
Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Hosted by Kevin Fishbain · Kevin
4.9from 110 ratings
- 85
- Episodes
- 30
- Transcribed
- 110
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Kevin Fishbain, senior writer at The Athletic, interviews sports media personalities about their origin stories. Each week, reporters, columnists, play-by-play announcers, sports radio hosts, television anchors, producers and more will tell Kevin about their first jobs in the industry, and how they broke in.
- Publisher
- Kevin
- Category
- sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 11 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
30 of 85 episodes have a transcript.

11 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Wright Thompson, ESPN.com senior writer and NYT bestselling author

4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kevin Negandhi, SportsCenter anchor and College Football studio host on ESPN

28 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kevin Burkhardt, lead NFL play-by-play and MLB studio host at Fox Sports
Inside a recent episode

Wright Thompson, ESPN.com senior writer and NYT bestselling author
Published 11 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And he was so self-aware enough to realize that he was going to have to live for the rest of his life in this little town with this result. And so I lived in it. I moved in and like, you know, the night before the game, like staying up, talking, he can't sleep. And, uh, you know, I still talk to him. […]
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- Wright Thompson
- Kevin Negandhi
- Kevin Burkhardt
- Candace Buckner
- Wes Durham
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 79 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 31 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100
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- Quality
- 61
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast?
Kevin Fishbain host the show. Published by Kevin.
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