ESPN

Origins with James Andrew Miller

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Performing Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2017

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Origins Chapter Two: ESPN is the second installment of an all-new podcast series by James Andrew Miller, award-winning journalist and best-selling author of the NYT best selling books on ESPN, Saturday Night Live and CAA, the Creative Artist Agency, which will be exploring epochal beginnings—whether from the fields of film, television, music, publishing, or even human relationships. The five-part ESPN podcast chapter of Origins will feature deep dives into the histories of “Pardon the Interruption,”30for30”documentary series, “College Game Day,” “SportsCenter” and “Social Media at ESPN.” You’ll hear from all the key players, including Michelle Beadle, Chris Berman, Linda Cohn, Rich Eisen, Chris Fowler, Jemele Hill, Tony Kornheiser, Bob Ley, Keith Olbermann, Dan Patrick, Bill Simmons, Sage Steele, Scott Van Pelt, Mike Wilbon and many more. Origins Chapter Two: ESPN launches on December 18th and features conversations with Bill Simmons, Michelle Beadle, Chris Berman, Linda Cohn, Rich Eisen, Chris Fowler, Jemele Hill, Tony Kornheiser, Bob Ley, Keith Olbermann, Dan Patrick, Sage Steele, Scott Van Pelt, Mike Wilbon and many more. Listeners will hear first-hand accounts of how the shows were created, how they evolved, and how they changed the lives of everyone involved. 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	This is Jim Miller and origins is back.
0:07.0	Recently I gave you a behind-the-curtain look into the groundbreaking comedy
0:12.0	curb your enthusiasm.
0:13.8	Now it's time to take you on another ride,
0:16.9	one that's nearly 40 years in the making.
0:20.0	Dropping December 18th, Origins with James Andrew Miller, chapter 2, a deep exploration
0:27.2	into the world of ESPN.
0:30.5	In five episodes, we will reveal previously unheard and unpredictable moments, pivotal junctures and strokes of luck, good and bad, that turned ESPN from a ramshackle cup of buildings into one of the greatest media success stories of all time.
0:47.0	We'll span its early beginnings, its meteoric rise, to its current challenge state. Dropping December 18th, mete was very emotional. Anybody who knows me knows I'm not a crier at all.
1:04.1	That is not me.
1:05.4	And for me to cry in a meeting,
1:08.2	it's just like when you sit down with somebody
1:10.8	that you feel like you kind of let down in a way that maybe you
1:13.4	hadn't intended it was just emotional for me on January 3rd episode 2
1:17.8	pardon the interruption I mean look at us I couldn't believe that we were going to get
1:22.4	a show and we got a three-year
1:24.8	contract the third year at the option of the company in two years guaranteed and I
1:30.3	just said this is fantastic we're going to be off the air in two months
1:34.0	we're going to get two years to get paid and that's great and then I can go back to being a
1:38.3	columnist.
1:39.3	Premiering on January 10th episode 3 3, College Game Day.
1:43.0	There were times we couldn't stop laughing.
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