Play-by-Playcast

Joel Godett

Play-by-Playcast is a podcast for play-by-play broadcasters, about play-by-play broadcasters, by a play-by-play broadcaster. It’s a professional development podcast diving into the tips, tricks, experience, stories, process and preparations of some of the biggest and best play-by-play announcers in the business.

  1. 06/03/2024

    Episode 208 (Troy Clardy / Stanford Cardinal, Westwood One & Compass Media)

    Troy Clardy went to college at Stanford to be an architect. So, naturally he became the radio voice of the Cardinal. Clardy talks about his path into the booth and his versatility between television, radio and talk radio.

    54 min

  2. 05/05/2024

    Episode 207 (Joe Zagacki / Miami Hurricanes)

    Before Joe Zagacki was ever the voice of the Hurricanes, he was the analyst of the Hurricanes ... but he's not a former athlete who moved into the broadcast booth.  Joe's an announcer through-and-through.  He talks through how he did that job and how he eventually moved into the PxP chair. We also talk about all things in his process, including what he reads and how that impacts his broadcasts.

    40 min

  3. 04/28/2024

    Episode 206 (Mark Johnson / Colorado Buffaloes)

    From working with Coach Prime to coach Boeheim to being the voice of Syracuse (but not as a Syracuse grad) and having great pipes and a great love of all things outdoors, we cover a ton of ground with Colorado PxP voice Mark Johnson on this week's PxPCast.

    46 min

  4. 04/15/2024

    Episode 205 (Stan Cotten / Wake Forest Deamon Deacons)

    Stan Cotten has been a radio broadcast for more than 40 years.  Starting as the decade-long voice of Carson-Newman, Cotten climbed the ranks before earning the job at Wake Forest in the late '90's. Cotten talks on this episode about rising through those ranks, his broadcast memories of Chris Paul and Tim Duncan, the nuts and bolts of how he approaches broadcasting and so much more.

    52 min

  5. 03/31/2024

    Episode 204 (Neil Price / Mississippi State Bulldogs)

    Neil Price is the Voice of the Bulldogs at Mississippi State following more than a decade at the University of Kentucky  and Middle Tennessee before that.   This week Price talks about his path, working with Mike Leach, broadcasting the NCAA Tournament, What does and doesn't go on his chart and more.

    56 min

  6. 03/25/2024

    Episode 203 (Alex Del Barrio / CBS Sports Network)

    Alex Del Barrio is a national TV voice on CBS Sports Network, seen jet setting across the country during college football and basketball season. Until recently ADB also worked in local television in his home market of the Rio Grande Valley and before that had two of the most unique experiences of a guest on this show: working as Alex Reyes in the WWE and traveling the world with the Harlem Globetrotters.

    47 min

  7. 03/18/2024

    Episode 202 (Sloane Martin / B1G Network)

    Sloane Martin used to play in her college's women's basketball game, change and run courtside to broadcast the men's games.  She carved her way into a career as a news reporter on radio (in two cities) and eventually cracked into the WNBA and then network television.  She's now a regular on B1G Network.

    45 min

  8. 03/04/2024

    Episode 201 (Gideon Cohen / Excel Sports Management)

    Gideon Cohen went to Syracuse like many of us ... wanting to be the next great play-by-play announcer.  An internship right out of college forever changed his path, however, and Gideon is now one of the top agents in sports broadcasting. Cohen talks about how he became an agent, how he sees broadcasting now that he's on the business side of it and what truly makes good play-by-play.

    30 min
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About

Play-by-Playcast is a podcast for play-by-play broadcasters, about play-by-play broadcasters, by a play-by-play broadcaster. It’s a professional development podcast diving into the tips, tricks, experience, stories, process and preparations of some of the biggest and best play-by-play announcers in the business.

Information

  • Creator
    Joel Godett
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2024
  • Episodes
    210
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2016 . All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
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