He now does a three day a week podcast. As I've noted here before, I love it. It's fresh and interesting. It's like live and local radio, without that canned podcast flavor.
Now that we've established the foundation, let's talk about Thursday's podacst. Peter King was one of the guests. King writes. He does radio and TV. No one knows more about the NFL than Peter King.
Very early in to the interview, King and Kornheiser started talking about their love for newspapers, and their love for writing. They reminisced about how they started, how they acquired their first jobs, advice for aspiring journalists, and general memories of a great way to make a living. They didn't talk about Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and the rest. It was just two veterans talking about the business, and it was fascinating stuff.
KIng and Kornheiser have something in common. Both knew they wanted to work for a newspaper very early in life. It struck a chord with me. Broadcasting was in my sights when I was a wee lad.
I've often mentioned the magic of walking in to an old radio studio-- the big machines, the tapes, the lights, the dials, the meters, the buttons, the knobs, the lights...
The same can be said about visiting an old fashioned newspaper newsroom. I can still smell the old Scranton Tribune-- the newsprint, the ink, the cigars, the cigarettes, maybe a little alcohol. You can actually feel the history.
And, if you've ever been there when they crank up the giant presses, all I can say is wow. You will never forget it.
And that, dear readers, is why Tony Kornheiser is a genius. I'm sure he had a few notes jotted down about potential Peter King NFL topics. He threw the script away and went with a real and human discussion of media life.
