235 - Buzz Bissinger - 9/14/2022

The Jim Rome Podcast

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🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Buzz Bissinger on his new book 'The Mosquito Bowl,' how writing the book saved his life and the challenge of living up to the incredible success of 'Friday Night Lights.' If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NJ/ NY/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. N/A in NH/OR/ON. New customers only. Valid 1 per new customer. Min. $5 deposit. Min $5 wager. $200 issued as eight (8) $25 free bets. Ends 9/19/22. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You gotta be hard on yourself.
0:01.4	Yeah.
0:01.9	You gotta be demanding of yourself
0:03.3	and you cannot rest on your walls.
0:05.9	Jim, you had an amazing career.
0:07.4	I mean, you've conquered radio.
0:09.3	There's no one like you, but you want more.
0:11.2	You don't want to stop now.
0:13.3	I don't want to coast.
0:14.8	And as I was doing this book, that's just the mantra.
0:17.5	I don't want to coast.
0:18.7	I can do better.
0:20.0	Maybe won't sell as much as Friday night lights.
0:21.8	I probably won't, but I can make this
0:24.2	the best book of my life.
0:26.5	Hey, now it's Crackin.
0:30.8	Welcome to the Jim Nol podcast.
0:32.5	I am Jim Rome.
0:33.9	I've got a tremendous episode of the pod today,
0:37.2	and I can't wait to get it out to you
0:39.2	because I am joined by a Pulitzer Prize winner.
0:42.7	Can't say that very often.
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