E21: Heeere's Johnnie!

(1:14) some fun with the Johnny Carson-themed title (2:30) greatest pro athlete to ever wear the number 21 (5:26) After The Pod features some listener’s feedback from E20 (9:50) Mailbag highlights listeners’ comments from social media (13:56) the boys tee up E21’s feature guest, former NHL player turned hockey analyst, Mike Johnson (15:50) his thoughts on calling NHL games remotely this season (17:49) discusses the challenges of calling NHL games off-tube from a TV studio (19:40) tells how he fell into sports broadcasting (21:33) confesses his natural curiosity & how it meshes with his role on the broadcasts (23:33) explains why he always checks-in with the production crew before & after games (25:58) reveals advice he was given early in his career (28:13) describes his on-air broadcast philosophy (29:34) breaks down the details of announcing a goal during the broadcast (31:41) talks through his on-air thought process & processing all the information available during the course of a game (34:30) comments on working with different play-by-play announcers (35:56) discloses his favorite sports broadcasters (37:59) chats about the difference between working games versus in-studio assignments (40:09) tells the backstory on his sports betting segment, The Inside Edge on TSN (42:00) Conquest Hockey Q&A features Johnson’s three keys to being a successful sports analyst (45:37) Steve recounts a funny story about John Davidson’s Hockey Night in Canada on-air rookie initiation (49:36) Inside The Truck social media promotion (50:09) shout-out to Bowling Green Ohio, home of Mike Johnson’s alma mater, Bowling Green State University

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