Dave Portnoy and Erika Nardini on Barstool's Success, Authenticity, and Helping Small Businesses | Ep. 56

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Megyn Kelly is joined by Barstool Sports Founder and President Dave Portnoy and CEO Erika Nardini to talk about the success of Barstool, the value of authenticity, trust in the media, politics and Trump, Tom Brady and Roger Goodell, the charges of sexism at Barstool Sports, social media, when to engage with critics, the courage to say what you think in 2021, "Call Her Daddy," the way Barstool is helping small businesses through The Barstool Fund, and more. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everybody, I'm Megan Kelly.
0:13.7	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.
0:15.6	Today on the program we've got Dave, Portnoy, and Erica Nardini.
0:20.5	These are the geniuses behind bar stool sports.
0:24.9	This is way more than sports.
0:26.2	It's a sports culture comedy brand really that is just multimedia in its approach.
0:32.0	You've got podcasts and you've got online sites.
0:34.3	I mean, there's no telling where they're going to go because the company now is valued
0:37.6	at about a half a billion dollars or more.
0:40.3	But this guy Dave started it years and years ago as a one man newspaper, which he wrote
0:45.1	himself, which he got advertising for himself, which he stood in the subways of Boston, handing
0:49.6	out morning and night himself.
0:51.6	And now he's turning some of that goodness around and helping people with his money and with
0:56.9	donations from others to help businesses who have been crippled by these interminable
1:00.9	lockdowns.
1:01.9	Dave is the one who founded the company.
1:03.5	Erica's now the CEO as of a few years ago and they've made a very powerful combo.
1:08.1	We're psyched to talk to them because they really, I would say if they had a brand logo,
1:12.1	it would probably be a big middle finger, which ruffles feathers.
1:17.0	I get that.
1:18.1	But also is a little refreshing, right?
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