Talking About Birds

A weekly St. Louis Cardinals podcast

Talking About Birds

The only Cardinals podcast dumber than running on Yadi.

Nate Heininger and Ben Simorka break down the St. Louis Cardinals every week: the roster, the prospects, the trades, the front office, and whatever else comes up along the way.

  • 242 episodes
  • 358+ hours
  • 2022 first episode
Talking About Birds artwork: pixel-art Nate and Ben in front of the Gateway Arch

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Episode 242 · ·1 hr 25 min

Regression Ghouls: 2026's Spookiest St. Louis Cardinals

The autopsy continues, this time sorting the 2026 Cardinals into who got lucky and who got robbed. JJ Wetherholt was the unluckiest man on the roster and is primed to break out; Kyle Leahy and Michael McGreevy had “zombie” seasons the regression ghouls will come for; and Nate and Ben map out the bullpen, the Jimmy Crooks catching puzzle, and two (three?) very deserving Gold Glove finalists.

Plus an $8.99 gourd, a zucchini canoe, a cursed week for Chicago, a full playoff check-in, and the triumphant return of the best game they’ve ever made: Pope or Nope.

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Episode 240 ·

Spooky: The 2026 St. Louis Cardinals Autopsy

The season's over, so Nate and Ben grab the scalpel and perform the 2026 autopsy. They walk the final rankings — a middle-of-the-pack offense, a rotation…

1 hr 18 min

Episode 239 ·

My Own Method

The Cardinals are officially eliminated, so Nate and Ben start making peace with a season that — against every expectation — still counts as a success…

1 hr 21 min

Episode 238 ·

Look at These Guys

Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina went into the Cardinals Hall of Fame together, and Nate and Ben get appropriately misty about a pairing we'll probably…

1 hr 23 min

Episode 237 ·

Not Funny, Doug

Umpire Doug Eddings picked the wrong night to make it about himself. Nate and Ben break down his meltdown against a rookie, Oli Marmol's now-legendary…

1 hr 28 min

Episode 236 ·

Curse of the TABino

The curse rolls on: the podcast is haunted, the Cardinals keep losing players, and JJ Wetherholt is the latest to hit the IL. Nate and Ben map out the…

1 hr 36 min

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