
Talking Friars: A San Diego Padres podcast
Hosted by Ben Fadden · Talking Friars
4.2from 106 ratings
- 977
- Episodes
- 155
- Transcribed
- 106
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 4M
- YouTube views
About Talking Friars: A San Diego Padres podcast
For fans of the San Diego Padres.Ben Fadden talking about the San Diego Padres--and a little bit about other San Diego Sports! Former guests include MLBN's Matt Vasgersian, Lauren Shehadi & Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo, former Padres Clayton Richard and Heath Bell, Padres radio voice Jesse Agler, 97.3 The Fan's Steven Woods & Paul Reindl, & San Diego Sports 760's Marty Caswell, Jon Schaeffer & Jim Russell! Ben has been a diehard Padres fan since he was a kid & his family has had season tickets since he was 13. He’s been through the ups & the downs—from being at Petco Park when the Dodgers beat the Padres on Opening Day in 2016 15-0 to being in the upper deck when the Padres beat LA in the 2022 NLDS. He can’t wait to be here with you when the Padres finally win it all! Main show link: linktr.ee/talkingfriars IG/Twitter: @talkingfriars
- Publisher
- Talking Friars
- Category
- news · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Nov 2021
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
155 of 977 episodes have a transcript.

5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why we should believe in the Padres down 0-2 vs. Brewers in NLDS

5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Padres vs. Brewers NLDS Game 2 Reaction

4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Padres vs. Brewers NLDS Game 1 Reaction
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Why we should believe in the Padres down 0-2 vs. Brewers in NLDS
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Can they do that? They've won 53 of those at home this season. Can't do it one more time? Because that's all they got to do right now. And then when we're done with that tomorrow, win one more game. Then when you're done with that, all the pressure's on Milwaukee. Go get 27 outs. So it may feel like it's a long way from here, but if you take it one at a time, you take it one day at a time, and you focus, you give your everything to that one game, you'll blink, and all of a sudden, we'll be game five in Milwaukee with all the pressure on them. Believe. It would be one thing if they were down 0-2 and they lost the two games at Petco and they're going to Milwaukee down 0-2. […]
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- YouTube views
- 3,859,822
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 35 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 71 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100
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- Quality
- 84
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 84
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