How to create a great podcast with Conrad Thompson and Jim Ross

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Episode 134 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Conrad Thompson and Jim Ross, the duo that make up the popular “Grilling JR” podcast. In this podcast, Thompson, the host of six immensely popular wrestling podcasts, and Ross, one of the iconic voices in the history of professional wrestling and a current broadcaster for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), discuss how they formed their partnership; their initial impressions of each other; what expectations they had for the podcast; how they format shows and select topics; the importance of podcast momentum; how they have marketed the podcast and found ancillary revenue sources; their pre-show process; Conrad’s wish-list for future co-hosts; the impact of COVID on the podcast; how each view their roles; the number of downloads per podcast; how the revenue share works; the next evolution for the podcast, and much 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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0:28.7	hey everybody this is richard dutch and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producers are Patrick Antonetti and Sean Cherry. Today's show I am psyched about it. It was such a blast to do this. Conrad Thompson, the host of six immensely popular wrestling podcasts. something to wrestle with Bruce Pritchard,
0:55.8	83 weeks with Eric Bischoff, what happened when with Tony Chavani, the Kurt Angles Show,
1:00.7	the Arndt Show with Aaron Anderson, and of course, and the reason we are here, grilling in JR with Jim Ross.
1:09.0	Jim Ross, of course, is one of the iconic voices in the history of professional
1:12.1	wrestling. He currently calls All Elite Wrestling a W on TNT, senior advisor also with that
1:18.8	promotion, bestselling author. Also head to jrbbbq.com if you want some great ketchup and mustard.
1:25.7	This podcast is about grilling JR. And the larger point is,
1:30.4	how do you create a successful podcast as Conrad and Jim have done? 200,000 downloads these guys
1:37.7	are getting. It's always in the top 100 for sports podcast when it comes to the Apple charts.
1:43.1	And so we go really deep on how this podcast started, how they grew it.
1:47.4	And what are the things that you, as a non-wrestling podcast, can learn from Conrad and
1:53.2	JR in terms of growing your own brand and growing your own content?
1:56.9	I learned a ton.
1:58.1	It was a totally fascinating conversation for me.
2:01.0	And so let's head to it.
2:03.2	Conrad Thompson and Jim Ross on the Sports Media podcast.
2:10.8	All right.
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