Chasing Interesting

Kevin Brown, friend of the pod whose day job is ESPN play-by-play broadcaster, stops by for an extensive chat about "The Last Dance."

We talk about what sticks with us about the documentary, Michael Jordan himself and what we want to learn more about now that it's over. We also share happiness for Steve Kerr and amazement at Ahmad Rashad. Plus, we debate if Jerry Kraus actually made the right move in breaking up the Bulls.

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In the second conversation with a storyteller, I talked to my friend John Keim of ESPN.com. John's covered the Redskins for 25 years and we talk about what makes a good story. We also dive into covering football specifically, what we love about it and the people we've enjoyed talking to the most over the years.

This conversation was reflective of many we've had over the last 5 years in the media room. It's a discussion about the craft and what we both find oh so intriguing about the incredibly talented people we cover.

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Up and coming sportscaster Gina Salvatore talks about her journey into the industry and the interruption its experienced during COVID-19. Gina played sports as a kid and has always loved them, but she went to school for and pursued a career in acting before realizing that she'd rather be covering the games than singing the national anthem for them.

We talk about how storytelling takes many forms and how the same principles that we think about in sports storytelling apply to our other jobs, for me as a trainer and for her as a content creator for Lululemon.

Follow Gina on Twitter (@gina__salvatore) and Instagram (@gina_salvatore).

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In this episode we talk about perhaps the topic that consumes my mind more than any other: politics. I’m certainly not alone in that in 2020, nor at any point since 2016. This conversation about politics isn’t some “touch on the third rail” and tip toe around it conversation, though. It's not a baseline, basic chat about how everything is broken in the buildings 30 minutes from where I live.

This is a conversation between an engaged and informed voter, me, and someone whose job it is to get people elected, Mary Mancini.

Mary is the chairwoman of the Tennessee Democratic Party. Her professional life spans multiple roles in multiple industries, but landed in grassroots organizing before crossing over into the party side of politics.

We discuss how Democrats can be more effective communicators and ultimately close the gap between popular Democratic policies and unpopular Democratic politicians. We also discuss the challenges presented by a lack of shame in politics, specifically amongst Republicans and how a focus on the the local level can help turn the ship in the right direction.

Mary and I recorded this conversation at Z89, the student radio station we both participated in our respective times at Syracuse. Congratulations to Mary, who was deservingly inducted into the WJPZ Hall of Fame mere hours after this chat.

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In the first official episode of Chasing Interesting, Clinton Yates sits down at MAJOR in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) for a conversation amongst the best of friends.

Clinton is a contributor to ESPN as a panelist on Around The Horn, a storyteller for E:60, a writer for The Undefeated and host of the new SportsCenter segment "Drip Drive." Before ESPN, he wrote for The Washington Post. He's a lifelong Washingtonian and truly someone I consider family.

We talk about why the Nationals winning the World Series made him cry, which leads to a larger discussion about sports, family and the shared experience. Clinton was fresh off a trip to LA where he attended Kobe Bryant's memorial, which also gets discussed as part of the initial conversation.

We also talk about race. What is blackness? How is it inclusive and when should white people simply stand back? What is privilege and why do most people think about it backwards?

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I sit down with my father, Steven O. Hoffman for a conversation about his recently published book: "The Reality of BS (Big Sales, That Is!)" 

We discuss the process of writing the book and some of the major tenants in it, including the power of people, why value is more important than price, the human motivations of fear and greed, his pillar of "ROC" and more.

We also talk about how some of the sales lessons in the book really are life lessons, many of the same ones that he taught me as a kid.

You can buy the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Reality-Bs-Big-Sales-That/dp/1532083297/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1572802004&sr=1-1

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