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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

ESPN feature producers Lauren Stowell and Jenna Contreras and Julie Stewart-Binks of Fubo TV

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3721 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Episode 144 of the Sports Media Podcast features three guests. First up are ESPN feature producers Lauren Stowell and Jenna Contreras, the directors of  “144” a behind-the-scenes documentary on what unfolded on and off the court over the tumultuous two-and-a-half-month 2020 WNBA season. The second guest is Julie Stewart Binks, who hosts Drinks with Binks on Fubo TV and NHL Twitter Live. In this podcast, Stowell and Contreras discuss how the project came about; how producer and ESPN on-air personality Chiney Ogwumike helped make the access possible; whether they got any internal pushback on the topics at hand; how they decided on who would be at the center among the league’s players; how they got beyond-the-scenes conversations of the players; dedicating the season to Breonna Taylor and getting her family on film; where the WNBA goes next, and more. Stewart-Binks discusses how to do a show from home; the challenge of getting press in a crowded sports media space; getting people to drink on-air; her reaction to ESPN and Turner getting the US rights to the NHL and whether they can they grow the game; how the playoffs feel this year; Leah Hextall getting a play by play job, and 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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0:00.0

Hey everybody, this is Richard Deich.

0:08.6

Welcome to the Sports Media Podcast.

0:10.1

My producer is Patrick Antonetti.

0:12.5

Coming up on this week's episode, really interesting show, three guests, two segments.

0:17.4

I really enjoyed this.

0:19.4

Three really, really smart people.

0:23.8

First up, Jenna Contreras and Lauren Stowell are ESPN feature producers who are the directors of 144. A documentary just came out.

0:31.3

That's a behind-the-scenes documentary on what unfolded on and off the court over the two-and-a-half

0:36.5

month period of the 2020 WNBA season

0:39.2

where they played inside a bubble they called it the wubble and if you've seen this documentary

0:44.0

it's really just an extraordinary piece of sports filmmaking um they the honesty and the poignancy

0:49.7

that they got from uh the players uh and the footage they got was just remarkable.

0:54.5

You do not get this kind of access when it comes to a sports league.

0:57.9

And so they come on to discuss that project and how they were able to pull it off and, you know, what it meant to them and what it meant to the players.

1:06.0

I think you'll find that conversation interesting.

1:08.2

They're followed by Julie Stewart Binks,inks of fubu television she has been on

1:12.0

this podcast before and she talks about uh her show drinks with binks and how she's done that for

1:20.3

home from home basically since the start of the pandemic which is really really impressive and

1:25.0

like the challenges of doing something from home how to to get your content out there in a crowded marketplace.

1:32.1

Her reaction to ESPN and Turner getting the U.S. rights to the NHL.

1:36.6

Julie has a long history of covering hockey and is actually doing some hosting for NHL Twitter Live.

1:43.6

And Leah Hextall getting a play-by-play job, which is a really big deal.

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