Episode 100! Featuring Jonathan Karl of ABC News & Author of "Retribution: Donald Trump and the C...

Hey this is Dave Almy of ADC Partners, and welcome the 100th episode of the sports business conversations podcast. And look, I realize that in the grand scheme of things, making it to 100 podcast episodes isn’t exactly up there with stupendous human achievements like landing on the moon, writing Hamlet, or inventing bourbon (and thank YOU, Elijah Craig). But it’s something worth celebrating a little bit, for sure. And frankly, I thought long and hard about who I wanted to feature on this momentous episode. For a while, I thought I wanted to try and chase down one of the White Whales of sports business like NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell or FIFA President Gianni Infantino. But everyone hears from them all the time, and frankly their PR people don’t let them say all that interesting. So I opted to go a completely different direction and take it all the way back to the beginning of my long history of working in and around audio. Over 40 years back in fact, to the moment when I met my Freshman year college roommate. When Jonathan Karl first walked into our dorm room in the mid 1980’s, I obviously had no way of knowing that he’d become a defining voice in journalism and one of the most important observers of this particularly tumultuous political era. But that’s exactly what he’s done. Jon is currently the Senior Washington Correspondent for ABC News, and has written 4 books about Donald Trump, his campaigns, and his presidencies. He’s uniquely well suited to do so, since he’s known the President for over 30 years when he first met him as a cub reporter for the NY Post. His latest book, “Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign the Changed America (https://www.amazon.com/Retribution-Do...) ”, builds upon the first 3 books and reflects Jon’s extensive personal history of reporting on the President. And somehow he manages to do so in the objective manner that has always been the cornerstone of his reporting. No matter how you feel about Donald Trump and this political moment, I think you’ll find our conversation interesting, informative and revealing. And if you’re thinking “Hey, Dave, this doesn’t have anything to do with sports”, stop right there. As Seattle Seahawk Hall of Famer and US House Representative Steve Largent once remarked: "They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that." So you can, too. ABOUT THIS PODCAST The Sports Business Conversations podcast is a production of ADC Partners (https://ADCPartners.com) , a sports marketing agency that specializes in creating, managing, and evaluating effective partnerships between brands and sports. All rights reserved. YOUR HOST Dave Almy (  / davealmy  ) brings over 30 years of sports marketing and sports business experience to his role as host of the "1-on-1: Sports Business Conversations" podcast. Dave is the co-Founder of ADC Partners (https://ADCPartners.com) . FOLLOW US Here's where you can find us: • LinkedIn: adc-partners (  / adc-partners  ) • Instagram: adc_partners_podcast (  / adc_partners_podcast  ) • Threads: adc_partners_podcast (https://www.threads.net/@adc_partners...) • Youtube: @adcpartners (   / @adcpartners  ) • Homepage: adcpartners.com/podcast (https://adcpartners.com/podcast)