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Random NBA Gambling Offense with Amin

Sharing the audio from the great YouTube live show with Amin (Like and Subscribe!). There will be a Substack pod gap this week, because Producer Anthony Mayes is on his honeymoon. Congrats to Mayes, we’ll be back at it soon, and the next 10 days or so should be more devoted to writing. House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

HoS: Bomani Jones on NBA SCANDAL

Great House of Strauss friend Bomani Jones joins the show to discuss his perspective on the NBA’s gamble scandal, the predicament of modern leagues and how complicity impacts us media types. Topics include!Is it weird that the Portland Trailblazers haven’t had a press conference about this? * Why the conflict of interest with media and sports betting isn’t JUST about the money* Weirdly, sports gambling isn’t THAT much of the sports league revenue pie* Would Adam Silver redo his infamous 2014 sports gambling New York Times Op Ed * Good risk calculators can’t understand bad risk calculators * Does the public care at all about these scandals? Or does the media just pretend scandal away? * Why isn’t sports betting a right/left issue?* Are we no longer able to be scandalized? * Does Bomani Jones feel swindled by NBC not having Michael Jordan in studio?* Did the leagues NEED to do sports gambling?* Did the sports media NEED to do sports gambling? Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

HoS: Charles Fain Lehman on Sports Gambling Chickens Coming Home to Roost

A perfect week for a Charles Fain Lehman podcast! Back by popular demand, Sports Bet Ban Man Charles returns to pontificate in the aftermath of NBA gambling scandal. We’re taking a look at the bigger moral questions of the sports betting moment, such as whether public morality is even a thing anymore.Oh, and speaking of dubious sports prediction morality, I’ve half a mind to accuse Sid Kali of cheating after he dominated the NFL sportspredict.com contest for a second week in a row. Sid, I owe you an email. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

HoS: Mark Halperin on THE MEDIA

2Way founder Mark Halperin was a big time journalist in network television media, originally making a name for himself covering the Bill Clinton campaign. The Game Change co-author is now a YouTube success, having produced what was, in my opinion, the best coverage of the 2024 election. I know of no other person better positioned to comment on what’s happened in political media, with a 30K foot vantage. And so I asked him a range of stupid questions, mostly under the banner of, “What the hell is going on?” Topics include but aren’t limited to!* When did the Media drift into party advocacy?* The lasting impact of the 2016 election on media* What killed the earnest practice of “both sidesism”?* Were you nervous on Election Day?* Two entertainment ecosystems, boomer and everyone else* Did the Media used to be better?* Are conservatives more open to debate right now?* News as act of curation (Twitter can spotlight racialized police killings, or it can spotlight immigrant crime)* Graham Platner’s bad week and the new skeletons in candidate closets* What do you make of the male flight from the Democratic Party?* What do you make of potential senior flight from the Republican Party?* What do you make of the No Kings protests?* Why is traditional media still hard to crack for Republicans? Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.

Kmele Foster NBA Gambling Emergency Pod

I was talking to The Fifth Column co-host Kmele just as the big NBA gambling/poker scandal broke, and he had questions. So we decided to do a short podcast where Kmele, who’s a huge NBA fan, quizzed me about what the hell is going on with the state of the NBA and this persistent sort of scandal sports writ large is facing. Topics include…* Why would anyone place a bet on Terry Rozier?* How much gambling money is in the NBA and NBA media?* Why is LeBron James getting brought up?* Why we think LeBron is probably innocent here* What the hell is Chauncey Billups involved in?* Political component to Trump’s FBI going after the NBA? * Does the public care? House of Strauss is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode.