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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 FBI, NASA, Departmen…

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 San Jose…

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, no embarrassm…

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-level researc…

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 another night where Cit…

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 somehow made the who…

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 followed a very fa…

A Space Movie That Somehow Made Science Cool and Friendship Elite Let’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 to be a movie…

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 truth, …

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 those “he…

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 something miraculou…

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 the rising …

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. That’s par…

St. Louis has developed one of the Midwest’s most varied independent podcast scenes, with shows covering local news, politics, hockey, soccer, baseball, food, business, history and culture. Some are produced by established media organizations. Othe…

There are losses. There are bad losses. And then there’s whatever that was. St. Louis City SC went west for Sunday Night Soccer and immediately decided to test a bold new defensive strategy called “let them score early and see what happens.” Spo…

This week on NFNP, we reviewed the State of the Union the only way it should be reviewed: Like it was the Super Bowl. Pre-game coverage.Live reactions.Post-game breakdown.Stat sheet.And yes, we counted who stood up. Because if politics is going t…

STL Soccer First. Always. You asked for it. Well… some of you did. And the rest of you are about to find out. City SC Posse is officially launching under the NFNPPOD umbrella, and episodes are dropping soon. Before you panic, no — this is not a…

Welcome back to Notorious Friday Night Posse Rants, Raves & Real Talk, where we tackle the things Big Media pretends are “normal.” This week, we zero in on the one bill that sticks with you longer than high school debt, bad tattoos, and that mall ha…

Episode 2x08 – Property Taxes, Processed Food & Aliens (In That Order) This week on Notorious Friday Night Posse, we tackled three things that feel unrelated… until they don’t: You might not actually own your house. Half your diet was eng…

There are two types of people on Valentine’s Day: Candlelight dinner, soft music, discussing feelings. Screaming “Until the Day I Die” at full volume with your spouse. We chose correctly. On February 14th, Story of the Year hosted th…

The Weekly News Roundup That Made Us Question Reality At some point, America stopped feeling like a country and started feeling like a Netflix series written by three interns and a conspiracy subreddit. Welcome to this week’s news. Grab a drink. …

At some point, America turned into House of Cards, except with worse writers and no plan past the next episode. Everyone’s mic’d up, everything’s being recorded, and somehow the plot holes keep getting bigger. Welcome to Kramerica Industries. This…

“I Use Progressive. I Don’t Use American Family.” Episode 2x04 Recap: GDP Flexes, Families Collapse, Snow Panic Ensues This episode started the same way America feels right now: tired, annoyed, and one unexpected bodily function away from losing i…