Le Batard & Friends - South Beach Sessions
189 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 14.9K ratingsThere's way more behind the biggest and most beloved personalities from sports, music, comedy and more... all it takes is longtime host and reporter Dan Le Batard revealing more about himself than ever before too. South Beach Sessions is the critically acclaimed flagship podcast in the LeBatard and Friends Podcast Network. These one-on-one conversations aren't the same old, boring sitdowns - there's no success story without some struggle, no laughs without a few tears, and no questions left unanswered by Dan who gets past what you've already heard and into more with Dan Le Batard.
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Episodes
David Simon
May 02, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutesDavid Simon, creator of one of the best TV shows ever made, on how to use art to fight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Skipper and David Samson
April 25, 2022 09:00 - 43 minutesJohn Skipper and David Samson join Dan to discuss some of the biggest stories across Sports Business & Media including Apple TV and the NFL Sunday Ticket, the Washington Commanders investigation, MLB's resistance to change, the NBA and China, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Lewis
April 18, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutesMichael Lewis, author of “Moneyball,” “The Big Short,” and countless other bestsellers, joins Dan to discuss his joyful writing process, the long-lasting impact of “Moneyball,” his ability to procure secrets from subjects, his newest book “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story,” and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Elie Mystal
April 04, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutesElie Mystal, The Nation’s justice correspondent and one of America’s most prominent voices at the intersection of journalism and politics, argues on behalf of tearing up the Constitution... and then we talk some sports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joe Posnanski
March 28, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutesJoe Posnanski is a bestselling author, one of the country's top sports columnists, and also hosts "The PosCast" alongside Mike Schur on the Le Batard & Friends Network. Dan sits down with Joe to discuss which of his books was his favorite to write and why being a "gentle" sports columnist is a good thing. Plus, Joe shares his thoughts on subjects from his books including Buck O'Neil, Harry Houdini, and the life and legacy of Joe Paterno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Chuck Klosterman
March 23, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutesDan sits down with bestselling author Chuck Klosterman to discuss his latest work, "The Nineties: A Book." Their conversation ranges from what peaked Chuck's interest with the 90s in particular, to how history will misremember the decade, the internet's influence on society, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Andre Iguodala and Evan Turner
March 16, 2022 15:57 - 51 minutesAndre Iguodala and Evan Turner — the hosts of Meadowlark's new podcast "Point Forward" — join Dan for a conversation on their friendship and unique perspectives, the media's influence on team chemistry, business in the NBA, fandom, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Pearlman
March 09, 2022 14:25 - 38 minutesJeff Pearlman is the author of nine NYT best-selling books including "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s," the book that inspired the new HBO Series "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty." Jeff speaks with Dan about how he chooses his subjects, his experience helping out with "Winning Time," and why that Lakers era captured our collective imaginations before sharing his personal stories with athletes across sports like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,...
Sports Business, Media with John Skipper and David Samson
March 02, 2022 20:10 - 41 minutesBack by popular demand, Meadowlark CEO John Skipper and former Marlins team president David Samson join Dan to discuss the latest news in the world of sports business. The guys discuss top level NFL broadcasters commanding huge salaries, Russia's entanglements with sports in the wake of their invasion of Ukraine, and the time Skipper and Samson were involved in negotiations against each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Amaechi- “Why can’t I reach these people?”
February 24, 2022 08:05 - 47 minutes“Why can’t I reach these people?” John Amaechi and Dan have an honest conversation about how and why communication on topics such as privilege, race, and sexuality aren’t resonating the way they know it should. From willful ignorance in the teaching of our history, to the systems in place to perpetuate oppression, John and Dan leave no stone unturned. Plus, conversations on Tim Hardaway, Phil Mickelson’s comments and “apology,” the Don’t Say Gay Bill in Florida, and Critical Race Theory. L...
Jason Taylor
February 09, 2022 08:05 - 1 hourDan sits down with NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor about his uncommon competitive nature, what drove him to be that way, lessons he learned from coaches through his career, and the lessons he’s learned since becoming a coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gotham Chopra
February 02, 2022 08:05 - 47 minutesDan talks to Gotham Chopra, director of Man In The Arena on ESPN+, about his 10 part series with Tom Brady, working with Kobe Bryant, being part of Michael Jackson's travelling entourage, and being the son of Deepak Chopra. You can check out Gotham's other work Passion Play with Russell Westbrook on Showtime. Simone Vs Herself with Simone Biles on Facebook Watch, and Greatness Code on Usain Bolt on Apple TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mitch Albom
January 20, 2022 14:15 - 46 minutesDan seeks the consult of best selling author and humanitarian Mitch Albom for the lessons he's learned on giving and love through his extraordinary work both writing and running an orphanage in Haiti. You can find Mitch's latest book The Stranger in the Lifeboat here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
McKenzie Milton
January 12, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutesOn this episode, Dan talks to former UCF and FSU quarterback McKenzie Milton about his time quarterbacking UCF to 25 consecutive wins, his gruesome injury that nearly made him lose his leg, and Milton offers a strong rebuttal to Kirk Herbstreit's comments about players sitting out bowl games. You can support McKenzie Milton by buying a ticket to this weekend's Hula Bowl which will be played in Orlando at the Bounce House. Click the link here. Proceeds help the family of Otis Anderson, one of ...
Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski
January 05, 2022 08:05 - 54 minutesOne of the best writers in the world joins us. And also Mike Schur. The Poscast is now part of the Le Batard and Friends Network Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 about the greatest baseball players ever is available here. Mike Schur's How To Be Perfect: The Correct Answer To Every Moral Question is available here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joel Anderson, Carl Douglas, and Howard Bryant
December 15, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutesThe newest season of Slate's Slow Burn podcast is hosted by Joel Anderson on the LA Riots in the aftermath of the Rodney King video. Dan convenes a panel of Joel, Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media, and Carl Douglas to discuss what the time of the LA Riots was like and the lessons from it that apply to the modern criminal justice environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Skipper, David Samson
December 08, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutesA different version of South Beach Sessions. John Skipper and David Samson join Dan for a conversation about sports business. Are the prices paid to college coaches worth it? How do TV rights get sold? Will sports leagues be able to hang onto their own streaming rights? We discuss these questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Soledad O'Brien
December 01, 2021 18:30 - 45 minutesSoledad O'Brien discusses her childhood, her connection to Cuba, her new show Black & Missing on HBO and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nate Boyer
November 17, 2021 15:54 - 47 minutesYou may know Nate Boyer as the Green Beret and former NFL player who advised Colin Kaepernick to kneel. This is the part of his story you don’t know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sara Ganim
November 10, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutesPulitzer Prize winner Sara Ganim talks to Dan about how she broke one of the biggest sports scandals in history by being plugged in as a small-town reporter. Plus, the origins of her new Meadowlark Media podcast - 'The Mayor Of Maple Avenue' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mardy Fish
November 03, 2021 07:05 - 43 minutesMardy Fish, one of America’s best tennis players, dedicated his life to getting to a dream match against Roger Federer. Then he short-circuited right before it. This is his story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jackie MacMullan
October 27, 2021 13:30 - 47 minutesJackie MacMullan on the support you need to become a pioneer … and how you break down the door to the boys’ club. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jake Tapper
October 20, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutesDan and Jake Tapper discuss the painstaking process of writing, the state of journalism, why the news is important and Tapper's new book - The Devil May Dance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rob Lowe
October 13, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutesRob Lowe on what a man learns about himself, happiness and humanity when he has been objectified for four decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stanley Tucci
October 06, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutesStanley Tucci, an award-winning star of stage and screen, chats with Dan about his passion for acting and his intense passion for food. It was a passion that was reignited when he briefly lost his ability to taste food after a bout with cancer. A bout detailed in his new book “Taste: My Life Through Food.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kevin Smith
September 22, 2021 10:00 - 1 hourDirector Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma) and author of ''Kevin Smith's Secret Stash: The Definitive Visual History" explains how he chose happiness over Hollywood … and how he made a blockbuster movie with $27,000 he didn’t have. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Renee Montgomery
September 15, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutesRenee Montgomery shares stories from her life and discusses her meteoric rise in media and gives the LeBatardAF audience a sampling of what they can expect when “Montgomery and Co” debuts on September 22nd! Subscribe to "Montgomery and Co" on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ken Burns
September 08, 2021 11:06 - 46 minutesDan talks to filmmaker Ken Burns about his creative processes, how much amazing content he left on the cutting room floor, his new project on Muhammad Ali and much more. Muhammad Ali premieres September 19-22 on PBS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Garrett & Nicole McNamara
September 01, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutesFrom glaciers to 100-foot waves - Garrett and Nicole McNamara give you a glimpse of what it's like to surf the biggest swells on the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tony Khan
August 25, 2021 07:05 - 45 minutesDan talks to AEW Owner Tony Khan about CM Punk's return to wrestling with at AEW: Rampage. They discuss how the deal for Punk's return came together and where All Elite Wrestling stands in its competition with WWE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aaron Rodgers
August 18, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutesDan and Aaron Rodgers talk about self-love, breathing techniques and Rodgers' incredible football memory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Billy Corben - Cocaine Cowboys: Kings Of Miami
August 11, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutesDan talks to Director Billy Corben on the most amazing druglord story you’ve ever heard (Cocaine Cowboys, The Kings of Miami, now showing on Netflix) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ronan Farrow
August 04, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutesDan Le Batard digs deep into the stories behind Ronan Farrow's new series 'Catch And Kill', Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adam McKay
July 28, 2021 14:15 - 1 hourShouting from a mountaintop not engulfed by fire or flood, Oscar winning film director Adam McKay warns us of an approaching Apocalypse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harvey Mason Jr.
July 14, 2021 12:47 - 54 minutesDan and Harvey Mason Jr. discuss his meteoric rise from the basketball court to being the President & CEO of the Recording Academy and working with artists like Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Howard Bryant
July 07, 2021 13:15 - 51 minutesFor this South Beach Session, Dan talks to the newest member of Meadowlark Media, Howard Bryant. They discuss his career as an author, the politicization of the media, and his newest book about Rickey Henderson, which you can preorder here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bobby Bonilla
July 01, 2021 14:05 - 34 minutesIn a bonus episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan talks to Bobby Bonilla on Bobby Bonilla Day, when Bonilla receives his $1.193 million payment from the New York Mets that he's owed every July 1st through 2035. Dan talks to Bonilla about how that happened and about his memorable experiences from his 17 year MLB career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Amaechi: The Psychology Of The Pandemic
June 30, 2021 12:35 - 40 minutesDan and John Amaechi discuss some of the biggest societal issues from the pandemic - mask and vaccine misinformation, human dignity, social unrest, the ills of social media, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jemele Hill
June 23, 2021 13:22 - 50 minutesDan talks to Jemele Hill about the difficulties in her career path so far, if she considers herself to be a leader and pioneer for black women, her post-ESPN life, and her best advice on what to do with newfound freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lesley Visser
June 16, 2021 19:10 - 45 minutesDan talks to Hall Of Fame sportswriter and broadcaster Lesley Visser about her storied career, some of her most profound assignments, the relentless support of her mother, and being a pioneer for women in sports media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amin Elhassan
June 09, 2021 07:05 - 1 hourDan talks to Amin Elhassan about the pressures of growing up between New York City and Sudan, the moment he discovered his love for basketball, and the concept of making it a career. Plus, the rigidity of living in an immigrant family and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lynn Novick
June 03, 2021 21:59 - 39 minutesDan sits down with filmmaker Lynn Novick, who worked with Ken Burns on the PBS documentary Hemingway, about the project and the fascinating life of Ernest Hemingway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tom Haberstroh
May 26, 2021 07:05 - 40 minutesAs announced last week, Tom Haberstroh is joining the team at Meadowlark Media. Tom joins the pod for a South Beach Session about his career to this point. Also, Dan makes a rather unfortunate error when discussing his mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kate Fagan
May 19, 2021 14:01 - 48 minutesDan is joined by Kate Fagan to officially welcome her to Meadowlark Media. They discuss her new book "All the Colors Came Out", available wherever you get your books, about her relationship with her father and how it changed in the last year of his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ricky Williams
May 12, 2021 07:05 - 55 minutesRicky Williams goes deep. Check out Ricky's podcast, Curious Questions with Ricky Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carrot Top
May 05, 2021 18:30 - 53 minutesDan talks to Carrot Top about his life as a prop comic, the highs and lows of comedy, and some of his greatest memories from his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Grisham
April 28, 2021 07:05 - 45 minutesOn this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan sits down with one of the most prolific authors of our time, John Grisham, to discuss his new book Sooley, why he wrote a basketball story, and how his career as an author unfolded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gilbert Arenas
April 23, 2021 07:05 - 1 hourGilbert Arenas sits down with Dan to talk about his NBA career, the moments in his life that changed who he was, and how his basketball mentality shifted as he became a better person. Check out Gilbert's podcast No Chill which also airs Mondays at 8 PM on Fubo Sports Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mike Schur and Tim Kurkjian
April 14, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutesAn ESPN employee finally is allowed on the pirate ship ... as Tim Kurkjian endures the unrelenting baseball geekery of Mike Schur, who would rather talk about MLB's palindromic last names than about creating Parks And Recreation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Adnan Virk
April 07, 2021 13:39 - 53 minutesThis week on South Beach Sessions, Dan talks to the newest member of Meadowlark Media, Adnan Virk. The Cinephile podcast, which you can find here, will soon be joining the Le Batard & Friends podcast network. Dan talks to Adnan about how he breached the security of the show, his journey from small town Canada to ESPN, and his love of film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices