Bob Costas on Donald Trump, Olympics, Tom Brady, and more

Awful Announcing Podcast

Host Brandon Contes interviews broadcasting legend Bob Costas. Brandon and Bob discuss a wide range of topics including his feelings on Donald Trump before and after becoming president, Bob's infamous gun culture essay, how Tom Brady would be as a broadcaster, and more.

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-1:07: Being selective with doing podcasts

-5:19: Thoughts about Joe Biden and Donald Trump

-13:19: Relationship with Trump pre-president

-17:55: Covering the Olympics

-19:50: Hearing back from China after being critical of them

-21:50: Responsibility of not “sticking to sports”

-24:14: Jim Nantz and the Masters

-26:27: Misconceptions surrounding gun culture essay

-33:47: Biggest detriment to the essay

-35:37: Can it be “not worth it” discussing serious topics when people can make their own headlines and twist around those words?

-36:34: NBC coming to Bob with issues they wanted him to talk about

-36:58: How did NFL owners and Roger Goodell react to some of Bob’s essays?

-38:04: Watching the NFL

-38:26: How will Tom Brady do as a broadcaster? Could Brady do this for a long time?

-40:23: Social media/aggregate media causing change in media

-48:41: Doing “Later” on NBC

-49:59: Can long-form interview format work on TV today?

-50:27: Why Bob feels he couldn’t do a show like “Later” anymore

-52:19: No studio audience on “Later”

-54:27: One thing in sports Bob would like to see happen before retirement

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