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Real Life Podcast: Connor McDavid’s Team Canada debut, and strange news from the games
Team Canada Winter Olympics
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Real Life Podcast
Feb 12, 2026, 22:00 ESTUpdated: Feb 12, 2026, 16:55 EST
Thursday afternoon means a fresh episode of Real Life was recorded and edited, and it’s ready to help you wrap up the week. On today’s podcast, the guys discussed the Oilers’ disaster, the Milan-Cortina Games, scandals at the games, beefs of the week, and more.
The guys kicked off the Thursday episode of Real Life with a conversation about the Winter Games in Milan and how it’s wild that these cities have to build all kinds of infrastructure for a three-week period. Somehow, talking about the Olympics led the boys to discuss Connor McDavid winning the Scholastic Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons when he was in Erie. Eventually, the fellas got around to McDavid’s debut with Team Canada, and how No. 97 was shot out of a cannon for the first game.
Changing gears, the conversation turned to sports that you won’t see in the Winter or Summer Games, including the new sport where two giant men run into each other at full speed. As you’ll hear, the boys clearly love the Winter Games and were not shy about sharing their admiration for these athletes. Sticking with the Milan Games, the guys ran through some of the wildest headlines so far and ranked them by their general absurdity.
Finally, the guys wrapped up the podcast with the Thursday episode of Real Life with a run of topics, starting with beefs of the week, Leon Draisaitl’s spectacular debut, copyright laws for the games, and how athletes are forced to do commercials just to afford their participation. Even though it was just Tyler, Baggedmilk, and Wanye, the boys covered a lot of ground in the Thursday episode of Real Life.
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