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Podcast: Beyond The Arc with Brandon Silvers
Episode: Signing Shohei and how breaking news broke the news!
Description: Brett comes by to recap the wildness that was the Shohei Ohtani free agency saga! As diehard college football fans, how shocked were we that the baseball media failed so hard at the plane-tracking game? How scared were we that the Blue Jays rumors were true?Â
Then, we have an extended discussion on the state of sports media and media as a whole. We debate the value of news breakers, the role the attention economy plays, and who is ultimately to blame for it all. I also get to rant about Pat McAfee and Aaron Rodgers for l...