On June 9, 2026, International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz served as the featured speaker at an IMF forum. But over on Pardon My Take, the host better known as Big Cat was focused on a very different kind of high-stakes administration: setting up the show's annual Mount Rushmore draft lottery.
Co-host PFT Commenter laid out the complex mechanics of the drawing, suggesting a system where Big Cat would hold a block of numbers. "Yeah, so what about this? So what if we did, I don't know if this is what you're thinking, but we, we draw the number, and let's say it's Big Cat that's one through 16, and the number 14 pops up, so that's Big Cat." The setup ensures that Katz remains at the center of the show's draft architecture.
When it came time to actually execute the team drawings for the upcoming Mount Rushmore season, Dan Katz took full control of the selection process to establish the official pairings. "So that is Hank. Hank, you are the first person up. Whoever comes up next, that will be your teammate," announced Katz, assigning the first slot of the season to co-host Hank.
Whether managing global monetary policy or arbitrating the draft order for Hank and the rest of the Barstool Sports crew, Katz continues to straddle two wildly different worlds. Listeners will be watching closely to see how his Mount Rushmore season brackets shake out over the coming weeks.