Awful Announcing Podcast: Dan Patrick on ‘SportsCenter,’ retirement, ‘Jeopardy!,’ and more

Host Brandon Contes interviews former SportsCenter anchor and current host of The Dan Patrick Show, Dan Patrick. Contes and Patrick discuss a wide range of topics including anchoring SportsCenter, working in radio, retiring in four years, hosting Jeopardy!, and more.

Here’s the full breakdown:

• :40: Is this part of a retirement tour or a book tour?
• 1:00: Collaborating with Joel Cohen
• 2:55: Coming up with the format of the book
• 4:30: Writing a book forward
• 6:05: Most extensive book tour? Dan’s or Stephen A. Smith’s?
• :10: Retirement talk
• 8:22: Retirement announcement taking off
• 9:41: Concern about being someone that social media views is too old and wants to point out every mistake
• 11:08: Is four years long enough for Dan to welcome retirement?
• 13:34: Being the “old man” at SportsCenter
• 14:56: Radio
• 16:40: Making producers part of the show
• 18:28: Howard Stern
• 19:26: Celebrities on The Dan Patrick Show
• 20:38: Adam Sandler movies
• 21:38: Interest in acting?
• 22:12: SportsCenter as a creative outlet
• 23:21: Creative freedom at ESPN
• 25:05: Having more to offer as a radio host while at ESPN
• 26:34: Anchoring SportsCenter with Keith Olbermann
• 29:32: Confidence to push limits on SportsCenter
• 31:55: Moment that got Dan and Keith in management’s office
• 33:01: Future of SportsCenter
• 34:55: The impact of embrace debate
• 37:03: Do debate shows rely too much on topics like LeBron James and the Dallas Cowboys?
• 38:11: The “Dan Patrick brand”
• 39:20: Would Dan host a podcast in retirement?
• 40:17: Keith Olbermann not having a long-term home post-ESPN
• 42:03: Going political?/Sharing a name with an outspoken politician
• 44:11: Interviewing presidents
• 45:21: Interacting with Donald Trump
• 46:24: Someone Dan would like to interview that he hasn’t yet
• 48:27: Michael Jordan
• 49:19: Matt Harvey/Kyler Murray interviews
• 51:10: Did NBC/Football Night in America feel bigger than SportsCenter?
• 52:28: Did Football Night in America affect what Dan could say about the NFL on his radio show?
• 54:01: Jeopardy!
• 56:31: Were there discussions for Dan to host after Trebek passed away?
• 58:12: Challenge of hosting Jeopardy!
• 59:18: Reaction to Aaron Rodgers hosting Jeopardy!
• 1:00:12: Was Dan glad The Price is Right didn’t reveal the pay in order to tempt him to host?

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