It's week 1 in college football! The Bad Take Cast is back to give you game and conference champion predictions, plus a chat with our guest picker, Samuel Craig.Par Dunderhead Sports

Heath and Cade are in studio tonight discussing all the recent and not so recent happenings within college football.Par Dunderhead Sports

The fans are back to talk about the beauty of EA's venture back into college athletics.Par Dunderhead Sports

The Bad Take Podcast is back! The fans discuss potential playoff scenarios within college football.Par Dunderhead Sports

In this episode, Ethan bets he could beat Mystic Dan in a foot race and says that a human could make a 75 yard field goal in an in game situation.Par Dunderhead Sports

Coach Cal, OJ, Reggie Bush's Heisman! We talk it all (and more!) in the latest episode of The Bad Take Podcast.Par Dunderhead Sports

The gang breaks down the men's and women's final four weekend. Plus, they update the standings for the bracket challenge and talk a little Arkansas basketball and baseball.Par Dunderhead Sports

As we head into NCAA Tournament, Cade, Honey and Heath go through the exact method to curate the first ever perfect bracket in March Madness History.Par Dunderhead Sports

A sports podcast discussing a movie? Yes.Par Dunderhead Sports

Caitlin Clark, Darren Mcfadden, the Stanford Cardinal. We talk it all in the latest episode of the Bad Take Podcast.Par Dunderhead Sports

Do yourself a favor and listen to Fade Into You by Mazzy Star before listening to this episode for an enhanced experience.Par Dunderhead Sports

After months of discussing nothing but football, the Bad Take podcast dives headfirst into the wonderful world of college basketball.Par Dunderhead Sports

The great Nick Saban has retired, and we bid him farewell on the latest episode of The Bad Take Podcast. We also discuss the national championship and give our way too early 46-50.Par Dunderhead Sports

It's a question that's been asked for years: How would the Holy Trinity do in the sport of college football? Cade breaks it down for us.Par Dunderhead Sports

Ethan, Cade and Heath discuss the gimmicks of bowl season that make it so special.Par Dunderhead Sports

Will Chamblee joins the show to discuss more of the implications of the playoff committee's omission of FSU from the final four. Plus, a brief conversation about Arkansas' offseason hires.Par Dunderhead Sports

As I sit here writing this, I am still stunned by the final playoff rankings for the 2023 college football season. We live in an unfair world with unfair practices.Par Dunderhead Sports

Raw and Uncut.Par Dunderhead Sports

Arron Oliver joins the show, and Cade is unhinged!Par Dunderhead Sports

Cade plays a game on his phone while we are recording a podcast. An absolute gut punch to the editors of this show.Par Dunderhead Sports

On this week's episode, the fans discuss the implications of the Michigan cheating scandal, Dabo Swinney, conference races and game picks!Par Dunderhead Sports

In this week's episode, the fans recap week 8 of the 2023 college football season. Then, Heath and Cade sit down with Cade's brother, Cole, to discuss the ongoing struggles for the Arkansas football team (23:58)Par Dunderhead Sports

Apparently there is a bitter rivalry between Liberty and James Madison fans for Virginia football supremacy. Who knew?Par Dunderhead Sports

We can't tell you anything about the Louisville Cardinals, except that they are 6-0! The same thing can't be said about the Miami Hurricanes.Par Dunderhead Sports

Please listen to us spiral as we talk about Arkansas Razorback football.Par Dunderhead Sports

After a week full of big time matchups and exciting action, the fans start the podcast by processing their woahs as Arkansas fans.Par Dunderhead Sports

We talk ball, we talk bbq and we talk insects.Par Dunderhead Sports

In this episode, Miami Superfan Isaiah Newburn provides a hypothetical involving three world class football players and a popular deli meat.Par Dunderhead Sports

The fans take you on a cross-country journey of week 1 college football action. Guest picker Drew Watzke joins the show to provide his insight on dark horse national championship teams.Par Dunderhead Sports

Week Zero analysis. Predictions for Week One. Discussion on Cade's glasses.Par Dunderhead Sports

College Football is back, and the fans of the game discuss upcoming week zero action, plus drafting of their all time college football players.Par Dunderhead Sports

The 2023-24 College Football season is almost upon us. Stay tuned for great content from the fans at Dunderhead Sports.Par Dunderhead Sports

In this episode, joined by Rajni Gamage, we discuss the nature of elite politics in Sri Lanka in the context of the current crisis. We explore what scope there is for a new politics of solidarity and social transformation through the people's protests and the shifts in elite politics this would entail. Rajni is a politics researcher based in Colomb…

On this episode, we're joined by linguist Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero based in Granada, Spain. She was in Sri Lanka for some months last year, studying extreme speech online. She has also studied graffiti and "wall art" in Spanish and other European cities. This is a deep dive into her findings. Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero is a lecturer at the Universi…

On this episode, we're joined by Sri Lankan astronomer Mahesh Herath who made headlines last year when he discovered not one but two exoplanets - no big deal - in a remote corner of our galaxy. We talked about his rigorous research process and the future of space exploration technologies among other things. Mahesh Herath is a research scientist att…

Joined by subject expert Nisansa de Silva, we bust some myths about AI and its applications, while exploring the challenges in AI development and the inevitable social, economic and political implications it poses. Nisansa de Silva is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Oregon. His researc…

We caught up with sports writer Andrew Fidel Fernando for a chat on his first book, the well received travelogue Upon a Sleepless Isle. Andrew is a prolific sports writer with a penchant for incisive analysis of all things cricket. He is also a historian and travel writer, and his new book Upon A Sleepless Isle has been well received both here and …

This edition of our At the Movies episodes is a somewhat belated discussion on Tarantino's latest outing and legendary filmmaker Martin Scorcese's remarks on the MCU. --- Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: https://thebadtake.com/episode16 --- Music used in this episode: Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On (© WM…

From Doo Daruwo to Soora Pappa, from Rookantha to Bathiya & Santhush, the 1990s saw an unprecedented boom in popular entertainment in Sri Lanka that defined an entire generation. This is a look back at the glory days. --- Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: https://thebadtake.com/episode14 --- Soundtrack: Downtown …

We're back after a bit of a hiatus. So much has happened since you last heard from us. Particularly on the online space. This is a brief look at what's been going down. --- Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: https://thebadtake.com/episode13 --- Soundtrack: Downtown Funk by Dj Quads @aka-dj-quads Music provided by …

Are we living in a simulation? The idea is not a new one. It's been a sci-fi staple for years. But more and more scientists are taking it seriously. This is an attempt to understand the implications of this question. --- Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: https://medium.com/the-bad-take/episode-12-cosmic-musings-2…

Given the sheer number of stars in the universe – over 200 billion in our galaxy alone, in a universe of two trillion galaxies – chances are, we are not alone. And yet, we have yet to see a shred of credible evidence for life outside our little cosmic corner, let alone intelligent life. The silence is deafening. Are we really alone? --- Show notes …

"You're not stuck in traffic. You are traffic." So goes the adage. But is that always true? What explains the bumper to bumper traffic jams we find ourselves in almost every day, slowly driving us all insane? Is there a solution in sight? This is our attempt to answer some of these questions. --- Show notes for this episode, including links to ever…

This week, we're joined by journalist turned author Ajay Kamalakaran based in Mumbai, India. He talks about, among other things, his latest work, a short story collection centred around a remote island in Russia. Ajay Kamalakaran is a writer and journalist based in Bombay, India. He is currently a columnist for the Malayala Manorama, one of the mos…

An unfortunate incident involving a political argument that quickly escalated took Twitter by storm a few days ago. Tempers flared and one of the parties ended up losing their job as a result. Joining us today are Chav and Thimal Gajadeera to discuss the ethical and moral implications of this. Thimal Gajadeera describes himself as a perennial law s…

This week, we're joined by writer and pop culture connoisseur Dilina Amaruwan Pathirage. We pick his brain on what's hot (and not) at the movies and take a walk down memory lane on Sri Lankan cinema's golden years.Dilina Amaruwan Pathirage is a writer at Roar Media. He has a BA in Teaching English as a Second Language and has extensive experience i…

The Bad Take is back after a month's silence. On this episode we have a chat about Thamara's holiday in Indonesia.---Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: https://medium.com/the-bad-take/bonus-episode-b008426653d---Soundtrack: Downtown Funk by Dj Quads @aka-dj-quadsMusic provided by Free Music for Vlogs youtu.be/UYBJ…

Social media is all around us, controlling so many aspects of our lives. For a lot of us, it's a useful way to stay connected, to stay up to date on what's going in the world. But like with all things, too much of it cannot be a good thing. This is a deep dive into the ills of social media.---Show notes for this episode, including links to everythi…

In the Sinhala-speaking corner of the internet, the word 'radical' has come to mean something negative, not unlike pejorative terms such as 'SJW'. This is an attempt to make sense of this politically loaded word as it applies to the Sri Lankan context.---Show notes for this episode, including links to everything mentioned: https://medium.com/the-ba…

It's cranky, it's raw, you know it when you hear it. And whether you like it or not, 'bus music' is here to stay. On this episode we explore the fundamental characteristics of the famed Lankan musical genre with connoisseur Indika de Silva.---Indika de Silva is a lecturer in IT at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University in Suriyaweva, Ha…