410. What's New With You with Yosef Herzog

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

“The best part of going to the Olympics, for me, is being able to attend events when I’m not working, and then watching athletes win and medal an event, and then knowing they’re going to come on the show and I’m going to get to work with them up close and meet them. That’s the coolest thing about my job, and what makes it unique at the Olympics.”

Yosef Herzog is the stage manager for NBC's Today show, which means part of his job is getting to go to the Olympics! On this episode, Yosef talks about what it was like being at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (These were Yosef's fifth Olympic Games with NBC!) He talks about being on set with the country's best athletes, including Simone Biles and Allyson Felix, and talks about what it was like being inside the Olympic Stadium and getting to attend track and field events. He also talks about the challenges and perks of working a morning broadcast at 8 PM local time. (The biggest upside, Yosef says: not having to set an alarm in the morning for a change!) Yosef recently underwent surgery for a torn meniscus, so he was wearing a leg brace in Tokyo — something he says nearly every athlete commented on! He offers an update on how his recovery is going, reflects on getting Covid last year, and shares his big marathon goals for when he's able to get back on the run.

THE LAST TIME YOSEF WAS ON THE SHOW: Episode 111

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What you’ll get on this episode:

How was Tokyo?! (3:10)
Yosef talks about what his role entails at the Olympics (5:15)
The things that are stressful about live television (14:15)
How many athletes at the Games asked Yosef about his leg brace? (18:15)
The athletes Yosef was most excited to have on set (21:00)
Which events Yosef got to watch in person (28:00)
All about Yosef’s meniscus surgery and recovery, and what his Covid experience was like (35:45)
Yosef’s thoughts on returning to “normal” on the Plaza (41:15)

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The What's New With You series on the Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by YouCan.
0:05.6	Go to ucan.co-slash-alley and use code Alley for 20% off your order.
0:16.1	Welcome to the Alley on the Run Show. I'm your host Alley Feller and this is season 3 of the What's
0:22.0	New With You series. What's new with you? This is the series where we catch up with past guests
0:28.0	on the show and hear about everything they've been up to since the last time we talked.
0:32.4	And today's guest has lots to share because he is fresh off the plane from Tokyo.
0:38.2	Josep Herzog is the stage manager for the Today Show and he just finished working his fifth
0:44.0	Olympic Games with NBC. I had so much fun getting to ask him all of my nosy behind the scenes
0:50.3	questions like what it was like on set with Simone Biles, what it was like working the Today Show,
0:55.7	a morning broadcast at 10pm local time and about which events he got to attend in person. I am
1:02.8	so jealous of that. Beyond all things Tokyo 2020, Josep, who was last on the show in December 2018,
1:10.1	that was episode 111, Josep just had meniscus surgery so he offers an update on his recovery
1:16.8	process and progress and he shares his big marathon goals for when he's back on the run. Plus,
1:23.1	he talks about getting COVID last year which, you know, wasn't fun. But Josep is fun and I get so
1:29.2	giddy and excited talking about TV broadcasting. I'm not sure why. I'm just very fascinated by it.
1:34.4	So I'm grateful that I get to call Josep a friend, especially a friend who indulges me and
1:40.1	lets me ask things like, did you get to hype by the thing Mo? Please join me in welcoming Josep Herzog
1:46.6	back to the Alley on the run show. Josep, I am so excited to have you back here. It's been way too
1:58.9	long since we've got to chat on the record. So welcome back to the United States and back to the Alley
2:05.4	on the run show. How you doing? Thank you. Thanks for having me. I'm good. Happy to be here.
2:10.8	Happy to be back in the US. Yeah, so we're going to talk so much about being in Tokyo. But what's
2:17.6	the jet lag situation? How much time did you have between when you got back and when you had to be
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