Sports, movies, standings, and sideways arguments.
Tony's Take splits its energy between scoreboard talk and entertainment rabbit holes. NBA injuries, MLB previews, March Madness, horror movies, HBO oddities, and workplace stories all get handled with the same casual disbelief.
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Tony's Take is built around the feeling of people already mid-conversation, with the microphones catching the useful parts and the ridiculous parts together. The show has a clear sports lane. Recent sports episodes move through NBA injuries and standings, college basketball champions, March Madness brackets, MLB opening-week reactions, NHL playoff races, Champions League results, World Cup qualifying, and Masters odds. It likes the familiar rituals: over-unders, division picks, title picks, MVP and Cy Young talk, and the weekly check on what changed since the last update. Still, it rarely sounds like a formal desk show. A correction, a mistaken month, or a stray comparison can become part of the entertainment. The entertainment side is even looser. Recent episodes talk through Animorphs coming back, horror movies, summer movie drafts, HBO shows, odd movie titles, actors in strange roles, and whatever someone watched recently. The transitions are not tidy. That helps. A driving story can become a conversation about driving, privacy, medication, road trips, and why someone barely uses a car. A holiday special can start with tournament brackets, detour into movie recommendations, then close on half-remembered jokes and audience scores. The show works best when nobody is trying too hard to make the conversation efficient. Sean, Offroad Andy, and Tony Katz bring a familiar panel dynamic: one person lays out the topic, another adds context, and someone else finds the loose thread that makes the whole thing less predictable. The humor is dry and sometimes blunt. The sports knowledge is real, but the appeal is not expert certainty. It is hearing fans sort through the week while checking facts, second-guessing themselves, and laughing at the phrasing of the news. PlayNext users who want polished highlight packages may find it too shaggy. Listeners who like informed barroom pacing, movie tangents, and sports talk that can survive a bad joke will understand the appeal quickly.
Made for: For listeners who want sports updates and entertainment chatter with the looseness of friends arguing through a weekend roundup. Best for fans of NBA, MLB, college basketball, hockey, soccer, movies, and TV who do not need every segment sanded smooth.
What sets it apart: Tony's Take treats sports news and pop-culture oddities as part of the same conversation. The blend of standings, over-unders, half-remembered media details, and casual corrections gives it a lived-in rhythm that cleaner recap shows usually avoid.
Tony's Take is a weekly podcast with two different episodes per week. A Sports episode where we cover the latest news in sports focusing mostly on the NBA and NFL and an Entertainment episode where we bring you the latest movie news and discuss all the movies and TV shows we're watching. We also do a Happy Hour podcast from time to time where we talk about anything and everything, usually with a guest.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Tony and Offroad Andy connect predictions, roster moves, and changing odds in a loose sports conversation with real stakes.
Tony's Take turns the sports news cycle into a running conversation between Tony and Offroad Andy, with opinions stated plainly and predictions put on the record.
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Bracket talk, office-party banter, and a longer HBO movie detour keep the episode loose and conversational.
Tony's Take keeps its St. Patrick's Day office-party energy tied to the NCAA tournament, with Sean, Off-Road Andy, and Tony Katz moving through bracket talk on UCLA, Ohio State, and Akron, along with Ohio State's Thursday opener against TCU.
Bam Adebayo's 83-point night anchors a loose recap of NBA, March basketball, baseball, and NFL chaos.
Tony's Take moves at the pace of a sports day still unfolding, opening with Bam Adebayo's 83 points for the Miami Heat against the Washington Wizards and the quick reaction to a historic scoring mark.
Loose, chatty conversation that moves from weather talk to DTF St. Louis and The Bride.
Episode 473 starts with weather chatter and then drifts into DTF St. Louis and The Bride. The discussion stays loose and conversational, with Jason Bateman, David Harbour, Linda Cardellini, and Richard Jenkins all coming up in relation to the series.
A brisk sports-desk sweep where NBA odds, wrong guesses, and the Champions League draw all stay in play.
Tony's Take Podcast keeps episode 472 in constant motion, opening on the Pistons' five-game lead in the East, Boston's climb to number two, and Jason Tatum's expected return pretty soon.
A loose panel roundup where Paramount's Warner Bros. push opens into a bigger argument about money, media, and moviemaking.
Episode 472 wanders from Sean's weekend story and a weird concert comparison into Paramount and Skydance's still-forming push for Warner Bros., then closes on a long-delayed killer movie.
A loose, funny panel ride turns Animorphs nostalgia into French food riffs, then lands on conspiracies and a Keith David fight.
Episode 477 wanders in the best summer-talk way, moving from Disney's interest in reviving Animorphs to book-fair cover memories, Goosebumps comparisons, and Ryan Coogler's post-Sinners, post-Oscar momentum.
A loose NFL forecast that makes each win-total call show its work.
Tony's Take shapes its 2025 NFL preview as a brisk tour of how preseason confidence is assembled. Week zero college football in Dublin opens the frame before the hosts move into offseason signings, top picks, win totals, betting odds, and playoff forecasts.
L.A. sports panic, argued daily.
Southwest Michigan sports, kept close to home.
Fast sports arguments with real-world consequences.
The hosts introduce a holiday episode of Tony's Take Podcast, discussing scheduling issues, promoting their sports podcast, and sharing a personal anecdote about attending a work event at a country club.
Tony and Andy preview the 2025 NFL season on Tony's Take.
The hosts discuss entertainment news, starting with Ryan Coogler's plan to revive the Animorphs series for Disney.
The hosts discuss Disney's plan to revive the Animorphs book series as a TV show, led by Ryan Coogler, while reminiscing about childhood memories of the books and comparing it to similar series like Goosebumps.
This episode covers sports updates including NBA injuries and standings, college basketball championships, NHL playoff races, Champions League quarterfinals, and previews the Masters golf tournament.
The hosts discuss Tiger Woods' recent driving incident, questioning why he doesn't hire a driver despite his wealth and privacy concerns.
This episode covers a sports roundup including MLB's first week, college basketball's Final Four, NBA standings and social media drama, NHL updates with a revenge game, and World Cup soccer qualifiers.
The hosts introduce the episode and share a personal story about producer Luke's discounted tree work for his church.
This episode previews the 2026 MLB season with predictions for over-unders, division winners, and awards, while also discussing the Champions League and March Madness tournaments.
Episode 474 opens at the office St.
Bam Adebayo opens the show.
The panel opens on weather that feels out of season.
Sean opens episode 472 with Offroad Andy and Tony Katz alongside him.
Tony and Off-Road Andy open episode 472 of Tony's Take with an NBA standings update that has Detroit first in the East, Boston second, and the Knicks and Cavaliers next.
This episode discusses the NCAA college football playoffs, NBA Cup results, upcoming Christmas Day NBA games, baseball signings, and NFL picks.
This episode covers recent sports news including an NBA gambling scandal involving Terry Rozier and the FBI, MLB World Series updates, college football standings, and NFL events.
This episode previews the 2025-26 NBA season by discussing off-season moves, team over-unders, and championship predictions.