Hi everyone and welcome to episode 19 of the holding court podcast. So sad. It's my last episode as a teenager until I enter my 20s next week. Today we're going to welcome Alana Rizzo to the podcast doing a little role reversal with our chance to interview her about her work on the SportsNet LA team. You know, I admire her not only for her work as a sports

broadcaster, but also for the way in which she's using her platform to make a difference. So we'll

chat with her about how different her job looks this year due to COVID-19 and obviously the MLB

health and safety protocols, her inspiration behind her foundation,

Gidre's guardian,

and the unique way she recently raised money for it.

And we're also going to dive into how a career change

led to her dream job right here in Los Angeles,

all coming up right now on holding court.

Boom, bum, bum, bum, bum, palalalalob. on holding court.

I am really excited to bring Alana on the podcast today because with everything going on with this funky unique season and in the world. I know her career and also her foundation

work looks a little different right now. And I'm also excited to get her thoughts on women in

sports in general recently, you know, with the story of Melanie Newman becoming the first

female regular season play-by-play broadcaster. I know it's just awesome to see other women making these huge

strides in sports. So I'm going to go grab Justin. He's getting ready to head to the field.

I know he's going to want to hop on here because, you know, obviously Alana always interviews him.

So I'm sure he has a couple questions to throw at her today. So let's give Alana a call. Hi, Lana. How are you? I'm good. How are you? We're doing good. Sitting here with Justin. Hi, Riz. Hi. Thanks for coming on. Thanks for doing this with us. Of course. Are you kidding? I think I owe you a few interviews.

Yeah, it's going to be a little weird. Like, it's kind of role reversal here. So we'll have some fun with it, though.

I know. We had Chris Rose last week, and that felt weird for you. You're like, finally I'm on the other

side and I get to kind of grill him. Yeah. yeah, it was fun. You actually, you were,

were you with him on intentional talk? Do you have any dirt on Chris Rose for? I was with him on

intentional talk. Yes, I was with Rose and Malar on intentional talk in 2012 and 13. Yeah, so they're as crazy as you guys know. I mean, you know Chris really well. So as crazy as they appear on television, they're equally as crazy in person. But good people, like really, really good dudes. And they balance out each other really well. So it's a good combo. And I mean, what a life though, right? They get to do it from their home. I mean, Milar's in Texas, Chris is here in L.A. and they don't ever have to go anywhere. Yeah. And they didn't even have to pitch that. The network came to them and said, hey, we'll let you do it from home, right? Like, it's unbelievable. Yeah. Well, I mean, this is like pre-COVID and they get to do it from home.

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