The Sportive is a comedy podcast devoted to Minnesota sports and other wastes of time. Join us weekly as we drink the pain away. Weaknesses: audio quality and preparation. Strengths: creative swears and inspired rants. Winner of the 2014 City Pages “Best Sports Podcast” award. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Sportive is a comedy podcast devoted to Minnesota sports and other wastes of time. Join us weekly as we drink the pain away. Weaknesses: audio quality and preparation. Strengths: creative swears and inspired rants. Winner of the 2014 City Pages “Best Sports Podcast” award.
Recent episodes include "#392: Epic Tales of Todd Bouman" (17 September 2026, 36 minutes), "#391: Credible Whispers" (3 September 2026, 70 minutes), and "#389: Lasers are the Future" (9 April 2026, 75 minutes).
The Sportive publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 73 minutes across 393 episodes.
Booking probability for The Sportive is 38%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Sportive requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Sportive's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jon, Stu, and Chiken return for a shorter-than-normal episode (because Brandon has the good car, but was off doing other things). Topics: one of the funniest wins in Vikings history, the current state of Todd Bouman...
The Sportive
Back already? Sorry. Items: a six-to-midnight ranking of the Twins youngsters, an "I immediately regret this" question from Brox about the Pohlads, Quinn Hughes panic meter, NFL week 1 slate, and a Gophers preview that...
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Whole gang is back for this one. Twins might be good? Wolves and Wild previews. A Vikings draft prediction. Funeral spread. TWO top 6s. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
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It’s Hockey Night with The Sportive, as Jon and Chiken group up to talk about all the Wild minutiae that we might have missed over the past few weeks. Plus, a look inside the Gopher hockey coaching situations - you...
Episode #387
Jon and Stu return to the airwaves to discuss the dawning of a new baseball season, along with many* reasons to be excited about the Minnesota Twins. Plus: Kyler Murray Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Jon, Stu and B take a spin through the sports. Wolves, Wild, Loons, Gopher hoops and a rooting interest preview of the pigskin games. It’s a salve for what ails you, or at least a mindless temporary distraction. That’s...
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We lead with the Michigan news despite knowing nothing, then we learn to pronounce a bowl name. From there it's a bit of Vikings talk, a Wolves check-in and finally a midseason "who has more technicals" update between...
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Jon and B are BACK. We give an early Wolves report card, check in on JJ and then Jon offers an outlook on the 2026 Twins that doubles as a cry for help. We end with some footie talk and our famous “What is Jon Missing”...
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It’s Wolves Season Preview night. We break down all (some) of the angles of the upcoming season with a special guest appearance from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Truly an honor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Jon and Chicken break down game 1 of the Wild for 20 scintillating minutes and then we move on to: (24:30) NFL takes with a side of Jon’s Pop Culture Corner, (50:30) Jon’s annual Gopher football meltdown, (59:00) a...
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It's been a newsy week, as the Twins season is over, the Lynx season is over, and the Vikings season is over (pending this week's offensive line injury report). Jon, Chicken, and returning podcast hero Stu are here to...
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Another raw-dog sesh for the true fans. Chicken leapt off the top rope to take it to the Twins brass, we previewed the Vikings game and then a Top 6 that set a new low for preparation time. Plus we reveal the sordid...
Episode #378
This week on the Sportive, Jon and Chiken - the hockey guys! - review the first day of Wild training camp, because it's important to talk about the Wild when only two guys managed to have long-term injuries announced on...
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Welcome to Deep Dive Central. We go long on the Vikings crazy win, the Kaprizov contract stalemate, a recent Saints game, and the incredibly fun Kawhi shenanigans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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We miraculously recorded this episode IN PERSON, at the great Surly Beer Hall. Discussed: Tyler Childers, NFL games preview, Stu's upcoming Gopher game suite situaish, MLB playoff teams rootability rankings, and a deer...
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We finally unveil our long-awaited and opposite-of-shocking thoughts about the Pohlads calling off the sale: it stinks. After we get that off our chest, we preview the Gopher football season, select our AFC Team of the...
The Sportive
After an accidental tangent into little league baseball, we unleash our famous annual Vikings preview (horn sound). We air grievances then predict our bros, turds and wins on the year. The finale was a Top 6 that...
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We planned to talk Vikings but instead covered a few minutes on the Twins before diving into incredible (A+) ideas to fix baseball, and then B summarized his summer of arguing with umpires. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Jon and B go Wolves-centric after the glorious Lakers beat-down. Shout-outs to Rudy, Julius and Tim Connelly. A Rockets or Warriors agonizing decision tree that was obvious the second we started talking. A ranking of...
The Sportive
Wolves game 3 preview! Wild mid-series analysis! Vikings draft grades! Luke Keaschall! Conspiracy theories! Todd Steussie! Rob Lowe! Seth Macfarlane! Our best episode of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
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