The Kirby Phares Show

What's Wrong (and Right) With the NFL This Season + College Football Shakeups & Early Divorces

Kirby is joined by Sam to unpack a wonky-but-hopeful start to the football season — and maybe do a little collective therapy while we're at it. Joe Burrow's turf toe has broken spirits, the Chiefs are somehow both mid and still Super Bowl favorites, and the Ravens might be the most confusing 4–5 team in football. It's giving full 2007 energy at the top of the table. Over in college, LSU's early-season split with Brian Kelly is getting messier than Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie — complete with gaslighting, delusion, and a dash of SEC drama. And finally, we get real about NFL seasonal depression — the heartbreak, the false hope, and the emotional toll of watching your team crumble by Week 3 (but still tuning in every Sunday anyway). It's chaos, it's cathartic, and it's exactly how we like our football.

WNBA Playoff Chaos, A'ja Wilson Worship & Dallas Cowboys Soap Opera

Kirby and Sam discuss the WNBA playoff race with four weeks to go—who's soaring, who's stumbling, and how the injury bug is reshaping the field. They pause for a moment of pure A'ja Wilson appreciation before turning to the NFL, where Cowboys chaos, Jerry Jones antics, and holdout drama set the stage for the season. Plus, early predictions: which teams are headed for BOOM and which ones look like BUSTs?

Witnessing Angel Reese, WNBA All-Star Party & Love Island USA Simplified to NFL Teams

Kirby is joined by Sam to debrief witnessing the glory of Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky take on Studbudz and Napheesa Collier's Lynx. They break down the chaotic magic of the WNBA All-Star Game—part basketball, part block party. Then, in a crossover you didn't know you needed, Kirby translates the drama of Love Island USA into NFL team comps so Sam can finally understand the stakes.

Caitlin Clark Out Yet Fever Win Big, Paige Bueckers & WNBA All-Star Selections, and Impact of Dawn Staley "Conversation" With Knicks

This week, Kirby is joined by Sam to unpack the NBA offseason chaos and finally settle the question: who even won the Finals? Plus, buckle up as Kirby works through her internalized misogyny in a chaotic and cathartic conversation about whether the Knicks ever seriously considered hiring Dawn Staley as head coach. They also react to the WNBA All-Star selections, where Paige Bueckers shines as the only rookie on the roster, and put the three new WNBA expansion teams on the map. The Fever cooked the Lynx in the Commissioner's Cup Final without Caitlin Clark -- they're actually that good. And finally, we mourn the death of Love & Basketball in Dallas.

Caitlin Clark Uncertain Return, Can the Pacers Keeping Stunning, & GAME, SET, GAUFF

Didn't get your fill of Tyrese Haliburton's zero-to-hero moment in Game 1 of the NBA Finals? Kirby and Sam are here to gush over the two-time reigning MVCutie like only they can. Plus, things get dramatic as we role-play (don't get too excited) Aryna Sabalenka's meltdown after her loss to Coco Gauff at the French Open. And we've got the scoop on the WNBA's newest chaos engine: the Stud Budz livestream. Is it just trash talk or is it open season on the Lynx?