A conversation with two of Canada's most prominent sports voices: Tara Slone and Stephen Brunt

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Episode 266 of the Sports Media Podcast features two guests. First up is Tara Slone, a digital, television, and podcast host for the San Jose Sharks and a contributor to NBC Sports Bay Area. She is followed by Stephen Brunt, one of Canada’s most well-known sports voices and the author of multiple bestselling books. including his two latest, “Playing the Long Game,” written with Christine Sinclair, and “All Roads Home: A Life On and Off the Ice,” written with Bryan Trottier. In this podcast, Slone discusses her new job with the NHL’s Sharks and how that came to be; living and working in a new country; her long and distinguished run as a host at Sportsnet (Canada) including her work as co-host on the long-running Rogers Hometown Hockey, which aired on Sportsnet; the shock of being let go by Rogers; dealing with vitriol on social media after her thoughts on Don Cherry and getting hate mail; her previous life as the lead singer of the Juno-nominated band Joydrop; where she thinks sports media is heading in Canada; the issues surrounding hockey culture in Canada and her unique view given her background; the importance of having a platform; what she hopes to do heading forward, and more. Brunt discusses his recent books; how one collaborates with an athlete on a book; how the book with Sinclair came to be; the demand for sports books in Canada; where Brunt thinks sports media is heading in the next five years; the emergence of sports gambling in Canada; the power of sports radio and why we think it’s end days in Canada and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. 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	Hey everybody. This is Richard. Happy 2023. I hope your new year brings you great health and prosperity.
0:09.6	Just a quick note before we start this. I did tape this podcast with Tower Stone and Stephen Brunt before the new year. So we taped this close to the end of 2022.
0:20.6	It shouldn't be that dated, just given
0:23.6	the topics that we talked about. But I did want to give you a heads up that this was taped
0:28.8	before the new year. And we will have another episode this week, fresh being taped tomorrow.
0:35.3	But Tara Sloan, Stephen Brunt were excellent and I think you can enjoy that.
0:40.8	But just a heads up that it was taped in 2022, but on to 2023.
0:50.7	Hey, everybody. This is Richard Deich and and welcome to the Sports Media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:59.4	It's Canada Week on this podcast. Our two guests are Canadian, proud Canadians and incredibly talented people. First up, Tara Sloan, who just landed a new gig as the host and digital contributor for the NHL's San Jose
1:13.7	Sharks. Part of that, she was the long-running co-host on Rogers' hometown hockey, which was on
1:19.9	SportsNet in Canada, and a very, very significant program in Canada.
1:31.3	Tara and I had a great conversation on many, many different topics.
1:34.7	She's a really, really interesting person who's at an interesting life.
1:38.8	And I think you'll appreciate and enjoy that conversation.
1:43.2	She is followed by Stephen Brunton, another Canadian one of Canada's most well-known sports voices.
1:47.0	Stephen Brunn, award-winning writer, broadcaster, worked for the Globe and Mail,
1:51.8	worked for Roger Sportsnet, author of multiple books, including two books that are out now,
1:57.2	one on Christine Sinclair, playing the long game, and one with Brian Trotcheye. Stephen, of course, was my longtime colleague and fellow co-host on primetime sports with Bob McCowan.
2:04.9	Really just a thoughtful and brilliant guy and was an absolute pleasure to be in the studio with Bob McCallon and Stephen Bront,
2:13.6	especially as a knucklehead American. I never took that privilege for granted.
2:19.2	So Tara Sloan to start, Stephen Brunt to finish, coming up on the sports media podcast.
2:26.4	All right, as I said at the top, I'm very excited to have Tara Sloan, who I once worked with in Canada, although certainly not one-on-one or anything.
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