This week on the Hey Coach It’s __ Podcast, Mike Schaefer gets to chat with Tom Shatel, the long time columnist of the Omaha World-Herald.

There’s plenty of chatter at the beginning about Shatel’s background and how he got into media — he used to answer phones at the newspaper and help settle bar discussions — as well as the perfect timing of being a young writer in Kansas City which seemed to serve as a Big 8 Epicenter.

But from those origins Shatel then regales with stories of his time at several different stops before getting the chance to become the columnist of the Omaha World-Herald.

On this episode of the Hey Coach It’s __ Podcast, Dave Feit of HuskerMax joins to discuss the other end of the media spectrum as a part-time columnist.

Feit recalls how he ended up writing at the Grand Central Station of Nebraska links, which led for the opportunity to be published by Sports Illustrated. How does Dave balance his fandom with a desire to write critically of a program he’s grown up loving?

That’s coming up next on today’s episode presented by Bubbles and Blocks Child Development Center of Lincoln.

This week on Hey Coach It’s __ Podcast, KMTV sports director Adam Krueger stops by to talk about the unique challenge of trying to cover everything in a tight sports window and how he ended up making several stops in different spots in the Nebraska market.

Plus Adam talks about all of the organization needed to survive as a sports director for local news and then the flexibility required to pull off successful broadcasts where you never quite know how it will all come together.

Support for this episode of Hey Coach It’s __ Podcast comes from Bubbles and Block Child Development Center of Lincoln.

This week on the Hey Coach It’s __ Podcast Mike Schaefer is joined by Andrew Rogers of Hurrdat Sports. The two immediately jump into Andrew’s unique background as a former television reporter and how an emcee stint with Omaha Mavs hockey led to his first radio show opportunity.

From there the two discuss some nuances of sports talk radio, how someone adjusts to a new market and why Andrew is extra excited for the football season ahead.

Enjoy the latest episode of the Hey Coach It’s __ Podcast presented by Bubbles and Blocks Child Development.

This week on the Hey Coach It’s __ Podcast Mitch Sherman of The Athletic stops by to talk about his long journalism journey that saw him cover multiple national championships as a student, earn a job with the Omaha World-Herald before he graduated and how he ended up leaving daily Nebraska coverage only to find his way back.

During the chat Mitch explains how covering Francis Allen prepared him for interviewing larger personalities, why the move to ESPN came at the perfect time and a few stories of his own favorite and not so favorite interactions with some of Nebraska’s previous head coaches.

On this episode of the Hey Coach It's __ Podcast Journal Star columnist Amie Just stops by to explain how she ended up with her dream job after swearing she'd never move back to Lincoln.

As is always the case we start at the beginning to find out why Amie got into sports journalism and then followed her path that ultimately led back to Lincoln.

Along the way we learn about how a middle school romance helped lead to her college decision, how she ended up becoming the first female Montana Grizzlies beat reporter and what she learned about the NFL while covering the Saints.

Finally she walks through her first year at Nebraska before giving thoughts on being a woman in journalism and a few more stories to bring us home.

The Hey Coach It's __ Podcast is presented by Bubbles & Blocks Child Development Center.

Mike talks to Sean Callahan from On3 and HuskerOnline about the journey that led to his career and they discuss the experience of being competitors in the same space.

John Bishop, one of the hosts of Unsportsmanlike Conduct on 1620 The Zone and the voice of Creighton basketball, joins the Hey Coach It's _ Podcast and enlightens us all on an array of topics, including but not limited to Jarvis Redwine, why Neil Smith isn't as memorable a Husker as he was an NFL player, the relationship between play-by-play announcers and the audience, as well as how he survives doing 20 hours of sports talk radio every week, 12 months a year.

On this episode of the Hey Coach It's _ Podcast, Mike Schaefer is joined by KLKN sports anchor Lauren Michelson, who recently finished up her first year in the Nebraska media.

Lauren helps us navigate the tricky and difficult world that is broadcast journalism, where you're often the camera person, the makeup person and the on-camera individual for almost every story.

Plus Lauren explains how she handled the Scott Frost firing and what she's learned about covering Nebraska athletics, as well as her outlook for what appears to be a very exciting 2023-24 sports year ahead.

The Hey Coach It's ___ Podcast catches up with Omaha World-Herald sports editor Sam McKewon as he takes us through his path to ending up with the top sports job at the state's biggest newspaper.

Then conversation shifts to how competition among colleagues and peers helped get the best out of Sam at the Daily Nebraskan and eventually the Omaha World-Herald.

Finally things end with a conversation about Nebraska media coverage, how Matt Rhule operates and what could happen if the Huskers start to win some games.