Fountain City Sports Media: A Kansas City Chiefs Podcast

Preseason Wk 1: Chiefs vs Bears Recap

Football Returns From Hibernation

As we near the end of training camp it's time for the Chiefs to put things into practice. A preseason tussle with the Chicago Bears showed us some good, and not so good, things about the Chiefs. Who shined and who declined? Listen in and find out!

Episode highlights include:

•Dog talk (0:53)

•George Karlaftis and Chris Jones show promise (10:59)

•Patrick Mahomes, Justin Watson, and the potential passing game (16:46)

•What can we make of the running back room? (25:00)

•What disappointments did we see in preseason game 1? (30:07)

A Look Into Week 1 of Kansas City Chiefs Training Camp

Welcome Back Campers

After losing a number of key contributors in the off-season, the Chiefs' highly touted draft class make their debut in St Joseph. There's no shortage of question marks and storylines, but what's summer camp without a little drama? We break down all the action of week 1, so tune in now!

 

Episode Highlights Include:

•Hot summer days in KC and Herkimer (1:30)
•Patreon and social media shoutout (5:10)
•Sky Moore an early standout (10:33)
•Karlaftis analysis (14:01)
•Armando's camp crush: Jody Fortson (18:00)
•Rhys' camp crush: Isiah Pacheco (21:30)
•Trent McDuffie shoutout (28:10)
•This Week in Craft Beer: Which IPA person are you? (29:40), and Rhys reviews Fun Dip Hazy IPA from City Barrel and Weldwerks (38:15)
•OBJ franchised tagged (52:25)
•Things to look forward to (01:02:02)

Hot Take Mando Explains It All

Flying Solo and Spitting Fire

Hot Take Mando takes the reigns this week to talk some big transactions by both the Royals and the Chiefs. Good moves, bad moves, or too soon to tell? Listen in and find out!

 

Episode Highlights Include:

•Nicknames for Alex (1:06)
•Social media shoutout (3:45)
•Benny to NY! (6:50)
•Moon beer??? (16:45)
•Carlos Dunlap to the Chiefs! (19:08)

Royals’ All Star Break Assessment ft John Ingle of the Alien Minute Podcast

Midsummer? Classic...

We've made it to the MLB All Star break and the Royals are in midsummer form: a year that was supposed mark a turning point in a half-decade rebuild instead points to another 100+ loss season. Special guest John Ingle of the Alien Minute podcast joins the show to share his insight as to why there is still a bright future for this organization-but they have to act now. 

 

Episode highlights include:

•The 2022 Season “I don’t know what I expected” (14:31)

•Is there any heat on the seat of Pitching Coach Cal Eldred? (27:40)

•This Week in Craft Beer: John reviews “Fugu” from Tox Brewing Company (46:16)

•The Royals’ “Covid Ten”: how damaged is their trade value? (57:43)

•What will be the fallout for Whit Merrifield after his comments about the team? (1:00:58)

•Will the Royals be able to convince rising star Bobby Witt Jr to stay? (1:06:37)

•How much longer until we reach another competitive season? (1:11:50)

Fangaea: Reshaping the College Football Landscape

Terraforming or Terrifying?

The recent defection of USC and UCLA have set off another round of conference realignment, but is this just another round of musical chairs, or have these schools triggered a landslide? College Football expert David Farrell joins the show to help guide us through what these changes could mean for college football, and the NFL as well. Tune in for this exciting episode!

 

Episode highlights include:

•USC & UCLA leave for the Big Ten (9:19)

•Notre Dame, Mega Conferences, and the remaining FBS programs (22:20)

•Is a Super League inevitable? (31:45)

•This Week in Craft Beer: David reviews Backpocket Brewing's "Iowa Vibes" Tangerine Sour Ale

•What effects will College Football consolidation have on the NFL? (48:15)

Interview with Kansas City Royals Pitcher Wyatt Mills

Wyatt's a Royal!

We knew this day would come! The Kansas City Royals acquire RHP Wyatt Mills from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for 1B Carlos Santana. In honor of his arrival we've unearthed our interview with Wyatt from 2020 where we talk about his hobbies, as well as his journey through the Minor Leagues.

Skip straight to interview at (2:56)

Stone Cold Assassins

That Man is Deadly From Long Range

It's true Kansas City doesn't have an NBA team (yet...), but we would be remiss to not talk about Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors taking home their 4th ring in eight seasons. Speaking of can't miss TV, Emmy Award winning series Barry wraps up its third and most shocking season yet. We break down the latest season of Barry, the NBA finals and more on this week's episode!

 

Episode highlights include:

•Hot dogs and throat frogs (1:06)

•SPOILER ALERT: Discussing Barry Season 3

•This Week in Craft Beer: An artificial intelligence makes brewing look easy for a Brewery in the Big Easy (39:03)

•NBA Finals instant takeaways (51:22)

•Where does Steph Curry currently rank all time?

It Needed to Be Left Alone

Let's go around the room and talk about our feelings...

In our first listen along episode, the FCSM crew give their live reactions to Tyreek Hill's completely out of left field podcast: "It Needed To Be Said". Like syncing up Pink Floyd to The Wizard of Oz, follow these steps:

• Pull up Hill's podcast "It Needed To Be Said" on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube

•Listen to it alongside our episode for instant reactions (and lots of sarcasm) 

We'll tell you when to start and stop, as well as give you time stamps in case you get out of sync and need to regroup with us.

We hope you enjoy the ride!

Kansas City Chiefs Schedule Prediction Mach I

You Better Keep the Receipts 

With OTA's underway and football still far off on the horizon, we channel our inner oracle and go through the Chiefs schedule game by game. With a historically hard schedule and an revamped AFC West can the Chiefs find their way to the playoffs? Listen in and find out!

Episode highlights include:

•Puppy updates (2:05)

•Armando and the perils of flying (5:45)

•Chiefs schedule predictions Weeks 1-7

•This Week In Craft Beer: Stone Brewing once again finds themselves in court (39:06), and Rhys reviews Black Tooth Brewing's "307 Lager" (43:02)

•Chiefs schedule predictions Weeks 8-18

Jjjuliusss! Irving

Remember: It's not Juli-you, it's Jjjuliusss!

Hot Take Mando makes a pit stop in Kansas City on his way out east to Cooperstown, and that can only mean one thing: we have to review a beer in person! The crew sits down with a variation of a popular IPA from a celebrated brewery out east, but will it live up to the hype? Listen in and find out!