Editing Episode 610 (section)

== Key Bits & Lore ==
* '''All Ball''' is announced — Arif's new weekly football podcast with Drew McGarry at The Defector, replacing The Distraction
* Arif is writing a book. It has not been written yet. It will be published in approximately two years. Everything will go sideways
* Brett Thorson won the punter battle. He can hold
* [[Xavier Gipson]] was claimed by the Chicago Bears off waivers
* Walter Rouse was traded; reporters covering the receiving team reached out to confirm he was good, which Arif described as a recurring and slightly surreal pattern in his career
* Bill Simmons's proxy betting situation covered in detail — FanDuel relationship under review, no apology to Pablo Torre
* The Clippers lost five first-round picks and $30 million; Steve Ballmer is banned from his own arena for a calendar year
* Arif reached the top 8,000 on the Pokémon Champions ranked ladder two weeks prior to recording. He is no longer there. The moment was great
* Eve 6's "Here's to the Night" remains the correct answer to most questions involving personal motivation and socialist revolution
* Global Village Coffeehouse has a subreddit. Arif discovered this live on air and had to take a moment
* The episode title "I'm Yearning" was confirmed mid-mailbag; "Who Hurt You" was proposed as an alternative and rejected

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