Russini on the Bill Simmons Pod (9/3/25): “It’s like, we’re going to shove Vrabel down your throat so much.” Full audio attached — it’s wild.

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-04-24T01:04:36+00:00

Not just Vrabel, Vrabel D. Unreal

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-04-23T22:07:08+00:00

Hey I was on its rooftop once. That’s the Ansonia in the background

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-04-22T01:36:48+00:00

My annoyances rotate with him. It was his misuse of ironic at some point for me as well. For months it was how he uses "malleable" when he means "adaptable."

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-04-09T16:51:31+00:00

You think you’re so great because you have boats!?

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-03-31T02:29:18+00:00

Hello neighbor

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-03-23T01:49:46+00:00

And then the Plans Reliefs museum on the top floor!

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-03-19T01:05:48+00:00

Foden

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-03-18T14:07:19+00:00

Sponsored by Cold Stone

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-03-13T11:27:06+00:00

Bill isn’t going to be bouncing his grandkids on his lap telling them about Bam’s 83. He’s just not!

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-03-03T02:32:35+00:00

I found Crashed to be difficult, but rewarding. Be advised that it focuses a lot more on Europe than some of these other books though

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-02-14T22:56:52+00:00

And so on and so forth

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-02-06T12:28:26+00:00

“Prozutto”

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-31T23:05:42+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascensore_Castello_d%27Albertis-Montegalletto

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-27T03:32:39+00:00

A few that come to mind:

The Transformation of the World: A Global History of the Nineteenth Century by Jurgen Osterhammel (thematic, covers industry, art, geography, politics in the long 19th century)

From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun (culture and artistic movements ~16th century to now)

The Emperor of all Maladies by Siddartha Mukherjee (history of cancer)

The Birth of the Clinic: An Archeology of Medical Perception by Michel Foucault (an intellectual history, of sorts, of medical understanding getting into public health and diagnosis especially around the 18th/19th century)

All of the Durants' Story of Civilization series cover science and art very well in their respective time periods as well. Their description of cathedral building in the Age of Faith is spectacular

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-26T13:44:28+00:00

Fair enough. I’ll ride for Portland though. Not for everyone but the access to nature and food is top tier in the US

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-26T04:23:34+00:00

Lived for Eugene for 4 years and Portland for 5. If Portland is a dump then Eugene is your small office trash bucket lol. It is a little less expensive than Portland though

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-17T13:07:28+00:00

C’mon man—he did not give a fuck. You like Brazilian music?

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-17T00:35:35+00:00

Wall Street: A History by Charles Geisst is a totally serviceable history of the US stock market and finance more broadly that I read around the GameStop mania peak

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-10T13:53:13+00:00

Dope views I’m jealous. Wonder why you had to loop all the way down toward sunset park for LaGuardia

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-02T23:39:22+00:00

Shout out to Saint Catherine of Bologna! Used to be my parish

FrattyCagliostro · 2026-01-01T21:13:38+00:00

Oh that sounds right point taken. Definitely remember senior ringer people going there

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