ESPN's Richard Jefferson + Traina Thoughts
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Episode 432 of "SI Media with Jimmy Traina" features an interview with ESPN NBA analyst Richard Jefferson.
Jefferson, who also hosts a podcast and calls Nets games for the YES Network, discusses his rise in sports media, what his ultimate goal is in broadcasting and how important social media is for his career. Jefferson also talks about his recent beef with Paul Pierce, how he approaches TikTok and accumulating 1.4 million followers, why he hates Twitter, the load management controversy, Ja Morant, his ongoing feud with Knicks fans and much more.
Following Jefferson, Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York joins Jimmy for their weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week, Jimmy and Sal discuss filling out NCAA Tournament brackets, the World Baseball Classic, two highlights from the Oscars and the overall movie-going experience in 2023
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| 0:00.0 | Walter Isakson set out to write about a world-changing genius in Elon Musk and found a man addicted to chaos and conspiracy. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm thinking it's idiotic to buy Twitter because he doesn't have a fingertip feel for social emotional networks. |
| 0:13.4 | The book launched a thousand hot takes, |
| 0:15.3 | so I sat down with Isakson to try to get past the noise. |
| 0:18.0 | I like the fact that people who say I'm not as tough on Musk |
| 0:21.4 | as I should be are always using anecdotes for my book to show why we should be tough on Musk. |
| 0:27.0 | Join me, Evan Ratliff, for On Musk with Walter Isickson. |
| 0:30.0 | Listen on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the Cole Case Podcast, zone 7. |
| 0:40.0 | Join us every Wednesday to hear cases like the Long Island serial killer. |
| 0:45.0 | You show like genuine interest and you can't fake it but these guys can see like right |
| 0:51.1 | through to your soul so you have to be like prepared. If you |
| 0:55.1 | don't know your stuff they're gonna just call you out. Listen to Zone 7 |
| 0:59.2 | with Cheryl McCollum on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of. |
| 1:12.0 | That's why we launched The Big Take. It's a daily |
| 1:15.0 | podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit to give |
| 1:20.4 | you some space to think. I'm Wes Kossova. Each weekday I dig into one important story |
| 1:27.0 | and talk about why it matters. Listen to the big take on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen. |
| 1:35.0 | Welcome everyone to the SI Media with Jimmy Train a Podcast. Hope you're doing well. We have a great show this week. |
| 1:46.0 | Richard Jefferson from ESPN, his own podcast, does some local work here in New York on the |
| 1:51.5 | Yes Network, comes on to talk about his rise in |
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