Dan Le Batard on life after ESPN; Russia sanctions upend big-time soccer

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🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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March Madness has started, but this isn’t a podcast about that: Today, it’s a podcast about sports media, about leaving sports media to do your own thing, and about how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may radically reshape big-time soccer. First Dan Le Batard, formerly of ESPN, joins Recode’s Peter Kafka to talk about his “fool’s quest” to found Meadowlark Media, “a company with a soul.” And why that company needed a big infusion of cash from the sports betting business to get off the ground. Then, soccer journalist Grant Wahl shares an extraordinary story about how the UK’s sanctions against Russia impacted one of the most famous teams in the world, London-based Chelsea F.C. Plus, he talks about what it’s been like to strike out on his own after being fired from Sports Illustrated. Featuring: Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl), Soccer Journalist on https://grantwahl.substack.com/ Dan Le Batard (@LeBatardShow), Founder of Meadowlark Media and host of the Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:41.2	This is Recode Media. Peter Kafka. That's me. Today is the start of March Madness, so we are not really going to talk about March Madness, but we are going to talk
1:44.6	about sports and sports media and money.
1:47.6	Before we go any further, I know that for some of you, because you actually tell me this,
1:51.1	sports is not something you want to pay attention to.
1:53.9	You tune out if I talk about it, but I pay attention to sports media and talking about it
1:58.5	on the show for a couple reasons.
2:00.6	The main one is that sports is central to the media economy, both the old one and the new one
2:05.1	we're building around us. I think the way sports media intersects with culture and reacts
2:09.2	to it and creates culture is fascinating. And frankly, that's just a lot of dynamic and
2:13.6	fascinating characters in that world and I want to have those folks on this show as many
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