Awful Announcing Podcast

Host Brandon Contes interviews broadcasting legend Bob Costas. Brandon and Bob discuss a wide range of topics including his feelings on Donald Trump before and after becoming president, Bob's infamous gun culture essay, how Tom Brady would be as a broadcaster, and more.For even more discussion, head over to awfulannouncing.com and follow us on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Bluesky, and YouTube: @awfulannouncing.-1:07: Being selective with doing podcasts-5:19: Thoughts about Joe Biden and Donald Trump-13:19: Relationship with Trump pre-president-17:55: Covering the Olympics-19:50: Hearing back from China after being critical of them-21:50: Responsibility of not “sticking to sports”-24:14: Jim Nantz and the Masters-26:27: Misconceptions surrounding gun culture essay-33:47: Biggest detriment to the essay-35:37: Can it be “not worth it” discussing serious topics when people can make their own headlines and twist around those words?-36:34: NBC coming to Bob with issues they wanted hi