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Sarah Todd: Utah Jazz beat writer for the (Salt Lake City) Deseret News
Season 20 Episode 412
On enduring a full season of unfathomably bad basketball played by an organization aspiring to lose. On the nightmarish hell of covering Ben Simmons, the sadness of watching a young Markelle Fultz an…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Gabbie Watts: Stand-up comedian
Season 20 Episode 411
On how to know what works on stage vs. what might bomb. On writing a full stand-up routine and having it flow. On the process of creating material and feeling confident in the content. On bombing.
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Marcus Lattimore: Poet (and former football superstar)
Season 20 Episode 410
On discovering his voice via the beauty of poetry. On how the end of a football career brought him to a splendid turning point. On how the words enter his mind, then land on paper. On looking back at…
Published on 5 months ago
John Gonzalez: NBA host and analyst, CBS Sports and former Philly Inquirer, SI and Ringer writer
Season 20 Episode 409
On hanging out far, far away with Rick Pitino; on coming up as a print guy and watching the paper and ink fade away; on life at a union-antagonistic The Ringer and a not-what-was-promised Sports Illu…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Mollie Edsell: New York City-based singer/songwriter
Season 20 Episode 408
On trying to make it in the music biz in 2025. On driving 2 1/2 hours to play a gig in front of 10 people. On how a song goes from idea to reality. On the difference between good songwriting and epic…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Dick "Hoops" Weiss: Former Philly Daily News and New York Daily News college basketball writer
Season 20 Episode 407
On the glorious days and nights of old-school Philadelphia basketball. On whether money has killed the joy of covering the game. On Villanova and Georgetown and Temple and St. John's and ... Delaware.
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Cassidy Randall: Award-winning adventure writer and author of, "Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali"
Season 20 Episode 406
On the audacious attempt by a group of female adventurers to climb Denali. On why the topic moved an author. On why ones covers those who climb, dive, scale, crawl, attack the elements.
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
A.J. Jacobs: Experiential author of "The Year of Living Biblically" and "Drop Dead Healthy"
Season 20 Episode 405
On throwing yourself into a subject and refusing to let go. On whether living biblically resulted in biblical living. On the high of a TV show made from your book and the low of it sucking. On surviv…
Published on 6 months ago
Chris Kluwe: Former Minnesota Vikings punter, writer and activist
Season 20 Episode 404
On last week's arrest at a Huntington Beach City Council meeting. On standing up for democracy and being unafraid of the word "Nazi." On taking a stand for LGBTQ rights while playing in the NFL. On h…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Kevin Damask: Writer-Editor, Department of Veterans Affairs
Season 20 Episode 403
On receiving the dreaded Elon Musk notice that his job might no longer be his job. On the importance of helping veterans tell their stories. On interviewing men and women who went through hell—and gi…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago