Pablo Torre has quickly become one of the most well-liked figures in sports media. And Torre believes at least a portion of that stems from the versatility of his work on his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out.
It’s no secret that football remains king amongst media members. And while you certainly can find hard-hitting football analysis on Torre’s podcast, much of his content recently has stemmed from hard-hitting investigative reporting into topics around that aren’t particularly restricted to just football fans.
Notably, Torre’s reporting on Jordon Hudson’s involvement in the North Carolina Tar Heels football program, along with his deep dive alongside Mike Florio into collusion between the NFLPA and the league, brought upon real change on both fronts.
While the hard-hitting analysis likely isn’t going anywhere from Pablo Torre, he believes that his reporting work, along with some of the niche sports-adjacent topics that he highlights on his podcast, helps set him apart from some of his peers in making Pablo Torre Finds Out a show that appeals to the masses.
“I sort of want to keep explaining my show to people who don’t give a s*it about sports,” said Torre during a recent conversation with Ben Smith of Semafor. “Because it is designed for them. I really want people to watch our episode about competitive birdwatching. Like, no one is searching for this, but please find it. It’s one of my favorites. But at the same time, a thing I really take pride in, Ben, is breaking news. Which comes from making calls. Maybe I’m the elder millennial now. I am old enough to remember being shamed into having to call up people when I was a fact checker. The thrill you get from denting a news cycle somehow.
“This NFL story, that’s the one where… As much as the Belichick thing is really the freak flag that people notice flying for us. The NFL-NFLPA, where the NFL Players Association had to basically disassemble its executive structure because we started uncovering these things. Anything you can put a dent in the most powerful and richest cultural institution, not just sport, in American life, I mean, that’s surreal. That’s a thrill and a high I continue to chase. I want to prove that this is a story that can be fun for people who have no idea about the principles.”
“My show is [about sports] like ‘Moneyball’ is a book about baseball.”@PabloTorre tells @semaforben and @maxwelltani why he thinks @pablofindsout is for more than just sports fans: pic.twitter.com/0zh7RstIk8
— Semafor (@semafor) August 13, 2025
Torre would go on to compare his podcast to having the same kind of mass appeal as the baseball book (and later movie) Moneyball does, as it provides viewers with both insight into sports and aspects that anyone can enjoy.
“I keep on saying my show is like (sports) like Moneyball is a book about baseball,” added Torre. “Yes, it is deeply. You’ll learn about some really granular esoteric concepts. But it’s really designed for people who don’t really care about sports.”
In an era of sports media that is geared to hot takes and sports debate platforms, Pablo Torre clearly has no problem going against the grain by instead using his platform as an avenue to produce important investigative reporting and mixing in debate from time to time. And by the sounds of things, it sure seems like Torre has no plans of stopping his reporting work anytime soon.
About Reice Shipley
Reice Shipley is a staff writer for Comeback Media that graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in Sports Media. He previously worked at Barrett Sports Media and is a fan of all things Syracuse sports.