This week on the podcast, Cory and Rob get back on the mics for the first time in a long time and catch up with what has been happening including Cory's wedding, the WGA and SAG strikes, and why did Rob leave California? We also talk about a Bobby Bonilla day for generations to come. Tune in!OTA Podcast Episode 400: OTA 400Find more O The Anthem OT…

This week on the podcast, Thanksgiving is over but Cory's family was in town to meet the baby, and Rob got his own bundle of joy in the way of a PS5. On to the news, which is all bad news this week. The Omicron variant is raising levels of concern before we have the full picture. In the courts we have the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial and the verdict in …

This week on the podcast, It's Thanksgiving week which of course means the Christmas people are showing up early and trying to ruin it. In a follow up to last week, we talk about the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, as well as the near end of the Killing of Ahmaud Arbury and the Unite the Right civil trial. We close up with a talk about Covid …

This week on the podcast, Cory is home with his daughter, and explains the whole experience of her first week on earth. We then go straight to the courts where Kyle Rittinghouse, the Ahmaud Arbery murder case, and the civil case in Charlottesville are all over the news. In other stories, we discuss IATSE narrowly passing a new 3 year agreement, inf…

This week on the podcast, Cory's daughter Casey was born this weekend, and in this special prerecorded episode the guys share their thoughts on her arrival. We talk about our childhoods, and what Cory hopes to do for his daughter. Think of it like a time capsule for his daughter to remember the time right before she joined him. Support Rob in No Sh…

This week on the podcast, Rob is participating in No Shave November (link down below!). We also look at the state of Covid, with Jen Psaki testing positive and the death rates remaining high around the nation. In politics it looks like we could be getting closer to a vote on the Build Back Better agenda, while Biden meets with the Pope before going…

This week on the podcast, we start with confirmation from last week that Brian Laundrie's body was found in Florida before talking about the tragic death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. Cory talks about his own experience with guns on set, before a broader conversation about crew safety, and how it might run along the current IATSE negotiati…

This week on the podcast, we discuss the death of Colin Powell and the complicated legacy he had left behind. We also talk about the far-left swing from Pope Francis that is a refreshing change of pace from the Catholic Church of old. We also discuss the latest with IATSE and other related labor strikes from around the country. In Covid news, J&J e…

This week on the podcast, we start in Sportsball where the Ravens have a huge comeback win over the Colts on Monday Night Football, and Jon Gruden e-mails leak which show a long history of racism, sexism, and homophobia. We ask when we can expect to see more e-mails from other higher ups in the league, and wonder if we will see Kyrie Irving at all …

This week on the podcast, Facebook's outage is the least of their problems as a whistleblower has exposed internal conversations that detail facebook's knowledge of how troublesome their product is. We also get into the Pandora Papers, the IATSE strike authorization, the oil spill off the coast of Southern California, the Supreme Court heads into a…

This week on the podcast, Cory is back from up north after celebrating his brother's wedding. We talked about that and all the news from the week including R. Kelly being found guilty of racketeering. Washington will be busy avoiding a shutdown, raising the debt ceiling, and passing the infrastructure bills. In Arizona Biden actually gains votes in…

This week on the podcast, we start in politics where Gavin Newsom escapes the recall effort and a Justice for January 6th rally is sparsely attended amongst insurrectionists. Then we take a page out of the Nancy Grace playbook and talk about the Murdaugh family saga, the disappearence of Gabby Petito, and finally we touch on the Robert Durst guilty…

This week on the podcast, We open the show talking about performative politics, and Rob has an unexpected reaction to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Met Gala. After that we dive in deep on the California recall while Cory is trying to decide what to do with his ballot the hour before the deadline to turn it in. We also look back on the retrospecti…

This week on the podcast, we discuss the end around of the Supreme Court that happened with the recent Texas abortion ban. We talk about how the court came to the ruling, and what it means long term for the future of abortion nationally. We then look back on the last couple of years of endless crisis and try and make sense of it all. Finally, we cl…

This week on the podcast, Hurricane Ida pounds New Orleans 16 years to the day that Katrina hit shore. We talk about how things have changed since then and how they have gotten worse. After that we turn our eyes to Afghanistan where suicide bombers attack the airport and the US responds with a drone strike, and with that officially ends the incursi…

This week on the podcast, Cory found out that he is going to be a father, and Rob mocks him mercilessly for that. In the news, Afghanistan is still a mess, and we break down the latest in the California recall election of Gavin Newsom. In the latest Covid news, Pfizer's vaccine is fully approved by the FDA, and Trump goes for another super spreader…

This week on the podcast, Mike Lindell promised Trump would be re-instated on August 13 and clearly that didn't happen, troops are pulled out of Afghanistan and the Taliban take over the Presidential palace almost immediately, and Haiti is hit with a devastating earthquake. Locally, it might be time for the Los Angeles City Council to do some soul …

This week on the podcast, we talk about how overwhelmingly successful vaccines have been with full FDA approval right around the corner. In places where Covid is at it's highest we discuss the approach of Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, who may have been Nero in a past life. Next, we discuss Andrew Cuomo (recorded prior to his resignation), the job o…

This week on the podcast, we talk about the jam-packed lollapalooza concert in Chicago, and why Delta variant concerns have the guys worried about events like that. In other covid news, Lindsey Graham tests positive, and the US finally passes 70% vaccinations, with increases coming from places that have the highest Covid rates. In other news, Trump…

This week on the podcast, Republicans finally come around on the vaccine as cases continue to rise around the country. 50 days out from the California recall and Gavin Newsom orders all state employees to get vaccinated or show a negative test every week. We also discuss the start of the January 6 commission, and the first jail sentences are coming…

This week on the podcast, Jeff Bezos is shot into space and America grips with another wave of covid cases all across the country, including 10,000 in Los Angeles County alone. We also discuss the dust up between Rand Paul and Dr. Fauci, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene don't have a fun California adventure, and the mid terms loom as the Senat…

This week on the podcast, we start by talking about Trey Mancini in the Home Run Derby and the MLB All Star Game. Then we talk about a new poll that has optimism among Americans at an all time high, we merely ask how this could be possible. After that, the latest with covid, and a billionaire space race. We finish with the latest in the world of po…

This week on the podcast, we start by talking about the July 4th weekend where fireworks go hand in hand with fireworks accidents. After that we discuss the latest results of climate change, such as wildfires, high temperatures in the Artic, and the Gulf of Mexico is on fire. We close with Marjorie Taylor Greene's self-own, Trump quoting someone he…

This week on the podcast, we start in Minnesota where Derek Chauvin gets 22 and a half years in jail for the murder of George Floyd. After that, we talk about the latest in the Free Britney movement including her words and what they could mean to her conservatorship, and Rudy Giuliani loses the ability to practice in New York. We end with more on t…

This week on the podcast, we start with some Supreme Court decisions on the NCAA, the ACA, and religion before going deep into a bunch of Sportsball. Jacob DeGrom and Shohei Ohtani are doing things we have never seen before, the third big cheating scandal of our lifetime with pitchers and foreign substances, and the NFL's first openly gay player. O…

This week on the podcast, we talk about a bombshell report from ProPublica that details specifically how the richest people in America horde wealth and avoid taxes. Back in Maryland, Fells Point business owners threaten to withhold taxes, the Baltimore police will soon encrypt their police radios, and police abuse in Ocean City trends online with t…

This week on the podcast, Cory is back from Baltimore and the guys have a wide-ranging discussion about what things are like back home, including cicadas, a poorly attended Orioles game, and the state of covid in the Old Line State. OTA Podcast Episode 374: Back from Charm City Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthem.com facebook.com/OTheAnthem twitter.c…

This week on the podcast, Cory is back home in Maryland for the week, so we have a special episode with producer Roberto joining us as we do a commentary on the legendary comedy "The Naked Gun." You can find the movie on Netflix, and watch along with us as we talk all about it. OTA Podcast Episode 373: The Naked Gun Find more O The Anthem OTheAnthe…

This week on the podcast, Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to say outrageous things, the primary opponent for Liz Cheney admits to something shocking on the State House floor, and Virgin Galactic takes off but was it worth the hype. Next, we talk about the latest out of New York with investigations into the Trump Organization showing they might hav…

This week on the podcast, we continue our conversation from last week about mounting tensions in Israel and Palestine, and what the path forward looks like for the region. After that we take a look at Mississippi jurisprudence with the state supreme court overthrowing a ballot measure on medicinal marijuana over a technicality, and the US Supreme C…

This week on the podcast, the FDA is looking to move forward with a menthol cigarettes ban and Cory has some thoughts on the whole thing. After that, we talk about the ransomware attack on a US oil pipeline, the Ramadan attack, Liz Cheney out with the GOP, and our thoughts on dogecoin and cryptocurrency investing. We close out the show with the lat…

This week on the podcast, what's $4 trillion amongst friends as we discuss the American Jobs Act and on the other side we tackle the disarray in the GOP. In the latest COVID news, the CDC releases new guidelines that loosen restrictions and outdoor mask mandates at the same time that health experts worry we might not reach herd immunity in the Unit…

This week on the podcast, we start by reacting to the end of the Derek Chauvin trial before discussing the case of Andrew Brown Jr. and what qualified immunity means to a path to justice in the future. We also get to a second amendment case coming to the Supreme Court, and the Recall Election for Gavin Newsom is on, with people like Caitlyn Jenner …

This week on the podcast, closing arguments are over in the Derek Chauvin trial and we speculate on what could happen in the jury room. After that, we talk about Joe Biden announcing troops being pulled out of Afghanistan at the end of a generational war, and the return of mass shootings with incidents every day for the last week. Finally, we discu…

This week on the podcast, Cory visits San Francisco and Rob is going to get his shot this week. Our focus then shifts like the rest of the nation to Minnesota, as the police killing of Daunte Wright has raised tensions at the same time the Derek Chauvin trial is taking place just ten miles away. We break them both down, also the repeal of the Law E…

This week on the podcast, we start by recapping the HBO documentary Q: Into the Storm and discuss what we think the film could have used more of. In the news, we break down the first week of the Derek Chauvin trial, we set a new travel record during the age of Covid, Matt Gaetz is in some serious trouble, and we discuss the idea of social media bei…

This week on the podcast, we start off with the blocking of the Suez Canal before coming back into Los Angeles to discuss the situation with homelessness taking place in Echo Park for the past week. After that we talk about the start of the Derek Chauvin trial in the killing of George Floyd and what our thoughts are on the case going forward. We al…

This week on the podcast, we start in Atlanta where a gunman killed eight people: six of them Asian women. We break down the state of hate crime and gun rights legislation before talking about Joe Biden acting a little like Gerald Ford and a little like Barack Obama this week. We also talk about Kylie Jenner and the responsibility of the absurdly w…

This week on the podcast, Cory has an appointment to get his vaccine and the South Park Vaccination Special is speaking truth to Rob. In the news, Biden has a prime-time address announcing more eligibility for vaccines starting May 1st. In addition, Gavin Newsom gives the state of the state address and we discuss the state of the recall, and will T…

This week on the podcast, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passes, but the shine fades quick because the $15 minimum wage bill is hijacked by Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. In the meantime, all the right leaning media can talk about is Dr. Suess. Oprah sits down for an interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry that has us asking why the …

This week on the podcast, we discuss this weekend's Golden Globes and the revelations that were no members of color in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. After that we talk about the compounding problems of Andrew Cuomo as sexual harassment claims bubble up this past week. We also touch on CPAC, and what this means for the future of the GOP g…

This week on the podcast, we spend some time up top talking about the death of Rush Limbaugh and why some people's end is celebrated. On the topic of deplorable people, Ted Cruz goes to Cancun while the people of Texas suffer through an awful winter storm, and what AOC and Beto O'Rourke have done to fill the gap. In covid news, there are delays in …

This week on the podcast, we start with fallout from last week's episode, and Cory talks about a new movie he worked on being released (Never and Again on BET+) and finishing the draft on his screenplay. After that, we break down the second Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump and how it is the height of political theater. We talk about both sides of …

This week on the podcast, we talk about Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning Super Bowl 55 and all the hoopla that went along with it. We break down the game, the commercials, and the halftime show by the Weeknd. After that we preview the upcoming Impeachment trial of Donald Trump and the latest news in Washington including the latest on …

This week on the podcast, we start the show by breaking down the stock market with the gamestop story and try to help explain to how and why this happened. In politics, Trump is having trouble finding lawyers for his upcoming impeachment trial, and a good amount of the people who stormed the capitol didn't even vote. Next, we discuss the dawn of a …

This week on the podcast, California Governor Gavin Newsom ends the stay at home order and the guys wonder if it has anything to do with the mounting recall effort. After that, we look ahead at the first 100 days of the Biden administration, the house sends over Trump's article of impeachment, SCOTUS denies Maryland's emolument case, and Matt Talle…

This week on the podcast, we talk about MLK day and how one can be of service. Then we discuss the Inauguration and the tens of thousands of troops in Washington right now, before an in depth discussion about the future of the Republican party after Trump's second Impeachment. Before we wrap up we discuss the latest in the coronavirus pandemic and …

This week on the podcast, for the first time since 1814 the Capitol was breached, this time by American citizens riled up by Donald Trump creating an angry, violent mob that has lead to five deaths. We get into all the details of the attack against the citadel of American democracy, and after that we talk about the fallout including the second impe…

This week on the podcast, Georgia is set to vote on the final election of the 2020 season between Kelly Loeffler and Raphael Warnock, and Jon Ossoff and David Perdue, with control of the senate on the line. In other politics news, Trump is in hot water for another phone call at the same time that Josh Hawley, 12 other Senators, and 140 congressmen …

This week on the podcast, we talk about New Years and resolutions with 2021 coming this week (Thank God). Next we discuss how the Nashville bombing prompted people to need answers, and how Marco Rubio is a huge hypocrite. In covid news, the US had it's busiest travel day of the year as cases explode with even more cases expected in the beginning of…