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The quickest sports podcast on the internet lays out the football menu for Thanksgiving, laughs at the mediocre Thursday Night & Monday Night games this season (as well as those hideous "color clash" uniforms), and worries about the new extra point rule as the playoffs approach.

This week Sean Conboy, former writer for Pittsburgh Magazine and producer for Players' Tribune chats about the newly tweaked Steelers, the rabbit hole known as Fantasy Football, which hometown team gets his priority these days, and why he's a fan of the seemingly unfair one-game Wildcard playoff in baseball...and he does it all in 10 minutes.   It's Sports Talk without all the bloviating!

It's our Welcome Back to Fall episode with new music from Andy Mineo and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a recap of Madonna's Rebel Heart Tour, and a whole bunch of good songs to listen to while jumping in a pile of leaves.

New Music from Beirut, Gary Clark Jr., Farao, Empress Of, and Mark Untitled; breaking down the Jack White/Black Keys feud; and a one-two punch from Madonna and Slayer...just because.

New Music from The Arcs, Thunderbitch, The Dead Weather, Public Image Ltd., FIDLAR, and The Bohicas; my four-week-late film review of Straight Outta Compton; and a look back at the music from N.W.A's Family Tree.

Song of the Summer Countdown, a look back at the 2015 MTV VMAs, and New Music from The Weekend, FTSE, Gin Wigmore, Cœur de pirate, Halsey, and Alessia Cara.

New Music from The Bohicas, Desaparecidos, Nathaniel Ratecliff & The Night Sweats, and The Vaccines; songs about shoes; a look at the 2015 VMA performance line-up; and a beautifully crafted block of underground hip-hop.

New Music from Foals, Dead Weather, Calvin Harris, and Brandon Flowers; my favorite Shazam'd songs of the year; a look back at Song of the Summer Contenders from yesteryear; and Music Headlines of the Week.

New music from Albert Hammond Jr., Chemical Brothers, Batteries, White Reaper, and Georgia; a look back at MCA Day with music from RUN-DMC, Hurricane, and Rage Against The Machine; and this week's music headlines of the week in the appropriately named segment: Music Headlines of the Week.

In preparation for MCA Day, a special Beastie Boys-edition of the Free For All, with a tribute to Rowdy Roddy Piper and a breakdown of the hip-hop feud between Meek Mill & Drake.

Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift's Twitter spat, Michael Jackson's secret Star Wars wish, wondering about Earth's distant cousin, and New Music from Public Enemy, Meek Mill, Strange Wilds, Para One, Kool Keith, Junior Prom, and Langhorne Slim.

Reminiscing about 90's electronic music, early 2000's power-pop, and squeezing a short song at the end of a mix tape; new songs from Public Enemy, Ratatat, Chemical Brothers, White Reaper, Spraynard, and The Bird & The Bee; and a look back at the music happenings of the week.

New music from Veruca Salt, Years and Years, Ezra Furman, Bilal, and Jeff Rosenstock; an explanation on why new music is being released on Friday; Music Headlines of the Week; and a special treat for anyone named Allison.

New music from Refused, Desaparecidos, Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake, LA Priest, and Courtney Barnett; and thoughts on Apple Music and the new Rocky movie Creed.

This week I chat with Lucy & Gwendolyn Giles from the band Dog Party, discuss why I'm torn on Taylor Swift's Open Letter to Apple, talk about the state of protest music in 2015, and play new songs from Kacey Musgraves, Leon Bridges, Wolf Alice, and Desaparecidos.

This week I pit Nate Ruess, MIKA and Adam Lambert against each other in a Freddie Mercury-off; discuss Dave Grohl's broken leg (and why it was and wasn't a stretch for the show to continue); and revisit early 90's hip-hop courtesy of Joey Bada$$.

In the latest episode of the FREE FOR ALL you'll hear new music from Muse, The Vaccines, Years & Years, and Monophonics, as I discuss the Katy/Taylor feud and Apple's new streaming service.   As always, enjoy!

This week marks the release of Madonna’s new album Rebel Heart, but the idea for this mix actually came to me a while ago when my wife and I were on one of our many long car rides from New York City to our hometown of Pittsburgh: ----more---- Inevitably we’ll have a disagreement of what music should be played, but for some reason or another Madonna always seems to be our common ground. From there we’ll pass the iPod back and forth choosing between songs. On one of those rides I thought about how convenient it would be to actually have a Madonna mix. Notice how I didn’t say “playlist,” because in the age of the iPod/short attention span it has become more and more difficult to listen to complete songs, especially when your partner (or yourself) is impatiently waiting for the next track. Hence, I began cracking away on Madonna POWER HOUR!, a mix of high-energy Madonna songs, sure to keep a driver or passenger awake on a long car-ride—which also doubles as a great workout/running mix when you finally do g