Le Batard & Friends - South Beach Sessions
There's way more behind the biggest and most beloved personalities from sports, music, comedy and more... all it takes is longtime host and reporter Dan Le Batard revealing more about himself than ever before too. South Beach Sessions is the critically acclaimed flagship podcast in the LeBatard and Friends Podcast Network. These one-on-one conversations aren't the same old, boring sitdowns - there's no success story without some struggle, no laughs without a few tears, and no questions left unanswered by Dan who gets past what you've already heard and into more with Dan Le Batard.
Latest episodes
Mar 2, 2022 • 41min
Sports Business, Media with John Skipper and David Samson
Back by popular demand, Meadowlark CEO John Skipper and former Marlins team president David Samson join Dan to discuss the latest news in the world of sports business. The guys discuss top level NFL broadcasters commanding huge salaries, Russia's entanglements with sports in the wake of their invasion of Ukraine, and the time Skipper and Samson were involved in negotiations against each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 24, 2022 • 48min
John Amaechi- “Why can’t I reach these people?”
“Why can’t I reach these people?”John Amaechi and Dan have an honest conversation about how and why communication on topics such as privilege, race, and sexuality aren’t resonating the way they know it should.From willful ignorance in the teaching of our history, to the systems in place to perpetuate oppression, John and Dan leave no stone unturned.Plus, conversations on Tim Hardaway, Phil Mickelson’s comments and “apology,” the Don’t Say Gay Bill in Florida, and Critical Race Theory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 9, 2022 • 1h 1min
Jason Taylor
Dan sits down with NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor about his uncommon competitive nature, what drove him to be that way, lessons he learned from coaches through his career, and the lessons he’s learned since becoming a coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 2, 2022 • 47min
Gotham Chopra
Dan talks to Gotham Chopra, director of Man In The Arena on ESPN+, about his 10 part series with Tom Brady, working with Kobe Bryant, being part of Michael Jackson's travelling entourage, and being the son of Deepak Chopra.You can check out Gotham's other work Passion Play with Russell Westbrook on Showtime. Simone Vs Herself with Simone Biles on Facebook Watch, and Greatness Code on Usain Bolt on Apple TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 20, 2022 • 46min
Mitch Albom
Dan seeks the consult of best selling author and humanitarian Mitch Albom for the lessons he's learned on giving and love through his extraordinary work both writing and running an orphanage in Haiti.You can find Mitch's latest book The Stranger in the Lifeboat here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 12, 2022 • 39min
McKenzie Milton
On this episode, Dan talks to former UCF and FSU quarterback McKenzie Milton about his time quarterbacking UCF to 25 consecutive wins, his gruesome injury that nearly made him lose his leg, and Milton offers a strong rebuttal to Kirk Herbstreit's comments about players sitting out bowl games.You can support McKenzie Milton by buying a ticket to this weekend's Hula Bowl which will be played in Orlando at the Bounce House. Click the link here. Proceeds help the family of Otis Anderson, one of Milton's former teammates who died recently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 5, 2022 • 54min
Mike Schur and Joe Posnanski
One of the best writers in the world joins us. And also Mike Schur. The Poscast is now part of the Le Batard and Friends NetworkJoe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 about the greatest baseball players ever is available here.Mike Schur's How To Be Perfect: The Correct Answer To Every Moral Question is available here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 22, 2021 • 1h 53min
Adam McKay
Ahead of the Netflix release of his new movie Don't Look Up on Christmas Eve, filmmaker Adam McKay talks to Dan about the very personal nature of making this movie, his incredible work in entertainment, the perils of aggregation, and his relationship with Dan and the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 15, 2021 • 47min
Joel Anderson, Carl Douglas, and Howard Bryant
The newest season of Slate's Slow Burn podcast is hosted by Joel Anderson on the LA Riots in the aftermath of the Rodney King video. Dan convenes a panel of Joel, Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media, and Carl Douglas to discuss what the time of the LA Riots was like and the lessons from it that apply to the modern criminal justice environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 8, 2021 • 51min
John Skipper, David Samson
A different version of South Beach Sessions. John Skipper and David Samson join Dan for a conversation about sports business. Are the prices paid to college coaches worth it? How do TV rights get sold? Will sports leagues be able to hang onto their own streaming rights? We discuss these questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
