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Ben Nicholson-Smith is Sportsnet’s baseball editor. Arden Zwelling is a senior writer. Together, they bring you the most in-depth Blue Jays podcast in the league, covering off all the latest news with opinion and analysis, as well as interviews with other insiders and people around the team.

Recent Episodes
  • Building Momentum
    Apr 18, 2025 – 01:07:31
  • A Blue Jay for Life
    Apr 8, 2025 – 01:07:21
  • Off to a Hot Start
    Apr 4, 2025 – 01:03:00
  • Renewed Hope for the Jays
    Mar 25, 2025 – 01:03:01
  • Spring Questions
    Mar 19, 2025 – 01:03:48
  • New Beginnings
    Mar 8, 2025 – 00:47:51
  • No Deal for Vlad Jr.
    Feb 20, 2025 – 01:15:02
  • Extension or Bust
    Feb 11, 2025 – 01:15:09
  • Making Moves
    Feb 7, 2025 – 01:51:05
  • What's Next for the Blue Jays?
    Dec 18, 2024 – 01:36:55
  • Building Back Up
    Nov 27, 2024 – 01:21:47
  • Into the Off-Season
    Oct 4, 2024 – 00:32:32
  • And, That’s a Wrap
    Sep 27, 2024 – 01:13:30
  • Peak Bowden Francis
    Sep 13, 2024 – 01:18:54
  • Shooting the Breeze
    Sep 6, 2024 – 01:01:12
  • Summer Storylines
    Aug 21, 2024 – 01:06:48
  • The New-Look Jays
    Aug 15, 2024 – 01:11:43
  • A Wild Deadline for the Jays
    Aug 2, 2024 – 01:15:07
  • On Deadline
    Jul 25, 2024 – 00:55:07
  • Rough Drafts
    Jul 11, 2024 – 00:36:13
  • Setting Summer Strategy
    Jul 3, 2024 – 01:01:28
  • Time For a Reset?
    Jun 28, 2024 – 01:05:09
  • Let the Kids Play
    Jun 20, 2024 – 00:47:17
  • Jays in the Murky Middle
    Jun 12, 2024 – 01:14:00
  • Chasing the Elite
    Jun 4, 2024 – 00:56:06
  • Running Hot and Cold
    May 30, 2024 – 00:55:51
  • Big-League Stew
    May 24, 2024 – 01:06:23
  • The Time for Results Is Now
    May 17, 2024 – 00:58:44
  • Pressure Increasing on the Blue Jays
    May 10, 2024 – 01:12:15
  • Where Do the Jays Go From Here?
    May 3, 2024 – 01:12:25
  • Still Searching for Offence
    Apr 25, 2024 – 01:01:54
  • Power Hungry
    Apr 19, 2024 – 01:09:03
  • Into the Swing of Things
    Apr 12, 2024 – 01:08:03
  • A Week on the Roller Coaster
    Apr 4, 2024 – 01:04:30
  • What’s Ahead For the ’24 Jays?
    Mar 27, 2024 – 01:07:00
  • Jays Tested With Injury Concerns
    Mar 20, 2024 – 01:03:54
  • Votto Deal Adds Intrigue at Blue Jays Camp
    Mar 12, 2024 – 00:56:56
  • Is Rotation Trouble Brewing for the Jays?
    Mar 7, 2024 – 01:05:36
  • The Good and Bad From Spring Training
    Feb 28, 2024 – 01:03:46
  • Bench Bats, or Long Shots?
    Feb 23, 2024 – 01:13:59
  • A New Season Begins...
    Feb 16, 2024 – 01:06:58
  • Next Stop, Jays Spring Training
    Feb 9, 2024 – 01:14:00
  • Let’s Check in on the Blue Jays
    Jan 26, 2024 – 01:15:08
  • Blue Jays Pushing for Ohtani
    Dec 8, 2023 – 01:02:13
  • Speculating on Shohei
    Nov 30, 2023 – 01:11:30
  • What Will Jays Do at GM Meetings?
    Nov 2, 2023 – 01:03:10
  • It's Time to Look Ahead
    Oct 19, 2023 – 01:08:35
  • What Next for the Blue Jays?
    Oct 9, 2023 – 01:00:00
  • The Berrios Decision
    Oct 7, 2023 – 00:55:54
  • A Twin City Preview
    Oct 3, 2023 – 00:47:05
Recent Reviews
  • Lil_Jimmy_
    Objective Review
    This podcast is tremendous for Blue Jays BASEBALL talk. However, it is unbearably dreadful to listen to these guys talk about off the field issues.
  • Kings Fan NY
    Best baseball podcast. Period.
    Great job, guys.
  • Blue Jays and Baseball fan
    Solid show
    One of the best Blue Jays podcasts out there.
  • Bob #21
    Best Blue Jays Podcast
    I downloaded a bunch of Blue Jay podcasts and their podcast is the only one I consistently come back to. They are interesting and intelligent about how they approach their podcast. Definitely the best Blue Jays podcast out there.
  • Bels4545
    Why the negative rabbit hole
    I was so excited to see your latest episode drop after the announcement of the MLB starting. It’s been a really tough few months mentally and it was finally nice to get some good news. Now I understand that’s not a perfect scenario and there are still many pitfalls but this should be at least in part a distraction from the hardships and hear about them in excruciating detail for 37:20 minutes was too much. I had to turn it off. I hope you decide to make the next episode more about the games and players.
  • kateincali
    My Favorite Blue Jays podcast
    Ben and Arden are a delight to listen to. This podcast is smart, accurate and well thought out. I look forward each week to a new episode. Keep up the great work!
  • Raezor72
    Great in-depth coverage
    Must have for all Jays fans. Can even make a boring spring training sound interesting!
  • Jaysws
    Great Jays show
    Die-hard jays fan, listen to your show all the time. Keep the good work!
  • JPb4445683
    Must Listen for Jays fans
    I can't tell you how much I enjoy listening to this podcast every week. I started last year and have been hooked ever since. The guys bring tons of humor and knowledge to the podcast and the time flies by. I can't say enough about what a great listen it is. Take your dog for a walk and listen to the show. I wish it was more than once a week.
  • Tofilmfan
    Very good despite lack of format and THICK Canadian accents
    Overall this is an excellent podcast, both Ben and Arden are well versed in baseball and bring a fresh prospective to the Blue Jays. A nice fresh alternative to the old guys on the Fan590 like Jeff Blair and Bob McCown. My only qualm about the show is the lack of format and/or fluidity amongst the segments. It seems one segment they are interviewing a minor league player and then next they'll all of a sudden answer tweets. The show is all over the place. I wish they had more regular features and they was a structure to the show. Also, they both have very thick Canadian accents (especially Arden - "he's had quite the curreer at turdbase you know eh?"). I just wish there was some way he could tone it down a bit (I'm Canadian too btw).
  • jbrandalus
    Good Baseball Podcast, Especially for Blue Jays
    I started listening to this podcast about mid-way through the 2015 season. The sound quality is good and the two hosts are pretty focused on baseball. It was nice that the Blue Jays were active in trades and then made the post-season: it meant that some of the biggest stories in baseball would be covered on this podcast and I could hear some different perspectives on the action. I had one quibble with them regarding something they said in one of the playoff podcasts. It had to do with the muffed pop-up involving Jose Bautista, where Bautista probably should have owned the mistake but didn’t. The two hosts started talking about how reporters have to make sure that they word their questions to Jose in a certain way so that Jose doesn’t say something controversial. The hosts went so far as to say that perhaps only reporters who have a rapport with Jose should be allowed to interview him. This was a ridiculous statement. It sure seemed like they were coddling their star by suggesting that media access be restricted in order to…keep Jose from saying what was really on his mind? Aside from this blip I’d listen to these guys talk Blue Jays or any other baseball.
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