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Episode 310 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with "Good Morning Football's" Kyle Brandt, who has launched a new podcast. Brandt talks about getting Aaron Rodgers his first guest, what made Rodgers appearance so meaningful, how doing a daily morning show from home is going, watching "The Office" for the first time during the pandemic and "Hard Knocks." Brandt, whose new podcast is called "10 Questions With Kyle Brandt," also springs a surprise version of the game on Jimmy Traina. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 309 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with "Sports Business Journal" media reporter, John Ourand. Topics covered include the future of the NFL's TV rights and what could happen with the primetime packages, super agent Nick Khan leaving CAA for WWE, The Rock buying into the XFL, the state of podcasts, the supposed gambling explosion and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 308 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Jeff Van Gundy. ESPN's lead NBA analyst talks about calling games from the Orlando bubble, how teams will be affected by staying in the bubble and playing afternoon games, whether he had any reservations about going to Orlando, LeBron James' legacy, why he didn't watch one second of "The Last Dance," why he'll never join Twitter and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 308 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Joe Buck. The longtime FOX play-by-play broadcaster talks about calling baseball games during the pandemic, how he and John Smoltz will be calling games this season and how comfortable he would feel being at a ballpark. Buck also revealed why he likes the new rule in which a runner will be put on second base to start extra innings and discussed other changes for the season, including cardboard cutouts of fans in stands and piped in crowd noise. Other topics include the online haters, FOX's NFL schedule, why athletes are comfortable with Andy Cohen and Howard Stern and much more.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 307 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features a conversation with Jay Onrait, who currently hosts the TSN version of "SportsCentre" and the "Dan and Jay Podcast." Onrait talks about whether highlight shows are dead, how you do a highlights show when there are no sports, why he and Dan never took off at FS1, why he doesn't regret taking the gig at FS1, how athletes will handle the bubbles, the sports hierarchy in Canada and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 306 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with Jemele Hill. Hill was just named as one of the producers on an upcoming docuseries about Colin Kaepernick. She discusses how Kaepernick got her involved in the project, whether she had reservations about working with ESPN and addresses a few narratives surrounding the former Niners quarterback. Hill also talked about ESPN not giving her and Michael Smith a fair shot with the 6 p.m. "SportsCenter," what she thinks will happen when NFL players take a knee this season, why she thinks NFL owners don't understand the problem with supporting Donald Trump and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 305 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with "Sports Business Journal" managing editor, Austin Karp. Topics covered on the podcast include whether the sports rights bubble is about to burst, why FOX gave up rights to the U.S. Open golf tournament and why NBC picked it up, will the election hurt NFL ratings, which leagues have the most to lose if Covid causes and shutdown and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 304 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" features an interview with ESPN investigative reporter, Don Van Natta, who hosts the network's upcoming documentary, "Backstory: The Decision." Van Natta talks about how the show created for LeBron James to announce his free-agent decision came about, how LeBron feels about "The Decision" now, why David Stern hated it, why Jim Gray was the host, who controlled the show, how it divided ESPN and more. Van Natta and host Jimmy Traina also talked about how sports can go on with the corona virus spiking, the Bubba Wallace fallout and Dr. Fauci's impact on sports. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 303 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features two interviews. First up is "New York Post" sports media reporter Andrew Marchand, to discuss several recent sports media stories, including MLB signing a new contract with Turner Sports for big money, the future of Trey Wingo at ESPN, how NFL networks will handle kneeling this season, Drew Brees' status with NBC and much more. Following Marchand, "L.A. Times" sports columnist, Arash Markazi, joins the podcast to talk about Las Vegas' reopening. Markazi was there for a week and tells us what the casinos, tables, pools and sportsbook were like in the age of Covid. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Episode 302 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features an interview with Nate Burleson of "Good Morning Football" and CBS Sports. Burleson talks about the events in the United States since the killing of George Floyd, how he feels about cops, how his grandfather being killed by a cop shaped him as a kid, what he tells his kids about dealing with the police, the Drew Brees controversy, Vic Fangoio saying racism isn't a problem in the NFL, whether he was ever uncomfortable in and NFL locker room and much more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy