2026 NBA All-Star Game Recap

Summary

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No Dunks Podcast: 2026 NBA All-Star Game Recap

Date: February 16, 2026
Hosts: Jay Skeets, Tas Melis, Trey Kirby, and JD (Super Producer)

Main Theme & Purpose

The No Dunks squad delivers an enthusiastic, in-depth recap of the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, celebrating the return of intensity and real competition to All-Star Weekend. The episode highlights the new format’s success, standout performances, and memorable moments, while reflecting on what made this year’s event a major improvement over previous editions.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The All-Star Game Is Back!

• The hosts are pumped about the competitive edge and uptick in effort compared to previous years.
• The new format (multiple short games rather than one long one) keeps the action high-stakes and fresh.
• "Man, the All Star game is back and we're just pumped." (Jay Skeets, 03:05)

2. Game Recap & Notable Performances

• Championship Game:
  • Team Stars dominated Team Stripes 47-21.
  • Anthony Edwards (MVP): 8 points in the final, key player throughout.
  • Tyrese Maxey: Quick 7 points in first 3 minutes, changed momentum.
  • Jalen Duren: 6 points in the final.
  • Team Stars never let their foot off the gas.
• Victor Wembanyama:
  • Played hard, made his presence felt from the start with blocks and intimidation in the lane.
  • "It was just fun to watch Victor Wembanyama play basketball. And, yeah, it started with him. It literally started with him." (Tas Melis, 05:17)
• Kawhi Leonard:
  • Scored 31 points in one 12-minute game, memorable run, electrified the crowd and even got Steve Ballmer going wild.

3. The Reason for the Competitive Edge

• Multiple hosts attribute the improved vibe to both the format and the attitude of star players, especially Wembanyama’s stated commitment to playing hard.
• The US players responded: "Wemby said, I'm going to play hard at All Star Weekend. And everybody from the US said, good, we're not going to let you beat us. And that's what it came down to." (JD, 05:27)
• Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic didn’t play much—Luka did an awkward interview, Jokic checked out early.

4. Defensive Effort and Key Plays

• Real basketball broke out: less cherry-picking, more defense, actual hustle.
• Wembanyama’s blocks and impact set the tone.
• Scotty Barnes had only one shot but hit the first game's winner (Barnes = "American hero," JD, 08:29).
• "Kudos to the guys for giving a damn...Just played a little defense, like 80%, I don't know, 90% effort. And that's all we sort of needed." (Jay Skeets, 07:35)

5. Top Five ‘Played Hard’ List

• Consensus among hosts:
  • Victor Wembanyama
  • Kawhi Leonard
  • Anthony Edwards
  • Cade Cunningham
  • Scotty Barnes
• Noted that even LeBron and Chet Holmgren brought some competitive juice.

6. Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Kawhi’s Monster Quarter:
  • "Kawhi's 31 points in one quarter is going to be memorable...That is incredible in and of itself." (Tas Melis, 09:02)
• LeBron’s Unselfishness:
  • Thought he’d fire up a three on the last possession but kept the ball moving, leading to Fox’s game winner.
  • "Just great team play." (Tas Melis, 14:37)
• Anthony Edwards:
  • Tried every jump ball, clearly invested in the outcome and “wanted to win one.” (JD, 14:59)

7. Format Discussion and Suggested Tweaks

• General agreement: Keep the current format (multiple 12-minute games, clock active).
• Some curiosity about a straight USA vs World format, but concern it wouldn’t maintain energy over 48 minutes.
• "I would try it again next year and if it goes well again, keep doing it." (JD, 10:45)

8. Production, Breaks & Broadcast

• Some complaints about too many commercial breaks in the first game—improved in later games.
• NBC production was smoother than last year’s TNT sendoff, with fun in-arena segments (Obama interview beats “Mr. Beast”).
• Crowd and arena energy noted as much better this year.

9. World Team Lacking Depth and Star Investment

• Disappointment that World Team didn’t make final; felt like a four-man crew (Wemby, Murray, Towns, Siakam).
• Luka & Jokic barely played; concern that competitiveness from international superstars is still lacking.
• Hope for future: “Maybe the fact that Wemby played hard will influence Jokic and Luka next year. That's a stretch...but there's a trickle down effect a little bit.” (Tas Melis, 27:24)

10. Final Thoughts, Grades, and Hopes

• Hosts agree: This All-Star Game deserves an “A-” due to effort, competitive play, and entertainment value.
  • "I'm giving it an A minus." (JD, 36:10)
• Saturday night gets a “B”; still room for star power improvement in events like the dunk contest.
• Optimism that the successful format could inspire a long-rumored 1-on-1 tournament in the future.

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On format and effort:
  "The All Star Game was the best part of All Star Weekend. When was the last time that's ever happened?"
  – JD, 06:26

• On Wemby’s impact:
  "If he's playing hard, it had to trickle down to everybody else."
  – Tas, 08:07

• On Kawhi’s performance:
  "He played so well. That was the most memorable part." – JD, 10:14
  "That will stand out. But the All Star Game is coming back because of that guy on the other side, the Wemby side."
  – Tas, 10:21

• On the production:
  "If you're gonna stop the basketball, I'd much rather hear Obama than Mr. Beast. So I think this was a successful all star weekend for NBC."
  – JD, 22:32

• On criticism of past years:
  "Last year was painful. Watching those guys on the floor. That was so strange."
  – Tas, 23:16

• On the future and changes:
  "Maybe this is a good sign that we do get a one on one tournament. Because Silver loves nothing more than to like, turn to the Internet...We finally got it. Maybe 101 is next."
  – Jay Skeets, 37:23

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Important Timestamps & Segments

• [03:05] - Main Recap Starts: Tournament breakdown, new format, Team Stars' big win.
• [05:17] - Wembanyama's Influence: His competitive play sets the tone.
• [07:35] - Real Defensive Effort Noted: Play-by-play of key effort moments.
• [09:02] - Kawhi's 31-point Quarter: Historic performance discussed.
• [10:45] - Format Debate: "Run it back" vs tweaks for next year.
• [14:59] - Anthony Edwards on Jump Balls: Detail on his competitiveness.
• [21:49] - In-Game Features & Live Experience: Noting crowd and in-arena highlights.
• [36:10] - Hosts' All-Star Weekend Grades
• [37:23] - Hopes for a One-on-One Tournament

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Conclusion & Takeaways

• Competitive Edge Restored: Universal agreement that the 2026 All-Star Game regained credibility due to higher effort, improved format, and star buy-in.
• Wemby & Kawhi = Headline Acts: Their intensity and highlight performances will define this edition for years.
• Format Works: Multiple 'mini-games' kept the event lively; hosts recommend repeating.
• Room for Growth: World Team still needs full buy-in from international icons like Luka and Jokic; more recognizable stars in Saturday contests would help.
• Bright Future: Momentum from this All-Star Weekend could finally bring long-desired changes (like a 1-on-1 event) to life.

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Final Thought

"Just played a little defense, like 80%, I don't know, 90% effort. And that's all we sort of needed."
— Jay Skeets, 07:35

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[Jay Skeets]

Good evening, sweet world, and welcome to the no Dunks podcast presented by FanDuel. It's Sunday night, February 15th, 2026. I'm Jay Skeets here in the classic factory. And alongside me, as always, Tas Melis. What a sport. Next to him is my Tasha, hot boy Trey Kirby, usa, usa. And over yonder, making the magic happen, super producer jd Hello. There he is. Here we are back on Utah. Utah, back on YouTube for the fourth time in two days. What I was gonna say is our fourth really stream. Yeah, it's like we're all hard. Yeah, it's like an All Star game. Yeah, it's right. Thanks for joining us live on YouTube, especially you sickos that have been here all weekend long. Hit the like button. Subscribe if you haven't share the show. Podcast listeners. We love you too. Five star ratings and reviews. This is gonna be a mini recap podcast. Somehow. Last night we did a 70 minute podcast on all Star.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Saturday night we were talking Tesh.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, wow. We got into it about Tesh and Ludacris. We took a weird music tangent and then we talked about Friday night and we talked about Chris Paul retiring. So maybe that's why it got to 70 minutes anyway tonight and it's a tight 20 because, man, the All Star game is back and we're just pumped. After a scorching hot win over Team World, Team Stripes faced a young Team Stars which didn't let its foot off the gas from the tip of the championship game. Maxi Maxey scored like a quick seven points in the first three minutes. Team Stars led 12 1. Mitch Johnson finally called the timeout. But Team Stars, man, they didn't give up. They had a 20 point lead at one point in that final game. Maxi nine points. Anthony Edwards eight, Jalen Duran six. They got the 47 to 21 win. Anthony Edwards takes home the MVP honors. Tasmelis, you're smiling. You had a good time and you were always saying this might work, this is going to work. Do you think it was just the format? Do you think it was just the case that a couple of guys took it a little more seriously? Bit of both. What do you think?

[Tas Melis]

It's probably John Tesh start tonight.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, probably.

[Tas Melis]

His hair would look good.

[JD (Super Producer)]

His hair look great.

[Tas Melis]

Flowing. Yes. I think it was just guys trying harder. Whether it was USA Team 1 or USA Team 2 Star Stripes or just playing the international team which was led by Victor Wenyaba. I think the biggest difference from last year, which I thought game one was really good last year before they started going off the rails. Literally an hour just hanging out. Wemby was starting tonight. Last year he was coming off the bench. That was strange. But those were those moments in last year's game where he literally was blown by on the perimeter and came back for a recovery block. I mean he did that from the get go in this game, right? The number of possessions. Guys were super scared on the USA side of going near the lane in game one to just get out on the perimeter. You could see it all the entire game. The entire 12 minutes. I guess Wemby played 10 or whatever. It was just fun to watch Victor Wembanyama play basketball. And, yeah, it started with him. It literally started with him.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Absolutely.

[Jay Skeets]

Anthony Edwards said it twice. He said it after the first game where they win, and then he said it again when he got his, like, MVP honors after the championship.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Wemby said, I'm going to play hard at All Star Weekend. And everybody from the US Said, good, we're not going to let you beat us. And that's what it came down to. This was awesome. This completely worked. I don't know if it was the format or Wemby coming out and being like, yeah, I'm actually going to try hard here. And then, you know, KD getting in his feelings a little bit, getting called out as the old guys and saying, look at. Look at Luka and Jokic. They don't do anything. And they literally didn't do anything tonight. Played 5 minutes and then chilled for the rest of the time. At least Luca did an interview. Was just sitting there. Couldn't even bring himself to smile during intros, going Derrick Rose on him. Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

Luca interview was hilarious also, because they asked him. Wemby looked really mad after that game. After the game winner hitting his face and the rotation. Did he say anything after the game? He said, I. I didn't wait for that. I had to go back and get treatment. So he's. Is that his excuse? I'm hurt, so I'm not playing anymore.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, that's the excuse. I guess both of those guys could sort of have still.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, whatever, Even whatever.

[Jay Skeets]

They don't care about All Star Weekend. We get it.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Those guys playing less, Wemby playing more. Yeah, was good. And the All Star Game was the best part of All Star Weekend. When was the last time that's ever happened?

[Tas Melis]

Absolutely.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I mean, this is definitely the best game since 2020, if not before. But this is exciting. Like, the 2020 dunk contest was at least good. That was Aaron Gordon versus Derek Jones Jr. I believe. I thought Saturday night was pretty solid. Like, not a bummer Saturday night. Three stars out of five.

[Jay Skeets]

Sure.

[JD (Super Producer)]

But the All Star Game was like four and a half stars.

[Jay Skeets]

Right.

[JD (Super Producer)]

This was a bummer of an end game, but nobody's going to remember that. They're going to remember the first three.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

The ones that seemingly mattered more.

[Jay Skeets]

First game, going to overtime. Second game, Fox with the game winner. Third game, Kawhi going absolutely bonkers, scoring 31. I think he had in that game. Three in a close game where the world had to actually win, and they had to win by three because of the point differential. And like, those first three were amazing. And it was funny. We just did the live stream here. We're like, what happens if the fourth game's a real sticker? What effect will have that have on people remembering this? We'll see when all the articles come out. But come on. Overall, this was a huge win. And kudos to the guys for giving a damn. Like, how there was way more like a little defense deflections. Guys just not giving up easy. Olay. Like, here you go to the, like, not many instances or cherry picking. They just played a little defense, like 80%, I don't know, 90% effort. And that's all we sort of needed.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, there was. I don't know, I was there three alley oops because people were playing defense. There wasn't many of them. Just because guys were getting back and playing hard. And yeah, it started literally with Wemby. He had three blocks in that opening game and 14 points.

[JD (Super Producer)]

He was.

[Tas Melis]

That guy was serious. If he's playing hard, it had to trickle down to everybody else. So that was super fun. And then Scotty Barnes, who always just plays with his team, first took one shot in that first game and it was the game winner. Yeah, that's what he was about.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Just.

[Tas Melis]

Just that one shot.

[JD (Super Producer)]

American hero.

[Tas Melis]

If you were making way better on Sunday night than he did on Saturday night, Saturday wasn't.

[Jay Skeets]

He wasn't crazy. If you were to make a top five list of guys that played hard in the 2026 NBA All Star Games. Okay, I want to hear who's on your top five.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I got Wemby in the top five.

[Jay Skeets]

Yep.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Kawhi.

[Jay Skeets]

Yes. Ant. Yes.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Cade.

[Jay Skeets]

Yes. I think it's Scotty.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Scotty. You can put Scotty in there for sure.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, those are the five I wrote down. I was wondering if anybody had a. A guy. I didn't, but I think those are the ones that come to mind. I mean, like, look, even LeBron when he was out there, was putting in an effort. Like he was hacking Wemby left and right.

[Tas Melis]

Fouled him hard.

[Jay Skeets]

So there was some effort there.

[Tas Melis]

There was effort, yeah. And when Scotty was playing beside Chet, who's playing hard defensively too, they were difficult to get through. And yeah, Wemby, again, that was the guy, I guess the guy who stands out to me just as far as effort goes. Cause the guy was all business. He's very serious coming into this basketball game. I know Kawhi's 31 points in one quarter is going to be memorable. That All Star Game in Los Angeles, when they've gone through such a roller coaster of a season, that is it. That is incredible in and of itself. And Steve Ballmer sitting there in the front row doing Steve Ballmer things, cheering like that. But Kawhi being able to step in, like way back for threes. I mean, he was on one those. He had the odd scoop shots that he kept missing, but that was probably.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I don't know if I'm gonna remember.

[Tas Melis]

Wemby more or that more when it comes down to it, but that was a special eye for sure. Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

31 points in 12 minutes.

[Jay Skeets]

Pretty crazy.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

It's awesome.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Yeah. He played so well. That was the most memorable part. Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

Had to show Bulmer. They're like, damn, we gotta put him on camera.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. I guess from a specific moment, you're right. That will stand out. But the All Star Game is coming back because of that guy on the other side, the Wemby side. So. Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

Do you think this is. Just run it back in Phoenix, do the exact same thing next year. Would you want to tweak it anyway or. What's your opinion on that? Or do we have something here? Why mess with it?

[JD (Super Producer)]

I don't know. Part of me wants to do just USA versus World, two teams, but I don't think that. I think that even though it's 48 minutes of that game wouldn't be as good as 48 minutes split into these four games. So I would try it again next year and if it goes well again, keep doing it.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Can't disagree. The 12 minutes versus the. The point total, which was 40 last year. Right.

[Jay Skeets]

For each game, maybe 25 in the final. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tas Melis]

It works way better with a clock.

[Jay Skeets]

You think so?

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I mean, it's every game. It makes it like the fourth quarter for every game.

[Tas Melis]

Right, right, right. Yeah. It was unfortunate that it was 41:17 in the final game. If you. That 4,000, 721. Sorry, that was a spanker. Yeah. But the other three. There was literally three good basketball games played before that.

[Jay Skeets]

Three good quarters within one big Giant game. But you're absolutely right.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. There was ant and was super quiet. Yeah. 13, 11 and 8. I mean, super quiet. He was trying because Wemby was trying. But yeah, I don't think it'll be the. It won't be the Anthony Edwards All Star Game that you remember, even though he's the mvp. Really. It's. It's the Kawhi show and Wemby for turning it around.

[JD (Super Producer)]

We're only, like, you know, minutes past the game ending. You're going to remember Wemby, like, I don't really remember a play he made. He had the block off the backboard. Yeah, I did see Scotty Barnes hit a 3 in his face. I did see him miss a 3 from the top of the key. That would help.

[Jay Skeets]

Good luck.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Got bounced. Lost twice.

[Tas Melis]

You did lose twice.

[Jay Skeets]

He seemed upset about it.

[Tas Melis]

Exactly.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. Very bad.

[Tas Melis]

I mean, human.

[Jay Skeets]

All year long. We're running that back, Silver. I want revenge. We're keeping it the exact same. Young guys, old guys, two American teams in Miami, International team.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, but he brought the All Star Game back. He had 14 in the first one and then 19 in that third game. That's overshadowed by Kawhi's 31. He was going for it on one side and Kawhi on the other.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I think the Kawhi, for sure, is the most memorable thing that happened tonight.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. In his arena. That's pretty neat for him. Literally running off the floor in that third game, pointing at the wall at his fans, because he's in the Intuit Dome.

[JD (Super Producer)]

He was.

[Tas Melis]

He was literally pointing at the wall of fans. That was. It means something to him. He wants to be a Los Angeles Clipper, at least until next year because he's already talked about it. He's going to play there next year. So. Yeah, yeah, Kawhi is definitely memorable.

[Jay Skeets]

He's going up against two former Raptors players in Pascal Siakam and Norman Powell, too.

[Tas Melis]

But he said those guys didn't have talent.

[Jay Skeets]

Right. So he had to back it up.

[Tas Melis]

Said the 2019 Raptors didn't have talent.

[Jay Skeets]

I mean, he was killing it. He was killing it. He was smiling. That was like the most we've ever seen Kawhi smile in a. A game or a night. Like I said, we were joking. Like, why have they not showed Steve Ballmer all weekend long? I mean, this is his arena. We were wondering, you know, maybe the league has said, hey, NBC, don't show Balmer here. We got the aspiration investigation. But Kawhi played so well, they had to show Balmer going nuts. And then the other part is, he had Giannis's kids cheering for him.

[JD (Super Producer)]

That was funny.

[Jay Skeets]

Well, then, yes. Like, hold on. No, not thumbs up, guys. Thumbs down. Can't cheer for them. What?

[JD (Super Producer)]

Cheering for the world.

[Jay Skeets]

Right?

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

They must be really torn. We're like, we live in America. We are American, aren't we? Very conflicting. Which team will they play for in the future?

[Tas Melis]

You know, I guess the kids didn't see when Giannis did that to his own fans in Milwaukee.

[Jay Skeets]

I guess.

[Tas Melis]

I guess they're still positive kids. They're probably in bed at that hour. It's probably a late hour.

[Jay Skeets]

Very entertaining. Any other observations?

[Tas Melis]

Game winners in the first two games.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Yep.

[Jay Skeets]

Yep.

[Tas Melis]

Barnes. Then that. De' Aaron Fox with the ball. Went round the world.

[Jay Skeets]

Oh, my God.

[Tas Melis]

Awesome pass.

[Jay Skeets]

Couldn't believe. I mean, I know this is LeBron's thing throughout his entire career where maybe he, like, does the better play and we'll find a guy and he doesn't force a shot, but yeah, he gave up the ball. Then it got back to him. I'm like, okay, he's gonna fire up this three, Right. He passed it inside and then it made its way over to Fox in the corner.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Great luck.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

Just great team play.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. I assumed it went to Kevin Durant. Okay, he's gonna shoot it back to LeBron. Oh, no. He's gonna shoot it. Then it goes to Mitchell. Then de' Aaron Fox for a pump fake. Yeah. That was defense. A pump F required at the three point line in game two of All Star Weekend.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Pump fake. Sidestep. That was nice. I liked Anthony Edwards trying every jump ball for his team.

[Jay Skeets]

Oh, yes.

[JD (Super Producer)]

That's okay. He wanted to win one.

[Jay Skeets]

Thought we. We thought he might get one against kd, though. It seemed like it was going to be his best chance there.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Had a chance.

[Jay Skeets]

The other ones were jumped.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Wemby.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Didn't happen.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. And Wemby jumped for jump ball for overtime. Kind of weird. He's obviously going to win the overtime. So they get first ball in a game up to five.

[Jay Skeets]

Yep.

[Tas Melis]

But they didn't win.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. Still didn't win.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

Who else had a good game, Carl? Anthony Towns, I thought, played pretty well in. In his world games he was bombing away from.

[Tas Melis]

He's an All Star Game king.

[Jay Skeets]

He was. That's right. He scored 50 in an all Star game once. Somebody told me. Don't remember it. Yep. But he did.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. Indiana.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

And, you know, like, Maxi got it going at the end. We had a Jamal Murray stretch there in the third game where he had sort of a rough first game, but then he had ripped off the quick seven that got them back into it. Yeah. Like a lot of good performances. Jalen Brown, I think, started well and maybe cooled off as it went on, but, like, notable big, big plays. Like there wasn't a ton of dunks even, like, Wemby had a couple. Jalen Brown had a couple. I'm sure there's a few other ones, but not many. LeBron had one.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Okay, so they do a top 10 plays of the night at the end. What's going to be number one? Fox, Scotty or Fox?

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I mean, those are game winners.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Kawhi had the. Like that baseline jumper he had where he went between his legs a million times and had a step back. Like that was maybe his most aesthetically pleasing bucket.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

And he had the steel in the dunk that got Ballmer going crazy.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. Okay. That was a good one.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

That'll be probably beyond there.

[Tas Melis]

You're going to get a Wemby dunk in there.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Or definitely his block off the backboard.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. Yep.

[Jay Skeets]

Oh, yeah, a couple blocks. There were some good defensive plays. Okay, we're filling it out here.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Nice.

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[Chase Matthews]

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[JD (Super Producer)]

China's Ministry of State Security is one of the most mysterious and powerful spy agencies in the world. But in 2017, the FBI got inside.

[Tas Melis]

This is Special Agent Riegel, Special Agent Bradley Hall. This MSS officer has no idea the US Government is onto him. But the FBI has his chats, texts, emails, even his personal diary. Hear how they got it on the sixth Bureau podcast?

[Jay Skeets]

I now have several terabytes of an MSS officer. No doubt, no question of his life.

[JD (Super Producer)]

And that's a unicorn.

[Tas Melis]

No one had ever seen anything like that. It was unbelievable.

[JD (Super Producer)]

This is a story of the inner workings of the MSS and how one man's ambition and mistakes opened its vault of secrets.

[Tas Melis]

Listen to the 6th Bureau on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Chase Matthews]

On June 11, 1998, a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went missing. It's an all out manhunt for John Ajay. Every search and rescue team in LA.

[Jay Skeets]

County has been called in to help. Within days, tips started flooding into the Sheriff's department.

[Tas Melis]

The ruler around the drug scene was that a deputy was taken care of.

[Chase Matthews]

Is this the story of a man who just got lost in the desert? Or of a cover up inside the nation's largest sheriff's department?

[Tas Melis]

A homicide captain saying, detective, do not find out if this guy's guilty or innocent.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Who does that?

[Jay Skeets]

Valley of Shadows, a new series from Pushkin Industries about crime and corruption in California's high desert.

[Chase Matthews]

Do you have any advice for us while looking into this disappearance?

[Tas Melis]

I wouldn't do it alone.

[Jay Skeets]

Listen to Valley of shadows on the.

[Chase Matthews]

Iheartradio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Tas Melis]

The Volkswagen Beetle started out as Hitler's dream car.

[JD (Super Producer)]

It wound up as a beloved hippie icon and the best selling car of all time. How did that happen? I'm Jacob Goldstein. And I'm Robert Smith. On business history, we tell the surprising stories behind the inventions and entrepreneurs that shaped our economy. And the story of the Beetle is trul. Surprising. It has so much in it. It has Nazis. It has the German economic miracle. And it features one of the most famous ads of all time, an ad that really redefined what advertising was in the United States. The calculation was that there was some number of Americans who were ready for something different, who were ready for something that was counter to the culture, if you will. Perfect timing decade of the 1960s. Listen to Business History on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts and watch episodes on YouTube.

[Jay Skeets]

We got what else? What else? What are we missing? It was good. It was amazing. Amazing.

[JD (Super Producer)]

There was no silliness at all. We didn't have anybody laying on the ground. We didn't have, I mean, we had some, we had some bad alley oops. Like there was maybe a couple of stretches where it looked like an all star game of years past, but in general, like serious basketball, at least like preseason level intensity.

[Jay Skeets]

I thought good stuff, league great stuff. That's all. Like, again, no one was asking for anyone to get hurt or to like go nuts. It was like, it basically was this. It's like, yeah, go 80%. Just like get back a little, get in the way of guys, you know, like put your arm out to deflect it so it's not like just olay defense. And that's, that's what they did. There really was like, and even some steals and blocks and all that. So they played even harder than some of us maybe even anticipated.

[Tas Melis]

There was some complaints in the studio as we were watching that there were too many breaks during, indeed during Quarters.

[Jay Skeets]

Well, that first game, it felt like they had five commercial breaks in the first game alone. And then. I know it went to overtime and so there was another one. But that it. That was brutal. Like once we. Because there was like a lot of timeouts being called. They were taking it almost too serious, the coaches. But then it seemed to like not get as bad in the second and third. Like there was less timeouts, I thought, in the games themselves. But look, you know, they got commercials. I get that.

[Tas Melis]

They got to do it.

[Jay Skeets]

We don't need five in a 12 minute game. No five breaks. I think we had probably in the first one and I think it was fewer in the next.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. And it was fun for us. We got the chat with the fans. Yeah. It flew by. I will say, in between games. Yeah. It took a few minutes. Interviewed former President Barack Obama. Yeah, they did. We got features. We got features.

[Jay Skeets]

Wemby as the face of the league.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. And Jason Tatum's injury. But it wasn't as painful as last year, that's for sure.

[Jay Skeets]

Not even close.

[Tas Melis]

So, you know, it was four or five minutes at times. I was watching the shot clock because they got the time ticking down. How long is this gonna be, Brock? Okay, you get four and a half minutes or whatever you got. But it wasn't as painful, that's for sure. At least it was planned. NBC was doing this to time. They were on the point. Unlike last year.

[Jay Skeets]

People on the scene got a little red panda. They got ludicrous with Dwayne Wade doing something, whatever. They had their things out there to fill. Fill the time for the crowd in attendance. Did seem like it was more of a crowd too, compared to last night.

[Tas Melis]

For sure.

[Jay Skeets]

Buzz in the building.

[JD (Super Producer)]

But if you're gonna stop the basketball, I'd much rather hear Obama than Mr. Beast. So I think this was a successful all star weekend for NBC.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Oh, they smashed it. Comparatively.

[Jay Skeets]

Yes. Okay. You didn't miss tnt, didn't miss Ernie and the guys. I mean, I mean, you've had them for a lot of time, so.

[JD (Super Producer)]

No, I didn't.

[Jay Skeets]

Okay.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I didn't think once. I was like, I wish Shaq was here on the broadcast.

[Tas Melis]

So I'm in the ads. He had an ad with Kevin Hart. I mean, last year Shaq said 72% of United States has ADHD. And I'm one of them. That's what I remember from last year. That's Shaq said.

[Jay Skeets]

He said that?

[JD (Super Producer)]

Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

Wow. I'm one of the 72%. So that's. Yeah. Last year Was painful. Watching those guys on the floor. That was so strange.

[Jay Skeets]

Well, yeah, yeah. I mean, it was the send off for TNT that took a while. And yeah, we went through it all. So we didn't have that. It was a little bit more like. Silver must be so pissed because he's like. I said we were going back to basketball like two years ago. And you lied. You didn't or. We didn't. He was part of the problem. Well, yeah, last year, but this sort of was.

[Tas Melis]

He tapped too much into the content creators during the Sunday night festivities. He shifted them to Friday night. This is your night, Jessup. And everybody else. Everybody else.

[Jay Skeets]

It's a place, isn't it, in Georgia?

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. Jessup.

[Jay Skeets]

Jesser.

[Tas Melis]

Jesser. My bad. Mr. Mr. Jazz. Tristan Jass a few time on Friday night. You know who is your, your Dylan.

[Jay Skeets]

Dylan Wang. Yeah. He played in the game, though.

[Tas Melis]

He's your guy. That guy's. That guy can ball kafu. He's not an. He's not an influencer, but he's. He was there.

[JD (Super Producer)]

He's there. I see somebody said that Brandon Ingram and Glorillo went scoreless this, this weekend.

[Jay Skeets]

Oh, did Brandon Ingram not score? Is that right? Did anybody else not score in any of the games?

[JD (Super Producer)]

There are. There are multiple players who didn't score in a game.

[Jay Skeets]

But. But overall in the night. Okay.

[Tas Melis]

It's hard to tell.

[JD (Super Producer)]

It's hard to keep them all straight.

[Tas Melis]

Cade was playing great defense on Brandon Ingram. Yeah. Shut him down.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Kate had a lot of blocks.

[Tas Melis]

So many blocks.

[Jay Skeets]

I think again, you did the list already. But to me, Cade, Scotty defensively and then Wembanyama, those guys on the defensive end. Then it was more like Aunt Kawhi offensively bringing it. Yeah, it was good. Good display of basketball, said Wembanyama. Better than last year, in my opinion. It was fun. I think being honest with ourselves is good. It's a game we love. It's a game I personally cherish. So being competitive is the least I can do.

[JD (Super Producer)]

This guy has great emotional intelligence.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Like his EQ is off the charts. It feels like he says the right thing every time he asked the question. And he's honest and forthcoming with what he's really feeling.

[Jay Skeets]

It never feels like playing. Feels like he's. Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Sticking to talking points.

[Jay Skeets]

Nope, not at all. He's very real and he's right and he brought it and he backed up what he was talking about and then he got other guys on board and that's all we got. And we got a decent All Star game. Fantastic. I got nothing else. What a weekend.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Would you like to see the world get a win?

[Jay Skeets]

I would. I mean, I would have liked the world to have made the final. We were debating that because I just think with Wemby there, I think the whole thing is pitched as USA versus the world. Would have just been better for the final game. Also a part of the that reasoning was the final game sucked, so it got out of hand. Yeah, yeah. But this is maybe better. Maybe this is better if we stick with this because then the world should be pissed off. Will this get Luka and Jokic to finally compete and take this thing seriously? Probably not. Not at all. But yeah.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, yeah. Denny did not have a good. A good night at all.

[Jay Skeets]

No.

[Tas Melis]

From intros, didn't look like he was very happy. I don't know if there was some booze in there, but when they were announced his name, he just didn't seem like he was there. So. Yes, a Jokic, that would help.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. Well, this is the funny team World felt like four guys to me. Really. It felt like there was Wemby, there was Jamal Murray. There was because Towns. Towns. Thank you. You can't say Norm did a lot. No, you can't say Denny did a lot.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. Pascal was. He did some things for sure. Normie wasn't his thing. Alper and Shen Goon did not have.

[Jay Skeets]

A good next to nothing.

[Tas Melis]

Right.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

So, yeah, Jokic would be nice. Luca.

[Jay Skeets]

Wendy really needed a Luca or a Jokic to come along for the ride to along with Murray, who did play. I thought, okay. I mean, he shot a lot. All right, maybe we have something here.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. Maybe the fact that Wemby played hard will influence Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic next year. That's. That's a stretch. Even as I say it, as it's coming out of my mouth, I don't feel like those guys are going to want to play basketball extremely hard. But there's a trickle down effect a little bit. You know Jokic, we saw him play defense that one possession he did poke the ball.

[Jay Skeets]

He actually made a deflection out of bounce and we all like popped. We were like, whoa.

[Tas Melis]

There was a possession last year. I remember deep late defense he picked up at mid court. Yeah, it's not enough. But then, yeah, maybe there's trickle effect.

[Jay Skeets]

But in all honesty, like, what happens here does. Jokic is like, all right, I'm going to play one shift and then I'm done. Is that what he just tells the coaching staff?

[Tas Melis]

Because that's all he played.

[Jay Skeets]

I mean. Yeah, I don't think he came.

[JD (Super Producer)]

He played five minutes of the first game and never came back in.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

So obviously he or the. The team or somebody made that decision.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah. And Shay's injury was a part of it, too.

[Jay Skeets]

Giannis and Shea. Okay. Yeah. It's maybe a different story for sure. Okay, great.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Jokic was in Darko's doghouse. Of course, he ripped a huge fart in the locker room before he's like, I got to start you because of the votes. But after that, putting you back in, that thing stunk.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. Yeah. All right. Anything else here before we take a quick break and then get to some fun news? Yeah. No dunk slam a little bit later? No, let's just do it.

[JD (Super Producer)]

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[Jay Skeets]

Lots of conversation here in the Stream team about Jokic and Luca and how they didn't play hard and all that, and that's sort of a recurring theme. But I do like this idea. Why don't we just make those two guys coaches? Sure, why not? They'll be there. Just let them coach. They seem like more fun on the sidelines. They sort of have a hilarious, like, relationship with each other. We saw the clip going around Jokic smacking Luka in the back of the head. Tried to, you know, hit his nut sack as he fired back. Let's make them coaches. They don't want to play. They don't want to play. All right. Make them coaches.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, I liked seeing that smack. And then Wemby, who was right there, front row, no reaction from him. He didn't laugh?

[Jay Skeets]

No, no. He's like, that's funny, you clowns. Let's take this serious.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, I'd actually like to know. Last year, Jokic asked Wemby pre allstar game, you brought a book? Because he was reading his book. Did Wemby bring a book this year?

[JD (Super Producer)]

Curious or did he get bullied?

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, I better not bring my book. This guy will make fun of me again. Okay, we got some no dunks news for everyone here because there's no NBA games on for most of next week. We're going to have a few days off here. So no shows on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. But when we return on Thursday, we're going to be in Austin, Texas. Yee haw. Yeah. The San Antonio spurs are returning to Austin as part of their 2026 rodeo road trip, playing two regular season home games at the Moody center in Austin. They play on Thursday and they play on Saturday. They play the Suns and they play the Kings. The games are part of the fourth annual i35 series. And again, like I said, Suns and Kings come in to play the spurs in Austin. So what they do is like this spurs week, bunch of activations. They kick off today, actually. I saw. So they'll be doing stuff all week long. But the no dunks boys will be making their way to Austin on Wednesday. And on Thursday morning we're gonna be doing a live podcast at a bit of a pop up Spurs Por Vida Coffee social presented by Ledger. The address there on your screen, 918 Congress Ave. Austin, Texas. And we'll be doing this again on Thursday, February 19th at 10:00am Plan is to be live on YouTube for everybody else that doesn't live in the Austin area. But if you are in Austin or you're making your way to Austin for that Thursday night game or maybe for the whole weekend, come see your boys custom Ledger branded merch. There will be games to win prizes. I think you can actually win courtside seats to that Thursday night game, which would be pretty cool.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Can we enter?

[Jay Skeets]

Probably not.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Okay.

[Jay Skeets]

But we could still play.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Hopefully somebody from the no dunks world wins.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. And you can also get some free coffee too because we're going to be like in a like sort of a coffee pop up. So hopefully we get free coffee. I think we get that free French roast coffee while watching us podcasts.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Oh, for Wemby French roast.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, probably brilliant. So we're going to be doing that. So we're flying to Austin on Wednesday. We're doing the show on Thursday morning. We'll also be doing some fun, you know, social media content outside of the Moody center on Thursday leading up to that game. Then we're going be in our seats for the game at a good game.

[Tas Melis]

Spur son.

[Jay Skeets]

Pretty excited. Yeah. And then obviously flying Back here. We might have a podcast on Friday morning, too. We probably will. Recapping our experience. Might do that from Austin before we leave. But only the Thursday show will be at the Spurs Por Vida Coffee Social, again presented by Ledger. So exciting. Couple days off and then go and do a. Like I said, it's not even like it's a live show. It's a really. A live podcast. We'll just be there sipping coffees.

[JD (Super Producer)]

On site.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, on site. That's a good way to.

[JD (Super Producer)]

People here in the stream team are like, I'm buying my tickets.

[Jay Skeets]

No, no, you don't.

[JD (Super Producer)]

You're just showing up.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

You're buying your coffee. Maybe you'll get a croissant.

[Jay Skeets]

You don't even gotta buy coffee. They say you're getting free coffee.

[JD (Super Producer)]

You're getting free coffee. Yeah, Tacos are on you.

[Jay Skeets]

The game, by the way, I do have the details on how you win front row tickets. Is it paytunk? Is the game patunk?

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

It's like lawn bowling, right?

[Tas Melis]

It's like bocce.

[Jay Skeets]

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I guess that's how you can win it. There's some sort of game there at the place. The Casa de Spurs, I guess, is what we're at. That's the actual activation place. And you can play this and you can maybe win these front row tickets. Everything is French to the Saturday game.

[Tas Melis]

French roast Peton. Yeah, Cool.

[Jay Skeets]

Cool. Yeah. French or Spanish. Yeah, a lot of languages.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Shy Packer beret.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Okay.

[Tas Melis]

All right.

[Jay Skeets]

I mean, yeah, stick with the theme. Why not?

[JD (Super Producer)]

Literally, it's the only time I'm gonna.

[Jay Skeets]

Have a reason to wear one. And you have one.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Well, I mean, it's technically Laura's.

[Jay Skeets]

Oh, okay.

[JD (Super Producer)]

And she hates when I wear it because my head is much bigger than hers is.

[Jay Skeets]

So you stretch it out.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Yeah, I definitely do. That thing is struggling.

[Jay Skeets]

You gotta bring it. At the very least, got to. I'm bringing my Wembanyama jersey. You just reminded me and thinking of packing. Nice. Yeah, I'm gonna pack that.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Pack.

[Tas Melis]

I gotta pack. I'll be packing.

[Jay Skeets]

When will you pack?

[Tas Melis]

I've got Tuesday night.

[Jay Skeets]

We're flying Wednesday.

[Tas Melis]

We're flying Wednesday. What time is flight?

[Jay Skeets]

About noon.

[Tas Melis]

Can I get it in on Wednesday morning?

[JD (Super Producer)]

Probably.

[Jay Skeets]

Easily.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

Short trip.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah. You don't gotta pack a lot. You should pack.

[JD (Super Producer)]

You used to have that shirt that had black and white stripes. You should pack that so you can look like a mime.

[Jay Skeets]

And spurs colors. Really? Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

Black and white.

[JD (Super Producer)]

This is.

[Tas Melis]

This is a.

[JD (Super Producer)]

This is maybe 20. 2010-2012 test.

[Tas Melis]

When we were kids.

[Jay Skeets]

When we were young kids. Yeah. Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Stripey shirt, like thick, thick stripes.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

There was a theme. Was it a theme like a boating theme party that we were at?

[Jay Skeets]

Maybe.

[JD (Super Producer)]

So bring any stripes you got?

[Jay Skeets]

No. We used to go to the boat for Yacht Rock all the time.

[Tas Melis]

Mm.

[Jay Skeets]

Before we came here. I don't think the boat's open anymore in Toronto. Kensington Market. Shout out to Kensington Market. That was a great. Remember, we used to party there all the time. We were like. We were early to the Yacht Rock waves. We were on that wave early. We were on that boat and that wave early. Man, those were some fun nights. All right, I'm just rambling now, so we might as well call it there. We're going over for sure. Okay. As we wrap this up, I want you to, you know, on a grade, like a teacher grade All Star game. So Sunday night here. How would you grade it? Get your pens out, your red pens. What would you grade it? Tk professor tk.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I'm giving it an A minus.

[Jay Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, I was. I'm right in the same boat as you. Ideally, it ends better, but we got what we want.

[Jay Skeets]

Okay. Okay. So not per. Yeah.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Not.

[Jay Skeets]

Not an A plus. A minus. And then Saturday night. Sounded like you were Saturday night.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I'm a nice. I'm a nice, solid B.

[Jay Skeets]

Okay.

[Tas Melis]

Good performance.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I'm not disappointed. There's still room to grow. But you didn't embarrass us out there, right?

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah.

[Tas Melis]

B minus.

[Jay Skeets]

Luda's mic. Luda's mic botched. Luda. Luda's mic on Peacock. I'm with you.

[Tas Melis]

No, we need to stars that we actually know their names in the dunk contest. Listen, I know I knew every single one of those dunkers names, but I would say a lot of people out there did not. That's a problem.

[Jay Skeets]

So, I mean, I guess with what happened tonight and how the USA vs World format did play out, and, like, we're giving it good grades and it was pretty entertaining. Maybe this is a good sign that we do get a one on one tournament. Because Silver loves nothing more than to like, turn to the Internet, turn to Twitter, and everybody getting upset of, like. Because, like, there was a lot of people been asking of this for a long time. USA versus world. We finally got it. Maybe 101 is next. Instead of like some of the All Star Saturday night stuff. Maybe. Hopefully. Why not try it?

[JD (Super Producer)]

Why not?

[Jay Skeets]

Why not? Exactly.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Why not?

[Jay Skeets]

All right, let's hear how you guys.

[Tas Melis]

Jazz versus Jessup. What's his name? Jess Jazz.

[Jay Skeets]

And just versus Jessa.

[Tas Melis]

Do it. Tristan Jazz.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Those could easily be also influencers.

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, they could.

[JD (Super Producer)]

They're in the stable. They're in the Jesser stable.

[Jay Skeets]

Wow. Jass and Jess like evil versions of these content creators.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I like that.

[Jay Skeets]

So there's a Tristan Jass, but here comes Tristan Jazz and then there's a Jesser and here comes Jessup. Jess. What'd you call him? Jessup.

[Tas Melis]

Yeah, I call him Jessup. Yeah.

[Jay Skeets]

Has anyone been to Jessup?

[Tas Melis]

Jessup, Georgia?

[Jay Skeets]

Yeah, I think I know somebody from Jessup, Georgia. That's why it's. I'm finding it very funny. Let me see. Jessup, Georgia, Georgia. Very small. Under 10,000 people. About 10,000, I think. Who do I know? Okay, I know somebody from Jessup. Let me know.

[Tas Melis]

Let me know.

[Jay Skeets]

Let's stay on stream until we figure.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Out something about Jessup.

[Jay Skeets]

I want to say it's a. A Beth or Jared. Relative associate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuz, you know, they're Georgia people.

[Tas Melis]

Wayne county, huh?

[Jay Skeets]

Interesting. Clipper Rose, you heard it here first. Have a great time.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Turn up. Love you guys. Awesome.

[Tas Melis]

Thanks for joining us. And remember, there was some defense tonight. In fact, Kate Cunningham has many blocks as Victor Wenyama tonight both had three. There's an extra game for Kate in there, but still three. That's impressive.

[Jay Skeets]

That's huge. Maybe mvp. Maybe should have got it. Set the tone defensively.

[JD (Super Producer)]

I'm petitioning the league.

[Jay Skeets]

We guys, we will see you from Austin the next time you see us. It's a while from now. Embrace the week, people.

[Chase Matthews]

Crook and Chase Nashville chats with the coolest cat in country music. He is edgy. He's fun. He is Chase Matthews.

[Jay Skeets]

Keith Urban helped make him a global sensation last year, but it's his recent number one hit, Darlin, that put Chase on the map and launched a fun and difficult conversation about lovers who cheat and lie. That's why I'm scared to get married. You're giving me trust issues, brother.

[Chase Matthews]

Crook and Chase Nashville chats with Chase Matthew. Listen and subscribe on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

[Tas Melis]

This is Special Agent Regal, Special Agent Bradley Hall.

[JD (Super Producer)]

In 2018, the FBI took down a ring of spies working for China's Ministry of State Security, one of the most mysterious intelligence agencies in the world.

[Tas Melis]

The Sixth Bureau podcast is a story of the inner workings of the MSS and how one man's ambition and mistakes opened its vault of secrets.

[JD (Super Producer)]

Listen to the 6th Bureau on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Chase Matthews]

When you feel uncomfortable. What do you put on?

[Tas Melis]

Biggie.

[Chase Matthews]

You put on Biggie when you feel uncomfortable.

[Tas Melis]

Because I want to get confident.

[Chase Matthews]

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[Jay Skeets]

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[Chase Matthews]

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