The Chiefs, the Eagles and villainy in the Super Bowl

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🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Over the last five years Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs have dominated the NFL and the national sports spotlight. They are looking for a historic third straight Super Bowl win this weekend in New Orleans. On the other side of the ball is the Philadelphia Eagles. Led by star running back Saquon Barkley, they are seeking their first championship since 2018.

Today on the show, host Ava Wallace is joined by national sports reporter Adam Kilgore and sports columnist Candace Buckner. They discuss Kansas City’s quest for history, Philadelphia’s chance for redemption, and the players who could make the difference.

Today’s episode was produced by Lucas Trevor and Ted Muldoon, who also mixed the show. It was edited by Maggie Penman and Dan Steinberg.

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0:00.0	I'm supposed to do a cold open with you guys about the halftime show. So everyone, everyone get in the halftime zone. Okay. So Kendrick Lamar, obviously, performing the halftime show with Siza. Kielgore, do you have a dream halftime show who's not Jason Isbell? Oh my God. I was just going to say I feel obligated as a 40-year-old white sports writer to say Jason Isbell.
0:21.8	No, you know, I like them all.
0:24.3	I mean, I don't really, I'm not really good at, I'm not really good at identifying, like, what's popular.
0:29.5	You're saying?
0:30.1	I'm good with Kendra.
0:31.3	I like the songs that I've heard from Kendrick.
0:33.2	So, yeah, two thumbs up. I can't wait. Do you think he can do anything political, considering the special guest?
0:38.3	At a halftime show?
0:39.6	Considering the special guest.
0:41.0	Oh, yeah.
0:41.6	That's special guest.
0:42.5	You're referring to President Trump confirmed attending the Super Bowl.
0:45.7	Not Lil Wayne, New Orleans native, who is the special guest in my head.
0:50.3	Anyways.
0:51.2	Maybe Drake.
0:53.5	From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports.
0:58.4	I'm your guest host, Ava Wallace.
1:00.9	Today, I'm joined by Adam Kilgore, who is our national NFL writer for The Post, and
1:05.2	Candace Buckner, who is a sports columnist here.
1:08.4	We are going to be talking about the big game. The Super Bowl is this
1:12.3	weekend in New Orleans between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. We are going to
1:17.2	touch on the main characters going into Sunday, what's at stake for each team, legacies, all of that
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