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Watch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Luke Mullin, Huskers Football Writer Lincoln Journal StarLUKE MULLIN is the Huskers football writer for the Lincoln Journal Star, where he started working while still a student at the University of Nebraska. He’s now through four seasons covering the Huskers. In this conversation we talk about reporting on a football team that lost its last three games and five of its last seven. Also, the coach, the off-season, the perception of the program locally and nationally. Recorded January 2, 2026THE SHOW:Features interviews with sports media people from around the country, regionally and in Nebraska.John Shrader is an...
2026-01-0232 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA Special: The Sports Attention IndustryAs part of a year-long study into the state of sports journalism and sports media, John Shrader takes a closer look at what he has dubbed the “Sports Attention Industry.” Others have called it the ‘hot take’ industry. It is often the business of who yells the loudest; it’s about how you get the attention and how you keep it. As you will hear in this report,journalists at both intrigued and concerned. You will hear from journalist and professor J.A. Adande;Jerry Brewer of the Washington Post, Sarah Spain, podcast host and former ESPN radio and T...
2025-12-3112 min
The Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 14: "Derek Rae: Transcontinental, multilingual television voice for ESPN & Fox World Cup"THIS EPISODE:Derek Rae is a soccer commentator for ESPN and other outlets, and the voice of the Electronic Arts soccer video game, EAFC. The Aberdeen, Scotland native splits his timebetween the US and Europe, where he is one of the leading television voices of the German Bundesliga. We would expectto see him working the 2026 World Cup for Fox. In this conversation we chat about his work, including the video game partnership; his fluency in the German language, and how he got interested at a very young age in Germany and soccer in that country. H...
2025-12-3145 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Sean Callahan , Husker OnlineSEAN CALLAHAN is the owner and publisher of HuskerOnline, part of the On3 Network; a web site dedicated to covering University of Nebraska sports and recruiting. He has covered the Huskers for more than 20 years, also doing work for KFAB Radio, KETV Channel 7 and the Big Red Wrap-Up on Nebraska Public Media. In this conversation we talk about the current state of the Huskers football program leading to the Las Vegas Bowl December 31, including the portal, the coaching, and more. Recorded December 16, 2025 THE SHOW:Features interviewswith sports media people f...
2025-12-2332 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp. 13: "Heidi Smith: Author of Play On: From Adversity to Advantage Through 140 Years of Women's SoccerHeidi Smith is the author of the new book Play On: from Adversity to Advantage Through 140 Years of Women’s Soccer, published by Sunheart Productions. Smith is a writer, former high school and community college teacher, magazine editor, and soccer coach. The format of the book is interesting. Heidi writes about women’s soccer, historically and contemporarily, in chapters titled after elements of the game, such as Dangerous Play, Own Goals, Delay of Game, and Unsporting Conduct. In this conversation we talk the book, its content, the process of writing and publishing it, and the...
2025-12-2130 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 12: “John Strong Fox Soccer: From the Timbers to MLS to the FIFA World Cup”JOHN STRONG has been doing soccer on Fox since 2012. From his days as a very young man announcing the Portland Timbers games to doing every World Cup since 2015 it has been quite a ride for the Lake Oswego, Oregon native. He and his mates at Fox are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Who knows what’s after that, FIFA has not yet awarded television rights to the 2030 tournament in Spain, Portugal and Morocco.In this conversation we look ahead at the World Cup, Fox’sphilosophy about presenting the games, Major...
2025-12-1733 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Michael Bruntz, Husker 247MICHAEL BRUNTZ has been with the CBS Sports outlet Husker 247 for 15 years. He’s now in his 19th season covering the Huskers, primarily football and baseball but the other programs as well. In this conversation we talk about the football program, at a time when the coach Matt Rhule has fired three assistant coaches, and is preparing for an appearance against Utah in the December 31st Las Vegas Bowl. We talk about where the program sits, decisions that are being made. Also, the undefeated men’s basketball team, women’s basketball team and the top-rated Volleyball team are on...
2025-12-1136 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp: 11: "Dr. Joe Machnik: A Soccer Life in Conversation and a Book"This time around a conversation from the Soccer Media bookshelf.Dr. Joe Machnik – coach, administrator, referee, manager ofofficials, television rules analyst, and more – has written a book about his life in soccer, From the Sandlots to the World Cup: Inside Seven Decades in American Soccer. Machnik was a high school and college goalkeeper, and hasgone on in the last 60-plus years to work in nearly aspects of the game. In this conversation we talk about his life in the game, but also about the grassroots of American soccer, the emergence of MLS and the World Cup...
2025-12-1045 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp. 10: 'Michael Lewis: Messi MLS Cup & World Cup Draw in One Weekend'MICHAEL LEWIS has covered soccer for more than 50 years. He is the editor of Front Row Soccer (frontrowsoccer.com) and writes View from the Front Row on Substack. Michael has worked over the years for many outlets, including 22 years for the New York Daily News. He covered the big doubleheader of activities this weekend for Forbes.He was at both the FIFA World Cup at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on December 5 and the MLS Cup Final in Fort Lauderdale on December 6. It was the 29th MLS Cup he has covered of the 30 that have...
2025-12-0740 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Jerry BrewerJERRY BREWER has been a sports columnist for the Washington Post since 2015. Before that, he spent eight years as a columnist with the Seattle Times. The Western Kentucky graduate has worked for newspapers in Louisville, Orlando and Philadelphia. While he is watching the business change, Jerry is bullish on newspapers and on journalism. He writes a column but he can also write features and long-form, deep, contextual journalism. In this conversation he talks about what he does, why, how and for whom. Season 11, Episode 40Recorded August 20, 2025 THE SHOW:Features interviews with sports...
2025-12-0444 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp. 9: 'Zivin and Woitalla Preview MLS Cup and FIFA World Cup Draw'JAKE ZIVIN, who will call the MLS Cup Final Saturday on Apple TV, Inter Miami vs Vancouver, joins to look ahead at the matchup. It's Messi vs Muller and more. MIKE WOITALLA, Soccer America Executive Editor, in D.C. for Friday's FIFA World Cup draw. He looks ahead at that event, with interest around the world. Recorded December 3, 2025 THE SHOW:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. Insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer publication, founded in 1...
2025-12-0343 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 8: ‘Jay Neuhaus: Up Front Behind the Scenes with Play Fly Sports'DESCRIPTIONJay Neuhaus, Senior VP Event Consulting for Play Fly Sports, has been in the middle of big soccer eventsaround the world for more than two decades. He worked for EUFA, FIFA and IMG. He spent several years in Rio de Janeiro working for FIFA in the buildup to the 2014 World Cup. He now helps cities and organizing committees get the best out of their opportunities in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada.It is quite a challenge putting on a tournament with 48teams, 104 games, and millions of tickets to sell. ...
2025-11-2632 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 7: 'Herculez Gomez: Now or Never'At the end of his 17-year playing career Herculez Gomez turned to the broadcasting business. He started withFox Sports while still playing, and since 2017 he has been with ESPN, where he hosts a daily show Ahora o Nunca (Now or Never) on ESPN Deportes and ESPN+. He also appears on ESPNFC and you can find his work on YouTube. A Mexican American who chose to play for the US national team, Herculez says he is equally comfortable in either country and broadcasting in both languages. The man they call “Herc” played professionally in both Mexico and the US...
2025-11-1945 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Andy KendeighANDY KENDEIGH has been the sports director at KETV Channel 7 in Omaha for 15 years. He leads a team of three people covering the Huskers, Creighton, high schools and more. The news show at KETV is overwhelmingly the highest rated in the state of Nebraska. He talks about covering the Huskers and high schools, about the groove of the job, building relationships and the changing business in which he works.Recorded November 12, 2025THE SHOW:Features interviews with sports media people from around the country, regionally and in Nebraska. John Shrader is an Emmy-award winning s...
2025-11-1238 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 6: ‘Steven Goff: Renowned Veteran of the Soccer Beat’Steven Goff has been covering soccer full time for about 35 years, during a 40-year career with the Washington Post. He left the Post in 2025 and is now covering the US Men’s team and more for Yahoo Sports, a job he signed up for through the2026 World Cup. There’s not much he hasn’t seen in his days chronicling the rise of soccer in America. He talks about the men’s team, the state of journalism and looks ahead to the FIFA World Cup. THE SHOW:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Awa...
2025-11-1246 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Geoff ExstromTHIS EPISODEGEOFF EXSTROM is the Director of Communications, Media and Broadcast for the professional volleyball team Omaha Supernovas. He is starting his third year with the team that is now in Major League Volleyball (MLV). He is a graduate of theUniversity of Nebraska’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications. Geoff works in nearly all areas of the club, with the exception of team operations.Here, he talks about the addition of John Cook as General Manager and part owner, and helps us understand the national volleyball landscape in 2025-26. Recorded November 5, 2025
2025-11-0637 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 5: 'Jen Cooper: Women's Soccer Historian'Jen Cooper is the stats manager and historian for the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) and my any measure has been the person most responsible for researching women’ssoccer. More than that, though, she works World Cups for Fox Soccer and the Olympics for NBC. She creates an almanac on women’s soccer each year. American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. Insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer publication, founded in 1971. New episodes released weekly. Subscribe to SoccerAmericaDaily, Soccer on TV, SA Confidential: https://www.soccera...
2025-11-0546 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 4: 'JP Dellacamera: The Voice of American Soccer'JP Dellacamera has broadcast thousands of soccer matcheson radio and television in his long career. He has worked 17 of the last 18 FIFA World Cups, both men and women, since his first appearance in 1986.He was on the call for what he describes as the billion-dollar goal by Paul Caligiuri and the Brandi Chastain Cup-winning penalty kick. And, he will work the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, which will certainly be the grandest sports event in history.THE SOCCER MEDIA PODCASTAmerican soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. Insight fr...
2025-10-2948 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Mike'l SevereEpisode:MIKE’L SEVERE has been in the Omaha media market fornearly a quarter century. He worked as a local TV news reporter (KETV) and a sports talk host (1620 the Zone.) He is now the Executive Director of the Jet Award Foundation, which raised money for students in community colleges who want to work in the technical trades. The foundation isnamed after Johnny “The Jet” Rodgers, a Heisman-trophy winning Nebraska football legend and Omaha native. In this conversation, John and Mike’l talk about the foundation’s work, covering Nebraska sports, specifically football, the media market, an...
2025-10-2435 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 3: ‘Marcelo Balboa: Bilingual Broadcaster'American soccer Hall of Famer Marcelo Balboa joins John this week to talk about his broadcast work in both English and Spanish; the American soccer team; his Argentine-American heritage and the World Cup champions. Soccer America's Mike Woitalla with a first-hand report on Lionel Messi's golden boot performance on the final weekend of the MLS season, and talks about the Americans run to the quarterfinals of the Under-20 World Cup. American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. Insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running socc...
2025-10-2246 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWATCH THE MEDIA with guest Doug DudaEPISODE NOTES:DOUG DUDA has been doing radio in Kearney, Nebraskasince 1997. He’s the program director for ESPN Tri-Cities (Kearny, Hastings, Grand Island), hosts a talk and interview show “Doug and Daddy” 11-12 daily and does play-by-play of college and high school sports in Central Nebraska. He andJohn talk about the groove of doing hundreds of broadcasts a year, the decision-making process of what games to carry on the radio station, and much more. Recorded October 13, 2025THE SHOW:WATCH THE MEDIA with John Shrader is an interview-stylepodcast focusing on sports media people...
2025-10-1737 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 2: 'Taylor Twellman Shoots Straight'Episode Description: The Sunday Night Soccer host hails the impact of MLS on Apple TV in a conversation with John Shrader that delves into the art of broadcasting. The former MLS scoring star Taylor Twellman reflects on his transition from the field to the studio, his player-safety advocacy, and not shying away from on-air criticism of former teammates and friends. SOCCER MEDIA PODCAST:American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by EmmyAward-winning John Shrader. Insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer publication, founded in 1971.New episo...
2025-10-1635 minThe Soccer Media Podcast with John ShraderEp 1: 'Becoming Andres Cantor'The legendary Andres Cantor is with us in this, the debut episode. His life, his career, his heritage are all on the table with the man who made it big at the 1994 World Cup and his star has been rising since. American soccer’s frontline storytellers interviewed by Emmy Award-winning John Shrader. Insight from the editors of Soccer America, the nation’s longest-running soccer publication, founded in 1971.New episodes released weekly.Subscribe to SoccerAmericaDaily, Soccer on TV, SA Confidential: https://www.socceramerica.com/join/Free World Cup Watch Weekly News...
2025-10-0940 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOHN BISHOP 1620 The Zone and Creighton PxPJOHN BISHOP has been the co-host of the radio show Unsportsmanlike Conduct at 1620 The Zone in Omaha since 2012. The show is heard 2-6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. He and Josh Peterson have been co-hosts since 2014. John is also the long-time radio voice of Creighton Universitymen’s basketball and baseball. He’s a graduate of the journalism and broadcast program at the University ofNebraska-Lincoln. Bishop was a play-by-play announcer and radio host at KLIN in Lincoln for nearly 20 years. We talkhere about the value of radio today, preparing for the show, the role of podcasting, the approaches to doing...
2025-09-2838 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOHN BAYLOR, Voice of Huskers Volleyball and owner, On to CollegeJOHN BAYLOR first called Huskers volleyball on theradio in 1994. He is now is in his 32nd year calling those games. He was on the mic for five national championships and is now working with his third coach. He talks about the first coach Terry Pettit and his contributions to the program; also, he talks about calling games in his unique style; about working with former coach John Cook's daughter Lauren and her unique style; and about his ‘real job’ as owner of On to College, and much more. Recorded August 28, 2025
2025-08-2944 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOSH PETERSON 1620 The Zone Radio and I-80 podcast and PatreonJOSH PETERSON is the co-host of the “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” radio program on 1620 The Zone in Omaha, weekday afternoons. He’s a graduate of the University of Nebraska’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications. He and John Bishop have done the show for more than 11 years now – entering their 12th football season together. Josh has a growing podcast and Patreon effort, I-80 Club. He and Jack Mitchell of KLIN Radio do regular podcasting, they have a podcast series “Groin Kick Chronicles” (you need to listen to get the full context), and they have a volleyball podcast (with Jeff Sheldon and Lincoln Ar...
2025-07-2351 min
Sales Game Changers | Tips from Successful Sales LeadersHow Marketing and Sales Must Collaborate to Supercharge Your Software Business with Holly Rollo and John ShraderThis is episode 717. Read the complete trascription on the Sales Game Changers Podcast website. Read more about the Institute for Excellence in Sales Premier Women in Sales Employer (PWISE) designation and program here. Purchase Fred Diamond's best-sellers Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know and Insights for Sales Game Changers now! Today's show featured Holly Rollo, the author of The Power of Surge. We also featured John Shrader, Chief Revenue Officer at construction software company Arcoro. HOLLY'S TIP: "The real...
2024-12-0431 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJACOB PADILLA, Hurrdat SportsJACOB PADILLA has been covering sports in Nebraska for
about a decade, since graduating from Creighton. He covers Nebraska volleyball, Creighton men’s basketball and high schools sports. Jacob talks about the Huskers annual hunt for a national VB title, its coach John Cook and the recent ESPN E60 documentary about the team.
Recorded August 26, 2024
2024-08-3038 minWatch the Media with John ShraderMICHAEL SERAZIO Author and Professor, Boston CollegeMichael Serazio researches and writes in the
areas of media and communication. He is professor of communications at Boston College. His latest book is "The Authenticity Industries." He's also the author of "The Power of Sports: Media and Spectacle in American Culture." He chats here with John about the condition of sports journalism, the sports media industry, sport and its place in American culture, and a whole lot more.
This interview was recorded May 10, 2024.
2024-05-2742 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOHN BAYLOR, Radio voice of Huskers Volleyball and now Supernovas on TVJOHN BAYLOR will enter his 31st season as the radio voice of the Huskers Volleyball team in Fall 2024. He has added some television work, calling games on News Channel Nebraska for the Omaha Supernovas of the Pro Volleyball Federation. We talk about the Huskers, the new
volleyball league and some of the distinctions between doing radio and television.
2024-04-0135 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOSH PETERSON, 1620 The Zone Omaha, Sports Talk Radio HostJOSH PETERSON co-hosts the "Unsportsmanlike Conduct" radio show with John Bishop, 2-6 p.m. weekdays at 1620 The Zone radio in Omaha. They've been together for nearly ten years. Sports talk radio in Omaha appears to be alive and well. Josh says Caitlin Clark is the 'biggest start in college basketball" - woman or man. We also talk about finding the chemistry of radio hosts, the 'journalism' of sports talk, and the need to be both entertaining and informative.
2024-02-2448 minWatch the Media with John ShraderNEW GENERATION OF SOCCER ANNOUNCERSJohn Shrader looks at the changing nature of American soccer broadcasting and the young people who dream of making this their long-term career. They would be the first generation of American announcers who started their careers working only in soccer.
2024-02-1910 minWatch the Media with John ShraderLAUREN MICHELSON, KLKN-TV Sports DirectorLAUREN MICHELSON has been the sports director of KLKN-TV Channel 8 in Lincoln since May 2022. She is the weeknight sports anchor who shoots, produces, writes and delivers sports at least five days a week. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri journalism school. We talk about getting a career started, being a woman in a male-dominated business, the absolute joy she has in the work, and much more.
SHOW NOTES:
:00 Introduction –examples of her work - greetings and welcome
2:40 How did you end up in Lincoln, Nebraska?
4:05 What have you learned about...
2023-09-0333 minWatch the Media with John ShraderTOM SHATEL, Sports Columnist, Omaha World HeraldTOM SHATEL was hired on September 1, 1991 as the sports columnist of the Omaha World Herald. He has been there since. In this conversation he talks about what he does. Also, Scott Frost, Tom Osborne, Bo Pelini and the importance of facing the sources when you write something critical of them. He talks about what makes him unique, his enjoyment of being at games, with coaches and players, and his lifelong stuttering and how he came to terms with it in the last 20 years.
SHOW NOTES
1:00 Describe what a columnist does [hint: face of the sports s...
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Watch the Media with John ShraderWatch the Media Holiday Special - Student work from Fall 2022All of this audio comes from Sports Broadcasting Class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Fall 2022:
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Sam Knoll on working with his dad broadcasting high school football games :30
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Dillon Pelster personal podcast interview his friends about sports coverage 14:00
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Thomas Codo interviews long time Nebraska volleyball announcer John Baylor 34:00
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Lucas Garton’s overview on the United State action in the 2022 World Cup 44:00
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Watch the Media with John ShraderMark Fainaru-Wada ESPN, on reporting the story of the NBA's complicated relationship with ChinaMARK FAINARU-WADA has been on the investigative team at ESPN for 15 years. He and his brother Steve Fainaru often collaborate and did so on a piece released April 14, 2022, “Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai is the face of NBA’s uneasy China relationship.” John got Mark on the line within hours and recorded this conversation about the story, about the task of reporting on the ESPN's business partners, about the process of chasing down this story, which took a year to report, edit and deliver, and working so often with his older brother.
2022-04-1731 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJohn Bishop and Josh Peterson, "Unsportsmanlike Conduct" 1620 The ZoneJOHN BISHOP and JOSH PETERSON have been co-hosting the afternoon radio show “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” at 1620 The Zone in Omaha since August 2014. They talk about the process of the show, the rough early patches, the entertainment value of what they do, and much more. This is a frank conversation about the show, its history and its hosts.
Show Notes
Chapter 1 The show and who they are (to 12:30)
Chapter 2 The history of the show, which was founded by Kevin Kugler (to 25:00)
Chapter 3 Grooming the new man with the help of Dave Tepper (to 39:00)
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2022-01-3059 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOHN BAYLOR Voice of Nebraska Volleyball and Owner of On to CollegeJOHN BAYLOR has been the voice of the Nebraska volleyball team for nearly 30 years. He's a broadcaster, a teacher, and an entrepreneur. He is philosophical in this conversation about where we are in this country, and how sports and sports broadcasting fit. He has a unique broadcast style and a big picture view. A Stanford grad who wanted to be an actor who then stumbled into mentoring students, and since 1994 he is the Huskers fan's link to their highly ranked women's volleyball team.
2022-01-2344 min
The Vibes Broadcast NetworkOwner of Environmental Health Specialties, John ShraderSend us a textOwner of Environmental Health Specialties, John Shrader Interview#podcast #subscribe #interview #environmental #mold #ossf #pestcontrol #business #success #positivity #health #naturalliving #foodBIOJohn H. ShraderEnvironmental Health SpecialtiesJohn is a Registered Sanitarian with 36-years-experience in Environmental Health and disease prevention. He earned is Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science from Lamar University in December 1984. He gained a broad experience background over the next 15-years working as an Environmental Health Specialist for the City of Baytown Environmental Health Department under the tutelage of Howard Br...
2021-09-111h 00Watch the Media with John ShraderMAYA SAENZ, KMTV Channel 3, OmahaMaya Saenz has been with KMTV News for five years, coming to Omaha from Colorado. She is one of the few Latino or Latina news anchors and/or reporters in Nebraska. She shares her personal story; a young, multilingual, multicultural journalist from a mixed-documented family.
She joined John and the students in a spring class titled Media Representation and Presentation in the Latinx Community.
2021-06-021h 00Watch the Media with John ShraderPEDRO GOMEZ, ESPNPEDRO GOMEZ
ESPN reporter covering mostly baseball, since 2003. He was a newspaper reporter at the San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee and Arizona Republic. He spent time with John and his students at the University of Nebraska. He talks about the process of reporting, working at ESPN, working during the pandemic, and how bilingualism has aided his career.
2020-09-1344 minWatch the Media with John ShraderGary Washburn, Boston GlobeGARY WASHBURN
Is the national NBA writer for the Boston Globe and has been for the last 11 years. He’s been in the business for more than 20 years, including the early days in the Bay Area. He talks about among other things: working in the ‘NBA Bubble,’ diversity in the journalism business, and the social activism of the NBA and its players.
2020-09-0734 minWatch the Media with John ShraderLon McEachern ESPN World Series of PokerLON MC EACHERN has been the voice of the WSOP on ESPN since about 2003. He worked events for ESPN over the years from billiards to the X Games. He hit it big when he got a phone call out of the blue to host the new poker series on the worldwide leader in sports. He’s been riding the hot hand ever since.
2020-08-2232 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOSH PETERSON 1620 The Zone, OmahaJOSH PETERSON is the co-host of Unsportsmanlike Conduct weekday afternoons on 1620 the Zone in Omaha. He talks about working in the pandemic, Husker football, the process of doing four hours of radio five days a week.
2020-08-1731 minWatch the Media with John ShraderChris Heady, Former Omaha World Herald Sports ReporterCHRIS HEADY
Heady spent three years as a sports reporter at the Omaha World Herald, the largest newspaper in Nebraska. He is a graduate of the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications. He says great journalism is still being made, though he is concerned about the loss of outlets and jobs. He speaks fondly of the newspaper, his time in Nebraska and he’s excited about his future in his home state of Kansas. Heady is off to grad school with the long-term goal of becoming a teacher.
2020-08-0358 minWatch the Media with John ShraderIRVIN RAMIREZ-BENAVIDES, Feel Good Digital MediaIRVIN RAMIREZ-BENAVIDES
Is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He’s a major in Community Health and Wellness. He has an emerging media career, under the brand Feel Good Digital Media. He produces a number of weekly videos and a podcast, including a video series in Spanish, Café Con Pan. He’s on You Tube, Instagram and Twitter. He says he wants to produce media as a career, and especially wants to serve what is clearly an underserved audience in the Hispanic and Spanish-speaking communities.
2020-07-2659 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJOSH SUCHON, Albuquerque Isotopes PxPPlay by Play voice of the Isotopes (Pacific Coast League AAA) since 2013; also the voice of Women's basketball at the University of New Mexico. He has been furloughed by the baseball club. We talk in the week the 2020 minor league season was officially canceled. We also discuss the pandemic in the bigger picture, the dwindling number of African American players in baseball, and the conversations about race in America life.
2020-07-0534 minWatch the Media with John ShraderCHRIS SCHMIDT I "27 Hours a Week"Chris Schmidt I
Host of KFOR Morning News and Hail Varsity Radio: Six days a week he hosts news and sports programs in Lincoln, Nebraska, which total 27 hours of live radio.
2020-06-2816 minWatch the Media with John ShraderCHRIS SCHMIDT II "Enhancing His Craft"Chris Schmidt II
In 2018 Lincoln radio host added morning news show on KFOR to his afternoon sports show, Hail Varsity Radio on ESPN Lincoln. He does radio six day a week, 27 hours of live radio per week.
2020-06-2821 minWatch the Media with John ShraderCHRIS SCHMIDT III "Sports is the Lifeblood"Chris Schmidt III
Since 2008 he has hosted a sports radio show on ESPN Lincoln, Hail Varsity Radio, which he does for two hours a day, six days a week. He’s also a morning host on KFOR Radio. The third of three episodes.
2020-06-2821 minWatch the Media with John ShraderGary Sharp, 1620 The Zone Radio OmahaGARY SHARP
Host of the 10 am -2 pm program, The Gary Sharp Show, on 1620 The Zone sports radio station in Omaha. He talks about the challenges of doing a one-man show, and doing so in the time of pandemic, learning so much from the listeners and his colleagues about race and sport; he talks about his career and those people whose work he most admires.
2020-06-2151 minWatch the Media with John ShraderALEXI LALAS, Fox Sports Soccer AnalystSoccer analyst for Fox Sports, and host of Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union podcast. He’s been working from home during this pandemic. He talks a bout the state of soccer broadcasting; the Bundesliga back on TV and other leagues are coming back soon. He thinks the 2026 World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada will a seminal event for the American soccer business.
2020-06-0440 minWatch the Media with John ShraderDAMON HACK The Golf ChannelDamon Hack has been at the Golf Channel since 2012; he is one of the hosts of the Morning Drive. A sports journalist who worked for Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, Newsday and the Sacramento Bee, Damon has a clear view of where golf sits in the big picture of sports and its return. He talks about the Woods/Manning/Mickelson/Brady golf match; six majors coming up in the next year; the opportunities we've had to spend more time with our loved ones, and much more.
2020-05-2429 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWHAT IF WE HAD NO FOOTBALL IN 2020? PART IIIn the second of two episodes, we focus on the questions: What if there is no college football or NFL football in 2020? I put these questions to journalists, broadcasters and academics over the last few weeks. The responses focus on things such as economics, cultural values, responsibility of colleges, the market power of the NFL and much more.
2020-05-1859 minWatch the Media with John ShraderWHAT IF WE HAD NO FOOTBALL IN 2020? PART II posed the question in the last few weeks to academics, reporters and broadcasters. It's really two questions, one for college and one for the NFL.
This is the first of two installments in a search to get answers to these questions. We know colleges, universities and the NFL are meeting regularly trying to answer these questions.
PART II- next week.
2020-05-131h 00Watch the Media with John ShraderRICK BARRY Basketball Hall of FamerRICK BARRY - Former NBA and ABA great is in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He was the first person ever to lead all three of these entities in scoring – NCAA, NBA and ABA, and did that in a five-year span. After his long professional career, he was a broadcaster. His life and career have been marked by an outspokenness that he says cost him in numerous ways. He shares with us his high points, his opinions and some regrets.
2020-05-0159 minWatch the Media with John ShraderPAT HUGHES Voice of the Chicago Cubs April 2020PAT HUGHES is in his 25th year as the radio voice of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, and his 38th consecutive year in Major League Baseball. [That is when the season gets underway] He is the only Cubs radio announcer ever to utter the words, “Cubs win the World Series.” He worked with the legendary Bob Uecker in Milwaukee and Cubs all-time great Ron Santo in Chicago. He battles dysplasia, for which he has had four surgeries on his vocal cords and he talks about that in this conversation.
2020-04-2743 minWatch the Media with John ShraderCARRIE PITZER, Small town Nebraska newspaper publisherCARRIE PITZER started a digital-only news and events enterprise in Neligh, Nebraska in 2014, then she bought her hometown paper the Orchard News three years later. And, in 2019 she bought the Neligh News and Leader. She says their subs have grown because they made a commitment to old-fashioned journalism, youth and sports. They’ve merged five local papers into the two they are now publishing, the Antelope County News and the Knox County News. She’s won awards the last two years from the Nebraska Press Association.
2020-04-0325 minWatch the Media with John ShraderSCOTT POESE, KBRX Radio, O'Neill, NebraskaSCOTT POESE
Owner and GM, KBRX Radio, O’Neill, Nebraska. He refers to his operation as “small town radio.” They have made some personnel adjustments during this health crisis, and have made some adjustments to their sponsorship arrangements. We talk about the 70+ years of his family’s ownership of the AM/FM combination in a town of about 3,700 people.
2020-04-0324 minWatch the Media with John ShraderKEVIN KUGLER, Big Ten Network - Fox Sports - Westwood OneKEVIN KUGLER is play by play announcer on the Big Ten Network, Fox Sports and Westwood One. He is one of most versatile sports announcers in the country. He deeply understands how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted American sports, and the broadcast industry. We have a frank conversation about the situation and where we go from here, and a bit about what’s going on in his career.
2020-03-3037 minWatch the Media with John ShraderSTEVE BITKER, Sports Anchor, KCBS Radio, San FranciscoSTEVE BITKER Has been for nearly 30 years the morning sports anchor at KCBS Radio in San Francisco. He is now, like many others around the country and the world, doing his work at home. He talks about covering sports when games are not being played; how he tries to keep it fresh; the relationships on the radio and how they play for the audience.
2020-03-2534 minWatch the Media with John ShraderKATE SCOTT, Play by Play announcerKATE SCOTT is a play by play announcer based in the Bay Area. She was part of the historic all-woman broadcast of the March 8th NHL game between the Blackhawks/Blue on NBC Sports Network.. She calls games for the Pac-12 Networks and does a podcast for The Athletic. She is not only a woman surviving and thriving in what has traditionally men a business exclusive to men, Kate is openly gay sports broadcaster. We talk about all these things in this episode of Watch the Media.
2020-03-2434 minWatch the Media with John ShraderSTEVE SCOTT, WCBS NEWSRADIO 880 AMSTEVE SCOTT Is a news anchor at WCBS News Radio 880. He is one of a few people holding down the fort inside the studios in New York, reporting on the COVID 19 outbreak. He says the work has never been more important. It’s the same hours - though some of the schedules have been turned upside down - but the intensity is much higher as New York becomes the epicenter of the virus outbreak. Recorded March 20, 2020.
2020-03-2128 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJACK MITCHELL, host of LNK Today w/ Jack and Friends, KLIN RadioJACK MITCHELL is host of LNK Today with Jack and Friends on KLIN Radio, 1400 AM in Lincoln, Nebraska. He does the three hours a day in the mornings, 6-9 am. He then started hosting a show at 5pm weekdays looking at the developments of COVID-19, the coronavirus. He does that show with the members of the KLIN news staff. He has hosted the radio show for 14 years, and says this is why local radio exists. And, he says local radio needs to remind their advertisers and their communities, “how vital they still are.”
2020-03-1922 minWatch the Media with John ShraderMIKEL LAUBER, Director of News, KOLN, Lincoln, Gray TelevisionMIKEL LAUBER has spent the better part of the last week transforming his news effort into a mobile, and in some cases, a solitary presentation. Their producers and reporters are in the field and/or at home. It’s the way it will be for a while. He talks about how to approach a big news story that changes hourly and taxes the resources and creative juices of the news team.
2020-03-1713 minWatch the Media with John ShraderANDREW BUCHOLTZ, Media Reporter, Awful AnnouncingAndrew Bucholtz, Media Reporter for Awful Announcing
Covid-19 is at the top of the sports world conversation these days. No games, what happens to TV, its content and its reporters and on-air personalities. Among the other conversation points: The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, Tom Brady’s announcement, and TV Sports and streaming services. (Don’t count on them giving it away for free, he says.)
2020-03-1724 minWatch the Media with John ShraderSTEVE PHYSIOC, Radio and TV announcer for the KC RoyalsIn the series of conversations about COVID-19, the corona virus, Steve adds insights on how we approach sports in America, and helps to put into perspective the current crisis. He says sports in where can unite, and being united is a really important thing right now.
2020-03-1415 minWatch the Media with John ShraderTHAD LIVINGSTON, Asst. ME, Omaha World HeraldThad Livingston is he Sports Editor of the Omaha World Herald, the largest and most influential journalism outlet in the state of Nebraska. We talk about the impact COVID-19 has had on local sports journalism, and how this break in games being covered might change the way we look at, and report on, sports in the future.
2020-03-1419 minWatch the Media with John ShraderMIKE WOITALLA, Exec. Ed, SoccerAmerica.comMIKE WOITALLA
We wanted to talk with Mike in our series of conversations about COVID-19, the coronavirus. He lives and works in the Bay Area and covers soccer on a local, national and international level.
2020-03-1409 minWatch the Media with John ShraderDANNY BURKE, VSIN Host of "Betting Across America"DANNY BURKE Hosts “Betting Across America” on VSIN. He is one of thousands of radio and TV people who are dealing with the current landscape, which includes no games played and no games on TV. And for Burke and VSIN, no talk of games to bet on. We talked in the hours after all the major sports leagues in America suspended play. [Note – he is a former student of mine at the University of Nebraska]
2020-03-1415 minWatch the Media with John ShraderMitch Sherman and Max Olson, The AthleticMITCH SHERMAN and MAX OLSON are sports reporters at The Athletic, a subscription-based sports journalism web site and app. Sherman covers the Huskers and Olson is a national college football writer. They both worked at ESPN before departing for the sports journalism startup. Sherman and Olson are Nebraska natives and UNL alums. They do a weekly podcast, The Sellouts. In this conversation we talk about the process of doing their jobs, the new delivery models for journalism, and where it’s going next.
2020-02-221h 03Watch the Media with John ShraderCHRIS MYERS Fox SportsCHRIS MYERS
Fox Sports Announcer - including football, baseball, NASCAR
He will be on the sidelines for the broadcast of the Super Bowl, working the sidelines with Erin Andrews on the crew led by Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. Myers has been with Fox Sports for 20 years, after 10 years at ESPN. He’s also now on the broadcast team of Marquee Sports Network in Chicago. Myers talks about preparing for the big games and the process of delivering them.
2020-01-2424 minWatch the Media with John ShraderCHUCK GALLAGHER, EthicistSPORTS ETHICIST, AUTHOR, COMMENTATOR, SPEAKER
A convicted felon (embezzlement) who spent 18 months in prison and three years on probation.
Among the topics: how he go into the business; sports media opportunists; youth sports and the win-at-all-costs mentality; race and sport (including NFL players who protest by kneeling.)
Sports Ethics.com and ChuckGallagher.com
2019-12-0953 minWatch the Media with John ShraderJohn Gaskins, KWSN Radio, Sioux FallsJOHN GASKINS is in his second stint as the co-host of Craig and John on KWSN Radio in Sioux Falls, SD. He is the producer of the show and hosts with Craig Mattick. Gaskins is a Nebraska native and UNL grad who helped launch a radio station in Lincoln, 93.7 FM The Ticket. He talks about the process of doing daily sports talk radio, the audience in South Dakota, his Husker fandom, and being an opening gay man hosting sports talk radio.
December 2019
2019-12-071h 00Watch the Media with John ShraderDirk Chatelain, Author and Sports Journalist, Omaha World HeraldDIRK CHATELAIN is a sports reporter for the Omaha World Herald. He is the author of “24th and Glory: The Intersection of Civil Rights and Omaha’s Greatest Generation of Athletes.” He talks about the content of the book, which was a newspaper serial in the summer of 2019, and the process reporting, editing and writing the book. It’s a project he started more than a decade ago, focusing on such athletes as Bob Gibson, Gale Sayers, Marlin Briscoe and Johnny Rodgers. It’s a look at North Omaha, its history and some of its most noted citizens.
2019-09-1659 minWatch the Media with John ShraderBen Strauss, Washington PostBEN STRAUSS is the sports media reporter for the Washington Post. We talk about the state of sports journalism, the growing Washington Post, ESPN's continued position as the leader in American sports media, and his interest in writing about the Nebraska softball team. He wrote a book with Joe Nocera about the NCAA, "Indentured."
2019-09-0935 minWatch the Media with John ShraderCARSON VAUGHAN, author of "Zoo Nebraska - The Dismantling of an American Dream" Carson Vaughan has written a book about a zoo in Royal, Nebraska, a town with a population of under 100 people.
Vaughan vividly describes the scene that leads to the end of the zoo in Royal; he vividly shares the stories of the characters who make this story interesting.
It's his first book, and he shares with us the process of reporting and writing it and getting it published, all over a ten-year period that started while he was still an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
2019-08-1659 minWatch the Media with John ShraderPACO LLORET, Director CV Radio in ValenciaPACO LLORET
Director, CV Radio, Valencia, Spain
He’s the general manager of a station that carries the major sports teams in Valencia, in the local Valencian language as well as Spanish. He is a long-time sportscaster in Valenica, who also hosts a two-hour radio show daily on the station. We talked about what he does, the sports landscape in Valencia and the nature of sports media in Spain.
2019-07-3118 minWatch the Media with John ShraderMIKE WOITALLA, Executive Editor, Soccer America.comMIKE WOITALLA
Is the executive editor of Soccer America.com – the leading magazine covering soccer in the US.
We talk about the recent Women’s World Cup title by the US; gender equity, Fox Sports TV coverage, Major League Soccer’s emergence as a major American sports league, media coverage of soccer generally, and much more.
2019-07-2959 min
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THREE UNL STUDENTS JOIN US FOR A CHAT ABOUT THE STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN VALENCIA, SPAIN.
GRACE HARMON, JAMES ROWLAND, AND ADRIENNE MC DOWELL. [MIA AZIZA WAS ALSO WITH US IN SPAIN, BUT SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US.]
WE TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM, COVERING SPORTS AND OTHER STORIES IN VALENCIA. WE TALK ABOUT THE CULTURE OF VALENCIA, THE CITY, AND THE VALUES OF STUDYING ABROAD.
2019-07-1859 minWatch the Media with John ShraderTHOMAS MC ILROY International Content Manager, Villarreal CFThomas McIlroy is the International Content Manager for La Liga club Villarreal. He talks about what he does, how a Londoner ended up in Spain, Villarreal's values, La Liga's international marketing interests, and academy club Villarreal Nebraska.
2019-07-1846 minWatch the Media with John ShraderSAM MC KEWON Omaha World HeraldSAM MC KEWON
Covers the Huskers for the Omaha World Herald. He is the lead beat reporter on Husker football and women’s basketball. He talks about the Huskers and the university’s role in Nebraska life; the state of the journalism business, the process of covering sports in the new media world. He is frank about the process and the people.
2019-07-0752 minWatch the Media with John ShraderMELISSA JACOBS, The Football Girl
MELISSA JACOBS
Melissa is the founder and managing editor of The Football Girl.com and the host of the Football Girl podcast. She is dedicated to presenting the stories of women who work in, and cover football and especially the NFL. She is a former producer at ESPN and a former editor at Sports Illustrated. Her podcast just celebrated its one-year anniversary.
2019-06-0859 minWatch the Media with John ShraderMalcolm Moran and the State of Sports Journalism
Watch the Media
May 2019
MALCOM MORAN
Director of the Sports Capital Journalism Program, at IUPUI
59:59
Malcolm Moran, a long-time American sports journalist (including New York Times and USA Today), is the director of the Sports Capital Journalism Program at IUPUI in Indianapolis. We talk about sports journalism – where it’s been, where it is now and where it’s going. Included in this program are short sound cuts from Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, Thad Livingston of the Omaha World Herald and Tom Hoffarth, a media reporter and critic...
2019-05-2459 minWatch the Media with John ShraderCharlie Meyer, Lincoln Saltdogs baseball
CHARLIE MEYER
President and General Manager,
Lincoln Saltdogs
The Saltdogs of the independent baseball league The American Association start their 19th season in Lincoln. Charlie Meyer has been running the team since its creation before the 2001 season. He talks about how they got it started, the nature of independent baseball, the relationship with UNL, the mission of the team (Family, Fun, Affordable), the local media, and the fan support.
2019-05-1959 minWatch the Media with John ShraderDavid Berri on Gender and SportDavid Berri
Economics Professor, Southern Utah University
He researches and writes prolifically about sport and gender. We talk about the challenges facing women in sport, both on the field and in the sports media business; the WNBA, Women’s soccer, women in the broadcast booth and in sports journalism. Berri brings a deep knowledge of the subject, with historical perspective as well.
2019-04-2859 min