Slices of fiction, slices of sports, and slices of sports entertainment, co-hosted by #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler and audiobooks narrator AB Kovacs. We give fun, high-level explanations of sportsball stuff, breaking down the plot points and storylines of riveting athletic drama. Season 1: SLAY 1Season 2: BOOD IS REDSeason 3: SLAY 2Season 4: DEATH IS BLACKSeason 5: SLAY 3Season 6: MIX TAPE VOL. 1Current season: SLICES
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30 min
Fan Interference: A Story 30 Years In The Making
Thirty years ago, a kid reached over a wall and helped the New York Yankees win a playoff game. That kid became a legend. Now, another Yankees fan does almost exactly the same thin…
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44 min
Sports Gambling A Plague Upon Our Houses
In this episode of SLICES, we’re talking about twenty-two-year-old French basketball superstar Victor Wembanyama. And a decision he made that has absolutely nothing to do with scor…
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31 min
Soccer's Billion-Dollar Corruption Scandal
Manchester City Football Club is embroiled in a billion-dollar scandal. A BILLION dollars in alleged financial manipulation, and now the British government is involved. We’re talki…
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49 min
New Study on CTE in NFL Players
How common is CTE among NFL players overall? We have never had a good answer. A new study published this week in The BMJ gives us the best attempt yet. Ninety-three percent of the…
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1 h 24
Double-Ended Book Birthday!
“Book Birthday” is a term authors use for the day their book is released. A rarified celebration took place on September 22, 2026, when Scott had two hardcover releases on the same…
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30 min
An interview with scifi author Chris Grall
Chris Grall, author of TRIGGER GUARD, A WRITER’S GUIDE TO FIREARMS, just released his first fiction novel. He joins us to discuss his scifi-thriller SCHRÖDINGER’S GLASS. — Slices i…
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41 min
BEASTS BEYOND THE RIVER Audiobook Preview
We wheeled and dealed and got permission to share the first 35 minutes of Beasts Beyond the River, Scott’s intense new horror novel, read by none other than Ray Porter (narrator of…
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50 min
Fantasy Football
Today, we’re talking about the game people play on top of the game. What fantasy football is. Why people love it. Why it makes otherwise rational human beings completely insane. An…
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34 min
Football 101: Our Team, Part 2
We’ve introduced the team. The coach. The General Manager. Now we gotta talk grit. And destiny. But not “the C word,” even for a second. Sports fans, let’s finish this discussion a…
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22 min
Football 101: Our Team
We’ve spent three episodes getting the sports girlies ready for football season. We learned the game. We learned about the NFL. We’re about to learn fantasy football. But for this…
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55 min
The 2026 NFL Season Preview
The NFL is basically the greatest reality show in sports. Thirty-two teams. Two conferences. Eight divisions. Seventeen games each. And eventually, one Super Bowl champion. Today,…
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1 h 07
Football 101
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Football season is finally here. You might be watching and thinking, ”I basically understand what’s happening, but I would like to underst…
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24 min
NFL Players Going Back to College?
Before 2026, college players normally had four seasons of competition within a five-year eligibility window. An underclassman who still had NCAA eligibility could declare early for…
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46 min
NFL Jerseys - Pick a Number!
Look, I can’t tell you WHY it matters, but I can tell you SOMETIMES it matters what number a player is wearing on his chest. It just does. Could be the same number as someone the p…
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1 h 05
Jayden Daniels Beefs with LSU Over Number
Jayden Daniels graduated from LSU in 2023. Currently a Washington Commander, he sent a cease & desist letter to his alma mater this month, possibly as a protest since the football…
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43 min
Cheboygan High School Cancels Football
Scott hosts guest Scott Christian, former Cheboygan High School football teammate and current LaCrosse coach at Culver Academy, to discuss the cancellation of this season’s varsity…
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47 min
So You Wanna Narrate Audiobooks?
Let’s talk audiobook narration! Scott learned voice acting as he went, as a means to get his fiction out into the world. ARealGirl Herself learned in acting school and as a profess…
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18 min
JJ Watt’s a Nice Guy!
Douglas Sandstorm, a football fan, posted on social media about eating breakfast next to JJ Watt in a Greenwich Village diner, saying he chose to give the footballer his privacy. W…
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36 min
Horror Writers of America AI Controversy
This week, the Horror Writers Association, of which Scott is a member, published a pro-AI screed from one of their then-current Trustees. It instantly generated reactions from writ…
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48 min
Summer Convention Recap
Summertime, and the living is … well, if you’re at a convention, it’s probably sweaty. Fun, but sweaty. Scott and A chat about Scott’s participation in Imaginarium in Louisville, K…