Best of the Bus: Stephen A Smith On Competing With Pat McAfee + Staying On Top At ESPN

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🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Recorded: February 9, 2024 | On this episode of Best of the Bus, the boys sat down with the leader at ESPN — the man who put the entire network on his back — Stephen A. Smith. Stephen chopped it up with the boys about his start in broadcasting and how he grew comfortable critiquing professional players. He shared insight into his relationships with athletes and the challenges those have brought over the years. Stephen A also explained why he knows he’ll remain number one at ESPN, even with the addition of The Pat McAfee Show. It was an episode full of great conversation, unique perspective, and a real look into the life of Stephen A. Smith. Enjoy, fellas.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.1	Hey, I'm Jay Shetty, and I'm the host of the on-purpose podcast.
0:08.1	Recently, I had a conversation with the one and only, Madonna.
0:12.2	When I was broke and I had no friends, nowhere to live, I was held up at gunpoint.
0:17.4	I was robbed.
0:18.3	Always horrendous things happened to me.
0:20.1	I had such an unhappy childhood that whatever happened to me. I had such an unhappy childhood
0:21.8	that whatever happened to me in New York is better than what my life was, so I'm not going back.
0:27.7	Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:33.6	podcast.
0:37.2	The murder of an 18-year-old girl in Graves County, Kentucky, went unsolved for years,
0:44.2	until a local housewife, a journalist, and a handful of girls came forward with a story.
0:51.0	America, y'all better work the hell up.
0:52.6	Bad things happens to good people in small towns.
1:02.6	Listen to Graves County on the Iheart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
1:08.1	podcast.
1:09.0	And to binge the entire season ad-free,
1:11.5	subscribe to Lava for Good Plus on Apple Podcasts.
1:16.7	I'm Jonathan Goldstein, and on the new season of heavyweight.
1:20.3	And so I pointed the gun at him and said this isn't a joke.
1:24.8	A man who robbed a bank when he was 14 years old.
1:28.3	And a centenarian rediscovers a love lost 80 years ago.
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