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Mind of Micah

Read Pt. 6: Al Michaels And The Price Of Comfort

Mind of Micah

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Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Al Michaels is an American institution. He's also never eaten a vegetable. This profile from Defector is a good one. Subscribe to Micah's Newsletter: micahwiener.substack.com/ Read the piece: defector.com/al-michaels-and-the-price-of-comfort/

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Mind of Micah.

0:05.0

Today is Part 6 of Micah's Read of the Week.

0:11.0

We've never done this before.

0:14.3

We're on to Part 6 of Micah's Read of the Week. It's called Al Michaels and the Price of Comfort. It's from Defector.

0:20.9

You should check it out. You should also check out backdoor cover and too much dip the two sports

0:26.5

podcasts that I co-host as well as mica's read of the week the newsletter the

0:31.4

subscription link available in the description of this podcast the I'm going to answer at 800, 392, 634, 8.

0:43.0

300, 392, 6, 3,44.

0:45.0

All right, on to part six.

0:47.0

Al Michaels and the Price of Comfort.

0:49.0

Al, personally, has not suffered terribly through the pandemic. He hasn't lost work. He hasn't lost

0:54.7

any loved ones. He himself has not gotten the virus. Even his preferred eateries are the ones

1:00.0

Tony enough to survive a downturn. He acknowledges the biggest change in his life since the outbreak

1:05.2

has only been the relentless draining uncertainty of all.

1:10.7

Are you frightened at all about getting sick?

1:13.0

I'm really not. I want to do the job, Al says.

1:17.0

The author says, I'm not comfortable with the NFL's inconsistency in terms of crowds.

1:22.0

The idea that they're having crowds at COVID hotspots strikes me is

1:25.7

fucking insane.

1:26.7

Al says, well yeah, there's no question that the League could establish a mandate, but a lot of

1:32.4

this depends on the local authorities.

1:37.0

The author says, but I can't trust certain areas of the country to govern themselves responsibly in the middle of this.

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