Explore every episode of the podcast Steeler Thoughts and Chief Feelings
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 39 - Processing Super Bowl LIX | 11 févr. 2025 | 01:05:35 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs' 40-22 Super Bowl LIX loss to the Eagles. They talk about levels of losses, narratives from the game, and where the Chiefs go next. | |||
| Episode 38 - Super Bowl LIX Preview! | 08 févr. 2025 | 00:50:47 | |
Chris and Ajay preview Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. | |||
| Episode 37 - Title Game Recaps | 29 janv. 2025 | 01:11:15 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Eagles 55-23 victory over the Commanders before doing a deep dive into the Chiefs 32-29 victory over the Bills in Championship Game weekend. | |||
| Episode 36 - Divisional Round Recap and a Rant about Officiating | 22 janv. 2025 | 01:29:47 | |
Chris and Ajay recap Chiefs/Texans before Ajay rants about how ridiculous the discourse around officiating in this game has gotten. They then recap the rest of the Divisional Round and preview the NFC and AFC Championship games. | |||
| Episode 35 - Steelers Ravens Recap and Divisional Round Preview | 16 janv. 2025 | 01:32:05 | |
Chris and Ajay talk through the Steelers' spectacularly inglorious exit from the playoffs with a 28-14 loss in Baltimore. They then ponder Chiefs-Texans before considering the rest of the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs. | |||
| Episode 34 - Week 18 Recap | 08 janv. 2025 | 01:11:03 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Steelers' tragic 19-17 loss to the Bengals and the Chiefs humorous 38-0 loss in Denver before previewing the Wild Card Weekend matchups. | |||
| Episode 33 - Steelers Chiefs Recap | 30 déc. 2024 | 00:58:25 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs 29-10 win in Pittsburgh then discuss Russell Wilson's future, the ridiculousness of Patriots fans complaining about the Chiefs, and more! | |||
| Episode 32 - Week 15 Recap | 21 déc. 2024 | 01:11:33 | |
Chris and Ajay break down the Chiefs 21-7 win in Cleveland, the Steelers 27-13 loss in Philly, Kirk Cousins being benched, Dan Campbell's aggressiveness and more! | |||
| Episode 31 - Week 14 Recap | 12 déc. 2024 | 00:57:53 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Steelers 27-14 win over the Browns and the Chiefs 19-17 Sunday Night Football win over the Chargers. They talk TJ Watt production, the Russ-Freiermuth connection, the Chiefs pass blocking, Xavier Worthy, the nature of gauntlets, and much more. | |||
| Episode 30 - Recap of Weeks 12 and 13 | 06 déc. 2024 | 01:51:19 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs and Steelers Week 12 and Week 13 performances then preview Steelers-Browns and Chiefs-Chargers. Plus, how should Comeback Player of the Year be decided (Answer: Not like this), is Gladiator II a sign of a decaying culture (No), and will we be watching Aaron Rodgers: Enigma (Ehhh)? | |||
| Episode 29 - Stuff's Complicated | 20 nov. 2024 | 01:42:50 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Steelers 18-16 win vs. Baltimore and the Chiefs 30-21 loss in Buffalo, each having learned almost nothing about their team in the last week. They then preview the Steelers and Chiefs Week 12 games, talk about storylines throughout the league from Week 11, and ponder the nature of "win probability" statistics. | |||
| Episode 28 - Always Get the Pastrami | 13 nov. 2024 | 01:51:30 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Steelers thrilling 28-27 victory in Washington DC and the Chiefs 16-14 escape against the Broncos before previewing Steelers Ravens and Chiefs Bills then finishing off with some general NFL thoughts and anecdotes. This episode is replete with jaw-dropping segues, some audio flourishes, and bloopers. | |||
| Episode 27 - Week 9 Recap | 06 nov. 2024 | 01:32:24 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs and Buccaneers Monday Night Football clash, review each others' teams, and look at the entire week 9 slate in the NFL before predicting Chiefs-Broncos and Steelers-Commanders for week 10. | |||
| Episode 26 - Week 8 Recap | 30 oct. 2024 | 01:12:38 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs' relaxing 27-20 victory over the Raiders in Vegas, the Steelers' surprisingly stressful 26-18 win against the Giants on Monday Night Football, Jameis beating the Ravens, a defense of Anthony Richardson being tired, and much more! | |||
| Episode 25 - Week 7 Recap | 24 oct. 2024 | 01:41:12 | |
Chris and Ajay discuss the Chiefs trading for Deandre Hopkins, the Chiefs 28-18 win in San Francisco (including some iconic Mahomes runs), the Steelers 37-15 win against the Jets (with plenty of "moonshots"), and much more about Week 7 in the NFL. | |||
| Episode 24 - Recap of Weeks 5 and 6 | 16 oct. 2024 | 00:47:34 | |
Chris and Ajay discuss the current state ("states"?) of the Steelers and Chiefs before making their predictions about Week 7 games. | |||
| Episode 23 - Week 4 Recap | 02 oct. 2024 | 01:27:37 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs 17-10 win in Los Angeles and the Steelers 27-24 loss in Indianapolis before looking at other games around the league. Ajay puzzles about Mahomes's slow starts and breaks down the potential consequences of the Rashee Rice injury; Chris digresses about why we care about counterfactuals and tries to appreciate the play of Justin Fields against the backdrop of a Steelers loss; and they get interrupted *twice* by unforeseen Zoom breaks. | |||
| Episode 22 - Week 3 Recap | 24 sept. 2024 | 01:11:57 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs 22-17 win in Atlanta and the Steelers 20-10 win over the Chargers. Ajay explains why he's not too concerned about the Chiefs' offense and also sings the praises of the Chiefs' linebackers, while Chris tries not to get too excited about Justin Fields (spoiler: he fails). They then discuss some interesting storylines from across NFL Week 3. | |||
| Episode 21 - Week 2 Review | 17 sept. 2024 | 01:27:27 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs' 26-25 rout of the Bengals and the Steelers' 13-6 dismantling of the Broncos before talking about games around the NFL and previewing Week 3. Ajay rants about Ja'Marr Chase, Chris tries to decide on a Steelers starting QB, and they both wonder what Will Levis is doing. | |||
| Episode 20 | 10 sept. 2024 | 01:12:06 | |
In this episode we recap the Chiefs 27-20 win over the Ravens and the Steelers 18-10 win over the Falcons. Then we preview the week 2 matchups for both teams and do an overall recap of week 1 in the NFL. | |||
| Episode 19 - Season Preview | 06 sept. 2024 | 01:40:33 | |
Here we go division by division and for each one we (1) predict the order of finish in the division, (2) make one "lock" prediction about the division, (3) discuss one narrative that is not being considered enough about the division, (4) make one unlikely but plausible prediction (that's probably not going to happen, but not out of the question). Then we predict the AFC and NFC Championship Games and our Super Bowl winners. | |||
| Bonus Episode: OSU Preview with Lonnie | 28 août 2024 | 00:37:29 | |
Ohio State football superfan Lonnie Hofmann joins Ajay to talk about the upcoming Buckeyes football season. | |||
| Episode 18 - Preseason Angst | 22 août 2024 | 01:10:45 | |
We're back with some concerns, excitements, and speculations about the Steelers and Chiefs based on the preseason games to this point. | |||
| Episode 17 | 18 juil. 2024 | 01:15:25 | |
Chris and Ajay return to talk about the worst Mahomes performance, Steelers training camp position battles, underrated Steelers, and more. Plus, the second installment of Chris Questions It: the continued survival of the human race is important. | |||
| Episode 16 | 11 juil. 2024 | 02:09:29 | |
Chris and Ajay are back to discuss Joe Burrow's wrist, counterfactuals about Mahomes's career, whether physical momentum is real, and more. | |||
| Episode 15 - The Beauty of the Typo | 26 juin 2024 | 01:42:33 | |
We're back! This week we discuss some rules of fandom, Brandon Aiyuk rumors, whether Aaron Rodgers is worth the distractions, and more. | |||
| Episode 14 - Vladic and the Pickle | 05 juin 2024 | 01:44:55 | |
Chris and Ajay talk about big calls that have benefited their teams, what quarterbacks have the best arm talent in the NFL, why everyone turned on Tony Romo and much more! | |||
| Episode 13 - Butker, Brady, Battlestar Galactica | 29 mai 2024 | 01:30:58 | |
We're back! This time we discuss Harrison Butker's comments, the Steelers' schedule, Brady's face, and how to justify being football fans. | |||
| Bonus Episode with Sonu | 28 mai 2024 | 02:10:33 | |
Ajay is joined by Sonu, the Bob Ross of our group. They talk about the NFL schedule release, the NBA playoffs and the respective futures of the Knicks and the Lakers. | |||
| Bonus Episode - Tom Brady Roast with Lonnie | 15 mai 2024 | 00:37:01 | |
Ajay and Lonnie break down The Roast of Tom Brady, best jokes, best sets, biggest surprised, and is Ben Affleck okay? | |||
| Episode 12 - Reuptake | 08 mai 2024 | 01:32:15 | |
In this episode we discuss Najee Harris, Chiefs relocation talks, the NFL schedule release, the roast of Tom Brady and much more. | |||
| Episode 11 - Lonnie Has Opinions | 01 mai 2024 | 02:21:32 | |
Ajay and Chris recap the draft, consider the potential exploitativeness of the draft as an institution, and discuss whether we are fans of players or of people. And Lonnie (!) joins the podcast to discuss Big Ten players in the draft. | |||
| Episode 10 - Crying Over a Preseason Game | 10 avr. 2024 | 02:01:20 | |
In this episode, we talk about the worst calls against the Chiefs, imagine the Steelers moving to Syracuse, and quiz each other on obscure facts about our respective teams. | |||
| Episode 9 - Idiosyncratic Slanted Lines | 03 avr. 2024 | 01:47:22 | |
We're back this week with discussion of the Rashee Rice car accident, those slanted lines in the Steelers endzone, and some of the worst Chiefs games Ajay has ever attended. And some other things too. | |||
| Episode 8 - Sneed, Rule Changes, and Why to Watch Highlights | 27 mars 2024 | 01:58:24 | |
In the 8th installment of Steeler Thoughts and Chief Feelings, Chris and Ajay cover the L'Jarius Sneed trade, classic Steelers position groups, the NFL Competition Committee's rule changes, the value of watching old highlights, and much more. | |||
| Episode 7 - The More Grease, The Better | 20 mars 2024 | 02:04:39 | |
In this episode, Chris and Ajay catch up on a bunch of the moves made by the Steelers in the past week, reflect on some of Mahomes's best performances, and look back in disgust at some of their high school eating experiences. | |||
| Episode 6 - We Are Not Succinct | 06 mars 2024 | 02:05:49 | |
Self-indulgent, loquacious, and pretentious, this 2-hour behemoth of an episode covers everything you could possibly want to hear about in a podcast: the hedging language used by reporters, the QB with the most 500-yard passing games, complaints about the league becoming too soft, and the benefits of changing your mind. | |||
| Episode 5 - Is Mike Florio Angry? | 29 févr. 2024 | 01:35:22 | |
In this episode, Ajay contemplates Mike Florio's proximity to unfounded rumors, Chris reminisces about his illustrious career writing for the school newspaper, and we speculate about moves that the Steelers and Chiefs will (or won't) make this offseason. | |||
| Episode 4 - Super Bowl Recap | 14 févr. 2024 | 01:42:19 | |
Chris and Ajay recap the Chiefs Super Bowl win over the 49ers, speculate about Mahomes's career trajectory from this point, and wonder about what the Steelers are going to do at quarterback. | |||
| Episode 3 - Super Bowl Preview | 07 févr. 2024 | 01:33:01 | |
In this episode, Ajay outlines his expectations about the Super Bowl, Chris relives some of the most painful plays in recent Steelers history, and we finally talk about Taylor Swift. | |||
| Episode 2 - After the Championship Games | 31 janv. 2024 | 01:42:26 | |
Philosophy professor Chris Dorst and Psychiatrist Ajay Nair discuss some current questions about the Steelers, the Chiefs, and the NFL in general. In this episode, we'll analogize some recent Steelers seasons to Christopher Nolan films, conceptualize the Chiefs as a Freudian subject, and consider what makes a good mustache. | |||
| Steeler Thoughts and Chief Feelings Episode 1 | 25 janv. 2024 | 01:15:08 | |
Philosophy professor Chris Dorst and Psychiatrist Ajay Nair provide their perspectives on the Steelers, the Chiefs and the NFL in general. They love talking about how people think, why people do things, and also just what happens on the football field. | |||