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
Wyatt Cenac
October 29, 2019 10:03 - 35 minutesWyatt Cenac has garnered critical acclaim for his work with HBO and the Daily Show. He's one of the smartest comedians going and in this episode he joins one of the chubbiest journalists growing.
Jason Mewes
October 08, 2019 09:17 - 30 minutesAs Jay and Silent Bob return, Dan talks to Jay (Jason Mewes) about the time he put out the fire on his couch with a bucket of his own urine.
Mike Leach
October 01, 2019 10:00 - 30 minutesDan asks eccentric Washington State football coach Mike Leach if he has ever seen a ghost.
Danica Patrick
September 24, 2019 10:01 - 32 minutesDan talks to racing pioneer Danica Patrick about doubt, growth and their mutual love interest ... Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers.
Episode Thirty-Three: Rich Eisen
September 17, 2019 10:03 - 46 minutesBefore he was the face of the NFL Network, Rich Eisen was one of the foundational pieces that helped build SportsCenter into a juggernaut. He joins Dan to discuss his terrific career in broadcasting.
Episode Thirty-Two: Kenny Mayne
September 10, 2019 09:59 - 48 minutesDan talks to quirky SportsCenter legend Kenny Mayne, and says this is the funniest thing you'll hear today.
Episode Thirty-One: Demario Davis
August 27, 2019 09:58 - 37 minutesSaints linebacker Demario Davis is smart and kind. He bought American freedom for a total stranger. You should listen to him.
Episode Thirty: Jidenna
August 20, 2019 10:06 - 37 minutesHe overcame an attempted kidnapping in his youth, graduated from Stanford and collaborated with Janelle Monae. Grammy-nominated Hip-Hop artist, Jidenna shares the experiences that molded him as an artist.
Episode Twenty-Nine: Alejandro Bedoya
August 07, 2019 14:46 - 35 minutesDan talks to United States soccer player Alejandro Bedoya about why he felt so helpless about gun violence in America that he had to run to the nearest microphone on the field and scream.
Episode Twenty-Eight: Brian Windhorst
August 06, 2019 10:52 - 52 minutesDid you know Brian Windhorst was in a coma for three weeks? We ask him about that... and LeBron.
Episode Twenty-Seven: Jim DeRogatis
July 30, 2019 10:20 - 51 minutesJim DeRogatis has investigated all of the accusations made against singer R. Kelly and has authored a book that goes into horrific detail. He joins "South Beach Sessions" and explains how one of R&B's biggest-ever hitmakers found himself facing a lifetime in prison.
Episode Twenty-Six: John Urschel
July 23, 2019 10:06 - 37 minutesDan talks math with a smart and unusual giant.
Episode Twenty-Five: Billy Ray Cyrus
July 16, 2019 10:02 - 30 minutesDan tries to talk to Billy Ray Cyrus about music, upbringing and Old Town Road. Billy Ray prefers to talk about Pete Rose.
Episode Twenty-Four: Desus & Mero
July 09, 2019 10:48 - 27 minutesThey came from the podcast underground in the Bronx and became seemingly overnight pop-culture fixtures. Desus & Mero found a way to translate their unrivaled chemistry into dollars.
Episode Twenty-Three: Ariel Helwani
June 25, 2019 09:26 - 52 minutesDan talks to Ariel Helwani, the Howard Cosell of mixed-martial arts, about how the UFC once tried to keep him away from covering the sport he covers better than anyone.
Episode Twenty-Two: Dave Barry
June 18, 2019 10:56 - 45 minutesDan gets nostalgic about Miami with long-time friend and Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry.
Episode Twenty-one: Adam Carolla
June 11, 2019 10:45 - 33 minutesDan talks to Adam Carolla about how his childhood shaped his comedy and his new stand up special Not Taco Bell Material
Episode Twenty: Chris Jericho
May 21, 2019 01:07 - 30 minutesWhen you combine his wrestling, music projects, TV hosting, and podcasting, Chris Jericho has a solid argument for being one of the hardest working people in the history of entertainment. He shares with us how he broke into the biz and sheds light onto a complicated relationship with Vince McMahon.
Episode Nineteen: Michael Lewis
May 14, 2019 13:41 - 44 minutesDan and one of his favorite authors, Michael Lewis, talk about books, baseball's stupidity and the human brain.
Episode Eighteen: Mike Schur
May 07, 2019 04:02 - 44 minutesDan talks to Mike Schur - writer for The Office, creator of Parks and Rec, and one of America's most in-demand producers of TV content - about how he almost ruined a golden age of comedy.
Episode Seventeen: Duff McKagan
April 30, 2019 09:52 - 47 minutesDan talks to Guns N Roses bassist Duff McKagan about how the lifestyle of one of the last real rock bands nearly killed him.
Episode Sixteen: Tony Kornheiser
April 23, 2019 02:04 - 46 minutesDan and his curmudgeonly friend, Tony Kornheiser, talk about radio ... and how the acid-filled Tony blazed the path for LeBatard And Friends.
Episode Fifteen: Stan Van Gundy
April 16, 2019 15:45 - 57 minutesDan talks to Stan Van Gundy about how he went from having all the power in the Pistons organization to hanging around our sewage.
Episode Fourteen: Billy Corben & Tony Bosch
April 04, 2019 14:25 - 47 minutesWhat happens when you combine incompetence with greed, Miami and drugs? Allow Biogenesis doctor-who-isn't-a-doctor Tony Bosch and director Billy Corben to explain.
Chris Bosh Part II
April 02, 2019 02:21 - 31 minutesIn Part Two, Chris Bosh describes where he was when he got the news LeBron had decided to return to Cleveland and why he decided to stop pursuing an NBA comeback after multiple blood clots.
Episode Twelve: Chris Bosh Part I
March 26, 2019 00:48 - 46 minutesIn Part One of a two-part conversation, Chris Bosh takes you deep inside the most interesting team Miami has ever known.
Episode Eleven: Dan Patrick Part II
March 19, 2019 00:18 - 35 minutesPart II of our discussion with Dan Patrick. In this episode Dan goes into detail where his relationship with ESPN fell apart and how, after several years, he's squashed the beef. Discover how Dan went from losing out on a local TV job in Dayton to having his own sports empire. DP shared plenty of great stories in Part I, he keeps them coming here.
Episode Ten: Dan Patrick: 3/12/19
March 12, 2019 12:55 - 36 minutesDan Patrick went from local news castoff to becoming one of the names and faces synonymous with American sports coverage. He hustled his way to CNN thinking he'd made it at $18,000 a year, only to have his journey put him in a position to unknowingly turn down $10 Million a year to Host "The Price is Right"€ several years later. Let's learn about one of the more remarkable careers in media and hear amazing stories about the glory days of SportsCenter along the way. It's an interview too good...
Episode Nine: Action Bronson
March 05, 2019 03:20 - 37 minutesAction Bronson, who has taken the unusual path from chef to hip hop, tells some great stories about Eminem, Santana and ... Olden Polynice?
Episode Eight: Dominique Foxworth
February 26, 2019 02:09 - 45 minutesDominique Foxworth has led an interesting life that has seen him succeed in the NFL, Harvard Business School, The NFLPA, The NBAPA, and now gasbaggery. He sits down in studio with us to explain his path... it may devolve into a fight once Dan questions his size.
Episode Seven: David Samson & Billy Corben
February 19, 2019 15:19 - 54 minutesFormer Marlins team president David Samson and director Billy Corben (Cocaine Cowboys, The U) do NOT care for one another. They had never been in the same room, until we put them in this small one.
Episode Six: Terry Crews
February 12, 2019 14:38 - 37 minutesTerry Crews took an usual path to stardom, from football player to janitor to actor, and now he's an unlikely face for the Me Too movement. His willingness to be publicly vulnerable is on full display here.
Episode Five: Luther Campbell
February 05, 2019 12:56 - 48 minutesThe founder of 2 Live Crew and dirty south booty music, Luther Campbell tells crazy stories that take us through hip-hop history, all the way to the Supreme Court.
Episode Four: Joe Buck
January 29, 2019 15:19 - 40 minutesJoe Buck was the youngest person to ever call an NFL game on a broadcast network at 25. He has called 20 World Series since. The son of a broadcasting legend, he became one himself. Let's enjoy some stories with one of America's best guides.
Episode Three: JK Simmons
January 22, 2019 13:05 - 46 minutesLet's get to know Hollywood grinder JK Simmons, who went from doing singing telegrams to becoming a yellow peanut M&M to winning an Oscar that Johnny Depp, Sir Ian McKellen and Glenn Close never have.
Episode Two: Adam McKay
January 15, 2019 15:22 - 32 minutesAdam McKay, the brilliant filmmaker and screenwriter behind projects like "Anchorman", "The Big Short", "Stepbrothers" and "Vice" discusses his career and his choices in depth with Dan Le Batard.
Episode One: Neal Brennan
January 08, 2019 15:13 - 44 minutesThe co-creator of Chapelle's Show, Half Baked writer, film maker, innovative stand-up comic, actor (how many resume items are you guys going to put here to sell him to us? Why don't you throw in when he used to be a doorman, too?) ends his interview the perfect way for his new project.
Teaser: Jemele Hill
December 18, 2018 13:54 - 47 minutesIn the debut of the South Beach Sessions, Dan Le Batard speaks with friend and former co-worker Jemele Hill about her tumultuous 2018 and her plans following her departure from ESPN.
Episode Zero
December 13, 2018 15:44 - 5 minutesThis is ground zero for a new project that will become a new universe for what will become LeBatard And Friends. Will Stugotz be a part of it?