The Pitch Podcast

By Drew Rauso & Andy Marston

The Pitch is a sports business podcast, brought to you by two friends working in the industry who want to answer the question, “What’s interesting right now that no one is talking about?” This isn’t y... more

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The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.

The Pitch Podcast episodes:

July 18, 2023Lessons from the Summer of Barbie, and looking at Move-to-Earn for sports
Thanks for listening to another episode! Here’s what we covered today:
0:54 - Move-to-earn and sports

14:50 - Play-to-earn (within a sport)

20:20 - Lessons from the summer of Barbie

29:20 - Activating nostalgia with Hollywood IP

36:24 - Partnership strategy led by the senses
Plus, feel free to check out some additional readings, as well as some of the sources that sparked our interest in today’s topics:
STEPN, Sweatcoin, and Ness

The Summer of Barbie, from Morning Brew

List of Barbie partnerships, on Twitter

Barbie Marketing breakdown, by Joe Brailsford
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40min
July 02, 2023Exploring the trend of alternative broadcasts, how to cash in on athletes' fascination with golf, and looking beyond the sports docuseries
Thanks for listening to another episode! Here’s what we covered today:
0:45 - Alternative Broadcasts

9:30 - Sports IP within Hollywood

19:25 - Athletes’ fascination with golf

35:15 - Sports media beyond the docuseries
Plus, feel free to check out some additional readings, as well as some of the sources that sparked our interest in today’s topics:
Daniel Ricciardo and Will Arnett are the hosts of a new F1 broadcast, from ESPN

Communal trends of sports viewing, from John Wall Street

Brad Pitt’s new F1 movie, from The Race
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49min
June 23, 2023Competitive Socialization, Active "Third Places," and Driving Local Fandom
Thanks for listening to our second-ever episode! We thought this went really well, to be fair. Here’s what we covered today:
1:10 - Competitive socialization

15:00 - Driving local fandom

24:00 - Sports locations as the spectacle

28:30 - Activity bars

35:15 - Sport as a “third place”
Plus, feel free to check out some additional readings, as well as some of the sources that sparked our interest in today’s topics:
Competitive Socialization reaching the sports industry, by John Wall Street

Reading up on places like Chicken N Pickle and Padel Haus

Diving deeper into PLL’s new efforts to drive local fandom, by John Wall Street

The official press release about additional international marketing rights, from the NFL
We hope you like it, please go easy on us, we're brand new to this, after all, and feel free to reach out on LinkedIn to either one of us, Andy Marston or Drew Rauso.
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41min
June 14, 2023Ground Rules, Leveraging IP with AI, and Rethinking Jersey Sponsorship
Welcome to our first-ever episode of The Pitch Podcast! We cover a bunch to get us off the ground, including:
0:00 - Our ambitions for the show (lofty, we know)

4:00 - The importance of a Shadow Board

11:00 - Female athlete-focused apparel

13:30 - How to unlock IP with AI

26:15 - Rethinking jersey sponsorship
Plus, we wanted to share some additional reading we found interesting on the topics:
Using AI in podcasting, from Albachiara

Exploring Shadow Boards, from the Sports Pundit

AI as a rights a holder's tool, from George Pyne's newsletter

AI and the globalization of music, from The Trapital Podcast with Will Page

Digital-enabled jerseys, from the Sports Pundit
We hope you like it, please go easy on us, we're brand new to this, after all, and feel free to reach out on LinkedIn to either one of us, Andy Marston or Drew Rauso
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43min

FAQs about The Pitch Podcast:

How many episodes does The Pitch Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 4 episodes available.