Episodes

CITY and FC Dallas enter Sunday night with the exact same record and the exact same number of points. Somebody has a chance to separate themselves. St. Louis CITY SC is riding a 12-match unbeaten run across all competitions after knocking off Houston 2-1 at Energizer Park, but the celebration came with another major roster change: Eduard Löwen is officially headed to San Jose. Bright and Kev break down the Houston win, Simon Becher's opener, Dante Polvara's late winner, Roman Bürki's big saves...

Want the St. Louis OnlyFans story? Jump to 28:17. Bitcoin is ripping again, so Duds starts us down the money rabbit hole and somehow we end up discussing fiat currency, investing, GameStop and a $20,000 refrigerator. Then we get into TLC’s new St. Louis-based Double Lives of Suburban Wives. Former teachers, suburban parents, adult-content careers, student loans and some absolutely wild money. But that leads to the bigger question: did America go from one household income, to two incomes, to n...

St. Louis CITY SC is still unbeaten, but the feeling after Kansas City w/ Houston looming is weird. Bright and Kev break down CITY’s frustrating 1-1 draw at Sporting KC, a match that technically earned a road point but emotionally felt like a loss. They discuss Kansas City’s 18 shots, CITY’s lack of attacking rhythm, Löwen’s deflected free-kick goal, Becher earning the foul, Sang-Bin’s crossbar chance, Wallem’s rough rating, Durkin’s yellow-card suspension, and why CITY was lucky Sporting KC s...

Bright and Duds are back for NFNP 2x28, and this week the guys continue their accidental trilogy on why modern adulthood feels broken. First it was housing. Then it was the scam economy. Now it is college debt. The episode starts with peak NFNP energy: Imo’s pizza, Urban Chestnut Zwickel, back-to-school chaos, family schedules, end-of-summer vacations, Innsbrook memories, fake IDs, and old-school college stories. Then the fake ID talk becomes the perfect bridge into one of the dumbest alleged...

It is game day, and City SC Posse is back after last week’s power-outage podcast disaster. Bright and Kev preview St. Louis CITY SC’s Wednesday night rivalry matchup against Sporting Kansas City, with CITY riding a club-record 10-match unbeaten run across all competitions. They break down why this is a huge opportunity for CITY to finally win at Sporting Park, why SKC’s poor form makes this an expected win, and why rivalry games are never as simple as the standings suggest. The guys ...

Bright and Duds are back for NFNP 2x27, and this week the question is simple: Is everything a scam now? After the success of the Mark Greaves housing episodes, the guys roll straight into another piece of modern American misery: the scam economy and the daily admin tax of being alive. Fraud is not just stolen credit cards anymore. It is fake texts, fake toll notices, fake package alerts, fake fraud alerts, identity theft, hacked accounts, medical bills you cannot understand, collections calls...

Original NFNP member Mark Greaves returns for Part 2, and this time the guys finally get into the housing conversation. Bright, Duds and Mark break down one of the biggest questions facing regular people right now: Can anyone actually afford a house anymore? Mark brings his mortgage experience to the table as the guys compare the housing market of 2019 to today: home prices, mortgage rates, monthly payments, insurance, income, inflation, first-time buyer age, student loans and why so many you...

St. Louis CITY SC is no longer just trying to survive the season. CITY is 7th, climbing, and suddenly staring at a massive opportunity against Real Salt Lake. On this episode of City SC Posse, Bright and Kev switch up the usual format and start with the Real Salt Lake preview before circling back to the Colorado recap. CITY sits on 25 points with an even goal differential, while Real Salt Lake is one of the teams directly ahead in the Western Conference. A win could push CITY into a much more s...

Original NFNP member Mark Greaves is back with the Posse. Bright and Duds welcome Mark Greaves, a childhood friend, Ohio State volleyball alum, mortgage expert, business owner, podcaster and founder of Tithe Lending, for Part 1 of a two-part conversation. The guys start with old NFNP energy, Rush concert talk, growing up in St. Louis, moving away to Ohio and never really coming back. From there, the conversation turns into Bitcoin, crony capitalism, inflation, big tech, faith, business burnout...

St. Louis CITY SC is no longer just playing better. CITY is officially climbing. On this episode of City SC Posse, Bright and Kev recap CITY’s 3-1 road win over LA Galaxy, a result that pushed St. Louis into 8th place in the Western Conference and continued one of the hottest runs of form in MLS. Bright opens by welcoming new listeners and explaining what City SC Posse is all about: casual fan reaction, the eye test, match impressions, standings, stadium experience, and the moments fans actuall...

AI is loose. Money is fake. The system is rigged. And St. Louis finally figured out how to spend the Rams cash. Bright and Duds are back for NFNP 2x24, starting with a mid-summer blah mood before spiraling into quarter-life crises, useless degrees, AI taking over work, and the possibility that artificial intelligence is already breaking out of the box. The guys get into a wild AI story involving a sandbox, hacking, online access and the kind of “oops” moment that sounds like the opening scene ...

City SC Posse is back for Episode 20, and suddenly the season feels alive again. Bright and Kev start by thanking everyone who watched, listened, shared, and supported the Wrexham AFC bonus episode, which became the show’s biggest episode so far. After the original Wrexham story, the stolen rental car, the missing souvenirs, and Wrexham AFC replacing the entire order, the bonus episode brought in thousands of streams and new listeners to NFNPPOD and City SC Posse. Then it is back to St. Louis ...

A St. Louis CITY fan wore his CITY kit to Wrexham, visited The Fat Boar, the Racecourse, the Club Shop, and The Turf, then had his rental car stolen with all the Wrexham merch inside. After reading the blog, Wrexham AFC replaced the entire order and now Bright is a fan for life! Read the blog at NFNPPOD.com/blog/wrexham/

Part 2 of our July NFNP hangout episode is here — and somehow, this one turned into a prophecy. Bright and Duds continue the conversation from last week with St. Louis sports, the Cardinals, Jordan Walker, CITY SC frustration, downtown St. Louis curfews, fireworks chaos, families feeling unsafe after major events, and the question of whether the city is finally getting serious about enforcing basic rules downtown. Then the guys circle back to last week’s interview with Texas bail att...

City SC Posse is finally back from the World Cup break, and Bright and Kev are ready to remember what St. Louis CITY SC soccer felt like before international soccer took over everyone’s brains. The guys start with a quick World Cup reset, Team USA frustration, and the relief of getting back to Energizer Park. CITY enters the restart in 12th place, still outside the playoff line, but close enough that the next stretch matters. With Sporting KC, LA Galaxy, and Colorado coming up, CITY has a ...

Bright comes to the NFNP from a hotel room in Minot, North Dakota, where even buying beer is more complicated than it should be. That opens the door to a conversation about strange liquor laws, Missouri freedom, college beer runs, blue laws and why St. Louis remains one of the easiest places in America to find a drink. From there, Bright and Duds recap Fourth of July weekend: fireworks, neighborhood war zones, BBQ, pork burnt ends, smokers, deep-fried turkey and the kind of holiday chaos that m...

A Texas murder suspect posted a $1 million bond, surrendered his passport and was placed on GPS monitoring. Then, according to authorities, Lee Gilley cut off his ankle monitor late on a Friday, traveled from Texas into Canada and boarded a flight to Italy using a false passport. The monitor reportedly detected the tampering. The surrounding system reportedly did not respond until roughly 60 hours later. On NFNP 2x21, Matt and Duds are joined by Texas bail attorney Ken W. Good, a board member ...

America is turning 250—but how has the breakup with Britain worked out? Bright and Duds revisit some of the lesser-known history behind American independence, including why July 2, July 4 and August 2 all matter, how long the Revolutionary War actually lasted and why the Founders’ first attempt at a national government failed. They examine the design that followed: the House, Senate, presidency, courts, federalism and a system deliberately built to prevent any single person or political factio...

Are the protests we see on television genuine grassroots movements—or strategic campaigns designed to create attention? This week, Bright and Duds sit down with Adam Swart, founder and CEO of Crowds on Demand, for an inside look at the business of modern activism, organized demonstrations, political influence, and public persuasion. Adam explains how participants are recruited and vetted, why he believes paid crowds can sometimes represent the “silent majority,” how his company decides which c...

Did we call it? This week the Posse revisits several stories we've covered over the last few months and checks in on what happened next. Spencer Pratt's surprising Los Angeles mayoral campaign continues gaining momentum as voters head to the polls. The Iran conflict enters Day 94 with ceasefire talks, oil concerns, and questions about what comes next. A missing Los Alamos scientist case takes another bizarre turn after investigators discover remains in an area that had already been searched. ...

St. Louis CITY SC is two wins from a trophy, and somehow this all started with a school-night family outing that turned into penalty shootout madness. In this episode of City SC Posse, Bright and Kev recap CITY’s wild U.S. Open Cup quarterfinal win over Houston Dynamo at Energizer Park. Bright was there with the whole family, and the night delivered everything: cheap tickets, general admission energy, long concession lines, kids running on popcorn and ice cream, Franky joining the unofficial Ta...

Duds is off living his best life in Greece, so this week Bright and Nilla take the wheel for a very NFNP episode that starts with end-of-school chaos, melted popsicles, kid vomit, foxes in the backyard, dog bills, and somehow ends up in tick conspiracies, Oak Island treasure theories, and shirtless Cardinals fans. The main topic is Alpha-gal Syndrome, also known as the red meat allergy, a bizarre and potentially serious condition linked to tick bites. The guys talk through how a tiny tick can a...

St. Louis CITY SC had a chance to prove something in D.C. After beating Colorado on the road and LAFC at home, CITY entered Saturday with real momentum, a chance at three straight MLS wins, and an opportunity to climb closer to the playoff line. Instead, they scored first, sat too deep, gave up a 90th-minute equalizer, survived a stoppage-time offside goal, and left with a 1-1 draw that felt like one point earned, two points dropped, and a small emotional incident report. In Episode 17 of City...

CITY SC Posse is back, and for once, we get to talk about a road win. St. Louis CITY SC went to Colorado, won 1-0, scored first, kept a clean sheet, and somehow made all of it feel slightly illegal. Sang-Bin Jeong got the start, made the run, finished the breakaway, and gave CITY the kind of direct attacking moment fans have been begging for. Roman Bürki stayed solid, the defense survived, Colorado missed a late sitter that may still be orbiting the Denver skyline, and CITY walked away with thr...