They’re back!!!!

As of late, I’ve been struggling to get out of bed in the mornings. Perhaps it’s the cold (Winter here in the Southern hemisphere), maybe it’s stress, I’m probably a little depressed as well, or maybe there’s just too many sudden changes in my life ATM. However,……

I genuinely smiled and laughed for the first time in months, only the other day when I heard the teaser episode of ‘Heed the Call’! And although I’m not going to say that all my problems have miraculously gone away, but having Dan and Marc back in my life, made me feel more tethered to this moment and it has motivated me to get my butt out of bed in the mornings, as now I have so much podcast content to listen to!

For those who haven’t been following the saga of Dan and Marc (Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler), they were 50% (later 66.6%) of the highly popular ‘Around The NFL’ podcast, an almost daily podcast covering American football released by the NFL itself. And after entertaining their listeners from all around the world for more than a decade, the show abruptly ended in May, and then 6 weeks later the podcast feed was replaced by another show hosted by the remaining member of ATN who chose to stay with NFL Media (60% G). And his show was dead awful, although he had familiar guests and contributors with him, but without Dan and Marc there, the enjoyment level for me was through the floor. And after episode one, they lost me forever as a once hyper faithful listener. For the past month, I’ve been out in the wilderness, trying to listen to other NFL pods, but they’re so dry and boring! Until the boys returned this week on 8/12/2024 (that is 12/08/2024 for the non-Americans out there).

The show is much the same. Thank goodness! They still have the Zummie-drop at the beginning of the show; they still cover off all the major league news items at the top of the show; they still have their more recent sound-drops; they still have their regular/annual segments; but most importantly they still lace the show with a healthy dose of mirth, and Dan and Marc still open up about their lives! Which we love, as it makes us feel like we’re a part of the gang, like family!

Improvements on the previous product, is that they have more freedom to do what they want, their old Producer Justin Graver is back! Their previously occasional returning guests are now semi-permanent fixtures (Conor Orr), and the shows are longer (but they promise that it will tighten up over-time). But either way, I’m just so glad that they’re back on air and in my ears, hearing their familiar voices just makes things feel more normal, although things will never be normal again, but for the time that I have them in my ears, things felt like of old. Thanks boys!

So, heed the call baby! If you like American football, or you’ve never been a fan and want to get more into it! Start here! Start here with ‘Heed the Call with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler.’ There aren’t many guarantees in life, but I guarantee that you’ll enjoy the listen!    

Podcast recommendations- Heed the Call with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler