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In the 52-minute podcast, Colin Cowherd is the guest on The Main Event with Andrew Marchand. Cowherd details his journey from being alone as a kid, his obsession with sports and his unbelievable stories of how he transitioned from obscurity to ESPN, Fox and his own company, The Volume.

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Rundown …

* If Colin Cowherd were 22 and entering sports, what would he do to break into the business

* The advice he gives to young broadcasters, using Dan Le Batard and Dave Portnoy as examples

* Lonely & out-of-money, Cowherd felt he was “willful”

* The interesting details of what was shaping Cowherd growing up

* Great story about Larry King and talking to himself

* The generational sports talk advantage of growing up before the internet

* How Cowherd started as a Triple-A play-by-player

* Cowherd transitioned into local sports TV

* The incredible story of how Rick Scott, a radio consultant, changed Cowherd’s career

* The amazing tale about how Cowherd ended up interviewing with ESPN

* Why Cowherd bought a New Yorker for his interview with John Walsh

* How John Walsh became a big supporter of Cowherd’s

* When Cowherd got the ESPN job, Marchand interviewed Cowherd for the New York Post and Marchand’s first question was: Who the heck are you?

* What it was like for Cowherd to get lost in New York for the first time

* Who tried out before Michelle Beadle became his co-host on “SportsNation”

* The ESPN2 football show he loved

* Why he loves working for Fox Sports and iHeart

* How Nick Khan and Cowherd’s wife, Ann, thought Colin should leave ESPN for Fox Sports

* Why it is better today for people like Cowherd than it was three decades ago

* What Cowherd does when he gets up before the show

* How Bob Costas calling him to scold him was a big thrill

* Why Cowherd’s goes against Marchand’s megalomaniac’s theory

* Cowherd says his life is boring

* Why Cowherd started The Volume

* How The Volume fits Cowherd’s personality

* Why Cowherd becomes stressed out about The Volume compared to his show

* Does Cowherd want to sell The Volume

* How Cowherd likes ‘Bussin’ with the Boys’

* How he would build a sports gambling vertical around Scott Van Pelt

* Cowherd would love to build verticals with Nate Bargatze or John Mulaney or Joe Fortenbaugh

* Cowherd’s tremendous Christopher (Mad Dog) Russo story

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