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South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

Lesley Visser

South Beach Sessions with Dan Le Batard

Meadowlark Media

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy

4.915K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Dan talks to Hall Of Fame sportswriter and broadcaster Lesley Visser about her storied career, some of her most profound assignments, the relentless support of her mother, and being a pioneer for women in sports media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome into another episode of Southbeat Sessions.

0:08.5

My name is Chris Wittingham.

0:10.6

This week on the pod Dan had a chance to sit down with the legendary Hull of Fame sports

0:16.1

writer and broadcaster Leslie Visser.

0:18.8

This woman is a pioneer who has done so much in these sports broadcasting business.

0:24.3

And she has a remarkable story.

0:25.9

And considering that there were probably not a ton of role models, she tells Dan in this

0:30.2

interview that she wanted to be a sports writer from age nine and Dan kind of walks her

0:34.3

through some of her notable achievements in the world of sports broadcasting.

0:38.8

So we think you'll really enjoy this conversation.

0:41.2

Here's Dan sitting down with the Hull of Famer Leslie Visser.

0:46.3

Leslie on your list of firsts, you were the first to do many things in this industry.

0:52.4

You want to go through your list of firsts with us?

0:57.2

Well I was the first woman ever to go down the Olympic Bob sled.

1:00.9

Is that on there?

1:02.0

I don't have that on my list.

1:03.7

No, I was thinking more of journalism things that didn't involve a Bob sled.

1:08.2

Well the Bob sled was journalism because it was the Olympics in Albertville, France,

1:12.8

when Prince Albert was on the team.

1:15.3

So and he would introduce himself.

1:16.9

Hi, I'm Algrim Maldi.

1:18.5

He went to Amherst.

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