Writer Gare Joyce is somehow someone I know. Gare was described by Sports Illustrated as "one of this continent's master craftsmen of sporting prose," has appeared in every publication from the New York Times to ESPN The Magazine to Sportsnet, and  has won four National Magazine Awards and been a finalist 19 times. He is the bestselling author of the Brad Shade mystery series comprising of The Code, The Black Ace, and The Third Man In, and has authored or contributed to eight other books on hockey, including books on Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. Through the magic of comedy, Gare and I met at an open mic and have been friends since. Gare talks about covering sports remotely, the impact of his mother buying him Sports Illustrated magazines from the 50s. We talk about stumbling upon what is likely the most successful thing he’s worked on to date, the TV show Private Eyes. We talk about his relationship with George Chuvalo, how Sidney Crosby inspired him to write another book after a not-so-great experience with his first one. We wrap talking about how miserable comedians used to be and how that dissuaded him from pursuing comedy early in his career. Music by Devin Bateson.

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