The Follow Up

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Bob Ford has been covering Philadelphia sports since 1981, so Noah asks him to take us behind the scenes with the athlete whose personality topped all the rest.

In today's Follow Up, Noah chats with veteran Pittsburgh sports reporter Rob Rossi who details the most revealing information an athlete has ever given to him.

Longtime NHL analyst and former host of NHL Cool Shots, Dan Moriarty, chats with Noah about his experience around hockey players and details what makes them stand apart from other athletes.

Comedian and world-class poker commentator Joe Stapleton joins Noah to talk about how he handles himself on stage when a joke falls flat.

Would you let your child play football? Hank Harris has two sons playing at TCU and another in high school, so he chats with Noah about balancing the longterm health risks with doing what his boys love to do.

Boston Globe sports media columnist Chad Finn sits down with Noah to identify the qualities of a successful sports talk radio host.

Marissa and Noah have been married for 6 years and have a 3-year old daughter Eden (the guest on the 8th episode of The Follow Up). Today, Noah asks his wife if this is what she thought parenting would be like.

Noah's good friend Jordan Schultz is a sportswriter who battles with carving out his own identity in the industry. Jordan's father is Howard Schultz, the founder and executive chairman of Starbucks, and in today's episode, he opens up about the challenges of earning respect and feeling fulfilled.

Jess and Noah have been friends for 16 years and in college would have long conversations about complicated issues. Now with her PhD, Jess is a Sociology Instructor at Butler University and as more high profile sexual harassment cases are exposed every day, Noah asks her how she teaches her students about changing the culture.

Michelle Meyer is the Head of US Economics at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Noah met her the first day of college in 2000. Their conversation centers around beating expectations, changing perceptions and evolving into the role model Michelle has become as an expert in her field.

Noah and Jeff Nelson met 10 years ago, and in this conversation the 4-time World Series champion reveals some of the practical jokes he and his teammates executed through his 15-year MLB career.

Carving out your own path to success is impressive and that's exactly what Jason McIntyre did at TheBigLead.com. In today's episode, Noah asks Jason to reflect on how other journalists perceive him and the points along the way that gave him a sense of legitimacy in the business.

Basketball Twitter brought Noah and Eric Jackson together, but today they're not talking hoops. Eric's a tech and media investor and joins Noah for a conversation about the potential next monumental steps in the media world.

Bryan Miller was one of the top high school hockey players in the United States and played collegiately at Boston University where he and Noah became good friends. He played eight years of minor league hockey all over the country and in today's conversation, Noah and Bryan talk about the emotional hurdles of pursuing a professional hockey career.

Noah and Kevin Carroll met when Kevin was the head coach at Division II Maryville University in St. Louis, and this year, he and his family moved to Lexington, Virginia as he starts his first season at Virginia Military Institute. Noah asks Kevin about what the family conversations are like as major career and life decisions are made.

Nick Buzzell is the CEO and Chairman of NBTV Studios, and met Noah met 16 years ago when they were teenagers spending the summer in New York City. In today's conversation, Nick identifies his biggest source of frustration with the entertainment business as he continues to think and operate ahead of the curve in the industry.

Mark Heisler has covered the NBA for 50 years, so Noah asks the Hall of Famer how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan would have handled playing in the social media era.

Randy Brochu's love of his hometown and also the present moment makes him someone that you always want to be around. Noah and Randy met in college in 2000 and today, they chat about where those characteristics come from and what it is about New Britain, CT that makes Randy so proud.

Noah and Alex Price met when they were 4 years old. In this episode of The Follow Up, they talk about how Alex developed his teaching style and about the thirteen years he has spent getting through to 6th graders while pressures mount around both sides.

Noah and Carl Woog were classmates at Boston University and Carl's professional experiences since then have included a presidential election loss, jobs in the White House and Pentagon, and now at a company with a tremendous amount of influence across the globe. They discuss how Carl's idea of changing the world has evolved over the past 15 years.

Ryan Cameron spent 10 years as a minor league baseball pitcher and was with the Reading Phillies in 2005 when he met Noah. They chat today about the moment that captured how emotionally draining Ryan's career was and what life was like immediately after the ride ended.

Noah first met MLB reporter turned chef Jen Royle at Yankee Stadium in 2008. In this episode, they talk about making a dramatic career change and the affect it has had on her personal and professional life.

Jim Litke has been a sports columnist at the Associated Press for nearly 30 years. The journalism industry has gone through great transformation, so Noah asks Jim for a story he wrote that wouldn't be possible to do today. Listen as Jim treks through the snow to recall one from the Olympics.