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DOUG DUDA - the 2022 Nebraska Sportscaster of the year - is the Sports Director of ESPN Tri-Cities in Kearney, Nebraska where he has been for about 27 years. He's worked in Central Nebraska in 'local' radio for more than 35 years. We talk about what a guy does in the middle of the summer to keep it lively on his "Doug and Daddy" radio show.

AARON OBERHOLSER has been an analyst and on-course
reporter for NBC’s Golf Channel since 2013. He’s a former PGA Tour player whose first win came at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 2006. As a junior at San Jose State in 1996 he won six college titles, matching the number of a Stanford sophomore named Tiger Woods. 

Aaron worked the US Open for NBC and the Golf Channel and much of this conversation focuses on that tournament, and its exciting finish and the drama associated with it. And an extension of that is a conversation about LIV golf.

 Recorded June 18, 2024

JACQUI OATLEY has quickly become a fixture in American soccer broadcasting. On Fox Sports, she worked the Men's World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and the Women's World Cup in Australia/New Zealand in 2023. Oatley is doing the Euros 2024 this summer on Fox Sports. She is the lead voice on CBS Sports for the NWSL. The native of Wolverhampton continues to do the EPL and much more TV and radio work in her native England. This is the story of how this woman got into the broadcast business and how far she's come.

Recorded June 12, 2024

GEOFF EXSTROM is the Director of Communications and
Media Relations for the Omaha Supernovas of the Professional Volleyball Federation. In his first season as the media relations director, in the first season of the league’s existence Omaha won the championship. We chatted
before the season about his new gig. This is an update of a kind of what-did-you-learn conversation.

This interview was recorded June 6, 2024.

MAX OLSON is Senior Writer covering college football
for The Athletic. He was one of the early hires there, following a stint with ESPN. Max is a Nebraska native, a graduate of the University of Nebraska journalism
college. He spends his time covering the games, the portal, the off-field news including NIL and the new world of directly paying college athletes.

This interview was recorded May 9, 2024.

Michael Serazio researches and writes in the
areas of media and communication. He is professor of communications at Boston College. His latest book is "The Authenticity Industries." He's also the author of "The Power of Sports: Media and Spectacle in American Culture." He chats here with John about the condition of sports journalism, the sports media industry, sport and its place in American culture, and a whole lot more.

This interview was recorded May 10, 2024.