Bomani Jones on ESPN layoffs, Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith, and more

Awful Announcing Podcast

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After a few years, the Awful Announcing Podcast returns with host Brandon Contes as he interviews Bomani Jones.
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*Apologies for some audio issues in the final couple minutes.
-1:02: Bomani’s path to ESPN and sports media
-2:36: Embracing streaming/podcasting before the industry did
-5:26: Does Bomani miss doing local radio?
-8:03: Bomani on ESPN layoffs
-9:42: Bomani on ESPN Radio’s future
-12:01: Did Bomani feel ESPN was “all in” on his radio show?
-14:56: Transitioning from radio to podcasting
-17:33: Content freedom/adjusting to writing team for “Game Theory”
-19:56: “High Noon” content freedom/why it ended
-24:04: Not hosting “Highly Questionable” full-time after “High Noon” ended
-26:57: Does Bomani feel he’s underutilized on ESPN TV?
-27:42: Why Bomani isn’t on “First Take?”
-28:56: Bomani on Chris “Mad Dog” Russo on “First Take”
-30:40: Debating Skip Bayless
-32:33: Praising Skip Bayless
-36:13: Bomani on why people “pile on” Skip Bayless?
-37:00: Would Bomani be interested in debating Skip Bayless again?
-37:29: Bomani on Stephen A. Smith getting political
-38:47: Does Bomani think Stephen A. Smith would run for political office?
-39:23: Bomani on Stephen A. Smith interviewing Clay Travis
-40:13: Bomani on Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon firings
-41:51: Does Bomani want a bigger role in cable news?
-42:35 Bomani on aggregate media

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