How To Pretend To Like Sports
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Let’s be real, you have absolutely no interest in sitting through a 4-hour sports talk show, butttt it would be nice to at least participate in the conversation when sports get brought up.... Well, welcome to 'How to Pretend to Like Sports' - a podcast that gives you just the right amount of what you need to know to talk sports - no game watching required. Each week, your sports bestie, Monica, breaks down sports headlines from college football to F1 race day fashion. To keep it balanced, Monica also shares a healthy dose of unfiltered thoughts on living your best millennial life...from fashion to dating and dog mom life. Whether it’s small talk before a meeting at the office or chatting it up at the game watch party, you’ll have conversation starters and relevant topics in your back pocket, so you can pretend to like sports - without really liking sports. You can expect the sports news you’ll actually care about, game day fashion recs, life in your 30s and the occasional (ok weekly) unsolicited advice. Welcome to YOUR favorite game day ritual - HTPTLS with Monica.
Location:
United States
Description:
Let’s be real, you have absolutely no interest in sitting through a 4-hour sports talk show, butttt it would be nice to at least participate in the conversation when sports get brought up.... Well, welcome to 'How to Pretend to Like Sports' - a podcast that gives you just the right amount of what you need to know to talk sports - no game watching required. Each week, your sports bestie, Monica, breaks down sports headlines from college football to F1 race day fashion. To keep it balanced, Monica also shares a healthy dose of unfiltered thoughts on living your best millennial life...from fashion to dating and dog mom life. Whether it’s small talk before a meeting at the office or chatting it up at the game watch party, you’ll have conversation starters and relevant topics in your back pocket, so you can pretend to like sports - without really liking sports. You can expect the sports news you’ll actually care about, game day fashion recs, life in your 30s and the occasional (ok weekly) unsolicited advice. Welcome to YOUR favorite game day ritual - HTPTLS with Monica.
Twitter:
@monicawoodhams
Language:
English
Email:
monica@45fairmount.com
Episodes
F1 Drive to Survive Thoughts, What's the NFL Combine, March Madness is Almost here
3/1/2023
F1 Drive to Survive Thoughts, What's the NFL Combine, March Madness is Almost here
Timestamps
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Duration:00:16:56
What to know about F1 Pre-Season Testing, Learning to Play Golf, Drive to Survive, Full Swing
2/21/2023
In this episode, Monica talks about
Full Swing:
• first episode: Jordan and JT’s friendship
• flashback to high school & college, learning to play golf
Drive to Survive Season 5 - feb 24l
Changes coming to the 2023 Season
2023 Season Starts: March 4th Bahrain 9am CST
Pre-Season Testing
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Duration:00:19:22
The one where I forgot to hit mute on a zoom call when my therapist called me and some super bowl
2/16/2023
The one where I forgot to hit mute on a zoom call when my therapist called me and some super bowl
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Duration:00:23:17
The Netflix Curse, NFL Divisional Round, College Basketball
1/25/2023
In this episode, Monica talks about
The Netflix Curse, NFL Divisional Round, College Basketball
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Duration:00:29:07
A wild wild card weekend in the NFL, F1 schedule adjustments are all over the place, College Basktball
1/18/2023
In this episode, Monica talks about:
• NFL Wild Card Games: Cowboys kicker, Failed quarterback sneak, Jaguars comeback
-Chargers, Buccs, Jaguars, Cowboys, Ravens, Bengals
• F1 makes schedule adjustments and we are traveling the world 10x over
• College Basketball: LMU, Gonzaga, KU, TCU, and more
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Duration:00:13:37
College Football Playoff National Championship Recap, Adventures in Los Angeles, Future of TCU football, College Basketball, NFL Playoffs
1/12/2023
• TCU game experience
• Thoughts on the game - Georgia is basically an NFL team, Stetson Bennett 25 years old - his college football career path
• Future of TCU football
NFL News:
College Basketball - week 10 ap 25 poll
Notable upcoming basketball games
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Duration:00:26:32
The TCU Episode, College Football, College Basketball Lately
1/3/2023
In this episode, Monica talks about
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Duration:00:12:18
Southwest Meltdown, Flu-like symptoms, NFL, College Football Playoffs and Luca
12/28/2022
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Duration:00:11:05
Embarrassing yoga moments, A Very Freezing Christmas, NFL Playoffs, NFL Standings, World Cup & Messi
12/21/2022
In this episode, Monica talks about embarrassing yoga wardrobe malfunctions, a freezing Christmas, and how I got into F1.
Also talking about what is being called the most exciting World Cup final in history and Lionel Messi and how he met his wife.
Sports News
• Jalen Hurts out this coming game, injury
• Latest NFL Playoff Picture
• NFL Christmas Day games
• NBA Christmas games
• Top NBA Teams
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Duration:00:21:35
What you're probably thinking about #SponsoredPosts, Heisman Trophy, NFL Playoffs, F1 changes, Mr Irrelevant
12/14/2022
Sports:
And in life chats Monica shares the most millennial thought ever plus thoughts on sponsored posts that everyone is thinking
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Duration:00:20:02
Handyman hiring fail, future of college football playoffs, what is a waiver wire?
12/7/2022
In this episode, Monica talks about all the things in her house that keep breaking and hiring handymen that don't actually know what they're doing. She also talks about her thoughts on the TCU Fiesta bowl t-shirts - not good.
– College Football Playoff structure is changing
– A stadium is coming down and being packed up to be re-used. Yes, a stadium
– What in the world is a wavier wire?
– NFL Quarterbacks: Baker Mayfield and Jimmy G
– World Cup eliminations
- Monica's new YouTube...
Duration:00:24:17
To-do list resets, F1 drama of the week, World Cup Ties and point system, sports news of the week
11/30/2022
In this episode, Monica circles back to when you tie in soccer and when you don’t, World Cup updates, upcoming football conference championships, and other news that’s going around the world of sports.
– Points and tie-breakers in the World Cup
– TCU Remains Undefeated
– Ferrari's Mattia Binotto steps down
– Esteban Ocon gets real about his past year with Fernando Alonso
– Men's Basketball Rankings
– College Football Conference Championship games coming up
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Duration:00:28:00
F1 Tattle-tailing, Football Thanksgiving week, World Cup thoughts, TCU still undefeated
11/23/2022
In this week's Thanksgiving episode of How to Pretend to Like Sports, Monica chats about the following:
DenmarkGermany OneLove anti-discrimination armbands under pressure from FIFA
And now let’s get into the news
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Duration:00:27:40
Is Jeff Bezos buying an NFL team, F1 Red Bull drama, and the Colts have a surprising new coach
11/16/2022
In this episode, Monica talks about
– Topic #1: Top contenders to buy the Washington Commanders (from the rumor mill of course)
– Topic #2 Drama between Formula 1 Red Bull Teammates after the Brazil race
– Topic #3 Indianapolis Colts have a new head coach who has only coached at the high school level
– Topic #4 College Football Update
– Topic #5 Protests at the World Cup
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Duration:00:24:15
Overwhelm and fear of failure, what to watch this weekend, things that will make watching football more fun
11/9/2022
Monica shares her experience with overwhelm last week and where it's stemming from and her tip for moving through it if you are too.
This week in sports
• College football and basketball rankings
• TCU vs Texas coming up
• 2 things that make a game more entertaining if you're not invested in it: mic'd up players and celebrations
Duration:00:17:52
Your dating app pep talk, Michigan v MSU fight, College football playoffs, F1 in Mexico, New Black Friday Plans
11/1/2022
• a dating app pep talk for you
• Michigan vs MSU fight in the tunnel
• College football playoff top 25 rankings
6 Alabama
5 Michigan
4 Clemson
3 Georgia
2 Ohio State
1 Tennessee
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Duration:00:17:46
House cleaning stress, F1 Race in Austin, The Ralph Lauren shirt you need, NFL Trade Deadline and more
10/26/2022
In this episode:
• F1 Race in Austin
• The Ralph Lauren shirt you must run and buy
• Outfit repeating
• NFL Trade deadline, Christian McCaffrey
• World Series
• World Cup
• College Basketball Men's top 10 pre-season ranks
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Duration:00:10:35
Is dog training life coaching? College football top 10 and can someone make sense of baseball playoffs?
10/18/2022
Is dog training life coaching? College football top 10 and can someone make sense of baseball playoffs?
Duration:00:18:54
Trailer: How to Pretend to Like Sports
10/4/2022
Trailer: How to Pretend to Like Sports
Duration:00:01:16
Married in the NFL with Stephanie Toilolo - From the Archives 2018
9/26/2022
Monica is bringing back an episode from the Archives. This interview was with Steph Toilolo founder of Good Sport Apparel @goodsportapparel
Duration:00:20:52