Before Joe Zagacki was ever the voice of the Hurricanes, he was the analyst of the Hurricanes ... but he's not a former athlete who moved into the broadcast booth.  Joe's an announcer through-and-through.  He talks through how he did that job and how he eventually moved into the PxP chair.

We also talk about all things in his process, including what he reads and how that impacts his broadcasts.

From working with Coach Prime to coach Boeheim to being the voice of Syracuse (but not as a Syracuse grad) and having great pipes and a great love of all things outdoors, we cover a ton of ground with Colorado PxP voice Mark Johnson on this week's PxPCast.

Stan Cotten has been a radio broadcast for more than 40 years.  Starting as the decade-long voice of Carson-Newman, Cotten climbed the ranks before earning the job at Wake Forest in the late '90's.

Cotten talks on this episode about rising through those ranks, his broadcast memories of Chris Paul and Tim Duncan, the nuts and bolts of how he approaches broadcasting and so much more.

Neil Price is the Voice of the Bulldogs at Mississippi State following more than a decade at the University of Kentucky  and Middle Tennessee before that.  

This week Price talks about his path, working with Mike Leach, broadcasting the NCAA Tournament, What does and doesn't go on his chart and more.

Alex Del Barrio is a national TV voice on CBS Sports Network, seen jet setting across the country during college football and basketball season.

Until recently ADB also worked in local television in his home market of the Rio Grande Valley and before that had two of the most unique experiences of a guest on this show: working as Alex Reyes in the WWE and traveling the world with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Sloane Martin used to play in her college's women's basketball game, change and run courtside to broadcast the men's games.  She carved her way into a career as a news reporter on radio (in two cities) and eventually cracked into the WNBA and then network television.  She's now a regular on B1G Network.

Gideon Cohen went to Syracuse like many of us ... wanting to be the next great play-by-play announcer.  An internship right out of college forever changed his path, however, and Gideon is now one of the top agents in sports broadcasting.

Cohen talks about how he became an agent, how he sees broadcasting now that he's on the business side of it and what truly makes good play-by-play.

It's the 200th episode of PxPCast and we've got a really great guest.  Meghan McKeown is one of the rising stars of the college basketball broadcasting world ... and just so happens to have been TV partners with Joel when she got her start in color commentary.

McKeown talks about doing her role well as an analyst, how she works with her play-by-play partners, being the daughter of a college coach, calling big-time moments, betting on yourself and more.

Mike Roth has been a producer and director across events like the NHL, NWSL and maybe most notably the CrossFit Games.  Rothy talks about the uniqueness of producing the CrossFit Games and discovering how to broadcast a sport on TV for the first time.  Beyond that he talks about working together as a team on broadcasts.

Hey now! Hey now! Seattle Mariners broadcaster, and a national TV voice during the college season, Dave Sims is our guest this week.  

Dave talks about handling the big moments and processing the scene as you're making the call, his roots in broadcasting and media and how that's made him a better play-by-play voice, not being hesitant to ask the question and more.

Matt Schumacker is the house-selling play-by-play broadcaster. A full-time real estate agent, because he needed to find a way to put food on the table, his work and ability in the play-by-play world also paid off and now he also is seen nationwide on your screen covering the Big Ten, Chicago Sky, BIG EAST and more.