Noah and Carl Woog were classmates at Boston University and Carl's professional experiences since then have included a presidential election loss, jobs in the White House and Pentagon, and now at a company with a tremendous amount of influence across the globe. They discuss how Carl's idea of changing the world has evolved over the past 15 years.
Ryan Cameron spent 10 years as a minor league baseball pitcher and was with the Reading Phillies in 2005 when he met Noah. They chat today about the moment that captured how emotionally draining Ryan's career was and what life was like immediately after the ride ended.
Noah first met MLB reporter turned chef Jen Royle at Yankee Stadium in 2008. In this episode, they talk about making a dramatic career change and the affect it has had on her personal and professional life.
Jim Litke has been a sports columnist at the Associated Press for nearly 30 years. The journalism industry has gone through great transformation, so Noah asks Jim for a story he wrote that wouldn't be possible to do today. Listen as Jim treks through the snow to recall one from the Olympics.
Noah's daughter Eden turns 3 today, so the two of them sat on her bed and chatted about something that she wants to do now that she's older. Plus, they went over their dinner plans for the evening.
Will Leitch founded Deadspin and has become one of the most notable sports writers of a generation. Noah and Will met 7 years ago, and in today's episode, Will answers the question of how he's raising his sons as sports fans given his experience in the industry and with athletes.
In '00, Brad Blake was Noah's TA for Communications 101 at Boston University and they've been close friends ever since that first semester of freshman year. In today's conversation, Noah asks Brad what he was thinking about on his way to dinner the night Brad told him he was gay.
Noah has known Dan Baer for fifteen years and given his background, Dan is uniquely qualified to answer this question: "If you're fed up with the current political administration, what can we do about it?" Dan is Harvard and Oxford educated, served 8 years in the Obama administration and is currently running for US Congress in Colorado.
Sports Illustrated's media reporter Richard Deitsch spends most of his time being critical, but also highlighting the best in the business. Richard joins Noah to chat about how he handles it when the tables turn and others are criticizing his work.
Noah and Jamie Stelter grew up down the street from each other and are in touch nearly every day. Jamie's a traffic reporter for NY1 in New York City and after being very open about miscarriages and IVF, three weeks before her due date, Noah asks her what she thinks about when she has time to herself.