How does one person greenlight SpongeBob SquarePants, help save the UFC, and launch Yellowstone? Kevin Kay did all of it.

The legendary TV executive joins Lil Wayne and Craig Carton on The Joint Venture Show for a wild ride through his career: how SpongeBob got its name (and what it was almost called), betting his job on the pilot, the check that brought creator Stephen Hillenburg to tears, the Spike TV lawsuit with Spike Lee, greenlighting The Ultimate Fighter and the fight that changed the UFC forever, launching Yellowstone — and getting let go right after. Plus Lil Wayne opens up about his secret writing process and a vault of unreleased music.

The Joint Venture Show is the weekly sports, music, and entertainment podcast hosted by Lil Wayne and Craig Carton. New episodes every Wednesday.

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Plaxico Burress and Matt Friend join Lil Wayne and Craig Carton for a live episode of The Joint Venture Show, recorded at the Gotham Comedy Club in Manhattan. NFL Super Bowl champion Plaxico Burress opens up about the night he shot himself, jokes about his time in prison, and looks back on his game-winning catch in Super Bowl XLII with the New York Giants. Comedian and impressionist Matt Friend brings the house down with his impressions, including his viral Trump. Expect unfiltered stories, big laughs, and the honest chemistry the show is built on. The Joint Venture Show is the weekly sports, music, and entertainment podcast hosted by Lil Wayne and Craig Carton. New episodes every Wednesday. Follow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. For all business inquiries, partnerships, and sponsorships, please contact: [email protected]

The wait is over. The Joint Venture Show officially launches with an all-star lineup, recorded live at Fanatics Fest NYC at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on July 19, 2026. Grammy Award-winning rap icon Lil Wayne and Sports Talk Radio Hall of Famer Craig Carton kick off the series with three legendary guests for an unforgettable premiere.

Joining Wayne and Craig are two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, Pro Football Hall of Famer Darrelle Revis, and six-time NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire. Together, they dive into football, basketball, championship moments, life after the game, leadership, friendship, and the stories that shaped their remarkable careers.

Recorded in front of a live audience at one of the biggest sports and collectibles events of the year, the conversation is packed with behind-the-scenes stories, honest opinions, unexpected laughs, and the authentic chemistry that makes The Joint Venture Show unlike any other sports and entertainment podcast.

If you love sports podcasts, celebrity interviews, football, basketball, hip-hop, music, pop culture, and authentic conversations, this is the perfect introduction to The Joint Venture Show.

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Get your first look at The Joint Venture, the brand-new weekly sports, music, and entertainment podcast hosted by Grammy Award-winning rap icon Lil Wayne and Sports Talk Radio Hall of Famer Craig Carton.

Built on a genuine friendship, The Joint Venture brings together sports talk, hip-hop, music, pop culture, current events, celebrity interviews, and unfiltered conversations in a way only Wayne and Craig can. Every episode features honest opinions, unforgettable stories, big laughs, and the kind of authentic chemistry that keeps the conversation entertaining from start to finish.

The excitement begins with an all-star premiere featuring Super Bowl champions Eli Manning and Darrelle Revis, along with six-time NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire. From the NFL and NBA to music, entertainment, and behind-the-scenes stories, this is just the beginning of the celebrity guests, athletes, musicians, and unforgettable conversations still to come.

If you love sports podcasts, music podcasts, hip-hop, sports commentary, celebrity interviews, pop culture, hot takes, and authentic conversations, The Joint Venture belongs in your weekly rotation.

Subscribe now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts, and be ready for the first full episode. New episodes drop every Wednesday.