Shut up, Coca! The Spelling Bee IS cool!; Should MLB shorten the season?; Trevor Bauer update (7/9)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

Today’s word of the day is ‘murraya’ as in a genus of tropical asiatic and Australian tree as in Zaila Avant-garde became the first African American to win the Spelling Bee. We’re going to spend some time discussing Bad Words and discuss the spelling bee and why it matters. (6:30) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about why I’d want the MLB season to be shortened by only 8 games. This’ll be fun. (19:58) Damian Lillard will be in the news all summer. Not just because he’s a star NBA player. Not just because he’s in the Olympics. Not just because he has a new head coach in Portland. But because he’s taking the high road and handling things internally and the media is going to hate that. (28:20) Review: Best of Enemies. (33:45) The Trevor Bauer suspension has been extended. It was 7 days and now it’ll be extended another 7 days. (37:30) NPPOD. (42:55) The Chicago Cubs are open for business. You want Baez? You want Bryant? Let’s make a deal.

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2021-07-09 47 min

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