Slow States Podcast 31: Midwest Bouillabaisse

We wrap up spring practice at Penn State and Iowa. And by "wrap up", I mean "aimlessly speculate". And by "spring practice", I mean "just about everything besides spring practice". The money quote of the entire podcast? Has to be Patrick referring to "Iowa 6, Penn State 4" as "the Rebecca Black 'Friday' of football". Oh, and this episode's cliffhanger: which Slow Stater paid a dive bar band to play "Rocky Top" every hour on the hour to annoy his Tennessee-hating friend?

Slow States Podcast #21: We Have No Intentions Of Going Anywhere

It’s been a rough year for your humble podcasters but we’re still dangerously close to the end of it. Luckily for you this site is young and we have no intentions of doing one damn thing differently. It’s Patrick in poor health, Kevin explaining his Farve comment and Chris impatiently waiting to hear a soul Wilco cover.

Slow States Podcast #12: We Are Living In The Future

Technology continues to plague our master plan to spread out and dominate the central part of the country, but adversity made us stronger on this occasion. Some decisive die will be cast with Penn State on the ropes, Ohio State off their pedestal, and Iowa is either in this Big Ten race or not after their bout with Wisconsin this week. We’ve got a lot to talk about.

Music: Intro from Jupiter One, and more from our interlude from the Hey Marseilles on NPR.

Slow States Podcast 2: Prison Letters And The Agony Of Defeat

Ethics! What should you do with a letter that's meant for an imprisoned Florida sex offender? How should you handle the delicate process of booting a student-athlete from your football program because of oversigning? We attempt to provide sound counsel, and masochistically revive the memories of two Penn State tragedies in honor of ESPN's House Of Pain series. And would you really drink a Beer Bloody Mary?