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Bomani took issue with my “What if Brock Purdy Had Jordan Love's Saturday Performance?” article, which was a good excuse to bring back an HoS favorite. What followed was, in my opinion a highly enjoyable conversation. Topics included but weren’t limited to…

* Why Bomani has more hardcore fans than similarly well known entertainers

* Bo’s take on Brock Purdy, having seen him play at Iowa State

* Does the public care about Jordan Love?

* Race and the paradigm shift on quarterbacks

* The power of football announcers to shape the narrative we debate

* Bomani’s past Josh Allen takes vs. his present Josh Allen takes

* Is Buffalo coming up short the fault of Josh Allen?

* Doc Rivers going from Adrian Griffin’s advisor to his replacement as Bucks coach

Former NFL scout and current rising YouTuber John Middlekauff takes on NBA vs NFL media culture, plus he delivers a BOLD prediction for NBA TV rights. Among other topics, we discuss how taboo it is in sports media to think about the most important person: The customer.

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The world’s preeminent sports media critic was ATTACKED by Dave Portnoy for breaking a story. We talk to Ryan right after he defended himself on Kirk Minihane’s Barstool-affiliated show. Topics mentioned: Ryan’s defense under fire, journalism best practices, Barstool as a business, plus my theories on incoming Peacockification.

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Friend of Pod Amin Elhassan is here to discuss the following:

* A vigorous defense of Jerry Krause

* Is it acceptable for Warriors fans to boo this team?

* Is Michael Jordan to blame for anti Krauseism?

* Zach Lowe giving up his NBA awards vote. What’s the secret reason?

* Taylor Swift on the football broadcast vs. Eminem

First Things First co-host and Friend of Pod Nick Wright respectfully and angrily disagrees with my Rodgers vs. Kimmel take. He’s got a viral take of his own that he felt I’d slighted by extension. We decided to hash it out and after much vigorous disagreement, arrived at some fascinating topics I didn’t anticipate. This started as an argument, then turned into a cathartic journey into how the pandemic period can’t quite be let go. I’m glad we talked as this was one of my favorite HoS conversations…

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Wos alarm and this one is turbo-paywalled. We start off talking different sports and the perils of drafting QBs high. We eventually move on to Aaron Rodgers vs. Jimmy Kimmel, what Pat McAfee vs. ESPN means, DEI and Harvard, genius of Druski, plus Bon Appétit breakup retrospective.

Enjoy!

Certain stories just grab you and Erich Schwartzel’s “Behind the Tragic, Instagram-Perfect Life of an Ex-Disney Executive,” is such a tale. After I read it, I knew we needed to have a conversation about the now deceased Dave Hollis, a man whose seemingly perfect life was upended by the project of broadcasting it.

Erich is a star entertainment reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Friend of Pod, and fascinating thinker on these modern issues. This is the first podcast I’m submitting to the Youtube channel and I’d encourage you all to subscribe. Enjoy!

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Had to send word to our favorite New York Postman. Had to do it in lieu of ESPN’s Pat McAfee using his show as a platform to attack ESPN brass, by name. What the hell is happening here? What direction is ESPN going? Who is this “Norby” guy McAfee’s mad at? We get into it.

We are joined by Spike Eskin, friend of pod, Rights to Ricky Sanchez co-host, and WFAN muckity muck. This was a wide ranging one, including but not limited to:

* My shaky foray into tweeting, in defense of ratings talk

* Spike and I discussing what it’s like to have a negative take and how it tilts what you want

* NFL writer Bill Barnwell takes a shot at the Eagles fans

* A subscriber emails me a Sam Hinkie takedown for Spike to address

* Can civilians do real NFL analysis?

* A reader agrees with Spike and hates on the Bear.

* Would Mad Men be better with New York accents?

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Jay Caspian Kang is a great writer and astute observer of Media Culture. Today, the genesis of our conversation is his podcast on whether politics has a place in sports anymore. Jay and I both agree that the Trump Era politics in sports moment has ended for now (I’m more in favor of it ending than he is). We also get into his contention that NBA media is unusually soft/cheerleading among media sectors. Jay might even be more critical of NBA media culture than I am, so naturally we get into this. Enjoy and Happy New Year…