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

Sep 15, 2020
Sep 15, 2020
1hr 17 min
This week's Polk & Kush comes off a victorious Saint's debut game that leads to more questions than answers with Michael Thomas' ankle and Drew Brees' arm drawing as much concern as our hairlines. Plus, our take on hurricane coverage, LSU's covid immunity, flights to nowhere, and racking up bar tabs.

Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020
1hr 13 min
This week, Polk and Kush bask in the normalcy of imminent Saints football and GAME WEEK! The tried and true story of an impact veteran turning down the Saints entering the season. Plus, Jrue Holiday snubbed (or "snubbed") from NBA All Defense, COVID conspiracy talk, covert Saints tailgating, and protest profiteering. Our spicest one in a minute!

Sep 1, 2020
Sep 1, 2020
1hr 9 min
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?

Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
1hr 12 min
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?

Aug 18, 2020
Aug 18, 2020
1hr 6 min
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.

Aug 11, 2020
Aug 11, 2020
1hr 15 min
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!

Aug 5, 2020
Aug 5, 2020
1hr 5 min
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.

Jul 29, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
1hr 13 min
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)

Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
1hr 8 min
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!

Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
1hr 2 min
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.

