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June 16, 2021
10 Questions with ... David P. SamsonBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS:
Lawyer who never practiced.
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Started a newspaper delivery company called News Travels Fast after law school. First company to get the Sunday New York Times to Europe same day. - 1993-1997
Morgan Stanley - Feb. 1997- Dec. 1999
Exec VP - Montreal Expos - 1999-2002
President. - Florida/Miami Marlins - 2002-2017
MLB Analyst - CBS Sports HQ - 2018-present
Host, "Nothing Personal with David Samson". - 2019-present1. It's been an interesting road for you to arrive at doing a podcast and regular radio appearances, through law school, entrepreneurship, investment banking, and baseball. Was getting in front of people as a host/entertainer always something you wanted to do, or did it just evolve that way? What was your career plan from the start, and was what you do now part of that vision?
From as early as I can remember, my parents would pay me NOT to talk at the dinner table. I realized almost immediately that finding a job getting paid TO talk would be perfect. I have had and continue to have an interesting, lucky, fun career and the key is that I have never planned my next step. I just remained open to different opportunities. I have always enjoyed being the center of attention, so why not get paid for that! It’s just business. It’s Nothing Personal.
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May 4, 2021
10 Questions with ... Robert MillerBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: I finally followed my youthful music dream and became a Rock Star in my 60s, when most of my fellow Baby Boomers are planning their retirement. In just 5 years I've released 10 albums including a Billboard #1, had over 4 million video views, over ...
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March 24, 2021
10 Questions with ... Jason HammerBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started professional radio career at 19 and have done pretty much everything in the industry. I’m 43 now and love living on talk radio. I have worked in Christian, New Hit Country, Hot AC, Alt Rock and now news and sports. I took about 6 years ...
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February 23, 2021
10 Questions with ... Matt FishmanBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: More than 25 years working in Sports Radio: The Score/Chicago, 610 Sports/Kansas City, SiriusXM Sports, Concussion Network, Barrett Sports Media and now ESPN Cleveland 1.OK, first, how and why did you first get into radio? Why radio? I ...
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January 12, 2021
10 Questions with ... Art LewisBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: On the air for over four decades, longtime WSGW host, also co-hosted WSGW's long-running "Listen to the Mrs." 1. You've been on the radio since the 1960s, which is remarkable in itself. Let's go back to the beginning -- how did you get ...
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November 10, 2020
10 Questions with ... Sandra ChamplainBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: A chef by trade, I’ve spent the last 30 years running a hospitality business cooking for race car teams in the IMSA series of automobile racing. In the mid '90s I developed a fear of dying, and it led me on a journey to look for evidence of the ...
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October 7, 2020
10 Questions with ... Hutson MasonBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Played quarterback at University of Georgia; coaching at Colquitt County High School and Georgia State University; ESPN; SEC Network; 680 The Fan/Xtra 106.3 1. Okay, so, you went from football to broadcasting. How'd that happen? Was that ...
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September 24, 2020
10 Questions with ... Josh CohenBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Creator and Host of Josh Cohen & The HomeTeam 9/99-4/12 (Real Radio-WZZR-FM / WCZR-FM) On-Air Host, Host of Josh Cohen & The HomeTeam 1/13-present (ESPN West Palm / ESPN 106.3FM). Prior: TV sports studio host and on-air reporter in Philadelphia ...
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September 8, 2020
10 Questions with ... Geraldo RiveraBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: WABC-TV/New York; ABC News; "Geraldo" daytime talk show; CNBC; Fox News; WABC/New York; WTAM/Cleveland (and podcast "Roadkill With Geraldo" for iHeartRadio). Geraldo's special series on his 50 years in journalism, "I Am Geraldo: 50 Years," is ...
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August 25, 2020
10 Questions with ... Michael MedvedBRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: After studying American history in college, and a year of law school, I spent several years as a speechwriter and political consultant before publishing my first bestseller at 26; Author of 14 books, most recently GOD’S HAND ON AMERICA: DIVINE ...