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There's way more behind the biggest and most beloved personalities from sports, music, comedy and more... all it takes is longtime host and reporter Dan Le Batard revealing more about himself than ever before too. South Beach Sessions is the critically acclaimed flagship podcast in the LeBatard and Friends Podcast Network. These one-on-one conversations aren't the same old, boring sitdowns - there's no success story without some struggle, no laughs without a few tears, and no questions left unanswered by Dan who gets past what you've already heard and into more with Dan Le Batard.
Aaron Rodgers
Dan and Aaron Rodgers talk about self-love, breathing techniques and Rodgers' incredible football memory.
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41:1818/08/2021
Billy Corben - Cocaine Cowboys: Kings Of Miami
Dan talks to Director Billy Corben on the most amazing druglord story you’ve ever heard (Cocaine Cowboys, The Kings of Miami, now showing on Netflix)
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54:4411/08/2021
Harvey Mason Jr.
Dan and Harvey Mason Jr. discuss his meteoric rise from the basketball court to being the President & CEO of the Recording Academy and working with artists like Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and many more.
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54:5614/07/2021
Howard Bryant
For this South Beach Session, Dan talks to the newest member of Meadowlark Media, Howard Bryant. They discuss his career as an author, the politicization of the media, and his newest book about Rickey Henderson, which you can preorder here.
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51:1907/07/2021
Bobby Bonilla
In a bonus episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan talks to Bobby Bonilla on Bobby Bonilla Day, when Bonilla receives his $1.193 million payment from the New York Mets that he's owed every July 1st through 2035. Dan talks to Bonilla about how that happened and about his memorable experiences from his 17 year MLB career.
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34:3701/07/2021
John Amaechi: The Psychology Of The Pandemic
Dan and John Amaechi discuss some of the biggest societal issues from the pandemic - mask and vaccine misinformation, human dignity, social unrest, the ills of social media, and much more.
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40:1530/06/2021
Jemele Hill
Dan talks to Jemele Hill about the difficulties in her career path so far, if she considers herself to be a leader and pioneer for black women, her post-ESPN life, and her best advice on what to do with newfound freedom.
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50:2123/06/2021
Lesley Visser
Dan talks to Hall Of Fame sportswriter and broadcaster Lesley Visser about her storied career, some of her most profound assignments, the relentless support of her mother, and being a pioneer for women in sports media.
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45:5616/06/2021
Amin Elhassan
Dan talks to Amin Elhassan about the pressures of growing up between New York City and Sudan, the moment he discovered his love for basketball, and the concept of making it a career. Plus, the rigidity of living in an immigrant family and much more.
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01:02:0609/06/2021
Lynn Novick
Dan sits down with filmmaker Lynn Novick, who worked with Ken Burns on the PBS documentary Hemingway, about the project and the fascinating life of Ernest Hemingway.
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39:1403/06/2021
Tom Haberstroh
As announced last week, Tom Haberstroh is joining the team at Meadowlark Media. Tom joins the pod for a South Beach Session about his career to this point. Also, Dan makes a rather unfortunate error when discussing his mother.
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40:2226/05/2021
Kate Fagan
Dan is joined by Kate Fagan to officially welcome her to Meadowlark Media. They discuss her new book "All the Colors Came Out", available wherever you get your books, about her relationship with her father and how it changed in the last year of his life.
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48:1119/05/2021
Ricky Williams
Ricky Williams goes deep.
Check out Ricky's podcast, Curious Questions with Ricky Williams
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55:3012/05/2021
Carrot Top
Dan talks to Carrot Top about his life as a prop comic, the highs and lows of comedy, and some of his greatest memories from his career.
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53:3205/05/2021
John Grisham
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan sits down with one of the most prolific authors of our time, John Grisham, to discuss his new book Sooley, why he wrote a basketball story, and how his career as an author unfolded.
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45:3628/04/2021
Gilbert Arenas
Gilbert Arenas sits down with Dan to talk about his NBA career, the moments in his life that changed who he was, and how his basketball mentality shifted as he became a better person.
Check out Gilbert's podcast No Chill which also airs Mondays at 8 PM on Fubo Sports Network.
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01:14:0423/04/2021
Mike Schur and Tim Kurkjian
An ESPN employee finally is allowed on the pirate ship ... as Tim Kurkjian endures the unrelenting baseball geekery of Mike Schur, who would rather talk about MLB's palindromic last names than about creating Parks And Recreation.
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52:2414/04/2021
Adnan Virk
This week on South Beach Sessions, Dan talks to the newest member of Meadowlark Media, Adnan Virk. The Cinephile podcast, which you can find here, will soon be joining the Le Batard & Friends podcast network. Dan talks to Adnan about how he breached the security of the show, his journey from small town Canada to ESPN, and his love of film.
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53:4807/04/2021
Mike Schur
Mike Schur (Writer for Saturday Night Live and The Office and creator of Parks And Recreation, Brooklyn 99, and The Good Place) explains for the first time why he has officially joined Meadowlark Media.
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55:3824/03/2021
Hank Azaria and Sheena Datt
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, we announce the first addition to Le Batard and Friends: The Jim Brockmire Podcast. Hank Azaria, alongside cohost Sheena Datt, is bringing his character from the critically acclaimed IFC show Brockmire for a 10 episode podcast run starting April 7th. Dan talks to Hank and Sheena about what the podcast will be and the development of Brockmire over the years.
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41:1817/03/2021
Jemele Hill and Michael Smith
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan talks to Jemele Hill and Michael Smith about their departure from SC6 and the aftermath of Jemele's tweet about Donald Trump, their relationship as people, and how media and sports media has changed in the aftermath of what happened to them.
Check out Michael's show Brother From Another on Peacock and the Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast.
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01:09:3410/03/2021
Armen Keteyian
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan talks to Armen Keteyian, co-author of the Tiger Woods biography, about the Tiger documentary on HBO Max. They discuss the tabloid journalism that surrounded Tiger, his addictions, and the story of how they got Rachel Uchitel to sit down for an interview. They also talk about Keteyian's work on college football and 60 Minutes.
Note: This conversation was recorded prior to Tiger's car accident last week.
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55:5103/03/2021
Robert DuBoise
Dan sits down with Robert DuBoise, who was exonerated after nearly 37 years in prison with the help of DNA evidence. Duboise talks about what his prison time was like, how the Innocence Project Helped him, and his work to claim the close to $2 million he's owed for being wrongly imprisoned.
The Innocence Project of Florida works on this legislation in partnership with the Innocence Project in New York. Visit this link to support House Bill 589.
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34:3624/02/2021
Master Tesfatsion
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan talks to Master Tesfatsion, better known as Master Tes and host of the interview series Untold Stories on Bleacher Report. Master Tes discusses veering from a traditional path in sports journalism to one that is more true to himself, how respectability politics nearly changed him, and his parents' history immigrating from Eritrea to the US.
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45:1517/02/2021
Drew Magary and Tommy Craggs
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Drew Magary of Defector Media and Tommy Craggs of Mother Jones join Dan to discuss the glory days of Deadspin and how it changed over time.
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56:4410/02/2021
Nick Wright
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Nick Wright of FOX Sports talks to Dan about his rise in sports media, the personal demons he overcame to get there, and being alone on LeBron is the GOAT corner.
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59:5403/02/2021
John Skipper Part 4
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan sits down with Meadowlark CEO John Skipper for part 4 of their conversation. This one features Skipper's dealings with some of the biggest entities and personalities during his time as ESPN President including the College Football Playoff, David Stern, Bill Simmons, Jemele Hill, and more.
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52:3429/01/2021
John Skipper Part 3
In the latest in our series of interviews with Meadowlark CEO John Skipper, Dan asks John about when he found out he would become ESPN president, how the College Football Playoff was negotiated, why the ESPN phone failed, and why he felt he could experiment with the Monday Night Football booth.
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45:1727/01/2021
John Skipper Part 2
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan continues his interview series with John Skipper to lay out their vision for Meadowlark Media and talk about John's time at ESPN, including how cord cutting changed the business and some of his biggest regrets and successes at ESPN
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47:1822/01/2021
John Skipper Part 1
On this episode of South Beach Sessions, Dan begins an interview series with John Skipper to discuss their launch of Meadowlark Media, their relationship and how it was strengthened, and the importance of diversity in media.
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01:03:2421/01/2021
Shane Battier
Dan talks to Shane Battier about how dumb he was for doing anything other than shooting threes, confronting retirement, dealing with imposter syndrome, and much more.
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38:1307/01/2021