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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