Best Matthew J Smith Podcasts (2024)

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Sal Paolantonio previews Eagles' must-win Giants matchup & Saquon Barkley's return to NY 31:03

1d ago31:03

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This week on the Takeoff podcast with John Clark, we sat down with ESPN's Sal Paolantonio to preview the Eagles' must-win game against the New York Giants and discuss how huge of an embarrassment it will be if Saquon Barkley runs wild against his former team. 00:00 - Sal Paolantonio 00:50 - Barkley's return to NY 09:15 - Must-win 12:46 - Designed r…

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Phillies-Mets NLDS Game 3 & 4 preview with Dan Plesac 32:04

8d ago32:04

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This week, John Clark talks with former Phillies pitcher and MLB Network analyst Dan Plesac about the pivotal Game 3 of the NLDS. Can the Phillies ride the momentum from the huge win in Game 2 with Aaron Nola on the mound?

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J.T. Realmuto ready for Red October, gives his case for Zack Wheeler to win Cy Young award 36:24

15d ago36:24

36:24

With just a few days away from Game One of the NLDS, John Clark sits down with Phillies catcher, J.T. Realmuto AND former Mets GM, Jim Duquette to discuss: 1:07 - Different approach being the division champs? 4:11 - A special season for Wheeler 6:49 - The atmosphere during Red October 8:58 - How is this team different than the last couple years? 10…

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Brian Baldinger on Jalen Carter's potential, Jalen Hurts' interceptions & the NFC East 30:01

23d ago30:01

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0:16 - Brian Baldinger on the Eagles' win over the Saints 1:26 - Who Jalen Carter reminds Baldy of 2:33 - How Carter can become truly dominant 4:08 - Jordan Davis working to stay on the field 6:01 - Is Bryce Huff a bust? 7:53 - Zack Baun's versatility 9:21 - Saquon Barkley is just getting started 12:38 - Jeff Stoutland always has his guys ready to …

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Inside the Phillies' clubhouse as they celebrate winning the NL East Championship 21:39

23d ago21:39

21:39

John Clark is inside the Phillies' clubhouse as they celebrate their first National League East Championship since 2011. 00:00 - Rob Thomson 02:03 - Brandon Marsh 06:23 - Alec Bohm 08:07 - John Middleton 11:31 - Carlos Estevez 13:19 - Jeff Hoffman 15:18 - Aaron Nola 18:51 - J.T. Realmuto

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Ray Didinger on the Eagles' stunning loss to the Falcons and tough matchup with the Saints 47:09

29d ago47:09

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00:00 - Ray Didinger 00:28 - Eagles' shocking loss to the Falcons 1:22 - Is Week 3 a must-win game? 3:39 - Eagles' defense against the Saints' high-powered offense 6:17 - Problem with the defensive scheme or personnel? 8:12 - Bryce Huff's fit on this defense 11:17 - Could the Eagles bring Haason Reddick back? 14:44 - Jordan Davis and Vic Fangio's s…

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Introducing: On Set With 7:56

26d ago7:56

7:56

If you're looking for more Succession content, here's a snippet of the On Set With episode covering Succession. Step inside the affluent, dysfunctional world of Succession with the people who brought it to life: production designer Stephen Carter and director of photography Patrick Capone. Join host SuChin Pak and learn about the psychology behind …

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Scott Van Pelt expects a BIG night from Jason Kelce before Eagles-Falcons on Monday night 39:49

1M ago39:49

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00:36 - Scott Van Pelt 1:00 - Monday Night Football in Philadelphia for the Eagles' home opener 2:19 - An epic return to the Linc for Jason Kelce 5:09 - Eagles fans are nuts 8:05 - The NFC East is full of rivalries 12:57 - What you see is what you get with Jason Kelce 20:21 - Saquon Barkley's big debut and Eagles vs. Packers 22:39 - Can Saquon be a…

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WEEK 1 IS HERE! Tony Dungy & Rodney Harrison preview Eagles vs. Packers from Brazil 28:25

1M ago28:25

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John Clark has landed in Brazil and sat down with Football Night in America analysts Tony Dungy and Rodney Harrison to preview the Eagles' Week 1 matchup against the Packers. 0:00 - Tony Dungy 18:24 - Rodney Harrison

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Matthew Berry on Eagles fantasy football predictions, sleeper picks & and Marvel cameos 22:01

2M ago22:01

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Fantasy Football Happy Hour Podcast host Matthew Berry joins John Clark to share his predictions for the Eagles' season from a fantasy football perspective, discuss potential NFL sleeper picks and when his next Marvel cameo might be coming. 00:00 - Matthew Berry 1:13 - Ranking the Eagles' fantasy football weapons 3:04 - Saquon Barkley and the Tush …

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A. J. Brown and DeVonta Smith on their bond, Eagles' explosive offense & cheesesteaks 17:30

2M ago17:30

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This week on the Takeoff podcast with John Clark, we sit down with A.J Brown and DeVonta Smith to discuss the Eagles' offense at the end of training camp and how dangerous they can be this season. 0:00 - A. J. and Devonta's friendship 1:26 - What element of the other's game would you want to take? 2:49 - Pushing each other to be better 3:35 - Uniqu…

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Ross Tucker on Eagles training camp, roster battles & preseason action 22:15

2M ago22:15

22:15

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Eagles rookie Quinyon Mitchell on trash talking A.J. Brown & learning from Slay 28:21

3M ago28:21

28:21

Eagles training camp is here and John Clark just sat down with rookie cornerback Quinyon Mitchell to talk about what it is like facing elite wide receivers like DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown. Plus, Clark sits down with Merrill Reese ahead of his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Friday. 00:00 - Quinyon Mitchell 00:37 - Rookie Talent Show …

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Joe Buck examines relationship with Philly and Eagles outlook in 2024 27:30

3M ago27:30

27:30

John Clark caught up with hall of fame sportscaster Joe Buck at the National Sports Media Association Awards in North Carolina.

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Charles Barkley's bold GUAR-AN-TEE for the 2024 Eagles plus a catchup with Jason Kelce 19:33

3M ago19:33

19:33

John Clark catches up with NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley who believes the Sixers had a great summer, as well as Jason Kelce's thoughts on the Eagles.

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Paul George on becoming a Sixer & Tyrese Maxey on his new contract 17:24

3M ago17:24

17:24

This week on the Takeoff podcast with John Clark, we head to the airport to talk 1-on-1 with Paul George for the first time in Philly about becoming a Sixer. Plus, Clark talks with Tyrese Maxey about signing a max contract and how far this new and improved Sixers team will go. Wanna play 1-on-1 with Tyrese Maxey? Maxey teamed up with Turo for an aw…

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adrienne maree brown — On Radical Imagination and Moving Towards Life 1:20:13

3M ago1:20:13

1:20:13

The wonderful civil rights elder Vincent Harding liked to look around the world for what he called "live human signposts" — human beings who embody ways of seeing and becoming and who point the way forward to the world we want to inhabit. And adrienne maree brown, who has inspired worlds of social creativity with her notions of "pleasure activism" …

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National Sportscaster of the Year Kevin Harlan bullish on Sixers' signing of Paul George 26:26

4M ago26:26

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Legendary NFL and NBA play-by-play announcer Kevin Harlan joins Takeoff with John Clark to discuss the Sixers signing Paul George, his call of the Philly Special during Super Bowl LII, and being honored as the National Sportscaster of the year by the National Sports Media Association.

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“The End of Poetry” by Ada Limón 1:43

3M ago1:43

1:43

An impassioned plea, a yearning for connection — the poem U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote when she says all language failed her. Take in Ada's reading of her piece, “The End of Poetry” — and hear her read more of her work in the On Being episode, “To Be Made Whole.” Ada Limón is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. She’s written six book…

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Meet Alen Selker, CIA's Manager of IT Services 37:50

4M ago37:50

37:50

In this week’s pod, Dr. Matt is talking with Allen Selker, Manger of Technology Services. Allen will be talking about everything from IT help desk and other services to the Laptop requirement.

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Atul Gawande — On Mortality and Meaning 1:02:48

3M ago1:02:48

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We are strange creatures. It is hard for us to speak about, or let in, the reality of frailty and death — the elemental fact of mortality itself. In this century, western medicine has gradually moved away from its understanding of death as a failure — where care stops with a terminal diagnosis. Hospice has moved, from something rare to something ex…

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“Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” by Elizabeth Alexander 1:17

4M ago1:17

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Today, a poem with a poignant question to live: “...and are we not of interest to each other?” Carry Elizabeth Alexander’s reading of her poem “Ars Poetica #100: I Believe” with you — and hear Elizabeth read more of her poetry in the On Being episode, “Words That Shimmer.” Elizabeth Alexander is a poet, author, and educator. Since 2018, she has ser…

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Business office and Financial Aid Basics 27:19

4M ago27:19

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Join Dr. Smith in welcoming Adam Couts, Student Accounts Specialist, and Tricia Pangonis, Director of Financial Aid as they help you navigate paying your bill and reviewing your financial aid.

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Luis Alberto Urrea — On Our Belonging to Each Other 59:10

4M ago59:10

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We humans have this drive to erect barriers between ourselves and others, Luis Alberto Urrea says, and yet this makes us a little crazy. He is an exuberant, wise, and refreshing companion into the deep meaning and the problem of borders — what they are really about, what we do with them, and what they do to us. The Mexican-American border was as cl…

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Future All-Star Matt Strahm? He discusses bullpen games, hair, and more 27:48

4M ago27:48

27:48

John Clark sits down with Phillies relief pitcher, Matt Strahm, to discuss: 0:24 - What it would it mean to Matt to be an All-Star in 2024? 4:45 - Explaining what the "Hate Game" is with the Phillies bullpen 12:57 - Best hair on the team? Other team accolades 19:45 - Matt's thoughts on automated balls and strikes 25:11 - Baseball cards…

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Ross Gay — On the Insistence of Joy 59:05

4M ago59:05

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In our world of so much suffering, it can feel hard or wrong to invoke the word "joy." Yet joy has been one of the most insistent, recurrent rallying cries in almost every life-giving conversation that Krista has had across recent months and years, even and especially with people on the front lines of humanity's struggles. Ross Gay helps illuminate…

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2024 stART information! 18:16

4M ago18:16

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Our Associate Director of Student Life and Campus Engagement joins us to talk about stART, College 101, and preparing your student for CIA's summer tasks.

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Janine Benyus and Azita Ardakani Walton — On Nature's Wisdom for Humanity 1:16:20

4M ago1:16:20

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In this all-new episode, Krista engages biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus in a second, urgent conversation, alongside creative biomimicry practitioner Azita Ardakani Walton. Together they trace precise guidance and applied wisdom from the natural world for the civilizational callings before us now. What does nature have to teach us about healing fro…

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Kyle Schwarber details Phillies' special clubhouse connection, Mark DeRosa tabs Phillies as N.L.'s best 41:37

4M ago41:37

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John Clark catches up with Kyle Schwarber at Citizens Bank Park as the Phillies gear up for a series in London against the Mets. Then, MLB Network's Mark DeRose joins Takeoff to discuss the Fightins' red-hot start to the season.

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507: Unlocking Business Succession: The Power of ESOPs with Keith Butcher 24:48

4M ago24:48

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In an interview with Jason Hartman, Keith Butcher, founder of Butcher Joseph, discusses business succession and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). With many business owners approaching retirement, ESOPs offer a tax-efficient way to transition ownership to employees. This model enhances employee retention and loyalty, providing long-term retire…

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Befriend Your Body: A Compassionate Body Scan 11:16

5M ago11:16

11:16

In a time of stress, uncertainty, and isolation, Christine Runyan turns our attention to what often evades our awareness — the response of our nervous systems. As part of On Being’s 2021 Midwinter Gathering, she offered this brief, practical, gently guided practice as an invitation to befriend your beleaguered body, to “blanket it with a little bit…

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Christine Runyan — On Healing Our Distressed Nervous Systems 1:01:11

5M ago1:01:11

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The years of pandemic and lockdown are still working powerfully on us from the inside. But we have trouble acknowledging this, much less metabolizing it. This conversation with Christine Runyan, which took place in the dark middle of those years, helps make sense of our present of still-unfolding epidemic distress — as individuals, as communities, …

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“Joy is the Justice (We Give Ourselves)” by J. Drew Lanham 14:26

5M ago14:26

14:26

We are overjoyed to share this heart-stirring performance with you, which transpired when we invited the ornithologist/poet/former On Being guest J. Drew Lanham to offer some poetry at a live On Being event in January 2024. We could not have imagined the lightning in a bottle that unfolded — a live adaptation of the title poem that appears in Drew'…

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Lyndsey Stonebridge and Lucas Johnson — On Love, Politics, and Violence (Channeling Hannah Arendt) 1:15:26

5M ago1:15:26

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Here is a stunning sentence for you, written by Lyndsey Stonebridge, our guest this hour, channeling the 20th-century political thinker and journalist Hannah Arendt: "Loneliness is the bully that coerces us into giving up on democracy." This conversation is a kind of guide to generative shared deliberations we might be having with each other and ou…

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New From Poetry Unbound: A Series on Conflict and the Human Condition 11:09

5M ago11:09

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A taste of a special mini-season of Poetry Unbound — bringing contemplative curiosity and the life-nurturing tether of poetry to the very present matter of conflict in our world. In this first offering, Pádraig introduces the intriguing idea of poems as teachers and ponders Wisława Szymborska’s “A Word on Statistics," translated by Joanna Trzeciak.…

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Jason Kelce on beach bash, transitioning to TV and the Eagles' collapse 13:16

5M ago13:16

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John Clark caught up with Jason Kelce at Mike Quick's charity golf event about his upcoming beach bash on June 26 and his transition from the NFL to Monday Night Football.

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Colette Pichon Battle — On Knowing What We're Called To 1:02:38

5M ago1:02:38

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There is an ecological transformation unfolding in the places we love and come from. On a front edge of this reality, which will affect us all, Colette Pichon Battle is a singular model of brilliance and graciousness of mind and spirit and action. And to be with her is to open to the way the stories we tell have blunted us to the courage we’re call…

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Kate DiCamillo — On Nurturing Capacious Hearts 54:16

5M ago54:16

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In her writing, it is Kate DiCamillo's gift to make bearable the fact that joy and sorrow live so close, side by side, in life as it is (if not as we wish it to be). In this conversation, along with good measures of raucous laughter and a few tears, Kate summons us to hearts "capacious enough to contain the complexities and mysteries of ourselves a…

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Larry Bowa believes the Phillies are on a mission this year 38:04

5M ago38:04

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Larry Bowa joins Takeoff with John Clark to discuss the Phillies' red-hot start to the 2024 MLB season. As of May 9th, the Phillies hold the best record in baseball at 26-12.

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Wisdom, Solace, and Courage for 2024 2:58

6M ago2:58

2:58

A special two-month season of On Being starts May 9. Freshly curated conversations from across the On Being archive. Big new conversations and extra offerings. To be present to the suffering and sorrow of this world from a place of love. To accompany each other in this — and accompany the young. To honor the fragility of being human. To keep our ca…

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Kenny The Jet Smith reacts to Tyrese Maxey's Game 5 masterpiece in Sixers-Knicks series 23:45

6M ago23:45

23:45

John Clark caught up with two-time NBA Champion and TNT analyst Kenny Smith after the Sixers shocked the Knicks at Madison Square Garden to force a Game 6 in the tightly contested first round series of the NBA Playoffs.

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After the picks! Quinyon Mitchell, the Trotters, and Howie Roseman react to the NFL Draft 17:02

6M ago17:02

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John Clark caught up with Quinyon Mitchell after his first-round selection for the Eagles in the 2024 NFL Draft. Then, hear from Jeremiah Trotter Sr. and Jr. after the young linebacker fell to the Eagles in the fifth round. Finally, Clark interviews Howie Roseman about the impressive haul of players he brought in over the weekend. 0:00 - Intro 1:02…

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Eagles NFL Draft preview with Daniel Jeremiah and Howie Roseman 22:01

6M ago22:01

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It's that time again! Daniel Jeremiah is back again to give us a preview of the NFL Draft and what Howie Roseman and the Eagles could do Thursday night. Plus, an interview with Howie Roseman from the NBC10 Eagles Draft Day special. Check out the full special Thursday night at 7pm on NBC10. 00:00 - Daniel Jeremiah 01:09 - Will the Eagles trade up? 0…

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McCoy & Jackson on Saquon Barkley, Chip Kelly & 25 & 10 Podcast 44:59

6M ago44:59

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On the latest episode of the Takeoff podcast LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson talk about teaming up again for "The 25 and 10 Show" @2510Show and if the Eagles' new offense could rival their team with Michael Vick. Plus, should the Eagles be a pass first offense with A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith or run first with the addition of Saquon Barkley? 00:00…

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Zach & Julie Ertz still love and support Philadelphia despite playing for a rival 24:09

6M ago24:09

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Zach & Julie Ertz still love and support Philadelphia despite playing for a rival On the latest Takeoff podcast with John Clark, he talks with Zach and Julie Ertz ahead of their special Ertz Family foundation concert featuring Matt Quin of MT Joy on Friday April 12th. Zach and Julie talk about their continued support for the Philadelphia community …

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Paul Heyman on WrestleMania 40, Hall of Fame & ECW in Philadelphia | Takeoff 52:51

7M ago52:51

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Ahead of WrestleMania 40 and his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, professional wrestling legend Paul Heyman sits down with John Clark to talk about his long career and the impact Philadelphia had on wrestling. 00:00 - Paul Heyman 00:38 - WWE Hall of Fame 03:29 - Helping the next generation 06:20 - Proudest moment 07:48 - Starting ECW in Philade…

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Biggest questions heading into Phillies Opening Day | Takeoff 23:46

7M ago23:46

23:46

Phillies' season opener is only days away! John Clark talks with Ruben Amaro Jr. about the expectations for the 2024 season and if this team can get back to the World Series. 00:00 - Ruben Amaro Jr. 01:32 - Season preview 02:55 - lefty off the bench 04:13 - Breakout player 06:23 - Pick for MVP? 07:26 - faster start? 08:31 - Cy Young year for Wheele…

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Jeremiah Trotter Jr. and Sr. reflect on hard-earned draft dreams 38:05

7M ago38:05

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John Clark sat down with Eagles Hall of Famer Jeremiah Trotter Sr. and his son, Jeremiah Trotter Jr., ahead of the NFL Draft. The younger Trotter is likely to be one of the first linebackers off the board in April. He and his father went in depth on their journey back to the NFL.

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Alshon Jeffery on how Saquon Barkley changes the Eagles' offense 40:37

7M ago40:37

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This week on the Takeoff podcast with John Clark, we talk with Eagles great Alshon Jeffery about Howie Roseman’s free agency moves and how Saquon Barkley changes the Eagles’ offense. Plus, John talks with Saquon Barkley’ high school coach, Brian Gilbert about finally being able to throw out his Gaints gear and support his former player in Eagles gr…

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