Episodes

We’re almost out of centerbacks: Gerard Pique and Thomas Vermaelen are both injured, Samuel Umtiti had to miss a match with a suspension, so Lucas Digne stepped in to help out, and the league is not as tough on racism as it claims to be (5:17). Barça...

Deulofeu is off to England and there’s talk of an animated Barça movie (6:25). We have news from another Penya, this time in Montreal (21:17). Barça B got three points and FCB Femení took a draw (28:57). We’re off to a good start in the Copa del Rey...

We say goodbye to Mascherano and "hasta luego" to Rafinha (9:35). Congratulations to Houston Culés for their new official Penya status (25:40). Barça B got three crucial points and FCB Femení are still on top of Liga Femenina (27:32). We're in to the...

Come to Barcelona in April and see the Valencia match with us. We've teamed up with XL Sports Tours to offer a cool tour package. A new spate of injuries, including Vermaelen and Demble...again (15:10). The community segment asks if La Masia is all...

Big news of Yerry Mina signing with Barcelona, Arda Turan leaving, and discussing Coutinho's arrival some more (4:35). The community segment deals with how to pronounce "Gomes" (25:14). We have updates on Barça B and Femení (28:59), and reviews of...

Big news of Coutinho signing with Barcelona, Victor Valdes retiring, and picking up on our transfer talk from Ep. 59. (1:55). The community segment asks the question: how do I deal with negative cules? (19:43). We have updates on Barça B and Femení...

A bit of a short episode for the holiday break, we run down the potential incoming transfers Coutinho and Yerry Mina and the players we want, or can expect, to see off-loaded this January, including Rafinha, Deulofeu, Vidal, Arda Turan, and Mascherano...

FCB gave us a present in their victory in El Clásico in Madrid. Before spending most of the episode talking about the game, your hosts Brien Henderson and Gabriel Quiroga update you on FCB Femení and Barça B (8:04) and Brien interviewed Matt Manson...

Gabriel and Brien talk about their Christmas plans before getting into Barcelona’s Champions League draw with Chelsea and the other matchups, as well as a freshly injured Deulofeu (5:56). We respond to a listener suggestion that Riyad Mahrez would be...

Gabriel is painting his flat while Brien is dealing with the first real snow of the year in Buffalo. In Barça news, we react to videos of Dembélé and Rafinha in training, and the Ballon D’or award (5:23). Our special Countdown to El Clásico revisits...

The big story we get into this week is the injury of Samuel Umtiti, who will be out of commission for 8 weeks (4:55). Our awesome listeners sent a few scouting reports our way and we answer a question about Rafinha phoned in from Gabriel’s father Gus...

Thanksgiving was a carb-fest for both Gabriel and Brien. In the wake of the feeding frenzy, we’re happy to celebrate Messi’s long-awaited signature of his contract extension and his fourth Golden Boot (6:27). We respond to our awesome listeners’...

In the Intro, Brien explains how he suddenly got married this week, Gabriel talks about home decor, and we have a reminder to check out last week’s special feature on the ’92 Dream Team. In our News segment, we discuss Mascherano’s injury and the...

You get to hear a little about Brien’s other life as a musician and some big news for Barça Talk on Spotify in the intro. We get on to business with listener comments about Pique, Thiago Alcantara, and Hirving Lozano; and we unveil Samuel Umtiti’s...

We start off with our listener comments (5:40) and get to talking about all our injured players (17:16). Barça B and FCB Femení are both continuing to shine (23:16). We recap La Liga, and say “Gracias Girona” (31:00). Match reviews of Olympiakos and...

We welcome a special guest and Gabriel makes Barça Talk history.

Big news from the club, Barça B and Femení continue to shine, reviews of the first team matches against Olympiakos and Malaga, and more listener questions.

Coming back from international break, it seems we have a lot to talk about. After some World Cup recap, we have a few news items, then move on to Barcelona: the women’s side, Barça B, and the first-team draw against Atletico.

(0:12) We share our craziest moments of Barcelona fandom before getting into the talk. (7:32) In response to a listener’s question, we discuss Piqué’s recent statements about being willing to leave the Spanish national team. (16:38) Brien’s dad, Ed,...

Sunday was a difficult day, for Catalonians and for FCB. We discuss the referendum and its effect on the club (0:20), then get into the Las Palmas match (11:45). The censure effort against the board of directors has officially failed (34:15). We...

Rate/review for a chance to win a subscription to FCB’s Premium Video feature. In this episode, Brien and Gabriel get into Dembele’s injury (13:00), the ongoing Censure effort (17:15), political upheaval in Catalonia (20:45), the Lucas Lima transfer...

Your hosts Brien and Gabriel respond to listener questions (3:00), Brien can't believe Messi's fake piano skills (11:15), the Board can't handle the press (14:50), the censure effort continues (17:49), the club is building Cruyff Stadium (21:52),...

Your hosts Brien and Gabriel debate international vs. club (3:30), discuss false controversies (8:10), the Censure effort (12:40), Aleña's contract extension (18:00), and they respond to listener questions (23:00). Then it's on to La Liga (42:15) and...

Your hosts Brien and Gabriel continue to follow the progress on the No Confidence vote (2:55) and now that the transfer window has closed, they assess the club's deal-making skills (6:45). In the second half, they check in on the Liga standings...