Society & Culture
Meet Joe. He's a veteran sports journalist with over 35 years of experience and someone who I greatly enjoyed working with at FOX Sports before we were downsized almost two years ago. (Don't worry, we get into that.) I went on location to his house to chat with him poolside, so enjoy the sounds of nature in the background. We talk a lot of sports in this episode but there are some good life lessons and funny stories in there. Around the 36-minute mark, Joe tells a story about when he was fresh out of college and got to interview Dr. J. Around the 54-minute mark, we discuss how coverage of athletes has changed over the years with more public relations and team control over players when interacting with journalists. Around the 1 hour mark, we discuss our time working together at FOX Sports and how the process went of being downsized, when FOX Sports chose to lay off 50+ writers.