Bob Costas on Donald Trump, Olympics, Tom Brady, and more
Awful Announcing Podcast
English - April 18, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MB - ★★★★ - 36 ratingsSports awful announcing sports media sports media awful announcing the comeback comeback media brandon contes Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Host Brandon Contes interviews broadcasting legend Bob Costas. Brandon and Bob discuss a wide range of topics including his feelings on Donald Trump before and after becoming president, Bob's infamous gun culture essay, how Tom Brady would be as a broadcaster, and more.
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-1:07: Being selective with doing podcasts
-5:19: Thoughts about Joe Biden and Donald Trump
-13:19: Relationship with Trump pre-president
-17:55: Covering the Olympics
-19:50: Hearing back from China after being critical of them
-21:50: Responsibility of not “sticking to sports”
-24:14: Jim Nantz and the Masters
-26:27: Misconceptions surrounding gun culture essay
-33:47: Biggest detriment to the essay
-35:37: Can it be “not worth it” discussing serious topics when people can make their own headlines and twist around those words?
-36:34: NBC coming to Bob with issues they wanted him to talk about
-36:58: How did NFL owners and Roger Goodell react to some of Bob’s essays?
-38:04: Watching the NFL
-38:26: How will Tom Brady do as a broadcaster? Could Brady do this for a long time?
-40:23: Social media/aggregate media causing change in media
-48:41: Doing “Later” on NBC
-49:59: Can long-form interview format work on TV today?
-50:27: Why Bob feels he couldn’t do a show like “Later” anymore
-52:19: No studio audience on “Later”
-54:27: One thing in sports Bob would like to see happen before retirement
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