Jim Miller on HBO History
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Episode 367 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with author James Andrew Miller, who has a new book out about all things HBO.
Miller talks about how "The Sopranos" first episode did not screen well with test audiences, the struggles that James Gandolfini went through and how a big curveball was thrown at the show's "Pine Barrens" episode.
Miller also discusses the behind-the-scenes problems with "The Larry Sanders Show," why HBO was the perfect fit for Larry David and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and why "House of Cards" and "The Crown" had an impact on HBO.
Before we talk about the book, "Tinderbox," Miller discusses how ESPN is feeling about the success of the "ManningCast," whether he think executives will try to tinker with the format and whether we may see less guests on the show in future.
The podcast closes with the weekly "Traina Thoughts" segment. This week, Jimmy and Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York discuss the college football coaching circus and why it's kinda gross, how the Lakers caused the end of Will Ferrell's friendship with Adam McKay, the Mount Rushmore of HBO shows and this week's episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
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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. |
| 0:36.0 | Welcome to Crash Course, a podcast about business, political and social disruption, |
| 0:41.0 | and what we can learn from it. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm Tim O'Brien. |
| 0:45.0 | Every week on Crash Course, I'm going to bring |
| 0:47.0 | listeners directly into the arenas where epic upheavals occur |
| 0:51.0 | and I'm going to explore the lessons we can learn when creativity and |
| 0:54.8 | ambition collide with competition and power. Listen to Crash Course every Tuesday on |
| 1:00.9 | the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:05.6 | Hey, this is Justin Richmond, host of the Broken Record Podcast. |
| 1:09.2 | Join me, along with co-host Leah Rose as we sit down with the artist you love to get unparalleled |
| 1:14.8 | creative insight. You'll hear revealing interviews with some of the most |
| 1:17.9 | legendary figures in music like Paul Simon, Usher, Pete Townsend, Damon Albarn of the Grillas, and Miss Eelian. |
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| 1:29.8 | during the pandemic. |
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