Happy belated birthday to Mario Bava, who was born on July 31 (much like me). This is a loaded episode: guest host Bill Ackerman, from Supporting Characters podcast and a number of commentaries and other blu-ray special features, shares my love of Bava and his final feature film, Shock (1977). We talk about: Shock and its relationship to Ovidio Ass…

How can you grow your firm into the most efficient and customer-focused business that it can be? Jason Ackerman and Brannon do a deep dive into the importance of value billing, building a healthy firm culture and why private equity sees value in the profession. This podcast touched on: Timesheets vs value billing. Education in the accounting field.…

Kevin Cooney hosts alongside Andrew DiCecco on the day of the penultimate preseason practice for the Eagles. Kevin opens the show examining the entire QB room and lets Kellen Moore do a lot of the explanation. Andrew updates us with the DiCecco report as to who was active & inactive during practice, along with standouts in the last days of camp fig…

How do you strike out on your own as a solo or small firm CPA? Learn from Josie Parr’s experience doing just that. Hear how her work as a tax strategist for entrepreneurs led to the development of the Profitable Lifestyle Summit [https://summit.profitablelifestylefirm.com/], a free virtual summit to empower entrepreneurs in the accounting world to …

Kevin Cooney hosts Birds Insider tonight. Kevin reads the tea leaves of the first few preseason games and what it's told him about a few specific positions, and who the favorites are on this Eagles roster. We have the DiCecco report, Andrew gives us the latest from the weekend and gives fans storylines to watch throughout the week. Fanatic Replay i…

Ray Dunne hosts this edition of Fanatic Weekend and starts reacting to Emmanuel Acho essentially calling Jalen Hurts overrated. Ray refutes Acho's point but wants to know, have we as fans overrated any parts of this Eagles team? Ray dives into the linebacker conversation, he & Josh put their tin-foil hats on to figure out why Nakobe Dean hasn't bee…

Today, Brendan Gunn continues his tirade about the Eagles offense starters not playing. Plus, he asks if this Eagles defense is good enough to win the Super Bowl, and shares his thoughts on the red-hot Phillies.By Fanatic Highlights

Today, Kevin Cooney looks ahead on the Phillies schedule, finds 8 losses for the Eagles, and goes around the NFL. Plus, more!By Fanatic Highlights

Kevin Cooney, Dei Lynam, and Brendan Petrilli are in and breakdown everything in the World in Philly SportsBy Fanatic Highlights

(0:00- 21:56) Are the Phillies back? (21:56-51:24) Phillies win & Nick Sirianni Press Conference Live (51:24-1:08:12) Tom reacts to Sirianni’s press conference plus storylines from the second preseason game. (1:08:12-1:19:54) Is the third receiver on the Eagles roster right now? (1:19:54-1:27:04) Tom and Sean share their beloved athletes in Philade…

Andrew, Bill, and Connor preview the Week 2 matchup between the Eagles and PatriotsBy Fanatic Highlights

Tom Alvord and Kevin Cooney breakdown the Eagles Preseason victoryBy Fanatic Highlights

(0:00-10:26) Jared McCain joins Mike and Bill and shares what he's been working on this summer, and the upcoming season.By Fanatic Highlights

(0:00-19:59) Dr. J shares talks to Mike about the Sixers upcoming season, the Olympics, and Big 3.By Fanatic Highlights

Couldn't be more thrilled to share the latest conversation I had with one of my favorite returning guests, actor/writer/director Keith Gordon who may remember as Arnie from John Carpenter's Christine. He's been on several times in the past to not only talk about his films and his career but particular movies he thinks you should seek out from a par…

Tyrone Johnson hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Tyrone starts the opening drive looking back at preseason week 1 and plays a great clip from Tim McManus questioning Nick Sirianni's logic to bench offensive starters due to weather, but not the defense. Then we get the DiCecco report, a round up of the most important note…

(0:00-20:05) Opening Drive with Kevin Cooney & Andrew DiCecco joins the show for the DiCecco; plus he share his thoughts from joint practice in Fox Borough today. (20:05-33:05) Fanatic Replay of Jeff McLane's interview with Kincade & Salciunas this morning. (33:05-39:47) Kevin Cooney shares the top storylines from around the NFL. (39:47-1:01:20) Ke…

Tom Alvord hosts this edition of Birds Insider and looks back at the Eales first preseason game of the season against the Baltimore Ravens. Tom chronicles what happened with starting starters on offense/defense. Then Andrew DiCecco joins the show, in his DiCecco report Andrew recaps performances from the Birds' game against the Ravens. Notables inc…

Ray Dunne and Brendan Petrilli are in and talk some Phillies, Eagles and Joel Embiid OlympicsBy Fanatic Highlights

Nathan Ackerman of Phillies Nation joins Tom Alvord to talk all things Phillies. Ackerman answers if the team's recent struggles have altered his view of the team, what exactly is going wrong, his concern level with Bryson Stott, and trying to correct problems from the last 2 seasons that are popping back up.…

Tom Alvord hosts this edition of Fanatic Weekend and he opens the show talking Phillies. While the team as a whole has struggled. there's one player under Tom's microscope, and that's Bryson Stott. Stott has been the biggest disappointment this season. Can he turn it around this year, and if not, do you question the Phillies long term plans in midd…

Dei Lynam hosts Fanatic Weekend and off the bat she reacts to Team USA's gold medal victory. Dei specifically looks at how Jason Taytum wasn't utilized for Team USA, and his mother taking to social media to complain. Dei plays back Charles Barkley audio talking about Joel Embiid being out of shape and weighs in. We listen to Vic Fangio's full press…

Dei Lynam's in for this edition of Fanatic Weekend. Dei briefly touches on the Eagles 1st preseason game and gives a synopsis of what you may have missed or lack thereof. One player that impressed was Quinyon Mitchell and we hear from Nick Sirianni. Dei then previews the Olympic gold medal match vs France, while looking back on Joel Embiid's perfor…

Kevin Cooney talks about Philadelphia athletes numbers who should be retired. Kevin talks about the Phillies' loss last night and how he doesn't feel worried going forward.By Fanatic Highlights

Andrew DiCecco joins Kevin Cooney to talk about the Eagles' preseason game. Kevin continues the conversation about what the Eagles need to do going forward to get the strongest roster possible.By Fanatic Highlights

Kevin Cooney talks about his preseason standouts from last nights game. Kevin talks about players that could earn a roster spot.By Fanatic Highlights

(0:00-21:00) Eagles Offensive Starters don't play, but most of the defensive starters do. (21:00-30:35) Will the linebacker play be better this year? (30:35-41:29) Linebackers on paper are better than last year. (41:29-58:36) Brendan resets the show and debates with Sean on whether the offensive starters should play in the preseason. Plus, the line…

(0:00-20:28) Tom Alvord and Kevin Cooney breakdown the Eagles first preseason game against Baltimore. (20:28-45:04) Tom and Kevin share what bright spots they saw from some Eagles players, plus Nick Sirianni's postgame press conference live. (45:04-54:52) Our very own Andrew DiCecco joins the show, he shares which players stood out to him. (54:52-5…

Andrew Salciunas & Bill Colarulo host the first pregame show of the year! Bill opens the show with the Opening Drive and recapping what Nick Sirianni and Vic Fangio said this offseason regarding their preseason mentality. Andrew DiCecco joins the show from Baltimore where he gives us his DiCecco report, an outline of the biggest things he's watchin…

Ray Dunne hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Ray starts the show laying out the plan for the pre-season and comes to the conclusion he does NOT want the starters to play. Andrew gives the DiCecco report regarding the latest happenings of the Eagles, and answers Ray's rapid fire of who will and won't play against the Raven…

Tyrone Johnson hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco on a big day for Eagles news. Tim McManus released a lengthy article chronicling the divide between Jalen Hurts and Nick Sirianni last season. Tyrone dives deeper into that article and gets Andrew DiCecco's perspective on the relationship. The 1st preseason game is just 48 …

Kevin Cooney hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco. Kevin opens the show reacting to some things he heard from Kellen Moore earlier in the day, specifically about Jalen Hurts controlling the line of scrimmage. The unofficial depth chart is out! Andrew weighs in on our first look at the depth chart, and one specific position g…

Kevin Cooney and Andrew DiCecco break down the Eagles' 2nd practice in 4 straight days leading up to the first preseason game of the year vs Baltimore Friday night!By Fanatic Highlights

Brendan Gunn talks about the chips on the Eagles and Phillies shoulder. They Phillies came into the season with one after their NLCS failure last year. Brendan believes the Eagles will play with one this season. He also plays and reacts to Nick Sirianni's presser from today and the Phillies finally breaking their losing streak.…

Ray Dunne recaps the Phillies sixth straight loss after falling to the Mariners last night and losing the series. He shares his biggest concerns and what he's looking forward to.By Fanatic Highlights

Coach Lynam joins Dei Lynam and Kevin Cooney about how Joel Embiid is performing in the Olympics. The two open up the phones to talk to talk to the city about the Sixers, Phillies, and Eagles.By Fanatic Highlights

Kevin Cooney and Dei Lynam talk about the Eagles' training camp remarks and give their thoughts on what they need to do week 1 against the Packers.By Fanatic Highlights

Matt Gelb joins Kevin Cooney and Dei Lynam to talk about the Phillies' slump. Gelb gives his thoughts on what the team should do to head in the right direction. The conversation about concern for the Phillies continues.By Fanatic Highlights

Bill Colarulo hosts Fanatic Weekend today and has a simple question. Is it time to panic about the Phillies, or do you have faith that they have enough talent and this is just baseball? Bill recaps the Phillies blowing a 5-0 lead including a couple controversial calls both from the umpire and Rob Thomson. We hear what Rob Thomson had to say after t…

After a brutal 10-2 loss to the Mariners last night Tom wants to pull out the therapy couch and let you vent. Are you worried about the Phillies? Are we overreacting? When will it turnaround? All of it is on the table in today's Phillies therapy session.By Fanatic Highlights

Bill Colarulo hosts Fanatic Weekend following another horrible Phillies game. Bill's main question today: Who deserves more of the blame, Rob Thomson or Bryce Harper? Bill says Harper and explains why. That NL East lead has quickly evaporated, is it time to hit the panic button? The Eagles seem to think conditioning was a huge factor towards their …

Tom Alvord and Andrew DiCecco react to the Eagles open practice last night. They talk about Jalen Hurts' progress, who stood out at practice, DeVonta Smith's amazing camp and much more!By Fanatic Highlights

Kevin Cooney discusses the Eagles first and only Training Camp practice open to the fans. Also Nick Sirianni speaks.By Fanatic Highlights

Kevin Cooney hosts this edition of Birds Insider alongside Andrew DiCecco and the two open up looking at Quinyon Mitchell and who will be starting week 1 vs Green Bay. We hear the best of Jeff McLane on Fanatic Replay. Then the two go Around the NFL and wrap with the 2-Minute Warning.By Fanatic Highlights

Learn more about what wild and obscure movies I’m watching by following me on Patreon to unlock this full episode and access the entire back catalogue of bonus episodes, video essays, written essays, and podcast series! This episode covers everything from Hong Kong action and horror to Stephen Chow movies, classical Japanese melodrama, Yaphet Kotto…

Bill Colarulo and Andrew DiCecco host another edition of Birds Insider. Week 2 of training camp begins, the Insider crew has already covered a lot of Jalen Hurts, but they take a deeper dive into Hurts' impact on how the offense will be run. Can we expect more running from Hurts, and will Kellen Moore cater the offense to Hurts? The DiCecco report …

Get it on, bang a gong, get it on! Patrick Ripoll (of 96 Greers) joins me once again, returning to discuss two horror films that left me a bit perplexed. About six years ago, I asked Patrick to come back on to review David Gordon Green's Halloween along with the Suspiria remake simply because I wanted to hear his thoughts. Upon walking out of both …

Tom Alvord and Brendan Petrilli talk Eagles and react top the Phillies dropping another seriesBy Fanatic Highlights