Pablo Torre Finds Out

6 days ago | pablo.show | Pablo Torre

You should know that Will Forte is responsible for some of the most idiosyncratically bizarre characters in the history of American comedy. Not to mention my favorite comedy of all time. MacGruber co-starred Val Kilmer and Kristin Wiig and isn’t even really about the SNL sketch that inspired it, by the way. I’ll finally get to talk to Will about all that.

1 week ago | pablo.show | Pablo Torre

There’s a big DOGE hearing on Capitol Hill tomorrow that you may have heard about, if you’ve been watching any amount of Fox News over the last month. Beyond the sheer tonnage of outrage, there have been congressional subpoenas; claims of physical endangerment; and threats of a criminal investigation from President Trump’s attorney general and secretary of education.

1 week ago | pablo.show | Pablo Torre

This is the story of an athlete that Donald Trump doesn’t want you to know about. He was a professional goalkeeper and youth soccer coach in Venezuela with no criminal record. He legally sought refuge in the United States upon entry — having previously been arrested, suffocated, and electrocuted for protesting the regime of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro. He never left the detention center, in America, where he was waiting for his asylum status to be processed.

2 weeks ago | pablo.show | Pablo Torre

On this edition of The Sporting Class, we decode the power dynamics behind the plunging NFL stock of Shedeur Sanders — who went from a would-be top-five overall pick to the most famous fifth-rounder in sports history. (Hint: it probably isn’t collusion.)And then ex-ESPN president John Skipper explains what it was like when he was in charge of the NFL Draft broadcast.

2 weeks ago | pablo.show | Pablo Torre

First, shoutout to The Guardianfor recommending PTFO in its pages today:(If our friends in England haven’t yet listened to our Michael Jackson/Peter Pan episode, I’d recommend that as a pretty good starting point?)Second, the post-dinner-party docket for this week’s (esoteric) Share & Tell, with American friends Katie Nolan and Michael Cruz Kayne:Why were the stars of Law & Order: SVU holding hands like that while sitting courtside at Madison Square Garden?