In this episode I chat with Howard Deneroff. He’s currently the Director of the Hall of Excellence museum in Las Vegas as well as the owner of Stand By Media. Before that he was a long time executive at Westwood One. Topics of discussion include:

• How he reacted when he found out his contract wasn’t being renewed at Westwood One.

This episode features Everett Fitzhugh, the voice of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken. Topics of discussion include:

• The official pronunciation for the plural form of Kraken.
• Offseason prep and preseason rituals.
• Why he doesn’t take a break from hockey after the season is over.
• What he worked on to improve in 
• What it means to be the first and only African American play-by-play broadcaster in the NHL.

This episode features my conversation with Kyle Crooks, the radio voice of the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. Topics of discussion include:

• The guy from the gym that started the dominos falling for his career.
• Choosing to go to community college to start his career.
• Finding mentors and building real relationships.
• What he learned from a year in Minor League Baseball.

As the first episode back after a house fire destroyed our home we talk about recreating the podcast from scratch with Matt Cundill, the host of The Sound Off Podcast. Topics of discussion include:

What microphones and interfaces to use for the show.

How to rebuild and treat a room designed for recording.

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This episode features John Morris, the radio voice of the Baylor Bears. Topics of discussion include:

• How a snowstorm led to pursuing broadcasting at Baylor University as a Kentucky native.
• Helping around the radio station as a 15 year old to gain experience.
• Getting a foot in the door in TV before settling into radio.
• How reporting made him a better play-by-play announcer.

This weeks guest is Geoff Arnold. He does both radio and TV for the Baltimore Orioles. Topics of discussion include:

• Picking a college without a broadcast program.
• How working with a judge led to changing his career course from studying law to broadcasting.
• Getting his foot in the door at IMG College with a group of future stars.

This episode features Chris King, the radio voice of Washington State football and mens basketball. Topics of discussion include:

• Calling his first games as a 15 year old and what he did with the VHS tape evidence of those games.
• Choosing the Murrow School of Communications at Washington State University.
• The internship that solidified his decision to pursue sports over news.

In this episode we chat with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler. He’s the MiLB voice of the Lansing Lugnuts and the author of the Baseball and Football Thesaurus. Topics of discussion include:

• The station and broadcaster that was on in his house as a kid that helped him fall in love with the craft.
• His passion for baseball stories at an early age.

In this episode I talk with Tony Castricone, the radio voice of the Washington Huskies. This is his second time on the show, so if you want to hear about how he came up in the business and details from earlier in his career, click the link below:

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• How being an overnight success took a long time.
• How teaching helped him survive the pandemic shutdown.
• Using the pandemic shutdown to get in touch with broadcasting decision makers.
• The players choosing to boycott during his first college football game.
• Dealing with the pressure of an audition game.

In this episode I visit with Travis Justice the long time TV, radio, and podcast personality in Omaha, NE & Des Moines, IA. Topics of discussion include:

• Filling the broadcast void as a freelancer despite retiring from the business full time.
• Working remotely before it was popular.
• Why he chose to go to Grand View College in Des Moines instead of enlisting in the military.