Episodes
In the premiere episode of "The Sports with Tyler Huckabee," Gradient's resident expert in all non-sports related things gives us his unique take on the NBA Finals.   Hosted by:   Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis
Published 06/01/16
This week, a new wrinkle in Hulk Hogan’s Gawker lawsuit, and a new trailer for the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake. Also, Millennials are living at home more (surprise!) and we talk about the new seven-hour OJ Simpson documentary (bigger surprise!).   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee Bradford William Davis ... @_BWD_   Connect...
Published 05/27/16
This week, ‘The Good Wife’ came to a close, Washington Post released a controversial new study on the Washington Redskins, Facebook met with Conservative leaders and one of Nigeria’s missing girls was found.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis   Show Notes: Story Five:...
Published 05/20/16
This week, Pope Francis said he’d explore the idea of female deacons in the Catholic Church, while Chance the Rapper took the whole world to church with his new album. Also, Lyft had to seriously up its settlement, and Paul Ryan began to swallow a bitter pill.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Bradford William Davis ... @_BWD_   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is ...
Published 05/14/16
Just a short update to ICYMI listeners about some big goings-on in the Gradient world, and what to expect from the future.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar     Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis
Published 05/06/16
This week, Johnny Manziel was indicted, Cleveland’s police union continued to make things so much worse for the family of Tamir Rice, India debuted a new plan for empowering women against violence and Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ changed the world as we know it.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter...
Published 04/28/16
This week, Shapchat made a very stupid attempt to celebrate 4/20, United Health dealt the Affordable Healthcare Act a serious blow, and America’s $20 bill got a significant upgrade. Also, we said goodbye to Prince, one of the most perfect pop stars of all time.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee Bradford William Davis ... @_BWD_   Connect...
Published 04/22/16
This week, Mark Zuckerberg and Stephen Hawking teamed up to talk space travel while an all-men’s club at Harvard defended itself from accusations of sexism in probably the worst way possible. Also, Bono had a novel approach to stopping ISIS, Buzzfeed is struggling to make ends meet and the NBA had a night for the ages.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ......
Published 04/15/16
This week, Twitter got rights to stream Thursday night NFL games, WhatsApp’s new encryption blocked out the FBI and the Panama Papers became the largest information leak in history. Also, we recap The People VS OJ Simpson’s finale. No spoilers!   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ......
Published 04/08/16
This week, the NFL demanded The New York Times retract a story about their football players and concussions, journalists criticized the Obama Administration’s lack of transparency, Oculus Rift tried (and failed) to make a splash, and white people complained that Hamilton put out a casting call for nonwhite actors.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web...
Published 04/01/16
This week, Speaker of House Paul Ryan apologized for some previous views he held about the poor, some of VICE Media’s practices get called into question, new research proves that dogs are smarter than we thought and one of hip-hop’s true greats passed away. We also recap the horror in Belgium, and take a look at how global leaders responded.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ......
Published 03/25/16
This week, President Barack Obama introduced his SCOTUS nominee to the Senate, Amazon announced a new selfie-centric payment method, Apple introduced a gamble to make mixtapes lucrative and the NFL finally admitted something literally everybody knows.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ......
Published 03/18/16
This week, Hulk Hogan started the fight of his life against Gawker in the courtroom, NASCAR President Brian France took heat for endorsing Donald Trump, the legendary “fifth Beatle” passed away and Dos Equis began its search for the new Most Interesting Man in the World.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ......
Published 03/11/16
This week, we take a look at a small hiccup in Google’s plan to rollout self-driving cars, a big hiccup in the GOP establishment’s plan to slow Donald Trump’s march towards the nomination and discuss how Chris Rock handled the Oscars.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis   Show...
Published 03/04/16
This week, we take a look at President Obama’s new push to close Guantanamo Bay, USA Today’s scathing report on Hollywood’s diversity problem, Amazon’s move into the fast fashion industry and Kesha’s denied injunction bid against Dr. Luke.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ......
Published 02/25/16
This week, we look at what the Grammys got right and wrong, Katie Holmes maybe sort of throws Scientology under the bus, Kanye keeps himself in the news and we get an expert to explain Apple’s potentially huge beef with the FBI   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis   Show...
Published 02/19/16
This week we discuss the real winners and losers of the New Hampshire primary, work through some ideas on how to fix Twitter and admit that Kanye got us to finally sign up for Tidal.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis   Show Notes: Story Five: The New Hampshire primaries...
Published 02/12/16
The debut episode from Gradient’s ICYMI. We explore the historical precedent for President Obama's visit to a Baltimore mosque, Ryan Murphy's excellent new OJ Simpson show, and whether or not Amazon should start opening actual stores.   Hosted by: Michael Romero ... @mromero Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis   Show...
Published 02/05/16
In Case You Missed It is a podcast from Gradient. Every week, Gradient’s team of writers and editors will catch you up on the most important stories from the week that was with the perspective only Gradient can bring. Whether it’s from the world of politics, pop culture, science, sex, tech, business, sports or really anything else, we’ll explore what it was and why it matters. New episodes will be released each Friday.     Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ......
Published 01/31/16