
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SPRING '20 Episode 15: Penn State Memories
The live experience of college football sets it apart from most other sports. There are few other settings where you can experience something as thrilling as…
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SPRING '20 Episode 14: Fiesta, Fires & Fritz
For many Penn State fans, one of the highlights of the entire quarantine came last week when NBC Sports replayed the 1987 Fiesta Bowl, Penn State's dramatic…
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SPRING '20 Episode 13: Nonsense & NIL
Before launching our upcoming multi-episode look back at great Penn State football from the past, the guys take a customary spin through all manner of…
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SPRING '20 Episode 12: Penn State & the NFL Draft
In a time when the sports world has been turned completely upside down, the NFL Draft continues on undeterred (even though it will be on Zoom), and several…
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SPRING '20 Episode 11: PSU Barstool Viceroy Derek Shuman
Derek Shuman is a Penn State senior who has been the viceroy (i.e. Editor-in-Chief) of Penn State Barstool for most of his college career, a time period that…
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SPRING '20 Episode 10: "Penn State fans are average" & Other Heresies
What better time to stir the pot than during a global quarantine? With all four of the Obligatory cast back together again, the guys take on some sacred…
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SPRING '20 Episode 9: Is Bill O'Brien Hurting His Reputation?
Time spent alone with your thoughts (and without any sports) during quarantine affords the opportunity to ponder the answers to life's big questions. In this…
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SPRING '20 Episode 8: TribLive's Chris "Buzzsaw" Adamski
Perhaps no two-year span in the history of Penn State football held a greater combination of good, bad, unforgettable, regrettable, remarkable, and confusing…
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SPRING '20 Episode 7: Postcards from the Edge
Another week spent sheltering at home, and we can happily report that Mike the Mailman is safe and sound. In this episode, the gang fields Twitter questions…
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SPRING '20 Episode 6: Quarantine Blues
Nobody wants to be the one who infected Mike the Mailman with coronavirus, so social distancing it is. For the first time in a long time, the full cast of The…
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SPRING '20 Episode 5: THON Mail Call & More
Way back in 1989, Penn State students first invited an increasingly-recognizable campus postal worker to deliver mail to the dancers at the annual Dance…
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SPRING '20 Episode 4: Unsolved Murders at Penn State
Most Penn Staters have heard of the unsolved murder in the Pattee Library stacks, but few know the whole story. This week, the guys sit down with true crime…
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SPRING '20 Episode 3: Ben Jones of StateCollege.com
Ben Jones is a Happy Valley native who launched onto the scene as an on-the-ground student reporter during the early days of the Sandusky scandal and has spent…
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SPRING '20 Episode 2: Penn State Hoops & Hockey w/ David Eckert of BWI
The new year is bringing what may be one of best Winter/Spring sports seasons for Penn State in many years; the men's ice hockey team is ranked in the top 10…
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SPRING '20 Episode 1: 2019 Nittany Lions in Review
Back again, and still better than nothing. #Obligatory kicks off its 2020 podcasting season with a look back at 2019. Penn State entered the season on the…
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FALL '19 Episode 13: Bowling for Roses (or Orange Cotton)
Penn State's path to Pasadena still looks open after the final week of the regular season, but did a decidedly lackluster showing at home versus lowly Rutgers…
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FALL '19 Episode 12: Moral Victory Formation
The Nittany Lions traveled to Columbus and, as the script called for, left in defeat. The manner in which they were defeated however - by a comparatively…
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FALL '19 Episode 11: Social Media is Worse than Ohio State
Over the last several years, Penn State and Ohio State have played in some of the most entertaining and memorable games in all of college football, and now the…
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FALL '19 Episode 10: Gopher Broke
Twenty years ago, the undefeated Penn State Nittany Lions, anchored by a stifling defense and led by a generational linebacker wearing number 11, had their…
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FALL '19 Episode 9: On Number Four and Franklin's Future
Fresh off witnessing Penn State men's basketball's successful season opening victory (and 31.5-point cover) versus the Maryland College of Interior Design (or…
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FALL '19 Episode 8: "Iron Lions" Exec Producer Bob Morgan
In the Fall of 2012, dark shadows loomed long over the Nittany Valley - pain, anger, confusion, uncertainty - and in the midst of this unprecedented turmoil…
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FALL '19 Episode 7: Sparty Vanquished
The Michigan State Spartans have enjoyed unprecedented success against Penn State in recent years, finding new and awful ways to torture James Franklin's team…
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FALL '19 Episode 6: The Agony of Victory
The Michigan Wolverines, a team that has tormented Penn State throughout much of its Big Ten-ure (sorry), rolled into Happy Valley for a prime time White Out…
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FALL '19 Episode 5: The Pitt Rivalry Bites the Dust
Or, The Early Offensive Lamentations of 2019 What to take from Penn State's 45-13 victory over the Buffalo Bulls? While the final score may look like a…
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FALL '19 Episode 4: Keith "Goon" Conlin & the 1994 Nittany Lions
Or, The best PG stories of college football's greatest offense The Penn State-Buffalo game marks the University's official celebration of the 1994 undefeated…
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FALL '19 Episode 3: Parking, Idaho & Gambling
Or, Mike the Mailman's Insider Info - Only $2.95/minute! You can only learn so much from a football game where the final score is 79-7, but Kevin, Chris, and…
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FALL '19 Episode 2: The Matt McGloin Interview
Or, Not the #Moxie We Need, But the #Moxie We Deserve Matt McGloin has had one of the most interesting personal journeys in Penn State (if not all of college…
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FALL '19 Episode 1: Penn State Football Roster Breakdown
Or, That Time Chris Took Over and Talked Nothing But Football Forced by scheduling issues - and/or pulling rank to hi-jack the #content - to work without…
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SUMMER ’19 Episode 5: Booze & Culture w/ Kirk French
Or, The Class You Wish You’d Taken at Penn State How to get modern college students interested in learning about anthropology? For Dr. Kirk French, the answer…
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SUMMER ’19 Episode 4: Mauti, Zordich & the Iron Lions
Or, Heart & Soul of the Greatest 8-4 Season Ever Played From the moment two Penn State legacies emerged from the Lasch Building amidst Penn State’s darkest…
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SUMMER ’19 Episode 3: The Brandon Noble Interview, Part 1
Or, How to Avoid Being Switched from D-Lineman to Center The guys try a bit of role reversal this week, giving Brandon a chance to be the “guest” and talk…
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SUMMER ’19 Episode 2: PSU Hockey Alum David Goodwin
Or, How to Ruin #CawlidgeHawkey in Four Short Years When our guest this week, David Goodwin, was being recruited, the Pegula Ice Arena hadn’t even broken…
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SUMMER ’19 Episode 1: Fleming’s Flight feat. Frank Bodani
Or, “Gritty” — Not Just a Creepy/Lovable Mascot A long and bitter recruiting fight ultimately went against the Nittany Lions when 5-star “can’t miss” (JINX!)…
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SPRING ’19 Episode 4: Never Graduate
Or, The 2 Return Trips All Penn State Alumni Should Make The whole gang is finally back together, and in classic Obligatory fashion, the conversation quickly…
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SPRING ’19 Episode 3: After the Draft
Or, Kevin’s Antebellum Adventure The Nittany Lions had a very respectable six players selected in the 2019 NFL Draft, with fan favorite Trace McSorley coming…
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SPRING ’19 Episode 2.1: Very Dark & Full of Spoilers
Or, Let’s Talk Game of Thrones SPOILER ALERT!!! We are super serial, you guys. MAJOR SPOILERS for Game of Thrones up to and including Season 8 Episode 3 plus…
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SPRING ’19 Episode 2: PSU in the NFL Draft
Or, Tommy Stevens Predictions Sure to Go Wrong Mike the Mailman swings back through State College amidst his whirlwind tour of Alumni Association speaking…
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SPRING ’19 Episode 1: Blue-White Blues
Or, Happy Valley Voodoo of Slab Cabin Run Mike the Mailman is on assignment (playing cards), but the rest of the gang – Penn State and NFL defensive tackle…