The 41st inaugural episode of Set Hike! begins with Stat Boy's contract being unceremoniously terminated, his responsibilities outsourced to StatGPT, and the podcast's financial future hanging by a thread—which somehow makes it the second-most depressing story of the week. Dr. TAT and Panda Dan relive the Eagles' catastrophic London collapse against the Jaguars, turning eight seconds of football into a graduate seminar on existential dread, kickoff strategy, slasher films, William Shatner's face, and whether the Eagles are a good bad team or a bad good team. Just as optimism returns, Jalen Hurts' blood clot launches Dr. TAT into a suspiciously elaborate fake medical lecture involving Virchow's triad, Philadelphia traffic patterns, and the possibility of the entire city dying if I-676 gets blocked. With Tanner “Danny Tanner” McKee suddenly holding the franchise's future in his presumably clot-free hands, the crew previews the Panthers, ranks NFL fan bases, discovers Carolina's musical talent, debates a national soccer coach's five-cologne routine, and ultimately concludes that when life gives you blood clots, you send in the Mormon quarterback. Go Birds. Please remain medically intact.

Key Topics Discussed

00:21 – Stat Boy Fired! The 41st Inaugural Episode Begins

04:36 – Eight Seconds from Glory: Eagles' London Meltdown

12:30 – Squib Kicks, Sirianni & StatGPT's Football Math

20:35 – Eagles Football: A Real-Life Horror Movie

25:54 – The Eagles' Identity Crisis: Good Bad or Bad Good?

30:37 – The Descent into Despair: Jalen Hurts' Blood Clot

34:15 – Dr. TAT's Fake Medical School Is Now in Session

40:14 – Blood Clots, Vine Street & the I-676 Medical Emergency

49:19 – Jalen Hurts' Prognosis: Ten Days or a Lifetime?

57:16 – Ranking NFL Fan Bases & Dallas Cockroaches

1:00:41 – Panthers Preview: Bryce Young, Derrick Brown & Willie Lampkin

1:03:44 – Carolina's Musical Masterpieces & $150,000 Dreams

1:07:44 – In Danny Tanner McKee We Trust!

1:12:22 – Eagles vs. Panthers: Predictions & the Positivity Rabbit

1:14:36 – Five Colognes, a Squib Correction & Mormon Salvation

Statistics & Facts

• Cam Little’s career long is 70 yards (preseason) and 68 in the regular season (NFL record)
• Michael Myers’s mask is William Shatner. Shatner is 95.
• Mr. Feeney is 99 and turns 100 on March 31, 2027 (born 1927). Winnie the Pooh turned 100 “yesterday.”
• Per Turtle, the USMNT head coach wears five different colognes on match day.

Memorable Quotes

"I’m not gonna fire you, Panda. You’re the heart of the podcast. If you get fired, there is no podcast." - Dr. TAT

"The TV in my dining room is actually faster than the TV in my living room." - Panda Dan

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The 40th inaugural episode begins as an emergency Lane Johnson memorial, with Dr. TAT delivering an alarmingly sincere tribute to one of the greatest Eagles ever before the crew realizes Philadelphia will effectively awaken without its thumb and may soon be protecting Jalen Hurts with large Johnsons with instead several small Willies. From there, the offensive-line crisis somehow evolves into waterproof Jameis Winston cologne, an unsolicited masterclass in sunscreen application, a Salute Your Shorts recall, cereal-milk order psychopathology, and a serious legal debate over whether Carson Steele’s pet alligator, Crocky-J, can suit up in London this week. The Eagles are battered, seven-point underdogs to Jacksonville, and so depleted that “Blue Steel” and “Free Willie Lampkin” become legitimate sources of hope. By the end, Wawa's beta-phase sushi has already been condemned, Stat Boy turned 40 at least once in his life (recommended), and Dr. TAT transforms The Dark Knight, Michael Jackson, and a backup center into a closing sermon of football resurrection: Free Willie. In Willie We Must Trust.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 — Goodbye, 65: Lane Johnson Calls It a Career

06:45 — Stat Boy Opens the Lane Johnson Record Book

10:25 — The Eagles Wake Up Without a Thumb

15:37 — Free Willie: Little Willies, Markel Bell & the New O-Line

23:52 — Salute Your Shorts & the Great ’90s TV Detour

31:12 — Move the Bye Week: Just Don’t Go to London

34:01 — Jaguars Preview: Their Defense Is Unfortunately Good

40:24 — Trotter, Turnovers & the Death of the Tush Push

44:42 — Blue Steel, Crocky-J & “Show Me the Rule Book”

49:25 — 9:30 A.M. Football & the Milk-Before-Cereal Crisis

54:27 — Eagles–Jaguars Predictions

57:29 — London Games, NFL Overload & Turtle’s 2–0 Prediction

01:06:52 — Retire 65: Eagles Number-Retirement Debate

01:12:03 — Stat Boy Turns 40 & Fratty

01:15:40 — In Willie We Must Trust

Eagles' Lane Johnson Statistics & Facts

• Longest sack-free streak by an offensive tackle: 1,405 consecutive pass-block snaps (Week 11, 2020 through Week 9, 2023)
• Longest sackless streak: 29 games / 794 days
• Tackle record for consecutive snaps with no sack or QB hit: 961 (Week 7, 2021 through Week 1, 2023)
• Through the first four games of 2026: league-best pass-block win rate of 97.2%.

Memorable Quotes

"You always want your surgeries and your airplane flights to be boring. And that was Lane Johnson." - Dr. TAT

"It's where Westminster Abbey is and the London Bridge and Big Ben. It's awesome." - Panda Dan enlightening the crew on London, UK

"I highly recommend everyone turn 40 at least once in their life." - Stat Boy

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A huge Stat Boy shout-out to Mercedes from Merce Designs Jewelry for making a custom friendship bracelet for his 40th birthday! Because apparently turning 40 means you're officially old enough to receive handcrafted jewelry commemorating your own podcast nonsense. The bracelet came out awesome and Stat Boy greatly appreciate Mercedes helping make "40 and Fratty" just a little more stylish!

Check out her work at Mercedes Designs Jewelry on Etsy!

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The 39th inaugural episode begins with Dr. TAT formally apologizing to the entire Midwest for his Chicago accent and somehow gets worse from there, as the crew records live during a Phillies elimination game while periodically trying to sacrifice Red October to improve Vic Fangio’s Rams game plan. International correspondent Roy Hobbs calls in live from IHOP to review blueberry pancakes, recommend Cleveland as an exotic vacation destination, break down European cycling despite the hosts knowing absolutely nothing about it, and demand Breeders’ Cup analysis. Somewhere between actual Eagles offensive-line discussion, a theory that wide receivers should barely understand how wheels work, beard maintenance, Pokémon Go surveillance, and a constitutional crisis over whether Jay-Z was allowed to reject the nickname “Jazzy,” the Phillies briefly score a run. By the end, Stat Boy has produced legitimate Case Keenum statistics, everyone has become emotionally dependent on Gloria Gaynor, and Set Hike! reaches the only conclusion available: we will survive. Probably.

Key Topics Discussed

00:23 — Chicago Apology & Eagles Damage Control

03:18 — Phillies Playoff Panic & The Nola Bomb

06:45 — Braves vs. Phillies: Mascot Death Match

12:17 — Roy Hobbs Calls From IHOP

22:15 — Pancakes Somehow Become Football

24:12 — What Went Wrong Against Chicago?

27:25 — The Official Football Intelligence Hierarchy

34:17 — Eagles Defensive Communication & Injuries

36:23 — Sacrifice the Phillies to Save the Eagles?

45:06 — “I Will Survive” & Live Phillies Chaos

52:21 — Beards, Sunday Gravy & Backup QB Trauma

57:21 — Pokémon Go Surveillance & Rams Preview

01:05:11 — Prediction Review & Eagles–Rams Picks

01:13:15 — Case Keenum Stats, Jay-Z Becomes Jazzy & Final Red October Prayer

Statistics & Facts

• Dr. TAT's NFL offensive position theory (smartest, least athletic at center, geologists at guard, flat-earthers at tackle, receivers who question whether there is an Earth). Defense simply requires juiced-up toddlers.
• Andy Dalton threw an interception in his first Eagles appearance. A spotter took his helmet away on the sideline.
• No home games for the Phillies in the series, and Braves fans' beer wall was growing.
• John Elway was clocked at 93 mph as a pitcher.
• Joe Montana has no recorded baseball velocity. As a football thrower he was measured at 50–55, and Elway at 70.
• Jay-Z's mentor was Jaz-O (Jay-A-Z-O, formerly "Big Jazz"). Jaz-O called Sean Carter "Jazzy," and he tweaked it to "Jay-Z." They were raised in the same projects.

Memorable Quotes

"Ohio has the most amount of people who have left planet Earth. And I wonder if that's correlated at all." - Dr. TAT

"Battery versus Tomahawk." " - Dr. TAT NLWC mascot preview

"No, I never got it...I know like Pikachu and all that." - the extent of Panda Dan's encyclopedia-worthy of Pokémon knowledge

"If you have Aaron Nola throwing the triple A, then we might not be as effective." - Stat Boy analysis of a Phillies' weapon of choice effectiveness vs. the Braves

"I'm always gonna go for the home team...I'm gonna go with the Phillies." - Roy Hobbs officially predicts the away team winning the NLWC.

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