Scott Van Pelt on "Bad Beats," "Ted Lasso" and more
SI Media With Jimmy Traina
Sports Illustrated
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Episode 340 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features a conversation with ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. The "SportsCenter" host talks about his popular "Bad Beats" segment and gives us the inside details on how the feature is put together by producers. He also talks about ad libbing the segment, the importance of Stanford Steve to the bit and the bizarre bond that gamblers have with one another. Van Pelt also discusses Roger Goodell's recent comments about the NFL possibly embracing gambling content, his appearance on Jason Sudiekis' show, "Ted Lasso," the problem these days with podcasts, what it's been like to host "SportsCenter" over the past year during the pandemic, his own battle with Covid-19 and the lingering effects he still feels four months after testing positive and much more.
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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 | Hi everyone, I'm Katie Currick and I'm back with the new season of Next Question. |
| 0:40.0 | Yay! This season, it's all about being more conversational. |
| 0:44.2 | So I've been inviting different people to join me to be my plus ones. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm not totally abandoning the idea of a one-on-one interview. |
| 0:53.0 | Sometimes that's the best format. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm hoping it'll be more relaxed, a little more conversational, |
| 0:59.0 | a little more spontaneous, |
| 1:01.0 | and, quite frankly, a little more fun. |
| 1:04.0 | Listen to next question with me Katie Couric on the I Heart Radio app, |
| 1:08.0 | Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | Hey, this is Carlos Miller. |
| 1:15.0 | Here at the 85 South Hill, comedy is King. |
| 1:17.5 | But we're also here to support and elevate black-owned businesses that are doing amazing things. |
| 1:22.2 | On our show, The Black Market, I sit down |
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