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Unbeaten, Unsatisfied, and Mildly Twitching: St. Louis CITY SC went to D.C. on Saturday night with a chance to do something they have not done in a long time: win three MLS matches in a row and make us all act irresponsibly hopeful. After the road w…

Pregame Hope, Please Keep Hands Inside the Ride: St. Louis CITY SC heads to Washington, D.C. on Saturday with something we have not been able to say much this season: momentum. Real momentum. Not “we played okay for 28 minutes and then emotion…

One of the richest places in human history somehow feels like the opening scene of a dystopian HBO series. That was the core takeaway from our recent NFNPPOD episode, where we dove headfirst into California’s fires, homelessness crisis, six-do…

Post-Match Optimism, Please Use Responsibly: St. Louis CITY SC beat LAFC 2-1 on Wednesday night, and I am not saying I have emotionally healed from the last several months of soccer-related nonsense. But I am saying this: back-to-back MLS wins, a fi…

Road Win Therapy, Now Available in Limited Quantities: St. Louis CITY SC went to Colorado on Saturday night and won 1-0, which is a sentence that feels weird to type without immediately checking for a typo. It was the first away win for CITY in MLS …

Pregame Apathy, Now With Altitude: St. Louis CITY SC plays Colorado tonight, and yes, on paper, this is a winnable game. Colorado is sitting around 9th in the West, which means they are not exactly an unstoppable soccer death machine. They are not t…

The Job Description Nobody Talks About Being President of the United States is sold as power, prestige, and Air Force One. What it actually includes, historically, is a non-zero chance someone is going to try to kill you. Not metaphorically. Not pol…

Monday Morning Apathy Has Entered the Chat: St. Louis CITY SC went to Austin on Sunday afternoon for what was supposed to be one of those “beatable opponent” games and lost 2-0, because apparently the word “beatable” was bein…

Survive and Advance, Baby: St. Louis CITY SC went to Chicago for the U.S. Open Cup Round of 16 and somehow came back with a 2-1 win, which feels both encouraging and deeply confusing, like finding a twenty-dollar bill in pants you were about t…

The Posse Returns, And Apparently So Does the Federal Government: We took one week off, came back with beer, and somehow the story we covered last episode had gone from “internet weirdos with red string and browser tabs” to “the FB…

The Turning Point That Wasn’t: For about three magical minutes on Saturday night, CITYPARK felt like it was about to shake loose from the earth and launch itself directly into the Mississippi. St. Louis CITY SC had just flipped the match on Sa…

Well, That Was a Public Beating: St. Louis City SC went into Seattle needing a real road performance and instead delivered the soccer version of getting stuffed into a locker in front of the whole class. The final score is going to say 4-1, which is…

Business Handled… But Let’s Not Throw a Parade: CITY took care of business with a clean, no-drama 4-0 win over FC Tulsa and punched a ticket to the Round of 16. Exactly what should happen when an MLS team hosts a USL side. No nonsense, …

Update: We recorded this episode at 8… it’s now up to 10. Totally normal. Nothing to see here. Please continue scrolling.Seriously though, since we hit record, the list of missing or dead scientists tied to NASA, Los Alamos, and high-…

Another Road Draw, Another Mixed Bag, Another Night of “Almost:” St. Louis City SC walks out of Dallas with a 1-1 draw, and honestly, that feels about right. Not a robbery. Not a collapse. Not exactly a statement either. Just anothe…

Let’s start with the obvious, this episode had big “two guys at the bar solve the universe” energy from the jump. Nilla was out dealing with an emergency vet situation, so it was just Bright and Duds holding down the fort, which so…

Late Drama Saves a Flat Night… But the Problems Are Still There: As I’m writing this in real time, deep into stoppage time in New York City, this felt like another long, frustrating night for St. Louis. For 90+ minutes, this match follo…

A Space Movie That Somehow Made Science Cool and Friendship EliteLet’s start with the obvious, I’ve been waiting for this movie like a kid waiting for Christmas. I read Project Hail Mary about a year ago and immediately knew this had t…

The core problem is you are not the customer, you are the product. Social media platforms love to position themselves as connection tools, but let’s not kid ourselves, they are attention-harvesting machines. The algorithm does not care about t…

This is exactly the kind of win that resets everything… or at least gives you permission to believe again for a few days.Saturday night at Energizer Park, City SC finally remembered how to score goals, and not just one of th…

St. Louis City SC fans are running out of patience, and honestly, it’s hard to blame them. We’re writing this in the dying minutes of the match and the story has already been written. City is about to drop another one, and unless somethi…

Every once in a while the Notorious Friday Night Posse sets out to record a podcast about current events… and accidentally stumbles into something educational.This week was one of those times.What started as a casual discussion about…

First things first, a quick thank you to everyone who has been listening to City SC Posse these first few weeks. We’re only a handful of episodes in and already seeing people tuning in, sending messages, and even chirping us a bit online.…

St. Louis has quietly built one of the most diverse podcast scenes in the Midwest. From political commentary to sports banter, true crime to culture deep dives, STL creators are carving out serious audio territory in 2026.Whether you’re look…