Episode 189: Eric Hasseltine

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Grant Napear

Football, Sports, Basketball

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Today's guest is Eric Hasseltine, the voice of the Memphis Grizzlies. Eric and I go way back, and we began the conversation talking about the early days of our friendship. Eric chronicles his path in broadcasting that eventually landed him in Memphis. His ascent to the Grizzlies play-by-play man came with great heartbreak and Eric goes into detail about those very difficult days. We thank talk about Ja Morant and his greatness already at such an early age. Eric was in Memphis during the "grindhouse" era, and he talks about those Memphis teams that came close to an NBA Finals appearance. Eric is also a big Green Bay Packers fan so of course I had to ask him if this is the year for the Pack! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now Grand Napier. So great to have you on board here. If you don't like that, my guest is coming up in just a moment. But first I want to tell you that today's podcast is brought to you by New Works Plumbing of Sacramento. Locally owned for over 20 years, New Works has a fix for you. your plummy needs and repairs just go to new works
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0:44.0	with their 24-7 service. For your plumbing needs and repairs, once again, that is new works plumbing.com,
0:49.7	N-E-W-R-X-Plemming.com. My guest on my podcast is my good friend. He is the voice of the Memphis
0:58.6	Grizzlies and years ago, decades ago, he would be in my studio doing sports updates on the station in Sacramento.
1:07.5	He went to UC Davis, somehow some way he's a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan.
1:11.5	We'll get into all of that and more,
1:12.7	but it's great to welcome to the podcast in person,
1:16.1	Eric Housseltine.
1:17.2	What's up, buddy?
1:18.1	How are you, man?
1:18.9	You just made me feel a little older.
1:20.2	I do remember those days, though, being in the studio
1:22.3	and doing updates in that
1:24.6	beaut what was then the beautiful new studio on Madison Avenue.
1:28.6	How about that huh? They're gone.
1:30.3	I drove by there the other day it's not exactly a pleasant place it looks like right now.
1:34.0	So.
1:35.0	When was, what was your first memory of being in a work environment with me?
1:41.0	Oh, I remember it well. So I had been doing college radio for three years at
1:50.9	Davis. I had gotten a great opportunity there, became the
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