Congrats to these guys. They spent the last several years blogging and doing their podcast as a side gig. Their work has reached the point where they could quit their jobs and become a full time Barstool outlet for Chicago.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

If you haven't subscribed to Red Line Radio, I suggest you start listening to it as well.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I can't say I really paid attention, I thought BarstoolBigCat was in charge of the Chicago chapter.

Yep very good.

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Their red line radio signal dies at 35th Street right?

You mean they actually did the work building a brand and slogged their way into success? I thought you just sit and whine on twitter all day about your lack of opportunities and demand a seat at the table based on your gender or race . Interesting .

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

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He has been in NY for almost 3 years now so he hasn't been able to take on a local focus with his work. He has said on multiple occasions that his ultimate plan would be to return to Chicago permanently so this may be a piece of that.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I know, right? What a weird concept of having a goal and then working your ass off towards it. Such a foreign concept for some.

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Nice

On a side note, I have the impression that Barstool is millennial, trashy, shock-style media. Is that right?

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

Maybe that's what they were 5 years ago. Today, I'd say they are probably what sports radio/media was before it got sanitized by the Dan Bernstein's of the world.

It's the closest thing you will get to The Score of the 1990s

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I may have to take a look into it

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Yes. Go look at their front page.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

there are a few slots at 670 they'd do well in.

Pretty much, but they're remarkably self-aware about it. Portnoy would be writing "The Pizza Idiot Tries Pizza Like An Idiot For Some Idiot Blog" for Deadspin in an alternate universe.

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Follow all these guys on Twitter. Don't follow any score people. They're fun and make sports fun.

But they harm women or something !!!

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

The true voice of the fan.

Take a look at Barstool Carl's rant as he exited Soldier Field. That used to be what you could get on 670 (minus the vulgarity).

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I thought that was kinda lame actually. Came off as phony and just wanting to make a viral video after a big game.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Yeah, it seemed like a self-conscious performance of "authenticity"--and an unimaginative one at that. Far below the level of the Score during its "star caller" halcyon days.

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you cant go full meatball everyday though... havent given these guys a listen. i do find portnoy's big cats and pft twitter to generlly be a hilarious follow.

Carl has done that a few times this year. it's mostly unwatchable.

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barstool gold... another wbesite to pay for content.... like DLC for video games. no thanks

So it's basically Mike North for Millenials?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I’m sure they’ll throw in some PECOTA rankings once in while, don’t worry .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I, for one, won't consume any media that doesn't spend multiple segments discussing the NBA GM Survey, where every answer is "LeBron".

Honestly how much longer are the score and ESPN going to be on the radio? 5, if they're lucky 10 years? Podcast and Barstool going to keep getting more popular. Eventually teams are going to stream their own content and not need the radio. And the whole dumping of swear words on the radio is so fucking stupid

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The answer is for however as long as today's population of Age 55+ individuals can be relied upon as a driving demographic. I'm 24 and virtually all of my friends who consumer sports audio content do so exclusively from podcasts like Pardon my Take, Barstool Radio, Cowherd (surprisingly to me) and Bill Simmons and crew. While I still consume the Score and 1000, I now only do so through podcasts so I can skip ads and guests/topics that I don't care about. To me and I think people similar to me, the idea of settling for a show/topic that isn't exactly what I'm looking for, and putting up with commercials, is something that one would only do if they don't know any better (which isn't a sustainable business model).

i'm sorry your taste in podcasts is trashy