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With just a few days to go until the very first Americarnage Live, Nat, Mike and Dan decide to invite the king of Bodeans, the one and only Andre Blais, onto the show to talk NHL playoffs, BBQ, beer and the state of Iron Mike's underpants. In other news: the Western NHL Conference semi-finals are DONE and we’ve got an unlikely conference final coming up; the LA Kings swept the St Louis Blues in 4 and became the first number eight seed to beat a first and second seed; in the East, the Ranger’s are going into game six with the Capitals 3-2 up after Brad Richards hit an equaliser with six seconds left of normal time and then Marc Staal grabbed the game winner; NBA-wise, go home Dallas! The holders are out – swept in the first round by OKC; San Antonio also thumped Utah to make the next round and set up a potential game with the Clippers; Mariano Rivera - one of the best closers MLB has ever seen has suffered a freak accident - tearing his ACL whilst shagging fly balls; the new favourite wunderkid of the MLB Bryc

Mike, Nat and Dan are manifestly sexual tyranosaurs but in the mailbag this week they find out more than they may have wanted to about 'Carnage mainstay Marek... In other news: Dan is awesome at NBA2K12; swearing seems to be cool all of a sudden; The draft played out pretty much as expected – Luck first, RG3 second and Matt Kalil 3rd (although Washington later drafted Kirk Cousins, creating a QB competition before the season even began); Carlson eats a banana and an amazing transformation occurs - Mike is the Draft Doctor; The NHL Conference Semi Finals are under way after last week’s remaining games were resolved in game seven; Washington turned over the holders, the Boston Bruins in overtime of game 7 after Joel Ward slammed home the winner...; The NBA playoffs are underway! The talk is off Heat vs Knicks in the first round. It’s 2-0 Miami already and Amar’e could be out of the series after he punched a fire extinguisher and cut him hand! Nutter! Rapid Corrections and Clarifications; more goodness in the Bo

Nat, Mike and Dan are pretty happy this week and this is down to two big things: the NFL draft and this week's special guest, stand-up comedian and all-round media bad-ass Luke Capasso who joins the guys in time to witness their joy at the coming together of two of Americarnage's favourite reference-point QB's... In other news: Nat checks the state of his chair; fun and frolics in Three Points; Mike's Mock Draft makes sense as far as these things go; Philadelphia Flyers overcome Cup favourites Sidney Crosby’s Penguins (as correctly predicted on Americarnage); other things happen that we predicted; some things happen that we didn't, but not many; New Jersey and Florida are going to game seven; Ottawa and New York too and Washington and Boston won’t give up; in the NBA, Chicago win the East, Miami second, despite stuttering forms towards the end of the season; In the West, an incredible push has put San Antonio back on top, relegating OKC, who will now probably play Dallas; Peace no more. Metta World Peace is b

Illness has struck the 'Carnage crew and Nat has been laid low by lurgy. He's kicking himself double-hard as it's the simply wonderful actress, model and TV presenter Kelly-Anne Lyons in her glorious return to the show. Mike hits the hotseat and the show goes on... In other news: The Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway and it looks like we’re in for a few shocks; Pittsburgh took a three nil lead against Philadelphia, but it’s been downhill since then; Sidney Crosby beat Claude Giroux, who himself managed the esteemed Gordie How hat trick; in the final throes of the NBA regular season, most teams have around six games left; Chicago lead the East and have now clinched their division, as have the second placed Miami Heat; the West is still dominated by OKC and San Antonio; in the MLB, Matt Kemp is firing on all cylinders, Bobby Valentine should juat be fired; the NFL is being sued by four former players who filed Monday in state court in Atlanta, said the Saints' pay-for-pain system was another example the league

With Rick Santorum punking his way out of the race for the White House, Nat, Mike and Dan celebrate but fear the chance of a Nixon-like return with Santorum/Palin 2016... Then they stop thinking about such terrifying things and get on with the business of kicking each other's arses at the Wonderlic. In other news: Ozzie Guillen ingratiated himself to his new Miami co-residents by bigging up Fidel Castro; the NHL regular season is over and the smart money is currently on Pittsburgh for the Stanley Cup; Dan goes to an art exhibition; watch out for Ryan Clowe of the San Jose Sharks, who against LA got away with one of the most bizarre bits of cheating ever – poke checking someone while on the bench; about a fortnight left of the truncated regular season and Miami have joined Chicago in the playoffs with around ten games to go; two weeks til the NFL draft and we're getting a bit too excited; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; Mike gatecrashes Corrections and Clarifications; Dan tests the team, Wonderlic Writt

Nat, Mike and Dan have gathered in their secret underground lair, called together by Harry the Producer, in order to combat... Well, what've you got? They mainly fight each other anyway. In other news: Dan loves NBA 2K12 - maybe too much; in the MLB Reds have locked up Joey Votto through 2023 with a deal worth $225 million; Indians' Ubaldo Jiminez has been suspended for 5 games on his return to Colorado for deliberating hitting Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki; Two or three games left depending on who you support - Vancouver lead the West after a stutter at the last by St Louis; in the East New York, Boston, Florida, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Ottawa are there; in the NBA OKC are in the playoffs, joining the Bulls with thirteen games to spare; the Eastern Conference is largely the same, except Boston, who are surging to 5 straight; An LA NFL team now seems a much less distant possibility as rich weirdo Phillip Anschutz, who already owns EVERYTHING, said he would buy a full stake in an NFL team and rel

Nat, Mike and Dan have whole lot of love for baseball, so much so that this episode takes an almost actually serious look at this season seeing as it's just a couple of days old. Domn't worry, they argue and make offensive jokes too so there's a semblence of normality... In other news: We’re entering the final stretch of the NHL regular season and the Toronto Maple Leafs have missed the playoffs for the 7th straight season; Twitter is ablaze with fans calling for GM Brian Burke to go; the Bulls have become the first team to make the NBA playoffs, continuing to top the East, although the OKC Thunder aren’t far behind; on Sunday the Thunder beat the Heat in a game many are predicting was the tipping point that pushed Kevin Durant into the lead for the race for MVP; Dennis Rodman is going to jail unless he coughs up 860,000 in child support; NFL Rule change! The regular season will now be like the post season. A field goal from the off is no longer enough to win! What’s the point? It’s just another rule for the

At last! After however many weeks its been, Iron Mike is back on Americarnage and in many ways it's like he's never been away. Probably because he hasn't really been anywhere, he just lost a bet and had to spend a month in the Cupboard of Shame. Otherwise known as Harry the Producer's holiday home. In other news: Peyton Manning is a Denver Bronco! He’ll pick up $95m for a five year contract, 18m guaranteed, although he’ll pick up $40m more if his neck doesn’t bust in the first year; Matt Flynn picked Seattle; Mark Sanchez picked up a big new contract with the Jets the 49ers looked set to drop Alex Smith and then didn’t AND Tebow was traded to the Jets for a 4th and a 6th; in the NHL, Sid the Kid is back - he got on the score sheet as the Pens pummelled the Rangers at the Garden 5-2; as we enter the last few weeks of the regular season, the Flyers are involved in a mighty three horse race for top spot in the east; Steven Stamkos has hit 50 goals for the second time in his career; NBA-wise Chicago are 39-10 and

With Mike away for one more week, Nat and Dan have the utter pleasure of welcoming Luke Moore of The Football Ramble to the show - a man who is not only a hirsuit legend, he leant his nous at the very dawn of 'Carnage to help get us on t'interweb in the first place. Luke may be a god when it comes to the premier league but the guys take it upon themselves to sort him out with some real teams to support... In other news: Peyton's final choices have been narrowed down to Denver, Tennessee, Arizona and Miami; back in Indy, the Colts continue their firesale: they re-sign Reggie Wayne, but release everyone else – Jeff Saturday, Dallas Clark and Joe Addai. Garcon was later picked up by Washington in a waaaayyy too expensive deal; Calvin Johnson has re-signed with the Lions – a $132m eight year deal that makes him the NFL’s highest paid player; Sid the Kid is back AGAIN. Or he isn’t. Who knows? He is expected to play tonight against the New York Rangers for the first time since his brief return in December; the Brui

Nat and Dan are sportsmen to the roots of their boots, they want everyone to get involved. In that spirit, with Mike getting through his last few days as antipodean and sending his penultimate postcard, they get the frankly brilliant Tom Bell to join them to play in Camden. Not like that. Well, don't think so... In other news: Peyton Manning is no longer an Indianapolis Colt, becoming one of the most celebrated free agents of all time in a tearful press conference with Jim Irsay; the Colts are set to clear the decks, and release Saturday, Wayne and Garcon and be the big spenders at free agency; ‘Bountygate’ grips the NFL - a controversial programme run by the Saints to reward players with pitiful amounts for injuring opposition players is 'revealed' by the NFL; New York lead the East from Boston, but damn, the Penguins are hot again – 6 wins on the bounce and with Evgeni Malkin on fire and on course for his best season ever; n the East, the playoff race is tight as ever – Buffalo are seemingly back from the d

With Mike away just a little while longer the remaining 'Carnage gang are going a bit feral and crazy. Ok, crazier, revealing personal habits and foibles. In an attempt to keep them in line it's double-producer day with sports producer extraordinaire Phil Spooner in the house to provide firm guidance. In other news: Nat knows Montell Jordan stuff REALLY well; the NBA All Star game has happened in Orlando! The West triumphed 152-149 but no-one played any D; Durant hit 36; Kobe hit 27, surpassing Michael Jordan as the all time leading All Star point scorer; in the NHL the trade deadline is toast. It was quiet with the biggest trade involving a non-trade; as Dan predicted on the show last week – Rick Nash stays in Columbus, partly because none of the big play off teams really wanted him; a bad season is now considerably worse for the Blue Jackets after GM Scott Howson told the press that the Columbus captian wanted a trade and that they weren’t going to let him go, throwing the poor bastard under the bus; Hines

Nat and Dan like nothing better than predicting the outcome of things: sports, films, fights between strangers. With Mike still checking in from the far side of the world the guys have taken the groundbreaking decision of inviting Marek 'Americarnage' Larwood on to help them out with their Oscar picks... In other news: Linsanity is over! Sort of! On Friday the Knicks lost their first game since the phenomenon began; then came the real test – Lin and Mello on the court together for the first time; in other news the Heat are hot – they lead the NBA and have won 7 straight; oh, and remember about what Mayweather said about black players in the NBA not getting credit. Kevin Durant got 51 and Russel Westbrook got 40 in an overtime win against Denver; in the NHL the Rangers are pulling away at the top of the East; while the Devils are pulling themselves into contention they’re now 8-1-1 in their last ten; the results of the NHLPA poll are in – some results are predictable – Zdeno Chara has the hardest shot, and Pav

In a contraversial move, Mike has quit the shores of Blighty for a short while to gallavant around LA and NZ. Nat and Dan try to put a brave face on things and helping dry their tears is journalist, Jay Cutler apologist, super-dad and all-round friend of the show Ben Isaacs. In other news: Linsanity – the world’s favourite Asian American non-draftees continues to amaze for the New York Knicks; the All Star teams… and they’re OK- it’s Rose, Mello, Howard, LeBron and Wade in the East and Kobe, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, Bynum and Chris Paul in the West; For those who care – Chicago and Miami are  pretty much neck and neck in the East and the Knicks are in the playoff zone at last after 6 straight; Albert Haynesworth is no longer a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, although he arguably never was; former Dolphon 'Fabulous' Freddie Solomon is mourned; the Combine starts next week so the first mock drafts have appeared; The Rangers lead the East, while the Red Wings lead the West; while the Blackhawks continue their post All

Nat, Mike and Dan have the post-superbowl blues and they thought nothing could cut through them. Then Hollywood got taken out at high speed on the escalator out of Camden tube and found out that those steps can cut through anything...In other news: Nat did the superbash and is an entertainer, Mike did the BBC coverage and held Chappers and Danny Amendola together, Dan kipped out and missed Corey Feldman and Harry made the first minute or so of the show sound like it was taped in a bathtub; the Giants have done something good lately, can't remember what; Bill Belichick can’t count; ‘Elite’ quarterback Eli Manning won MVP for the second time; Peyton Manning will cease to be a Colt this week if Jimk Irsay doesn’t pay him his 28m roster bonus; in the NHL, no change in the East – the Rangers, the Bruins and the Flyers are pulling away, although New Jersey look like contenders again for the first time in eighteen months; in the West Detroit still lead, but the Blackhawks are in freefall, partly due to Corey Crawfor

Nat, Mike and Dan are wired on a combination of Superbowl week and a half-bottle of New Car Smell airfreshener Harry left in the studio by mistake. Dan makes the gang wait before swooping in, Batman-style, for a triumphant NHL round-up. In other news: Nat's hosting the Superbash and Mike's back to being posh on the BBC for the Superbowl; the AFC wins the Pro Bowl in another disgraceful game of touch football that brought the NFL into disrepute; Aaron Ridgers reckoned that the effort on the NFC team was “embarrassing”; Osi Umenyiora is fined $20,000 for non attendance at the mandatory media day. He claimed that he misunderstood the schedule; the Muppets movie is making the guys all unneccesary; Miquita Oliver gets her first (and last) mention; in the hockey, team Chara beats Team Alfredsson 12-9 in the All Star game, featuring few stars; Marion Gabornik bagged a hat trick and the MVP award; the Rangers continue to lead the East, and the Capitals are third despite being eight points off the Flyers in Fourth; NB

Nat, Mike and Dan are getting pretty worked up about the Superbowl but even more worked up about the fact that it was Dan's birthday just a few days ago, the Oscars are coming up and Nat's hosting the Superbash this year. Aside from that it's just business as usual with Pappy Dan making a welcome return and does everyone hate the Bruins? In other news: It’s a Giants, Patriots Superbowl for the second time in four years after both of their opponents spazzed it late on; there will be no Harbowl after Billy Cundiff booted a last minute field goal wide, letting Tom Brady off the hook in a game that he admitted that he “sucked” in; in the NHL New York lead the East from Boston; Detroit lead the West from Vancouver. Many of the teams making the early running – especially Toronto and Minnesota - have melted away Pappy Dan talks about Tim Thomas veering further to the right than he is; Comrade Carlson takes exception; the Bulls are killing it – going to 16 and 3 despite Derrick Rose, Luol Deng,Taj Gibson, and Joakim

Nat, Mike and Dan are reunited thanks to Nat getting the hell out of Lakeside and back to Camden. He seems pretty much unchanged, although his drinking action is a bit smoother... In other news: Broncos sent home without their supper, maybe because Tebow was just one big injury; the Saints lose a thriller leading to quite a few folks to change their Superbowl pick; the Ravens hold on to an early lead against the Texans, ready to be taken out by the Patriots this weekend; after a shakey start the Giants turn it on to take out the Packers; the Clippers are looking good, if they get Dwight Howard they might just look unstoppable; how many injured superstars can one NBA team support? Plenty are trying; the Miami Marlins are going all Brewster; Pujols does a LeBron; Ryan Braun still last season's MVP, despite recent revelations; Bud Selig officially going to be commissioner for EVER; NHL is an unhappy place; Rangers and Blackhawks still top the leagues; ridiculous All-Star game coming soon - bit like the draft in

Mike and Dan are feeling a bit Wu Tang, as is all-time record-guest and fervent Lion Marek Larwood. Nat's away keeping the ESPN-watching world appraised of happenings at Lakeside so doesn't get the chance to become Pleasing Assonance...In other news: Wildcard weekend has been and gone and Tebow has done the jesus thing again – an 80 yard pass from the first play of overtime; busted Ben hobbled to a fourth q uarter comeback but it wasn’t enough; Texans surprised the Bengals in their first ever playoff game; Matty Ice lost his cool and failed to help the Falcons offense to a single point; NBA-wise Chicago lead the East and Oklahoma lead the West although they are a couple of games up on their rivals; America’s new favourite team is the 7 and 3 Portland Trailblazers; Kobe, stung by the recent ranking of him by ESPN as the 7th best player in the league, dropped 48 points on the Suns; Dwayne Wade is EATING SALAD; in the NHL the post- Winter Classic Rangers lead the East, although the Panthers are hot on their heel

They're back, baby: Nat. Mike and Dan shake off the sleepiness of the post (festive) season and dive into some serious sports action, along with some pretty accurate musings on player education.   In other news: The regular NFL season is TOAST – very, very burnt toast, covered in disappointing margerine for some but the jam (jelly?) of hope for others; Green Bay and the 49ers get the byes in the NFC; while the Pats and Ravens get the top two spots in the AFC; the Steelers and Bengals making the Wildcard cut, joined by the lamentable Denver Broncos from the lamentable AFC West and the banged up Texans; the NFC is made up of the Giants, the Lions, the record breaking Saints and the Falcons; Dan changes his Superbowl pick to uted surprise; basketball is back and EVERYONE is rubbish again (except Chicago and Miami); the aged Lakers have recovered from a weak start to finally get above 500; in the NHL the Winter Classic has been and gone – the New York Rangers beat fellow high flyers the Philadelphia Flyers after

Nat and Dan have got themselves so tied up in work and Christmas shennanigans that it's down to Mike and Harry to serve up a seasonal treat: a few bits and bobs from the last year that they want to hear again, along with some musings from Mike. Don't worry, he took Harry's mic off him at the start of recording. In other news: Mike gets poetic; Dan's superhero origin-story; Nat calls in to send his best wishes Happy Christmas and a Painter New Year from all the Americarnage gang, we'll be back with loads more sports, culture and nonsense in the new year.