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Insiders looking out and outsiders looking in to the world of Literature, Journalism, Sports and Film. Hosted by Brin-Jonathan Butler
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Episode 50: Gay Talese
Gay Talese is an American writer. As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary…
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Episode 49: Alex Vadukul
Alex Vadukul is a city correspondent for The New York Times. He writes for Sunday Metropolitan and is a three-time winner of the New York Press Club award for…
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Episode 48: Jason Kander
Jason Kander is an American attorney, author, veteran, and former politician. A Democrat, he served as the 39th Secretary of State of Missouri, from 2013 to…
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Episode 47: Holly Lawson
Holly Lawson is a personal trainer and former professional boxer originally from Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
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Episode 46: Evan Rutkowski
Evan Rutkowski is the head of boxing at Ring City USA and formerly worked as a marketing executive for HBO Sports.
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Episode 45: Bruce Pandolfini
Bruce Pandolfini is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America's most experienced chess…
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Episode 44: Andre Ward on 'Tyson vs Jones'
Andre Ward is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017. He retired with an undefeated record and held multiple world titles in two…
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Episode 43: Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written…
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Episode 42: Thomas Hauser
Thomas Hauser is the author of forty-eight books on subjects ranging from professional boxing to Beethoven. Hist first novel Missing was nominated for the…
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Episode 41: Bill Hillmann
Bill Hillmann is an American author, storyteller, and journalist. He is a bull-runner and former boxer.
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Episode 40: Charles Bock
Charles Bock is an American writer whose debut 2008 novel Beautiful Children was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year for 2008, and won…
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Episode 39: T. J. English
T. J. English is an American author and journalist known primarily for his non-fiction books about the Irish mob, organized crime, criminal justice and the…
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Episode 38: Fernanda Prates
Fernanda Prates is an MMA staff writer at The Athletic. She is a sports journalist based out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who worked as a correspondent and…
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Episode 37: Todd Snyder
Todd Snyder is associate professor of rhetoric and writing at Siena College and author of the new book 'Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype'
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Episode 36: Robert Lipsyte
Robert Lipsyte is an American sports journalist and author and former Ombudsman for ESPN. He is a member of the Board of Contributors for USA Today's Forum…
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Episode 35: Chris Bell
Chris Bell is an American director, producer and writer, known for his documentaries Bigger, Stronger, Faster., Trophy Kids, and Prescription Thugs. His work…
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Episode 34: Brian Campbell
Brian Campbell covers MMA, boxing and WWE. The Connecticut native joined CBS Sports in 2017 and has covered combat sports since 2010. He has written and hosted…
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Episode 33: Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux is a British documentary filmmaker, journalist, broadcaster, and author. He has received two British Academy Television Awards and a Royal…
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Episode 32: Steven Garza
Steven Garza stars in the Sundance Film Festival Grand Prize winning documentary “Boys State,” directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine.
Tourist InformationEpisode 31: Roy Jones Jr.
Roy Jones Jr. is an American former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and actor. He competed in boxing from 1989 to 2018, and…
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Episode 30: Roberto José Andrade Franco
Roberto José Andrade Franco was born in Chicago but considers the El Paso-Juárez borderland home. After working in construction for over a decade, he attended…
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Episode 29: James Altucher
James Altucher is an American hedge-fund manager, author, podcaster and entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded over 20 companies. He has published 20 books…
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Episode 28: Errol Morris
Errol Morris is an American film director primarily of documentaries examining and investigating, among other things, authorities and eccentrics. His 1988…
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Episode 27: Hamilton Nolan
Hamilton Nolan is a labor reporting fellow at In These Times. He has spent the past decade writing about labor, politics and a bit of boxing for Gawker…
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Episode 26: Jesse Moss
Jesse Moss is a Sundance Award-winning director and cinematographer. His new film Boys State, co-directed with Amanda McBaine, premiered at the 2020 Sundance…
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Episode 25: Chuck Mindenhall
Chuck Mindenhall is an MMA writer published in The Ringer, SBnation, LA Weekly, and The Athletic.
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Episode 24: Jeff MacGregor
Jeff MacGregor is currently a writer-at-large for Smithsonian Magazine. He has written often for The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, ESPN…
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Episode 23: Wright Thompson
Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN.com and the author of The Cost of These Dreams. In 2019 he published a book of essays called The Cost of These…
Tourist InformationEpisode 22: Dana Vespoli
Dana Vespoli is an American pornographic actress and film director. She is a graduated from Mills College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative…
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Episode 21: David Hill
David Hill's first book, "The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America’s Forgotten Capital of Vice," is due…
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Episode 20: Jon Lee Anderson
Jon Lee Anderson (born January 15, 1957) is an American biographer, author, investigative reporter, war correspondent and staff writer for The New Yorker…
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Episode 19: Wesley Lowery
Wesley Lowery is a journalist at CBS News, formerly at The Washington Post. He was a lead on the Post's "Fatal Force" project that won the Pulitzer Prize for…
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Episode 18: Dave Zirin
Dave Zirin, born 1974, is an American political sportswriter. He is the sports editor for The Nation, a weekly progressive magazine dedicated to politics and…
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Episode 17: Howard Bryant
Howard Bryant is a multi-award-winning author, sports journalist, and radio and television personality with ESPN and NPR. He is the author of the Legends…
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Episode 16: Dr. Scott Weiss
Dr. Scott Weiss is the co-author of Confusing the Enemy: The Cus D’Amato Story and a licensed physical therapist and board certified athletic trainer based in…
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Episode 15: Donald McRae
Donald McRae is the award-winning author of eleven non-fiction books, which have featured sporting icons, legendary trial lawyers and heart surgeons. He has…
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Episode 14: Rafe Bartholomew
Rafe Bartholomew is a staff writer covering boxing for The Athletic. He’s also a New York Times Bestselling author of Basketball: A Love Story, as well as…
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Episode 13: Chris Jones
Chris Jones is the author of Out of Orbit: The Incredible True Story of Three Astronauts Who Were Hundreds of Miles Above Earth When They Lost Their Ride Home…
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Episode 12: S.L. Price
S.L. PRICE, a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated since 1994, has written four books—including the just-released Playing Through The Whistle: Steel, Football…
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Episode 11: Mike Sager
Mike Sager is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He has been called "the Beat poet of American journalism, that rare reporter who can make…
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Episode 10: Jeremy Schaap
Jeremy Schaap is an American sportswriter, television reporter, and author. Schaap is an eleven-time Emmy Award winner for his work on ESPN's E:60…
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Episode 9: Tommy Tomlinson
Tommy Tomlinson has written for publications including Esquire, ESPN the Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Garden & Gun, and many others. He spent…