How To Become A Better Storyteller With Award Winning Sports Writer Mirin Fader

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Chris Van Vliet

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Today's guest is Mirin Fader. Mirin is a senior staff writer for The Ringer and a New York Times bestselling author of the book Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP. She talks about how her dreams of becoming a professional basketball player shifted to becoming a writer after an injury, how she got her start covering sports, her ability to get to the heart of the story, what her writing process looks like, how anyone can become a better storyteller and more! If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blit!
0:08.1	Here we go.
0:10.8	So good to see you.
0:12.3	Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:15.9	I'm Chris Van Fleet.
0:16.8	Thanks for being with us as we once again do another deep dive into an incredible story with a fascinating person.
0:24.8	And, ah, this is such a good one today.
0:27.9	If it's your first time here, take a second right now to click subscribe on the podcast player of your choosing.
0:33.3	So you don't miss out on anything that we have coming up.
0:36.7	And by the way, thank you for helping to make October the biggest month yet for insight in terms of downloads.
0:45.2	And I'm guessing because you're on this ride with us that November's going to be even better than that.
0:52.9	And then December is going to be better than November that. And then December is going to be better than
0:54.3	November was. And then all the way into 2020. So thank you so much for being on this with us.
1:02.8	And I'm excited for today because Mirren Fader is such a great storyteller. She's a long formform sports writer. She's worked for Bleacher Report.
1:13.0	She's currently a staff writer for The Ringer. She's also a New York Times best-selling author for
1:18.5	the book, Janus, The Improbable Rise of an MBA MVP, which you can get on Amazon right now.
1:25.9	She's just so good at telling interesting and compelling stories about
1:30.1	people, and the stories are about the people, and they just so happen to play sports. And by the way,
1:37.2	she's doing this in a mostly male dominated profession, and she is the one who's dominating here. and she's just getting started. You can find
1:47.3	her on Twitter at Mirren Fader, M-I-R-I-N-F-A-N-F-E-R, and you can check out her website. It's
1:54.3	Mirrenfader.com. And if you're not already following me, I'm at Chris Van Fleet and my website is
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