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Send us Fan Mail (1:10) E31 introduction (2:27) American Ninja Warrior backgrounder (5:14) feature guest; American Ninja Warrior Director Patrick McManus (7:00) collaboration of different departments on ANW (8:56) difference between directing live sports & ANW (12:26) camera locations, lightning, set design & audio plan (17:45) direction philosophy & camera compliment (19:41) ANW crewi...

Send us Fan Mail (0:00) Mike Emrick; 2010 Winter Olympics Men’s Gold Medal Game (1:29) NHL on NBC final season (2:24) U.S. NHL broadcast trivia (4:45) introduction to NHL on NBC’s Matt Marvin & Charlie Dammeyer (6:50) favorite Stanley Cup Final memories (8:27) on being a fan & a broadcast professional (11:50) thoughts & emotions on the final NHL on NBC season (14:45) reflections on gre...

Send us Fan Mail (1:13) Top 29s In Pro Sports (4:38) Mailbag delivers social media feedback from E28 (5:57) Indy 500; the Greatest Spectacle In Racing (10:00) Rene Hatlelid, IndyCar on NBC Lead Producer (11:54) broadcasting mentors & early years in the business (16:30) road from NASCAR to IndyCar (19:00) role of the Pit Producer (20:45) broadcast preparations (23:30) streaming content through...

Send us Fan Mail (1:26) best #28 in pro sports discussion (7:02) Mailbag features listeners’ comments (8:23) After The Pod highlights a couple of broadcast-related items from the PGA’s 2021 Memorial Tournament (17:59) the boys introduce the theme of E28 (22:47) broadcast challenges of taking a host feed on a series-clinching game (30:49) Paul talks about being part of NHL history; having directed...

Send us Fan Mail (1:20) best #27 in pro sports (4:13) Steve explains the theme for “Reconfigurating” (6:14) After The Pod focuses on the broadcast reaction to the John Tavares injury in the Montreal-Toronto 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs series (12:22) the Stanley Cup Playoffs is truly a new season from a broadcast perspective (18:45) rebuilding critical on-air elements in mid-broadcast during Opening...

Send us Fan Mail (00:00) Grab your milk & cookies, sit back & enjoy E26 (1:51) best #26 in pro sports discussion (5:27) Mailbag features listeners’ feedback from E24 (7:22) discussion on confidence/ego in sports TV (9:45) After The Pod tackles the subject of “fake live” playbacks in sports TV production (13:06) the boys explain the theme of the episode (14:55) Steve tells an entertaining s...

Send us Fan Mail (1:58) Lisa Salters biographical information & introduction (3:44) decision to move from ABC News to ESPN in 2000 (6:36) transition from network news to sports reporting (7:48) weekly prep for ESPN’s Monday Night Football (9:42) effects of Covid-19 on NFL coach/player access & communication (11:19) pros & cons of in-person versus Zoom NFL weekly meetings (13:49) effect...

Send us Fan Mail (1:01) Steve & Paul discuss their favorite #24s in pro sports (3:40) Mailbag features listener feedback from another accomplished podcaster (5:41) Steve explains the unique concept of this episode (8:30) Paul reveals his P.A. announcing career begins tonight in North Carolina (10:50) the boys segue into the world of charity slo-pitch events (12:50) Random Question #1 - Toughes...

Send us Fan Mail (0:00) listener discretion is advised (1:10) boys chat about making it to episode 23 (2:10) favorite #23s in sports & the 1980s Vancouver Canucks (5:01) Mailbag features listener feedback from Canada’s Land of Living Skies (6:03) After The Pod features the birth of a new U.S. sports network, Bally Sports (8:52) E23’s spotlight; recent hot mic incidents in sports broadcasting (...

Send us Fan Mail (0:00) Chris Schultz dedication (1:14) Steve & Paul chat St. Patrick’s Day 2021 (4:30) Mailbag features listener feedback (7:04) After The Pod remembers Canadian football commentator Chris Schultz who passed suddenly on March 4, 2021 (12:59) Paul recounts a fortunate moment while directing a San Jose Sharks broadcast from the 2017-18 NHL season (17:20) Steve shares a story abo...

Send us Fan Mail (1:14) some fun with the Johnny Carson-themed title (2:30) greatest pro athlete to ever wear the number 21 (5:26) After The Pod features some listener’s feedback from E20 (9:50) Mailbag highlights listeners’ comments from social media (13:56) the boys tee up E21’s feature guest, former NHL player turned hockey analyst, Mike Johnson (15:50) his thoughts on calling NHL games remotel...

Send us Fan Mail (1:46) Steve & Paul share their memories of working Hartford Whalers broadcasts at the Hartford Civic Center (5:40) Paul tests Steve on some Whalers trivia (6:44) the boys discuss the greatest #20 to play in any sport (7:41) After The Pod focuses on Super Bowl 55 & CBS Sports’ broadcast coverage (9:55) Paul gives listeners a detailed recap of the 17th Annual Puppy Bowl (12...

Send us Fan Mail (1:20) Steve & Paul tease E19’s unique title (2:04) Mailbag features listener’s feedback; as well as Larry King & some behind-the-scenes conversation on Dave Hodge (8:45) After The Pod spotlights the NHL’s oldest active players (10:52) the boys provide listeners with an entertaining Super Bowl 55 primer (17:10) Steve tests Paul with some Super Bowl trivia (24:00) Paul test...

Send us Fan Mail (1:45) Steve kicks things off by challenging Paul to some Tampa Bay Lightning trivia (5:39) Mailbag highlights some listener feedback (10:09) After The Pod discusses the term “talent” in sports broadcasting; as well as the effects of Covid-19 on NHL players and broadcast production crews (16:30) Dave Randorf, TV play-by-play announcer for the Tampa Bay Lightning on Fox Sports Sun...

Send us Fan Mail (1:49) Mailbag; shares listener feedback from Twitter & YouTube (4:00) After The Pod; features the 1996 IIHF World Junior Championship in Boston featuring TSN Sr. Producer Jon Hynes & Paul shares a story about a TSN studio assignment he’ll never forget (14:00) the boys tee up this episode; the NHL returns to play next week & here's what listeners can expect from t...

Send us Fan Mail (2:06) Steve & Paul tee up this episode which features TSN’s coverage of the 2021 IIHF U20 World Championships in Edmonton (10:55) Paul Graham, TSN VP/Executive Producer on how the broadcast coverage has dramatically increased international interest in the tournament (13:17) Graham on the dedicated production & technical crews that give up their holidays each year to work...

Send us Fan Mail (1:35) After The Pod puts a bow on CBS Sports’ coverage of the 2020 Masters Tournament (4:38) in the Mailbag segment, Paul admits he has been mismanaging the Inside The Truck Instagram account (9:56) Paul tells the story about being seat-mates with LeAnn Rimes on a Los-Angeles-Toronto flight back in the spring of 2011 (19:53) Steve recalls the time he stalked Harrison Ford for an...

Send us Fan Mail (1:40) Paul dedicates this episode to the memory of former TSN Producer Paul McLean (2:37) Paul details the Sinclair Broadcast Group’s rebranding of its' 21 U.S. regional sports networks (5:30) Steve tells a funny story about his days producing golf coverage on the Canadian Tour back in 1992 (7:14) Mailbag pokes fun at the hosts of the ScuttlePuck podcast (8:32) Steve recount...

Send us Fan Mail (0:00) Golf Channel-NBC Sports’ Kay Cockerill welcomes listeners to E13 (1:18) Mailbag remembers the old-time hockey features on Hockey Night in Canada from days gone by (3:11) After The Pod focuses on COVID testing protocols in the broadcasting industry (5:25) Steve gives a primer on The Masters & the boys chat about what it’s like to attend a Major golf championship (7:27) S...

Send us Fan Mail (00:54) Steve explains why he was a Grade 5 Badass (1:36) Mailbag features positive listener feedback about an audio clip inside the TV truck from E11 (3:27) Paul describes the theme of this episode (4:28) Paul recalls some memorable moments from a career full of CFL head coach interviews (7:36) Paul tells a bizarre travel story about an NHL on TSN road trip that took a strange tu...

Send us Fan Mail (1:52) Paul informs us that Dave Ayers, the Carolina Hurricanes emergency backup goaltender, is now fielding offers to turn that infamous night into a Hollywood movie (5:24) Steve reads a listeners’ email regarding the broadcast coverage of the 2020 Stanley Cup presentation (6:50) the boys offer up their thoughts on the way the network broadcasts handled the 2020 Stanley Cup prese...

Send us Fan Mail (00:53) Paul suggests a new segment called After The Pod that deals with stories we forget to mention in the previous episode (1:21) Steve’s tells additional stories about the Oilers-Flyers season-opening broadcast from 1986 (5:50) Paul recounts an additional story from the 2001 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship (8:41) the Mailbag segment features listener feedback from Puerto...

Send us Fan Mail (1:06) Paul explains why he was late for the start of this episode (2:08) Paul & Steve dig into the mailbag for some listener feedback (3:45) Steve relates his feelings about the theme of this episode (5:33) Paul’s do-over story comes from the 2001 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Moscow, Russia (27:31) Steve’s do-over story comes from the Edmonton Oilers’ season-openi...

Send us Fan Mail (0:00) former NFL coaching legend Jim Mora gets us started with his infamous, impassioned playoff rant (1:34) SummerSkates joins the Inside The Truck family as our new presenting sponsor (3:09) Steve reads a couple tweets from our Inside The Truck listeners (7:04) Paul recounts a couple of memories from a WHL Playoff game that went to 4OT back in March of 1996 (8:44) former TSN pl...

Send us Fan Mail (2:33) Paul recounts favorite memories from his first World Junior Hockey Championship, Winnipeg 1999 (10:00) Steve details producing his first Hockey Night In Canada broadcast for CBC, Edmonton 1983 (14:53) Paul chronicles the first time he directed the CFL Grey Cup for TSN, November 2008 (22:51) Steve describes a hilarious story about the day he delayed the start of the NHL All-...