Sox Populi Podcast
Mothership podcast, usually hosted by Brett Ballantini. Formerly known as the South Side Sox podcast.
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Sox Populi Podcast 164 - Thanksgiving, for every wrong move
Joe Resis, Brian O’Neill, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Brett Ballantini give thanks for their White Sox fandom. No, really
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Sox Populi Podcast 163 — Reviewing our 2023 predictions!
Joe Resis, Brian O’Neill, Chrystal O’Keefe, Ryiin, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Brett Ballantini review the best and worst of our past season picks
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Sox Populi Podcast 162 — Goodbye, Tim. Goodbye, Liam
Joe Resis, Dante Jones, Chrystal O’Keefe and Brett Ballantini say goodbye to the most prominent leaders on the White Sox, examine the front office’s decision-making process, and (gulp) look toward 2024
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Sox Populi Podcast 161 — That’s All, Folks!
Joe Resis, Dante Jones, Brian O’Neill and Brett Ballantini look back at the season, ahead to 2024 — and search for any positives from the summer
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Sox Populi Podcast 160 — The march to 100 losses
Ryiin, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Malachi Hayes and Brett Ballantini look ahead to the final weekend (and 2024), as well as look back at another lost season
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Sox Populi Podcast 159 — Boy the White Sox are bad
Brian O’Neill and Brett Ballantini have the fortitude to study this stool sample of a South Side squad
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Sox Populi Podcast 158 — You cannot take my fandom away
Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Malachi Hayes, Joe Resis, Ryiin, Jacki Krestel, Brian O’Neill and Brett Ballantini reassess their Chicago White Sox fandom
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Sox Populi Podcast 156 — Another Cubs loss, and then a trade surprise!
Sam Sherman, Chrystal O’Keefe, Malachi Hayes, Kristina Airdo, Ryiin, Dante Jones and Brett Ballantini thought they just grieving another lost season — and then were told they had to grieve a lost Giolito!
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Sox Populi Podcast 155 — Crosstown mixed marriages, Vol. 1
Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and her husband, Shaun, join Brett Ballantini for a dive into the similarities and differences between White Sox and Cubs fandom
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Sox Populi Podcast 154/Live Podcast 3 — Post-draft, and the next day of the rest of our White Sox lives
Adrian Serrano and Dante Jones join Brett Ballantini for a live discussion of the 2023 draft, and how this wheezing ballclub gets its way to the finish line
Sox Populi Live, Vol III
Let’s talk draft, and maybe even the Chicago White Sox, if we have to.
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Sox Populi Podcast 153/Live Podcast 2 — White Sox select ... Jacob González
Tommy Barbee and Malachi Hayes join Brett Ballantini for a live discussion through the first half of 2023’s first round, in session that eventually devolved into support group
Sox Populi: Live draft stream, 5:45 p.m. CT
Malachi Hayes, Tommy Barbee, Brett Ballantini and who knows who else will be on board to count down (at least) to the first White Sox pick
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Sox Populi Podcast 152 — We go live!
Tommy Barbee, Joe Resis and Malachi Hayes join Brett Ballantini for a soft launch of our livestream to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter
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Sox Populi Podcast 151 — Any room for hope?
Brian O’Neill, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Malachi Hayes join Brett Ballantini to try to squeeze some hope out of a woebegone ballclub gifted by a ragtag division
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Sox Populi Podcast 150 — No historical precedent — 2023-06-22
Mark Liptak joins Brett Ballantini for a look at the unprecedented awfulness of this year’s club, and how deep the rot drives
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Sox Populi Podcast 149 — Brett defends Rick Hahn
Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Chrystal O’Keefe join Brett Ballantini to announce some site news, look at the big plus and minus at this point in the season, and peer into Gio’s future
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Sox Populi Podcast 148 — Sox sweep!
Malachi Hayes, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, Chrystal O’Keefe, Dante Jones and Brian O’Neill join Brett Ballantini to talk about this weekend’s three wins, its stars — and a foreboding schedule ahead
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Sox Populi Podcast 147 — Tearing down the rebuild
Malachi Hayes, Ryiin, Dante Jones and Tommy Barbee join Brett Ballantini to make the "tough" calls regarding this failed White Sox roster
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Sox Populi Podcast 146 — Race to the Bottom
Chrystal O’Keefe, Dante Jones, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and Tommy Barbee join Brett Ballantini to peer into the crystal ball and imagine how this White Sox team will measure up historically
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Sox Populi Podcast 145 — The White Sox are hot!
Chrystal O’Keefe, Dante Jones and Ryiin join Brett Ballantini to dive into the madness of five wins in seven games — and the gangster getup
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Sox Populi Podcast 144 — Overthrowing Jerry
Chrystal O’Keefe, Adrian Serrano, Malachi Hayes and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to exert our wills on the White Sox — immediately
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Sox Populi Podcast 143 — Why are we doing this?
Chrystal O’Keefe, Dante Jones and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to reassess our fandom, take a hard look at the team — and squint hard to find room for hope
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Sox Populi Podcast 142 — Early State of the Sox
Darren Black, Malachi Hayes and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to assess the disappointments of the early going — and find room for hope
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Sox Populi Podcast 141 — 2023 MLB predictions
Chrystal O’Keefe, Adrian Serrano, Joe Resis, Tommy Barbee, Dante Jones and Willow join Brett Ballantini to forecast how this baseball season will play out
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Sox Populi Podcast 140 — 2023 White Sox Predictions
Chrystal O’Keefe, Malachi Hayes, Joe Resis, Tommy Barbee and Dante Jones join Brett Ballantini for a look at how our guys shape up for the coming year
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Sox Populi Podcast 139 — Camelback Confidential, plus WBC talk
Our Spring Training scouts, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and son Sage, join Brett Ballantini for their take on the White Sox — and the World Baseball Classic
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South Side Sox Podcast 138 — Spring Training and WBC check-ins
Malachi Hayes, Kristina Airdo, Hannah LaMotta and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to discuss more of the good and bad of Cactus League play — and catch up on the World Baseball Classic
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South Side Sox Podcast 137 — Early spring starts and stops
Joe Resis, Jordan Hass and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to discuss the good and bad of early Cactus League play — and some coming changes to our podcast
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South Side Sox Podcast 136 — Liam Hendriks, and the rest of the news
Dante Jones, Malachi Hayes, Joe Resis, Chrystal O’Keefe and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to discuss Liam’s fight ahead — and assess the prospects of a mildly-changed roster
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South Side Sox Podcast 135 — The SSS Veterans Committee ballot
Dante Jones, Malachi Hayes, Joe Resis and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to discuss the loaded 1990s era ballot on SSS — and take it upon ourselves to vote two players in
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South Side Sox Podcast 134 — A smattering of outfielder signings, a touch of TA and a pinch of Soxivus
Jordan Hass, Dante Jones, Chrystal O’Keefe, Allie Wesel, Malachi Hayes and Melissa Sage-Bollenbach join Brett Ballantini to discuss a more crowded outfield, seats at the table and gifts for the White Sox