About this episode

Mark, John, and producer Pete discuss sports, tech, and pop culture with guest Hannah Barnes, covering topics like Pickleball and the Yankees vs. Red Sox rivalry.

Please join Mark, John and producer Pete as we discuss the week in Sports, Tech and Pop Culture. Join us this week as we talk to our good friend, Hannah Barnes. Join us as we talk about Pickleball, the state of the Yankees and Red Sox and how we're going to celebrate the 4th. Hope you enjoy, we'll see you in the stream! #podcast #friends #sports #pop #culture #iftheseballscouldtalk #fourthofjulyweekend #dink #top10rankings #famoustitles #nbaarmsrace #jaylenbrown #giannis #mitchellrobinson #knicks #secondapron #usmnt #roundof16 #redcard #folarinbalogun #collusion #appletv #jakejohnson #thedink #toystory5 #pixar #woody #buzz #lebronjames #freeagency #prodarts #coverage #msg #lovestory #taylorandtravis #weddingweekend

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark, John, Pete

Guest: Hannah Barnes

Topics covered

• Sports
• Technology
• Pop Culture
• Pickleball
• Yankees
• Red Sox
• Fourth of July

Keywords

• Pickleball
• Yankees
• Red Sox
• Fourth of July
• NBA
• free agency
• Toy Story 5
• LeBron James
• sports
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Yankees, Red Sox, USMNT, Apple TV

Books & works: Toy Story 5

Places: Fourth of July

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