Craziest Story Ever
Craziest Story Ever
David Schuman
This podcast is about pulling the curtain back on TV news and getting a look at how the journalism sausage is made. It’s also a chance to more intimately get to know the journalists doing that work through conversations about guests’ career paths, memorable moments and stories, and day-to-day lives.
Allie Berube | ABC Harrisburg Sports Anchor and Reporter
Allie Berube is a sports anchor and reporter at the ABC affiliate in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The viewing area covers 95 high schools and more than a dozen colleges in Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York.What do sports journalists do in the age of coronavirus when everything's been canceled? Allie explains how she's finding a way. We also talk about the clock that constantly runs in her head, the monster task of producing a weekly 45-minute high school football show, and her series of stories that highlights female athletes.
Mar 20, 2020
31 min
Baruch Shemtov | Former Fox New York Entertainment Reporter
For five years, Baruch Shemtov brought his unique brand of energy and charisma to Good Day New York, the morning show on Fox. He's currently working toward an MBA at Harvard Business School.Baruch walks me through the hectic life of a morning show reporter, which includes brightening people's moods through some outrageous experiences. He also discusses the art of the celebrity interview, and how a side hustle while working as a CNN researcher launched his TV career.
Feb 17, 2020
35 min
Luis Miguel Echegaray | Sports Illustrated Host and Writer
Luis Miguel Echegaray is a host and writer at Sports Illustrated who focuses on soccer content and growing the Latinx/Spanish audience.We talk about why men's soccer can't seem to catch up to women's soccer in the U.S., SI's long-term strategy to reach young people craving content, and what the reduction of the magazine means for the company.
Jan 21, 2020
26 min
Adam Kuperstein | NBC New York Weekend Anchor and Reporter
Adam Kuperstein is the weekend anchor and a reporter for NBC's flagship station in New York City.Covering the recent Jersey City shooting, rapid-fire gunshots sounded behind Adam while he was reporting live on air. We talk about the traumatizing experience and how he's dropped everything to cover other anti-Semitic attacks like the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre.He also shares how being out in a hurricane was the first step in his transition from sports to news, and dishes on his hard-hitting interview with the man who ate a $120,000 banana at Miami's Art Basel. Plus, #TielessSaturdays!
Jan 2, 2020
44 min
Howard Bernstein (Pt. 2) | CBS Washington Meteorologist
Howard Bernstein is the weekday morning meteorologist for the CBS affiliate in Washington DC.In the second half of our conversation, we talk about the common criticism that meteorologists rarely get the forecast right, the weather apps that come with smartphones and the role climate change plays in his daily work.
Dec 26, 2019
22 min
Howard Bernstein (Pt. 1) | CBS Washington Meteorologist
Howard Bernstein is the weekday morning meteorologist for the CBS affiliate in Washington DC.Howard shares the mysteries of how meteorologists come up with their forecasts! We also talk about tornado chasing in Maryland and Oklahoma, plus how he bounced back from bombing a job interview at The Weather Channel.
Dec 19, 2019
24 min
Joe Vazquez | CBS San Francisco Reporter
Joe Vazquez is a National Emmy award-winning reporter for the CBS affiliate in the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area.He shares his frightening story of being the victim of an armed robbery at work - a serious issue in the market - plus covering protests and riots in Oakland after a police shooting, and how a backpacking European vacation with his wife turned into a sudden job as an NBC News correspondent.
Dec 12, 2019
32 min
Danielle Robay | Entertainment Host and Media Personality
Danielle Robay is immersed in the world of entertainment, hosting and media. She's an IMDB host as well as a featured reporter on 'California Live', a lifestyle show on NBC Los Angeles.We talk about how she ended up having breakfast with Larry King, an interview at the Emmys that had both her and the celebrity tearing up, and how a little-known character actor inspired her to keep believing in herself.
Dec 5, 2019
31 min
Ari Odzer (Pt. 2) | NBC Miami Reporter
In the second half of our conversation, Ari Odzer talks about getting tear-gassed on live TV during a riot, being followed around for weeks by a documentary film crew, and running into a fan of his all the way across the country...although it was more like "crashing" into.
Nov 28, 2019
23 min
Ari Odzer (Pt. 1) | NBC Miami Reporter
Ari Odzer is a veteran award-winning reporter for the NBC station in Miami.We talk about his exhausting marathon coverage of the devastating Hurricane Andrew in 1992, including when he convinced a helicopter pilot to break some rules for a fast food lunch. He also shares what still gets his juices going about the job and how he's found a satisfying niche reporting on the Florida education system.
Nov 21, 2019
25 min
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