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.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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