Bold Chiefs Get Their Man, Spags Happiest Coach in NFL, KU Borrows More Money, Awesome E-Mails, SPLC Scam Incredible, Fitting Song for Week

Bold Chiefs Get Their Man, Spags Happiest Coach in NFL, KU Borrows More Money, Awesome E-Mails, SPLC Scam Incredible, Fitting Song for Week

April 24, 2026 · 59 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the Chiefs' strategic draft pick, financial issues at KU, listener emails, and a critique of the SPLC.

The bold Chiefs do it again moving up from the 9th pick to number 6 to draft the "smooth" Monsoor Delane out of LSU. This gifted corner is expected to be a much more impactful corner than Trent McDuffie and will save the team $80 million over the next four years versus their former CB1. And wait until you hear him. He's got natural leader written all over him. Long gone are the days of sitting and just drafting the highest rated player on the board. These championship caliber Chiefs are relentless in getting the player they need. And they did it again. Delane was surprised and thrilled but the second happiest man Thursday was defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo who had a rough off season watching his player let go to make more money elsewhere. KU is borrowing even more money to run their athletics department and it feels more and more like how DC works. We have some incredible listener emails to share that could bring a tear to your eye and/or make you laugh. The SPLC scam is particularly alarming to Ron Freeman, author of the book "Rethinking Race." He shares his thoughts. And we have a song for you to finish up that's fitting based on one of the stories we featured about my…

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Host: Kevin Kietzman

Guest: Ron Freeman

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Organizations: SPLC, KU, LSU

Products: Monsoor Delane

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