Schur-da-land with Mike Schur
The Distraction: A Defector Podcast
Defector Media
4.7 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Mike Schur is back! With guest co-host Rohan Nadkarni and Drew to talk about how tech brainrot has infected how TV is made, as well as trades, sandwiches, and more. Then, they open up the funbag to answer real questions from listeners.
Do you want to hear your question answered on the pod? Well, give us a call at 909-726-3720. That is 909-PANERA-0!
Stuff We Talked About
- The tech takeover of entertainment
- Poor, sweet Grok
- Minkah Fitzpatrick for Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith, why?
- Roth as a sex symbol for moms in Brooklyn
- Bill Belichick…
- The Devers trade
- Really great (and one really bad) sandwiches
Sponsors
- Raycon, where you can get 15% off Raycon's best-selling Everyday Earbuds
Credits
- Hosts: Drew Magary & David Roth
- Producer: Brandon Grugle
- Editor: Mischa Stanton
- Production Services & Ads: Multitude Podcasts
- Subscribe to Defector!
About The Show
The Distraction is Defector's flagship podcast about sports (and movies, and art, and sandwiches, and certain coastal states) from longtime writers Drew Magary and David Roth. Every week, Drew and Roth tackle subjects, both serious and impossibly stupid, with a parade of guests from around the world of sports and media joining in the fun! Roth and Drew also field Funbag questions from Defector readers, answer listener voicemails, and get upset about the number of people who use speakerphone while in a public bathroom stall. This is a show where everything matters, because everyone could use a Distraction. Head to defector.com for more info.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We're back. We're back. It's a distraction. I'm Drew. That's for... |
| 0:06.0 | Rohan? What the fuck? What are you doing here, asshole? |
| 0:10.6 | This is great. It's great to be co-hosting this show. Drew, look. There's something I need to say right off the jump. |
| 0:16.0 | Okay. Because I don't want to spoil it, but we have a truly legendary guest here today in Mike Scher. |
| 0:23.0 | Yes, we're doing. |
| 0:24.2 | And I don't want to get emotion. |
| 0:26.5 | But Mike, what you have meant to NBC Universal shareholder value, truly cannot thank you enough. |
| 0:36.0 | So we're just, we're really happy. |
| 0:37.8 | Are you a share? |
| 0:38.4 | I should have asked this right away, |
| 0:40.7 | but are you a shareholder? |
| 0:41.8 | Are you both shareholders? |
| 0:42.7 | You need to disclose that right up top. |
| 0:45.4 | I'm not only a shareholder, |
| 0:47.3 | I'm an employee of NBC News. |
| 0:48.8 | So this is, you know, |
| 0:50.1 | we just, |
| 0:50.7 | they put your photo up on our first day, |
| 0:52.9 | orientation, |
| 0:53.9 | we all start clapping. |
| 0:56.1 | Nothing even needs to be set. |
| 0:58.0 | It's a really great company. |
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