91 episodes

High Tea Hoops is a podcast about the business, culture, and creative work behind the sport of basketball. Hosted by Brian Bosche, episodes feature conversations with business leaders, athletes, and creative professionals.

Brian Bosche is a Director of Marketing at Smartsheet, and a freelance photographer and videographer on the British Basketball League Media Team. He is a passionate sports content creator. He was previously the CEO & Co-Founder of Slope, a software platform that made it easy for marketing and creative teams to manage their work. Slope was acquired by Smartsheet in 2019.

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    • 5.0 • 6 Ratings

High Tea Hoops is a podcast about the business, culture, and creative work behind the sport of basketball. Hosted by Brian Bosche, episodes feature conversations with business leaders, athletes, and creative professionals.

Brian Bosche is a Director of Marketing at Smartsheet, and a freelance photographer and videographer on the British Basketball League Media Team. He is a passionate sports content creator. He was previously the CEO & Co-Founder of Slope, a software platform that made it easy for marketing and creative teams to manage their work. Slope was acquired by Smartsheet in 2019.

    Nick D'Urbano on Launching Pistons RareAccess

    Nick D'Urbano on Launching Pistons RareAccess

    Nick D'Urbano is the Co-Founder and COO of RareCircles, a next-generation membership platform that helps turn community engagement into revenue. RareCircles just launched Pistons RareAccess in partnership with the Detroit Pistons, a community that gives fans access to private Huddle Sessions alongside players and legends, limited merch drops, exclusive experiences, and opportunities to give feedback to the team. Brian and Nick talk chat about building fan communities, how sports teams can take advantage of web3 projects, and how teams and leagues are innovating fan experiences with technology.

    • 32 min
    Maryam Naz from Sky Sports NBA on growing basketball in the UK and Europe

    Maryam Naz from Sky Sports NBA on growing basketball in the UK and Europe

    Maryam Naz is an NBA journalist at Sky Sports, and previously covered football at The Guardian. Brian and Maryam chat about how she got into journalism and covering the NBA, how the NBA is growing their audience in Europe following the NBA Paris Game, and how Sky Sports is helping grow basketball in the UK.

    • 36 min
    Zach Soskin on How Athletes Can Build Their Brands with Content

    Zach Soskin on How Athletes Can Build Their Brands with Content

    Zach Soskin is the Co-founder of Voltage Management, an athlete and brand marketing agency specializing in athlete representation, brand strategy, content creation, and ownership. Zach started his career in grassroots football marketing at adidas before starting Voltage Management. Brian and Zach chat about why athletes can build such powerful personal brands, how athletes can develop their content strategy to achieve their goals, and best practices for brands that want to work with athletes.
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    • 46 min
    Robyn Love from the Loughborough Lightning

    Robyn Love from the Loughborough Lightning

    Brian Bosche is joined by Robyn Love from the Loughborough Lightning who compete in the British Wheelchair Basketball Women's Premier League. Robyn is a Paralympian, a world silver medallist, and a three-time European medalist. Brian and Robyn chat about the formation of the Women's Premier League, the Lightning's undefeated season so far, and how wheelchair basketball can grow as a sport in the UK.

    • 27 min
    Megan Reyes on Building Better Brands for Athletes

    Megan Reyes on Building Better Brands for Athletes

    Megan Reyes is a social media & athlete branding consultant, and built her experience working at places like Blue Wire, The Athletic, 2K, and the Golden State Warriors. Brian and Megan chat about what makes a strong brand for an athlete, how athletes can start building their brand pillars, what athletes can do to differentiate themselves, and how brands can better work with athletes.

    • 45 min
    Dirk Williams from the London Lions

    Dirk Williams from the London Lions

    Brian Bosche is joined by Dirk Williams from the London Lions after the team's impressive 4-0 start in the FIBA Europe Cup. Dirk talks about playing college basketball in Alabama, why he wanted to play in the BBL, how the Lions are building team chemistry, and what it would mean for British Basketball for the Lions to have success in the FIBA Europe Cup.

    • 24 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
6 Ratings

6 Ratings

Zak Noble ,

Smart Creative and Insightful

Brian, is talented in many ways when it comes to basketball. Must experience this show first hand!

MLS20202020 ,

Perfect podcast for casual fans

Love this podcast. It discusses cultural aspects of NBA teams and is super informative without being overly analytical. As a casual NBA fan, I appreciate the High Tea Hoops podcast 🏀

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