Watch the Media with John Shrader

By John Shrader

An inside look at the media business, with interviews and analysis from a college professor and long time radio and TV broadcaster.... more

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October 07, 2024 STEVE PHYSIOC Sports Broadcaster and Author
STEVE PHYSIOC is a now-retired sports broadcaster who will soon be publishing his fifth novel.
He was with the KC Royals from 2012 to 2022. He has also broadcast games for the LA Angels, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants, as well as football and basketball games on various outlets over the years.
We talk here about the Royals, writing books, the decency one brings to the business, and the personal things that have guided his life.
Steve's books are: The Walls of Lucca, Above the Walls, Walks with the Wind and Catching the Wind.
Recorded October 5, 2024

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49min
September 08, 2024 CALLUM WILLIAMS Soccer Announcer
CALLUM WILLIAMS broadcasts soccer for Apple TV's MLS Season Pass, ESPN, CBS, DAZN and other outlets in Europe and around the world. He has broadcast for two MLS clubs Sporting Kansas City and Minnesota United. The Birmingham, England native first came to the US in 2011 as a 21-year-old just to see what it was like living and
working in the US. He went home for a few years but is now firmly committed to living and working in America and to MLS.
We talk here about the state of American soccer, the 2026 World Cup, the growing soccer broadcast opportunities in the US and much more.
Interview was recorded August 21, 2024
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1h 7min
August 30, 2024 JACOB PADILLA, Hurrdat Sports
JACOB PADILLA has been covering sports in Nebraska for
about a decade, since graduating from Creighton. He covers Nebraska volleyball, Creighton men’s basketball and high schools sports. Jacob talks about the Huskers annual hunt for a national VB title, its coach John Cook and the recent ESPN E60 documentary about the team.
Recorded August 26, 2024
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39min
August 26, 2024 STU POSPISIL, Omaha World Herald, High School and Golf Writer
STU POSPISIL has been a sportswriter at the Omaha
World Herald since the early 1980s. He was the 2022 Nebraska Sports Writer of the Year, from the National Sports Media Association. Here in 2024, Pospisil starts his 41st season covering high school sports for the biggest newspaper brand in Nebraska.
He provides insights into how the coverage is put together; how to keep track of about 300 high school programs; a little history lesson on 8-man and 6-man
football in Nebraska; a look at the transfer policies and practices in Nebraska; and how his passion for the work drives his approach to the job.

Interview recorded August 16, 2024
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38min
August 20, 2024 Jen Karson Strauss, Director E60 ESPN "No Place Like Nebraska"
JEN KARSON STRAUSS is Director of the ESPN E60 documentary “No Place Like Nebraska,” which airs August 25, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET on ESPN and will then be available on ESPN+. This is the story of a Nebraska volleyball season that started with 92,003 fans at Memorial Stadium and ended with a loss in the NCAA title game in Tampa. This conversation focuses on how she and her colleagues put this project together and delivered the hour-long documentary about a college women’s volleyball team in the middle of the country.
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40min
August 17, 2024 DENNIS DODD, Senior Writer College Football, CBS Sports
DENNIS DODD has been with CBS Sports since 1998, reporting on college football.
We chat here about the upcoming season, the biggest story [it's the playoffs!], the national picture, the two big conferences, the changing nature of the business, Scott Frost, Huskers and Matt Rhule, and more.
Interview Recorded August 14, 2024
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23min
August 14, 2024 CHRIS SCHMIDT, Hail Varsity Radio, KFOR Morning News (and podcasting as well)
CHRIS SCHMIDT co-hosts the Morning News for three hours at KFOR radio in Lincoln and the Hail Varsity program, two hours of sports talk in the afternoons on KFOR and other stations around Nebraska. He also is part of three podcasts talking about sports in various formats. He does more than 25 hours of live radio and streaming
every week. We talk about the challenges, covering the Huskers, the upcoming election and much more.
Interview Recorded August 5, 2024
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43min
August 11, 2024 DAVID BERRI Professor and Author
DAVID BERRI teaches economics at Southern Utah
University. He is the author, with Nefertitii Walker of UMass-Amherst, of the new book “Slaying the Trolls: Why the trolls are very, very wrong about women and sports.” This is a
conversation about that book and its content, which looks at women in sports, including the biases, the challenges, the opportunities, the history.
RECORDED August 9, 2024
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1h 1min
July 26, 2024 MICHAEL BRUNTZ Senior Writer, Husker 247
MICHAEL BRUNTZ has covered Huskers football for CBS Sports's Husker 247 since 2011. In 2024 he starts his 18th season reporting on the Huskers.
He attended and wrote about the Big Ten Media days in Indianapolis in late July 2024. We talk about that, the coverage of the Huskers and the prospects for the team in Matt Rhule’s second season as head coach.
Look for the question about 46 minutes in about the Huskers being in the conversation of “Blue Blood programs.”

Recorded: July 26, 2024

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1h 1min
July 11, 2024 NICK BADDERS Voice of the Omaha Storm Chasers
NICK BADDERS is the Broadcast and Media Manager for
the Omaha Stormchasers, the Royals AAA team in the International League. He’s in his second season with the Chasers. We talk about his progress as an announcer, what he has learned in 18 months on the job in Omaha. The Bay Area native also has some thoughts about the Oakland Athletics moving as well as calling games remotely.
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34min

FAQs about Watch the Media with John Shrader:

How many episodes does Watch the Media with John Shrader have?

The podcast currently has 247 episodes available.