Polk and Kush

An absurd look at sports and life in New Orleans. This weekly podcast featuring comedian Andrew Polk and longtime local columnist Scott Kushner covers New Orleans teams with a bend away from stats and boring analysis. Instead they focus on the practical, entertaining side of the Saints, Pelicans, UNO, Tulane, and more.

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Episodes

Tuesday Sep 01, 2020

The curious case of Alvin Kamara's contract hold out has prompted Polk & Kush to do actual sports talk. What does Kamara's situation mean to the Saints entering the most critical season in team history? Plus, Brandon Ingram's award gets turned into an argument, we don't care that you're not watching sports, and is going to live sporting events overrated, underrated or the worst?

Tuesday Aug 25, 2020

Take a tour through Alvin Gentry's viral farewell dinner as part of a whirlwind trip around an empty sports week in New Orleans. Polk & Kush get into the details on all sorts of stuff they don't know about, from the Saints depth charts, to soccer men, to drinking bleach. Join us, won't you?

Tuesday Aug 18, 2020

This week's Polk & Kush dives into Alvin Gentry's demise as the Pelicans' head coach, why the decision was made, and how the franchise moves forward. The birth of the Saints season is greeted with an injury to the offensive line, so we feign some shock and set the perspective. All that plus vented fishing shirts, SEC smiles, convention speakers, and all your favorite nonsense.

Episode 11 - Neon Moon

Tuesday Aug 11, 2020

Tuesday Aug 11, 2020

With the Pelicans swiftly eliminated from the bubble, we discuss what went wrong, what happened to Zion, and how the Pelicans can move forward. College football is teetering on the brink, MLB is a mess, and (shockingly) there's corrupt politics in New Orleans. Playing the hits over here at Polk & Kush!

Episode 10 - The One with Sports

Wednesday Aug 05, 2020

Wednesday Aug 05, 2020

The gods gift us with real basketball but smite us with a half-speed Zion, prompting us to once again affix tin foil hats to figure out what's happening to the Pelicans. The insular SEC is moving to a 10 game schedule while our similarly cloistered lives are broken down in segments -- including a spicy political topic!Kush calls this "episode 9" at the beginning but we promise it's episode 10.

Wednesday Jul 29, 2020

This week, we take a ride to Magic City to discuss hot wings, cool bubbles, and the mess in Miami. There's also plenty to discuss about Zion's reappearance, the verdict on Beyonce's music, and what your lawn says about you.(the original release had an audio error until 3:21 in, this edit has been corrected)

Wednesday Jul 22, 2020

Them boys are up to their usual shenannigans again this week with some very controversial takes on the disappearance of Zion Williamson and his unknown whereabouts, along with some surprisingly good news of the bubble's efficiency. We'll also throw in some piping-hot segments with ranting and raving about curb side pick-up, the downfall of Trader Joe, and crowd size restrictions. It's a scorcher!

Episode 7 - The Swimsuit Edition

Wednesday Jul 15, 2020

Wednesday Jul 15, 2020

This week Polk and Kush dig into the lunacy of midsummer power outages, casinos opening instead of bars, and the news springing out of the NBA bubble. Plus what does it mean to cancel non-conference football games. Of course there's Polk News, Overrated and Underrated, and The Worst of The Week. 

Tuesday Jul 07, 2020

The boys are back in town...and they're still very dumb. This week gets into the discomfort of the everlasting NBA bubble, how shredded a 20-year old man is, and how many letters are in a protected class acronym. Quick hitting news about Patrick Mahomes making Bezos-level money, college football's multitude of pending issues, and what happens if a MLB player spits this season. Fun, easy, and free! Get on board, baby!

Episode 5 - The Misery Factory

Wednesday Jul 01, 2020

Wednesday Jul 01, 2020

This one is FUNNY and STUPID. Continuing coverage of the NBA's bubble bobble, the pros and cons of forcing spectacle for our entertainment, who will they use to impersonate Alvin Gentry, and local politics...plus masking up and masking off!

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