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<p>Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser analyze the Bears' 34-10 win over the Browns in the preseason opener.</p><p></p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="HtmlModule"><a class="AnchorLink" id="html-embed-module-f00000" name="html-embed-module-f00000"></a><iframe allow="monetization" frameborder="0" height="200" width="100%" style="min-width: 300px; color-scheme: auto;" src="https://play.prx.org/e?ge=prx_18016_f5b8006c-370a-40e3-9e2a-bff447338643&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fhalasintruige.podcasts.wbez.org" title="PRX Embed Player" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> </div><p></p><p></p><p><i>New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on </i><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue" target="_blank" ><i><u>the podcast’s hub page</u></i></a><i>. 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What's the story?: <p>Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser analyze the Bears' 34-10 win over the Browns in the preseason opener.</p><p></p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="HtmlModule"><a class="AnchorLink" id="html-embed-module-f00000" name="html-embed-module-f00000"></a><iframe allow="monetization" frameborder="0" height="200" width="100%" style="min-width: 300px; color-scheme: auto;" src="https://play.prx.org/e?ge=prx_18016_f5b8006c-370a-40e3-9e2a-bff447338643&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fhalasintruige.podcasts.wbez.org" title="PRX Embed Player" scrolling="no"></iframe> </div> </div><p></p><p></p><p><i>New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on </i><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue" target="_blank" ><i><u>the podcast’s hub page</u></i></a><i>. You can also listen to “Halas Intrigue” wherever you get your podcasts, including </i><a class="Link" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/halas-intrigue/id1478052803" target="_blank" ><i><u>Apple Podcasts</u></i></a><i>,</i> <a class="Link" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5ldHWQoV9IJt7GeOWPj8mp?si=lzcG5vlRTzG30aPzdPwH7w" target="_blank" ><i><u>Spotify</u> </i></a><i>and </i><a class="Link" href="https://a.co/d/hS0oP2x" target="_blank" ><i><u>Amazon Music</u></i></a><i>.</i></p><p></p><bsp-list-loadmore class="PageListH" data-module data-hide-authors="true" data-hide-categories="true" data-hide-dates="true" data-show-loadmore="true" ><a class="AnchorLink" id="list-bc0001" name="list-bc0001"></a><div class="PageList-header" > <div class="PageList-header-title-wrap" > <div class="PageList-header-title"> <a class="" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="{borderColor=#dfdfdf, pageNumber=1, inverseColors=false, footerBgColor=#000000, bodyFont=font-3, 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