Sirius XM’s Dani Wexelman and Jenny Cavnar on hosting a national World Series pregame show
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Episode 557 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Dani Wexelman and Jenny Cavnar, who lead SiriusXM’s pre-game shows on the MLB Network Radio channel prior to every World Series game. In this podcast the guests discuss the goal of a good baseball pregame show; expectations for the rest of the World Series; working in a male-majority business; the importance of prep for their jobs; Cavnar discusses her role as the play by play caller for the Athletics, the first woman to serve as an MLB team’s primary play by play announcer for television; Wexelman discusses the challenges of navigating a non-linear career in MLB media; their respective dream interview subjects from anyone in the history of the game, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm your host Richard Dyche. |
| 0:10.0 | My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:11.7 | Two guests this week. |
| 0:13.0 | And if you are in to this year's World Series, which, speaking for somebody who lives in Canada, |
| 0:19.9 | you cannot escape this World Series. It is |
| 0:22.9 | basically taken over the country. These two women are front and center when it comes to coverage. |
| 0:30.6 | Danny Wexelman and Jenny Kavanaugh are my guest. They will be leading Sirius XM's pregame shows |
| 0:36.0 | on the MLB Network radio channel prior to every |
| 0:39.3 | world series game danny hosted the two-hour pregame show inside rogers center along with jim dukett |
| 0:45.6 | and kevin franson for games one and two we're taping this now as game three is a couple hours away |
| 0:52.9 | jen yvna pavugh will host with Jim Bowden, |
| 0:56.0 | Cole Tucker, |
| 0:56.6 | and Kevin Franson from Los Angeles for games three, |
| 0:59.8 | four, and five. |
| 1:01.7 | No offense, Jenny. |
| 1:02.4 | I'm hoping there's a game six very much. |
| 1:05.3 | Jenny is a, |
| 1:07.2 | away from this, |
| 1:08.4 | obviously. |
| 1:08.7 | These guys have multiple jobs. |
| 1:10.1 | Jenny's a play-by-play caller for the athletics, |
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