Episode 101 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features ESPN broadcasters Jemele Hill and Michael Smith.

Beginning February 6, Hill and Smith will co-host the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter. The show is being called SC6.

On this 70-minute podcast, Hill and Smith discuss how ESPN management came to them to host SportsCenter; why they accepted the job; how long ESPN has committed to them as a SportsCenter duo; how politically savvy one has to be to move up at ESPN as talent; what kind of viewership expectations management has put on them; whether SportsCenter is a post-racial show in terms of who is watching; whether race or gender of talent impacts sports ratings; why they believe sports and politics intersect; the false perception that their audience is only people of color; how they dealt with external comparisons to First Take; what it means to have people of color in executive positions on their show; and much more.

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