Defend Cleveland Podcast

Cleveland's best sports talk and entertainment you'll find on the dial. Hosted by Mike James, The Defend Cleveland Show has proudly filled the airwaves of northeast Ohio on 91.1-FM WRUW every Monday morning for 8 years and counting, and now it's finally available as a podcast!

Defend Cleveland Show - Monday, June 20th, 2016, aka The Cavaliers Championship Show! 06/04/2023

DCP Episode 250 - The Final Episode, aka Goodbye Forever! 05/20/2023

Episode 249 - Admiring Skipper And His 12 Inch Long Dawg... Let's Play Ball! 03/29/2023

Episode 248 - "F**k My Algorithm!" 03/15/2023

Episode 247 - If You're Paying Attention At All, Acceptance Is Needed Well Before There's Ever Any Grief 03/01/2023

Episode 246 - People Who Get Excited About Super Bowl Commercials Shouldn't Ever Be Invited To The Party 02/15/2023

Episode 245 - The King's Done It (Because Of Course He Did) 02/08/2023

Episode 244 - Even If You've Waited Your Whole Life To See The Godfather, It's Still Somehow Even Greater Than Everyone Has Told You It Is 02/01/2023

Episode 243 - (Unsurprisingly) Some Southern States Celebrate The Traitorous Confederate General Robert E. Lee On The Same Day As MLK Day... You Really Gotta Wonder What Martin Luther King Jr. Would Have To Say To That? 01/18/2023

Episode 242 - Letterboxd Illustrates Just How Skewed Cinema Has Always Been (And Exactly How Many Hours Of Your Life You've Spent Consuming It) 01/11/2023

Episode 241 - How Do You Like Soccer Now? 12/22/2022

Episode 240 - Everything Happens For A Reason... ?! 12/14/2022

Episode 239 - Maybe The Browns Always Being Terrible Is The End A Good Thing For The City? 12/07/2022

Episode 238 - Hooray, The World Cup! (...But First We Really Need To Discuss How FIFA and Qatar Are Both Evil) 11/23/2022

Episode 237 - "Drink A Lot Of Dim Sum, Some"...? 11/09/2022

Episode 236 - That Dude In The Cleveland Clowns Costume Now Has To Wear It For Every Game 11/02/2022

Episode 235 - What A Run 10/19/2022

Episode 234 - Having The Guardians And Cavs Teams To Root For Almost Makes Up For Having To Root For The Browns (Almost) 10/12/2022

Episode 233 - The Most Enjoying Moment In CLE Sports Since Cavs Won It All In 2016 09/21/2022

Episode 232 - The Final Countdown (And Not A Reference To The Band Europe) 09/14/2022

Episode 231 - Much Love For John Adams, aka The GOAT Fan-Hobo 08/31/2022

Episode 230 - Get Your Deshaun Watson Sexual Predator Advent Calendar Today! 08/24/2022

Episode 230 - Get Your Deshaun Watson Sexual Predator Advent Calendar Today! All terrestrial segments were recorded live on August 20th (Day 232 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on August 23rd (Day 235 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Well before there was Deshaun Watson there's another Browns player, one who's considered an all-time NFL legend and has a statue in front of the stadium, even though his long history of issues with "personal conduct" appear to be even more scary and worse than Watson's Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:33:00) Why it's okay to not care about baseball until the summer is almost over, i.e., if you haven't been paying attention the Guardians are for real contenders in the Central SpongeBob SquarePants! Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – We finally reveal the name of the restaurant in CLE we've referenced for years which we absolutely love, yet absolutely hate the music they play so much so that we often don't go because of it (begins around 1:30:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:50:00) Everyone who says they like Top Gun: Maverick is clearly under a mass Scientology spell cast by Tom Cruise, either that or they're just total suckers for the over-glorification of the 80's and films made by the Pentagon to further military recruitment Dee Haslam gets stuck in a lock groove attempting to defend Deshaun Greg Miller for Defend Cleveland introduced the idea of have a , and we run with it Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:45:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:08:00) And now you have to also worry about primary amebic meningoencephalitis... aka, brain-eating amoebas! The BIG10 announces a brand new 7 year broadcasting deal that will bring in over a billion dollars every year, and somehow they still can't pay the players who generate this unbelievable wealth, and also college tuition at these mostly public institutions are far higher than they've ever been Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/24157299

Episode 229 - The Deshaun Watson Chant We Want To Hear In Every Stadium He Plays (Including Cleveland's) 08/17/2022

Episode 229 - The Deshaun Watson Chant We Want To Hear In Every Stadium He Plays (Including Cleveland's) All terrestrial segments were recorded live on August 14th (Day 226 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on August 16th (Day 228 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – The pandemic is still a unique experience for everyone so stop acting negatively towards people who choose to always wear a mask in public. And what healthy meal could you eat every day? Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:30:00) Trump is raided by the FBI and you have to legitimately wonder at this point if there's any crime at all he could commit where he'd be held accountable for it The Jaguars fans cascaded a very audible profane chant down upon Deshaun in his first appearance on the field for the Browns, and we have a much better chant for fans who want to express their frustration at Deshaun in-stadium People's frustration with Deshaun being in Cleveland certainly hasn't seemed to have had much of a negative effect on Browns ticket sales Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Let the viewing baseball season of your Cleveland Guardians officially begin! (One of many legit reasons why waiting until now to start watching is the best way to go) (begins around 1:26:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:54:00) John Adams is not the kind of American composer we just assumed he was, and we aren't talking about the 2nd President of the United States Turns we were only right in guessing James Karinchak is unvaccinated but we still think there's a good chance Plezac isn't either Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:51:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:14:00) Ever wonder where the stuffed toy of the mascot for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa ended up? No way you guessed a claw machine at a bowling alley in Middleburg Heights, Ohio Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/24090219

Episode 228 - Got A Bad Case Of The Corn Sweats 08/10/2022

Episode 228 - Got A Bad Case Of The Corn Sweats All terrestrial segments were recorded live on August 6th (Day 218 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on August 9th (Day 221 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Defend Cleveland chooses between a world where Baker Mayfield is still QB in CLE and the current world of the Browns and Deshaun Watson, and our choice has nothing to do with football and everything to do with the Browns Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:37:00) Got a bad case of the corn sweats The never ending story continues, i.e., "a little drama in Cleveland of late" Sending someone death threats are still against the law, right? Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame, and his exhibit should list in detail every way in which he's been a scumbag his whole life, from gambling on the game, the statutory rape allegations, his being overall a gigantic insufferable assfart, as well as how many hits he accrued (begins around 1:16:00) Lachlan MacKinnon’s ‘Best of Edition’ Let Me Tell You A Story: “Bill MacKinnon's Greatest Hits” (begins around 1:33:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:40:00) What the better cheap international restaurants offer that's always better than most anything else in when dining in the outer-rim August 5th is National Oyster Day... As if that makes sense at all! The Anti-Vax Game: Guessing who on the Guardians won't be with the team when the Guardians travel to Toronto for a weekend series Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:44:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:01:00) The summer of 1982 produced 5 of the greatest Sci-Fi movies of all time even though 3 of them were considered box-office flops upon their release, but we still have those movies because our entertainment industry was a lot more willing and invested in taking a risk on creative content than it is now, and that's what sucks most about entertainment these days Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/24020736

Episode 227 - "Why Is Deshaun Watson Even On The Browns?!" (Because The Haslams Are And Continue To Be The Biggest Problem With This Team) 08/03/2022

Episode 227 - "Why Is Deshaun Watson Even On The Browns?!" (Because The Haslams Are And Continue To Be The Biggest Problem With This Team) All terrestrial segments were recorded live on July 30th (Day 211 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on August 2nd (Day 214 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – The decision on Deshaun Watson's punishment has been delivered, and most of the sports talk takes on it unsurprisingly go from the farcical to the outlandish Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:37:00) Yet more Deshaun Watson talk (yeah, we're sick of it too) Rich vs Wealthy, and rethinking the legal responses to stealing from the wealthy, especially when the rich are so disconnected and removed from every day life they're seemingly asking for it The problem with John Stewart (and it has nothing to do with his new show with the same name) Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Taylor Swift uses her private jet more than any other artist, and we also recently read that her pussy (cat) is worth $94 million (begins around 1:39:00) Lachlan MacKinnon’s ‘Best of Edition’ Let Me Tell You A Story: “The Breaks” (begins around 1:59:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 2:10:00) Fan hobos and vanity plates Due to recent events that have nothing to do with golf, we've changed our mind over LIV Golf and the golfers opting to get paid no matter where the money comes from (at least in part), and we explain specifically why that is If you could burn a website to the ground and start a revolution, you should start with Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 3:07:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:35:00) Clearchannel PSA's end up asking more questions then they answer Be ready the latest salvo in the unwinnable war on drugs by Trump and his sycophants, even if the law has already been on the books since 1994, and even though Trump boasts about getting the idea from China and its dictator Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/23953017

Episode 226 - Defend Cleveland Officially Commissions Its Own Factual Brains Album About Defend Cleveland! (Redux) 07/18/2022

Episode 226 - Defend Cleveland Officially Commissions Its Own Factual Brains Album About Defend Cleveland! (Redux) All terrestrial segments were recorded live on July 16th (Day 197 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on July 19th (Day 200 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – The Home Run Derby was great, per usual, but a rule change might be needed... Other than that Rob Manfred's and Deadspin reporter Rob Parker's offer up horribly wrong assessments on MLB and its players getting paid their just due Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:28:00) Welcome to full on summer where local corporate sport talk is still talking Browns even though the "National Pastime" isn't much of a distraction... The MLB story no one is talking about is actually its most important story, and it's a story that reflects just how broken our society is where you can't sit at the table, all your afforded is legal representation, and no one can even begin to afford that Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Turns out LIV Golf might be must watch viewing after all, and not whatsoever for the actual exchibition golf being played (begins around 1:27:00) Lachlan MacKinnon’s ‘Best of Edition’ Let Me Tell You A Story: “Collinwood SVU” (begins around 1:38:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:42:00) Timothy Loehmann continues to be and represent everything that's so systemically wrong with the police The only thing that has aged worse than 80's hair metal music are hair metal music fans and Vince Neil's voice - A full report on many of the atrocities that occured unchecked at last week's First Energy's Stadium Tour featuring the exhumed corpses of Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Poison (which at some point during lunch Joan Jett reportedly also played the bill) Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:40:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 2:58:00) The local band are our new favorite band in Cleveland, and in related news, Defend Cleveland show commissions an album (redux)! Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/23782649

Episode 225 - Even Though Our Terrestrial Robot Overlords Stopped Our Broadcast, The Show Must Go On 07/13/2022

Episode 225 - Even Though Our Terrestrial Robot Overlords Stopped Our Broadcast, The Show Must Go On All terrestrial segments were recorded live on July 9th (Day 190 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on June 12th (Day 193 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – James Webb Telescope draws into focus how much politics suck right now because of what Trumpism has ignited, and it also peering back in time 13.1 billion years ago and holds the possibilities of forever changing our understanding of the cosmos and our place within it Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:18:00) Baker is traded, and oh boy did the Browns get so very little for him, even when you compare it to what other comparable QBs have received in trade packages for them Naming your kid/dog Baker was never a good idea, nor was getting a Baker tattoo, but everyone should have known that around here and yet they did it anyway Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – It never ceases to amaze how optimistic Browns fans are this time a year, every year, and this year is no different, except instead of irrationally inflating how many games the Browns will win has been replaced by irrationally expecting Watson to be suspended very few games to no games at all (and commercial sports talk locally is definitely fueling this pathetic fire) (begins around 1:15:00) Lachlan MacKinnon’s ‘Best of Edition’ Let Me Tell You A Story: “Toilet Bowl Sunday” (begins around 1:33:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:39:00) The local band are our new favorite band in Cleveland, and in related news, Defend Cleveland show commissions an album! The story of summer league Cavs and what's to come of Colin Sexton It's the midseason mark for the Guardians and we still can't get a Ramirez jersey in anything but home white! He's also the difference between a sub .500 team and the one we were falling in love with through the middle of June before he busted his thumb Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:36:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 2:57:00) When you head to far west in CLE and WCSB turns into The River, and the threat of "contemporary Christian pop music" taking over the airwaves ensues Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/23733773

Episode 224.5 - Does Anyone Actually Know What "Spangled" Means? 07/06/2022

Episode 224 - Who's Ready To Join The Defend Cleveland Atheist Chapter Of The Satanic Temple? 06/29/2022

Episode 224 - Who's Ready To Join The Defend Cleveland Atheist Chapter Of The Satanic Temple? All terrestrial segments were recorded live on June 25th (Day 176 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on June 28th (Day 179 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Deshaun's NFL trial begins and the word "indefinite" for his possible suspension is aptly being tossed around Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:27:00) Roe v Wade is overturned, and even though it was clear this would happen after the leak previously revealed the SCOTUS' intentions, it's still hard to have fully prepared for this unprecedented and unthinkable act that's set to tear our society further apart than its been since the days of the Civil War What Stare Decisis used to mean, and how it's been rendered meaningless Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – When religious zealots discard majority opinion, decades of precedent and generations of rational thinking, sane people join The Defend Cleveland Atheist Chapter of the Satanic Temple (begins around 1:28:00) Lachlan MacKinnon’s ‘Best of Edition’ Let Me Tell You A Story: “Bathroom Of Horrors” (begins around 1:59:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 2:06:00) Exploited labor is largely how today's blockbusters are made Cavs 2022 draft is in the books, and as far as anyone can tell it sure does seem like they made the right moves and selections Tito is proving yet again you can't quite quantify "The Francona Factor" Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 3:01:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 3:22:00) When listening to metal, are you metal? Turns out that most kids and pets like Mike because he's basically the human equivalent of a Muppet character Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/23582030

Episode 223 - To One And All, May We Introduce You To The Condiment Cow 06/22/2022

Episode 223 - To One And All, May We Introduce You To The Condiment Cow All terrestrial segments were recorded live on June 18th (Day 169 of 2022), and all podcast segments were recorded lived on June 21st (Day 172 of 2022) Part 1 of 3 of the Podcast only content – With 20 of 24 cases now settled what does this mean for Deshaun as far as the NFL's reportedly planned "unprecedented" punishment for him? Terrestrial: Hour 1 (begins around 0:20:00) The news of an "unprecedented punishment" for Deshaun, and asking the hypothetical of will it ever be okay to root for Deshaun again The NFLPA's reported plan in defense of Deshaun is to point out how the league has and is disproportionately lenient towards its owners transgressions and legal issues, and it's a very valid argument to make especially when considering Dan Snyder is somehow still an owner Part 2 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Classical music, you know, "like that Beethoven sh*t", and other observations of the NHL and its fans (begins around 1:18:00) Lachlan MacKinnon’s ‘Best of Edition’ Let Me Tell You A Story: “Our Body, Ourselves” (begins around 1:39:00) Terrestrial: Hour 2 (begins around 1:44:00) Giving trust fund hippies a freebie, and hoping one of them takes the advice and starts a 24-7 reggae radio station Sharing memories of a true Cleveland legend, Rest In Peace, Pat of Pat's In The Flats Part 3 of 3 of the Podcast only content – Mollie’s Weekly Reports... (begins around 2:40:00) Terrestrial: Hour 3 (begins around 2:52:00) Don't go hoping the new part owner of the Guardians David Blitzer is going to be someone who cares about Cleveland and its fans, because he's a billionaire from Wall Street and hopefully by now (before you even listening to this segment that's all about who he really is) you already know and expect he won't be looking out for anyone or anything other than that of maximizing his investments Mollie’s Weekly Reports, terrestrial edition! All this and so much more on this episode of the Defend Cleveland Podcast. Enjoy~ This show is and forever will be dedicated to Big Mamma To contribute to this 100% listener supported show please go to our Patreon page by clicking . Check out Lachlan MacKinnon’s best selling book, Thank yous to 91.1-FM WRUW Cleveland for being home to the show, and to the city that inspires us, Cleveland, Ohio. The intro and outro to Lachlan’s segment is the song “My Summer In Traction” by the band Ohio Civil War , and it’s used with permission /episode/index/show/defendcleveland/id/23511599

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