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Episode 57 ·

TV MEDIA, SPORTS & POLITICS, & JOHN'S NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA EXIT

John Boruk 2:58:13

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John Boruk is an Emmy and Murrow Award-winning broadcast anchor. Most notably, he spent 13 years at Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia where he served in various roles including: lead anchor, beat reporter, and writer (***TIMESTAMPS are down below in the description as well as in the video comments).

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*TIMESTAMPS

3:42 - How money changes athletes; Tom Brady, Kobe, & “The Thing”

14:02 - The state of TV Sports Media; Bing on TV in an online world; The conflict of interests in media; NBC Sports Philadelphia’s relationship with the Philadelphia sports teams; That time Michael Barkann went in on then Flyers owner, Ed Snyder; The Incentive in media to “move up”

33:20 - John tells a wild Detroit story; Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s pardon from Trump

44:04 - John discusses covering the George Floyd protests in June 2020; Cops vs. Politicians in societal issues; What Occupy Wall Street & The Tea Party tried to tell everyone; The failure of the 2 Party System

1:00:43 - Second Amendment; The CIA, NSA, FBI & their scope of power; Edward Snowden’s warning to everyone

1:17:16 - Discussing past presidents; “People vote with their wallets”; Victims in society

1:34:50 - The Hope and purpose crisis; Fear of failure or thrive on perfection?; Amazon vs. The Government; Section 230 & Tech Companies

1:50:29 - Daryl Morey & the Hong Kong Controversy; The NBA’s relationship with China; How the media sells catastrophe in exchange for emotion

2:10:32 - The state of politics in sports; Colin Kaepernick; The extremist ideologies that permeate the two political factions of society today; Protecting unpopular speech due to the slippery slope implications; Revisiting the Capitol Insurrection on January 6; How The Capitol Riot

2:31:38 - John’s exit from Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia aka CSNPhilly (now NBC Sports Philadelphia - a station covering the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Sixers, Philadelphia Flyers, and Philadelphia Phillies) and how it all went down; “I like to tell great stories”; What’s next for John

2:45:54 - The power of building your own platform; John talks about a story he covered that was pulled before airing

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Chapters

Chapters.

Timestamps seek the player
  1. 3:42 How money changes athletes; Tom Brady, Kobe, & “The Thing”
  2. 14:02 The state of TV Sports Media; Bing on TV in an online world; The conflict of interests in media; NBC Sports Philadelphia’s relationship with the Philadelphia sports teams; That time Michael Barkann went in on then Flyers owner, Ed Snyder; The Incentive in media to “move up”
  3. 33:20 John tells a wild Detroit story; Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s pardon from Trump
  4. 44:04 John discusses covering the George Floyd protests in June 2020; Cops vs. Politicians in societal issues; What Occupy Wall Street & The Tea Party tried to tell everyone; The failure of the 2 Party System
  5. 1:00:43 Second Amendment; The CIA, NSA, FBI & their scope of power; Edward Snowden’s warning to everyone
  6. 1:17:16 Discussing past presidents; “People vote with their wallets”; Victims in society
  7. 1:34:50 The Hope and purpose crisis; Fear of failure or thrive on perfection?; Amazon vs. The Government; Section 230 & Tech Companies
  8. 1:50:29 Daryl Morey & the Hong Kong Controversy; The NBA’s relationship with China; How the media sells catastrophe in exchange for emotion
  9. 2:10:32 The state of politics in sports; Colin Kaepernick; The extremist ideologies that permeate the two political factions of society today; Protecting unpopular speech due to the slippery slope implications; Revisiting the Capitol Insurrection on January 6; How The Capitol Riot
  10. 2:31:38 John’s exit from Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia aka CSNPhilly (now NBC Sports Philadelphia - a station covering the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Sixers, Philadelphia Flyers, and Philadelphia Phillies) and how it all went down; “I like to tell great stories”; What’s next for John
  11. 2:45:54 The power of building your own platform; John talks about a story he covered that was pulled before airing
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