Nice Point Podcast

Clay Season Episode 4/6

2026 Season Episode 17/33

0:52 - Warm Up Rally feat. Nadal's Uncle Tony vs. Colman Domingo

8:18 - Men's Madrid 2026 Recap feat. Jannik Sinner AKA The Ulna Bone Crusher

29:01 - Women's Madrid 2026 Recap feat. Platinum Blondes Marta Kostyuk and Anastasia Potapova as well as vomit

47:11 - NCAA Tournament 2026 Preview feat. Robert Frost and The UVA Phenom Factory

Clay Season Episode 3/6

Season Episode 16/33

2:48 - Warm Up Rally feat. Riddle / Fritz Breakup

20:11 - Spain & Latin Universe Talk feat. Nadal's Mallorca and Alcaraz's Nickname

Clay Season Episode 1/6

Season Episode 14/33

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Douchebag David Grutman

16:50 - Men's Monte Carlo & Houston Discussion feat. Jannik Sinner's Dive to #1

31:35 - Women's Billie Jean Cup, Austria, & Charleston Discussion feat. Jessica Pegula's steadiness and the BJK Cup's chaos

8:05 - Miami Open 2026 Recap feat. A Sunshine Double-Double!

20:50 - Nice Match Award (Nominees include any & all cracks at Sincaraz and Rybakina/Sabalenka 2026 faceoff)

30:25 - MLTBHACO Award (Nominees include Hailey Baptiste & Linda Noskova who might already by Having One since she skipped Miami)

46:05 - Nice Look Award (Nominees include Frances Tiafoe & Naomi Osaka as (1) Seeds and scrawny Jannik Sinner as (16) Seed

An Unconventional Episode! Joe & Joe enjoy the Many Upsets of March live (Korda def. Alcaraz, Baptiste def. Svitolina, Gibson def. Jovic, & Iowa def. Florida) while fellow fans beam in to share their own readings of the sports doppler.

0:00 - Warm Up Rally incl. March Madness & Insects for or against Alcaraz and Noskova?

11:10 - Indian Wells 2026 Women's Recap feat. Live Nailbiter Rybakina/Sabalenka Final & Report from Palm Springs from Yet Another Anisimova Believer

37:26 - Indian Wells 2026 Men's Recap wherein Capt. Caitie Plays FMK with Jack Draper and Nominates a Nice Look

5:34 - Warm Up Rally feat. Wells Fargo & Fall Out Boy

15:00 - Indian Wells Week 1 Reactions feat. Anisimova Breadsticks, Andreeva Bagels, & Antonini Nice Points

43:28 - Indian Wells Week 2 Preview feat. Felix Auger Aliassime potentially playing 4x black players in a row

4:25 - Warm Up Rally feat. Marketing Cynicism

18:48 - February Results: Medvedev's Got Hardware, But At Least Joe Made It Home

39:27 - 8x Players to Watch in Indian Wells and Miami feat. Black Canadians, Buzz Cuts, & Ealamania

12:01 - Warm Up Rally feat. Daniil Medvedev Coining New Blasphemies

25:10 - The Nepisode feat. Buffalo Royalty, Nature vs. Nurture, & Footstep Following for Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, & Jack Draper

2:33 - AO Men's Recap feat. Djokovic turning back the career doomsday clock and feeling at ease in the spotlight

24:01 - AO Women's Recap feat. smashing rackets is to Coco Gauff what smoking cigs was to Obama

37:10 - Nice Awards Ceremony feat. Frances Tiafoe x Sierra Leone Heritage x Lululemon

2:08 - AO Women's Week 1 Reactions feat. Coco Gauff winning ugly but being the only one not ugly in orange

22:46 - AO Men's Week 1 Reactions feat. Leg 1 of Stan Wawrinka's victory lap & the widening Sincaraz dichotomy

42:08 - Melbourne Ground Report!

47:32 - AO Week 2 Preview feat. American Women Melee

5:36 - Warm Up Rally feat. One Point Slam reactions (Congrats to New South Wales)

14:22 - Men's & Women's Pentazone Reads feat. Brisbane, Auckland, Hobart, and Adelaide

27:38 - Men's AO26 Week 1 Preview feat. The Potential First Matchup Between Joao Fonseca and "Sincaraz"

51:00 - Women's AO26 Week 1 Preview feat. Australian Pride via Maya Joint and Daria Kasatkina

06:55 - Women's Top 20 Players heading into 2026 Season including an American ranked higher than Coco Gauff

44:19 - Men's Top 20 Players heading into 2026 Season including Canadians and Russians, but the heated rivalry is between Italy and Spain

0:00 - Celebrity Roundup! Who is your favorite New Jersey classic rocker?

7:24 - Men's US Open Week 2 & Final Recap feat. Prognostications on when the calendar will change months from Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner

23:45 - Women's US Open Week 2 & Final Recap feat. Tall boys w/ our new WTA entourage: Sabalenka, Anisimova, Osaka, and more

35:00 - Nice Awards Ceremony feat. Does pink/purple go well with hardass prison cut? & What's the difference between a cold one different than a stiff one?

Second to last episode of Nice Point Season 3

1:54 - Warm Up Rally feat. Draper in Vuori and Djokovic in Pinstripes

15:56 - Mixed Doubles Review feat. Moonlighting Superstars vs. Irrelevant Professionals

25:30 - US Open Nice Point Pentazone feat. Sinner derailed from a first-ever Pentazone Sweep by His Translucent Skin in the Cincinnati Sun

41:03 - US Open Women's Week 1 Preview feat. Potential R2 Battle of Big Girls

58:58 - US Open Men's Week 1 Preview feat. Host Money of Different Sides of Khachanov and Rublev

1:19:46 - US Open Nice Point Picks

0:00 - Getting to know absolute tennis nut Max Arnold who grew up at Wimbledon, loves Dan Evans, and has positive feelings about ASICS shoes

30:15 - Results from US Open Lead Up 1000 Tournaments feat. Miserable Naomi Osaka, Rando Frenchman Terence Atmane, and Baby-Shushing Emma Raducanu

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Hot Sauce & Mustard

12:29 - The Life of Michael Dukes feat. West Village Rooftops &

Zany 80s Doubles Duos

50:08 - Hardcourt Tour Updates feat. Victoria Mboko's Nice Point Nod! and Ben Shelton/Alex De Minaur's Tuesday in Grit-Off in Toronto

Joe & Joe celebrate Summer Break - specifically, the one week in the tennis season with no tournaments above the 250 level, during which star players gallivant with their gallivant with their equally-famous-and-beautiful romantic partners (Trinity Rodman, Natalia Zabiiako), sit front row at palaces of popular culture (Cowboy Carter, New York Liberty), and maybe even drink beer (Tommy Paul you're not allowed to play Boom with water bro) - prior to the final hardcourt stretch culminating in the US Open

0:00 - Men's Final Reactions feat. The Sinner-Alcaraz Dynamic for The Foreseeable Future + Matthew McConaughey

9:55 - Women's Final Reactions feat. Rosemary Olive Oil & Sabalenka Chief of Etiquette Police

25:50 - Ad Break / Washington Post Clapback on Behalf of Johnny Mac!

40:00 - Nice Awards Ceremony feat. Darren "Killer" Cahill, Brits Galore, and Sonay "Doll" Kartal

This freewheeling, 90+ degree episode includes references to Nico Jarry's nasal strip, Ben Shelton's future Father-in-Law Dennis Rodman, both Olivia Rodrigo and Real Madrid, Nick Kyrgios' future tell-all, the nuts on Aryna Sabalenka, the antics of Laura Siegemund, and the future all-time biggest server in tennis: Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard

0:00 - Intro & Warm Up Rally feat. Our mate from North of London

12:58 - Gentlemen's & Ladies Pentazone feat. Carlosumpremacy Alcaraz

22:50 - Gentlemen's Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. The U.K.s Key Colonial-Era Property, Scotland

44:48 - Ladies Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. Decision Disarray & More Pod Love for Czechia

2:28 - Warm Up Rally feat. F*ck/Marry/Kill Andrea Bocelli, Stephen Malkmus, and Ben Shelton

13:44 - Discussion of the Sellout of the U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Draw

29:49 - Grass Tournament Results feat. Random German Cities and Taylor Fritz / BOSS Triumph

37:16 - The Countries Challenge feat. Vladimir Putin, Injured Babes, and $100 on the board

0:26 - Men's Final Reactions feat. One of the Greatest All Time Tennis Matches

26:07 - Women's Final Reactions feat. Spike Lee, Tyler The Creator, and Coco Gauff

Interlude: TNT's Journey of the Self in Paris

50:14 - French Open Week 2 Roundtable feat. Lorenzo Musetti, Lois Boisson, and Ben Shelton

01:01:18 - Nice Awards Ceremony feat. Nike All-In On 2000s Campus Jock Looks

0:31 - Men's French Open Week 1 feat. Matthew McConaughey, a Shelton/Alcaraz Masterclass in Class, and the best shots of the tournament so far

25:20 - Women's French Open Week 1 feat. Hailey Baptiste!, among others37:02 - French Open Viewing Experience on TNT (as well as TruTV and Max)

45:05 - Women's Week 2 Preview feat. Iga Swiatek vs. The Field

51:51 - Men's Week 2 Preview feat. Our Dream Finals for Sunday afternoon 6/8/25

0:00 - Memorial Day Catchup on American & More Contenders Live From "The Mac Zone:

15:29 - Men's & Women's Pentazone feat. Joe H. more confident than ever in Men's / completely disregarding The Queen of Clay

24:34 - Women's Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. Foxy Superstars Paula Badosa & Daria Kasatkina

33:57 - Men's Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. Paula Badosa's Boyfriend

Jen & Jane join Joe & Joe to talk raising podcasters in the Midwest

Last Spring, movie theaters welcomed Tashi Duncan, Art Donaldson, and Patrick Zweig into their hallowed, historic halls. In the remainder of 2024, a better movie was not released than Challengers. But of course, in our twisted sicko times, the film was not showered with trophies come award season and remains underseen. So here we are re-sharing two hours of our spirited conversation about this straight ball banger of a movie - the definitive greatest tennis movie.

This episode, recorded on the open road and edited from a redeye cross country flight, captures a conversation with Tennis Coach Jeff Harst; Discussed: What Separates Players, Intersection of Game Logistics and Culture, & Irrigation

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Joe Hallman Monte Carlo Roll-up Fits

9:38 - Joe vs. Joe Ranking Challenge Game! What player will climb the farthest in five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand & six hundred minutes?

44:14 - Tight Five on Monte Carlo Masters 2025 (Congrats to Carlos Alcaraz; WTFYD Zverev)

0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Sabalenka on Societal Tussles, Shelton on Contact Sports, & The Heartland Beyond!

18:40 - Michael Costello's Tennis Tales from Cleveland, Atlanta, & Charleston + A Look at Houston Results (Congrats to Baylor's Jenson Brooksby)

48:41 - The Joint Nice Point State of the Union Address: We elaborate on which Americans can win a Slam (Since Serena we've had four women each win one - Sloane Stephens, Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff, and Madison Keys to kick off the 2025 season; No man has won since 2003)

BONUS - Who is the ATP equivalent of "The Latvian...

0:00 - Cold Open & Warm Up Rally

5:45 - 2025 Miami Open feat. Andreeva/Anisimova Controversy and The Capital of Latin America

17:18 - Nice Point Podcast Welcomes Lawyer & Golf Aficionado Andy Meinert; This conversation covers fandom and revenue opportunities in both of these niche, solo sports, Saudi Arabia's LIV, the success of the inaugural season of TGL, social media and sponsorships, the tyranny of one's ranking, and culminates in a discussion about the major lawsuit brought by the Djokovic-led PTPA against the ATP, WTA, "et. al."

0:00 - Cold Open / Ad Break

1:15 - Updates to WTA Maternity Benefits & First MLTBHACO Nominee Belinda Bencic

6:08 - Nice Point Podcast Hands Out the Nice Look Award, Nice Match Award, and Most Likely To Be Having A Cold One Award

0:00 - Cold Open

0:55 - Net Intros, Warm Up Rally, and What It's Like at Indian Wells w/ My Brother's Girlfriend & California's Captain Caitie

36:51 - BNP Paribas 2025 Women's Recap feat. The Mental Fortitude of a Teenage Girl

51:44 - BNP Paribas 2025 Men's Recap feat. A Debate About Rune's Rizz

0:00 - Cold Open

1:19 - Warm Up Rally feat. Emma Raducanu, Adrien Brody, and Tom Izzo

10:52 - Indian Wells 2025 Men's Draw So Far feat. A Hot Dutchman

36:57 - Indian Wells 2025 Women's Draw So Far feat. The table being served for Great 2nd Week matchups

1:30 - Warm Up Rally feat. Hard Hitting News like Sinner Doping and Rybakina Psychological Torture

38:00 - Indian Wells Preview feat. American Women (Welcome, Amanda Anisimova!)

4:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Major Jannik Sinner Updates

25:57 - US Presidents X Tennis Connections feat. The Garfield Assassination, Ford's National Tennis Week, & Melania's Pavilion Addition

In this episode, Joe & Joe highlight some of the great one-time Slam winners in tennis history like Michael Chang & Juan Martín del Potro and wonder if "so far" better applies to active players like Daniil Medvedev

1:37 - AO25 Women's Singles Recap feat. Power Hitters Keys, Sabalenka, Stephens, Ostapenko, Rybakina, Osaka, & Hallman!

22:41 - AO25 Men's Singles Recap feat. Untouchable Sinner & Sneaky GOAT Djokovic

0:00 - Prologue: Danielle Collins vs. Australian Fans

6:25 - Joe A Attends Australian Open Days 1 & 2 feat. Rain, Naomi Osaka, & The Greatest Day of Nishesh Basavareddy's Life

27:30 - Joe A's Australian Open Takeaway

31:03 - Week 2 Preview feat. The WTA Triumvirate & Shelton's Muscles vs. a Non Seeded Bracket Section