Interviewing the Interviewer

Candace Buckner is a sports reporter for the Washington Post, who formerly covered the Washington Wizards beat. She discusses the challenges of covering a team that loses a lot, how she came up with the idea to write about NBA players' feet and how she views herself as a "unicorn" in the sports reporting world.

Link to story about NBA players and pedicures: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/01/16/fancy-footwork-why-nba-players-love-pedicures/

Link to story about racism in Milwaukee: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/04/25/milwaukee-cant-stop-talking-about-bucks-team-hopes-create-dialogue-about-race/

Joel Godett is the play-by-play broadcaster for Ball State University and the host of PxPCast, a podcast dedicated to talking with play-by-play broadcasters about play-by-play broadcasting. Joel talks about his time at Syracuse University, some nuances of PxP broadcasting he's learned over the years and how his podcast came to be.

Lisa Byington is a play-by-play broadcaster for Big Ten Network. She's also broadcasted and reported for FS1, ESPN, Pac-12 Network and CBS Sports Network. She talks about what it was like working in the second smallest TV market in the US, how she started doing PBP relatively recently and the role she thinks she plays as one of the few female PBP broadcasters in sports.

Christine Brennan is a sports columnist for USA Today and a commentator on CNN and ABC News. She discusses the time she spent as the first female reporter for the Miami Herald, what it's like covering the Olympics and her work with the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM). 

Christine's column from 7/17 about what it was like covering the Washington NFL team: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/brennan/2020/07/17/redskins-revelations-nothing-new-cesspool-nfl-franchise/5455505002/

Tyler Kepner has been the National Baseball Writer for the New York Times since 2010. In this episode, he discusses how he made it to the Times at such a young age, his book "K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches" and more!

On this episode, Eric Rynston-Lobel interviews Glenn Geffner, the radio broadcaster for the Miami Marlins. They talk about the time Glenn spent working in public relations, how that influenced his work as a broadcaster, what baseball will look like in 2020 and more!

This week, Washington Post Columnist and ESPN Contributor Kevin Blackistone joins the show. Topics of discussion include Blackistone's time covering racial and social justice issues at the Chicago Reporter and Dallas Morning News, what the sports media industry needs to do to improve the environment for African American journalists, what it's like covering the Olympics and much more!

Eric Rynston-Lobel chats with Megan O'Brien, the team reporter for the New England Patriots. She discusses how her experience as a cross country runner at Northwestern influenced her reporting career, what it's like covering a team that doesn't like to talk much and who might start week 1 for the Patriots.

Eric Rynston-Lobel talks with Kenny Albert, the only current PxP broadcaster who announces all four North American professional sports. Kenny calls MLB and NFL games for Fox, NBA games for the New York Knicks on MSG, New York Rangers games on ESPN Radio and NHL games on NBC. He talks about what it was like growing up in the same house as Marv Albert, how he manages his busy schedule and how he's developed as a professional broadcaster over the years.