Full Episodes
"It’s Shocking How Many Innocent People Are on Death Row" | PTFO
Hit-making record executive Jason Flom has turned his instinctual superpower as a music talent scout into an obsession with getting innocent people out of prison. Flom, now the host of the Wrongful Conviction podcast, helps us explain why the unbroken, indomitable grace of Charles Flores is far from alone inside the deeply American system of incarceration — and how you can help, too.
• Sign the petition to stop the execution of Charles Flores:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/charles
• Previously on PTFO: The Wrongfully Convicted Football Fan Who’s Running Out of Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-GnKLFY_Gc
• Subscribe to "Wrongful Conviction" with Jason Flom:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVix8d69sPe4Kf6aguo3wv6JVr_aG9y7H
David Remnick and Ezra Edelman on the Melania "Movie" and a Killing at The Washington Post | PTFO
The editor of The New Yorker and the director of the best documentary ever join Pablo Torre for an hour of media naval-spelunking: What does the death of The Washington Post sports section mean for the future of sports, journalism and propaganda? Was "Melania" a movie — or crypto? And how does LeBron guarantee his story now? Plus: Tony Kornheiser, Paul Thomas Anderson, Nuke LaLoosh, New Yorker clickbait, Carmelite nuns, the glue of commonality… and the uselessness of despair.
Further content:
• "Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight" (David Remnick)
https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/democracy-dies-in-broad-daylight
• Watch "The New Yorker Radio Hour" with David Remnick
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo1TdazaYsopEyBiaUfAlyJxM0LMKuEtp
• Watch The New Yorker’s Oscar-nominated short films
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo1TdazaYsorOnCxdERXhvWyN4GhuotSW
• Previously on PTFO: Ezra Edelman Speaks Out on the Banned Prince Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X93Y4ECBCeA
Adam Friedland on LeBron Gossip, His SBF Movie Audition & Using the Epstein Files as WebMD | PTFO
The alleged Jon Stewart of his generation steps down from his YouTube throne and into Pablo Torre’s studio for a post-Super Bowl catch-up on what LeBron’s agent taught him; how it felt to try out for the Sam Bankman-Fried biopic; and attempting to interview Clavicular. Plus: Bob Kraft, Hasan Piker, David Stern, Max Friedland, Steve Ballmer, Lena Dunham, "league sources," the real-life Rod Tidwell… and Tony Kornheiser protesting the only thing tech has made that’s good.
• Subscribe to The Adam Friedland Show: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAdamFriedlandShow
• Get tickets to see Adam Friedland live: https://theadamfriedland.show/pages/tour
Read MoreExclusive: Ballmer and Kawhi’s Hidden Trail of Clippers Deals, Unearthed
As the Clippers host NBA All-Star Weekend 2026, Pablo Torre’s "thorough due diligence" leads us down a trail of Kawhi Leonard side deals involving his Uncle Dennis, plus hall-of-fame sh*t-talking from lawsuits, Steve Ballmer "hush money" for his right-hand man… and a potential government whistleblower. David Samson and Amin Elhassan return with a new prescription and — perhaps — judgment day.
• Binge-watch Pablo Torre’s Kawhi Leonard investigation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp43H6Vt_yDoUarxNb_fVK9_6bSiA2aHo
• Subscribe to Pablo’s newsletter for exclusive access, documents and invites:
https://www.pablo.show/
(Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by The Athletic. The views, research and reporting expressed in this episode are solely those of Pablo Torre Finds Out and do not reflect the work or editorial input of The Athletic or its journalists.)
Read MoreSir Mix-a-Lot on "Baby Got Back" Secrets, His Seahawks Curse & The Lady in Black (with Back) | PTFO
Sir Mix-a-Lot reveals how a Super Bowl ad inspired "Baby Got Back," why he was live-tweeting a Seattle Seahawks comeback at 80 miles an hour… and what happened to that viral lady grinding with him at the symphony.
• Previously on PTFO: The NFL Coach and Sir Mix-a-Lot’s Mercedes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmLQUJexh5s
Pablo Torre’s Death-Row Visit with a Wrongfully Convicted Football Fan | PTFO
• Sign the petition to stop the execution of Charles Flores:
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/charles
A wrongfully convicted football fan is running out of time. So Pablo Torre travels from the free world to death row in Texas, to sit with Charles Flores for the one hour a day when he’s not in solitary confinement. To learn what it feels like to watch the NFL through the bars of a super-max prison. To understand why Charles continues to await execution, a decade after the real killer went free. And to find out how the road might go on, before it’s too late.
• Previously on PTFO: "Watching the Dallas Cowboys on Death Row — Our Visit to a Supermax Prison"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUm2YgmBG1o
"The Road Goes On Forever" written and performed by Robert Earl Keen, with permissions from Songs of Universal, Inc., and Keen Productions.
(Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by The Athletic. The views, research and reporting expressed in this episode are solely those of Pablo Torre Finds Out and do not reflect the work or editorial input of The Athletic or its journalists.)
Read MorePrediction Markets, Explained — by the Accidental Creator of a Gambling Movement | PTFO
He is the accidental creator of prediction markets. So how does James Surowiecki feel about Kalshi, Polymarket and the wisdom of crowds, now that even the market for a missile launch can be manipulated? On the eve of the Super Bowl, he re-traces the rise of the casino in your pocket, debunks the cult of the CEO… and forecasts the disturbing possibilities when insider trading maneuvers all the way to the White House (or at least The Dark Lord of the Pentagon).
• Read "The Wisdom of Crowds": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/175380/the-wisdom-of-crowds-by-james-surowiecki/
• Previously on PTFO: "NBA’s Top Gambler Has a Solution — and a Warning" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4RrHWCQh08
Read MoreBill Belichick Is Not a First-Ballot Hall of Famer. We Tracked Down the Voters. | PTFO
Which voters made sure Bill Belichick was not a first-ballot Hall of Famer? Did Tom Brady only become a better broadcaster… because he couldn’t get much worse? And what’s so bad about rooting for Sam Darnold’s Seattle Seahawks? Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard join Pablo Torre for a Super Bowl preview — and a pageant of nonsense.
• Take a PTFO audience survey for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card: http://theathletic.com/survey26
• "In the ‘no’ camp is a known liar…’" (Ollie Connolly):
https://x.com/OllieConnolly/status/2016449665340752186
• "Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer" (Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham):
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47747076/belichick-not-first-ballot-hall-famer
• "Tom Brady knew he needed to improve on TV. So he channeled his ‘quarterback’ days" (Andrew Marchand):
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6990290/2026/01/22/tom-brady-fox-nfl-afc-championship/
• Subscribe to the Mina Kimes YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@minakimes
How Owner Robert Pera Almost Lost the Memphis Grizzlies | PTFO
What does being a "co-owner" to Memphis Grizzlies majority owner Robert Pera even mean? Why can’t a sports executive wear his team’s uniform? And what do the layoffs at Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post and Bari Weiss’ CBS News suggest about the business of journalism? Former Marlins president David Samson joins Pablo, one-on-one, to decode the sagas of the Memphis Grizzlies and mainstream media.
• Previously on PTFO: Grizzlies Owner Robert Pera Linked to Russia’s "Crimes Against Humanity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6i4uffZvhc
• Subscribe to "Nothing Personal with David Samson":
https://www.youtube.com/@NPDS
(Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by The Athletic. The views, research and reporting expressed in this episode are solely those of Pablo Torre Finds Out and Hunterbrook Media and do not reflect the work or editorial input of The Athletic or its journalists.)
Read MoreExclusive: Grizzlies Owner Robert Pera Linked to Russia’s "Crimes Against Humanity" | PTFO
How did Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera’s Ubiquiti technology end up in the hands of Vladimir Putin’s military? And how did we get from Ja Morant, Justin Timberlake and Kevin Hart… to drone strikes on Ukraine and an illegal trade war in Russia? Hunterbrook Media’s Sam Koppelman breaks down how his reporters investigated from a bird’s-eye view, to a high-end Moscow dealer, to undercover calls back home — and asks what the hell Adam Silver’s gonna do about another billionaire scandal hiding in plain sight.
• Read the full investigation at Hunterbrook Media: https://hntrbrk.com/ubiquiti
(Pablo Torre Finds Out is independently produced by Meadowlark Media and distributed by The Athletic. The views, research and reporting expressed in this episode are solely those of Pablo Torre Finds Out and Hunterbrook Media and do not reflect the work or editorial input of The Athletic or its journalists.)
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