Play-by-Playcast is a podcast for play-by-play broadcasters, about play-by-play broadcasters, by a play-by-play broadcaster. It’s a professional development podcast diving into the tips, tricks, experience, stories, process and preparations of some of the biggest and best play-by-play announcers in the business.
Episodes
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
Glenn Geffner is one of the radio voices of the Miami Marlins, after having served similar roles in Boston and San Diego and in the minors with the Rochester Red Wings. He's got an incredible perspective having worked in PR in three of the four above stops as well. Glenn breaks down his path and approach on this week's episode of the pod!
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Friday Apr 24, 2020
Spero Dedes burst onto the national scene early in his career when he called the 2004 Olympics for NBC just three years out of college. He became the voice of the Lakers in 2005 and of the Knicks in 2011. Following his stint at MSG, Dedes joined CBS full-time and works the NFL and NCAA Tournament. A product of Fordham and the Marty Glickman school of thought, Dedes is one of many great former Rams in our business including Mike Breen and Michael Kay.
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Pete Pranica has been the radio voice and is now the TV voice of the Memphis Grizzlies. On this episode of the pod Pete breaks down how he crafts the story-arc of a game, having fun with his analyst and team, making each game of an NBA season count, knowing more about teams than just LeBron James and more.
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Ian Eagle is one of the reasons I'm in broadcasting. My career began in high school at the Bruce Beck & Ian Eagle Sports Broadcasting Camp and personally I think Ian is one of the top 5-10 pxp voices in the industry today.
The voice of the Brooklyn Nets and a voice for TNT and CBS, Ian is heard across the NFL and NBA and in college athletics on a regular basis.
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Krista Blunk played basketball at the University of Evansville but has broadcast anything from hoops to soccer and volleyball as both an analyst and in the PxP chair. She breaks down how she prepares in each role, how having each role has influenced her performance in the other, the meaning of team and much more.
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Mike Moore is the first of his kind to appear on PxPCast ... an executive producer and senior coordinating producer. Mike was one of the key players behind the launch of ESPNU in 2005 and spent much of his career as a senior producer with the ESPN family of networks. He now works with Moore Productions and on this episode of the podcast details the producer side of a broadcast. Topics we'll cover range from how a producer approaches a game, how a producer best tells stories and how producers and play-by-play announcers can best work together in that endeavor. So much to learn on this episode of PXPCast.
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Pat Hughes is the first broadcaster in Chicago Cubs history to call a World Series championship and he's been with the team nearly 40 seasons, having worked previously with the Twins and Brewers.
On this episode, Pat dives in to the minutia of calling baseball on radio, the right way to weave in stories on the radio, having the right tenor and pacing in your voice and the best ways to be as descriptive as possible.
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
ESPN broadcaster Adam Amin makes his unprecedented third appearance on PxPCast talking about being stuck at home because of COVID-19, eating on the air, developing his brand, calling big moments in a minimalist fashion and more.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Kevin Kugler should be calling the NCAA Tournament right now and gearing up for a run to the Final Four on Westwood One radio. Because of COVID-19 he's on Play-by-PlayCast instead. One of the premiere radio broadcasters in the business right now, Kugler discusses working with big-time analysts, storytelling, opinions, how talk radio made him a better pxp guy and more.
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Mike Monaco is one of the fastest rising superstars in the PxP business. The former TV voice of the Western Michigan Broncos, Mike then made the jump to FOX and BTN before becoming full-time with ESPN and ACC Network this year. He's also cut his baseball chops in the minors, most recently with the Pawtucket Red Sox.