On the Air with Aiden Blanc

New year, same pod! We return for our debut episode of 2022 with John Fanta of FOX Sports. Aiden and John talk managing his schedule during the busiest times of his year, how he rose through the ranks to become a household name within the Big East, the role social media and alternative broadcasts will play in the future of the industry and much more! You can find John on instagram and twitter, @John_Fanta

It's a special episode this week as we play clips from Aiden's favorite episodes of 2021, featuring Wayne Larrivee, Mike Monaco, Sam Levitt, Jerry Recco, Noah Eagle and more! Thanks for listening to the pod all year and we look forward to bringing you more episodes in 2022!

Noah Eagle from the LA Clippers (And a variety of other ventures) drops by for our final episode of the year to talk getting a job in the NBA straight out of college, working basketball on the radio without an analyst, his process for game critique and much more! You can find Noah on twitter and instagram, @NoahEagle15

Mark Boyle is a staple of Indiana basketball and the NBA. The vet joins us this week to talk walking across the entire state of Indiana, the impact his parents had on him at the start of his career, how often he listens to his own work and what he listens to and much more! You can follow Mark on twitter, @Mark_J_Boyle

Neil Price is currently in his fourth season as his voice of the Mississippi State Bulldogs football and mens basketball teams, having spent time in Kentucky prior to that. We chat with Neil this week about growing up listening to the great John Ward, how to have a conversational call with basketball and football, his growth in his role with the bulldogs and much more! Neil isn't on social media, but you can hear his broadcasts at hailstate.com and on the Varsity Network App.

Josh Lewin is one of the busiest men in broadcasting. Stops in his career have included the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, New York Mets, San Diego (At the time) Chargers, MLB on FOX and his current venture with UCLA, calling football and mens basketball. While en route to a UCLA basketball practice, Josh joins the pod to talk his start in the industry, the start of Major League Baseball on FOX, how he managed prep for three teams in two different sports at the same time and much more! You can follow Josh on twitter, @joshlewinstuff and on instagram, @playbyplayofanythingatall

Lisa Salters joins us this week as our first female guest on the pod! Salters started her career in news at ABC and moved over to ESPN where she covers Monday Night Football and the NBA. Today, she is one of the most respected journalists within the industry and had worked with the likes of Al Michaels, Mike Tirico, Mike Been and the current MNF team of Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Louis Riddick. Lisa joins us this week to talk making the move from news to sports, what her prep looks like for an average Monday night, how many of her storylines actually make it to air and much more! Lisa is on twitter, @saltersl and on instagram, lisa_salters

Kevin Fitzgerald is one of the rising stars in the industry. A recipient of the 2014 Jim Nantz Award, Kevin spends Saturdays in the fall calling college football before moving over to ESPN for hoops in the winter. Fitz chats with us this week about the importance of solid preparation for a game, why he loves the art of interviewing on a podcast, his move form minor league baseball to network play-by-play and much more! You can find Kevin on twitter, @KevinTFitz and on Instagram, @kevintfitz

If you live in New York and listen to WFAN, you've probably heard Jerry Recco. The New Jersey native who spends his Sundays with the Dallas Cowboys Radio Network, and his winters as the play-by-play voice of Rutgers mens basketball, joins us this week to talk his college closing during his junior year, his rise through the ranks at WFAN, involving a color analyst when calling play-by-play and much more! You can listen to Jerry every weekday morning during the Boomer and Gio show on WFAN, and follow him on twitter, @JerryRecco and on instagram, @jerrywfan

Brendan Burke is one of the brightest young broadcasters in pro hockey, and he's still only in his mid-30's.  The newest voice of the NHL on TNT's debut season joins us this week to talk calling olympic rowing, how he ended up between John Sterling and Michael Kay at a Yankees-Red Sox game, how he changes his call when on a national game and much more! You can find Brendan on twitter and instagram, @brendanmburke