The Follow Up

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.

Noah's daughter Eden turns 3 today, so the two of them sat on her bed and chatted about something that she wants to do now that she's older. Plus, they went over their dinner plans for the evening.

Will Leitch founded Deadspin and has become one of the most notable sports writers of a generation. Noah and Will met 7 years ago, and in today's episode, Will answers the question of how he's raising his sons as sports fans given his experience in the industry and with athletes.

In '00, Brad Blake was Noah's TA for Communications 101 at Boston University and they've been close friends ever since that first semester of freshman year. In today's conversation, Noah asks Brad what he was thinking about on his way to dinner the night Brad told him he was gay.

Noah has known Dan Baer for fifteen years and given his background, Dan is uniquely qualified to answer this question: "If you're fed up with the current political administration, what can we do about it?" Dan is Harvard and Oxford educated, served 8 years in the Obama administration and is currently running for US Congress in Colorado.

Sports Illustrated's media reporter Richard Deitsch spends most of his time being critical, but also highlighting the best in the business. Richard joins Noah to chat about how he handles it when the tables turn and others are criticizing his work.

Noah and Jamie Stelter grew up down the street from each other and are in touch nearly every day. Jamie's a traffic reporter for NY1 in New York City and after being very open about miscarriages and IVF, three weeks before her due date, Noah asks her what she thinks about when she has time to herself.

Former NBA TV Executive VP tells his favorite Michael Jordan story.

Noah talks with "Scandal" star Katie Lowes and her husband actor Adam Shapiro about finding meaningful and true friendships in Hollywood.