Conan O’Brien is most well known for his late night talk show, but he also has a very successful podcast called Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend. I am not really into late night talk shows, and I have actually never watched O’Brien’s show. However, it is clear that his time as a TV host has…
Read more Best Podcasts to Listen to: Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Sports, and the NBA in particular, are a significant interest of mine, and the podcast Whistleblower did a good job of investigating one of the biggest NBA scandals of all time. Tim Donaghy is a former NBA ref most famous for being the ref charged with manipulating the results of the NBA games. He manipulated…
March 11th, 2020 is a day that I will always remember. I remember that I was in Japan at the time, and I was really excited for major events such as baseball season, March Madness, and F1 season to start. However, the whole world changed on March 11th after Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19.…
While it may seem like baseball season just ended, the 2021 MLB season is starting again on April 1st. This year, there is going to be a full season (if everything goes as planned) of 162 games, compared to the 60 game sprint that happened last year. While baseball is not my favorite sport to…
Read more Best Podcasts to Listen to: CBS Sports Fantasy Baseball Today
NBA Top Shot is a world I have really been diving into recently, and the marketplace can be an incredibly complex place to try and understand. Since I was relatively late to finding out about NBA Top Shot, there is a lot of terminology and information that I have to catch up on. While there…
Read more Best Podcasts to Listen to: The First Mint Podcast
One of my favorite shows on TV used to be the CBS show Survivor. For those who have not watched the show before, Survivor puts a bunch of people on a random island and has them compete in physical and mental challenges. There is a ton of strategy involved, and it is one of the…
Read more Favorite Podcast Episodes: People I Mostly Admire January 29th Episode (Yul Kwon)
Freakonomics Radio has so many podcasts that I enjoy listening to, including two I have previously recommended in Freakonomics and No Stupid Questions. Both of those are hosted by Stephen Dubner, who is one of the co-authors of the Freakonomics book. Dubner’s co-author for that book is named Steven Levitt, and he is the host…
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For anyone who is even remotely familiar with the Esports world, you have to know the game League of Legends. It is currently one of, if not the most, popular video game in the world. It currently has over 120 million monthly players, which is significantly more than other popular games such as Fortnite and…
Read more Favorite Podcast Episodes: How I Built This December 14th, 2020 Episode (Riot Games)
A long time ago, there was an upcoming soccer prodigy in the US named Freddy Adu. Some people might remember hearing his name, while others may have never heard it at all. Since I am a big sports fan, I remembered the name Freddy Adu, although it had been a long time since I had…
In a previous post I mentioned the podcast How I Built This, hosted by Guy Raz. Out of the episodes I have listened to from How I Built This, my favorite episode was a recent one with Sal Khan. Sal Khan is founder of Khan Academy, which is one of the most incredible education systems…
Read more Favorite Podcast Episodes: How I Built This September 21st, 2020 Episode (Sal Khan)
