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Have you ever wanted to craft the perfect horror film a la NFL fantasy draft or assign A Tribe Called Quest albums to their corresponding “Seinfeld” characters? Well, now you can with Know Your Role(s)! Join your favorite neighborhood bartenders, comedian George Gordon (“Your Good Friend”) and writer David Kleinman (“On the Way North”), for a workshop of words where “knowing your roles” means finding unexpected connections across all your favorite mixed media from film and television to music, literature, sports, and beyond! Sit down with special guests like musician and Jawbreaker frontman Blake Schwarzenbach, celebrated comedian Josh Gondelman, and “Eye of the Majestic Creature” series creator and cartoonist Leslie Stein for pop culture party games and barstool banter, bringing you the contextualization that’s sweeping the nation!
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Saturday Oct 17, 2020
Saturday Oct 17, 2020
KYR is thrilled to have our second guest The Professional Gambler Joel Walkowski of the Props Network. Joel schools George and Dave on some of the ins and outs of betting large sums of money on sports for a living. After a wide ranging convo the three take two of Joel’s favorite things, the championship Pistons and the Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad universe, and draw correlations between memorable members.
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Inspiration and heroic acts come from all over as George and Dave share some moments in history both athletic and their own as they recall some legendary feats. The memories spur some interesting comparisons from masked men to a guy that just wanted to be addressed by his name George celebrates a special date and more on this weeks Know Your Role(s)
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
Saturday Oct 03, 2020
The special bonds and banter on display from some of our favorite announcing teams remind us of duos such as the rappers that brought you bangers like "da Rockwilder" or fictional characters Mike Lowry and Marcus Burnett. Playoffs!? (and Finals) are chatter on the bar as well as a quick run down of recent events. It’s all happening y’all, this week on Know Your Role(s).
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Saturday Sep 26, 2020
Baseball clubs hungry to win a ring in a bizarre season and movies that largely take place in High Schools are the items up for comparisons on this weeks show. The guys look at players and actors primed for success on the big stage and squads and casts where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. "Changing the model", College Football, and most importantly what to do with unwanted bike sweat are covered on episode eight of Know Your Role(s).
Friday Sep 18, 2020
Friday Sep 18, 2020
KYR is happy to welcome our first guest, Brett Haley, director of "All The Bright Places", "Hearts Beat Loud", "The Hero" and others, to the pod for something a little bit different. After a wide ranging chat the guys cast roles for a heist flick with NFL players in a fantasy style snake draft. Re openings, a glut of sports, and more on this weeks episode.
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
In a return to talking about things we like, the guys connect some great movies with "deep benches" to memorable seasons for some their favorite teams. The comparisons fly as they cover playoff intensity, controversies in both the sports and film worlds and some underrated performances. The reopening of New York City is on the bar and George helps Dave pare down his streaming queues on episode 6 of Know Your Role(s).
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
If Daniel Snyder were an awful song he would be...? Join us as the guys compare some of the questionable men that govern sports teams to music they don't particularly enjoy listening to. A few memorials and a bit of tennis talk fill out this weeks show.
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Does former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg resemble an athlete in any way? Well, we say yes and the who and why may surprise you! We are talking conventions, oh boy. Tune is as the hosts take aim at some speakers from the DNC and RNC's to make some comparisons and have some laughs while also calling out some political hypocrisy and dangerous rhetoric. Strap in and enjoy.
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
What NBA team personifies the movie, "Raising Arizona"? Or the album "OK. Computer"? On episode three, George and Dave talk bud, tv pilots, and all things basketball as they make comparisons between Eastern and Western Conference postseason teams to some of their favorite films and records from some of their favorite artists.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Who's the John McClane of rap? Or the Ellen Ripley of sports skippers? George and Dave answer those queries and more as they take a look into one of their favorite film genres while making some interesting comparisons.