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My guest this week on Here Comes Pod is Wall Street Journal writer Ben Fritz, author of the  best selling book The Big Picture. Ben talks about his days coming through the entertainment journalism ranks at Variety and the LA Times, before he joined the Wall Street Journal where he is currently West Coast Bureau Chief for US News. But our main focus is The Big Picture, Ben's fascinating dissection of the movie business which charts the ever-increasing focus on franchises and brands, as seen through the lens of the revelations from the Sony Pictures hack. Enjoy! 

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Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Michael Carrick - all products of the West Ham youth development system. My guest this week, Tony Carr, spent 43 years at West Ham working with these and many other players to help turn them into the greats of the modern game. His autobiography is out now, and Tony sat down with me to talk about training and technique, running in Epping Forest and the West Ham way. Enjoy

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This week's guest on Here Comes Sports Pod is a sporting icon from a previous generation. Steve Perryman won multiple domestic and European trophies during his 19 year career at Tottenham Hotspur and became the club's record appearance holder. He shares his experiences as a young apprentice professional coming into the game, the arrival of Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa to English football, the secret of Liverpool's success in the 1980s with Graeme Souness at the heart of the team, and how he would cope with playing in the modern game. 

Steve Perryman will always be Captain, my Captain. I hope you enjoying listening to him talking about his career, and for more current thoughts from Steve on the modern game please do check out his podcast The Steve Perryman Podcast

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Mip TV is back, and as a special treat Here Comes Pod is celebrating the market with a special guest - Armando Nunez. Armando talks about his early days in the business, the constant evolution of ViacomCBS during his 20 years running the international distribution there, the golden age of US TV series, and why a business built on relationships needs a market like Mip TV. Enjoy. 

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Here Comes Pod now has a sibling - Here Comes Sports Pod, with interviews from the world of sports in general and football in particular. And there is no better place to start than with a look back at the tumultuous events of April 2021, and the short lived European Super League, with football consultant Alex Fynn. Alex picks out the three games that changed European football, his role in the establishment of the Champions League which set the ESL in motion and the reasons why the ESL failed. Enjoy

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My guest this week is Kelly Williams, Managing Director of Commercial at ITV. Kelly talks about his early days at Thames Television and UKTV, his move to Channel 5, and his current role at the UK's biggest commercial broadcaster.  Along the way he shares thoughts on the difference between selling and negotiating, how Nick Milligan helped to re-shape the way advertising was traded in the UK, the key success factors in the bounce-back of advertising revenue in the UK during the pandemic, and how he and Jeff Ford were the last men standing when Channel 5 was bought by Northern and Shell. Enjoy!

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Marion Edwards joined me on Here Comes Pod this week, and what an entertaining and fascinating chat it turned out to be. There was so much good stuff in there that this episode is a two-parter! So in part 1 Marion talks about her start in the international film and TV business at Universal Studios, her move to MGM, and then her long and prestigious career at Twentieth Century Fox, as well as a deeper dive into the opportunities and challenges that came with licensing The Simpsons around the world. A big thanks to David Smyth for connecting us. Enjoy!

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Welcome back to the second part of Here Comes Pod with Marion Edwards. In this episode, Marion talks about the challenges she faced as a female executive in the male dominated studio system, the Disney takeover of Fox, and some of her favourite Fox TV shows. Enjoy! 

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Here Comes Pod is back, and this week's guest is former Sony Pictures Television President of International Television Michael Grindon. Michael talks about his early career at HBO and the excitement of establishing the TV distribution team at Legendary Entertainment, but it is his time at Sony Pictures that we discussed in most detail - building an international team, launching the international productions operation and recruiting Sir Howard Stringer to the cause of buying Indian cricket rights.  Enjoy!

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If you love movies and movie-making, this week's guest on Here Comes Pod is the man for you. Harald Kloser is both a composer and movie producer, and his long term collaboration with director Roland Emmerich has produced success after success, from The Day After Tomorrow to Midway. Harald talks about the role music plays in our appreciation of movies, the process of putting a score together, why the theatrical experience will not disappear, and how Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton convinced Roland and him to bring the movie 2012 to Sony Pictures. Enjoy the podcast, and festive greetings to all.

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