Awful Announcing Podcast

The gang discusses the implications of ESPN buying FSN, the last round of layoffs, and looking back at this past college football season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The gang talk about John Skipper and SVP's ESPN extensions, how losing net neutrality affects the sports world, and who is the biggest sports turkey of the year.Domonique Foxworth joins Ben Heisler to talk about his unique career path. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The guys discuss the ESPN and Barstool disaster.Bleacher Report President Rory Brown joins Ben Koo to retrace the company's ascension. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The AA staff discusses Barstool Sports partnership with ESPN, Jemele Hill, USMNT not making the World Cup, and the future of baseball on national television.Ben Heisler interviews Casey Stern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben, Matt, Andrew and Ken discuss the NFL's national anthem controversy and Katie Nolan leaving FS1.Kirk Hebstreit chats with Ben Koo about College Gameday and what to expect the rest of this season Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Yoder, Ken Fang, and Andrew Buchholtz join Ben Heisler to discuss the fallout from the Jemele Hill controversy and also look at Tony Romo's debut and other football topics. Ben Koo interviews Brent Musburger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael Schur, best known on the internet as Ken Tremendous, is the guest on this special Christmas-week edition of the Awful Announcing podcast.Schur and Dan Levy spend a good 70 minutes—good in terms of length and, hopefully, quality—talking all about his career as a television writer and producer for Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Parks and Recreation, going back to his days at The Office and SNL as well, and how all that comedy writing compares to what made him internet famous a dozen or so years back: Fire Joe Morgan.Here is a quick rundown of most of what we discuss during the conversation. -Talmudic Law and the notion of being "half-Jewish"-Jews for Jedis-Christmas with Regis Philbin-Filming holiday episodes in October (and Halloween episodes in August)-The legacy of television comedy, and how that's changed from watching re-runs of Gilligan's Island in the '80s to now-Harold Reynolds, Tom Verducci and John Smoltz-NFL, Star Wars, DraftKings and the Parks & Rec future of seven companies running the world-Andre Braugher's comedic presence, and why he doesn't win every award, ever-Chris Pratt, and if/when Schur knew he was going to be the biggest star on the planet-Writing comedy for comedians, and the collaborative process of producing quality TV-Aaron Sorkin-Donald Trump Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rob Stone of Fox Sports is the guest on the Awful Announcing podcast this week and if you like hearing about the ins-and-outs of sports television, this is as in and out as it gets.We talk FIFA World Cup, Fox, U.S. Soccer, haircuts, bowling and a whole lot more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you ever wanted to have an inside radio conversation with someone, well, inside radio, there is no better person than Paul Pabst, producer of widely heard and viewed Dan Patrick Show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Awful Announcing begins a new season of the AA Podcast, we had a chance to talk with ESPN's Kenny Mayne exclusively about his new contract. As the call began (before the interview even technically started) and the conversation veered into directions most ESPN stars wouldn't dare talk about on the record—what would Jesus do if Syrian refugees showed up on his shores, for one—Mayne insisted he was fine with the tape rolling, and off the conversation went.We learned there is no real start to an interview with Mayne, and 45 minutes in to a ride that goes in directions neither thought it would go, part of you wishes there would be no end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.