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Levi Weaver: Escaping the Rodeo, House Shows & Accidentally Becoming a Baseball Writer | YDC Ep 53

October 24, 2025 1:08:04 Episode 53

About this episode

Chapters
  1. 0:00Welcome to Your Dark Companion
  2. 1:21Meet Levi Weaver: From Rodeo to Rock Shows
  3. 3:08Time Change Madness and Vampire Schedules
  4. 5:51Cowboys Spiral Watch: Another Year, Another Pain
  5. 9:54Who Actually Runs the Cowboys?
  6. 13:18Coaching, Chaos, and Crying in Football
  7. 17:03Levi’s Origin Story: Escaping the Rodeo Life
  8. 21:45From MySpace Fame to House Shows
  9. 28:56Burning Out and Starting Over
  10. 33:07Accidentally Becoming a Baseball Writer
  11. 39:20The Athletic to The New York Times
  12. 45:02Identity, Balance, and Baseball Sanity
  13. 47:19Building The Windup with Ken Rosenthal
  14. 51:04Rangers, Yankees, and Baseball’s Dumb Beauty
  15. 57:34Grube's Grenades and Music Theory Violence
  16. 1:00:47Levi’s Secret Prop: “El Zombie García” Bat
  17. 1:03:02Sandlot Baseball and Costume Butts
  18. 1:05:45Ranger Butt Rankings & Closing Chaos

Episode notes

⚠️ Originally recorded November 4, 2024. If the Cowboys have since figured it out, daylight saving time has been abolished, or reality has generally improved — just know we were still suffering when this was taped.
Mike Rhyner sits down with writer and former musician Levi Weaver (The Windup, The Athletic) for a funny, thoughtful, and delightfully weird ride through Cowboys heartbreak, daylight saving conspiracies, and creative reinvention. Levi opens up about life as a touring musician turned baseball writer, his rodeo childhood, burnout, and rediscovering himself in the world of sports. There’s therapy, chaos, a deep discussion on Rangers’ butts, and a surprise “El Zombie García” bat reveal you absolutely won’t see coming.
Chapters:
00:00:00 – Welcome to Your Dark Companion
00:01:21 – Meet Levi Weaver: From Rodeo to Rock Shows
00:03:08 – Time Change Madness and Vampire Schedules
00:05:51 – Cowboys Spiral Watch: Another Year, Another Pain
00:09:54 – Who Actually Runs the Cowboys?
00:13:18 – Coaching, Chaos, and Crying in Football
00:17:03 – Levi’s Origin Story: Escaping the Rodeo Life
00:21:45 – From MySpace Fame to House Shows
00:28:56 – Burning Out and Starting Over
00:33:07 – Accidentally Becoming a Baseball Writer
00:39:20 – The Athletic to The New York Times
00:45:02 – Identity, Balance, and Baseball Sanity
00:47:19 – Building The Windup with Ken Rosenthal
00:51:04 – Rangers, Yankees, and Baseball’s Dumb Beauty
00:57:34 – Grube’s Grenades and Music Theory Violence
01:00:47 – Levi’s Secret Prop: “El Zombie García” Bat
01:03:02 – Sandlot Baseball and Costume Butts
01:05:45 – Ranger Butt Rankings & Closing Chaos
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