{"podcast":{"title":"The Arena: Gridiron","slug":"the-arena-gridiron-7479523","podcast_index_feed_id":7479523,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/gridironarena","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAvjYgmwadC682OoC4Cc6TQ","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/db93ba28-8298-11f0-9f2a-c70d50b78e83/image/48f61c98b5390d67cee90f4a41a9d115.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Underdog Fantasy","episode_count":96,"summary":"The Arena: Gridiron launches September 2nd, featuring Skip Bayless, Aqib Talib, Jay Gruden, and Cody Kessler, hosted by Kinsey Wolanski, with appearances by long-time partner Gilbert Arenas. Gil's Arena is the largest digital basketball show in the U.S. and the fifth-largest daily sports show in the country, measuring viewers across all platforms. Underdog plans to bring the same energy to The Arena: Gridiron, bringing iconic, unfiltered takes on the hottest topics in sports to football fans nationwide. Tune in every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30am PT throughout the season for new episodes.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-arena-gridiron-7479523"},"episode":{"title":"Skip Bayless Recaps His HOSTILE Return To First Take","slug":"skip-bayless-recaps-his-hostile-return-to-first-take","published_at":"2026-05-08T22:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-arena-gridiron-7479523/skip-bayless-recaps-his-hostile-return-to-first-take","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-arena-gridiron-7479523","url":"https://www.youtube.com/live/wru6DkvceVc?si=UKLQIkbojmZaq1lG","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/clrtpod.com/m/traffic.megaphone.fm/USH7153847127.mp3","summary":"Skip Bayless Recaps His HOSTILE Return To First Take as the legendary sports media figure joins the Arena Gridiron Crew to break down his return to ESPN to go toe to toe with Stephen A Smith after 10 years and defend his explosive take that LeBron James is the 9th best NBA Player of All Time. They then react to Aaron Rodgers teasing his return to football as all signs are pointing to the 4 time NFL MVP returning to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers this season and debate if the future hall of famer can guide the Steelers to back to back division titles in the AFC North before breaking down Stephen Jones' take on the Micah Parsons trade, saying that the Cowboys were on the right side of history after trading their franchise superstar. Next, they react to Stefon Diggs being found not guilty on strangulation charges in an incident with a private chef and debate if any NFL team should sign the former all pro receiver fresh off a 1000 yard season and Super Bowl appearance before reacting to raheem Morris agreeing to join the San Francisco 49ers as their defensive coordinator and discuss if he is the missing piece to take the 9ers over the hump. Finally, they take a look at the current Super Bowl odds featuring some surprises and give their take on Russell Wilson deciding between media and the New York Jets for his next team. Today's Arena Crew : Skip Bayless, Aqib Talib, Cody Kessler, TJ Ward and Kinsey. Give Out Your OWN NFL Draft Grades - https://underdogmockdraft.com/ The Arena Gridiron premieres every Monday & Friday at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET. Sign up for Underdog HERE with promo code GRID and play $5 to get $50 in bonus funds or bonus entries https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-gi... SUBSCRIBE: / @thearena0 Join the Underdog discord for access to exclusive giveaways and…","meta_description":"Skip Bayless Recaps His HOSTILE Return To First Take as the legendary sports media figure joins the Arena Gridiron Crew to break down his return to ESPN t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7657,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-arena-gridiron-7479523/episodes/skip-bayless-recaps-his-hostile-return-to-first-take/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-arena-gridiron-7479523/skip-bayless-recaps-his-hostile-return-to-first-take.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}