Monday Morning Cubs Show
A show every Monday morning about the Chicago Cubs from Carl and Mahoney.
Episodes
120 episodes
Dansby Swanson’s Surge And The Cubs’ Second-Half Blueprint
A perfect Cubs week doesn’t exist, but this one comes close to capturing the whole experience: a monster win, a brutal loss, a Cardinals series that swings your mood every inning, and just enough momentum to make you believe again. We’re back o...
THE CUBS ARE BACK
A road series in Milwaukee can either expose you or announce you, and the Cubs just delivered the kind of weekend that makes the division race feel alive again. We walk through how this team climbed out of a rough start to that soft stretch of ...
Brewers Scouting Report + David Peterson Trade Breakdown
The Cubs finally feel fun again, and the timing could not be more intense: three games in Milwaukee against a Brewers team that plays ruthless, disciplined baseball and runs out the kind of pitching that can erase your best plans by the second ...
The 2026 Cubs Can't Waste Pete Crow-Armonstrong
A cycle can be a party trick, or it can be a signal flare. Pete Crow-Armstrong’s cycle at Wrigley Field sparks a bigger question for us: are the Chicago Cubs treating PCA like the engine of the team, or are they sleepwalking through the cleares...
Cody Delmendo Interview + Are The 2026 Cubs Buyers Or Sellers?
Pete Crow-Armstrong is forcing a different conversation about the Chicago Cubs. When a center fielder is playing like an MVP and leading the league in WAR, you stop treating the season like a slow drift and start asking harder questions: are we...
Sweep The Rockies Or We Riot Politely
The Cubs just did something that changes the whole feel of a season: they won a series on the road, then shrugged off a Sunday loss like a team that expects to bounce back. We’re still honest about the flaws, but the tone is different because t...
Reasons to Believe: The Cubs Turn It Around Right Now
Playoff odds don’t drop from 99% to the mid-30s without taking your mood with them, and Cubs fans have felt every inch of that fall. We’re coming off a stretch that’s been flat-out miserable, but I’m making a decision on purpose: I’m done watch...
Another Melancholy Monday For The Cubs
A bad week at Wrigley can make you want to burn the whole thing down, but we’re not doing a rage podcast today. We’re coming in on a melancholy Monday, paying respect to Stacey King and what he meant to Chicago sports, and admitting something a...
Athletics Recap + Giants Preview + Slug% 101
A single insane ninth inning can make you feel like the Cubs are turning a corner, and five minutes later you’re right back to asking what’s broken. That’s the push and pull we’re sitting with after the Athletics series: a needed win, a shaky f...
A Vegas Hotel Room Rant After The Cubs Get Swept Again
Seven straight losses can make a season feel like it’s slipping through your fingers, and that’s exactly where our heads are as we record solo from a Las Vegas hotel room on Memorial Day weekend. The Cubs just took another beating, and we’re no...
How The Cubs Hit Rock Bottom And What Comes Next
The Cubs just went 2-9 over their last 11, and if you feel like you’re bouncing between rage and denial, you’re not alone. We sit down on the off day and get honest about what’s happening, why it feels so bad, and how to stop spiraling before t...
Cubs Lose Crosstown Classic + Heavy Brewers Mailbag
Two 10-game win streaks can make you feel invincible. A 2-6 skid can make you question everything. We’re sitting right in that uncomfortable middle ground where the Chicago Cubs are still in first place, but the cracks are showing, and fans are...
1st Place Cubs + The Official 2026 White Sox Scouting Report
A five-game cold streak can make even a first-place team feel like it’s falling apart, so we start with something Cubs fans actually need: a mindset that survives variance. Carl uses a blackjack analogy to explain why you can play “the right wa...
Cubs 1st Place Momentum Check
Back to back shutouts can mess with your head, but we’re not letting two quiet nights rewrite what the Chicago Cubs have built so far. We zoom out on a 5-2 week, the end of a brutal stretch without an off day, and what it really means when you ...
The Cubs Are Built To Win Every Day
26-12, first place, and Wrigley feels like a problem for everybody again. We’re still early in the season, but the way the 2026 Chicago Cubs are winning is the real headline: professional at-bats up and down the order, no easy outs, smart defen...
Cubs Are Rolling w/ Special Guest “The Lizard King”
If you’ve been waiting for the moment when “the Cubs are good” turns into “the Cubs are scary,” this is that moment. We’re recording on a Sunday night because Wrigley is electric, the wins keep stacking, and the conversation has officially shif...
The Cubs Can Win 100 Games If The Plan Holds
19-12 changes the tone, even if you are scared to admit it. We are past the point where every Cubs fan conversation has to start with what might go wrong, because the last few weeks look like a team playing with real authority. So we take the b...
Stinky Cheddar On A West Coast Road Trip w/ Special Guest CB (and a Bonus Bears Draft Recap)
The Cubs finally cool off after ripping off 10 straight, and we’re not interested in a Dodgers-series meltdown. We’re interested in what the last two weeks reveal: the vibe is back, the offense looks real, and the city is paying attention again...
THE CHICAGO CUBS WIN 9 STRAIGHT!!!!
Nine wins in a row will make you believe, but the real story is how the Chicago Cubs are doing it. I’m sick, I’m dragging, and I still can’t stop talking about this team because the baseball is that good right now: balanced offense, real lineup...
Phillies Recap + Mets Pitching Scouting Report
The Cubs are 9-9 and the mood swings are already doing midseason numbers. I’m solo today, trying to keep it tight, and I start with the thing that actually keeps you sane over 162 games: stop living and dying on every pitch and start measuring ...
The 2026 Cubs: A NEW HOPE w/ Joey Mulinaro
A 5-0 hole in the second inning usually feels like a death sentence, and with how the Cubs have looked early, it also feels like a shortcut to a bad mood for the rest of the day. Then Sunday happened. We talk through the comeback win that stopp...
Cubs Heat Check: 6-6 + Pirates Preview
Six and six can feel like nothing, until you realize it’s two games away from a totally different season. I’m coming off an off day with a notebook full of numbers, a head full of lineup questions, and one big reason to breathe easier: Seiya Su...
The Cubs Look Flat + Full Pitching Staff Breakdown w/ CB
The Cubs are nine games in and somehow it already feels like the season has a pulse problem. We’re not freaking out over a record as much as we’re reacting to the vibe, the flat at-bats, and how fast “we’re deep” can turn into “we need answers”...