Awful Announcing podcast: ESPN’s Pablo S. Torre talks High Noon, working with Bomani Jones and Erik Rydholm, and “The Process”

This week on the Awful Announcing podcast, ESPN High Noon co-host Pablo S. Torre joins host Ben Heisler.

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Here’s a rundown of Heisler and Torre’s discussion:

• 2:40 – Did they know how they wanted High Noon to sound from the very beginning/not explaining the joke
• 5:00 – How he and Bomani first became friends
• 7:05 – Pitching the show to themselves
• 9:20 – Bomani and Le Batard as wedding guests
• 12:00 – Learning how to do TV without compromising integrity
• 15:20 – The power of transparency and being interesting without being “hot takey”
• 18:05 – What he remembers from their first show
• 18:50 – The backlash from the music playing the whole time
• 21:40 – Working with esteemed producer Erik Rydholm
• 24:30 – Dislike of the word “talent”
• 25:30 – Is he responsible for “trust the process?”
• 28:40 – Does he think Sam Hinkie will get to be a GM or executive ever again?
• 30:38 – The irony of Hinkie being let go to be replaced by Bryan Colangelo
• 32:30 – Can analytics eventually become commonplace in football in relation to the other sports?
• 35:55 – Is the future of football in trouble because of its inability to evolve?
• 38:40 – Could transparency work in favor of the NFL?
• 42:00 – RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS!

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