Broadcaster Renee Paquette (known as Renee Young in the WWE) and Stephanie Ready of NBA TV and Turner Sports

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Episode 111 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features two guests. First up is Renee Paquette, who worked for nearly eight years as a WWE broadcaster under the name Renee Young. She is followed by Turner Sports and NBA TV reporter Stephanie Ready. In this podcast, Young discusses leaving the WWE after nearly eight years; her desire to host a longform audio and video interview podcast in the future; getting the coronavirus and how that still impacts her health today; feeling lost during the time she was assigned as the first full time woman to be on the RAW commentary desk; hearing Vince McMahon in her ear and what it is like to be produced and overproduced by the WWE; the surreal juggling act she had to do when calling her husband’s (Jon Good, who performs as Jon Moxley) matches; her non-compete clause after leaving the WWE; what she thinks about the prospect of joining AEW after her non-compete is over; why Paul Heyman is a genius; traveling with her husband in airports and elsewhere; her upcoming cookbook, “Messy In The Kitchen: My Guide to Eating Deliciously, Hosting Fabulously, and Drinking Copiously” which will come out next year, and much more. Ready discusses her assignment inside the NBA bubble in Orlando; how she and her family came to the decision that she should go; the decision of NBA players to protest games; how she reported within the bubble; her desire to work as a game analyst again; how she sees the athlete movement heading forward; and much 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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0:28.7	everybody this is richard dutch and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producers are Patrick Antonetti and Sean Cherry. Two guests this week. I really, really enjoyed this episode. Just two really, really smart women with super interesting jobs. First up, Renee Piquette.
0:57.4	You will know her probably as Renee Young. She worked in the WWE for nearly eight years as a reporter, as a host, as a commentator.
1:05.6	And she discusses her journey, leaving the WWE, dealing with COVID-19 this year, her relationship with
1:13.3	her husband, John Good, who is better known in this world as John Moxley, who's at AEW.
1:19.0	I can't thank Renee enough. She gave me loads of time on this podcast, and it was such a fun
1:24.7	conversation, so I think you're going to enjoy it. Renee is followed by Stephanie Reddy, who is a Turner Sports and NBA TV reporter.
1:33.2	Stephanie just got back from the bubble in Orlando.
1:37.8	So she talks about her reporting experiences there, the decision to go inside the bubble, particularly if you're someone who has a family,
1:48.0	how she sees the pro-athlet movement heading forward and how she thinks the NBA is going to
1:54.7	come out of this.
1:56.8	Stephanie Radey just was an exceptional analyst when she worked doing Hornets games.
2:04.2	I hope to see her doing that again, but she's got a kick-ass job now for NBA TV and Turner.
2:11.5	So Renee Young and Stephanie Reddy coming up on the sports media podcast.
2:20.0	All right, as I said at the top, I'm very excited to have Renee Paquette on this podcast.
2:25.9	I have interviewed Renee Young many times.
2:28.9	I'm not sure I've ever interviewed Renee Paquette, although I have met Renée Paquette in real life in my other job in Toronto,
2:37.3	and she is lovely and delightful, and I think there's a reason why people are so attached to her
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