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Joe and Ish open this episode by sharing their thoughts after both the Giants and Cowboys were sent home over the weekend (5:25). Drake put together an impressive setlist for his shows at the Apollo Theater (15:20), Melyssa reads the list of Oscar Nominations (27:10), and Beyonce performs in Dubai for $24 million as Joe predicts what the future of live shows will look like (36:03). In other news, the pod reacts to Ben Simmons requesting his $800k engagement ring back (56:22), Spotify announces layoffs (1:31:15), Papoose has been named Head of Hip Hop at TuneCore (1:47:25), + MORE!