On this week’s episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes interviews Craig Carton, host of The Craig Carton Show podcast as well as the new WFAN afternoon drive show, The Carton Show with Chris Carton and Chris McMonigle.
Brandon and Craig discuss a wide range of topics, including FS1 canceling Breakfast Ball, if Craig could ever work with Mike Francesa, turning down a coaching opportunity from Bill Belichick, and more.
Here’s the full breakdown:
- 1:53: Breakfast Ball cancellation/Doing TV
- 11:09: Returning to WFAN
- 23:13: Radio industry/Calling Yankees games
- 31:32: Working on Breakfast Ball/The Craig Carton Show podcast
- 41:49: Stephen A. Smith/Bill Belichick/Boomer Esiason
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