NOTE: Apologies for the first 90 seconds as our audio cut out and the intro music didn't upload correctly. But if you use your IMAGINATION you can IMAGINE the intro music?! How's THAT for professional?!

The first official episode of the new season begins with welcoming back four friends of the show, Hannes, David, Doug, and a bunch of midwestern insects, as they all give us their quick thoughts on the upcoming season!

Part Three takes a quick look back at the dumbest trophy in the world, the SuperCup, as the guys use the emotions from Inside Out 2 to channel their inner rage at losing the dumbest trophy in the world.

Ahem.

Part Four is a look at OFC VfB Americana's survey regarding the upcoming season and the guys chat who's going to be the player of the season, the newbie of the season, and the "that guy is still on the roster?" player of the season.

Part Five wraps up the episode with a look at the opening match of the Bundesliga season, where VfB heads to southern neighbors Freiburg to exact some much needed winning!

All that and some cicades! Enjoy ... if you dare!

In our welcome back episode, we throw out some random questions and provide some even more random answers! Our questions hopefully provide a bit of a look back and look forward to what is sure to be a fun, exciting, and Champions League level season!

Questions we cover, in completely random order, include:

1) VfB at the Euros

2) VfB at the Olympics

3) the new kits

4) who's gonna/should be our new captain

5) Serhou at BVB

6) Demi

7) Vogt

8) Mislintat

9) Stiller

10) Omer Beyaz

11) Anton's exit

12) Wehrle getting married

13) Filling the Guirassy shaped hole in our score sheet

14) Any mascot as cool as Fritzle?

15) BuLi resources online

It's a bonus episode and we chat the news of the day, namely, our former captain, one Waldemar Anton.

Matt, Ted, and Travis attempt break the news down analytically and emotionally before trying to ponder what is the "Sebastian" factor in all of this and what, if anything, do players wearing the brustring owe those that support them?

Along the way we open and close with a pretty cool tune that has some pretty significant messages for all of us - including you Waldi! - regarding ... bridges.

Apologies for some of the technical issues as we're working through - or against - our new pod platform. Yeesh.