Mack Rosenberg talks to journalists about the big stories they're covering. Writers, podcasters, radio and TV broadcasters. Why are they covering them? What's their process? How do they tie it all together to create a story that will keep people reading, listening and watching?
Teddy Schleifer of Puck News is the first reporter to talk in person with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried since he was arrested on federal fraud charges.
Read Teddy's piece here (https://puck.news/the-only-living-boy-in-palo-alto/).
19 Jan 2023
Peter King on the NFL
NBC's Peter King talks with Mack about his career covering the NFL at newspapers in Cincinnati and New York, Sports Illustrated, and now NBC Sports.
12 Jan 2023
Seth Wickersham on Andrew Luck
Seth Wickersham is a senior writer for ESPN.com. His latest piece (https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/insider/story/_/id/35163936/andrew-luck-reveals-why-walked-away-nfl) is about the abrupt retirement of Andrew Luck from the Indianapolis Colts in 2019 at the age of 29.
5 Jan 2023
Inside HBO's "Hard Knocks"
HBO recently turned 50. Mack talks with Jake Kring-Schreifels who wrote about the history of one of its most popular shows, "Hard Knocks", for the Ringer.
Read Jake's piece here (https://www.theringer.com/tv/2022/11/8/23445736/hard-knocks-first-season-oral-history-hbo-baltimore-ravens-nfl).
22 Dec 2022
A Journalist is Murdered in Las Vegas
Mack talks with Zoe Bernard, who wrote about the bizarre case of a Las Vegas investigative journalist who is murdered, and the politician now charged with killing him.
Her story in Esquire is here (https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a42008231/robert-telles-jeff-german-las-vegas-murders/).
16 Dec 2022
Michael Mooney on Siegfried and Roy
Siegfried and Roy were perhaps the best known magic artists ever, and they have a curiously fascinating story that Michael Mooney recently told in the Atlantic. Mack spoke with him about what made them special, and how they lived their lives off-stage. His story in the November issue is called "The Original Tiger Kings: The Improbable Rise and Savage Fall of Siegfried and Roy."
8 Dec 2022
Michael Kruse on Maggie Haberman
Mack talks with Politico's Michael Kruse about his recent profile of NY Times correspondent and Donald Trump chronicler Maggie Haberman.
28 Nov 2022
Chris Ballard on LeBron James
LeBron James recently hinted at the idea that he wants to play with one or even both sons on the same team. In this age of instant hype, it garnered a lot of clicks. But there's a lot more behind it.
Chris Ballard of Sports Illustrated wrote a profile of James and his two sons just before the NBA season began. On the first episode of Inside the Story, he tells Mack about the pressures these kids face, how they're handling it, and the family dynamics at play. This is about much more than basketball.
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